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bikes on the bridge (1)
on Budapest daily photo (6) permalinkThree motorbikes on the Chainbridge. I took this photo like a year ago…but I forgot about it.:)Shared by dH (184)Contribute comment
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The Tree Goats of Morocco (4)
on Damn Cool Pics (74) permalinkThese Moroccan goats you see in the photos climb the Argan trees with incredible ease, in order to get to the delicious fruits that the locals use to make oil. I knew some things about goats, but the fact that they climb trees was not one of them. And before you start yelling “It’s photoshopped!” check out the video at the bottom.Contribute comment
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Weird IE7 bug (1)
on The Net is Dead (2) permalinkI ran into a really weird IE6 / IE7 bug I had never seen before today. I figured I'd share it with you. It all started with an email I got from a Dark Matter Pro user. It said: Using IE-7 browser, when I see my latest image (Rays of Hopes) it looks clean. But when I switch to the Light background, I see scratches on the image. "SCRATCHES?????" I thought... So I had a ...Shared by dH (184)Contribute comment
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iPhone 101: Jumping to the top of your mail (8)
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (3352) permalinkFiled under: iPhone, iPhone 101Mobile Safari has always had a handy feature that i wished Mobile Mail would acquire. Apple must have read my mind, because it's now available.If you're unlucky enough to receive lots of email, you can quickly jump to the top of the list by touching the menu bar (where the time is displayed) as of the iPhone 2.0 software. Ta-dah!Remember, you can bulk delete mail with greater ease now, too. Both ...Shared by dH (184) Josh (181) Ram H. Viswanathan (25) Ryan (185) Scott (22) Tony Ruscoe (48) Vince (38) Walt (58)
- Walt said: This is great feature of Mobile Safari! It is extremely useful when reading long pages like FF. I can't believe it has taken me over a year of iPhone usage to find out about it... D'OH!!!
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The Five Best iPhone 3G Accessories We've Seen (So Far) (3)
on Wired Top Stories (2903) permalinkWe've barely had our mitts on the iPhone 3G for a week and what's old is new again. The bad news? Aside from the addition of blazing fast data speeds, back is the brittle screen, the tinny speaker, and the 30 pin connector. The good news? Most of our tried and true accessories are still compatible. Here's our cast of favorites (with a couple new additions.) —Terrence Russell [Editor's Note: Once again we've assigned this ...
- npike said: I have the arm band, and it looks way dorky.
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1)
on Budapest daily photo (6) permalinkThe Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in short: HAS, in Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia) was founded in 1825, when Count István Széchenyi offered one year’s income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava, seat of the Hungarian Parliament at the time), and his example was followed by other delegates. Its task was specified as the development of the Hungarian language and ...Shared by dH (184)Contribute comment
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5 Tips For Coworking With Friends (6)
on WebWorkerDaily (86) permalinkTeleworkers who miss the networking and collaboration that happens in a typical corporate environment have resorted to coworking. Because of this trend, several coworking opportunities are showing up all over, and you’ll find that Average Web Worker Joe setting up his own coworking space with some friends. But mixing friends with business has always been tricky. Even if you’re just coworking, you still run the risk of having your friends interfere with your business - ...Contribute comment
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The World's Fastest Electric Vehicle? (34)
on Wired Top Stories (2903) permalinkShelby Supercars already builds the world's fastest car. Now it's building the world's fastest EV, a 500-horsepower Tesla-killer it says will be on the road next year.Shared by adam (18) Adi Gaskell (410) Alberto (1457) Ananya Walia (1817) Avi (3424) Benjamin (3289) BuzzDiggity (734) Carbonlord (838) Chris Foresman (41) Christopher W. Bown (14) dH (184) Digg Boss (2794) dobata (1552) Felix Bredoteau (1883) furman (181) Jacob (116) John (287) Jordan (1425) Lars / Ebi (174) maxyRO (2170) Mr. BabyMan (1704) Omar Abid (152) Philip Campbell (41) Rey Ramos (137) Ross V (777) RyneNelson (1123) Simon Barker (70) slmnhq (152) Sun Tzu (2897) Tbro (17) Tim Howard (23) tweez (313) Vroom Man (3) yellowchilli (52)Contribute comment
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Changing Your Web Working Niche (6)
