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Sep 17
Fri
Even This Data Guru Is Creeped Out By What Anonymous Location Data Reveals About Us (txt)   (0)
Un-anonymizing de-identified location information. It's very difficult to ensure that location information is anonymized. (Quicklink)  •  4:05pm  •  
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Jul 17
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Apr 17
Wed
The Last Time This Happened, The Market Crashed (txt)   (0)
Zero Hedge (Quicklink)  •  2:22pm  •  
Freighter travel (txt)   (0)
"A less crowded alternative for crossing a sea or ocean, not using airplanes or commercial cruise ships or ferries." Sounds like a unique experience. (Quicklink)  •  8:51am  •  
The biggest threat facing middle-age men isn’t smoking or obesity. It’s loneliness. (Boston Globe) (txt)   (0)
Something to keep in mind for the future... (Quicklink)  •  8:49am  •  
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Jan 16
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Oct 15
Sat
Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill (txt)   (0)
MIT Technology Review article (Quicklink)  •  12:57am  •  
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Oct 14
Wed
Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich (Wired) (txt)   (0)
Two gamblers find a bug in one of the most popular types of poker machines that allows them to virtually mint money. (Quicklink)  •  12:39am  •  
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May 14
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Apr 14
Mon
One Startup’s Struggle to Survive the Silicon Valley Gold Rush (Wired) (txt)   (0)
It's not always fair weather sailing here... (Quicklink)  •  11:23pm  •  
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Mar 14
Sun
Hubble Top 100 Images (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:28pm  •  
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Mar 14
Mon
Uber Cab Confessions (txt)   (0)
Fascinating article about spending a week as an Uber driver (Quicklink)  •  9:59pm  •  
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Feb 14
Sat
Amazon earnings: How Jeff Bezos gets investors to believe in him (txt)   (0)
"According to its latest earnings report, the online shopping giant's net sales increased 20 percent compared with the previous holiday season—a number that would seem staggeringly high if it weren't so routine for a company that’s been growing rapidly for years. Yet the company’s net income of $274 million for all of last year was tiny relative to its sales of $74.45 billion. Amazon's profit margin was virtually nonexistent." There's a good reason why it has a PE multiple of over 600 and still seems like a good bet. (Quicklink)  •  11:50pm  •  
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Jan 14
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Nov 13
Tue
Floater (Wikipedia) (img)   (0)
So THAT'S what they're called! (Quicklink)  •  10:05pm  •  
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Jul 13
Mon
How Clothes Should Fit (img)   (0)
Filed for future reference (Quicklink)  •  11:52pm  •  
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May 13
Thu
The Paradox of the Proof (txt)   (0)
Pure maths is out of this world. (Quicklink)  •  12:21am  •  
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May 13
Thu
GeoGuessr – Let’s explore the world! (web)   (0)
This game is really quite fun. (Quicklink)  •  10:34pm  •  
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Apr 13
Tue
Elegy for the Minibar (The Atlantic) (txt)   (0)
Via Kev (Quicklink)  •  9:44pm  •  
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Apr 13
Mon
6,297 Chinese restaurants and hungry for more (txt)   (0)
And he doesn't know how to use chopsticks... (Quicklink)  •  8:54pm  •  
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Apr 13
Sun
Rising price of living in Australia (txt)   (0)
$134 to buy a bunch of roses for Mother's Day? What the? (Quicklink)  •  8:14pm  •  
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Feb 13
Fri
The Verge Previews Google Glass (txt)   (0)
I agree with the conclusion - not if, but when. (Quicklink)  •  10:27pm  •  
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Feb 13
Tue
What Restaurants Know (About You) (NY Times) (txt)   (0)
Are you a PX or an HWC? (Quicklink)  •  11:33pm  •  
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Feb 13
Sat
Sydney has the third most expensive cost of living in the world (img)   (0)
Third only to Tokyo and Osaka (Quicklink)  •  5:18pm  •  
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Jan 13
Tue
Read a Lawyer’s Amazingly Detailed Analysis of Bilbo’s Contract in The Hobbit (Wired) (txt)   (0)
What has been described as "amazing" detail is actually a light to moderate amount of legal analysis. (Quicklink)  •  11:34pm  •  
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Jan 13
Thu
When in Palo Alto (txt)   (0)
This is HILARIOUS. But it's kind of one of those "you have to be here" things. (Quicklink)  •  9:29pm  •  
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Jan 13
Wed
The lottery of life (txt)   (0)
Which countries are the best to be born in? (according to the EIU) (Quicklink)  •  12:27am  •  
It’s pretty hot in Australia (txt)   (0)
Average maximum temperatures are 40*C... across the continent. (Quicklink)  •  12:18am  •  
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Nov 12
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Nov 12
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Meet the Most Indebted Man in the World (txt)   (0)
How does an individual pay off a $6 billion fine? In the same kind of way, as it turns out, that you serve a 300 year prison sentence. (Quicklink)  •  12:25am  •  
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Oct 12
Sun
How Supap Kirtsaeng’s Textbooks Idea Led to Supreme Court (txt)   (0)
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons is up before SCOTUS for a ruling on the first sale doctrine as it applies to a copyrighted work made outside of the U.S. (Quicklink)  •  10:01pm  •  
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Oct 12
Wed
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Stolen Painting? (The Atlantic) (txt)   (0)
