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April 2009

94 bookmarks saved in April 2009

FML : my boyfriend and I were laying naked in my bed making out. All of a sudden, we hear "pop goes the...

http://www.fmylife.com/sex/1485215
"Today, my boyfriend and I were laying naked in my bed making out. All of a sudden, we hear "pop goes the weasel" outside my house. My boyfriend stops, looks directly at me, and excitedly says, "ICE CREAM MAN!" and proceeds to flip me over, grab his clothes, and run out of my room. FML"
#fml #for:missadroit #funny #icecream
archive.org #12190

NewsBiscuit » Science/Technology » Evolution cannot explain existence of creationists, concedes Dawkins

http://newsbiscuit.com/2009/04/13/evolution-cannot-explain-existence-of-creationists-concedes-dawkins
"By any reading of evolutionary theory, creationists ought to have died out ages ago. They serve no function in the planet’s ecosystem, and no other species has survived so long while in such fundamental disagreement with observable reality. If I wasn’t such an ardent believer in secular materialism, I’d wager this is really troubling Darwin in the afterlife."
#creationists #evolution #funny
archive.org #12188

UGT

http://www.total-knowledge.com/~ilya/mips/ugt.html
"The idea behind establishing this convention was to eliminate noise generated almost every time someone comes in and greets using some form of day-time based greeting, and then channel members on the other side of the globe start pointing out that it's different time of the day for them. Now, instead of spending time figuring out what time of day is it for every member of the channel, we spend time explaining newcomers benefits of UGT. "
#greetings #localization #timezones #ugt
archive.org #12181

Dreamwidth Studios

http://www.dreamwidth.org
"Dreamwidth Studios is an Open Source social networking, content management, and personal publishing platform. Our mission in life is to make it easy for you to share the things you make, and easy to find the people who are making the things you want to enjoy. ... Dreamwidth Studios is based upon the LiveJournal codebase offered by LiveJournal, Inc. We've taken the LiveJournal server code and updated, modernized, and streamlined it -- and we make all of our changes available under an Open Source license."
#dreamwidth #livejournal #metablogging #opensource
archive.org #12179

The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report -- LaMarre et al. 14 (2): 212 -- The International Journal of Press/Politics

http://hij.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/2/212
"no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements."
#colbert #humor #politics #satire #studies
archive.org #12178

Social Fresh Cruise, a Netcation | Social Fresh Cruise

http://socialfresh.com/cruise/social-fresh-cruise-a-netcation
"The Social Fresh Cruise is your opportunity to enjoy a Cruise vacation while also connecting with others who are leaders in the Social Media industry. It is a networking vacation; a Netcation if you will. Sharing the unique experience of a cruise is one of the best ways to strengthen relationships with your peers. Although you will be getting away, you will actually be making your network much stronger than if you would have stayed at home and worked. There is no focus on going to tons of speakers and sessions. Instead the focus is on relaxing and personally getting to know one another. Organic, quality discussions will happen. This is the goal."
#cruises #facepalm #socialmedia #web20
archive.org #12173

grinding.be » Blog Archive » two ways the gadgets of the future will be powered by your blood

http://grinding.be/2009/04/23/two-ways-the-gadgets-of-the-future-will-be-powered-by-your-blood
"The yeast-based fuel cell produces around 40 nanowatts of power, compared to the microwatt a typical wristwatch battery might produce ... zinc oxide piezoelectric nanowires that generate an electric current when subjected to mechanical stress. ... harvesting energy from low-frequency vibrations such as the wind or the flow of currents ... powered by simple movements such as walking, or the beating of a heart."
#bionics #cyborg #gadgets #hardware #wearables
archive.org #12169

Columbus Coworking | Sandbox Columbus | Cowork. Community.

http://www.sandboxcolumbus.com
"Independent professionals and entrepreneurs no longer have to work at home (in isolation) or at the local coffee shop. Sandbox coworking facilitates the social gathering of like minded people who are still working independently, but share values and are interested in the opportunities that can happen from working with other talented people in the same space."
#columbus #coworking #ohio
archive.org #12163

Power Line - An obscene insult

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/04/023353.php
Iraq War protesters were called worse. And besides, this is damn funny. "There is not only something funny going on here, there is a story here. These supposed journalists and their networks (or publisher, in Sullivan's case) have rather seriously insulted the citizens who colorfully took to the streets to air respectable views in a most civil fashion. If they had any decency, Cooper et al. would apologize for their vile reference to sexual practices in the context of ordinary citizens exercising their First Amendment rights."
#freespeech #politics #teabagging #teaparty
archive.org #12161

