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Fires in California Continue to Rage [PICS] (68)
on The Big Picture (397) permalinkA firefighting airtanker drops fire retardant near homes along West Camino Cielo Road, Friday, July 4, 2008 in Santa Barbara, Calif.. The Golita fire has doubled to 5,400 acres and triggered more evacuations but has not destroyed any homes. Residents of more than 1,700 homes remained under evacuation orders. (AP Photo/The Los Angeles Times, Spencer Weiner)Shared by Alex (109) Alex Dumitru (1153) Alex Lomas (9) AlexandrosM (18) AlexK (17) Amerynn (66) ariel (3) arsalan (26) astroprof (7) Avi (1358) Ben (11) Bente Lilja Bye (851) Bill (6) btvillarin (77) C.M (13) Carlos (125) chris (450) cisellis (26) Class4 (5) Clint Ecker (159) d0m1n4t3 (5) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (1477) David (35) DVD (31) Fourbin (97) Gautam (47) Geoff Thomsen (30) Graham (42) Guillaume (1) HeNkiSdaBro (18) hikikomori (65) Jack (132) jamesjbigler (52) Jeff (105) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (241) Jeffrey (16) Joe Laz (1) Joey Doll (18) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (241) Kevin Grandia (205) Kreg (39) Leena (2541) Linkletter (35) Lucid Guru (60) Maki (133) Mark Frisk (1) Miguel Lopez (120) Muhammad Saleem (1372) neal (500) Neal (7) OnkelSchark (79) plewis (5) pr1000 (14) Pradeep (25) Rakki MK (50) Reem Abeidoh (144) Richard (24) roedward (166) rsgalloway (48) Sailor Goodway (125) Sara (56) Steve (40) Tad Chef (267) Tal (1) Thaddeus Clark (19) Tim (5) Timo Heuer (24) William (11)
- Geoff Thomsen said: If you are not subscribed to this blog, you are MISSING OUT!! AWESOME PHOTOS!
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The Search for Citizen Kane (1)
on Ascii Dreams (2) permalinkWe're half way through 2008, and Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4 have achieved huge commercial success. But despite the initial critical acclaim these games have received, more recent analysis of both franchises has started to sound a little... hollow. Insult Sword Fighting's Mitch Krpata reviews MGS4 with 'Old soldiers never die, they just talk a whole lot'. Junot Díaz writes for the Wall Street Journal that Grand Theft Auto IV is ...Shared by C.M (13)Contribute comment
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Make Toy Cars, Not Cars (12)
on Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed (120) permalinkIt's currently better to be a toy car maker than a real car maker: Mattel's market cap just surpassed that of GM. The maker of Hot Wheels and Matchbox now has a market cap of $6.22B versus the $5.76b cap of the maker of non-toy cars GM. [via Bloomberg]Shared by AndrewBadera (38) angol (31) atul (231) C.M (13) darrellsilver (10) DXL (6) Fred (41) Hakim (10) Matthew (2) Michael Ewens (2) mndoci (151) Stephen H. Ensley (8)Contribute comment
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Where the Linear Crosses the Exponential (42)
on The Technium (78) permalinkFreeman Dyson is my favorite big picture thinker. He tackles the world with both his heart and his calculator. He enjoys entertaining suspect heresies just to see if he can learn anything from them. He'll take an unusual position and then calculate what would happen if it were true. Do the rough numbers match with what else we know? Dyson has just written one of the best analysis of the conundrum of global warming I've ...Shared by Ad (6) atul (231) Avi (1358) Barry Ferg (5) C.M (13) chiao (22) chris (450) chris arkenberg (8) danliebke (24) dave (23) David (35) Deborah Petersen (1359) Felix Bredoteau (1485) Gautam (47) Gil (893) Greg (2) guy (1073) Hammer (12) Javed (164) Jeremy T (12) Jonathan (43) Julie (11) KC (11) Leena (2541) MadsK (19) Mark Laymon (84) Marque (47) Matt (2) Mike F (924) Muhammad Saleem (1372) Nathan (5) neal (500) Paul Goggin (27) Paul McIntosh (157) Preoccupations (66) rmg7344 (70) robertogreco (56) Sanns (14) SMC (430) Stephen Hill (1) Steve (4) Stuart (1)Contribute comment
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I, for one, welcome our new negligibly-senescent mouse overlords. (10)
on jwz (64) permalinkCaloric Restriction Comes in a Pill Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated -- minus the near-starvation -- by a pill. In a study published today in Cell Metabolism, mice given resveratrol -- the first of an eagerly-anticipated class of longevity drugs -- enjoyed dramatically improved health, even when they started taking the drug late in life. Resveratrol didn't extend the lives of normal ...Shared by Arto (20) Barry Kelly (3) bmcfee (14) C.M (13) kebernet (79) Mike F (924) Powera (51) Rob (13) SengMing (83) Yuvi (148)
- Barry Kelly said: Bring on the Singularity, immortality, etc.
