Extreme ironing, an adventure sport for people who like laundry (49)
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Extreme ironing might be the coolest sport that didn't make it into the Olympics this year. Started over a decade ago by UK knitwear factory worker Phil Shaw, it requires four simple criteria: a man, an iron, an ironing board, and a crazy natural environment that makes people think, holy crap I can't believe he's ironing on that thing! Shaw calls extreme ironing "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor ...
Pitfalls to Avoid When Designing Forms (54)
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Many web forms are broken, usability-wise. Knowing these problems can make you avoid them when you design your own web forms, so here are some recurring usability pitfalls. 1. The risky reset button. In most instances, the form reset button is not needed, though it can almost always do harm if users accidentally click it – because it will empty the form without any confirmation box (in popular browsers and popular form implementations, anyway). Take ...
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CD1 said:
dicas de como fazer bons formulários na Internet, que muito site por aí deveria usar...
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Rakesh said:
Sensible tips - most experienced developers know these or should know these but you would be surprised how many don't or just get lazy...
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Vish said:
and, when I make a mistake in filling your form, don't punish me by clearing the whole form.. please don't..
How To See In Four Dimensions (27)
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An anonymous reader writes "Think it's impossible to see four-dimensional objects? These videos will show you otherwise. Some mathematicians work with four-dimensional objects all the time, and they've developed some clever tricks to get a feeling for what they're like. The techniques begin by imagining how two-dimensional creatures, like those in Edwin Abbot's 'Flatland,' could get a feeling for three-dimensional objects. When those techniques are transferred up a dimension, the results are gorgeous."Read more of ...
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Jackyshadow said:
一帮数学家搞的Project，将四维空间的概念投射到三维空间中，换句话说，就是以数学为方法，以CG为手段，视觉化时间和时间与三位空间关系的概念。官方网站上提供整部纪录片的BT下载和FTP下载，包含中文字幕。
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Miguel A. Arévalo said:
Somos un cuadrado en un plano.
Manifesting with the Law of Attraction: Attachment (1)
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Attachment is one of the major reasons why we fail to manifest our desires through the law of attraction. This is because the very act of desperately desiring something conveys to the universe that something is not in existence in the mental plane or in the material plane. By the law of attraction, that is what it is going to be. Attachment prevents us from becoming who we truly are and fulfilling our potentials and ...
Google Calculator (Pic) (60)
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[Thanks Haochi for the result!] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google Calculator (Pic) | Comments][Advertisement] Google books at eBay: background info on Google, AdWords, AdSense, Blogger and more...
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ThomasHan said:
oops...
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Fi said:
LOLZ-Ur speling them rong. (But thay iz still funny.)
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Voyagerfan5761 said:
Arithmetic FAIL.
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DarkBls said:
Ouais bon. C'est pas encore ca. Dun aute coté c'est pas ce que je demande tous les jours à Google ;)
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WindPower said:
Buffer overflow
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captbunzo said:
hehehehehehehehe.... good try google calc
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billrod said:
wow check it out.. this is wrong... lol
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Leooon said:
Mas WTF?
Photo of the Day (08.22.08) (1)
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Filed under: United States, Photo of the Day This photo, from jrodmanjr, was taken in front of San Francisco's beautiful City Hall. Remember: if you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. Want your photo to be considered for Gadling's Photo of the Day? Submit your best shots here. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Interview Update With Bjarne Stroustrup On C++0x (10)
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An anonymous reader writes "DevX interviewed Bjarne Stroustrup about C++0x, the new C++ standard that is due in 2009. Bjarne Stroustrup has classified the new features into three categories: Concurrency, Libraries and Language. The changes introduced in Concurrency makes C++ more standardized and easy to use on multi-core processors. It is good to see that some of the commonly used libraries are becoming standard (eg: unordered_maps and regex)."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Chuck LeDuc said:
Snore. Like it matters.
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Ooble said:
You won't read this. But you should.
TSA inspector damages planes and causes major flight delays (1)
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Filed under: United States, Airlines, Airports, NewsAs one of the duties to make sure air travel is safer, TSA inspectors check planes for security issues while the planes are parked. Unfortunately, knowing which parts of planes should not be touched, and what a ladder looks like is a skill set that still needs some fine tuning. According to this ABC News report, an inspector at Chicago's O'Hare Airport used sensitive instrument probes as handholds while ...
MIT Students' Gag Order Lifted (7)
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mytrip and several other readers let us know that a judge in Boston has lifted the gag order — actually let it expire — against three MIT students who discovered flaws in the security of the local transit system, the MBTA. We've discussed the case over the last 10 days. "Judge O'Toole said he disagreed with the basic premise of the MBTA's argument: That the students' presentation was a likely violation of the Computer Fraud ...
