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The Democratic And Republican National Convention Speeches, As Seen Through Wordle (10)
permalinkIt's all over: Years of planning, hours of speech-writing, millions spent on creating the venues to host thousands of Democratic and Republican convention attendees. What remains are the words that the politicians spoke (or didn't,) and the promises they made. To re-cap those words, we thought we'd create a Wordle gallery of the most notable candidates', spouses', and supporters' speeches. Wordle is an online application created by IBM's senior software engineer Jonathan Feinberg. Using text ...Shared by Bill Austin (10) Brando (3) Gabe (14) hoosteen (43) Jani (4) Leximo (514) najee (330) Ritu (686) rob (12) Shellee (4)
- hoosteen said: I love that McCain's speech is a jumble, and that COUNTRY is the only consistent theme among the RNC speeches. USA! USA! USA!
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80s Japanese comic strip about Wozniak, Jobs, and Apple (2)
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“Back in 1984, Japanese manga artist Mitsuru Sugaya wrote a fun comic book for kids about the birth of Apple. It was originally published as a two-part series in a popular manga compilation called Koro Koro Comics in May and June that year, but Sugaya published the story in its entirety on his blog on July 11th—iPhone launch day in Japan. "The year before I wrote this, I went to Silicon Valley and stopped by ...Shared by Aaron H. (24) Gabe (14)Contribute comment -
» Suburban Sprawl Growing on Farms at Broken Sidewalk - Louisville From The Ground Up (2)
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Sprawl Farm This is an installation by artist Matthew Moore covering 35 acres in Arizona. Using wheat and sorghum, Moore created a “crop map” that “attempts to reconcile the urban with the rural while reflecting on the American Dream and its effect on society.” As Louisville continues to struggle with its burgeoning borders (we seem to hear of five or more developments in the for reaching exurbs for every one in the city), Moore’s art ...Shared by Gabe (14) Michelle Jones (6)Contribute comment -
Install a New Hard Drive in a MacBook [How To] (17)
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It's easy to install a new hard drive in your desktop computer, but laptops can be a whole other ball of wax, because the drive is usually wedged deep into the notebook's innards and it takes a lot more elbow grease to swap out. MacBook owner Dwight Silverman took the plunge when he filled up his drive and doubled his available gigabytage. This process varies from notebook to notebook, so if you've successfully installed a ...Shared by CampMaster (21) Coop (25) Gabe (14) Hasan (43) HejGustav (32) Isaac (11) JasonV (2) kidmarmite (37) Kwasi (150) m0tafa.lin (15) Manny (50) Mick (39) Olli Sulopuisto (28) paco_reyes (20) Shane (4) vraicovi (17) Zoram (20)Contribute comment -
iPhone as RC controller for car (2)
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Josef Pruiza (and his brother), a few iPhone 3G-loving Czechs, have figured out how to control their RC car with their iPhone's accelerometer. The 5+ minute video shows Josef wheeling and spinning his RC car simply by tilting the iPhone. Josef’s Blog on this Via: ModMyiFoneShared by Gabe (14) Mark McKay (7)Contribute comment -
Google Chrome's about:internets Easter Egg [Google Chrome] (25)
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Google Chrome users, type about:internets into the address bar to get a fun little animation. Don't clog the tubes, yo. (Check out some more of our favorite software Easter eggs here.)Shared by !!blue (14) Aaron Jamison (7) adam (25) Babak (33) brownpau (47) cesaracardoso (77) Chung (111) Coolbox (22) Crossbar (36) Dan McCall (24) Dicky S (26) DippinBits (19) dknowles (19) docbaily (39) Dropkick (6) Gabe (14) Hasan (43) joekwon (18) kleinmatic (25) Kwasi (150) Leon Ridge-Cooke (42) Omer (9) RickMiraldo (10) Ryan (46) Zoram (20)Contribute comment -
Underwear for Africa and Reclaiming A September 11th Birthday (1)
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Some of the best grassroots fundraising for projects in developing countries take the form of clothing donation campaigns. Last summer, as part of a campaign I did to support the Cambodian bloggers summit, I got many donations of technology t-shirts. So many generous people donated, that I had enough to distribute some t-shirts to the kids at Roteang Orphanage, managed by the Sharing Foundation, including a foo-camp t-shirt donated by Tara Hunt for Pharoth. More ...Shared by Gabe (14)Contribute comment -
Adobe to webcast CS4 introduction September 23 (2)
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Adobe will introduce its all-new Adobe Creative Suite 4 series of applications in a special online event on September 23 - and is inviting creatives to pre-register for the webcast of the launch. It's been an open secret the company intends launching the new software at some point this year, now the cat's escaped the bag and Adobe plans to stream a webcast of the new features inside the creative application power tools set. "It's ...Contribute comment -
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1)
permalinkThe brilliant 71 minutes of music on Sonic Youth’s sixth album brazenly attempted to be iconic when it first came out in the fall of 1988, and it succeeded on every level. Similar to what the Velvet Underground did on The Velvet Underground and Nico in 1967, and Television on Marquee Moon in 1977, Daydream Nation achieves the kind of musical trifecta that so perfectly suits a band hailing from New York City, in which ...Shared by Gabe (14)
- Gabe said: Last time I was home I found my dubbed cassette copy of this album.