"Here's the story on selling stolen art. Paintings that are stolen like last night, those pieces that were taken out of the Kuhnsthal museum, are not going to get sold on any kind of market, whether it's a black market or any kind of market. They're going to get recovered." (Quicklink)  •  12:31am  •  
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Oct 12
Tue
The World’s Top Universities 2012 (according to Times Higher Ed) (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
Nobel prize winner got terrible marks in science (txt)   (0)
"In this undated photograph taken by Nobel prize winner Sir John Gurdon of his Eton College Summer 1949 report card, which describes his idea for becoming a scientist ' on his present showing that is quite ridiculous' . The report card indicates that he was at that stage bottom of his class. Gurdon went on to study Zoology at Cambridge won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine which he shared with Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka..." (Quicklink)  •  10:40pm  •  
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Oct 12
Mon
Wilson Sonsini Retools Strategy to Land Internet Start-Ups (NY Times) (txt)   (0)
"It definitely makes us hipper." Interesting stat is that 20% of their legal work is from early-stage startups. (Quicklink)  •  1:55pm  •  
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Sep 12
Tue
Big Law Steps Into Uncertain Times (txt)   (0)
NY Times' Deal Book section has a special section on Big Law today. However, the "changing business model" line has been a refrain for many years now. (Quicklink)  •  8:56am  •  
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Sep 12
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Sep 12
Mon
Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea’s Music Video Sensation (txt)   (0)
From The Atlantic. I heard the song on the radio last week... (Quicklink)  •  11:53am  •  
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Aug 12
Mon
The 100 Metres in One Race, Every Medalist Ever (flash)   (0)
Great visualisation from the NYT (Quicklink)  •  10:27pm  •  
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Aug 12
Wed
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Shooting A Sequel To Before Sunrise/Sunset (txt)   (0)
So I'm late to hearing this news, but the Before Sunrise/Sunset are both among my top 10 movies, so I was really happy to hear they're filming another 9 year reunion movie this summer. (Quicklink)  •  12:06am  •  
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Jul 12
Fri
Top 10 Unknowable Things (txt)   (0)
Mostly mathematical contortions. HT Pete. (Quicklink)  •  11:45pm  •  
Palo Alto Struggles With Homeless People Living in Their Cars (txt)   (0)
Some of these are not your typical homeless people. (Quicklink)  •  11:44pm  •  
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Apr 12
Tue
Oh, The Places We’ll Go: A Travel-Fund DIY (txt)   (0)
Cool concept. Not so cool way to save money. (Quicklink)  •  11:28pm  •  
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Apr 12
Sun
Countries by fertility rate (txt)   (0)
Singapore is 0.78! (Quicklink)  •  6:09pm  •  
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Oct 11
Thu
An animated Atari logo written in 100% CSS (web)   (0)
They do other logos too. Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  12:44am  •  
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Oct 11
Mon
Singapore lets its hair down (The Australian) (txt)   (0)
Pico Iyer writes about Singapore (Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
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Aug 11
Tue
Wikihistory (txt)   (0)
An excerpt from the forum of the International Association of Time Travelers (thanks Pete) (Quicklink)  •  10:19pm  •  
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Jun 11
Mon
10 Myths About Introverts (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:06pm  •  
Guy buys 259684 Bitcoins for under $3000 (txt)   (0)
This whole Bitcoin experiment is interesting, but the current model is completely unworkable in the "real world". (Quicklink)  •  11:02pm  •  
Dot Landgrab (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:00pm  •  
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Jun 11
Mon
Twitter and Amex sued for confirming opt-outs via SMS (this is ridiculous) (txt)   (0)
Really?! Don't you people have anything better to do with your time? (Quicklink)  •  8:58pm  •  
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May 11
Tue
SBS series “Go back to where you came from” sets sail for refugees insight (txt)   (0)
Looks like a really interesting watch (Quicklink)  •  8:46pm  •  
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Apr 11
Tue
Apple’s stash of cash could sustain operations for 7 years… if Apple were to make zero revenue (txt)   (0)
At end of Q1, Apple had $65.8 billion worth of cash, short- and long-term securities (Quicklink)  •  8:57pm  •  
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Apr 11
Mon
TSA security looks at people who complain about … TSA security (txt)   (0)
"It's circular reasoning where, you know, I'm going to ask someone to surrender their rights; if they refuse, that's evidence that I need to take their rights away from them." (Quicklink)  •  9:01pm  •  
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Mar 11
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Mar 11
Fri
In Silicon Valley, a Lack of Engineers (txt)   (0)
Software engineers are definitely hot stuff here. (Quicklink)  •  9:20pm  •  
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Mar 11
Wed
A Challenge to Startup Lawyers, from VC Fred Wilson (txt)   (0)
I'm going to have to side with my brethren on this one (check out the comments). (Quicklink)  •  10:24pm  •  
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Mar 11
Mon
The death of the iPod (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:19pm  •  
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Mar 11
Sat
James’ Face: a person subtly alters a friend’s face in his Facebook photos. Hilarity ensues. (img)   (0)
"They are not my teeth and that is not my bush baby." (Quicklink)  •  1:06am  •  
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Mar 11
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Feb 11
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Feb 11
Fri
In Silicon Valley, even if you are a CEO and are dining with the President… you don’t wear a tie (img)   (0)
