05/10/08

[Part three of a recurring series...part one, part two.] Starting in June 2009, the US government will require a passport or "similar federally approved document" for entering the US by land. Both US and Canadian citizens living near the borders are ...

A lightbulb in a firehouse in California has been burning more or less continuously since 1901. You can check on the light's status on its WWW home page. (thx, john) (link)

Last night, folks on Twitter began to contemplate what will happen if Barack Obama wins the nomination. The meme seems to have begun with Andrew Crow's vision for the future: When Obama wins... unicorns will crap ice cream and pastries. I collected ...

Do we really need science to tell us that the DNA of an egg-laying, no nippled, duck-billed mammal is unusual? (link)

Just in time for my newly formed headlines tag: Great tits cope well with warming. (thx, ryan & alex) (link)

joshua : ShiftSpace | An Open Source layer above any webpage - not sure i understand this Tags : todo web

mmb : How I Built a Working Poker Bot, Part 1 - Coding the Wheel - How I Built a Working Poker Bot, Part 1 - Coding the Wheel via Popular pages on del.icio.us Tags : link

factoryjoe : OpenID, Please! - We want you to add OpenID login to your website. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: openid, demand

factoryjoe : The Ultimate Twitter Revenue Model - ReadWriteWeb - The perennial debate surrounding Twitter's revenue model continues to live on. The micro-blogging service has succeeded in building a strong, loyal following, but fail ...

factoryjoe : Announcing pydataportability 0.1 (technical) – mrtopf.de - "Right now the library is very barebone, supporting basic parsing of the hCard microformat, the XFN microformat and XRDS Simple. What comes out of the parser ...

I could really use a couple of these...

good talk slides

I like the use of RSS and Yahoo Pipes

"Yahoo has been accelerating its open activities of late..."

this reminds me of my diet plan...

The Sorting Algorithm Demo (495)

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New in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye: Don’t read this before lunch. Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest – dissolving bodies in lye and ...

Got a band but can't afford to shoot a video? Use public CCTV cameras and then demand the footage!: This is a great idea. I wonder how long it took them to get all this footage? Unable to hire a production crew for a standard 1980's era MTV ...

In this edition of "Dr. Syd's House Call," pediatrician Dr. Sydney Spiesel talks with Emily Bazelon about whether ADHD medications pose an added cardiac risk for children.

coondoggie writes to tell us that NASA and JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have announced a partnership to study the sonic boom. Hoping to find the key to the next generation of supersonic aircraft, the research will include a look at J ...

Nerdposeur writes "Google has announced that it will partner with several other companies to build a high-speed mobile data network. In a separate but related deal, Google will also become the default search provider for Sprint, including having one- ...

Techdirt called our attention to an interesting video of patent attorney Stephan Kinsella's presentation on "Rethinking Intellectual Property Completely". It's a long presentation, but well worth the time to watch. There is also an ongoing series of ...

suso writes ""The estimated population of the world will pass 6,666,666,666 today. No doubt an interesting number for people everywhere (not referring to any religion connotations). 5,555,555,555 was passed about 14 years ago. You may not realize tha ...

schliz writes to mention that in a recent interview with ITNews researcher John Shalf explained the purpose and some of the technical details of the newly-announced "iPod supercomputer". "Microprocessors from portable electronics like iPods could yie ...

There are new developments in the case of the counterfeit Cisco routers, which we have been discussing for some time. The NYTimes updates the story after an FBI PowerPoint presentation made its way onto the Web. It seems that experts at Cisco have ex ...

The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.

Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campa ...

Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil right ...

The popular online social hangout Facebook says it's setting up a new system that will allow its 70 million users to take their personal profiles with them as they surf other Web sites.

Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.

It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.

Reuters - Canadian health officials said on Friday that a death and reported outbreak of flu-like symptoms aboard a cross-Canada train were not due to an infectious disease and in fact were likely not related at all.

One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.

It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup".

Dry dock workers of the Curacao Dry Dock Company (CDM) discovered dangerous levels of blue asbestos while conducting routine repairs on the Freewinds, flagship of the Church of Scientology's Sea Org and home to the Flag Ship Service Organization (FS ...

The UN's humanitarian chief urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country.

I’m delighted to say that online bookstores are shipping copies of Here Comes Everybody today, and that it has gotten several terrific notices in the blogosphere: Cory Doctorow:Clay’s book makes sense of the way that groups are using the ...

newVideoPlayer("sexsounds_fleshbot.flv", 463, 387,"");A couple weeks ago, we brought you the heartwarming tale of fake TV actor Tracey Jordan and his quest to create the ultimate porn video game. (Working title: "Gorgasm: The Legend of Dongslayer") W ...

I sent a couple of people the following question: "What are your top tips for dealing with information overflow?" Here are some of their answers (with formatting partly adjusted, omissions within quotes indicated with dots). Please add your own tips ...

Last week I asked Google and YouTube press support (and another Google employee) whether their Scientology channel was paid. The channel was listed in the "Sponsors" section of the site, for one thing, and Scientology has been seen spending many adve ...

[Part three of a recurring series...part one, part two.] Starting in June 2009, the US government will require a passport or "similar federally approved document" for entering the US by land. Both US and Canadian citizens living near the borders are ...

