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links for 2007-10-19

• Viacom to offer all clips Daily Show episodes online
  The ads are very annoying. I'll stick with torrents thank you. BTW why is the seed to peer ration always better on the Colbert Report?
  (tags: thedailyshow)
• No Shirts at Improv Everywhere
  (tags: funny improveverywhere culture)
• The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
  (tags: cars racing cannonball)
• 32 Hours 7 Minutes
  (tags: cars cannonball yourmom)

links for 2007-10-18

• Nata clinic gets internet access!!!!
  welcome to the internets!
  (tags: natavillage africa natavillage.org)
• My Google Maps 'Profile Page'
  (tags: googlemaps)
• Other People's Money
  by Cory Doctorow
  (tags: CoryDoctorow forbes future scifi)
• Sergey Brin and Larry Page @ Zeitgeist '07 - [video]
  (tags: sergeybrin larrypage google interview video youtube)
• Google Docs Mobile
  Read only? wtf?
  (tags: mobile googledocs)
• theradblog.com | Jon Rawlinson: Blog Action Day - A huge success!
  jon has a wrap up of blog action day
  (tags: blogactionday)
• A comparison of the Last.fm chart and the official UK...
  via kottke
  (tags: music radiohead last.fm statistics inrainbows)

links for 2007-10-17

• 'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away
  (tags: astronomy science life)
• iPhone's hazardous chemicals
  Greenpeace responds to Apple's response to Greenpeace's iPhone toxic chemical results...
  (tags: apple greenpeace iphone)

links for 2007-10-16

• e²: the economies of being environmentally conscious
  I've purchased all of the available videos and they're all fascinating.
  (tags: energy pbs video tv design architecture documentary)
• No Impact Man: What No Impact feels like after ten months
  "If the results of the No Impact experiment are anything to go by, not only is that an approach that would help cure our environmental crisis, but it would also help cure our unhappiness."
  (tags: environment inspiration green blog impact)

links for 2007-10-15

• Wingsuite mountain swoop "Sick"
  so sick!
  (tags: ballsy basejumping wingsuite video)
• Improve Your Photos in 60 Seconds
  (tags: photography howto tips tutorials reference photos)

links for 2007-10-13

• More Gmail storage coming for all
  the for sale storage was a cash grab
  (tags: google email gmail storage)
• High Def on Vimeo
  (tags: video hdtv vimeo)
• Current TV Site Prepares to Relaunch « NewTeeVee
  (tags: media socialmedia technology ugc video currenttv algore)
• THE GREEN FUTURE | ROOM101 INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PICARD
  (tags: green environment design video interview johnpicard)

links for 2007-10-12

• Ditching Record Companies - Featured on BuzzFeed
  (tags: buzzfeed music)
• Google Founders Pick Up Another Big Plane
  (tags: boeing google nyt)
• Apple iPhone - Web Apps List
  (tags: iphone apple)

links for 2007-10-11

• Facebook requests
  (tags: facebook)
• Reach out and message someone
  the goog buys jaiku
  (tags: google jaiku)
• Jaccuzzi au sommet du mont-blanc
  (tags: photography funny climbing)
• OMG Wi-Fi Detector Shirt
  (tags: wifi geek tshirt)
• Most Badass Hybrid Ever
  (tags: hondacr-z honda cr-z)
• ‘Energy Bucket’ collects sunshine
  (tags: energy sun ambient)
• Ze Frank's Latest Hit: A Social Network for Two [MP3]
  (tags: fun socialnetworking zefrank)

links for 2007-10-10

• New York Times on the Google Phone
  Supposedly Google is creating a mobile OS (not a phone) and will not charge for licensing it...
  (tags: gphone google nyt nytimes ericschmidt)

links for 2007-10-08

• Threadless opens retail location
  (tags: clothing design threadless)

links for 2007-10-05

• Clinton, Sputnik and science
  "What America achieved after Sputnik is a symbol of what America can do now as we confront a new global economy, new environmental challenges, and the promise of new discoveries in medicine," Clinton said.
  (tags: sputnik clinton)
• Shifting Targets
  (tags: iran war politics hersh newyorker incompetence)
• 700 MHz Auction: Google Takes Another Shot At Verizon « GigaOM
  oh snap!
  (tags: fcc tech 700mhz)
• Japan Probe
  (tags: japan blog culture)
• FFFFOUND!
  delicious for pics only
  (tags: photography design images art inspiration blog photo community)
• David Pogue reviews the OLPC
  (tags: video 100$laptop olpc)

links for 2007-10-04

• Briefcase full of Blues
  on having a relapse with yur depression
  (tags: depression)
• Dove Onslaught
  (tags: marketing video culture)
• Boing Boing tv
  (tags: video boingboing)
• Simplify Media - Connect Your iTunes
  (tags: itunes music sharing streaming)

links for 2007-10-03

• Apple's Market Share up to 6.6 percent
  (tags: apple marketshare)
• Do We Need an Internet TV Network?
  "the company saw a wave of users trying out the service back then, many of whom, like me, didn’t stick around. They’ll have to bring us back if Joost is ever going roost."

  btw joost is open to the public now...