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Platforms and Priorities (39)
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By Amanda Walker, Software EngineerThe initial public beta release of Chromium (the open source project for Google Chrome) builds and runs on Microsoft Windows, but we are actively working on versions for Mac OS X and Linux as well. I'm one of the people focusing on the Mac version. In this blog post I'll explain a bit about how we're approaching the challenges of building a product on multiple platforms and what our goals are.In ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) Adam (7) Adam (36) Alex (102) ayn (9) bddemir (4) Bob Lee (16) Brad Davis Seal (28) Brettsky (10) Brian Landau (20) Chris (68) Chung (111) danb420 (18) dav (7) Didier (12) dobata (385) erbianchi (27) EricaJoy (8) evo (11) Fourbin (17) Gabe (14) gnusic (80) Guillermo Esteves (13) J Shamsul Bahri (5) Josh Bancroft (25) louisgray (150) noattention (20) Odysseus F (2) Preoccupations (47) rob (12) Shaun (12) skabaru (13) stantont (28) Tim (54) vrypan (23) windy (25) zapnap (34) शंतनु (7) 天佑 (5)Contribute comment -
Google white space petition: 13,000 signatures and counting (15)
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For the first time, Google has rallied consumers in support of a policy position: supporting "white spaces" broadband. More than 13,000 people have signed the petition so far as the white spaces battle turns explicitly political.Read More...Shared by BrendoMan (115) Brian Cuban (1084) cgsheldon (158) DeadRinga (36) Gabe (14) GerardM (25) Joey Doll (14) Muhammad Saleem (246) Pengas (21) Rami Taibah (488) Robert Cortez (11) Travis Cannon (9) warrior007 (246) Wayne (52) Will (1)- Pengas said: Have you signed the petition yet?
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Nintendo Coffee Table? : PalmerCash Blarg (2)
permalinkNintendo Coffee Table? August 1st, 2008 • Related • Filed Under Filed Under: Awesomeness • The Funnies • World Wide Weird Tags: 8 bit • austrailian • awesome • coffee table • controller • functional • kyle downes • nes • nintendo • nostalgia • super mario brothers Remember when Kramer on Seinfeld made a coffee table out of a coffee table book? That was a pretty good idea. Well an Australian dude named Kyle ...Shared by Arraine (193) Gabe (14)Contribute comment
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*J.A. Adofo & City Boys Adeasa* *Side A* Enfa Odo Ndi Agoro (1)
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J.A. Adofo & City Boys AdeasaSide AEnfa Odo Ndi AgoroAdeasaAhoofe Di Wo KoSide BEka Pae AbusuaAhenepa EnkasaBre Pe Wo DeMore J.A. Adofo. The music on this tape sounds nothing like whatever they are doing on the cover, i.e. not much actual guitar- and percussion-playing. Instead we have synth-y sounds galore.Shared by Gabe (14)Contribute comment -
Alex Trebek Drunk and Swearing (63)
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McCain, Obama Agree to Overlook Transportation (5)
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It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1 (158)
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Comcast has finally announced that it will introduce 250GB per month bandwidth caps for all residential customers this fall. It insists that this is the same policy it always had, but with clearer limits.Read More...Shared by 4braham (2) Aaron (13) Aaron Draczynski (8) Adam (4) Adam Maldonado (155) Adam McDonald (30) Alden (4) Alex (102) Alex Berger (23) Alex Winter (6) Alexander13 (467) André R. Hood (28) Andrew (0) Andrew (13) Andrew Hughes (32) andrew reedy (14) Ashish Mohta (85) badpazzword (20) Ben (34) Brian Sanderson (3) Bryan Irrera (6) Bwana (74) Cai Chen (1062) Carissa (62) Chad (171) charris1980 (47) Chris (70) Chris (15) Chris Lasher (11) Chris Robertson (23) Chris Stamas (9) Chris Wilson (17) Christian Davis (7) christopher (4) Christopher Gizzi (27) CJ (7) Clint Ecker (31) Cocoy (34) Courtney (26) Dan (25) Dani McDaniel (93) Danny (14) Datch (19) Dave (36) David Machiavello (32) DeadRinga (36) deusdiabolus (95) Dillon Amburgey (6) dobata (385) Donald Webster (1) Doug Stewart (28) Drew (7) Erik Edwards (6) Ethan (20) ewancube (3) Felix Bredoteau (56) Frank K. Clowes (0) Frankie Loscavio (1) Gabe (14) GeniusBoyWonder (27) George Perham (4) GG (51) Handy Lukman (1) Ian Mikutel (6) Ivan Campos (2) j1m (8) Jacob (31) Jake (10) James F (6) James Luna (18) James Young (2) Jamie Diamond (4) Jason (36) Jason (80) Jeff Lundberg (4) Jeffrey Blais (47) Jenner (12) Jeremy (108) Jim (18) joe torres (13) Joh Rogers (10) John Dyer (1) John Henning (0) Jon Heller (0) Jon Phillips (23) Jorge (22) Josh (24) Judy (14) Justin (5) Katie Fellows (37) Kevin (28) Leena (1134) Leximo (514) Lisa Hosey (60) Luciano (15) Marcus Mattsson (6) Mark Frost (8) Matt (4) Matt Albiniak (4) Matt Lopez (110) Matthew (35) Matthew (2) mattlopez (95) mavrevMatt (26) McBilly Wilford Sy (37) Michael Religioso (25) Mitch Romig (18) mock (6) mopperx2 (3) Mr. BabyMan (373) Mr. Matt (12) Nick (2) nikan (41) nparker13 (104) Nunya (5) Patric (0) Patrick (120) Paul Edwards (31) pcnerd37 (5) Pengas (21) ProfVegas (181) Ram (91) Randy (44) Randy Meeker (14) Rich (37) Rich Karpinski (16) richtannehill (33) rmg7344 (18) Robert Couture (5) Romey (34) Ross V (471) Ryan (10) Ryan Brodkin (24) Ryan Sprake (4) sadiq kassamali (41) Sami Fouad (26) Samuel (52) Scott (5) Shane (6) Shawn Hill (62) Stacy Jai (7) Steve (9) Steve (19) Taylor Norrish (2) th13rteen (150) Thomas (25) Tidus (12) Tim (11) timothy vollmer (7) Travis Cannon (9) Trevor Shafer (29) Trevor Wermund (147) Tsudohnimh (18) Tyler N. (39) Tyson Williams (58) vanlandw (13) Will Harris (6) Zac (5)Explore read 10 notes- Bwana said: Here we go. So if it's 250GB on paper, it means we get rate limited at 100GB. It's Cooomcrapstic!
- Patric said: OWNED!
- Clint Ecker said: I am so screwed.
- Robert Couture said: It is better that they are upfront with this. Additionally, that 250GB cap should be unrestricted.
- Shane said: I will start looking for a new ISP today...
- Jeffrey Blais said: I hope these companies allow us to monitor usage just like we do with you cell phones.
- Jason said: Guess who I won't be using for high-speed Internet when I return to the states.
- vanlandw said: Date Download Upload Total2008-08 28.00 GB 5.22 GB 33.22 GBThat is our usage for August but when the winter comes I see that doubling. Regardless a sad move to see also I believe Comcast is not going to offer any tools to self monitor your traffic. Losers
- 4braham said: Shame on them. There goes the internet
- Jorge said: I hate Comass. I really need to switch to DSL.
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Album-loving artists blame iTunes for changed music tastes (59)
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High-profile artists have forgone putting their albums on the iTunes Store lately as they complain of an unfair distribution system that only helps to reduce album sales. Is cherry-picking only hot singles a trend with staying power, or can full-album sales make a comeback?Read More...Shared by Adrock (0) arkiver (20) Arthur Monnet (0) Avi (752) Bill (17) bittin (210) Brandon Quintana (6) Brian (90) Carbonlord (46) Casper (87) Chabarred (53) ChiliMac (1) Chris Foresman (0) CJ (81) craig (63) danliebke (60) David (61) David Gaw (13) Derek (9) Derrik (37) Digg Boss (641) dobata (385) Doug Adams (128) Gabe (14) guy (626) HollowMarkeD (65) James Young (2) Jamie McGibbon (85) Jason Boucher (1) Jason Joo (76) Jordan (411) Kari (8) Keith B (3) Keith Bradbury (3) Leximo (514) Matthew (35) maxyRO (509) metaeuphoria (20) Michael (39) Mirco (4) mr_gadget (153) Mr. BabyMan (373) Nav (22) neal (530) Neil Koivu (17) Nice Fish Films (65) Peter R. Wood (9) ProfVegas (181) Samuel (52) sean (1) ShuTian (78) Sonny Gill (6) Steve (9) Sun Tzu (313) Trevor Wermund (147) Tyson Williams (58) Vince (23) wcaw (74)Explore read five notes- Kari said: Customer orientation and creating value? What's that?
- David said: Make the entire album worthwhile, and I'll buy the whole album in a physical copy!
- CJ said: Or, you could try making better albums. Just saying.
- sean said: I'm still very much album-oriented ... the only singles I download are freebies. How about you?
- Gabe said: For the last 55 years, singles and albums have jostled for popularity; from 45 to cassingle to the new digital single, wise musicians have handled new mediums well by approaching singles, eps and lps from different artistic angles.
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iPhone factory worker is newly Internet famous (7)
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Filed under: Odds and endsLast week you may have caught some photos going around of a cute Foxconn factory worker flashing peace signs. The photos were found on a UK man's brand-new iPhone, and posted at MacRumors. The mystery girl's identity is being protected by Foxconn, and a company spokesman said that her job is not in any danger. Taking pictures with the camera is a normal part of the testing procedure done before the ...Contribute comment