Tax Tea Party Time, Part Two - Forbes.com

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/16/tax-tea-party-opinions-columnists-protest.html
"People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. That only comes from having credibility gained by the correct presentation of facts and analysis and a willingness to be even-handed--criticizing one's own side when it is wrong and not only speaking up when the other party does the same thing."
#economy #morons #opinions #taxes #teaparty
archive.org #12160

Olestra makes a comeback--This time in paints and lubricants, not potato chips: Scientific American Blog

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=olestra-makes-a-comeback-and-this-t-2009-04-06
"Remember olestra, the zero fat/zero cal fat substitute initially ballyhooed as the way to slim ever-expanding waists that met with a rapid demise when consumers began complaining of an unfortunate side effect called (forgive the graphic imagery) anal leakage?Procter & Gamble, the company that makes olestra (brand name Olean), is now using olestra-like chemicals to make eco-friendly paints and lubricants. The new product line is called Sefose (you didn't think they would call it olestra, did you?), and provides a "cost-competitive sustainable alternative to petrochemicals in various applications," according to the P & G Web site. "
#analleakage #chemicals #industry #olestra #snacks
archive.org #12151

Rands In Repose: The Pond

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/04/15/the_pond.html
"I don’t know what the hell this remote person is doing, so I’m going to assume he’s stumbling around the house in his underwear." Been there, done that, still closed bugs and checked in code.
#career #telecommuting #work
archive.org #12148

Bad Crazy in Internet Space | Ten Ton Hammer

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/65475
"CCP often touts this sort of thing with the bland marketing lingo of 'player generated content.' What that actually means is that you get to share a galaxy with Russian aluminum magnates, French-Indonesian nightclub-owning hackers, self-aggranziding 'spymasters,' and people who will cut the power lines to your house to destroy your internet spaceship. There's something deliciously addictive about the sweeping, endemic insanity, one of the ever-present yet rarely remarked upon facets of this most unhinged of MMOs."
#awesome #eve #gaming #mmorpgs #mmos #pvp #spaceships
archive.org #12146

Remote Revolution: Why Digital Natives Will Usher in the Remote Revolution

http://www.remoterevolution.com/2009/04/why-digital-natives-will-usher-in.html
"As it has been mentioned before on this blog and will continue to be addressed, the single greatest hindrance for the remote revolution is simply tradition. With an influx of highly skilled information-ready workers who can present a compelling case for telecommuting, resistance will become increasingly difficult."
#internet #telecommuting #work
archive.org #12145

Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity | Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/boston-college-prompt-commands-are-suspicious
"During its March 30th search, police seized (among other things) the computer science major's computers, storage drives, cell phone, iPod Touch, flash drives, digital camera, and Ubuntu Linux CD. None of these items have been returned. He has been suspended from his job pending the investigation. His personal documents and information are in the hands of the state police who continue to examine it without probable cause, searching for evidence to support unsupportable criminal allegations."
#compsci #eff #police #rights
archive.org #12144

"The Gaming Revolution" - Pop Culture, Silhouttes, Nerdy T-shirt by Sean Mort

http://www.threadless.com/product/1779/The_Gaming_Revolution
"I don't want to overcomplicate the idea behind the tee too much so i'll just say this; all consoles (i think) are represented from the NES to PS3, the NES being the home console which brought the gaming industry back to life. Cheers to everyone who voted and commented on this, Sean x"
#clothing #gaming #tshirts #want #wishlist
archive.org #12141

how to make ie6 behave - work blog - onderhond.com

http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/ie6-core-bug-fixing
"No doubt there is more. I'm not an expert on ie6 debugging, but for the greater part these are issues that pop up with every project, and getting these fixes in as quickly as possible makes for much easier ie6 debugging afterwards. Whether you create your ie6 css alongside your main css or run through your main css to construct a ie6 css when everything is finished is entirely up to you. But when you make sure all the above is taken care of, ie6 will look like a much nicer browser. "
#css #ie6 #msie6 #webdev
archive.org #12140

