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• Old School [dive into mark]
  “So it’s not about language, and it’s not about “modeling the wrong behavior,” and it’s not about the color of your skin or your fur. It’s about class — the one subject that’s still taboo in America, after all these years.”

  (tags: children class culture education learning pbs television tv sesamestreet)
• Daily Kos: Flying spaghetti monster defeats anti-evolution FL school board
  “Board member Fields, who started the controversy, tried to blame - big surprise here - the media! Fields told the Tribune, via e-mail, that she didn’t realize there would be a story ‘on the front page of the Ledger indicating that I opposed evolution.’ “
  (tags: flyingspaghettimonster evolution creationism intelligentdesign humor religion science rationalism)
• France Bids Adieu to ‘E-Mail’
  “The Culture Ministry has announced a ban on the use of “e-mail” in all government ministries, documents, publications or websites” - one of the things i love about english is its refusal to reinvent the wheel. got a word for something? we’ll use it.
  (tags: language french english email inclusive exclusive)

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• ESPN - The wild and wacky from 2007 - MLB
  “Maybe the Phillies should have traded for Mariners rookie Ryan Feierabend. He made three straight starts in June and July in which he gave up nine, zero, then 10 runs.” - the 0 game? my Sox. drove me absolutely crazy.
  (tags: weird wacky baseball boston redsox ryanfeierabend)
• The Pirate Bay - Technical Specs!
  The Pirate Bay’s hardware: all Dell and HP
  (tags: dell hp bittorrent hardware thepiratebay web2.0)

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• Research In Motion: What Slowdown?
  “Analysts figured cuts in corporate tech spending would hurt the BlackBerry maker’s earnings. But smart marketing to consumers has paid off.” - consumer markets matter. who’d a thunk it?
  (tags: consumer markets businessweek rim phones data plans pearl)
• Search forms should use the GET method - rc3.org
  “GET and POST both have their place, and if you’re a Web developer you should understand the pros and cons of each of them. Or if you’re too lazy to do that, just remember that search forms should use GET. Your users will appreciate it.”
  (tags: get post http rest rafecolburn web programming)
• Happy blog birthday! - rc3.org
  happy birthday to one of my favorite blogs.
  (tags: rafecolburn blog birthday)
• Weblog | honking great app servers
  “First let me say this - the JEE stuff and the container vendors that drive it are tied (still, but maybe less than a few years ago) to a physical three-tier model, whereas physical two-tier is a known good way way to build web systems.”
  (tags: architecture hibernate j2ee java jee lamp application servers billdehóra)
• Street & Company Restaurant, 33 Wharf Street, Portland, Maine
  if you’re looking for a place to eat in real Portland, try Street & Co. in my admittedly inexpert opinion, it’s outstanding.
  (tags: streetandcompany restaurant portland suggestions maine)
• Fliers Fed Up? Airline Employees Feel the Same - New York Times
  “I was on an Airbus yesterday that was extremely dirty. The headrests…were a grayish brown color. Several seats were ripped. The seat cushions had no cushion left. Are we the 99-cent store airline?” - a lot of the major carriers have this problem
  (tags: airlines business travel carriers usairways transparency via:bob)