Continuing the series of portrayals of technology from the VHS era, here's another contribution from Martin Brewer, who brought us the first episode of The Net. This is another BBC Two show, an episode of Horizon from 1993 on "The Electronic Frontie ...

Europeans Get Drunk to Have Sex. The UK has one of the worst reputations for binge drinking and underage sex but there are striking similarities between countries, a study found. A third of 16 to 35-year-old men and 23% of women questioned said the ...

"King Cotton" created a huge demand for land and (slave) labor that changed early America's borders, population, and economics. But just as cotton affected history, history affected cotton: the story of naturally colored cottons -- brown, ...

Film is not dead it just smells funny - Analog photography blog - a nice way to discover some new photographers - a few images NSFW.

Introducing Project Pop (Formerly Indonesia's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-suling metal-dangdut-comedy folk sextet). Their hit "Dangdut is the music of my country" [youtube link--music starts at 0:58] code-switches between pop me ...

Euro hits $1.596.While more than a little distressing for those of us who like to travel to Europe and consume some of their elitist export products, it's probably otherwise a good thing for the US economy as it'll prop up our exports. Hopefully.

It's depressing that this Congress really is incapable of doing the right thing. The Senate proclaimed a fierce bipartisan resolve two weeks ago to help American homeowners in danger of foreclosure. But while a bill that senators approved last week w ...

Something Awful eschews humor in this week's Comedy Goldmine for gibbering madness. "I know you were coming here expecting to laugh at the Comedy Goldmine this week. Well, you're screwed....

"It's the Bizaro Ethel Merman." "She's like a garbage bag full of fighting Muppets back from the dentist." "It's like the little exorcist girl stung by bees." "The first time...

A short film in which a Paris Hilton-esque socialite is revealed to be the architect of her own loopy attempts at notoriety, and who will go as far as she...

— — We're working to build a scalable, beautiful new TwitterGram, an application built on the super-powerful SwitchAbit platform. — —

I just posted a Tweet: "After seeing comments blossom in FriendFeed, it seems either Twitter should have comments, or extend the API so someone else can add them." — — Why? — — 1. People still reply to tweets, expecting a res ...

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It was seven years ago today when everybody was getting excited about Microsoft's bombastic announcement of Hailstorm, promising that "Hailstorm makes the technology in your life work together on your behalf and under your control." What was it, rea ...

The next podcast is up. Today we talked about why we're doing a podcast in the first place, took some questions/ suggestions from listeners, and got into a fight over whether programmers should learn C. Guess which side I took. There are some improv ...

an application for Lily turns DOM elements into audio  

high quality videos in three torrents from the music video community  

I loved Bioshock's story but not the gameplay, so this should be a fun ride  

random sampling of 150 people's clipboards, categorized  

one of the most amazing hacks I've ever seen; don't miss the demos further down the page  

time-bending Flash game, reminiscent of P.B. Winterbottom  

a multi-instrumentalist's reality meets fiction  

Artist Justin "Scrappers" Morrison and Studio Acorn collaborated on this incredible trophy head belt buckle. Only two of them were made. One is holding up Morrison's pants and the other is for an upcoming art show at Giant Robot New York. Link...

These gents from Houston are charged with abuse of a corpse after they confessed to digging up a grave to make a pot pipe from the skull. Kevin Wade Jones, 17, was being questioned about a vehicle burglary when he confessed to desecrating the grave a ...

A lightbulb in a firehouse in Livermore, CA, has been burning continuously since 1901. In 1901, when the tiny bulb was first screwed into place inside a so-called hose cart house, it cast its light on a simpler era. Back then, horse-pulled carts carr ...

In January, my company Digital Garage invested in Twitter and announced plans to work together with Twitter to create a Japanese version of the service. That service just went live. It's still part of the main Twitter service, but the UI will be in ...

When I blogged about Flyp on Tuesday, I didn't know it was about to run an article about Charlie Nesson's poker university, a place where students learn about life by playing poker online. The article is short and showy, but it'll give you the idea.. ...

Codemasters scores another one for its racing lineup - the Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: Grid creators acquired the exclusive rights to develop Formula 1 racing games for console, handheld and PC. The deal will let Codies feature all Grand Prix ...

newVideoPlayer("farcry2509_kotaku.flv", 480, 290,""); Far Cry 2 looks like the sort of game I could get completely lost in. Looking at the scenic environments in this video, a preview clip from Ubisoft's upcoming Ubidays press event, I get the urge ...

Red, yellow and blue cars are on their way in a hurry to the Brooklyn side of the bridge.

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...because my day was once (temporarily) made when a stranger clandestinely sent me their vCard via bluetooth while cruising under the east river on the E train. I surfaced, called the number, and immediately realized I had been spammed by some Korea ...

...because it's important to ask questions. -jw UK architecture website BD online asked Austin Williams, author of new book The Enemies of Progress, and Pooran Desai of BioRegional Quintain. We excerpt a bit: Austin Williams says YES: "The mantra � ...

TorrentSpy lawyers said the torrent-tracking service won't pay the $111 million judgment a U.S. judge levied against it. Attorney Ira Rothken said he would appeal one of the nation's largest copyright penalties. The search engines' owner, he said, ha ...