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Month: June 2009

  • John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner

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    [Hodg-man rose to the occasion][link]. Very funny. [link]: http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7OPByRGDY “John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner | quietube”

  • BWToolkit

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    [A very useful looking Interface Builder plugin][link] from Brandon Walkin. [link]: http://brandonwalkin.com/bwtoolkit/ “BWToolkit – Interface Builder Plugin for Cocoa on Mac OS X”

  • The Guardian Using Crowdsourcing To Uncover MP Expenses

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    Phil Nelson
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    [With 700,000 documents to comb though][link] it is a totally rational approach. It can either take a team of experts 2 years or it can take “everyone” a few days. Obviously the potential is there to game the system and make your guy look good or the other guy look bad, but review is a…

  • MagLev Toy Train

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    [This video of a toy MegLev train][link] does a good job of explaining how the technology works. (via [kottke][source]) [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5el1A5B-h3Q “YouTube – MagLev Toy Train ENGLISH VERSION” [source]: http://www.kottke.org/09/06/maglev-toy-train “Kottke’s post about the video”

  • Darkseid Minus New Gods

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    Phil Nelson
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    [In the grand tradition of Garfield Minus Garfield][link]. [link]: http://www.4thletter.net/2009/06/and-now-darkseid-minus-new-gods/ “4thletter! » Blog Archive » Darkseid Minus New Gods”

  • U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran

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    [The reason Twitter got to delay it’s maintenance today][link] was apparently in large part due to Gov’t intervention. [link]: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSWBT01137420090616 “U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran | Industries | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters”

  • Sweet Juniper! on Andrew W.K.’s New Show “Destroy Build Destroy”

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    [It’s a kids show, and it’s totally real and not a joke][link]. The show [starts this summer on Cartoon Network][show], and it looks like the most fun children are legally allowed to have on TV. [He does what he likes and he likes what he does]. [link]: http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2009/06/one-of-my-law-professors-once-pulled.html “Sweet Juniper!” : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuw7tcftAoU “Party Hard” [show]:…

  • HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?

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    [If we are lucky][link]. [link]: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/infoworld/20090616/tc_infoworld/79291 ” HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight? by InfoWorld: Yahoo! Tech”

  • Miso

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    [A great-looking, compact, typeface for industry][link]. Comes in 3 flavors and is free for private or commercial use. [link]: http://www.omkrets.se/typografi/ “Omkrets arkitektur: Typografi”

  • Badass Asteroid Destroys Earth in High Definition

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    [Read directions thoroughly before applying to eyeballs][link]. I still say it is much more likely to come [from within][lavos]. [link]: http://gizmodo.com/5118876/badass-asteroid-destroys-earth-in-high-definition “Gizmodo – Badass Asteroid Destroys Earth in High Definition – Futuremodo” [lavos]: http://chronocompendium.com/Term/Lavos.html “Chrono Trigger: Lavos”

  • “Don’t call what happened in Iran last week an election”

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    [Hitchens on the #iranelection][link]. From an Iranian compatriot: >I went to the last major Ahmadinejad rally and got the whiff of what I imagine fascism to have been all about. Lots of splotchy boys who can’t get a date are given guns and told they’re special. [link]: http://www.slate.com/id/2220520/ “Don’t call what happened in Iran last…

  • Safari 4’s Full-Page Zoom

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    [Pierre Igot on the differences between Safari 4’s page zooming and other browsers][link]. Safari 4’s implementation is yards better, and makes the job of the programmer much easier. [link]: http://www.betalogue.com/2009/06/15/safari-4-zoom/ “Betalogue » Blog Archive » Safari 4’s Full-Page Zoom: Impressive”