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• MaineToday.com | News Update: EPA approves Northeast mercury plan
  sweet! maybe now i won’t go crazy
  (tags: epa mercury northeast fishing)
• Futuretalk: ThruDB - Too-biased
  “ThruDB, faster and cheaper than SimpleDB…The architecture sound incredible. Amongst others there is the rank and file of the high scalability open source software such as memcached, spread, CLucene and facebook’s newcomer thrift for wire protocols.”
  (tags: ec2 s3 simpledb thrudb memcached spread clucene)
• Language Shootout - Miguel de Icaza
  “Alvaro points out that in the Language Shootout Benchmark Mono comes in 18th place compared to Java’s 10th place.”
  (tags: mono migueldeicaza java performance benchmarks shootout)
• A Wily Road Warrior’s Airport Tips
  these aren’t bad, but there’s far more that could be covered. might have to post on this.
  (tags: roadwarrior airport tips businessweek)
• Ring Up The Hobbit, Times Two
  when can i buy tickets? glad to hear the studios finally saw fit to fork over a pittance of the the $3B they raked in from the franchise thus far to get the suit settled.
  (tags: thehobbit peterjackson lordoftherings)
• Thrudb - faster, cheaper than SimpleDB - igvita.com
  “Developed by Jake Luciani as part of his ThruDB platform which currently powers JunkDepot, it is a highly scalable document-oriented database ideal for deployment on virtual (Amazon EC2+S3) or dedicated infrastructure.”
  (tags: thrudb thrudoc ec2 s3 couchdb aws amazon berkeleydb database scalability)
• Upgrade timing demotes KDE variant of Ubuntu Linux | Underexposed - CNET News.com
  “Even though I’m among those who prefer KDE overall” - interesting. i hadn’t known that.
  (tags: stephenshankland kde gnome ubuntu canonical support)
• blog.pmarca.com: I’ve finally found my future ex-drug habit
  when you shortcut biology, there is always a price to be paid. no exceptions.
  (tags: sleep coffee orexin-a drug)
• Receipts [dive into mark]
  i would not survive the new system. or, probably, the old one.
  (tags: receipts markpilgrim organization system)
• NPR : Denver Skiers Bemoan Dearth of Snow
  take that, Coloradans! oh, wait, that includes me.
  (tags: snow denver colorado winterpark npr)
• Next week: batteries banned from checked luggage - Gadling
  just wonderful. to quote Hudson, “i feel safer already.”
  (tags: pointless security theater tsa batteries inconvenience via:simon)

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• VMware Communities: Iphone in Vmware workstation 6.0.2 …
  no iPhone support in VMWare yet. unfortunate.
  (tags: vmware workstation iphone device support)
• Using an iPhone / iPod Touch with Ubuntu - Community Ubuntu Documentation
  not sure i’m ready to jailbreak the device, particularly since folks who did this previously had their phones bricked (which is crap, obviously)
  (tags: apple iphone ipod linux sync ubuntu)
• wbztv.com - Nation’s Costliest Highway Project comes to an end
  “When the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will quietly mark the end of one of the most tumultuous eras in the city’s history: The Big Dig, the nation’s most complex and costliest highway project, will officially come to an end.” - how many years/$ over?
  (tags: bigdig boston construction project cost overrun)
• The Churbuckian Year in Review at Churbuck.com
  i may need to do one of these…later. congrats to David on a full, good year.
  (tags: davidchurbuck yearinreview 2007)

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• Amazon SimpleDb
  Alex on SimpleDB, the pro’s and con’s.
  (tags: alexbosworth simpledb documentation api php)
• links for 2007-12-29 [on Simon Phipps, SunMink]
  “A welcome demise for a customer-hostile, DRM-infested, Windows-only product that no-one could love. Let’s hope the movie industry is paying close attention and learning the right lessons from this” - won’t hold my breath
  (tags: drm wal-mart movies online)
• Pedro Martinez proud he’s stayed clean
  “That was a difficult period for pitchers and it makes me happy that all I have done in baseball has been clean. No one can question me.” - i’ve said it before, and i’ll undoubtedly say it again, but you’ll never see anyone better than he was at his peak
  (tags: pedromartinez baseball steroids redsox pitching)

