October 31, 2006
Google Bought JotSpot
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/spot-on.html
I didn't see that one coming. Congrats to Joe, Grahm, Ken, and others.
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
October 30, 2006
Happy Fun Ball!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NERK2qZrY8
I have waited YEARS to see this again! Do not taunt happy fun ball.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
The Pyramid of Internet Piracy
http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/mrcriminy/?action=view¤t=inetpiracy.png
pretty accurate
Posted by jzawodn at
05:01 PM
Debian on NSLU2
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/
wow. you can run a full-blown Debian on the little slug
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 AM
October 29, 2006
Blogging and Communication (and my final comments about Scoble. I hope)
http://chuqui.typepad.com/chuqui_30/2006/10/blogging_and_co.html
must... avoid... looking... at... the... accident scene
Posted by jzawodn at
09:24 PM
Speak of the Devil
http://hrlori.com/2006/10/28/speak-of-the-devil/
"Apple doesn’t have a blogging policy as management feels that their current communication policy governs blogging."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:24 PM
World’s Coolest Job Description
http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=674
'they told him they wanted him to “Be our Jeff Barr.”'... that is awesome
Posted by jzawodn at
09:24 PM
October 28, 2006
DG Terrain Viewer
http://www.dgadv.com/dgtv/
a freeware program to view on 3D digital elevation maps mixed with data acquired with GPS (and links to terrain data sources)
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
NOAA/NGDC/MGG-GLOBE Project: Get GLOBE Data, Source Tiles
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/glstiles.html
download ~1km resolution map tiles from NOAA
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
What if Housing Prices didn't always go up?
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/061030ta_talk_surowiecki
"The idea that housing prices have nowhere to go but up is, in other words, a statistical illusion."
Posted by jzawodn at
05:24 PM
Indicators of the Ruby on Rails trend
http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2006/10/27/110/indicators-of-the-ruby-on-rails-trend/
“It’s frighteningly productive.”
Posted by jzawodn at
05:23 PM
Chuqui vs. Scoble
http://chuqui.typepad.com/chuqui_30/2006/10/apple_blogger_c.html
This is exactly the problem I have with the "blogging uber alles" crowd. They talk about conversations -- and spend all of their time lecturing.
Posted by jzawodn at
03:24 PM
Will Yahoo make a deal to buy AOL from Time Warner?
http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/28/magazines/fortune/yahoo.fortune/index.htm?section=money_latest
Buy AOL, Sell to MSFT, Merge with eBay, or Stay the Course?
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
A 60 Acre Web of Mystery
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/animals/millions_of_tiny_spiders.htm
"Millions of Tiny Spiders Spin Mystery in a British Columbia Clover Field"
Posted by jzawodn at
07:00 AM
Line Rider Videos
http://www.fun-motion.com/news/line-rider-video/
"Someone took Line Rider to bold new levels of insanity" really...
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
"I Google'd him on Yahoo"
http://www.feedblog.org/2006/10/i_googled_him_o.html
'When I use Google I'm going to say I "Yahoo'd" it on Google.' Heh
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
October 27, 2006
NSLU2 Linux
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
gotta put me some linux on my new linksys box
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 PM
Hitch Corner
http://www.hitchcorner.com/
The best on-line store I've seen for Trailer Hitches, Accessories, and so on
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
Story of an amateur cyclist who starts taking various performancing enhancing drugs
http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/news/Kind=2/newsId=23876.html
he gets impressive results in a short amount of time. spooky.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
CNET Prizefight: Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6656808-1.html?tag=lnav
the lizard spanks the softies
Posted by jzawodn at
02:47 PM
Strange Statues from Around the World
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18259
there's some crazy shit in there
Posted by jzawodn at
02:24 PM
M.B.A.s: The Biggest Cheaters
http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/mbacheat_1.html
"Students seeking their masters of business administration degree admit cheating more than any other type of student, from law to liberal arts. "
Posted by jzawodn at
07:01 AM
You Do and/or May, In Fact, "Ask" (or "ask")
http://blog.ask.com/2006/10/you_do_andor_ma.html
hahahaha ha HA HA HAHA!
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
October 26, 2006
Rails Forum / Ruby on Rails Help and Discussion Forum
http://railsforum.com/index.php
looks like lots of great rails help to be found here
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
Google and the Gradient
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/googradient
"Google is run like a socialist state. It's citizens are treated extremely well. There's free food, free doctors, free massages, free games, a limited workweek, etc. There are ministries to give projects free promotion and support."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:24 PM
Zillow API Network
http://www.zillow.com/howto/api/APIOverview.htm
Looks pretty well done. Nice job, Zillowites!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:24 PM
Rapper Shows Off His Two Affordable and Practical Vehicles on "MTV Cribs"
http://www.usedwigs.com/weekly_60.html
hahaha haha ha ha HA HA HA!
Posted by jzawodn at
04:47 PM
A beginner's guide to freelancing
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2006/10/26/a_beginners_guid.php
lots of good advice for the self-employed out there
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Microsoft has no idea what's going on
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/84-web-developers-microsoft-has-no-idea-whats-going-on
"If you’re a web developer, it’s pretty obvious Microsoft isn’t interested in making things any easier for you..."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:24 AM
Google can go shove their lexicographical ‘advice’ up their ass
http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/26/google-can-go-shove-their-lexicographical-advice-up-their-ass/
"But in the end, regardless of whether it’s positive, harmful or somewhat in between for Google, I for one don’t like to be told how to use the English language."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:25 AM
Googling Google And Searching Yahoo
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061026-081153
"Does anyone but the lawyers care? Probably not."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:25 AM
October 25, 2006
George W Bush Speechwriter
http://www.actofme.co.uk/bush_speech/bushspeechwriter.html
hours and hours of fun. too bad there's not a gallery where we can vote on them
Posted by jzawodn at
05:24 PM
Write and hear your own presidential speech
http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2006/10/25/107/write-and-hear-your-own-presidential-speech/
oh, man... that's almost as funny as the google blog post about when you can and cannot say "google"
Posted by jzawodn at
04:47 PM
The Funniest Google Blog Post EVER!
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-google.html
'Bad. Very, very bad. You can only "Google" on the Google search engine. If you absolutely must use one of our competitors, please feel free to "search" on Yahoo or any other search engine.'
