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2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony - The Big Picture - Boston.com (247)
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Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. (24 photos total)A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)Shared by aaron (0) Abhishek Kumar (39) adam (1022) adam (0) Adam Fuhrer (85) Adam Hupp (0) Ade Rowbotham (1) Adrian (0) adriana (3) Airam Ferrer (1) Amr Awadallah (0) Andre Figueiredo (6) Andrew (31) Andrew Acomb (8) Andrew Louis (5) Angad (3) Anthony van Beek (2) April (44) Ariadne Gomes (6) ariel (7) arsalan (21) astroprof (7) atul (81) Aurélien Bompard (7) Benjamin (1118) BenQu (7) Bjoern (1) bloggointestinale (27) Bo Madsen (3) Bojan Krizanic (0) Brad (1) Brad Garland (6) Brandon (23) Brent Parsons (0) Brian J. Cohen (7) Brian Moore (13) brokekid (134) Bruce (2) C (14) Charles VIARD (21) cheicro (2) chris (473) Chris (6) Chris (15) Chris (0) Chris (12) Chris Broadfoot (2) Chris Gansen (4) Chris Glass (10) Chris Maughan (3) Chris Stamas (9) Clash (166) Class4 (3) cnxiake (5) coolsin (11) Craig Childs (5) Dan N. (5) Daniel Boud (0) Daniele (2) danutz (1) dare (1) Dave (0) Dave (2) Dave Keffler (71) David (15) david henderson (3) David O'Halloran (6) David Wallace (15) Denis Gobo (29) DippinBits (19) Donncha O Caoimh (10) Dorn (9) Douglas (5) Dramagirl (8) Elizabeth (10) embee (61) Eric (7) eschnou (11) Esther (9) Fairlop114 (0) fatih gül (7) fernanda (8) Fleep (3) florian (8) Foo Yong Hwee (13) forest (2) Galez (8) Garin Fons (0) garish (18) Garret (5) Geoff K (13) Greg Panayotou - www.direct2brain.net (0) Gregor J. Rothfuss (12) gulyaszoli (16) Harold Maduro (6) Henry Yuen (1) hikikomori (68) hustwj (21) Ian D (4) ikera (2) Inkh (7) insk (1) jacobo (5) JAFO (11) Jake (14) Jan Henckens (0) Jared (10) Jason Pratt (1) jasonpettus (24) JC (11) Jean-Philippe (7) Jeff (5) Jeff Hertlein (11) Jeffrey Adams (0) Jim Williams (9) Jking243 (5) jmather (1) Joe Lencioni (13) Joey Doll (14) John Bruxy (7) Jon (3) jon|k (17) jonviray (5) Jorge Quinteros (13) Josh (13) Joshua (2) Josi (20) joycapri (5) Julien Dumail (0) Justin (5) Kacy (2) Kajivar (49) Kaveh Dorafshan (21) Kesor (11) Kevin (32) Kevin Rose (14) Kim Jacobs (20) Krazy (146) Kye S. (3) kyo (13) Laughing Squid (17) Leon (8) Leslie (0) Liam (18) lizunlong (10) Lori-Lyn (3) Mahdi Ebrahimi (30) Maksim Berjoza (24) Mari Hsu (9) Mario Garza (0) Mark (10) Marshall Bose (0) Martin (9) MASTERMIND (44) MDRoz (10) meti (0) MH (44) miasarmento (110) Michael (62) Michael Fidler (9) Michiel Gardner (4) Mike F (460) Mo (0) moonboy (19) mumuyama (0) Nick Fornarotto (0) Nick Zamonis (2) none (11) onling (5) p3n9 (0) Pål Degerstrøm (27) Pat (3) Patrix (12) Paul Beaulieu (8) Paul Buchheit (15) Peter H (25) philco (2) Philip (1) Philou (16) Prakash (16) Preoccupations (43) Randy Shapiro (0) Ranjani Ravi (84) Ravi Karandeekar (27) red (18) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (249) Ricardo Giesta (15) Richard Leland (1) Rigonatti (0) Ritu (686) RJO (20) Robert (15) Robert Sefer (7) Roy Liu (6) Ruben Llibre (12) Ryan Parker (26) Sam Ee (1) Sara (1) Sean (0) Sean Shaghaghi (16) Shane Keener (9) shark (17) Sid (31) Siva (2) slip (14) spacyT (0) Sparanoid (24) stane (9) Stella d'Oriente (14) Steven (5) Stina (1) Sunil Garg (2) Sven (12) Sylvain (19) taddeo (0) Tamlyn Rhodes (3) tapir (37) Thaths (2) TheDudeAbides (2) Theotrek (0) TheQ! (8) Tita Alex (0) Tobias Feijoo (7) Tom Q (7) Tony (7) turker (9) TwisterMc (8) Venson Kuchipudi (0) Victor Vasquez (5) vyom (4) wcaw (74) web (4) Wiep (3) William (4) WizarKID (18) yaos (26) yoshy (339) Yunus Tunak (5) zar (5) zheng le (4) 振杰 (38) 游戏列表 (1) 蓝槐 (4)Explore read 14 notes- Jake said: Should be fun on the ol' HDTV
- p3n9 said: Bigger photos, and more importantly no watermark
- 蓝槐 said: RSS只有一张照片，请点进去看全文
- Sylvain said: Impressionnant
- Shane Keener said: I have to say that the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics were amazing. Despite all of the "show"manship, China put on an amazing display for the world.
