Archive for July, 2007
July 22, 2007
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“A near pixel-perfect copy of Microsoft Paint in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, using the tag as specified by WHATWG and supported by Safari 1.3, Firefox 1.5 and Opera 9.”
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July 21, 2007
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Big Cat Hunting Stilts
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“This is the Wiki Clock — a clock that runs on Wiki technology! Please update this page with the correct current time (UTC).”
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“America’s 160th richest person, a billionaire who made his money from the 1990s hi-tech boom, has been accused of planning to build a “secret and convenient lair” underneath his California mansion dedicated to drug-taking and sex with prostitutes.”
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Marain’s principle symbols are based around a three-by-three grid, which is itself a diagrammatic representation of a nine-digit binary number, or byte, it being intended from the start that the language could be rendered into binary code as informational
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“Spain’s High Court has ordered the seizure of all copies of a magazine that carried a cartoon of Crown Prince Felipe and his wife having sex.”
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“Warner Music Group is offering its entire music and video catalog for free streaming on imeem, a Web site focused on letting users share music playlists. … Now imeem users can make playlists with Warner music. Warner, in return, will get a piece of ime
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The National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like ordinary trash cans, but can hold up to 4 to 6 times as much
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“So there you have it: Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction presenting with Partial Complex Seizures manifested as hallucinations of Christmas Elves.”
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July 19, 2007
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“Advertising can be creative and even purposely funny. But sometimes, an ad on a bad place can have unexpected results! Here is a list of 15 unfortunately Placed Ads.”
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“All you need is a glass of water, slat, a lighter and a straw.”
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July 14, 2007
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“You cannot hope to prevent users from exercising their fair-use rights. It is impossible to make unbreakable encryption; every key will be broken. The stronger the keys are, the stronger the determination of those who want to break them, JUST BECAUSE THE
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July 11, 2007
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“REAPER is a powerful Windows application for multitrack recording and editing of audio.”
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“The Vatican has described the Protestant and Orthodox faiths as “not proper Churches” in a document issued with the full authority of the Pope.”
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“There’s no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They’re completely meat.”
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July 10, 2007
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“At last I realised that I didn’t really disapprove of [Paris Hilton] at all. She’s too valuable. She’s our example, today, of the person who exists to prove that wealth for its own sake is utterly pointless.”
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“Natalie Portman is best known for her roles in Hollywood movies like Star Wars, Cold Mountain and V for Vendetta. What is less known is that she was co-author of a scientific paper on the neuroscience of child development. This is about her research.”
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Some nifty free fonts.
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“I had also mentioned other ways in which the AMS could be employed, such as for scrolling in applications and for input in video games. … Apparently many owners of AMS-equipped PowerBooks wish to experience physical motion-based gaming.”
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“Greetings irrational fanboys and Apple haters! Ten days and 12,000 words later, our stone-cold look at what it means to own an iPhone is done. Before we get to the in depth hands-on, here’s the verdict I’d give any good friend: Wait to buy the iPhone.”
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July 5, 2007
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“There’s something wonderfully naive about the ancient Greeks because they were right at the beginning of it all,” says Mr Worley. “There’s something that the children can identify with – it is at the same level as themselves, but it is also sophisticated
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“Thanks to YouTube alone consuming some 10% of all internet traffic, P2P traffic is now down to only 36% of internet usage in North America.”
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July 3, 2007
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“When you have a teenager on the rampage, who are you going to turn to? In America, parents send their troubled offspring to Jamaica’s Tranquility Bay – a ‘behaviour-modification centre’ which charges $40,000 a year to ‘cure’ them.” A rather upsetting art
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OMG, WoW skillz aren’t linked with age or culture!
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