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Eye Prefer Paris Tours
English walking tours of Paris, the guy has a good blog
2008-06-30
paris • tourism • tours
Vista file sharing
Remarkably clear article about how to make Windows do its file sharing thing
2008-06-30
documentation • filesharing • samba • smb • vista • windows
Obama pride
gay outreach
2008-06-29
gay • obama • politics • pride
DNS name stupidity
Does the world need a .pepsi TLD?
2008-06-27
batshitinsane • computers • dns • domains • internet • registrars • tlds
Markus Notter
funny politician's website, very humane design
2008-06-26
design • markusnotter • politics • swiss • switzerland
Albanian sworn virgin
Interesting old European custom of women becoming virtual men
2008-06-26
albania • culture • gender • politics • via:metafilter
Adventures in stock photography
Funny snark
2008-06-25
funny • photography • photos • snark • stockphotography • via:metafilter
Snap-on faces
Creepy, but also impressive
2008-06-24
medical • prosthesis
DNS is 25 years old
Happy birthday!
2008-06-23
dns • internet • postel
Firefox 3 color management
Firefox defaults to off for color profiles, but that's dumb
2008-06-21
color • firefox
The Big Picture
Andy does a great interview with the guy behind the awesome Boston Globe photo site. Why did it take 15 years for a newspaper to publish 1000 pixel wide images?
2008-06-21
images • photojournalism • photos
hwmonitor
simple, no nonsense temperature / fan speed reporter
2008-06-20
fan • hardware • intel • program • temperature • windows
"nuke the fridge"
a new snark criticism; the moment of absurdity in a Lucas production
2008-06-19
indianajones • jumptheshark • movies
Sorry I missed your party
Found photographs with snarky comments
2008-06-19
party • photography • photos • via:metafilter
Zawodny to Craigslist
Congratulations, Jeremy! Good luck with the sucky commute though
2008-06-19
craigslist • yahoo
Add Gadget
tasteful, simple cpu and network meters for vista's silly sidebar
2008-06-19
gadgets • microsoft • vista • windows
Choosing BOINC projects
Very thoughtful collection of distributed computing projects
2008-06-19
boinc • computing • distributed • distributedcomputing • internet • seti@home
LHOOQ
I never knew Duchamp's Mona Lisa thing had a naughty french pun in the title
2008-06-17
art • dada • duchamp • french • monalisa • pun
Gay cowboy wedding
Awesome photo
2008-06-17
california • civilrights • gay • wedding • yolocounty
Deletionist morons
Tim Bray goes righteous. Why don't the deletionist nerds just invent a metadata system that lets them tag stuff as irrelevant?
2008-06-16
deletionism • editing • editwars • wikipedia
Asset allocation
Interesting disclosure from Leonard Lin about how he's invested. Sensible design.
2008-06-16
finance • investment • leonardlin • money • via:mathowie
Spore megathread
Good ol' something awful plays with the new creature tool from Spore. Lots of cartoon penises with sharp teeth
2008-06-16
games • spore • via:waxy
Google Browser Sync dead?
Ugh, what a shame
2008-06-14
browsersync • firefox • google • mozilla
Chinese popcorn
Explosive; sounds like it all pops at once
2008-06-14
china • food • popcorn • travel • via:metafilter
No, really, no anti-trust issues!
Omid takes great pains to frame the Yahoo/Google deal to avoid anti-trust issues
2008-06-13
ads • advertising • cpc • google • yahoo
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
interesting details on a pre-1500 printed book with remarkable design
2008-06-13
benbo • books • design • fonts • typography
Stabilized video collages
Interesting experiment in video and photostitching
2008-06-12
collage • flickr • video
Obfuscated TCP
Interesting opportunistic encryption
2008-06-12
code • crypography • cypherpunks • internet • privacy • tcp • via:zawodny
Gummi bear anatomy
scifi art
2008-06-12
art • bear • candy • gummi • via:mathowie
Kozinski context
In case you've missed the silliness
2008-06-12
kozinski • scandal
Kozinski: hottie
Hysterical bit written by judge embroiled in stupid controversy
2008-06-12
kozinski • scandal • via:metafilter
Alex Kozinski stuff
tempest in a teapot judge scandal: here's some info on the site
2008-06-12
kozinski • scandal • via:metafilter
Derrie-Air
A new airline fare concept
2008-06-12
airlines • airplanes • parody • travel • via:metafilter
Phone sex operators
Sweet portraits with a little text
2008-06-11
phonesex • photography • photos • sex
Sound of Switzerland
Simple video of cows with bells
2008-06-11
cowbell • cows • sound • swiss • switzerland
SF kiteboarding regatta
Looks like fine; kiteboarding near Crissy Field all week
2008-06-11
california • kiteboarding • kites • regatta • sailing • sanfrancisco
Car warranty scam
Just got an aggressive junk phone call like this
2008-06-10
fraud • scam • spam
No casino in Plymouth
A competing view of local politics
2008-06-08
california • casino • ione • miwok • plymouth
Plymouth, Indian casino
Local political dispute about a small California gold country town and the plan for an indian casino
2008-06-08
california • casino • miwok • politics
cpushare.com
P2P cycle sharing. Why didn't I think of that? Note the open order book with the lack of buy orders
2008-06-07
computing • distributed • internet • popularpower
Anil Dash: Blogger
amazing tribute
2008-06-07
anil • anildash • blogger • michaeljackson • mj
LoFi Radiohead / Nude
deeply fucked; give it to 1:30 before giving up
2008-06-06
music • radiohead • via:waxy
Yahtzee on Oblivion
Hysterical review
2008-06-06
games • oblivion • review • yahtzee
Obama at the beach
Cute photo of presidential candidate as a child
2008-06-04
beach • obama • politics
Car hits a group of cyclists
It's horrifying, but the picture is amazing
2008-06-03
accident • cars • cycling • photography
SF polling places
Sure would be nice if it was the same place every election
2008-06-03
california • democracy • election • sanfrancisco • vote
Marilyn Manson in sign
ASL interpreter performs Manson song
2008-06-02
asl • language • marilynmanson • music • sign
Polyhedral maps
Beautiful set of projections
2008-06-01
cartography • geometry • maps • via:metafilter