- Andrew Louis said: Great shots.
- hikikomori said: Wow.
- arsalan said: these are stunning photos -- be sure to click through to the article to see all the pictures here.
- Tom Q said: Fantastic images from Beijing Opening Ceremony
- Jon said: omg
- Elizabeth said: Ok, I'm planning on skipping the Olympics this year, but I'll admit these photos are fantastic.
- Thaths said: An excellent collection of photos from the opening ceremonies.
- Mo said: wow, these shots are just gorgeous
- Tita Alex said: Superba poza!
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In what was probably the weirdest soccer match finish ever, Barbados (9)
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In what was probably the weirdest soccer match finish ever, Barbados tied their match against Grenada with an own goal to send the match into overtime where they won by the 2 goals needed to qualify for the finals in the 1994 Shell Caribbean Cup. Needing to beat Grenada by two clear goals to qualify for the finals in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados had established a 2-0 lead midway through the second half and were ...Shared by Abhishek (11) Adam Hupp (0) Jon (12) Ken Hunt (2) Krypto (12) Kyle Orland (2) Michael Hills (3) Panayiotis (9) pbizzle (12)- Ken Hunt said: I can't think of a situation even approaching this in weirdness, with both teams trying to score on their own goals.
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2008 Tour de France - conclusion - The Big Picture - Boston.com (51)
onThe 2008 Tour de France cycling race is now over, won by Spain's Carlos Sastre, with a time of 87h 52m 52s. Sastre beat second-place finisher Cadel Evans of Australia by only 58 seconds, over a 21 stage course that added up to over 3,500 kilometers (2,175 miles). This entry covers the second half (including mountain stages) of the Tour - for earlier coverage, see part I.Shared by Adam (9) Adam Hupp (0) Alex Dumitru (291) Amit Chowdhry (74) Andrew (31) ani625 (85) Ben Soto (0) Bill (11) Blair (10) Brandon (65) chris (473) Class4 (3) Daniel (63) Danny Holland (9) Dean Burge (13) forest (2) Fourbin (17) Geoff K (13) Giuliastro (7) Houston Marsh (4) j_b_f (4) jaime (2) jamesjbigler (9) Jamie McGibbon (85) Jared Cherup (1) Jeffrey (9) Jesse Jardim (10) Kevin Federline (282) Kevin Rose (8) Kevin Rose (14) lucacicca (6) Mahdi (5) Maksim Berjoza (24) Mark (9) Mark Lewandowski (0) Matt (16) Michael Buckingham (0) Mike (0) Mike Mahaffie (1) namxam (0) nervioso (72) Nick Roth (0) Olya (1) Pradeep (10) Richard Totaro (0) Robert (15) Scott (8) Shane Coffey (101) Sujay (3) Toby (176) Uzair (203)Contribute comment
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Plan to ban cars on part of Market St. (3)
permalink(07-22) 21:05 PDT San Francisco --San Francisco's Market Street from the Embarcadero to Hayes Valley would permanently close to all traffic except for city mass transit vehicles under a proposal announced at City Hall on Tuesday night.
- Nathan said: Like State Street in Madison, Market Street should be closed to cars. There's plenty of capacity on the parallel streets in SOMA.