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Why Can't Microsoft Ship Open Source Software? (54)
on Coding Horror (406) permalinkIn Codeplex wastes six months reinventing wheels, Ryan Davis has a bone to pick with Microsoft: I saw an announcement [in March, 2007] that CodePlex, Microsoft's version of Sourceforge, has released a source control client. This infuriates me. This cool thing they spent six months (six!) writing is called Subversion, and it had a 1.0.0 release [in early 2004]. Subversion had its first beta in late 2003, so the Codeplex folks are waaay behind the ...Shared by ab_aditya (31) AJ (433) Angus Fraser (360) Appu (8) Benk (67) Bill (33) billywhizz (58) Brandon (29) Brit (66) C.M (13) Carsten (98) Chung (121) cisellis (26) darkeye11547 (287) David (5) David B (1) Dimitri Glazkov (10) Dmitry Lomov (6) Dominic Hopton (23) Doug (38) enguillem (10) Fred (41) Hassan (90) Inferis (3) Jan (12) jfiorato (20) John Lam (3) Justin Yost (66) Kurt (10) marshall (8) Matt Blodgett (40) Michael (34) Michael Neel (33) Mijia (17) Mike (55) Mitch (3) Moishe (19) Morton Fox (187) nikan (112) Nitro (54) Peter (3) Phillie Casablanca (19) Roberto (40) Scott (31) Sean (3) Seçkin Anıl Ünlü (40) Steve (4) Steve (10) Tim (97) Todd McKinney (14) VarunKumar.M (2) Vashira (12) Yuvi (148) 抽屉 (58)
- Steve said: MS keep reinventing wheels
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OpenMoko FreeRunner Linux phone to launch on July 4 (42)
on Ars Technica (1568) permalinkOpenMoko has announced that the Linux-based FreeRunner mobile phone will be available for purchase on July 4. Despite lack of support for 3G, the FreeRunner will likely appeal to Linux enthusiasts and open source software developers.Read More...Shared by adam (1686) Alex Dumitru (1153) C.M (13) Carlos Iriarte (48) Chandan (462) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (1477) dalelane (25) Digg Boss (1303) embee (287) Gubatron (154) guy (1073) Hassan (90) Inthenameofmine (662) Jeffrey Blais (83) John Sullivan (194) k00pa (185) Leena (2541) Maki (133) Mark Williamson (7) McBilly Wilford Sy (198) Melissa Goetsch (34) Michael (5) Michael Mior (131) Mr. Flowerpot (29) Muhammad Saleem (1372) Nenad Spirkoski (8) Nitin Negi (17) ProfVegas (363) Rami Taibah (581) Russell (43) Shankar Ganesh (182) Steven (203) stoyan (12) Sun Tzu (915) Tal Siach (1014) Tom Merritt (39) Tyson Williams (142) Veritas Noctis (102) whatevernevermind (58) Zaki (85) ZayneHumphrey (79)Contribute comment
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Faviconize your way to tab freedom (1)
on CNET Blogs Full Feed (4) permalinkI first came across Faviconize through Seth Rosenblatt's CNET story highlighting 12 "must-have" Firefox extensions. My life has not been the same since. Faviconize won't wash your socks or balance your checkbook. No, it does something much more basic: It frees up space in your tab list. There are three sites that I spend a lot of time on: Zimbra (email), SugarCRM (CRM), and CNET (er, blogging). So, I've created three permanent places for them ...Shared by C.M (13)Contribute comment
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29 potential video game monetization methods (1)
on CNET Blogs Full Feed (4) permalinkDavid Perry, Chief Creative Officer of Acclaim Games has identified 29 possible ways to monetize video games. Potential Video Game Monetization Methods. List © 2008 David Perry. www.dperry.com 1. Retail (bricks & mortar), selling boxed product at places like EBGames, Gamestop or Virgin Megastore. This also includes mom & pop stores, hardcore specialist gamer shops, and online retailers like Amazon.com that ship the product to your door. The gap in this market is "same day" ...Shared by C.M (13)Contribute comment
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It's a Yankee Doodle Linux phone (2)
on LinuxDevices.com (11) permalinkOpenMoko will start selling its Linux-based Neo FreeRunner phone online on July 4th, says the company. Billed as a completely open source, hackable hardware platform, the Neo FreeRunner will receive updated software with new location-based applications in August, says OpenMoko.Shared by C.M (13) Maxim (34)Contribute comment
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Macgyver Gets Lazy (286)
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- Rob said: happens to us all...
- mernisse said: Oh Richard Dean Anderson. You card you.