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• Chris Hedges on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC
  fundamentalism in any form terrifies me. maybe not as much as plagues or supervolcanoes, but close.
  (tags: america books christianity chrishedges pulitzer newyorktimes ideology fundamentalism right intertolerance rationalism fascism religion)
• This Could Be Next: Craigslist Integrates Social Networking with Listings « American Shelf Life
  i’m seeing more such convergence these days, but Amanda’s right: this mashup would be compelling, like Housingmaps taken one step further
  (tags: amandamooney mashup social-networking craigslist flickr google linkedin)
• Reliever Dan Naulty from 1999 World Series team spills ugly truth on steroids
  see his apology and acceptance of responsibility on page 4, in particular. good to see someone owning up to the damage he’s caused via steroids and PEDs.
  (tags: dannaulty steroids peds baseball yankees)
• Ted Leung on the Air » Blog Archive » Photo thoughts
  “There’s nothing wrong with wanting a nicer/newer camera, just be aware that you aren’t going to turn into Ansel Adams when it arrives.” - i am living proof of this unfortunate truth
  (tags: tedleung photography gear quality)
• Reuters AlertNet - No proof airport security makes flying safer-study
  “Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.” - i’m not exactly shocked at this news. it’s security theater, nothing more, to assuage the easily impressed
  (tags: security airlines research via:simon)
• I.B.M. Buys In-Memory Database Company - New York Times
  “The IBM acquisition may be seen as a setback for MySQL, since it marks the loss of independence of another company that makes a high-performance transaction engine for MySQL’s database.” - eh, we’ll see. need to talk to IBM and MySQL about this one.
  (tags: ibm mysql solid opensource inmemory timesten)
• Seeking Role Models And Finding Human Beings - New York Times
  “We are all too infatuated with our deities, but Clemens is not the point here, nor is Bonds, as obnoxious and dishonest as I think he is. Tuck the kiddies in at night and tell them this: Nobody is perfect.” - Neyer’s right: best steroid piece yet
  (tags: robneyer georgevecsey newyorktimes morality steroids mitchell ethics rolemodels)
• Fastball, slider, changeup, curveball—an analysis — The Hardball Times
  really thought the slider would have more horizontal break, on average, than it does. but apart from that, fascinating example of what baseball lovers can do with more data. he who has the most data, wins.
  (tags: baseball data volume pitch-f/x johnwalsh hardballtimes)
• Dell XPS M1330 User Review
  “Whether it’s due to the more complex manufacturing processes required for the M1330 or because Dell has been rushing systems in an effort clear out the backlog, fit and finish is decidedly weak for what is a flagship system.” - why i haven’t bought
  (tags: dell xps m1330 laptop)
• Why Giving Away Your Code Is Not Dangerous | iface thoughts
  there are a lot of economic problems with this argument, but there’s value in the example nonetheless
  (tags: code opensource programming value)
• No bluffing on this deal - BostonHerald.com
  “As documented in The Inside Track last week, Ramirez’s game-used spandex popped up on eBay. The winning total from 40 bids? $160.” - great, my old phone, camera, and accessories together went for less than Manny’s spandex
  (tags: mannyramirez boston redsox ebay)
• Inside the Box » Blog Archive » ThinkPad X Series
  “I have one question: Why has the display not been improved since 2000?” - same question here: not buying the “no reliable suppliers” argument. it is good of Lenovo to be so transparent, though. LED backlighting needs to be added.
  (tags: lenovo x-series thinkpad hardware led backlighting)
• Inside the Box » Blog Archive » Solid State Hard Disk Drives
  why Thinkpads don’t have SSD as an option. like LEDs, strikes me as a bit of a smokescreen for the conservativism of their largest customer base, but that’s admitted in the comments. if an X were available w/ LED backlighting and an SSD, i’d buy one now.
  (tags: thinkpads ssds storage lenovo)

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• Download of the Day: iConcertCal (Windows/Mac)
  This looks a cool toy, I’ll give it a try.
  (tags: Mac Music iTunes Concert Travel)
• The Airport Security Follies
  Profound good sense that needs to be shouted from the rooftops and sent to our political representatives.
  (tags: Travel Security Rights Privacy TSA Terrorism Politics via:schneier)