... even if the President himself is wearing one. I love this place. (Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
So no CC+MSJ behemoth merger after all (txt)   (0)
I wonder if solicitors at CC Australia will get paid UK-level rates if the partners are sharing in the global profit pool? (Quicklink)  •  5:44pm  •  
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Jan 11
Mon
How Facebook Ships Code (txt)   (0)
A glimpse into the engineering culture at FB. (Quicklink)  •  11:49pm  •  
Sweet nostalgia (txt)   (0)
Ahh childhood memories... I remember them all. I actually have a bag each of musk sticks and redskins in my pantry. (Quicklink)  •  10:18pm  •  
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Jan 11
Tue
Harry Plunkett’s review of Star Wars 3 is now out (vid)   (1)
Not as good as the first two and heaps long. But still watchable. (Quicklink)  •  11:09pm  •  
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Dec 10
Fri
Why your child’s school bus has no seat belts (txt)   (0)
"Numerous federal and academic studies have concluded that school buses are the safest form of ground transportation of all, in fact. The National Safety Council says they're about 40 times safer than the family car." (Quicklink)  •  12:33am  •  
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Dec 10
Thu
In 2011, the world will have 7 billion people living on it (vid)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:48pm  •  
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas (txt)   (0)
"Paul sang about it. A state park was named after it. National Geographic shot their most famous photos on it." And the last roll was developed on December 30, 2010. (Quicklink)  •  11:47pm  •  
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Dec 10
Sat
Richard Ackland’s Legal Year in Review (txt)   (0)
"Grant Goodland, a former president of the Northamptonshire Law Society, arrived at court three times over the drink-drive limit. He was seen reversing his Jaguar into a Ford Focus outside the crown court." (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
Our population problem: not dead yet (txt)   (0)
"No wonder Gen Y and X are antsy about housing prices (Quicklink)  •  1:33am  •  
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Dec 10
Mon
Facebook – Visualizing Friendships (img)   (0)
Great visualization. Big hole where China should be, of course. (Quicklink)  •  7:05pm  •  
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Dec 10
Wed
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Nov 10
Tue
How American Universities are Structured (txt)   (0)
A decent primer for foreigners. (Quicklink)  •  10:13pm  •  
The truth about California (txt)   (0)
Is California really the financial basketcase people make it out to be? (Quicklink)  •  10:08pm  •  
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Nov 10
Sat
NSW govt cabinet to consider raising drinking age from 18 to 21 (txt)   (0)
Seriously? The state is still going down the toilet and this is what you want to spend your time debating? (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
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Nov 10
Tue
CAPTCHA arbitrage (txt)   (2)
(Quicklink)  •  9:01pm  •  
The History of Airport Security, Visualized (img)   (0)
This is pretty depressing, actually. (Quicklink)  •  8:10pm  •  
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Nov 10
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Nov 10
Mon
America’s law schools and firms: Trouble with the law (txt)   (0)
Economist article: "This year 'The Apprentice', a television show in which contestants compete for the privilege of working for Donald Trump, features 16 who are down on their luck, having lost previous jobs or otherwise having to start anew. No fewer than five of them are lawyers." (Quicklink)  •  11:25pm  •  
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Nov 10
Sun
Gaming the System With High-Frequency Trading (txt)   (0)
"Commercial broadband infrastructure in the US is as poorly tended and updated as the nation’s bridges and highways. Unless you’re a high-frequency stock trader. Then, you get to ride in the fast lane." (Quicklink)  •  4:15pm  •  
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Nov 10
Mon
Using genetic algorithms to find Starcraft 2 build orders (txt)   (0)
Great article about how a computer program found a particularly potent 7-roach rush build order (Quicklink)  •  11:30pm  •  
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Oct 10
Tue
Rumors of Apple acquiring Sony shortlived as speculation dismissed (txt)   (1)
The idea didn't even really make sense to me. (Quicklink)  •  10:03pm  •  
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Oct 10
Fri
Moebius strip comic (vid)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:33pm  •  
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Oct 10
Tue
Twitter Mood Predicts the Stock Market (txt)   (2)
Apparently: 87.6% accuracy when predicting daily up/down changes in DJIA at daily close. Uses Twitter to calculate "calmness index" and predict DJIA direction 2-6 days later. See also: HN comments thread on this. (Quicklink)  •  11:58pm  •  
Startup School 2010 Videos (vid)   (0)
Talks by founders of YC, Groupon, AirBnB, Sun, LinkedIn, GitHub, Quora, SV Angel, Facebook... phew! (Quicklink)  •  11:55pm  •  
AIIDE 2010 StarCraft AI Competition Results (vid)   (1)
Sounds like a fun competition! (Quicklink)  •  12:45am  •  
The Great Deflation – Japan Goes From Dynamic to Disheartened (txt)   (0)
Wow - this is a really pessimistic outlook for Japan. Although "shriveling from an economic Godzilla to little more than an afterthought in the global economy" sounds pretty hyperbolic to me. (Quicklink)  •  12:14am  •  
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Oct 10
Fri
Aussie dollar hits parity (txt)   (0)
O frabjous day? Maybe not. The rest of the world seems to be trying to devalue all their currencies. (Quicklink)  •  10:45pm  •  
Pictory Showcase: Just Like Heaven (img)   (0)
This set was a particularly good one. (Quicklink)  •  10:29pm  •  
The 10 most brutal Facebook ownings (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:29pm  •  
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Oct 10
Thu
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Oct 10
