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January 13, 2005
— this is an impressive overview with tons of great references #
— the rumor is their servers can’t handle the insane growth and demand via Joystiq #
— it’s one of the hardest and most CPU-intensive to emulate via Slashdot #
— here’s the background, for those of you that don’t read the main weblog #
— he should’ve been arrested for bad taste #
— Google reviews and edits text ads for spelling, grammar and clarity via techlawadvisor.com #
— hopping on the “mini” bandwagon with a $5k Google search appliance via Delicious #
— very, very weird via Gizmodo #
— Derek and Heather go print and bring Flickr users with them via Flickr #
January 12, 2005
— Apple is suing the formerly-anonymous 19-year-old Harvard freshman via Delicious #
— easy micropayments at the post level with MT, Paypal, Typekey, and PHP via Andre Torrez #
— topping the list is Longhorn, CherryOS, and the Phantom console #
— All Things Considered just interviewed him #
— my eyes hurt via Delicious #
— Liam Lynch’s music video for his nephew Arlo’s first birthday #
— obsessive list of Beatles oddness; see also, background noises in Led Zeppelin songs via John Walkenbach #
— one of my primary sources of linkage is back via Delicious #
— he monitored Secret Service e-mails, and took cam photos from Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, and Paris Hilton via Delicious #
— handbags built with the outline of a gun or knife; laptop bags with the outline of groceries via Eyebeam #
January 11, 2005
— network sniffer that automatically saves files of transferred data #
— 4,200 predictions made between 1990-1995; also, some new predictions via Delicious #
— this was his last entry, also found in the source code of his homepage via Kottke #
— organized mirroring is great, but isn’t BitTorrent a better long-term solution? #
— apparently, we eat gum in the US, while the Brits chew it #
— more information in the Slashdot thread via Slashdot #
— as an ISP, Verizon has a responsibility not to have any false positives via tomalak.org #
— spam poetry for the ages #
— do not taunt Mac mini #
— “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 #