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• Hack Your Day - A productivity blog | Separating work and play with user identities
  Great idea for any computer, PC or Mac.
  (tags: workspaces OSX Windows WindowsVista)
• Type Less When Browsing Internet from a Mobile Phone
  Describes Boopsie - a great service
  (tags: Mobile lifehacks)
• Whats Its Color?
  Orly: “Whats its color is a simple-to-use generator that tells you more about image colors. “
  (tags: Design lifehacks RichInternetApplications)
• Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Searching Twitter with Tweet Scan
  (tags: twitter Search)
• How to use an iPod or iPhone for flash card memorization
  This can easily work in Treos and Windows Mobile devices as well if you can get jpegs on your phone.
  (tags: lifehacks Mobile ipod iphone Education)
• 115 Social News and Bookmark Sites Ranked and Rated | Social Media Trader
  (tags: socialbookmarking SEO Search socialnews Stats)
• Web-Alerts.com - text alerts for your favorite sites
  (tags: alerts rss Mobile sms)

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• How Hated Does the RIAA Want to Be?
  “In legal documents … the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.” Sounds like great news for enlightened indies.
  (tags: Music RIAA Rights FairUse MP3)

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• Wal-Mart cancels movie download service
  A welcome demise for a customer-hostile, DRM-infested, Windows-only product that no-one could love. Let’s hope the movie industry is paying close attention and learning the right lessons from this - DRM kills your business rather than protects it.
  (tags: DRM Video rights)
• Spicing Up Your Holidays
  Doesn’t even bear thinking about how this stuff gets there.
  (tags: Pollution Environment Christmas)
• Apple 15″ MacBook Pro Laptop For Sale
  Interesting use for b.s.c
  (tags: Mac)
• Next week: batteries banned from checked luggage
  Not that I ever check luggage voluntarily, but this is yet another addition to the complexity that makes random, hostile, rights-endangering behaviour more likely. And another baggie. Oh joy.
  (tags: Travel privacy security)
• DARPA Developing Sleep-Replacing Nasal Spray
  Soon to be essential as part of the travel process (and I just mean the part up to and including boarding the plane).
  (tags: Drugs Travel Zeitgeist)

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• Amazon reports bumper Christmas
  As predicted.
  (tags: Amazon Shopping Christmas)

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• oh, don’t forget…
  (tags: lifehacks Mobile GTD)
• Personal PR
  Interesting new blog.
  (tags: newvoices Blogs PR)
• Google Subscribed Links - Coupon Search
  Add coupons to your Google searches.
  (tags: Google googlecoop coupons shopping deals)
• FEEDJIT real-time blog traffic feeds
  Goodies for your blog.
  (tags: Blogs Widgets)
• Macworld | Avoid iPhone navigation and typing hassles
  (tags: iphone lifehacks Mobile)
• Macworld | Editors’ Notes | Available to chat
  What happens when a brave soul gives up IM for two weeks. Find out…
  (tags: attention IM workplace)

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• Organic shops and delis: South-east
  Interesting list for my area, I need to go foraging.
  (tags: Southampton UK Food Deli)
• Building OpenSolaris Communities
  Fine essay by Jim Grisanzio, based on hard-earned experience.
  (tags: OpenSource Community OpenSolaris)

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• Christmas Security
  The reason there may not have been as many liquids and gels under the tree for you this year.
  (tags: Comic via:Schneier Security Travel Rights Privacy)

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• No proof airport security makes flying safer-study
  “We noticed that new airport screening protocols were implemented immediately after news reports of terror threats.” You mean they aren’t rigorously devised by actual security experts, and are just for a show of “protection”? Surely not.
  (tags: Travel Security)
• I.B.M. Buys In-Memory Database Company
  MySQL faces another setback.
  (tags: OpenSource Database MySQL)
• Year in review: New players enliven open source
  Short roundup of the significant events has two paragraphs on Sun.
  (tags: OpenSource Sun 2007)
• Winter Solstice
  Gorgeous photograph.
  (tags: Photo solstice via:Digg)

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• Apple mugs Think Secret
  If you’re looking for bullying, this is a fine place to start.
  (tags: Apple journalism)
• Update on the Sun/NetApp ZFS patent litigation
  I was sent this update yesterday too.
  (tags: Sun Patents NetApp litigation FOSS ZFS OpenSolaris Filesystem)
• Microsoft Signs Open-Source Deal
  “As Samba is not commercial and could not be forced out of the marketplace it was still standing and able to benefit from the ruling.” - Seems anti-trust law has been overpowered by monopolists and the only recourse is open source.
  (tags: Microsoft Samba Monopoly FOSS OpenSource)

