Extra Future

Year: 2009

  • 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”

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

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    Phil Nelson
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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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    Phil Nelson
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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”