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Month: June 2009

  • How To Set Up An Anonymous Squid Proxy On OS X

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    This post has been deleted due to old age and irrelevance of the information contained therein.

  • Scientists Revive 120,000 year-old Bacteria

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    [Oh, good. Good job, Science][link]. I’m sure it won’t escape and endanger mankind or anything like that. [link]: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17305-resurrection-bug-revived-after-120000-years.html “‘Resurrection bug’ revived after 120,000 years – life – 15 June 2009 – New Scientist”

  • breadbox64

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    [A Twitter client for C64][link]. [link]: http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/ “:: v a n . d e n . b r a n d e ::”

  • 24 Hour Transformers Marathon & Me

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    I’m going to be covering the rest of the 24 Hour Transformers Marathon on TELETOON on [this Tumblr][tumb] and [this Live-blog][link]. You can join in, if you like. Watch my slow descent into madness. [link]: http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/24_Hour_Transformers_Marathon “24 Hour Transformers Marathon | Liveblog live blogging” [tumb]: http://tvmarathon.tumblr.com “Tumblr”

  • AnandTech Tests New Macbook Pro Battery Life

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    [According to their tests][link], the new 15″ MBP lasted almost TWICE as long as the previous model– a total of about 5.5 hours to a charge. That is a *huge* jump, and as far as I can see it is unprecedented. They say: >There’s only a 46% increase in battery capacity, there shouldn’t be a…

  • CSS Tools Coda Plugin

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    [Super useful Coda plugin, which uses CSSTidy][link]. Can translate back to human-readable code for changes, then re-compress. [link]: http://mondaybynoon.com/2008/12/15/css-tools-coda-plugin/ “CSS Tools Coda Plugin – Monday By Noon”

  • Rob Matthews’s Hardback Copy of Wikipedia Features Articles

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    [Neat. Looks to be several feet high][link]. [link]: http://www.rob-matthews.com/index.php?/project/wikipedia/ “Wikipedia : Rob Matthews”

  • The Radioactive Wasps of Hanford

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    [Not from a movie or script, but real life][link]: >The contractor handling the clean-up, Washington Closure, says the nests were all built in 2003 when water was used to dampen dust during demolition of an H Reactor basin. That attracted the wasps that used the mud to make tube-shaped nests for eggs. [link]: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009327345_webnukedwasps11m.html “Local…

  • Last.fm’s Founders Leaving

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    [Cannot say I’m surprised][link]. It’ll be two-years after their acquisition, which is probably the earliest they were *allowed* to leave. [link]: http://blog.last.fm/2009/06/10/message-from-the-lastfm-founders-felix-rj-and-martin “Last.fm – the Blog · Message from the Last.fm founders, Felix, RJ and Martin”

  • iHeartRate by Endloop

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    [My friend Ken Seto’s iPhone/iPod Touch app, recently updated to version 1.1][link]. It’s one of the best-looking and friendliest health-related iPhone apps I’ve seen. [link]: http://endloop.ca/ “endloop inc.- fun, elegant iPhone apps and games”

  • How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later

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    [Relevant to my interests, and somehow I hadn’t read it before][link]. PKD knew a thing or two about this. [link]: http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”

  • Venture Family For The Sims 3

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    [Rusty, Hank, Dean, Brock, Dr. Orpheus and Triana][link]. This is pretty great. [link]: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=48492# “Venture Family by Neverent – The Exchange – Community – The Sims 3”