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• Microsoft/Novell Collaboration Agreement
  Redacted and posted to EDGAR.
  (tags: Novell Microsoft OOXML Collaboration)
• Celebrate Grav-mass
  I’d say “Happy Holidays” but the presence of the word “holy” in the name is probably politically incorrect.
  (tags: Zeitgeist Stallman Christmas)
• Wi-Fi routers are vulnerable to viruses
  It had to happen in the end. Watch ROMs make a comeback.
  (tags: Malware WiFi)
• We’re launching a blogger amnesty program
  Great solution to a very difficult problem that I hope all the companies I write about will choose.
  (tags: Blogging Apple Satire Rights freedom)
• ‘Atheistic fundamentalism’ fears
  Good phrase there. One of things that struck me reading Dawkins was how similar his attitude was to the religious extremists I have encountered. Maybe the psychology of that sort of atheism is actually religious?
  (tags: Atheism Religion Christmas)

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• Feature: Getting Things Done with labels and filters in Gmail 2.0 | Geek.com
  (tags: Gmail GTD)
• View all iPhone Safari RSS feeds at once
  (tags: iphone rss safari)
• iPhone Snow Globe
  (tags: fun holidays Mobile iphone ipod)
• Wikio Blogs
  “Find here each month the rankings of the most influential blogs of the blogosphere”
  (tags: Analytics Blogs)
• » Keep your cool when cleaning a glossy-screen Mac | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com
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• Twitter Facts: First state of the Twitosphere in Canada
  (tags: Canada twitter Stats)
• The Web Celeb 25 - Forbes.com
  Forbes is out with a revised list. I am thankful to be #23 but I am not sure how meaningful these are since every list is open to interpretation.
  (tags: Blego Forbes fame lists 2007)
• Home > Tweeterboard : Conversation Analytics for Twitter
  The Top 100 list here isn’t what’s most interesting. It’s the individual Twitter profiles and the connections it shows you each person has.
  (tags: twitter Stats Analytics mi microblogging)
• Lifehack.org: The Lifehack Last-Minute Gift List for Productive (and Potentially Productive) People
  (tags: gifts Productivity shopping)

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• Chat Noir - Flash game
  Herd cats for a bit. Oh, that’s the day job too.
  (tags: Cat Game via:EMinor online)
• dtrace.conf
  The gathering for DTrace geeks, coming next march to San Francisco.
  (tags: DTrace OpenSolaris FOSS OpenSource Sun SanFrancisco)
• GlassFish is in Debian
  And the GlassFish team is as surprised as it is delighted!
  (tags: GlassFish Java JavaEE Server OpenSource FOSS Debian Linux)

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• David Allen - Living on The Huffington Post
  (tags: davidallen GTD Blogs huffingtonpost)
• Internet TV: 2007 year in review | last100
  (tags: Video 2007 IPTV TV youtube)
• Feature: Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps
  (tags: OSX webapps 2007 Windows software)
• Social Net Users to Hit Staggering Numbers
  “In less than five years, nearly half of all U.S. Internet users will visit at least one social networking site on a monthly basis”
  (tags: SocialNetworking Stats)
• An (Un)easy Guide to Holiday Tipping - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
  (tags: home finance holidays)
• Companies warned not to rush into social networking | CNET News.com
  Contrarian point of view to counter the other stat in tonight’s links.
  (tags: SocialNetworking Stats)

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• CCFSettlement.com
  Is this for real? Or an elaborate scam to gather credit card numbers?
  (tags: Travel Class-Action USA Money Creditcard settlement)
• Petition to: require all organisations notify customers immediately of any personal data security breaches.
  If you’re a UK resident you need to take a look at this. I have signed it.
  (tags: UK Privacy Law Petition)
• Why US Immigration Officials Are Key To Saving The Planet
  Given the success statistics, this explanation is a plausible as any other.
  (tags: USA Travel Rights Satire Privacy)
• Three million L-drivers hit in lost data fiasco
  Ooops. Better get signing that petition I link to just above.
  (tags: UK Government privacy rights security)