  
  
  (tags: joost tv iptv)
  
  


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  NYPD Sky Watch
  
  
  (tags: surveillance NYPD)
  
  


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  Active Belt buzzes you in the right direction
  
  
  (tags: nerds wearables tech gps)
  
  


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  on the placement of an iphone icon
  
  
  (tags: design iphone)
  
  


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  Techmeme Leaderboard
  
  
  (tags: techmeme blogs list influence presence)
  
  


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  Nokia bets $8.1 billion on location-based services with NavTeq purchase
  
  
  where are they going with this... hmmm
  
  
  (tags: nokia navteq)
  
  


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  look at them apples
  
  
  (tags: apple computer)
  
  


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  Free Burma Coalition Mission
  
  
  (tags: burma politics activism myanmar)
  
  


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  9/11 Is Over - New York Times
  
  
  Friedman quotes the onion. nice.
  
  
  (tags: politics friedman op-ed)
  
  

links for 2007-09-29

• MicroDrone video
  "German-made four-prop micro-drones with such features as hand-motion control, GSM networked communications (swarms!), GPS mapping, mounted cameras, and more." VIA MAKE
  (tags: video youtube uav rc germany microdrone drone bigbrotherwetdream gps gsm)
• Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency
  (tags: gtd productivity article)
• Ethanol, schmethanol | Economist.com
  "Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. Everyone is wrong"
  (tags: environment energy ethanol science economics biofuel)
• 3.14 Apple Pi
  (tags: video almost-nerdcore funny youtube)

links for 2007-09-28

• 'City Bike' Hot New Category at Bicycle Industry Show
  (tags: activism bicycle bike cycling)
• Stolen iMac turned in
  (tags: workspace)
• Used computer not such a bargain, after all
  (tags: workspace)
• Saddam asked Bush for $1bn to go into exile | the Daily Mail
  wtf
  (tags: bush iraq news politics usa)
• Report Says Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion - washingtonpost.com
  interesting read
  (tags: bush iraq)

links for 2007-09-27

• Google Launches 'The Google' For Older Adults
  (tags: google funny theonion thegoogle)
• Midnight Madness: Benjamins for iPhones in Manhattan
  the iphone arbitrage market still going strong
  (tags: iphone)

links for 2007-09-26

• Dr. Dre, mix marathon man - Los Angeles Times
  "DRE appears as relaxed as can be on the grounds of his gated mansion on a weekday afternoon... You'd never know from his easygoing manner that the rap kingpin dislikes interviews so much that this is his first one in three years."
  (tags: music dre)
• in the market for a nuclear missile base?
  1.5 million and its yours.
  (tags: ebay)
• Mystery images appear online after computer theft
  (tags: workspace)
• Daring Fireball: The Amazon MP3 Store and Amazon MP3 Downloader
  Given the Amazon MP3 Store’s audio quality, prices, and user experience, I can’t see why anyone would buy DRM-restricted music from iTunes that’s available from Amazon.
  (tags: music itunes software amazon)

links for 2007-09-25

• One Laptop Per Child -- XO Giving
  give one get one
  (tags: olpc laptop charity technology opensource sharing linux computer)

links for 2007-09-24

• Principles and Guidelines for the Modern Photowalker
  "You do more than stop and smell the roses, you take a little bit of the rose's soul with you in your little box of metal that captures all that light."
  (tags: photography photowalking thomashawk digitalphotography tips)
• Revision3 to Launch a New Show Next Week: Tekzilla
  "Unlike Revision3's show Systm which is aimed at alpha geeks, Tekzilla will be "a more approachable show" for folks who, say, want an iPhone, but don't want to hack an iPhone. "
  (tags: revision3 tekzilla)
• George Bush the Texan is 'scared of horses' - Telegraph
  Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, derided his political friend as a "windshield cowboy" – a cowboy who prefers to drive – and "the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life".
  (tags: bush politics horses lol)