Tue
Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex – another fascinating OKCupid stats post (txt)   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  8:36pm  •  
Ratio Finder: find the male:female ratio in places around San Fran (web)   (0)
Uses foursquare checkins to determine this. (Quicklink)  •  8:20pm  •  
WePay is the anti-PayPal (txt)   (0)
Now we just need something like Billmonk + Square (Quicklink)  •  8:07pm  •  
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Oct 10
Fri
Nic.ly statement regarding its decision to block vb.ly (txt)   (0)
Taken at face value, it seems reasonable actually (Quicklink)  •  6:21pm  •  
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Oct 10
Thu
Credit Cards Will Go Electronic, Then Disappear Into iPhone 5 (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:35pm  •  
Mark Zuckerberg at the Movies (txt)   (0)
There certainly were a lot of older people there. (Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
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Oct 10
Wed
Will Facebook Roll Out an Email System (Project Titan)? (txt)   (0)
I think it's unlikely to be announced soon, but the rumored Project Titan is one I'm watching very closely. I doubt that they will give people @facebook email addresses - the corporate email addresses would be comingled in with the users', which is undesirable. This article has interesting notes about the impact Titan might have on marketing. (Quicklink)  •  12:14am  •  
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Oct 10
Tue
Alphonso Labs (who make Pulse) raised $1m, but very unusually all from VCs using a convertible note with no valuation cap(!) (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:36pm  •  
Google TV Announces Its Programming Partners (txt)   (0)
The more interesting fact in the article was this: "The average American watches five hours of TV a day." Seriously? That's a lot of time. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
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Oct 10
Mon
Mark Zuckerberg’s Most Valuable Friend – the NY Times profiles Sheryl Sandberg (txt)   (0)
SurveyMonkey gets a mention! (Because Ms. Sandberg is otherwise known as our CEO's wife.) (Quicklink)  •  8:11pm  •  
Dealbreaker Sales Talks: A Hot Market for Blogs (txt)   (0)
Dealbreaker, the Breaking Media group's banking blog, is on sale for a rumored $1 million. I wonder if they'll ever put Above the Law up for sale? (Quicklink)  •  7:53pm  •  
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Oct 10
Sat
Larry Lessig reviews The Social Network (txt)   (0)
Lessig's review obviously comes from an interesting perspective. I'll be watching the movie tomorrow night. I still find it novel that I'm going to have to pretty much drive by Facebook HQ to get to the cinemas. (Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
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Oct 10
Fri
Facebook Splits Stock 5-for-1 (txt)   (1)
This just means that they can make grants with more granularity. And it makes the numbers sound more impressive to new hires ("you're going to get 50k shares" sounds better than 10k shares), even though there's theoretically no effective difference. (Quicklink)  •  4:51pm  •  
Hi-res photos come to Facebook (txt)   (0)
Move over, Flickr & Picasa. (Quicklink)  •  10:09am  •  
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Sep 10
Thu
Google offers JPEG alternative (txt)   (0)
WebP. Gonna be tough to get traction. (Quicklink)  •  8:36pm  •  
Gliese 581 g (txt)   (1)
"Excitement has again spiked with the discovery of Gliese 581 g, believed to be the most 'Earth-like' planet discovered to date..." (Quicklink)  •  8:20pm  •  
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Sep 10
Mon
RIM announces PlayBook (txt)   (0)
7-inch form factor with 1080p video(!). "In a dig at Apple, which does not support Flash technology on its mobile devices due to its perceived technical drawbacks, Mr. Balsillie asked rhetorically: 'What's going to happen when we show that the performance is superior?'" (Quicklink)  •  9:33pm  •  
What Happens At Y Combinator (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:24pm  •  
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Sep 10
Thu
The High Cost of College (txt)   (0)
Megan McArdle tackles the perennial question of whether a US university degree is likely to be worth what it cost. (Quicklink)  •  9:09pm  •  
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Sep 10
Tue
Making Captchas out of advertisements (txt)   (0)
Coming soon, I'm sure. (Quicklink)  •  9:48pm  •  
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Sep 10
Tue
Privacy in online survey tools (txt)   (0)
A privacy consultant delves into the privacy practices of the two leading online survey tool providers. (Quicklink)  •  11:50pm  •  
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Sep 10
Mon
Tet’s loses its third hat (txt)   (0)
Only Est., Marque, and Quay hold 3 hats now. (Quicklink)  •  11:38pm  •  
Julia Gillard Wins Election, Stays Prime Minister Of Australia (txt)   (1)
Was anyone actually surprised? (Quicklink)  •  11:18pm  •  
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Sep 10
Sat
US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs (txt)   (0)
A macro view and its implications on the startup industry (Quicklink)  •  11:13am  •  
Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:02am  •  
High Resolution Fundraising (txt)   (0)
PG on the uses of convertible notes for angel fundraising (Quicklink)  •  9:55am  •  
NYTimes – 36 Hours in Silicon Valley (web)   (0)
Part of its long-running "36 hours in..." series (Quicklink)  •  9:41am  •  
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Aug 10
Tue
Unhear it – get that damn song out of your head… (aud)   (0)
...by replacing it with another (Quicklink)  •  8:54pm  •  
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Aug 10
Mon
The ROI on uni degrees (txt)   (1)
I wonder how the calculus works out for a US college degree, which costs several hundreds of thousands of bucks? (Quicklink)  •  8:52pm  •  
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Aug 10
Sun
Canon EOS 60D DSLR announced (web)   (1)
A few days ago. (Quicklink)  •  12:32pm  •  
Waiting line in Bus station in Pyongyang (vid)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:32pm  •  