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• Steve Gillmor’s GestureLab » Overnight Success
  can’t say that i successfully parsed this one
  (tags: stevegillmor google apple microsoft rayozzie)
• max spevack’s blog - drawing conclusions is left as an exercise to the reader
  interesting Fedora community traction numbers
  (tags: packages community fedora redhat via:jdub)
• Sam Ruby: Eventual Consistency
  “Amazon SimpleDB [via Simon Willison]. Erlang. Schemaless. Cool.” - agreed.
  (tags: samruby amazon simpledb schemaless database free barriers-to-entry)
• Amazon.com: Amazon Web Services (2): Help: Amazon Web Services (2) FAQ & More
  in agreement with the peanut gallery that this is a.) important and b.) interesting
  (tags: 2007 amazon api aws cloud coding commercial database simpledb)
• Google: Don’t give up on OpenSocial | The Social - CNET News.com
  “Earlier this week, three OpenSocial partners–LinkedIn, Friendster, and Bebo–made their own platform announcements, and the only thing they could say for sure about OpenSocial was that they’d start implementing it as soon as it was ready and stable.”
  (tags: google opensocial carolinemccarthy linkedin friendster bebo platform facebook)
• Discovery News : Discovery Channel
  “Scientists at Tokyo University say they were able to successfully switch off a mouse’s instinct to cower at the smell or presence of cats — showing that fear is genetically hardwired and not learned through experience, as commonly believed.”
  (tags: cats evolution fear genetics mice nature science)
• Living in Junk Food County | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com
  ugly, but unsurprising
  (tags: food health poverty rural nutrition)
• Amazon.com takes on the relational database - rc3.org
  Rafe’s take on SimpleDB
  (tags: rafecolburn simpledb oo database amazon)
• Eventual consistency at Pensieri di un lunatico minore
  “With the announcement of SimpleDB, Amazon has put together the last major piece needed for a fully cloud-based development approach…I see a few things that are both game-changing…First, you no longer do you have to buy any infrastructure.” - indeed
  (tags: amazon simpledb chrispetrilli haas saas)

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• MaineToday.com | News Update: It’s time to pull out the shovels - again
  “Then there’ll be a lull before another snowstorm, a classic Nor’easter, sweeps through Maine Saturday night and Sunday with strong winds and heavy snow.” - ah, wish i was there. love being curled up warm inside while the wind howls outside.
  (tags: maine weather nor’easter)
• PLUG: Independent Music Awards
  voted for the Hype Machine as website of the year, WOXY as online radio station of the year, and the Avett Brothers as Americana album of the year
  (tags: plug music indie awards lists vote hypemachine)
• Yahoo! Shortcuts (beta) | alexking.org
  very cool WP plugin from Alex and the gang over at Crowd Favorite
  (tags: yahoo wordpress plugins alexking crowdfavorite flickr)
• Movable Type Open Source - rc3.org
  should be interesting to see what the reactions are to the opensourcing of Movable Type
  (tags: movabletype rafecolburn opensource blogging software)
• Malte Timmermann’s Blog
  nice to see
  (tags: odf microsoft office openoffice staroffice sun via:simon)
• ongoing · Message From the Web
  “Getting started should be free. · Also, it shouldn’t take more than a few days.” - i’d actually argue minutes. it’s still about barriers to entry. anyway, read the whole thing, it’s worth it.
  (tags: timbray open internet web2.0 collaboration barriers-to-entry)
• YouTube - Dangermouse - Encore
  a video mashup of the Beatles and Jay-z, to the audio mashup put together by the brilliant Dangermouse
  (tags: dangermouse thebeatles jay-z mashup video audio)
• SI.com - Writers - Frank Deford: Boston spinning with winning, but city has lost charm - Wednesday December 5, 2007 4:17PM
  zzzzzzzzz…i have no reservations whatsoever about shedding the lable of loser.
  (tags: boston redsox frankdeford sportsillustrated)