Posted by jzawodn at
03:24 PM
The Best Way to Fight Terrorism Might be to Impeach Bush
http://griperblade.blogspot.com/2006/10/best-way-to-fight-terrorism-might-be.html
"To fight terrorism, we need to address the root causes of terrorism. And one of those causes is that the US acts like a dick."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:24 PM
iSearchBetter - Search for items that qualify for Amazon Prime
http://www.isearchbetter.com/
"I used Amazon Web Services to create a front-end to Amazon that allows anyone to search for only new products that are sold by Amazon and that qualify for Prime (and SuperSaver) shipping."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
Geek to Live: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live-top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php
one of these days I'll upgrade firefox and this will suddenly become useful
Posted by jzawodn at
11:01 AM
Prop 83: Sex Offenders is not what it seems. SAY NO!
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/10/24/prop_83_sex_off.html
I'd care more about this if I thought about it. Luckily I can outsource that to Danah. :-)
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Garmin Blog: FSX vs. G1000
http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2006/10/prop_spinner_ta_2.html
"Just remember when you turn off the computer and go to the hangar to fly your real G1000 equipped aircraft, the G1000 in FSX is not an exact copy to the real G1000. "
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Churchill Club Podcasts
http://www.churchillclub.org/podcasts.jsp
it looks like there's some interesting stuff here to listen to
Posted by jzawodn at
10:24 AM
Zettabyte Storage zBox
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2006/10/zettabyte_stora.html
"The zBox runs on your local network and automatically backs up data to Amazon S3. Once you commit a zBox and place it on your network, data stored locally will end up safe and secure in S3." Cool!
Posted by jzawodn at
07:47 AM
Welcome to the new Yahoo! Bookmarks [screencast]
http://beta.bookmarks.yahoo.com/welcome
a well done screencast for the new Y! Bookmarks and Toolbar
Posted by jzawodn at
07:25 AM
October 24, 2006
Web-Scaling Syndic8 - Introduction
http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=668
Jeff is going to use EC2 and S3 to make Syndic8 scale cheaply. Cool.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
Subterfuge and the art of the demo
http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2006/10/subterfuge_and_.html
"They came thousands of miles to watch us send a fax thirty feet. If I recall, we won their business."
Posted by jzawodn at
05:47 PM
OpenID Specs
http://openid.net/specs/
for your bedtime reading pleasure
Posted by jzawodn at
05:23 PM
We're all big babies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/10/22/svbabies22.xml
so read this to learn how to become an adult!
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
United States Population Density Image
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17439
good stuff from NASA
Posted by jzawodn at
04:24 PM
Delicious Bookmarks Extension for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3615/
A new version is out! Woohoo!
Posted by jzawodn at
03:24 PM
The Google Myth goes “pop”
http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2006/10/24/the-google-myth-goes-pop/
"The Google Myth is simple: to produce good businesses, hire the best engineers and leave them alone except for occasional priority setting."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 AM
Animated Knots by Grog
http://www.animatedknots.com/
"Animated Knot-Tying for Boating, Climbing, Fishing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, and Arborists"
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Comprehensive Flight Training Manual and Knowledge Handbook for Gliders
http://www.gliderbooks.com/
"These books were written specifically for the student pursuing a Private Pilot Certificate with a Glider rating, although they are also a useful aide for preparing for a Commercial or Instructor rating, or for preparing for a Biennial Flight Review."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
The Non-Annoying Terminal Mini How-To & Fun with shopt
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-112348-highlight-bash+wrap.html
a bunch of useful little bash tricks
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Do babies dream of being database engineers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvamAW_nSE
hahahaha. funny video.
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
The Fat Calico blog
http://fatcalico.blogspot.com/
"Well, Fat Calico is a platform for facilitating the rapid propagation of short form audio to mobile devices."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
Edgeio gets $5 million to expand Web 2.0 classifieds site
http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/edgeio-gets-5-million-to-expand-web-20-classifieds-site/#more-2280
"The idea behind Edgeio is audacious because it seeks to do an end-run around the incumbents like Craigslist and others, by letting people bypass them entirely."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
October 23, 2006
Rails Framework Documentation
http://api.rubyonrails.com/
they documented the sht out of rails!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:24 PM
Why Everyone Loves Google
http://boulter.com/blog/2006/10/23/why-everyone-loves-google/
"Quite simply - everyone is paid to love Google."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:01 PM
AOL to offer Web API for its IM
http://gigaom.com/2006/10/19/aol-to-offer-web-api-for-its-im/
Those Yahoos better get cracking, huh?
Posted by jzawodn at
10:01 PM
Debian/Ruby Extras - Position on RubyGems
http://pkg-ruby-extras.alioth.debian.org/rubygems.html
fuck. I need an extra package on debian just to get gem to I can install rails. grrr.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Side Job Track
http://sidejobtrack.com/
"Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software for the part-time independent contractor."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
2007 Region 9 Soaring Contest
http://parowan.soaringweb.net/
July 1-7, 2007 in Parowan, UT
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
The Problem of Email
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/10/the_problem_of.html
"I have over 20,000 messages spread out over 5+ inboxes. This is after I declared defeat 5 months ago, dumped everything into an archive, and started fresh."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:01 PM
What have all the rich Apple and Pixar folks done with their money?
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2006/10/23/what-have-all-the-rich-apple-and-pixar-folks-done-with-their-money/
that's a good question
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
menuism
http://www.menuism.com/
user editable restaurants, menus, reviews. They use Yahoo! BBAuth too!
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
Real Sharing vs. Fake Sharing
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/10/real_sharing_vs.html
in case you're not sick of sharing
Posted by jzawodn at
03:01 PM
Alabama candidate campaigns on cleavage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_fe_st/candidate_s_neckline
Her campaign is offering T-shirts and marijuana stash boxes adorned with a photo of her with a plunging neckline and the words: "More of these boobs."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:24 PM
Isn't it cool when....
http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2006/10/isnt-it-cool-when.html
"I can honestly say that one of the most rewarding and cool things is when another developer takes something you've done and builds on top of it in ways that you'd never imagined."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
How Borat hoaxed America
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6071486.stm
it's brilliant and sick... but it's gotta be funny
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
KLINGON PUMPKIN
http://www.positech.co.uk/blog/pumpkin/index.html
"Even in the simple act of carving the holiday pumpkin, a true WARRIOR can hone his skills with the Bat'leth! Unfortunately, as human pumpkins are so small we will content ourselves with the more delicate klingon weapon - the daq tahg."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:01 AM
October 22, 2006
The Swift-Boating of Yahoo!
http://www.upstreamgroup.com/newsletter52.htm
"Memo to the business press: Take a breath. The truth is that both Google and Yahoo! are really good companies with smart people and some pretty terrific assets. You do a disservice to both -- and to your readers -- by canonizing one and Swift-Boating th
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 PM
GeoRSS
http://www.georss.org/
Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 PM
Google Earth KML 2.0 Tutorial
http://earth.google.com/kml/kml_tut.html
good info for producing KML
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
Find a Park
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm
search the national park service (nps) database in a variety of ways (foudn via lifehacker)
Posted by jzawodn at
02:00 PM
Toilets for Fat People
http://quixoticals.blogspot.com/2006/10/toilets-for-fat-people.html
only in america
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
I Hate the News
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews
"I think following the news is a waste of time." Agreed.