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Aug 10
Sun
The Density of People with Degrees (txt)   (0)
Interesting ranking of US cities by university degrees per square mile. It's skewed by population density, but it does indicate where the concentrations of human capital are in the US. (Quicklink)  •  1:08pm  •  
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Aug 10
Wed
A Day in the Life of Obama – and political gridlock (txt)   (1)
An interesting Vanity Fair article. (Quicklink)  •  11:25pm  •  
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Aug 10
Mon
The depth of Redditors’ musical knowledge is impressive (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:23pm  •  
Oymyakon FAQ (txt)   (0)
Oymyakon, in Siberia, is the coldest permanently inhabited place in the world. Temperatures average almost -50*C during winter. There's more info from Bolot, a Yakutsk-based journalist who fields questions about Yakutia, the region where Oymyakon is located. (Quicklink)  •  11:19pm  •  
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Aug 10
Sun
The Origin of Twitter’s Failwhale (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:37pm  •  
25 Best Hangman Words (txt)   (1)
By monte carlo analysis (Quicklink)  •  11:37pm  •  
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Aug 10
Thu
Paul Graham on What Happened to Yahoo (txt)   (0)
Looking from the outside, I got that impression too. (Quicklink)  •  8:18pm  •  
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Aug 10
Wed
A mathematician in Palo Alto might have solved the P=NP problem (txt)   (0)
Draft paper here (not that I can understand a word of it). (Quicklink)  •  8:16pm  •  
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Aug 10
Tue
The Chaser’s Yes We Canberra (vid)   (0)
Full episodes on YouTube. Quality viewing. (Quicklink)  •  11:39pm  •  
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Aug 10
Mon
Outsourcing to India Draws Western Lawyers (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:22pm  •  
Blackberries encountering regulatory problems in UAE, other Gulf states, India (txt)   (0)
I wonder if this will hurt the gulf states more than RIM. Also, I wonder what this means for the iPhone. (Quicklink)  •  9:18pm  •  
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Jul 10
Sat
The DefCon Ninja Party Badge (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:23pm  •  
Did you hear the joke about the comedian and copyright law? (txt)   (0)
"The authors interviewed 19 working comedians in detail, and they came away with an understanding that creators don't necessarily need formal legal protection to encourage them to create. But when they get protection, even an informal kind, creativity changes in interesting ways." (Quicklink)  •  4:23pm  •  
What happened to the North Korean World Cup team (txt)   (0)
They weren't sent to prison camps, but they didn't get off lightly, either. (Quicklink)  •  4:12pm  •  
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Wed
Kevin Kelly’s List of Best Magazine Articles Ever (txt)   (0)
Seems quite incomplete to me. No Michael Lewis? Nothing from Vanity Fair? (Quicklink)  •  6:17pm  •  
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Tue
Not-so-secret seven hold keys to the internet (web)   (0)
7 dudes hold fragments of the Recovery Key for the DNSSEC signing key used to sign the ROOT Zone for the net's domain name system. Keyholders live in the UK, Britain, China, Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Czech Republic and Canada. There's gotta be a heist/terrorist movie in the works now... (Quicklink)  •  10:04pm  •  
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Mon
Jailbreaking is now legal (txt)   (0)
Due to a new exemption from the anti-circumvention copyright laws. But, of course, it's still a breach of contract and may void your warranty etc. (Quicklink)  •  8:54pm  •  
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Jul 10
Sun
How Fuel Gauges Work (txt)   (0)
This is actually pretty elaborate. (Quicklink)  •  11:12am  •  
Photographic Height/Weight Chart (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:38am  •  
Absence of the Towels – 5 second film (NSFW) (vid)   (0)
Hilarious, especially if you've watched Californication. (Quicklink)  •  10:37am  •  
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Jul 10
Fri
Qantas settles after 3 year old deafens passenger (literally) (txt)   (0)
Those 3 year olds are dangerous... "the cry actually caused blood to run from her ears". You wouldn't think it was Qantas' fault, but whatever. Easier to settle. (Quicklink)  •  9:58pm  •  
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Jul 10
Mon
The World’s Best Skylines (quantitatively ranked) (txt)   (0)
Hong Kong has more than three times the number of buildings over 90m than any other city in the world. (Quicklink)  •  10:08pm  •  
8 Historic Symbols That Mean The Opposite of What You Think (web)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:50pm  •  
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Jul 10
Sun
The Big Lies People Tell In Online Dating (txt)   (0)
OkCupid has analysed all their data and come up with another interesting post about how people mislead about their objective attributes (height, salary, orientation) in their online profiles. (Quicklink)  •  12:01pm  •  
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Wed
That’s bone (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:32pm  •  
Undercover Karaoke with Jewel (vid)   (0)
This is so awesome! (Quicklink)  •  8:26pm  •  
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Mon
Creative way of avoiding a speeding ticket (txt)   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  9:14pm  •  
Best Pranks Played by Pilots on Their Passengers (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:14pm  •  
Mel Gibson is hitting new lows (aud)   (0)
Listen to him go absolutely psycho on the phone. (Quicklink)  •  8:06pm  •  
The Triple Jump? A&O Junior Partner Pay Will Lure the Nation’s Best (txt)   (0)
Associates working for US firms in London get paid at US rates. Do Aussies at A&O get paid at magic circle rates? If these magic circles begin to move in, might we see a salary war? (Quicklink)  •  8:02pm  •  
Job title inflation (txt)   (0)
