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METRONOME ONLINE - free!
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http://www.metronomeonline.com
GoateeSaver ::: Real Men Wear Goatees
This has got to be some kind of joke. Plus, that thing in the photo isn't a goatee, it's technically a Van Dyke, I believe.
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http://www.goateesaver.com
Snarl :: Homepage
Via http://bit.ly/3k525e (SheenOnline). This is basically a desktop notification system that can connect with various other pieces of software, like IM, Email, and so forth; in the blog p...
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http://www.fullphat.net
Jeff Beck featuring Imogen Heap - Dirty Mind
Via http://joffi.tumblr.com
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http://www.disk-o.com/disk-o09/dirtymind.mp3
John Tarrant on search technology and higher education | Education | guardian.co.uk
Headline: "Searching for the wrong answers: Researchers using search engines are in danger of mistaking information for knowledge." Discusses how search results can be completely misleadi...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jul/24/commonwealthuniversities.internationaleducat...
Gary Jules, "Mad World" (Tears for Fears cover), alternate mix
Thank you Vincent X http://snipr.com/35s2g
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http://vx.tc/tmp/Mad%20World%20(alternate%20mix).mp3
Leo Ferré, "Thank you Satan"
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http://www.tous-arts.net/chansons/Ferre%20-%2014%20-%20Thank%20you%20Satan.mp3
Leo Ferré, "C'est extra!"
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http://www.tous-arts.net/chansons/Leo%20Ferre%20-%20Cest%20extra.mp3
Give Your Pidgin More Bite With Snarl | SheenOnline
Rasheen Porter's discussion of how he uses Snarl (http://www.fullphat.net/), a desktop notification program, to manage tasks, email, and calendaring.
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http://sheenonline.biz/2008/07/give-your-pidgin-more-bite-with-snarl
An Economy for Giving Everything Away
I don't even really know what this is about, but it seems to deal (at least tangentially) with the notion of "side projects" as fundamental to the a new ecnomic model. This is a topic I'v...
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http://www.ms.lt/en/workingopenly/givingaway.html
CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top Ten Greatest Canadians - Tommy Douglas
Capsule biography of the first socialist premier of Canada. Posted to Friendfeed by @melmcbride.
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http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/douglas-tommy.html
Rejaw
Micoblogging with chat
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http://rejaw.com
The Point | Make Something Happen
The idea: a social network based on a "tipping point" concept. For example: pledge-based fundraising where no one is committed until a certain number of pledges are reached; group organiz...
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http://www.thepoint.com
Vawkr - Look Who's Talking!
An embeddable video chatroom widget.
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http://vawkr.com
America Is F*cked.......(Graphically at least) on Vimeo
Designer Aaron Drapling tells a story about a sign. Lots of cursing, so don't watch if that offends you.
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http://www.vimeo.com/1465284
Alt Search Engines » Blog Archive » A Scholastic Search Engine - iSEEK Education
Bookmarking to read later...
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http://altsearchengines.com/2008/08/11/heres-a-scholastic-search-engine-iseek-education
"Lost" (the TV show) and religion
Bookmarking this mostly to read later.
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/211/story_21132_1.html
The Book Depository - Homepage - Cheap books with free delivery worldwide "all books for all people"
UK-based. Free worldwide shipping. For real. Posted by Cameron Reilly (http://snipr.com/3e4ps).
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http://www.bookdepository.co.uk
Passage: a Gamma256 video game by Jason Rohrer
An "artgame."
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http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/index.html
Remember The Milk: Posting Directly from Your Desktop | SheenOnline
Pretty technical, but very clear, and looks like a straightforward procedure.
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http://sheenonline.biz/index.php/2008/07/07/remember-the-milk-posting-directly-from-your-des...
Our New Capitol - a set on Flickr
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryan/sets/72157605110935428
A DIY tiny cabin for about $2000
From a blog on "tiny houses." The builder featured here designed and built his own 14'x14' cabin, including solar-powered water pump, composting toilet, and a propane-powered refrigerator...
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http://tinyhouseblog.com/stick-built/tiny-house-homesteading
Photos of Mars canyons beamed back to Earth - Telegraph
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/07/15/scimars...
Emails that erase themselves -- Privnote.com
I can think of a million ways this might be useful. Of course, if your intention is not to leave a paper trail, I suggest not using your computer.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/send_messages_that_self-destruct_with_privnote.php
Why Nerds are Unpopular
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paulgraham.com%2Fnerds.html
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http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
OpenDNS for the non-technically inclined
When I mistype a URL in the location bar, Verizon hijacks my request and sends me to a B.S. "search results" page (full of ads and spam). This post is a little starter for how to circumve...
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http://www.scribkin.com/2008/06/13/my-isp-is-a-dns-sellout
Super-high-class ice cream
Check out the flavor list.Prices range from about $12 to $15 per pint, plus $10 for second-day shipping on dry ice. Sounds like it might be worth it.
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http://jenisicecreams.com/0500allflavors.html
Sixteenth-century "skyscrapers" in Yemen
Mud-brick buildings, four to five hundred years old, mostly seven to nine stories. Good photos.
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http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/05/19/worlds-oldest-skyscrapers
"Annual Expenditure on Luxury Iterms Compared with Funding Needed to Meet Selected Basic Needs"
Politically powerful, great example of effective design.
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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/12/sexy-bold-and-experimental-typography
Helvetica vs Akzidenz Grotesk, and eleven other key fonts
Cool image, if you like typography.
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http://www.davidairey.com/13-typefaces-every-graphic-designer-needs
Zoomii.com - The "Real" Online Bookstore
A front end for Amazon.com that tries to mimic the experience of browsing physical shelves at a bookstore.
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http://zoomii.com/#at=2,57489,99355
U B U W E B - Film & Video: Jean Baudrillard (1974)
Saw this among Jim Groom's bookmarks.
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http://www.ubu.com/film/baudrillard_violence.html
Outlook Attachment Remover - Free Outlook add-in to save and extract attachments [Freeware]
Free Outlook add-in for saving and extracting attachments, decreasing the size of your Outlook files. Easy-to-use. Plenty of features. Does the same as the concurrents do, but for free.
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http://www.kopf.com.br/outlook
FilterMyRSS
Provide a feed URL and a keyword and get a new URL for a filtered stream. Seems like Pipes could also do this.
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http://www.filtermyrss.com
Center'd: a hub for planning local events
I'm curious about this, but i haven't tried it yet.
2.0, calendar, check_this_out, community, competition, events, konkurencja, local, people, place, More... saved by: drburix02 and 4 people more details ...
http://www.centerd.com