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Reliable DNS Forgery in 2008: Kaminsky’s Discovery (17)
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0. The cat is out of the bag. Yes, Halvar Flake figured out the flaw Dan Kaminsky will announce at Black Hat. 1. Pretend for the moment that you know only the basic function of DNS — that it translates WWW.VICTIM.COM into 1.2.3.4. The code that does this is called a resolver. Each time the resolver contacts the DNS to translate names to addresses, it creates a packet called a query. The exchange of packets ...Shared by Adam Hupp (0) André (12) Andrew Becherer (13) BIGODE (23) Chris (14) Cooper (11) grutzski (1) gyakusetsu (13) jchris (4) jlapenna (4) John T. (6) Moderated AppSec Feed - OWASP Foundation (20) Neil (7) Pedro Pinheiro (0) Petr Ruzicka (1) tabo (31) Zhasper (45)Explore read five notes- jchris said: thanks @_evan, good read!
- John T. said: This is why that whole "don't talk about it yet" idea is bad. Because smart people can figure this out. And the bad guys probably already have.
- Neil said: This is really scary, but it's also sort of brilliant.
- Cooper said: most awesome vulnerability of 2008
- grutzski said: I don't think this was meant to get out yet. :P
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Making Up Evidence an "Honest Mistake" (1)
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It's a few months old, but here's a pretty crazy case of prosecutorial malfeasance from Santa Clara County, California.San Jose Det. Matthew Christian created a fake DNA report signed by a fictitious lab technician to use as a prop while interrogating a man under investigation for sex crimes against a developmentally disabled neighbor. Police are allowed to lie to suspects in an effort to extract information or confessions, so Christian hadn't violated any laws in ...Shared by Adam Hupp (0)Contribute comment -
Loyd Case on installing solar panels (one month later) (4)
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A couple months after Loyd Case from Extreme Tech installed solar panels on the roof of his Californian home, he's gotten his first monthly bill. Case's old electricity bills were routinely in the range of $300 a month. How much was his first solar assisted electricity bill? Eleven frickin' dollars. Over the course of a month, Case's system averaged 37.14 Kilowatt hours per day. Loyd goes into minute detail about the figures, and admits that ...Contribute comment -
Dave Allen: The World’s Greatest Sitdown Comedian (3)
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guest post by Aaron Muszalski A drinker, smoker, Irishman and atheist, Dave Allen was, above all, a natural raconteur. A fixture on British television during the sixties and seventies, he became known in America when re-runs of his shows began to air on late-night public television. Allen’s act was typified by a very relaxed, intimate style — he would sit on a chair, smoking and holding a glass of whiskey. An atheist[1] (according to Allen ...Contribute comment -
Mission hipsters choose Google as their new object of hate (17)
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The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Here we go again. New graffiti on the sidewalk at 18th and Dolores claims nothing short of "Mission Exploitation" by Google employees. A decade ago, the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project posted flyers urging Valencia Street's self-styled "artists" to vandalize luxury cars. Some did. In 2008, most Web 2.0 workers aren't rich enough to draw the righteous anger of their slightly-less-privileged neighbors. Except for ...Shared by Aaron (26) Adam (5) Adam Hupp (0) Angelica (14) b-rad (14) Benjamin (1118) Carbonlord (46) digits12 (716) Gene Locklin (49) Gregor Spowart (3) Jon (1) Kai (430) Matt (3) Parker (13) Powera (24) sc (33) userXPerience (14)Explore read four notes- Angelica said: Gotta live the city...gotta love the MISSION.
- Matt said: I have to step over this as I get on the Google Shuttle. What to say?
- Adam said: I wonder what the hispanic population that was forced out of the Mission by these (comparatively wealthy) hipsters would think about this. Just sayin...