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
October 21, 2006
Generic Names for Soft Drinks (by county)
http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/files/2006/10/popvssodamap.png
fascinating, really. I wonder *why* the picture looks like this... don't you?
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
Sniff The Greatest Sex Drug... Ever
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=3&entry_id=1849
"It could be the greatest thing to happen to sex in 50 years. And also, of course, the worst." Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Why do Atheists care about Religion?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w4fQA9mt-Mg
excellent
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
October 20, 2006
Telemarketer Nightmare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDMaIK4Oxo&eurl=
this is just fucking brilliant!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:24 PM
Stephen Hawking Reportedly to Divorce
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_STEPHEN_HAWKING?SITE=PAPIT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=home.htm
Weird. I had no idea he was married.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
Fastest street legal car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxfbxGz1u4
2000+ horsepower is just insane
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
Halloween display mistaken for real crash
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/061020/ids_photos_ts/r2685877712.jpg
"Los Angeles police visited the scene after thinking the crash was real. The homeowner is an aircraft mechanic in training and the parts are from a real Gulfstream jet." Hahahhaa.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
Why OCRing spam images is useless
http://www.jgc.org/blog/2006/10/why-ocring-spam-images-is-useless.html
"My favourite touch is that it's not the entire image that's transparent, not even the white background, but just those pixels necessary to make the black pixels underneath show through." Wow!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Casual Conversation, R.I.P.
http://www.forbes.com/home/security/2006/10/18/nsa-im-foley-tech-security-cx_bs_1018security.html
"We are rapidly turning into a society where our intimate conversations can be saved and made public later. This represents an enormous loss of freedom and liberty..."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
Aerobatic Japan in Kakuda: inverted low pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pNkq5lQ5Q
that takes guts... and lots of practice!
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
Grumpy Kazakhs invite Borat to "his" land, at last
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/od_nm/kazakhstan_borat_dc
"Alarmed by the antics of a fictional TV reporter who portrays their country as a nation of horse urine-drinking misogynists, Kazakh authorities have invited the British comedian who plays the character to come and see the truth for himself." Heh
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Backup Using Amazon’s S3
http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=1147
"The idea that really interests me, though, is of using S3 to back up this website. Yeah, the one you’re looking at right now."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
October 19, 2006
Bill Clinton speaks to GW Univ. about 'common good'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1kr9uQEW9Y&eurl=
If only our current president was half this articulate and thoughtful.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
After years of teachers piling it on, there's a new movement to ... Abolish homework
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/08/ING0FLHNM21.DTL
"What it does instead, they contend, is rob children of childhood, play havoc with family life and asphyxiate their natural curiosity. Learning becomes a mind-numbing grind rather than an engaging adventure."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
Google 49, Yahoo 0
http://www.internetoutsider.com/2006/10/google_49_yahoo.html
"It is also hard to express how pathetic Yahoo seems in comparison. Only a year ago, the company was firing on all cylinders, gaining market share, innovating, inspiring the same kind of confidence that Google now does."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
A Dangerous New Order
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/opinion/19thu1.html?ex=1318910400&en=d9587f86501794fc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
"This nonsense is part of the Republicans’ scare-America-first strategy for the elections."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 PM
Daring Fireball: Jackasses of the Week: Gartner Analysts Mark Stahlman and Charles Smulders
http://chuqui.typepad.com/chuqui_30/2006/10/daring_fireball.html
"I long, long ago lost all respect for the capability of the Gartner Group to analyze the high tech industry. Why anyone pays them money for anything, I don't know."
Posted by jzawodn at
05:01 PM
Google Q3 2006 Revenues
http://www.awadallah.com/blog/2006/10/19/google-q3-2006-revenues/
"I have to say that I am dumbfounded"
Posted by jzawodn at
03:01 PM
Google Quantifies Its Momentum
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/19/google-quantifies-its-momentum/
"Google’s market share in search has grown 24% over the last year to 50% of the total market. Yahoo! grew 12% to 23% market share and MSN/Live dropped 8% to a 6% market share."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:01 PM
Shocker: Enviga Doesn't Actually Burn Calories
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/soft-drinks/shocker-enviga-doesnt-actually-burn-calories-208357.php
"A soft drink that actually burns calories is like a burrito that makes your flatulence smell like bakery fresh cinnamon rolls: the holy grail of science."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Searching Via Internet Explorer 7 & The Battle To Be The Default Search Engine
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061019-101630
"It's difficult to know how a consumer is going to buy a "virgin" machine where the defaults haven't already been decided or influenced by some business deal."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:47 AM
Minimum Radius of Turn
http://selair.selkirk.bc.ca/aerodynamics1/Lift/Min_Radius.html
"In this section we will consider how to turn an airplane with the minimum radius of turn (ie how, to turn in the smallest possible area.)"
Posted by jzawodn at
07:47 AM
Attending the Yahoo Influencers event for Panama release
http://www.jensense.com/archives/2006/10/attending_the_y.html
"I was very impressed with a lot of the new features in the new system."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
Top Ten Reasons Why It's (Usually) Better for Top Talent to Stay at Larger Companies
http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/2006/09/before-you-pull-rip-cord-top-ten.html
"to be fair, before you tender your resignation, please review the following list of reasons why you might be better off where you are"
Posted by jzawodn at
07:01 AM
October 18, 2006
The Business of Software - Working from home...