Beijing: Activists detained after lighting up "Free Tibet" LED Throwies banner near Olympics site (24)
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An update on the pro-Tibet tech-art protests happening in Beijing: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) tells Boing Boing that a group of five pro-Tibet activists displayed an LED Throwie Banner near the Olympics site in Beijing. The protesters, all of whom are US nationals, were promptly detained by Chinese authorities. From SFT, via email to BB: This was inspired by GRL's "Throwies" project, and the building and implementation of this was done by a ...
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Andrew said:
what a shock
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Craig Maloney said:
Wondering what part of the brain gets you to go to a foreign country known for it's lack of a sense of humor about such shenanigans, and light up this steaming pile of dog-shit on their front porch? I'm sure these activists thought they were doing the right thing, but I'm also certain they'll whine that they're Americans and should be allowed to do this. Dumbasses.
Google Revs Android, FCC Approves First Phone (7)
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Cycon writes "Google has announced, 'We're releasing a beta SDK. You can read about the new Android 0.9 SDK beta at the Android Developers' Site, or if you want to get straight to the bits, you can visit the download page.' A new Development Roadmap has also been released to help developers understand the direction the software is taking (as this is still only a Beta release). In addition, the FCC has approved the HTC ...
Photo of the Day (08.15.08) - Gadling (2)
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Filed under: France, Photo of the Day I love the symmetry and the colors in this photo, taken by Dave and Chi at the Bassin du Char d'Apollon fountain at Versailles. Absolutely beautiful. Why can't my photos look like this? Want your photo considered for Gadling's Photo of the Day? Submit it to Gadling's Flickr Pool. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Robot with a biological brain (25)
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John Shirley says: "Robot with a biological brain (wrote about this in my Eclipse novels, never thought it'd happen in my lifetime)." The robot’s biological brain is made up of cultured neurons which are placed onto a multi electrode array (MEA). The MEA is a dish with approximately 60 electrodes which pick up the electrical signals generated by the cells. This is then used to drive the movement of the robot. Every time the robot ...
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Mike said:
Creepy...
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Doug said:
... but can it learn?
One month of the iPhone 3G: what Apple needs to fix (23)
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It has been one month since the iPhone 3G made its debut. While some things have been good, even more things have been not-so-good. Here, we take a look at the ups and downs of one month with the iPhone 3G, and what Apple needs to fix in order to make things better.Read More...
Strong Bad Episode 1 Hits the WiiWare Shop (11)
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Nintendo has added a new title to their WiiWare shop, Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner from developer Telltale Games. The new title features the infamous boxing-glove-adorned character in the first of five installments of Telltale's "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People". "The point-and-click adventure game stars Strong Bad, the lucha libre mask-wearing character from web cartoon series Homestar Runner. Players can create "Teen Girl Squad" comics, play a retro-styled minigame titled Snake Boxer ...
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Blaine said:
You played this yet Pedro?
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dani said:
Telltale Games. Creators of Sam and Max, with a wii relase. This has to be good "_
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Simon said:
Awesome, I will have to setup my Wii to connect to WiiWare so I can get some Strong Bad goodness.
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Jared said:
Sweet, an old school style adventure game!
Photo of the day #10,000! (8/07/08) (1)
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Filed under: Photo of the DayToday's photo of the day is listed in the Gadling Flickr photo pool as the 10,000th picture added. And for that, it deserves some credit. Luckily, it's a stunning shot of the Eiffel Tower. Congratulations, RuthannOC!Are you a Flickr user who'd like to share a travel related picture or two for our consideration? Submit it to Gadling's Flickr group right now! We just might use it for our Photo of ...
The new generation of resistant infections is almost impossible to treat (10)
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I've read a lot of stories about antibiotic-resistant infections, but this New Yorker piece by Jerome Groopman called "Superbugs" stands out. Frederick Ausubel, a bacterial geneticist at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, is searching for drugs to combat bacterial virulence, using tiny animals like worms, which have intestinal cells that are similar to those in humans, and which are susceptible to lethal microbial infection. The worm that Ausubel is studying, Caenorhabditis elegans, is one ...
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drsoos said:
confusing post of the week
Knights Templar Sues the Pope (29)
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pdragon04 writes "According to The Register, "the Knights Templar are demanding that the Vatican give them back their good name and, possibly, billions in assets into the bargain, 700 years after the order was brutally suppressed by a joint venture between the Pope and the King of France..."." I wonder what a holy grail goes for with 700 years of compound interest.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Andrey said:
I wonder what a holy grail goes for with 700 years of compound interest.
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Jordan T-H said:
I lol' *hard*
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Ryan Cahoon said:
Guess the Knights are working on a new treasure stash. lawl
Chinese Restaurant Suffers Large Translation Error (32)
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linuxwrangler writes "Preparing for English-speaking visitors, a restaurant in China recently ran its name through an online translator, took the result, then purchased and mounted a large sign displaying the English version of their name: Translate Server Error." This one has been around for a couple of weeks but it's destined to become a classic.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