Internet Archive: Details: Amiga 3000

http://www.archive.org/details/amiga3000
"For fans of the Commodore Amiga, the introduction of the new Amiga 3000 was big news, even though the price tag was nearly $4,000. This program looked at the new Amiga computer and new third party appplications. Demonstrations include the Amiga 3000, the Amiga 2500, the AmigaVision authoring system, The Animation Studio, and the Video Toaster from NewTek. Also includes a visit to FAUG, the First Amiga Users Group, in Palo Alto. Guests include Paul Montgomery, Tim Jenison, Lou Wallace, and Hedley Davis. Originally broadcast in 1990."
#amiga #computerchronicles #computers #videos
archive.org #12138

mnot’s Web log: Counting the ways that rev="canonical" hurts the Web

http://www.mnot.net/blog/2009/04/14/rev_canonical_bad
"That’s because while I was watching the kids rolling down the grass slope on top of Parliament House, rev="canonical" started to gain some serious momentum, billing itself as a way to shorten URLs that “doesn’t hurt the Internet.” In my opinion, this is an interesting idea with an very unfortunate execution that’s bad for the Web, and I’m going to enumerate the reasons here. "
#links #revcanonical #urlshortening #web #webdev
archive.org #12136

Precision Hacking « Music Machinery

http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/13/hacking-recommenders
"Not only has the poll been swamped to promote Moot (the pseudonym of the creator of 4chan, an image board and the birthpace for many internet memes) as the most influential of people, the poll crashers have manipulated the order of all the other nominees so that the first letter of each line spells out ‘marble cake, also the game’ (marble cake is not really a kind of cake btw). This is pretty phenomenal, precision hacking."
#4chan #awesome #hacks #polls #precisionhacking #social #socialsoftware
archive.org #12135

But Where is the Ability to Throw Sheep in this Plan? | ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon

http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/04/05/throwing-sheep
"There it was. The thing that was nagging me all along: when you are designing a user experience, how do you leave room for (or even encourage) the fun, seemingly non-productive behavior that users engage in. The stuff that encourages light interactions between community members. The stuff that includes throwing sheep, poking, giving virtual gifts and nudging. It is this fun stuff that helps community members break the ice, bridge and dabble with connections."
#social #socialsoftware #throwingsheep
archive.org #12130

kanYe West : Blog :

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog?em3106=227887_-1__0_~0_-1_4_2009_0_0&em3161=&em3281=&em3282=&em3298=
"AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE."
#douches #funny #kanyewest #notaparody #southpark
archive.org #12127

Ars cracks TV Fringe code - Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/ars-cipher-expert-cracks-tv-fringe-code.ars
"Ars' own Julian Sanchez has deciphered a code embedded into the TV show Fringe. Bad Robot, the production company that created the Fox TV show, has been integrating puzzles and easter eggs into shows like Lost for years. Fringe, its freshman sci-fi/mystery which resumes Tuesday night on Fox, presented a particular challenge to viewers. It integrates a series of visual clues before commercial breaks. Sanchez determined that these images represented a simple cipher, building up to a single word per episode tying into the theme of that show."
#codes #cyphers #entertainment #fringe #television
archive.org #12124

rev=canonical: url shortening that doesn't hurt the internet

http://revcanonical.appspot.com
"RevCanonical is url shortening with a twist. Instead of creating its own super short versions of links, it checks to see if the link owner has published a shortened version of the given page using HTML link element. If not, we just return the original URL. And you should bug the link owner about providing a better alternative."
#revcanonical #urls #urlshorteners #web #webdev
archive.org #12120

I smoke pot, and I like it - THE WEEK

http://www.theweek.com/article/index/94981/I_smoke_pot_and_I_like_it
"This is a profoundly necessary idea. If we’re to begin to roll back our stupid and deadly drug war, the stigma of responsible drug use has got to end, and marijuana is the best place to start. The super-savvy Barack Obama managed to turn a buck by coming out of the cannabis (and cocaine) closet in a bestselling memoir. That’s progress. But his admission came with the politicians’ caveat of regret. We’ll make real progress when solid, upstanding folk come out of the cannabis closet, heads held high."
#culture #drugs #marijuana #obama #pot #warondrugs
archive.org #12118

'Sexting' Hysteria Falsely Brands Educator as Child Pornographer | Threat Level from Wired.com

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/sexting-hysteri.html
There should be an equal and opposite reaction to penalize "The System" when it gets it this wrong - try to compensate this man. "Even in this environment of prosecutorial excess, Oei's case stands out as likely the first to entangle an adult who came in possession of an image that even police admit wasn't pornographic, and who did so simply in the course of doing his job."
#childporn #law #sexting #thinkofthechildren
archive.org #12116

How the Web Made Me a Better Copywriter — AIGA | the professional association for design

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/how-the-web-made-me-a-better-copywriter
"In 1999, when I left a staff job at a newspaper to start my own copywriting business, I never even thought about writing for the web. A decade later, most of my work consists of web projects. It struck me recently that this medium has led me to develop a different way of writing—tighter, simpler, more transparent. The results, I believe, are greater clarity and persuasiveness, and a speedier, more user-friendly read."
#metablogging #webdev #writing
archive.org #12115