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.402425
lots of discusson about how to effectively work from home
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
My Prediction for Google Q3 2006 revenues
http://www.awadallah.com/blog/2006/10/18/my-prediction-for-google-q3-2006-revenues/
"I predict that Google will come in at the low side of estimates, if not miss them completely (i.e. 5% or less)."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
Nevada to vote on pot shops
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/17/nevada.marijuana.ap/index.html
"If it passes November 7, Nevada will be the first state to allow adults to possess up to an ounce of pot that they could buy at government-regulated marijuana shops."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
Star Wars Car Sale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLsVgzUDAlQ&NR
"Your bakery products are weak, old man!" Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
Under the Tusken Sun
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eg4PY_lsw_k
"The softer side of the sand people of Tatooine."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
Internet Explorer 7 optimized for Yahoo!
http://downloads.yahoo.com/internetexplorer/index.php
I guess we released ahead of Microsoft. Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
When You Pick Your Tools, Pick Those That Can Build Tools
http://www.windley.com/archives/2006/10/when_you_pick_your_tools_pick_those_that_can_build_tools.shtml
"Programmers should be tool builders. If you’re not building tools to make your life easier, you’re wasting time." Good advice.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
Yahoo: Time for a Shake-Up
http://www.internetoutsider.com/2006/10/yahoo_time_for_.html
"A less charitable interpretation, one I've floated before, would be that the company got fat, happy, and lazy." Bingo!
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
Is Anyone Else Pissed About This?
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/10/is_anyone_else_.html
IE7 appears to ignore feed stylesheet, opting instead of imposing Microsoft's idea of what is right. Surprised? I'm not.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
Amazon launches answers site
http://overstated.net/2006/10/18/amazon-launches-answers-site
well, now... that's interesting
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
BW: Wal-Mart workers walk out - BusinessWeek Online - MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15305178/
wow, wal-mart sounds like an insane place to work
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
Why Everyone You Know Thinks the Same as You
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/15/AR2006101500913.html
many people seem to be talking about this story, but it seems like common sense to me. I must be missing something.
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
Web 2.0 Thinking Game
http://www.zeldman.com/2006/10/17/web-20-thinking-game/
haahaha... the comments are priceless.
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
EasyVMX!: Virtual Machine Creator
http://www.easyvmx.com/
"EasyVMX! is the simple and failsafe way to create complete virtual machines for VMware Player on the web." Cool.
Posted by jzawodn at
12:24 PM
No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering
http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~maratb/readings/NoSilverBullet.html
a Fred Brooks classic
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
NASA Orbiter Reveals New Details Of Mars, Young And Old
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/gallery/press/D-Gully-highlight.html
ooh! nice pictures.
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
New MH EDS O2D1 Oxygen Pulse Demand Controller
http://www.verticalmag.com/control/news/templates/?a=2630&z=5
I guess my EDS unit is now officially old. Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
Yahoo! Announced Panama Launch
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006425.html
"Zod explains why Panama took so long to develop. Yahoo bought Overture in 2003. They first had to get their arms around this large system and it was growing like a weed."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 AM
No Turning Back: Panama Goes Live
http://www.traffick.com/2006/10/no-turning-back-panama-goes-live.asp
"As of today, the first wave of advertisers are converting over to Yahoo’s new Panama ad system."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:47 AM
October 17, 2006
Web Numbers: What's Real?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_43/b4006095.htm
"Competing methods of measuring traffic online leave advertisers, investors, and even Net companies almost flying blind..."
Posted by jzawodn at
05:01 PM
Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite? - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/opinion/17stein.html?ex=1318737600&en=c5709a9fc1e31b3f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
"so far, most American officials I’ve interviewed don’t have a clue. That includes not just intelligence and law enforcement officials, but also members of Congress who have important roles overseeing our spy agencies. How can they do their jobs witho
Posted by jzawodn at
04:47 PM
Omega-3, junk food and the link between violence and what we eat
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1924088,00.html
Don't skip the fish--especially if you drink a lot.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
A Cult of Backyard Rocketeers Keeps the Solid Fuel Burning
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/science/14rocket.html?_r=3&ei=5094&en=751fe93b37286c62&hp=&ex=1160884800&adxnnl=1&oref=login&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1161060111-vT+Np3XXlgmv8lKc2FZNCg&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
If I needed another expensive hobby, this would be it!
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
Yahoo! buys AdInterax for undisclosed sum
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/061017/1361771.html?.v=1
hmmm
Posted by jzawodn at
01:24 PM
FAQ: What is a variable speed furnace?
http://www.lennox.com/owners/faq.asp?category=2&question=76#cat-2
"The term "variable speed" refers to the furnace's indoor blower motor, which moves at different speeds to precisely control the flow of heated and cooled air throughout your home."
Posted by jzawodn at
01:23 PM
Yahoo! Personalized Sign-In Seal
https://protect.login.yahoo.com/
"Fight password theft with seals you create and add to Yahoo! sign-in pages."
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
Yahoo goes punk with a Zen twist
http://news.com.com/Yahoo+goes+punk+with+a+Zen+twist/2008-1032_3-6126442.html
good Bradley interview with a dumb title
Posted by jzawodn at
12:01 PM
Yahoo! Makes Strategic Investment in Right Media
http://www.rightmedia.com/content/press-releases/press-release/yahoo-makes-strategic-investment-in-right-media/5,659
iiiiinteresting
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 AM
October 16, 2006
Rails, Streamlined, and DabbleDB
http://www.windley.com/archives/2006/10/rails_streamlined_and_dabbledb.shtml
"Not too long ago applications ran on one machine and used custom data formats--if they used data at all. Now most interesting applications are connected to databases and usually online." Good point.
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 PM
Bill Murray attends student party, does dishes
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/16/britain.billmurray.ap/index.html
nice!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 PM
Best Outlook error message… ever
http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2006/05/09/best-outlook-error-message-ever/
Ha! It's not just me.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
America's Dumbest Congressmen
http://radaronline.com/features/2006/10/americas_dumbest_congressmen_a_radar_special_report.php
"when it comes to sheer stupidity, the men and women of the 109th have distinguished themselves as a breed apart."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
Who are you calling fat?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6040156.stm
"How hard can it really be? The rolls of surplus flesh, the tight waistband, not being able to see your own feet - you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out you're carrying extra pounds."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
A Failure To Be Honest...
http://www.mguerrilla.com/media_guerrilla/2006/10/a_failure_to_be.html
"Okay, it's official, transparency is now the universal PR euphemism for honesty."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:24 PM
Cat starts house fire, dog saves owner
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_on_fe_st/pet_fire
yikes!
