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August 31, 2005
Satellite images of New Orleans, before and after
Note how completed isolated the city now is, and how Lake Pontchartrain has bulged
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August 30, 2005
Test drive a Mac Mini
“Try it for 30 days — send it back if you don’t love it”
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August 27, 2005
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The Super Duper 3 Dollar Duper
This is actually not a bad idea for quickly digitizing a bunch of 35mm slides, especially if you’ve got a quality macro lens
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August 26, 2005
Cats In Sinks
“It’s obvious. It’s about cats. And kittens. Who like sinks. And basins. And that’s it.”
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August 25, 2005
Fox “News” isn’t “News,” it’s Dangerous Entertainment
“Journalistic” incompetence plus partisan chest-beating puts an innocent family at risk
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August 24, 2005
Google Talk
Use your Gmail address to login to this Jabber-based server, with text chat, Voice, and Video (PC only, but you can login through iChat)
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August 23, 2005
GoogleOS? YahooOS? MozillaOS? WebOS?
The Future via Kottke. It’s an evolution of the First Web Miracle, PC and Mac users being able to read the same document. But now we’re talking applications
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A List Apart 4.0
Now run with Ruby on Rails, hosted by
TextDrive ... the porch where all the big dogs hang out
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August 22, 2005
The Tail That Wags the Blog
Highly hilarious, and hilariously accurate. Each paragraph is a free standing gem
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Iraq 2007: A geopolitical fantasy of what might have been
I’d pondered writing something like this myself. And it’s not really hindsight, as much of it was projected within the government prior to the invasion
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Sean Penn in Iran, Day One
Penn finally files an article, about two months past normal “journalistic” deadlines.
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Canon EOS 5D, Ooooeeee!
Hmm. 12.8 megapixels from a full frame sensor. Scrumptious!
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August 19, 2005
The LifeStraw - the invention of the century?
“Each LifeStraw lasts for one person’s annual needs of clean water - a simple straw costing a few dollars will ensure that one at-risk person will not die for a year”
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August 17, 2005
New patented lens made of liquid paves way for slimmer digital cameras
“This liquid lens system achieves optical zooming through altering its focal length by changing its shape which mimics the action of the human eye.”
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August 16, 2005
War and Peace: Falling Through the Partisan Looking Glass
Stunning quotes from Republicans about committing our troops. Why aren’t they asking the same questions today?
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August 15, 2005
Free Wi-Fi? Get Ready for GoogleNet.
Isn’t this how the movie Terminator began, except it was called “SkyNet”?
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August 14, 2005
Textpattern 4 Stable Released
I’ve been so busy, I apparently missed 1.0-3.0. But as long as it isn’t Textpattern MX 2005, I don’t care ... it’s released!
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August 13, 2005
User’s Notes: Installing Linux on a Dead Badger
“Place badger in center of fireproof surface, making sure ventilation is adequate and all doors are locked”
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August 12, 2005
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Thou art no Romeo
Lesbian swans in that den of heathen liberals, Boston: ”If these two swans are happy together, they shouldn’t have to have a guy”
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Four Amendments and a Funeral
A quite entertaining tour of Congress with the help on an Independent Representative. Read how the sausage is made in the “grossly corrupt and absurd vortex of political dysfunction that is today’s U.S. Congress”
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August 11, 2005
Key Website Research Highlights Gender Bias
“A first-of-its-kind study conducted by experts at the University of Glamorgan has proved that men and women really are poles apart when it comes to what catches their eye on the internet.”
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Stupid Corporate Acts #43,529,831
FedEx ought to be ashamed, not only at the intent, but the foundationless legal means they tried. A smart company would make a guerilla ad out of this, not a cease and desist order
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An Exquisite Corpse #181
After working on several of these where I was disappointed with the collective result, I have to say, this one’s pretty sweet
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August 09, 2005
Trouble with Mighty Mouse? Your hand could be at fault
Evidence that the Mac’s one button mouse has long created bad mousing habits and increases the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome
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August 08, 2005
Macromedia Studio 8
Looks like Fireworks survived ... but Freehand isn’t part of the package. And no more silly MX-YEAR nomenclature. Simply “8”
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August 07, 2005
CIA Commander: We Let bin Laden Slip Away
Our strategic failure at Tora Bora ought to be clear by now to anyone with an open mind and a pair of eyes, but here’s more evidence
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August 06, 2005
Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images
An amazing “best of” collection of photos from the Hubble Telescope
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U2’s City of Blinding Lights
“12,000 daisy-chained LEDs. Spycams controlled by a PlayStation. The Vertigo tour is a monster concert machine - and the ultimate rock-and-roll R&D lab”
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August 05, 2005
New F/A-22’s arriving at Langley AFB
Some good shots of one wicked looking jet fighter
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August 02, 2005
State of the Blogosphere, August 2005, Part 1: Blog Growth
“The blogosphere continues to double about every 5.5 months”
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August 01, 2005
Textpattern Release Candidate 5 Available
I procrastinated a week thinking about upgrading to RC4, and this was my reward.
