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Sick of MacBook Posts? Here's a Picture of a Squirrel Dressed Up Like Darth Vader [Sweet Relief] (2)
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Yes, I too am really sick of all these Apple/MacBook posts. I apologize, but we have no choice, really (turn off all Apple news by clicking here). Here, allow me to cleanse your palate with the above picture. Feel free to use the comments below to talk about anything at all, as long as it has nothing to do with Apple or their shiny, shiny products. [Sugarbush Squirrel]Shared by Dan Russell (55) Will (20)Contribute comment - Home | Google Analytics ShortCut (1)
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Bow Wow to Walk Streets of Hartford Engaging Voters (1)
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The following press release from Hartford City Councilman Matt Ritter’s office announces an upcoming walk across the city tomorrow, Wednesday, October 15, in an effort to encourage young voters to register. The walk will start at the Artists Collective at 3:00 pm followed by a panel discussion downtown. MTV has an October 13 article about the [...]Shared by Dan Russell (55)Contribute comment -
Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Now Available for Download, First Look [Early Adopter Featured Download] (13)
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All platforms: Mozilla has just pushed out Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 to their servers, marking the first major step toward the official 3.1 release. They haven't yet officially announced the beta release, so the What's New page is a 404 as of this writing. Luckily we've already covered a lot of the features you can expect, so hit the jump for a closer look at what Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 brings to the table. Faster ...Shared by _original (80) Aaron (83) Andrew Trinh (95) Compuwizard123 (43) Dan Russell (55) Grandje5ter (30) Hannibal (73) javaneze (155) Khanh Le (16) Mitch Wagner (34) nferenc (13) Zee M (152) Zephir (29)Contribute comment -
Oblique Strategies on Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Application] (1)
onThe Oblique Strategies deck of cards by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt offers advice to help you solve a dilemma or push through a creative block, and now the strategies are available on your iPhone for free. Download Oblique Strategies from the iTunes Store for your iPhone or iPod touch, and tap to choose a random card to get you through that deadlock situation today. (No iPhone? There's also an Oblique Dashboard widget.) [via]Shared by Dan Russell (55)Contribute comment
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Samuel Lavoie shared as favorite Free links to your site (13)
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I can’t believe a new feature from Google isn’t getting more notice, because it converts already-existing links to your site into much higher quality links, for free. The Google webmaster blog just announced that you can find the pages that link to 404 pages on your site. Let me back up and give you a little history. When someone comes to your site’s webserver and asks for a page that doesn’t exist, like http://www.mattcu... , ...Shared by Adam Loving (12) Antonio Ortiz (60) charlie anzman (150) Dan Russell (55) Derek van Vliet (47) dimitri (1) fatihturan (112) Jeff (16) jen (9) joey neal (4) Mark (105) Samuel (93) Shadowfoot (31)Contribute comment -
How do I actually use Analytics to optimize AdWords? (2)
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Google Analytics is full of insights that can benefit your AdWords account, and your business. To help you make the most of this information, we've started an introductory video series called “Google Analytics in 60 Seconds.” The first two videos explain two easy ways to refine your targeting. You can find them below and as part of the Google Analytics Conversion University playlist. Location, Location, Location Now, you no longer are flying blind when you ...Shared by Dan Russell (55) Tambu (23)Contribute comment -
why i won't ever infect anything you buy from me with drm (3)
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Last week, I finished recording the audio version of The Happiest Days of Our Lives. I'm not sure what our release date is, but it's in the near future. Like the audio version of Just A Geek, it's a superannuated version, with lots of asides and commentary. I think you're going to like it. It was a lot of work to do both of my audiobooks, but I think I've been able to create two ...- Sue said: Even though money is tight I'm far more likely to support someone like Wil because I want him to be able to continue to entertain me. As long as costs are reasonable, individual entertainment/artists shouldn't panic about the great market crash. During the depression, people still shelled out for movies and small things that afforded them pleasure.
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If The Bradley Effect is Gone, What Happened To It? (5)
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It was Tom Bradley's 1982 race for governor of California, in which he lost to George Deukmejian in spite of leading in the public polls, that gave the Bradley Effect its name. But now Lance Tarrance, the pollster for Bradley in that race, has an article up at RCP suggesting that the Bradley Effect was merely a case of bad polling -- and that his campaign's internals had shown a dead heat:The hype surrounding the ...Contribute comment -
Scoring Obama and McCain on "wired" issues (2)
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Over at Wired Magazine, senior editor Nicholas Thompson tells Boing Boing: I've just published a scorecard for McCain and Obama, describing and grading the two men's positions on Wired business issues. The brief summary is that McCain scores higher on H1B visas, they have equally good (or mediocre) records on spectrum policy, and Obama has a superior record on Net Neutrality, broadband deployment, and green technology. The hope now is that readers will use the ...Shared by Dan Russell (55) Lee (23)Contribute comment -
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Officially Available [OpenOffice.org] (7)
onThe download may have hit a server near you last week, but today OpenOffice.org 3.0—the open-source Microsoft Office alternative—gets its official release. The OO.org servers have been hit hard, but so far download speeds seem to be holding up well.Shared by Brandy (42) Coolbox (41) Dan Russell (55) Greg Morgan (28) Krazy (644) ryan.capote (86) tarman (50)Contribute comment
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How To Become a Superhero (1)
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Please have the following things ready: A plain colored towel, no one wants a cape with SpongeBob Squarepants® on itSpandex, lots of SpandexA sense of humor, and no shameStep 1 – Figure out your abilities - Do what you can with your limitations. Remember not all superhero’s can fly (it would be a lot cooler if they did). If you can run fast, try to come up with a superhero that rocks Chuck Taylor All-Stars ...Shared by Dan Russell (55)Contribute comment -
Steal This Comic (198)
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- | Balu | said: Now now, that's justifying piracy =PAre you one? aargh
- D-Arb said: Jeremy, I think XKCD hurd you.