Posted by jzawodn at
03:24 PM
This American Life Podcasts
http://thisamericanlife.org/pages/podcasts.html
yay!
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
Where's Google Going?
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-10-16-n38.html
"Why does Yahoo have all that search market share? And why aren’t we the only ones with cool developers?"
Posted by jzawodn at
02:24 PM
CNET TV: Everything old is new again
http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2006/10/cnet_tv_everyth.html
"Most notably, we couldn't have anything blue on our desks. Apparently blue clashed with the CNET brand identity."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:24 PM
Google Blog ping full of spam
http://kalsey.com/blog/2006/10/google_blog_ping_full_of_spam/
"Google’s blog ping service is used by spammers more than anything else." I bet most of 'em use AdSense too.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
101 Sex Tricks to Try Before You Die
http://soundingthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2006/10/100-sex-tricks-to-try-before-you-die.html
that's a big list... time to get busy!
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
Cessna LSA Flies
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/12_42a/briefs/cessna_lsa_flies_193462-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
"Cessna's proof-of-concept entry into the light sport aircraft category flew for the first time last Friday (the 13th). The 33-minute flight originated at McConnell Air Force Base and ended at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita."
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
New: Cover Browser
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-10-09-n22.html
"During the last week I created Cover Browser, a website to explore & search comic book covers." A nice mix of Google and Yahoo APIs behind the scenes too...
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 AM
October 15, 2006
Colbert, Steinem and Fonda
http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=JRs9R0x4e5Y
feminist apple pie!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 PM
What's Maria Wearing?
http://whatsmariawearing.blogspot.com/
"What's Maria Wearing is dedicated to Maria's on-air wardrobe (good or bad). Give each days new threads a thumbs up or down. Now back to work!" I have a funny story about this that I should tell.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
Who Should Buy Yahoo!
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/10/who_should_buy_.html
"Microsoft can afford Yahoo! and a combined MSN/Yahoo! would certainly be a stronger competitive player against Google, something that is clearly on Ballmer's mind right now. That seems the most likely deal to me."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 AM
What Is Telstar Logistics?
http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/09/what_is_telstar.html
"The short answer is that it's a scam for parking illegally in loading zones."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:01 AM
October 14, 2006
If at First You Don’t Succeed... - My first 300K
http://mindensoaringclub.com/int2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=0
Congrats to Grace on her 300km flights! I expect to see her in contests before long.
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Terry Semel: Cause of Yahoo's Success or Along for the Ride?
http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/2006/10/terry-semel-cause-of-yahoos-success-or.html
"...as Terry Semel caused the turnaround of Yahoo in the last 5 years? Or would it have happened anyway..."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 PM
Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail to Keep Their Best Talent
http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/2006/09/top-ten-reasons-why-large-companies.html
"If you want to keep your best people, make sure they're surrounded by other great people."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 PM
Sproose
http://www.sproose.com/
a social search engine, apparently... it's crawling my site like mad right now
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 PM
where things stand...
http://chuqui.typepad.com/chuqui_30/2006/10/where_things_st.html
"I think it's important for folks in the tech space to keep an eye on WHAT you want to do, and not so much on HOW that has to be done; there's an awful lot of "we need an ajax geek" out there, with job descriptions focusing on tools, not solutions."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
EZ Catch Chicken Harvester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRwNJxk8LrQ
that is shockingly fucked up
Posted by jzawodn at
10:00 PM
Why I Didn't Get My Driver's License Until I Was Eighteen
http://kentbrewster.com/why-i-didnt-get-my-drivers-license-until-i-was-eighteen
"the 1968 International Harvester mail truck rolled backwards down the driveway, across the street, between two parked cars with inches to spare on either side, bumped up over the curb, and set the neighbor's ornamental plum tree on fire"
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
pre-election cynicism
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/10/14/preelection_cyn.html
"I've met so many people who traffic in knowledge, power, and fame. The problem is that they haven't lived up to my fantasy of what they should be like."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
October 13, 2006
Look Away
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001782.html
"I was walking down a long hall at the gym today, and a flusteringly attractive woman was walking toward me..."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
San Jose Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/sanjose/
my local FAA office
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Google Earth (kml & kmz files) buffer overflow
http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1660/exploit.html
I guess we'll see a security update coming to Google Earth soon then, huh?
Posted by jzawodn at
12:01 PM
A TOTALLY AWESOME economics paper
http://www.wesabe.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/12/a-totally-awesome-economics-paper/
heh... there are some good findings in there.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 AM
This American Life to offer free podcast
http://redjar.org/jared/blog/archives/2006/10/12/this-american-life-to-offer-free-podcast/
it's abot time!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
October 12, 2006
Silicon Solar
http://www.siliconsolar.com/index.php
another provider of solar gear
Posted by jzawodn at
11:01 PM
Bug 95849 - Lack of Sex is interfering with my ability to triage bugs
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95849#c0
"A little-endian problem, perhaps?" Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 PM
Fiber to the home: 'It's insanely better'
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004090
Hey! Where's *my* fiber?
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 PM
Deep-fried Coca-Cola
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/12/deepfried_cocacola.html
what is wrong with the world?!
Posted by jzawodn at
05:01 PM
Marc Canter Amsterdam Tutorial
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/sets/72157594324492208/
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
October 11, 2006
Hubble confirms nearest known extrasolar planet
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0610/09hubbleplanet/
hopefully the first of many
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
Merlin’s top 5 super-obvious, “no-duh” ways to immediately improve your life
http://www.43folders.com/2006/10/11/5-ways-to-improve/
There are really only 4 tips, but they're good advice anyay
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Comparison to Reality
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/microsoftflightsimulatorx/video_player.html?id=JnBlxWH65bsFvj_Y
impressive
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Sold YHOO Today
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/10/sold_yhoo_today.html
"I'd like to buy Yahoo! back because I am a fan of the company and I think its undervalued but I need to see some catalyst and I just don't see it right now."
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
Yahoo's troubles
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/10/yahoos-troubles.html
"Of all the problems at Yahoo, I think the lengthy delays in competing against Google AdWords and AdSense are the worst."