on WebWorkerDaily (86) permalinkWhether you want to take your web working career into a different direction or you simply want a refreshing distraction from your regular web work, it’s likely that you’ll consider changing your niche market at least once in your career. What are the consequences of changing your niche? Is that even advisable? Also, how do you go about it? The first thing you need to do is to understand how this affects your personal brand. ...Contribute comment
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HOWTO build a 1958, oscilloscope-based proto-Pong game (5)
on Boing Boing (6053) permalinkThe good folks at Evil Mad Scientist Labs have unveiled their fantastic HOWTO for recreating a 1958, oscilloscope-based proto-video-game called "Tennis for Two," created by a physicist named William Higinbotham "to improve what was an otherwise lackluster visitors' day at the lab." Before we start, let's be clear that this is not a tutorial in how to build an oscilloscope. Tennis for Two is supposed to display on a 'scope, so beg, borrow, or buy ...Contribute comment
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Douglas Adams's HITCHIKER'S typewriter for sale: Boing Boing Gadgets (13)
on Boing Boing (6053) permalinkOver on Boing Boing Gadgets, our John posts about this marvellous artifact: the autographed typewriter on which Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for sale for a mere ~$25K. An archivist friend of mine tells me that libraries that once collected authors' papers are now storing their hard-drives: N.V. Books in Great Wolford, Warwickshire is selling Adams' vintage Hermes Standard 8 typewriter for a cool $25,257.94. Or, rather, they are selling a ...Shared by André Elias (213) Anthony (160) Azeem (94) Bananalope (89) Camtron 9000 (384) dH (184) fern (49) J. James B (56) Kay (79) marshall (30) Pete (21) William Becher (161) zbrox (183)Contribute comment
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Apple I Basic, the MP3 -- Boing Boing Gadgets (15)
on Boing Boing (6053) permalinkOver on Boing Boing Gadgets, our John has the exciting news that Apple I BASIC has been extracted from an audio cassette and converted to MP3. It's actually got a pretty good beat. They very first piece of commercial Apple software — a primordial flavor of BASIC originally released in 1976 that took thirty seconds to load — has been perfectly and authoritatively extracted from a yellowing audio tape and converted into a 38 second ...Shared by Aaron (107) benh (133) bounder (33) Dan Russell (118) dH (184) Ethan (153) Fearghas (41) HokieGeek (64) Jacob (46) Jen (277) Martyn Drake (5) Matthew (218) Nigel J (146) tomwsmf (92) War-N (50)Contribute comment
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Pandora Usage Stats Prove It's iPhone's Killer App (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch) (5)
on Techmeme (1395) permalinkJason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Pandora Usage Stats Prove It's iPhone's Killer App — Pandora's internet radio has always been one of those sites that was really cool in concept, but too inconvenient to ever go mainstream. The service was long tied to computers only, and while it eventually expanded to special internet radios …Contribute comment
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iPhone 101: Batch mail deletion (6)
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (3352) permalinkFiled under: iPhone, iPhone 101Here's a very handy feature of the iPhone 2.0 software. Previously, deleting many email messages at once was a real pain. You could either swipe across your messages one at a time (invariably selecting a few by accident), or enter edit mode and select a message, touch the Delete button and then touch the Confirmation button. Not exactly speedy.The 2.0 software makes this much easier. First, touch the Edit button. Next, ...Shared by Darin R. McClure (55) dH (184) Glenn Batuyong (401) guercheLE (392) Jules (190) Satchel (80)Contribute comment
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Set Up Push Email, Contacts, and Calendar on Your iPhone for Free (Adam Pash/Lifehacker) (10)
on Techmeme (1395) permalinkAdam Pash / Lifehacker: Set Up Push Email, Contacts, and Calendar on Your iPhone for Free — One of the coolest features available in the new iPhone 2.0 software update is the ability to get new email messages, contacts, and calendar events pushed to your device automatically. The catch: If you don't want to shell …Shared by Aaron (26) Andrew Ruess (596) benoitcazenave (30) bussiere (473) dH (184) fr3dly (42) Matias Sulzberger (69) Michael Hyatt (61) Parker (48) Robert (33)
- Michael Hyatt said: This sounds like a good alternative for someone who wants push email, calendar, and contacts, but doesn't have Microsoft Exchange or MobileMe.