"Calling a 20-year-old a 'senior business development manager' (believe me, I've seen it happen) reflects poorly on some organisations. If a 20-year-old is 'senior' (no offence to younger readers), I'd hate to deal with a junior from that company." (Quicklink)  •  7:49pm  •  
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Sat
For China, the world is its financial oyster (txt)   (0)
China's influence spreads further and wider than you might think. (Quicklink)  •  11:50pm  •  
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Jul 10
Thu
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning (txt)   (0)
Intuitive when you think about it... but it's not something you really think about. This article is definitely worth a read. (Quicklink)  •  7:40pm  •  
Diamond Bullet Fired at 1000 Km/s Could Produce Nuclear Fusion, Chinese Researchers Say (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:29pm  •  
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Thu
How to take a vacation (txt)   (0)
Duration and location aren't necessarily correlative with enjoyment. (Quicklink)  •  12:08am  •  
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The Writer Who Read With His Tongue (txt)   (0)
'Engel had suffered a stroke. It had damaged the part of his brain we use when we read, so he couldn't make sense of letters or words. He was suffering from what the French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene calls "word blindness." His eyes worked. He could see shapes on a page, but they made no sense to him.' (Quicklink)  •  10:59pm  •  
Is there such a thing as a lawyer who’s happy with their job? (txt)   (0)
That depends on what type of lawyer you ask. (Quicklink)  •  9:56pm  •  
Longest Tennis Match In Grand Slam History At Wimbledon (txt)   (1)
Round 2: Isner vs Mahut. Fifth set score: 59-59, and the 10+ hour match is still in progress. (Quicklink)  •  5:14pm  •  
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Jun 10
Mon
PhD Challenge (web)   (0)
This has been around for a while, but I just found it: 'The goal of this year’s challenge is to get the phrase "I SMOKE CRACK ROCKS" into the final, camera-ready version of a peer-reviewed academic paper' (Quicklink)  •  11:48pm  •  
North Korea watches live as its team loses big (vid)   (0)
Ouch. Talk about bad timing. I feel sorry for the citizens of NK, because I doubt they'll be seeing any live matches again anytime soon. (Quicklink)  •  9:59pm  •  
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Jun 10
Thu
Now, you too can buy a Vuvuzela (web)   (1)
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (Quicklink)  •  10:08pm  •  
US internet ‘kill switch’ proposed (txt)   (0)
What planet is Lieberman living on?! (Quicklink)  •  10:06pm  •  
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Jun 10
Wed
An interactive map showing internal migration in the US by county (flash)   (0)
Interesting to compare obscure counties in flyover states to counties containing major cities. (Quicklink)  •  9:07pm  •  
How many bullets were fired per insurgent in Iraq? (txt)   (0)
This is back from 2005. (Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
Find a large padlock (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:39pm  •  
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Jun 10
Mon
Our World Cup Fantasy League (web)   (0)
23 people and the trash talk is flowing nicely now... (Quicklink)  •  11:22pm  •  
Driving with Gusto: The Beginning (txt)   (0)
A sixth year lawyer who was laid off from an AmLaw 20 firm finds a great way to spend three months. Hmm, I think she's on to something good here... it's certainly given me some ideas. (Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
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Jun 10
Fri
If companies were World Cup teams (txt)   (1)
The Globe and Mail amusingly equates Brazil with Google, Australia with WestJet Airlines, and France with Goldman Sachs. (Quicklink)  •  7:30pm  •  
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May 10
Sat
The iPhone search warrant and related documents have been unsealed (txt)   (0)
A pretty gripping read: the story is pretty juicy, including a trail of "hidden" evidence, a roommate who tipped off Apple (a correct move, in my opinion), spontaneous statements and Miranda warnings (giving me flashbacks of Evidence in the bar exam). From the affidavit, Hogan comes out of this looking very bad - setting aside the legality of it all, he had bad ethics and terrible judgment. Also, as a general note - if you're questioned by a cop like Hogan and Warner were, shut the hell up and get your lawyer. (Quicklink)  •  1:40am  •  
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May 10
Thu
A lesson on how not to do PR (txt)   (0)
Fortune Magazine pisses off TechCrunch. (Quicklink)  •  6:43pm  •  
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May 10
Wed
NYTimes’ infographic on Facebook’s privacy settings (img)   (0)
Facebook's privacy counsel really has their work cut out for them. I imagine that trying to keep the privacy policy in sync with all the product development going on in the company must be a nightmare. I wonder what sort of internal processes they have in place to deal with this issue? (Quicklink)  •  7:38pm  •  
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May 10
Tue
The results of NYT’s “Moment in Time” photo project (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:55pm  •  
John Quinn, name partner of Quinn Emanuel is on Twitter (txt)   (0)
And he's really using it, too - personal updates + professional, all in shorthand which is a little difficult to understand sometimes. Like, what does this mean: "i was expressing my op that sv not a lit talent hotbed, not commenting on qe sv which is 'course primo" (SV = Silicon Valley, I just don't know what "qe" is...) (Quicklink)  •  7:50pm  •  
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May 10
Thu
Fanboy Supercuts, Obsessive Video Montages (vid)   (0)
For example, Glengarry Glen Ross obscenity count; tallying every use of the words "ship", "computer", and "sauce" in Star Trek I - X; Clay Davis saying "sheeeeee-it" in The Wire. (Quicklink)  •  6:58pm  •  
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May 10
Wed
From lawyer, to blackjack player, and back again (txt)   (0)