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
Good Blog Writing Style
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-10-11-n47.html
"Here are some rules for good writing style when you’re blogging."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
October 10, 2006
Yahoo Feels Breath on Neck
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/technology/11yahoo.html?ref=business
Saul knows how to write a headline, doesn't he?
Posted by jzawodn at
09:01 PM
Ten Questions with YAHOO.ext Author Jack Slocum
http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/10/10/ten-questions-slocum/
"Jack Slocum is the author of JackSlocum.com, a blog that focuses on extensions built on top of YUI."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:00 PM
comScore misinterprets data: MySpace is *NOT* gray
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/10/10/comscore_misint.html
what?! confusing metrics? say it isn't so...
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
Is Youtube the Picasa of Video?
http://www.feedblog.org/2006/10/is_youtube_the_.html
"If I were selling out I'd want to go to Yahoo."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:47 PM
Glassy Metals
http://www.discover.com/issues/apr-04/features/glassy-metals/?page=1
"Harder, stronger, and better--the material of the future" This stuff is pretty amazing!
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
Typo will cost Michigan county $40K
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/ap_on_el_st_lo/ballot_typo
"Ottawa County will pay about $40,000 to correct an embarrassing typo on its Nov. 7 election ballot: The "L" was left out of "public."" That is awesome.
Posted by jzawodn at
03:01 PM
SimpleXML processing with PHP
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-simplexml.html
a good intro to XML in PHP5
Posted by jzawodn at
01:47 PM
How I automated my backups to Amazon S3 using s3sync.
http://blog.eberly.org/2006/10/09/how-automate-your-backup-to-amazon-s3-using-s3sync/
I good walk-thru of using s3sync for backups
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
Google Blog: Please Get Descriptive With Your Headlines!
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061010-104958
this bugs the shit out of me too... but I guess we've been guilt of it now and then.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
October 09, 2006
Lightning exits woman's bottom
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20548077-13762,00.html
"A woman has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
BRING YOUR OWN BIG WHEEL
http://www.jonbrumit.com/byobw.html
hahahaha. who'd have thought?!
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 PM
DIY nuke monitoring: North Korea
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/10/diy_nuke_monito.html
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
Some thoughts on Youtube and Google
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2006/10/07/some-thoughts-on-youtube-and-google/
"The copyright shit is going to hit the lawsuit fan." Well said.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:24 PM
Open Hack Day - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Hack_Day
wow, we've got a wikipedia page already!
Posted by jzawodn at
01:24 PM
Official Google Blog: About that fake post
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/about-that-fake-post.html
It's impressive to see a company like Google own up to a problem like this. I know some folks who ought to learn from this.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
18 cent Amex purchase I should've stolen
http://brad.livejournal.com/2256060.html
"So I think Home Depot lost money. Had I stolen it, they'd only lose the cost of the bolt, but they'd also get to write-off the theft on their taxes!" Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
Public RV Dump Stations in the US
http://rvcentral.com/dumpsites.htm
a handy list
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
RV Dump Stations
http://rvdumps.com/
another good list
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
Classical Music's Top 100 Greatest Hits
http://www.kickassclassical.com/
"Rock out with your Bach out." Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
Trying something new
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2006/10/08/trying-something-new/
including a good list of wordpress bugs
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 AM
Why blogging matters
http://freshelectrons.typepad.com/freshelectrons/2006/10/why_blogging_ma.html
written version of a talk that Havi gave recently
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 AM
Foxit Reader 2.0 for Windows
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
apparently a PDF reader that isn't bloated and sucky
Posted by jzawodn at
11:24 AM
After Yahoo! Hack Day
http://www.jnolen.org/blog/2006/10/after_yahoo_hac.html
"Yahoo needs to be a great technology company, not a second-rate media company, no matter what the folks in Santa Monica may think." Hahahaha!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 AM
Flickr Map Icon Greasemonkey Script
http://www.cantoni.org/2006/10/08/flickrmapicon
very cool
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 AM
October 08, 2006
Skip the Coffee? What’s Money for, Anyway?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/business/mutfund/08essay.html?em&ex=1160452800&en=def701283bd90c9e&ei=5087%0A
"...we put away a fair chunk of change out of every paycheck. So I’m a little tired of hearing this copycat scolding about my coffee."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Yahoo Erotica Editor Fired for Excessive Programming
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/11/fired.html
"I'd be pounding out some hot code and then the boss would come by and I'd have to quickly switch to Jenna Jameson taking it from behind. I needed quick fingers, but I wasn't quick enough. She kept catching me with Emacs open."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 AM
Week in review
http://jayandsilentrob.com/2006/10/07/week-in-review/
"Yahoo was much more then we could have ever expected and I'm sure I will be bragging about it for a long time to come."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 AM
October 07, 2006
Dreaming in Browser Swamp
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/bloggers-block-3-dreaming-in-browser.html
there is so much truth to this... it's scary, sad, and funny all at once.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 PM
Why I Started Using Amazon S3
http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/07/why-i-started-using-amazon-s3/
"It’s the perfect solution for backing up important files (it’s so cheap, why not backup everything?) and sharing files amongst computers."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
What's Wrong with Identity Silos?
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=17427571-171e-4199-80cb-55a278ae699c
"If you were Yahoo! or Google, would you wait a few years for a technology that is more difficult for the developers you are targeting to adopt than what you can roll on your own today to meet your needs? If the answer is no, does that make you a "baby ki
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 AM
October 06, 2006
Garmin Mobile 10
http://www.garmin.com/products/garminmobile10/
Garmin is making a bluetooth gps you can pair with a phone, pda, or laptop.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:23 PM
Clean your flat in sixty seconds...
http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2006/10/clean_your_flat_in_si/
hahahahahahaha!!!1
Posted by jzawodn at
05:23 PM
Daily Show: What Exactly Is President Bush's Job?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEJY6g-Z3nE
I have no idea. Neither does the president.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
Google Puts Lid on New Products
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google6oct06,0,945092.story?track=mostviewed-homepage
"Realizing that its myriad services are confusing users, it will focus on refining what it has." This article is full of excellent quotes.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
jeep drives across water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdcKvA5y8v8
that's just insane.. and very cool
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
A Simple Show of Hands
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/fashion/05hands.html?ei=5090&en=bea56a39274593e9&ex=1317700800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1160161606-x47/OPyIqV5XeUo8QZqtkA
"To hold someone’s hand is to offer them affection, protection or comfort. It is a way to communicate that you are off the market."