- sc said: if i can bash shit with my bat, it's a good cause
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Last.fm – the Blog · Last.fm for iPhone and iPod Touch (135)
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We are pleased to announce the launch of Last.fm on the iPhone and iPod Touch! Sam Steele, our iPhone development army of one, has been cranking away at a full blown Last.fm app on Apple’s mobile platforms for months now and the results are nothing short of insanely great. Read on for details, but this video speaks for itself. Last.fm iPhone Demo from Toby on Vimeo. To get started, go to the music category of ...Shared by Abhishek (8) adam (1022) Adam Fuhrer (85) Adam Hupp (0) Adam Loving (8) Adam McDonald (30) Adelle (3) Affan (10) Alec Peden (9) Aleksander (5) Alex (24) Alex France (139) Allan Ruiz (6) Andrew (33) Angus (43) Anton T (7) Arnold (12) Aubrey Sabala (0) Ben Dover (0) Ben Fletcher (2) Ben Jacob (25) Benjamin (1118) Blake (0) Bob van der Vleuten (3) Brad Nadler (11) Caleb Brown (10) Chandan (0) Chris (0) christian (3) danb420 (18) Daniel Bachhuber (22) Dave Koss (42) David (11) David (10) David Buchanan (1) davidex (7) Dennis Laumen (18) digits12 (716) Dino Husejnovic (0) dobata (366) Dominic Foster (297) dtybywl (27) duckworth (9) Dylan Tarre (4) enthused (1) Fernando Costa de Sousa (1) Francis Real (3) Francisco Solis (1) Gabriel (0) Gary Bacon II (0) Graham English (10) Guillermo Bravo (62) Guillermo Esteves (13) guy (626) Harish (11) hiro (9) J.D. Rucker (499) James McQuillan (15) Jamie (1) Jamie M (2) Jamie Wallis (25) Jason (7) Jason (10) Jay (18) Jay Gerland (3) Jenn2d2 (7) Joey Foxenberger (18) Jojo (48) Jonathan (35) jonn (8) Jose Marques (10) Josh (5) Josh (18) Joshua Ryan (4) Juan Diego (38) Just A Clerk (3) Justin Reid (6) Ken Kennedy (11) Keshav (62) L (8) Luke (0) mallox (0) Martin (9) Martin (8) Matt Campbell (7) Matthew (12) Michael (14) michele (14) Mike Butler (3) Mike F (460) Mitchell (12) MJ (5) Nathan (0) Neil (8) Niki (6) Nikollas Ordway (70) ntutak (17) Owen E. (0) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) Pål H. Alvsaker (5) Patrick Looney (0) Paul (3) Paul Edwards (30) phil (3) Phreak 2.0 (51) polymath22 (4) Priit^ (63) Ra Osolage (4) rcates (20) rmg7344 (18) Rob Raymond (8) rony john (50) Rusty Mitchell (11) Ryan (14) Ryan Sprake (4) Satoru Watanabe (8) Sean (9) Sebastian (1) Sigurd Foshaug (9) Steve (9) Stuart (100) Sun Tzu (313) Thomas Lister (2) Timothy (417) Toby (1) Tony Duckles (7) walter (19) Wayne Smallman (24) webtime (501) Whiz (20) William Z. (14) Zach Tarr (3) ZayneHumphrey (14)Explore read six notes- Adam Loving said: Yay. Looking forward to trying this.
- Rusty Mitchell said: eh, better thannothing i guess. :/
- ntutak said: The Last.fm iPhone app is pretty cool.
- Ken Kennedy said: Cool. I don't have an iPhone, but I stream last.fm on about everything I DO own (PCs, Nokia 770, Chumby). If you're a last.fm fan w/ an iPhone, this is VERY cool.
- Whiz said: Onneks muilla alustoilla moniajo toimii oikeasti eikä ole steven toiveista rampautettu.
- Graham English said: nice. No scoibbling, but still cool.
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Facebook Now More Popular Than Sex (20)
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A couple weeks ago Facebook surpassed MySpace to become the largest global social network. Aside from becoming the largest website, there are not many other goals that they could strive to achieve when it comes to traffic. Actually, there is one more goal that would be nice to accomplish: become the number one search term on Google. While it hasn’t reached the number one Google search term (”YouTube”), it has surpassed two big giants: “Google” ...Shared by Adam Hupp (0) adamconner7 (32) Chung (111) Dan (22) Dave (46) dobata (366) Hagdahl (29) Haidong (0) Jambamkin (2) Javed (130) KenFan (20) Mike F (460) Patrick (17) Ramkumar R. Aiyengar (0) Sarah Crisman (0) Seth (5) sulleh (2) Thibaud (5) Walter DeFoor (33) will e (18)Contribute comment -
This Morning It Rained Baseball Cards in Bernal Heights (7)
onguest post by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics) This morning it rained baseball cards all over the intersection of Precita Avenue and Coso Street in Bernal Heights. Literally. As I was walking to work, there were hundreds of baseball cards — mostly from the late 1980s — all over the street. Very strange, especially because there was no mention of it on the Weather Channel. photos by Telstar Logistics Related PostsBernal Heights Hill Soap Box Derby ...