Dimitri Lascaris left Sullivan & Cromwell to play blackjack (card-counting), but after getting barred from casinos as far afield as Monaco, he went back to law and now specializes in shareholder litigation (Quicklink)  •  7:29pm  •  
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May 10
Tue
Google Chrome 5 Beta (web)   (0)
It's fast, and they made a video to showcase exactly how fast it is (put together using a Macbook Pro running Windows :). It also has Flash support baked in. (Quicklink)  •  9:01pm  •  
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May 10
Mon
Fun With Secret Questions & Answers (txt)   (0)
You know the security questions that bank customer support representatives like to ask? Well, what if you get a little bit creative with them...? (Quicklink)  •  11:10pm  •  
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Apr 10
Fri
Photos of Tech Company Offices (img)   (0)
Some are really cool. (Quicklink)  •  6:31pm  •  
Lowering the Bar; Clayton Utz Makes Junior “Senior” (txt)   (0)
If true, this doesn't seem to be Clutz's smartest move for so many reasons that I can think of. (Quicklink)  •  6:29pm  •  
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Apr 10
Thu
Cigarettes excise up in Oz, and plain packaging compulsory (txt)   (0)
At $20 a pack, it's gonna be an expensive habit. (Quicklink)  •  12:08am  •  
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Apr 10
Wed
Tax brackets over the past century displayed in one graphic (img)   (0)
90% marginal tax rate in the 40s and 50s! (Quicklink)  •  10:39pm  •  
Hong Kong architect turns shoebox apartment into 24 rooms (vid)   (0)
More like, the shoebox can be configured into rooms with different purposes, but still very cool. (Quicklink)  •  10:11pm  •  
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Apr 10
Mon
Longform.org (web)   (0)
Reason #2 for getting an iPad for your daily commute (Quicklink)  •  11:53pm  •  
Give Me Something To Read (web)   (0)
Reason #1 for getting an iPad for your daily commute (Quicklink)  •  11:53pm  •  
Investing in Apple stock instead of expensing on Apple product (txt)   (0)
$2400 worth of stock in late 1997 (the price of a Power Mac G3) would now be worth somewhere north of $139k. The model seems to be missing dividends, which would bump most of those numbers up even more. From Kottke. (Quicklink)  •  11:07pm  •  
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Apr 10
Fri
YouTube’s Content ID system and approach to Fair Use (txt)   (0)
YouTube describes its "mini takedown" process which allows rights holders to send a notice to an uploader to alert them that their video has been flagged by YouTube's content identification software (based on threshold parameters the owner inputs). This gives the opportunity for the user to informally raise a fair use defense, and helps rights owners to avoid "accidental" erroneous take downs. All this happens before the formal DMCA notice and takedown rigmarole which has problems because an automated ID system often leads to rights holders sending out too many take downs, which then cause all that content to be automatically taken down. This system lets the parties do a bit of pre-filtering before resorting to legal processes. (Quicklink)  •  2:26pm  •  
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Apr 10
Thu
Someone installed Android on an iPhone (vid)   (0)
Phone is dual boot. Damn impressive skillz!!!11 (Quicklink)  •  12:00am  •  
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Apr 10
Wed
Communication by post-its (txt)   (0)
Cool Reddit thread. (Quicklink)  •  1:36am  •  
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Apr 10
Tue
If smartphones were DC characters (img)   (0)
Via @shanreetan (Quicklink)  •  9:52pm  •  
The Appraisal – Gordon Gekko’s New Protege Slept Here (txt)   (0)
Interesting article about how a wealthy financier's Manhattan duplex came to be used for a set in Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel. The enigmatic owner is actually looking to sell the place at a tenfold return over the 7 years he's owned it. "The owner, not surprisingly, works in finance. He declined to comment, saying the bank he works for would not allow it; because of populist anger over Wall Street bailouts, financial institutions have been asking their high earners to keep as low a profile as possible. He did not even want to be named." (Quicklink)  •  12:29am  •  
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Apr 10
Mon
How Apple Lost the Next iPhone (txt)   (0)
Poor guy. (Quicklink)  •  6:58pm  •  
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Apr 10
Sun
Q. What do Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin, and Michele Bachmann have in common? (txt)   (0)
A. They all have more than four children. (Quicklink)  •  1:45pm  •  
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Apr 10
Fri
I didn’t know that Zali Steggall was a barrister (web)   (0)
But well, she is. (She's a Winter Olympics medallist) (Quicklink)  •  12:34am  •  
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Apr 10
Thu
The Escapist Magazine’s Starcraft 2 issue (txt)   (0)
The two most interesting articles I found were BoxeR in Brief (about a Korean Starcraft celebrity), and A Master Craftsman (an interview with the Lead Designer of Starcraft 2 - a guy with a tough act to follow). (Quicklink)  •  12:55am  •  
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Apr 10
Tue
People Who Photograph Food and Display the Pictures Online (txt)   (0)
OCD, I say. OCD. (Quicklink)  •  11:07pm  •  
Macbook Pro line refreshed… finally (web)   (0)
Time for me to fork over some more cash to Apple. (Quicklink)  •  10:31am  •  
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Apr 10
Thu
Today’s RollOnFriday Aussie news (txt)   (0)
I actually thought that this week's articles on the Aussie legal market were April Fools jokes... but it turns out that they're not. (Quicklink)  •  11:41am  •  
Health Reform is a BFD T-Shirt (web)   (0)
This is being sold by www.barackobama.com. (Quicklink)  •  12:23am  •  
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Mar 10
Wed
List of Google’s April Fools Jokes for today (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:54pm  •  
There’s Nothing Like Australia (img)   (0)
A site parodying the ads for Australia's new tourism campaign. I particularly liked the "There's nothing like making life difficult for Kiwis" pic. (Quicklink)  •  11:10pm  •  
