Extra Future

Year: 2009

  • Microsoft’s Bing Travel Search ‘Eerie Similar’ To Existing Startup

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Given their size, It is simply impossible that someone at Microsoft didn’t know about this][link]. The only question is how deep into the process were they, and how many people were afraid to speak or were told to sit down and shut up. [link]: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/kayak-bing/ “Kayak to Bing: Stop Copying Us! – Update | Epicenter…

  • LESS – Leaner CSS

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Consolidates and optimizes CSS in a way which I’ve not seen before][link]. Which is cool, but it would be nice if it could convert it BACK so humans could read/edit it easily. Check the examples, you will be glad you did. Hey, it does do that. via [simplebits][via]. [link]: http://lesscss.org/ “LESS – Leaner CSS” [via]:…

  • X-Men Relationship Map

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    As my friend Kate Dickson says, “[ooooh, which X-Men have snogged each other?][link]” [link]: http://www.uncannyxmen.net/images/article/relationship/relationshipmapv1.htm “relationshipmapv1”

  • Obama admits to smoking on occasion

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Me too, buddy][link]. [link]: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/23/obama-admits-to-smoking-on-occasion/ “CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Obama admits to smoking on occasion « – Blogs from CNN.com”

  • Senator Chris Dodd Joins The Gay Marriage Movement

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Glad to see it][link]. One of the most important parts: >I believe that, when my daughters grow up, barriers to marriage equality for same-sex couples will seem as archaic, and as unfair, as the laws we once had against inter-racial marriage. > >And I want them to know that, even if he was a little…

  • US Justice Dept. Trying To Block Re-Burying Of Geronimo’s Bones

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Wonder why][link]? Definitely interesting fodder for the [Skull & Bones][bones] watchers out there. [link]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8112051.stm “BBC NEWS | Americas | US tries to stop Geronimo lawsuit” [bones]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones#Geronimo “Skull and Bones on Wikipedia”

  • John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner

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    Phil Nelson
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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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    Phil Nelson
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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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    Phil Nelson
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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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    Phil Nelson
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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”