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• OpenedHand » home
  mallum pointed me to this, and i dig the new look. not just b/c i know who built it
  (tags: openedhand site redesign mobile)
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Routine Traffic Stop Can Change Everything in an Instant.
  this is freaking hilarious
  (tags: mcsweeneys speedracer comedy humor via:david)
• Best compliment ever - rc3.org
  there’s no way i could practically do a best blogs of 07 list, as it would take far too long, but if i did Rafe’s would certainly be on it. congrats on this honor.
  (tags: rafecolburn anildash bestof 07 blogs)
• DINNER FOR 8 @ TRESCA W/ PETER GAMMONS & BILL JANOVITZ - (eBay item 220180286617 end time Dec-15-07 09:32:41 PST)
  just in case you’re wondering what to get me for Christmas trust me, tho, you don’t know want to know what i’d do just for the opportunity to shake Peter Gammons’ hand, as he’s the man most principally responsible for my love of baseball.
  (tags: petergammons dinner ebay charity auction)
• Charlie in Charge - Boston Magazine
  as good an explanation as any as to why i’m nothing more than a lukewarm fan of the B’s these days
  (tags: bostonbruins hockey management charliejacobs)
• Facebook to let other sites access platform code | The Social - CNET News.com
  will be interesting to follow the impact of this particular announcement
  (tags: facebook platform opensocial google)

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• Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist.
  very interesting piece by mdolan; a bit cynical towards Sun, as usual, and i do think comparisons are possible b/twn projects managed under different governance models, but there’s a lot in here that i agree with. be interesting if he went introspective.
  (tags: mdolan linux opends opensolaris opensource sun ibm)
• Someone shoot me, please : PC rebuild is heading south at Churbuck.com
  apparently it wouldn’t have mattered if i’d created restore discs; my sympathies are with dchurbuck here.
  (tags: davidchurbuck lenovo restore discs xp media)
• Analyst Equity: AR managers rate Forrester, IDC, Ovum and Yankee as risers
  a lot of the results here depend on which vendors were surveyed and - as always - how one defines influence, but certainly an interesting datapoint. looks like we’ve got work yet to do
  (tags: analysts influence redmonk duncanchapple via:cote)
• Mark Reinhold’s Blog
  dvcs’s continue to take over the world.
  (tags: hg sun teamware openjdk dvcs mercurial via:simon)
• joe shaw / i, on the other hand, ate like a whole bag of trail mix for dinner
  “Junk food costs only $1.76 per 1000 kcal, whereas healthy food costs $18.16.” - and we wonder why obesity is a problem
  (tags: obesity junkfood economics subsidies sugar corn)
• A Brilliant Craigslist Thread: Buy Or Lease? | The Cosmic Tap
  scathing responses to an NYC golddigger. hilarious, and just a little sad.
  (tags: nyc money golddigger economics humor)

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• Red Sox Nation, Florida - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog
  if i’m ever in Bonita Springs, i’m going
  (tags: bonitasprings florida redsox baseball)
• YouTube - The Nutty Buddy
  a new cup, designed by an ex-MLBer. words fail me.
  (tags: nuttybuddy humor comedy mlb via:buster)
• » Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080p | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com
  good news, as my 37 inch LCD is only 720 rather than 1080
  (tags: hd lcd 720 1080 hdtv)
• » Office Live Workspace narrows Google App gap while playing to MS-Office’s strengths | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com
  Berlind’s thoughts on the Office Live Workspace news, in the context of Google Apps
  (tags: google apps office live microsoft)
• Beyond the Red Line
  anybody played this?
  (tags: battlestar bsg opensource gaming freescale)
• adamw’s very own blog » Blog Archive » Mistakes
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• Phil Windley’s Technometria | Starting a High Tech Business: Choosing a Deployment Model
  an outline of potential deployment models for software firms, with pros and cons attached
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• Ubuntu: Sensor temperature monitoring with lm-sensors
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• Symbaloo - start simple
  another one of the Ajax home page entrants. nicely designed, though.
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