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January 11, 2005
— “do not eat iPod shuffle” #
— also: most popular feature films for download on Archive.org via Delicious #
— really tiny, no screen, weighs under an ounce; $99 for 512MB, $149 for 1GB; shipping today; photo #
— a great starting point to securing your own code via Delicious #
— Ali G strikes again via Delicious #
— a prototype BitTorrent search crawler, with estimated speeds and file listings via monkeymethods.org #
— the long tail is very long; 87% of trackers have less than 100 torrents #
January 10, 2005
— looks like Mclusky broke up, too #
— over 125 records; the complete collection, worth seeing just for historical value via stereogum.com #
— removing “um” and “uh,” ambient audio, and off-site interviews via MetaFilter #
— he performed geo-lookups of the IP addresses, and made a nice UI for browsing via Boing Boing #
— excellent and bizarre algorithmic morphing #
— the shift from innovation to 200 strip clubs #
— may be skewed by default feeds that ship with readers via ReadWriteWeb #
— even Cringely thinks the sub-$500 Mac is going to happen via David Ely #
— he wasn’t wearing a seat belt, while two other passengers were and survived via Delicious #
— interesting to see how it’s getting used #
January 9, 2005
— all sorts of interesting new projects via LiveJournal #
— Eliot Spitzer started cracking down in October via downhillbattle.org #
— very surreal, with dead-on impersonations of Travolta and Jackson #
— combined display of Flickr and Del.icio.us tags; try apple, disneyland, and, of course, mathowie via Delicious #
— they’re opening it up to developers, and linking it to portables #
— it’s Matt Haughey day on Waxy.org! #
— plus, he rounds up Microsoft’s Internet-related failures #
— more background on the ongoing feud between Wiley and PvP’s Scott Kurtz via Simon Carless #
— Andre has a similar idea involving Typekey #
— a major corporate blog, with comments and Trackback #
January 8, 2005
— they’re taking a hands-off ISP-like stance; their users have donated $40k to the legal fund so far #
— comment spammers search for vulnerable sites in Google via unix-girl.com #
— pay for access to webpage content with Typekey and Paypal; understated announcement, but could have huge implications #
January 6, 2005
— “a strip cynically designed to be inoffensive and bad, on the theory that public tastes are insipid” via forums.fark.com #
— people are using it for more than just pirating #
— cameras mailed with instructions asking the USPS to snap photos with it via Kottke #
— you didn’t hear it from me via Matt Haughey #
— magic espresso, teen pregnancy, and washing machines named Candace via Slashdot #
January 5, 2005
— they want them to name names and stop leaking again via Kottke #
— and the recent attempts to cash in via The Morning News #
— Clay on Danah on Clay on Sanger; a great debate #
January 4, 2005
— holy crap! via paidcontent.org #
— he’s been making fun of all the biggest names #
— The Sun and the Inquirer both uncritically reported the claims via Joystiq #
— a huge loss; one of the most important and influential artists in comic history #
— even Snopes is still unsure about this one via museumofhoaxes.com #
January 3, 2005
— possibly the best designed blog I’ve ever seen; many nice touches throughout via Delicious #
— but makes no reference to Dooce herself!? via turbanhead.com #
— the 678 guy is cranky via Delicious #