- cesaracardoso said: xkcd na luta contra o DRM (Digital Restrictions Management)
- Bill said: Poignant. I, too, have lost every single piece of DRM-shackled music I've purchased. To play devils' advocate, though, a lot of music in the iTunes Store has no DRM, and Amazon MP3 has none at all. I'm not too keen on the whole idea of audiobooks, anyway.Oh, and I happen to believe there are cases in which it is morally okay to pirate. But that's a story for an, erm, blog post.
- Dedalus said: DRM-free or you'll be a criminal, sooner or later.
- n8dude said: So True.
- amoose136 said: That's an interesting way of putting things.
- ani625 said: yep
- Dean said: love the chart!
- vanlandw said: XKCD is the Peanuts for the 18-30 demo
- Rodrigo Amaya said: TRUE TRUE TRUE!!!
- Alegrya said: and this is why we (I mean other people) pirate their music collections
- twoluvcats said: so totally true. though i do love my audible subscription.
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Start YouTube Video At Specific Time (12)
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When embedding a YouTube video, you can add a “start” parameter to define the number of seconds at which the video should start, as Google Operating System explains. Here’s a sample snippet: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/11Fl9ZVJ7B8&hl=en&fs=1&start=15"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/11Fl9ZVJ7B8&hl=en&fs=1&start=15" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> This parameter works when embedding but Ionut says it won’t work when linking to a URL at YouTube (though one could create a generic wrapper site for that purpose). Google Video ...Shared by Athanasios Deligiannis (6) CannonGod (269) Chirantan (41) Dan Russell (55) Fanatyk (25) Firas (22) Ispirato (35) Jrod (70) Panic (49) Paul (43) Tina K.J (43) xavier vespa (126)Contribute comment -
Apple Event October 14th Codenamed "Brick" (1)
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Well, the time has come, another Apple event is in a few days, as always I am anticipating the new announcements. One of the things I like about Apple is the way they announce their new products, there is always so much secrecy surrounding these events, it makes it much more exciting when Steve whips out some fancy new gadget that I will obsess over until i can get my hands on one. The last ...Shared by Dan Russell (55)Contribute comment -
OpenOffice 3.0–How to Get it Early, Including for the Mac (5)
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Earlier today, Download Squad reported that, although the official release isn’t until Monday, the new version 3.0 of the free and open source OpenOffice.org suite of productivity applications is already available for download. OpenOffice is a free competitor to Microsoft Office and generally works well with Microsoft Office files, with some exceptions. We covered the ways that you can get the Windows and Linux versions early over on OStatic. You can also now get the ...Contribute comment -
Tweethearts: blogger proposes to nerd girlfriend over Twitter, she tweets back acceptance. (32)
onA nice way to end the week. Congratulations to Boing Boing pals Sean Bonner and Tara Brown. (Some related tales of love and photons in this cute WIRED item.)Shared by A. Jericho (63) Brent (42) Carlton (31) Chris (46) Dan Russell (55) DB (52) Eris Siva (22) Ernesto (18) Guy (193) Harold (51) hibiscusroto (54) Jacob (20) Jason (28) John (27) Jonathan (40) jschultz (40) Leon (21) Lord (55) Luckystrik3 (39) Matthew (124) Mattie (42) Mattodono (47) Narayan (42) NeonDemon (64) Polina (24) Rochelle (32) Rubenerd (20) schilke (29) Tankboy (38) theorchardoxford (2) Tim Bradshaw (1) Vi (42)Contribute comment
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Panel finds Palin abused power; Judge orders email from her private accounts be preserved (12)
on(Image by Kate Black). In Alaska, a legislative panel investigating vice-presidential Sarah Palin has issued a report finding the governor unlawfully abused her authority by firing the state’s public safety commissioner. Also, remember that hacked Yahoo Mail account she used to hide correspondence from subpoenas? Snip from NYT: In another setback for Ms. Palin, a judge on Friday ordered the state of Alaska to preserve any government-related e-mail messages that Gov. Sarah Palin sent from ...Shared by Alan Cheslow (83) Alvin A. (25) Andrew N. Carpenter (26) Colin Clarke (4) Dan Russell (55) dknowles (47) Katanma (6) Ken (16) mikebee (45) Nick Sanders (15) Robert (34) rzklkng (215)Contribute comment
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YouTube Gets Full-Length Episodes of Star Trek, MacGyver [YouTube] (25)
onYouTube is now offering 15 50-minute episodes of classic TV shows including Star Trek, MacGyver, and Beverly Hills, 90210 with "prominent new ads." Coupled with YouTube's newly-launched theater view, this looks like an easy way to wile away a Friday afternoon. [via]Shared by Aaron R (189) Adam (21) androcles (35) Andy (63) Brian Junyor (58) Dan Russell (55) Darin R. McClure (46) David (36) Degauss (30) f.shamsi (13) federico silva (39) Jeffrey Vanneste (20) Kwasi (81) LeapsandBounds (39) LGR (4) Lindsay (21) Michael (32) Michael Lockyear (8) Paul (43) RJO (62) Shaun (22) Steve (21) V-Mo (76) William (20) Zack (6)
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