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JoT #1129: WiiFitnophobia. (11)
on The Joy of Tech (rss feed) (110) permalinkAmazing how an animated character can destroy one's self confidence.Click here to visit the comic. Refurbished iPod Touches Drooling over the new App Store but can't afford an iPhone? We just got word of some special priced refurbished iPod Touches over at Apple... here's the link for US customers: Refurbished iPod touch. Apple certified, good as new. Special pricing starts at $199. or if you are in Canada, here is your link... Refurbished iPod touch. ...Shared by Anthony Muoio (25) dH (184) Fourbin (152) fyc (206) Gerard (54) HarrySachz (73) Jamie R (48) Lorenzo (27) Magnus (30) olive (21) rreynoso (90)Contribute comment
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Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR (156)
on Boing Boing (6053) permalinkI'm not sure what Chinese string this restaurateur fed to the translation software used to to generate the giant sign hanging over the entrance, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't: TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR. Ah, the special problems of translations into other alphabets. Link (Thanks, Mark!)Shared by .x.p.o.i.n.t. (19) [mRg] (4) 100rabh™ (73) Aaron (107) Adam (80) Aditya (5) Alan Cheslow (182) Alex Resta (88) AlexT (10) André (42) André Elias (213) Andrew (164) ani625 (555) BIGODE (92) Binsento (24) BostonCJP (4) Brent Ozar (36) brice (59) brokekid (380) brownpau (70) bussiere (473) Cadu (41) Carl (55) Carl (32) Carlos (301) Cherry (9) Chris (220) Christopher (10) Dan (3) Dan Coppock (5) Dan Russell (118) Daniel Bachhuber (131) Daniel C (39) davidorban (23) dH (184) dmkanter (29) DOCBook Howto (392) Dominik (151) Dropkick (39) Dustin Hillard (3) Eater (99) EJ (68) erbianchi (47) Erik C. Thauvin (220) Ethan (153) FelipeC (45) fern (49) fox (15) Franck Mahon (14) Freddy (31) freesci (17) Fuzzyman (61) Gangles (40) GeekThug (15) ggatin (64) Giacomo (8) Grandje5ter (99) Gutshot (75) hallie (43) HarrySachz (73) Hezy (51) hibiscusroto (57) hikikomori (229) Ian Mulvany (24) J. James B (56) JamesB (2) Jason (92) Jason (25) Jason C. Romero (24) Jaume (27) Jeffrey Herr (27) Jen (277) jetienne (65) joco (67) Joe (34) Joel Gil (67) John (39) Jon (19) jon|k (30) Jonathan (79) Joshua (55) Keith (10) kerim (36) Kevin (352) Kevin Branigan (51) khoyot3 (44) Larry (70) Lars Trieloff (35) Lee (37) lmjabreu (110) Logan (12) looprock (87) lstoll (3) Maarek Stele (341) Manuel (55) Mark (495) mark (21) Martyn Drake (5) Matt (16) Matthew (17) Matthew (81) Matthew (218) Matthew Harman (218) Matthijs (2) Maxim (69) mcfonk (1) MeghnaK (293) Michael (6) Michelynn (115) Mike F (2080) Mr. Matt (58) Nav (43) Nickname unavailable (2) Nigel Mayo (25) noattention (284) Paul (221) Pedro Pinheiro (21) Psythor (41) puthali (46) RapidEye (64) ReducedHackers (60) reisfeldt (45) rlangis (3) Rob (176) Robert (5) rpy (36) Ryan Grove (12) Scott (19) Shad (8) Shawn (94) Shawn Szauksztun-Zvinis (27) Shoshannah F (188) Simon (57) Steve Loopipe (56) striatic (25) Stuart (5) SugarSmax (33) Sumesh (215) sven (9) taylor (123) Tessa (25) Thadius (55) Timm (26) timmow (15) Tom Keays (149) Tomer Cohen (24) Travis (32) Tuneguru (104) Twi (72) vega gravity (50) Victor Bogado (16) Wesley (26) Xisco (91) Y (176) ydant (88) Zinoc (22)Explore read six notes
- Pedro Pinheiro said: It always helps to have at least a rudimentary knowledge of the destination language, especially if you're going to print the translation on a huge, expensive banner.
- Maarek Stele said: bwaaaa ha ha ha!
- ani625 said: Translation gone wrong..
- striatic said: hehehe
- Simon said: That's hilarious.
- Matthijs said: Bwhahaha. Onmogelijk goed!
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July 16, 1945: Trinity Blast Opens Atomic Age (15)
on Wired Top Stories (2903) permalink1945: The first atomic bomb is tested successfully at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in a remote section of desert near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The instant the bomb detonated at 5:30 a.m. that Monday, the atomic age was born, and the world changed forever. The Trinity test, as it was known, was the culmination of the American effort to win the race against Germany (and, ultimately, the Soviet Union) in building an atomic ...Shared by Ananya Walia (1817) Brian (480) chris (1916) dH (184) Dominic Foster (1887) Duncan (225) LUCCHINA (1789) Mahesh Basantani (771) MetatronsCube (52) Pedro Vera (59) pmfa (34) ProfVegas (1215) sanja (31) webtime (1027) zuzur (84)Contribute comment
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XKCD: The Sea (138)
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Video: Gordian worm leaves its cricket host (17)
on Boing Boing (6053) permalinkGordian worms are parasites that live inside the likes of beetles, cockroaches, and crickets. The worms can be as long as one meter and 3 millimeters in diameter. Here is a video of a gordian worm emerging from its host in a swimming pool. Gordian worm (YouTube, via 37 Signals, thanks Sean Ness!)Shared by Carl Dunn3 (34) Clay (135) dH (184) eMich (73) Ethan (153) Fuzzyman (61) Jared (84) Jeff Daly (169) Kevin Branigan (51) khoyot3 (44) Mr. Matt (58) mrkvm (28) seanness (17) Steve Loopipe (56) Stuart (426) Theo (25) zbrox (183)Contribute comment