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
What Problem Does Natural Language Search Solve?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061005/162157.shtml
"the problem with natural language search is that it requires everyone to change their behavior" maybe... a lot of people *do* query in natural language and are surprised that it doesn't work!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:47 AM
Hello Natural Language Search, My Old Over-Hyped Search Friend
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061005-095006
"Back to Pell's post, he fails to explain how searchers are somehow magically going to go beyond "keywordese" to natural language searching. They aren't using keywordese now because they somehow have been trained to do it."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 AM
Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&list_uids=2299306&cmd=Retrieve&indexed=google
best abstract ever!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:24 AM
Bizarre: It's the dog's Borats
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006460424,00.html
"It is quite simply the most shocking, offensive, tasteless, politically incorrect movie I’ve ever seen. In fact, I’d go so far as to say it is THE most appallingly crude and shocking movie ever made. But it was so deliciously evil I laughed from star
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
When too much is not enough and a little is just right. Google > Yahoo
http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/when-too-much-is-not-enough-and-a-little-is-just-right-google-yahoo/
"I agree and realize that for me it’s the fact that with Google I can get and visually scan *a lot more results* much faster than with normal Yahoo search."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
How we made the BBAuth screencast
http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2006/10/05/101/how-we-made-the-bbauth-screencast/
"All in all, I probably spent close to 2 hours beginning to end producing this screencast, but most of that was learning a few tricks."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:47 AM
Flickr / Yahoo! Mail API beta Photo Postcard Hack
http://tantek.com/log/2006/10.html#d05t1826
"Thanks again Yahoo for throwing an awesome event. We had a blast."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:47 AM
October 04, 2006
Funny Guy Mo on Yahoo! Hack Day 06
http://pulse2.com/2006/10/03/funny-guy-mo-on-yahoo-hack-day-06/
"Yahoo! is not the company I had expected."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
Home to S3
http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2006/10/home_to_s3.html
"Jeremy’s posting touches on that it is actually cheaper to do this with S3 but I would have done this even if it was more expensive given that it is just not worth the headache worrying about when your home server will fail next..." Yup.
Posted by jzawodn at
05:46 PM
For Vista, WGA gets tougher
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=148
wow, Microsoft is playing hardball and will likely end up convincing users they don't need windows at all--just a browser. howfunny is that?
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Personal Backup on Amazon S3
http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2006/10/04/personal-backup-on-amazon-s3/
"My ideal remote-backup soultion would be (a) automatic, (b) unattended, and (c) one that included at least some form ove versioning to keep different versions of modified files."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:01 PM
Are We In a Personal Computer Rut?
http://www.straypackets.com/2006/10/04/are-we-in-a-personal-computer-rut/
"I don’t have any need to run a server at home these days, but I’ve done it. Frankly, it’s more trouble than it’s worth. The world is full of people who will serve your stuff. Let 'em."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 AM
October 03, 2006
Burning Man 2006 in Google Earth
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/10/burning_man_2006_in.html
nice, but I was hoping for something a bit clearer
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 PM
Yahoo! Open Hack Day: how it all came together
http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/10/03/yahoo-open-hack-day-how-it-all-came-together/
Chad fills in more of the story around our open hack day
Posted by jzawodn at
07:24 PM
War on evolution has a price
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/15663038.htm
"How can you teach biotechnology in this country when you don't even accept evolution?"
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 PM
Ruben's Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpovwbPGEoo
a great video showing how you can illustrate sound waves using propane, fire, and some PVC pipe
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 PM
Special Report: Yahoo! Open Hack Day '06
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/yahoo/special-report-yahoo-open-hack-day-06-204584.php
"What I loved about the event - and Yahoo! - was the accessibility and sense of fun."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
There was this one time... at nerd camp...
http://www.winonatong.com/archives/2006/09/there_was_this_one_time_at_ner.php
"Open hack day promised to be even more fun, and it was! Web developers from all over the world were invited to camp out on Yahoo's campus overnight. Food and caffeine was available pretty much around the clock, and we even got to enjoy a free Beck concer
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
MySQL Tips
http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/readme_mysql.htm
a big text file full of MySQL tips
Posted by jzawodn at
04:01 PM
Top ten geek business myths
http://rondam.blogspot.com/2006/10/top-ten-geek-business-myths.html
"No one gives a damn about your idea until you actually succeed and by then it's too late. Even on the off chance that you do manage to stumble across someone who is as excited about your idea as you are, if they have any brains they will join you rather
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
Happiness Expert Dan Gilbert on TEDTalks
http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/09/happiness_exper.html#
an incredibly interesting talk
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
"Paradox of Choice" author Barry Schwartz on TEDTalks
http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/09/paradox_of_choi.html#
another excellent talk
Posted by jzawodn at
03:47 PM
Yahoo Hack Day '06
http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/yahoo-hackday-06-part1.html
"This event was absolutely beyond any of my expectations."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
CNET reports: ISPs aren’t very good at DNS
http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/17/cnet-reports-isps-arent-very-good-at-dns/
"The report says that Verizon drops 3.14% of all DSL subscribers’ DNS requests." Holy crap, that's bad!
Posted by jzawodn at
02:23 PM
Digg users are dumber than goldfish
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/10/02/digg
"So not only can they be trained (goldfish, not Digg users), but according to a recent study, “goldfish memories can last as long as three months.” Which puts them approximately 47 days ahead of the collective memory of Digg."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:01 PM
Bold start-up, Powerset, about to raise $10M to take on Google
http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/02/bold-start-up-powerset-about-to-raise-10m-to-take-on-google/
"Yes, there are many incremental improvements that should be made, but is there anything new that Google’s thousand-odd engineers (or Yahoo’s for that matter) can’t figure out and copy within a few months?" Is that a trick question?!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 AM
Moblogging purse takes Hack Day grand prize
http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/10/02/moblogging-purse-takes-hack-day-grand-prize/
more on the winning hack
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
October 02, 2006
Yahoo Open Hack 06: Saved By Patrick Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=416jMJIcJn4
this was incredibly funny in person
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
Yahoo! Hack Day on CBS-5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekAu4qj4R5E
ah, gotta love YouTube
Posted by jzawodn at
07:01 AM
Hackday Roundup
http://mroth.info/blog/2006/10/01/hackday-roundup/
"I think it was somewhere around 3am, while I was making the rounds passing out free Red Bull to appreciative hackers (Leonard and I made a middle of the night run to and buy out an entire store’s inventory), that I realized how much I love working wher
Posted by jzawodn at
06:48 AM
PhishTank
http://www.phishtank.com/
"PhishTank is a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet. Also, PhishTank provides an open API for developers and researchers to integrate anti-phishing technology into their applications at no charge."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:48 AM
Yahoo! Open Hack Day Wrapup
http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2006/10/02/yahoo-open-hack-day-wrapup/
"In the end, it’s all about the experience, including everything I’ll remember about the event. From giving my first public talk to seeing an awesome show put on by Beck to meeting fantastic people. There will never be another experience like this one
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
Judging the Hack Day entries…
http://salimismail.com/?p=52
"The event was clearly a home run for Yahoo. Opening up their APIs is a smart thing to do and will further wire the company into the infrastructure of the internet."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
VentureBlog: Yahoo Hack Day
http://p6.hostingprod.com/@www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2006/001258.html
"Perhaps most interesting to me was the fact that a number of companies sent teams of engineers to Yahoo Hack Day to mash up their own applications with Yahoo's services."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
Yahoo Hack Day is on!