Icrontic » Co-working with Icrontic in Detroit

http://icrontic.com/articles/co-working-with-icrontic-in-detroit
"As you probably know, Detroit’s industry is not doing so well, but a growing wave of entrepreneurs and freelancers have been given cause to fill the gap. While working from a home office has many benefits, sometimes people who work alone all day start to go a little nuts. Even though we are more connected than we’ve ever been, it’s easy to feel lonely without other people present. I was introduced to the concept of co-working by my friend Naoko McCracken and I immediately recognized that this was something that was missing from my life. I’ve been working alone from home for almost a year now and my only companion is my whining, socially inept dog. I realized that when I started talking to myself a few months ago, something needed to change."
#beer #coworking #detroit #icrontic
archive.org #12114

Building Sites Around Social Objects (Live from Web 2.0) - ReadWriteWeb

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/building_sites_around_social_objects_live_from_web.php
"This morning at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Jyri Engeström, co-founder of Jaiku and now Google employee, spoke about building sites around social objects. What this means is that the social sites we visit today are not just friend networks - they're also built around objects that connect people with shared interests. These social objects could be anything from a photo on flickr to a video on YouTube or a track on Last.fm. This concept may not be new information to some of you - Jyri has been talking "social objects" for years now. What is interesting, though, is how well this information has held up over time. "
#metablogging #social #socialobjects #socialsoftware #web20
archive.org #12113

joshua's blog: on url shorteners

http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners.html
"So there are clear benefits for both the service (low cost of entry, potentially easy profit) and the linker (the quick rush of popularity). But URL shorteners are bad for the rest of us.I feel that shorteners are bad for the ecosystem as a whole. But what can be done to improve the situation?"
#delicious #links #twitter #urls #web #webdev
archive.org #12107

Novetel’s MiFi Isn’t Just a Skinny Looker. It’s Smart Too.

http://jkontherun.com/2009/04/02/novetels-mifi-isnt-just-a-skinny-looker-its-smart-too
"The device includes both a 3G and a WiFi radio: you simply turn it on, it connects to a 3G network and then broadcasts that signal over WiFi for up to five devices. Aside from the initial configuration, the most difficult interaction you’ll have with the MiFi is pressing the power button. There’s nothing else to do, but use it.But the MiFi isn’t a “dumb”, single purpose device; it has some smarts too. Novatel says that the device can actually run applications on the embedded Linux platform inside. That brings a vast number of possible ways to extend the MiFi beyond a simple 3G hotspot."
#3g #gadgets #hardware #nifty #novatelwireless #wifi
archive.org #12105

Google uncloaks once-secret server | Business Tech - CNET News

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
"Google's big surprise: each server has its own 12-volt battery to supply power if there's a problem with the main source of electricity. The company also revealed for the first time that since 2005, its data centers have been composed of standard shipping containers--each with 1,160 servers and a power consumption that can reach 250 kilowatts"
#datacenters #google #hardware
archive.org #12101

Bed Bath & Beyond - Zojirushi Electric Water Dispensing Pot

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?RN=687&SKU=13357234&order_num=-1
"One-touch electric dispensing system has a micro computerized temperature control system to keep your water hot for your favorite beverages. Choice of three temperatures -- 208°, 195°, 175°. The dechlorinate mode reduces chlorine and musty orders from your tap water, while the descaling mode keeps pot sparkling clean. Safety auto-shut off prevents pot from accidently overheating. One year limited warranty. ETL listed. "
#coffee #housewares #kitchen #wishlist
archive.org #12100

Bug List: lorchard-history

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfieldto=Now&columnlist=opendate,changeddate,bug_severity,priority,assigned_to,bug_status,resolution,product,component,op_sys,target_milestone,short_desc&ctype=atom&email1=lorchard&emailassigned_to1=1&emailassigned_to2=1&emaillongdesc1=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailtype1=substring&field-1-0-0=bug_status&field-1-1-0=resolution&field-1-2-0=assigned_to&field-1-2-1=commenter&query_format=advanced&resolution=FIXED&resolution=---&title=Bug+List:+lorchard-history&type-1-0-0=anyexact&type-1-1-0=anyexact&type-1-2-0=substring&type-1-2-1=substring&value-1-0-0=RESOLVED,VERIFIED,CLOSED&value-1-1-0=FIXED,---&value-1-2-0=lorchard&value-1-2-1=lorchard
More detailed list of Mozilla bugs in which I've participated. Considering inclusion in FriendFeed, but it might be annoying.
#feeds #filetype:rss #link:rel=me #mozilla
archive.org #12098