- Tim said: Ha!
- Arto said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver
- tonyleachsf said: for ellaine...
- Lee said: I always thought macgyver would have been better if he used some lethal inventions every once in a while. You know, against the really bad guys. Corporate CEOs gone crazy or maybe even Milita members with confederate flags.
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Quick-thinking ants trim foliage to fit (4)
on New Scientist - Latest Headlines (95) permalinkFaced with a restrictive obstacle in their path, leaf-cutter ants are able to tailor their trimmings to keep the production line movingContribute comment
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I hate Linux Graphics (2)
on Linux Hater's Blog (10) permalinkAlright, so as soon as I started bitching about graphics, my coworker, lets just call him Linux Graphics Hater (warm applause everyone! ready those tomatoes!), went off on a rant the technical reasons why open source ATI and intel drivers still suck ass. He also corrected me that nvidia might actually be making money from some of these linux drivers. Good for them, but as long as they're still kind of hiding the fact that ...Shared by C.M (13) Suresh Kumar (388)Contribute comment
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Michael Zucchi: flexibility (1)
on Planet GNOME (81) permalinkOne more followup to the versioned data ideas. I thought of how I could version some other information like document structure and index entries and the like. It worked quite easily with the last design i came up with - I can just create another table for each type of data, and use the ‘entryrevid’ as the key. It means I have to write out a full set of associated data each time I write ...Shared by C.M (13)Contribute comment
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The Great Office War (via runawaybox) (1)
on James Morris' Tumbleblog (0) permalinkThe Great Office War (via runawaybox)Shared by C.M (13)Contribute comment
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Distributed stupidity (4)
on Linux Hater's Blog (10) permalinkDo you guys remember that whole Betamax vs VHS thing? Ok, how about the DVD+R vs DVD-R thing? or the HD-DVD vs Bluray thing?I certainly remember all these things, and I also remember thinking why the hell these companies can't just get together and cooperate, before they waste billions of dollars and millions of man hours fighting it out to the bitter end?Certainly open source was the answer. I mean, we can totally see each ...Contribute comment
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ZSFA -- I Want The Mutt Of Feed Readers (2)
permalinkBTW, if you are ever working on a console program, and you get this idea to turnit into a web application at the same time, like some freak Medusa hydra, thenjust go shoot yourself now. The whole point of a console application is thatyou don’t want to deal with graphical bullshit and complexity. I know it makesthe hipster assholes with their MacBookAirs pucker their sphincters when I say Idon’t want graphics, but yes, sometimes, less ...Shared by C.M (13) Eivind Uggedal (6)Contribute comment
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Google's Open Source Android Phone Will Free the Wireless Web (19)
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- Henry Webb said: Great article.
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Coding Horror: The Ultimate Code Kata (135)
on Coding Horror (406) permalinkAs I was paging through Steve Yegge's voluminous body of work recently, I was struck by a 2005 entry on practicing programming: Contrary to what you might believe, merely doing your job every day doesn't qualify as real practice. Going to meetings isn't practicing your people skills, and replying to mail isn't practicing your typing. You have to set aside some time once in a while and do focused practice in order to get better ...Shared by ab_aditya (31) Abhinav Modi (11) Ade (55) Adi wong (44) Adriana (26) ajryan (2) aldi (3) Alexandre (28) Analee Kasudia (0) Anand (4) Anthony Rizk (0) Artem (39) Arvind (3) B.J. Allen (7) Ben Jackson (7) benfulton (23) Benk (67) Bill (33) Billy (5) Blaise (82) brad (3) Brandon (29) Brandon Bloom (5) Brit (66) Bryan Ray (2) C.M (13) Chandoo (39) Chris (55) CMS (8) dalelane (25) Danielle Fong (27) Dave C (4) David (5) David Arcos (13) dgdeschenes (0) Dimitar (12) Dimitri Glazkov (10) Drew (0) Eduardo (3) Eric (5) Eric (10) Fernando (44) Filippo (6) g9yuayon (9) Galtenbergs (3) Gareth (1) gastaoss (152) gautamg (16) GeoP (2) Glen Horton (48) Heather (64) HeNkiSdaBro (18) hominid todd (13) htmleando (25) irCuBiC (2) Isaac (23) Jannik (7) Jasdeep (2) Jeff (18) jerobins (46) jimyjoshi (3) John (2) John (3) JohnnyG (28) jonezy (9) Jorriss (43) Justin Yost (66) kebernet (79) Ken (10) KenFan (173) Kevin Marks (46) Klemo (14) Leo K (27) leonard (2) Luciano Passuello (41) Luke (4) Martin Salias (1) Maurice (4) Michael Nielsen (29) Mike (55) Mike Cornell (1) miloIIIIVII (65) mjzitek (16)