http://getluky.net/2006/09/30/yahoo-hack-day-is-on/
"It can sometimes be tough to work in a corporate environment. But it’s things like Open Hack Day that make me glad that environment is at Yahoo."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:47 AM
October 01, 2006
Yahoo! BBAuth for blog comment authentication
http://dossy.org/archives/000349.html
"I've gone ahead and spent the hour to integrate it into my blog comments system, so now you can authenticate using your Yahoo! ID and leave comments here."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 PM
HackDay: Thoughts on how Yahoo got there and what it all means
http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2006/10/hackday-thoughts-on-how-yahoo-got.html
"The vision of innovation and creativity in the Burning Man, Bar Camp and Hack Day is exactly what (I think) Yahoo is hungry for"
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
BBAuth vs. OpenID
http://commented.org/blog/2006/9/30/bbauth-vs-openid.html
"Seems a pretty big reason to implement it for the web app developer, especially since it is such an easy API you can integrate it in an hour or two."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
Single Sign-On - Will Yahoo’s Attempt Succeed?
http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/09/30/single-sign-on-will-yahoos-attempt-succeed/
"I hope small & large developers everywhere adopt this so that I can browse around the internet without remembering 15 user names & passwords. Great work Yahoo!!!!"
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
Yahoo Open Hack - BBAuth meets Flex by Me
http://www.onflex.org/ted/2006/09/yahoo-open-hack-bbauth-meets-flex-by.php
"When hack day started I was planning to write a Flex UI for Yahoo's new Mail API's. I got as far as the lack of a crossdomain.xml file but in the 2 hours I got BBAuth integrated with Flex."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
Using Yahoo!’s BBAuth with Rails
http://metaatem.net/2006/09/29/using-yahoos-bbauth-with-rails
"I thought it would be fun to get it working with rails. It could be put into a plugin fairly easily I think. Without further ado, here is how I went about implementing it..."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 PM
Yahoo! Open Hack Day: [this is good]
http://randomfoo.net/blog/id/4106
"I don't think that Yahoo! Open Hack Day could have gone any better. It blew past my personal best-case expectations. The biggest problem is where to take it from here. But that's one of those good problems."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
Craigslist founder has no desire to sell site
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6120890.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn
"If you're living comfortably, what's the point of having more?"
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Yahoo! Developer Day Recap
http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/09/30/devday-recap/
"It was a big day for the YUI developer team."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:24 PM
Part 1 of 2: Yahoo’s HackDay06 was Quite Cool
http://blog.zooomr.com/2006/10/01/part-1-of-2-yahoos-hackday06-was-quite-cool/
"Yahoo is an amazing, close family that was gracious enough to open themselves up to over 450 outsiders (including myself) over the last two days from the lowest levels to the very top."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:24 PM
Pre-Assembly Pics of the new HpH 304S Glider
http://www.hph.cz/gallery.php?click=1&zazn=060921-wings&lang=cz#
looks like a nice ship so far
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
Pre-Assembly Pics of the new HpH 304S Glider
http://www.hph.cz/gallery.php?click=1&zazn=060921-preassembly&lang=cz#
it looks like the winglets are LS-8 inspired
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
Creative mayhem at Yahoo's first-ever software hack-a-thon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061001/lf_afp/afplifestyleitinternet_061001191056
Good coverage. But it's "URL's Cafe" not "URL Cafe" Don't they get the joke?
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
Review: Google Reader
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/review-google-reader/
Matt things the company dog food is more tasty than before
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
Jelbert GeoTagger records camera heading data »
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/09/jelbert_geotagg.html
"The Jelbert GeoTagger connects to a Garmin Geko 301 GPS device and fits into a DSLR's flash shoe. Every time you take a photo the camera triggers the geotagger, which records the precise position and heading of a camera using the GPS device." Cool!
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
The Thin Pill
http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/thin.html
"75 million Americans may have something called metabolic syndrome. How Big Pharma turned obesity into a disease – then invented the drugs to cure it."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:00 AM
brackup is done
http://brad.livejournal.com/2254021.html
ooh! I must play witht his.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:47 AM
DC Input Battery Chargers for 12 volt Lead Acid and SLA Batteries
http://www.powerstream.com/DCC.htm
If you need to do DC to DC charging
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 AM
How to explain RSS the Oprah way
http://cravingideas.blogs.com/backinskinnyjeans/2006/09/how_to_explain_.html
If you replace "Oprah" with "easy" (amusing, huh?), this makes sense to people who've never paid attention to Oprah
Posted by jzawodn at
09:24 AM
GOLEAN Roll! Bars
http://store.kashi.com/golean_rollbars.aspx?SID=1&Category_ID=50&Link_ID=93&
These are yummy
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 AM
mod_limitipconn
http://dominia.org/djao/limitipconn.html
mod_limitipconn allows web server administrators to limit the number of simultaneous downloads permitted from a single IP address.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:01 AM
Breaking cycles
http://fury.com/article/2206.php
"Throwing yourself off balance makes you learn how to regain it faster. Dropping yourself into new situations helps you deal with the unexpected ones."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:01 AM
A Discussion with danah boyd
http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/speakers/boyd/
filmed at UNC-Chapel Hill
Posted by jzawodn at
09:01 AM