Inhabitat (2)
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What does it take to lead a good, green lifestyle? With more and more ‘green’ products hitting the market, the conscientious consumer now faces a veritable morass of choices; small important everyday choices that can make a big difference in the long run. This fall, Inhabitat launches a special 8-part series will explore various aspects of the “green lifestyle” – what it means, what to look for, and where to look for more in-depth expert ...
Robotic Lawn-Mowing Sheep (3)
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Who said robotic mowers have to be little plastic boxes? I just want to know when I can get a robo-sheep to mow my lawn, because it's looking kind of ragged. The robot kind of reminds me of Shaun the Sheep from Wallace & Gromit. More on the Robotic Lawn-Mowing Sheep Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Robotics | Digg this!
Netflix API open to all: let the developing begin - Engadget (33)
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Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Good news, developers of the world -- the Netflix API will be open to all starting tomorrow. As of October 1st, absolutely anyone can self-signup by visiting the read link, and while details are a tad sketchy at the moment, it sounds like this could hold some serious promise. The API itself allows access to data for 100,000 movie and TV episode titles, is completely free and (most importantly) allows ...
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Brandon Bloom said:
netflix is clever - they know their money is in distribution. Mail or digital, they own the pipe and can profit off others software
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D4V said:
Now only if this was available in Canada..
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MasterCKO said:
and NOW I might just get a Netflix account.
Sciencey women (1)
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Trying to keep up with the blogs at ScienceBlogs is like trying to dig a hole in water, they have so many. But still I was surprised that I didn’t know about Science Woman. They just posted a very cool link of their blogroll which contains a zillion links to science/tech/engineering/math (STEM) blogs written by women. It’s pretty good, but I noticed they are missing a few, so I sent them a comment about it ...
Door Number Three (13)
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I'll begin this third and (I promise) last column on IT management with a confession: I have been fired from every job I have ever held. This is certainly not something I set out to do, nor did I even realize it until one day my young and lovely wife mentioned that I had never told her about voluntarily leaving any position. It's not that I've had so many jobs, either. This one and the ...
Can a deep freezer save you money on meals? (2)
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This is the first in a two-part series on how you can use a deep freezer to help with meal planning. Eating nutritious food is essential for my health. If I eat more than two high-fat, low nutrition meals in a week it takes longer for me to heal after injury and my energy level plummets. For most of us, more than two high-fat, low nutrition meals in a week also adds unwanted pounds and ...
Alan's DIY "Cat Jet" litter box ventilation system - Boing Boing Gadgets (4)
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Our friend Alan Graham wrote up this great project for venting cat litter box fumes out of his house. It's called the "Cat Jet", which implies much more hilarity than the actual project affords. As any cat owner knows, no matter how many cats you have or what type of litter you use, the cat box smell is something that you never quite get used to. My wife and I keep our litter box in ...
StairCase (27)
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The StairCase is an ingeniously designed shelving unit that combines a bookshelf with a pull out stair system in the bottom three shelves. It is designed by Danny Kuo and is currently in the working prototype stage. The shelving system is fairly high and the top shelves are accessible by using the bottom shelves as steps for access to the higher shelves. I love this concept and find it very practical. It’s perfect for a ...
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Wyn said:
Wasn't this woman's brother in the Take On Me video?
LongURL Expands Short URLs So You Know Where You're Going [Featured Firefox Extension] (59)
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Web site (and Firefox extension) LongURL expands URLs that have been shortened by services like TinyURL, Ping.fm, is.gd, and tons more, so you know where the link is pointing before you follow it. The site itself is a decent tool to begin with, but the Firefox extension is what makes LongURL really useful. Once installed, the LongURL extension will automatically expand a shortened URL in the tooltip when you hover over the link with your ...
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yolly said:
Create a solution and then reserve engineer the problem you created by solving it in the first place . . . or something like that anyway
Dropbox Backup Service Adds Linux Support (3)
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Dropbox, the free, web-based file backup service, is giving Linux some love with its new desktop uploader for Linux. Dropbox’s desktop app was previously available on both Windows and Mac. Even better the Linux client is open-source, with Fedora rpm and Ubuntu deb packages available, as well as the source if you’re compiling on another Linux distro. If you haven’t used DropBox before it’s pretty simple; you just install the client which will create a ...
Make a Passive Network Tap (5)
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This is a nice instructable that allows you to monitor you home network without any expensive equipment. Perfect for those who like to snoop anonymously. Companies like Network Optics make incredible taps, for all sorts of media, but if you have 10/100 home network then for $18 in parts from home depot you can make a tap and send the output to snort/tcpdump/wireshark and see if any data is leaking that should not be. Learn ...
Front Loading Washers Have A Love Affair With Mold [Appliances] (6)
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Consumer Reports says that despite the fact that front-loading washers are more efficient than traditional top-loading washers, they do have one major drawback. Mold. And the problem is severe enough that there have been several class action lawsuits filed against LG, Whirlpool, and Sears, whose Kenmore front-loaders are made by Whirlpool. So what should you do? CR says: Our advice: When washing, use warm or hot water unless a load requires cold. Wipe the door ...
Preview of YUI 3.0 Shows Many New Features, Little Backward Compatibility (4)
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Development of YUI 3.0, the latest version of Yahoo's User Interface toolset and widgets for Web development, is now available as a preview release. YUI has long been a popular choice for client-side Web development, both because of its liberal BSD license, and because of the number of features that the library includes. YUI 3.0, when it is released, will offer a variety of new JavaScript classes and widgets. However, this will come at a ...
IOGEAR's USB Laptop KVM Switch provides your portable with impressive new powers (13)
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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Peripherals Despite the best attempts of computer manufacturers, most of us still need two computers to make it through the week: perhaps a laptop for the daily grind and a desktop for transcoding h.264 files... whatever works for you. IOGEAR is looking to cash in on this trend with its new USB Laptop KVM Switch, which, unlike traditional KVMs, allows you to use your laptop's keyboard, mouse and display to control ...
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James said:
Pretty interesting device.
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mubix said:
Better than Synergy? Not quite, due to cross platform issue, but it's still under dev so, we'll see