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Mar 10
Tue
Documentary on the Westboro Baptist Church (vid)   (0)
This is an immensely disturbing, but compelling documentary. (Quicklink)  •  10:25pm  •  
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Mar 10
Wed
Photoshop CS5’s Content-Aware Fill (vid)   (0)
It's like magic. Damn, damn impressive. (Quicklink)  •  10:45pm  •  
Opera Mini for the iPhone (web)   (0)
Opera submitted their app to Apple for approval and have a clock ticking to time how long it takes. It looks better than Safari, actually, but I have a suspicion it might get rejected outright. (Quicklink)  •  10:29pm  •  
Watch this guy eat a whole Ghost Chilli (vid)   (0)
1,001,304 Scovilles. He actually takes it better than I thought he would. I'd probably be curled up in the corner whimpering. (Quicklink)  •  10:21pm  •  
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Mar 10
Wed
French contestants torture each other on TV Game of Death (txt)   (0)
This is pretty much the same as Milgram's obedience experiments. I thought ethics committees banned this years ago? Apparently not. The whole experiment, and especially its outcome, is incredibly disturbing. It also gives you a new respect for whistleblowers. (Quicklink)  •  9:43pm  •  
Five Reasons The Internet Could Die At Any Moment (txt)   (0)
This is actually quite a good article. I used to think that #5 was a huge problem, but today everyone uses the net (it's particularly useful for terrorists, I would think). Don't miss the great undersea cable infographic by the Guardian newspaper. It's a little old (2008), but it's good. (Quicklink)  •  8:36pm  •  
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American architect beats his own world record after creating the world’s largest house of cards (vid)   (0)
218,792 cards + 272kg + 44 days + no glue or tape = Venetian Macau in cards. Just mindblowing. (Quicklink)  •  12:06am  •  
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Mar 10
Wed
Packing tips: Travel like a journalist (txt)   (0)
An Economist article that seems really cool for some reason. "Reading material: a photocopy of a good poem, preferably in Russian or some other foreign language that you have to think hard about, folded in the wallet just in case you are stuck with no electronic or other diversion." (Quicklink)  •  8:23pm  •  
If you became the last person on Earth, what would you do? Realistically. (txt)   (0)
Epic comment from a Redditor. But since when was banana an exotic fruit? From Kottke. (Quicklink)  •  8:21pm  •  
Activision is Truly Embroiled in Modern Warfare (txt)   (0)
A complaint submitted to court that really complains. If only all documents like that were that fun to read. (Quicklink)  •  8:19pm  •  
Bill Murray lives out his Lost In Translation character’s life (txt)   (0)
This is old news, but it's still cool. "A few weeks before Halloween, on the night before the October 7 New York premiere of his film City of Ember, Bill popped up again, seemingly adrift, at the Half King, the West Chelsea pub co-owned by author Sebastian Junger. Sophie Ellis, a petite brunette 22-year-old in town from London for journalism work-study, and two pretty young friends were having a quiet drink, when the actor walked in and unexpectedly joined their table, buying them two bottles of champagne." And the last paragraph is great. (Quicklink)  •  8:17pm  •  
PSA from Chopper Read (NSFW) (vid)   (0)
Harden up. (Quicklink)  •  8:15pm  •  
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Mar 10
Tue
Canada: the country that pees together stays together (img)   (0)
A graph of water consumption in Edmonton during the Whistler Olympic Gold Medal Ice Hockey Game. Lots of people holding it until the end of the game. (Quicklink)  •  10:45pm  •  
Wikipedia “Unusual Articles” entry (txt)   (0)
Prepare to spend a lot of time reading. This page is fantastic. (Quicklink)  •  9:37pm  •  
Why do babies take so long to walk? (txt)   (0)
Compared to every other animal. Like, a foal can walk an hour after birth. Sci Am has an answer. (Quicklink)  •  9:11pm  •  
Driver: My Prius took me for a ride (vid)   (0)
Car accelerates. And doesn't stop accelerating. There's no metal wire connecting the accelerator pedal to the engine anymore - it's all electronic, which is scary when things like this go wrong. This is more publicity that Toyota certainly doesn't need. (Quicklink)  •  8:05pm  •  
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Mar 10
Mon
New Mercedes technology drives cars through traffic by themselves (txt)   (0)
It's called the "Distronic Plus Traffic Jam Assistant" and keeps cars in their lanes and a safe distance from the car in front at speeds of up to 40km/h. Freaky. At the moment it's only in the concept F 800 Style which will cost some unholy sum of money. (Quicklink)  •  9:18pm  •  
WoW Facts (img)   (0)
North America + Europe annual revenue = $800m (39% of userbase). Asia makes up 48% of the userbase. WoW also has 62% of the global MMORPG market. (Quicklink)  •  9:05pm  •  
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Thu
“Is this footage going to come back to haunt us or what?” (vid)   (0)
You better believe it. Good calls, Carl. (Channel 9 news anchors play curling on the Wii.) (Quicklink)  •  11:00pm  •  
24 Secret Restaurant Menus Revealed (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:55pm  •  
Distribution of eight largest fast fooad chains in US (img)   (0)
Infographic. (Quicklink)  •  10:53pm  •  
The Bible, seen from outer space (img)   (0)
Creative CGI. (Quicklink)  •  10:51pm  •  
Business Cards for the Facebook Generation (a minimalist approach) (img)   (0)
Actually, that's more like a personal calling card. A business card would be "(name). I'm on LinkedIn." (Quicklink)  •  10:50pm  •  
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Mar 10
Mon
Transcript of CNBC’s Three Hour Interview with Warren Buffett (txt)   (0)
Three hours is a lot of words. Strap in and enjoy. Buffett's mental stamina and acuity is amazing. (Quicklink)  •  9:31pm  •  
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Feb 10
Sun
Auralization of what separates places at the Winter Olympics (aud)   (0)
The NY Times has a page which shows visual and audio representations of how just how little time separates rankings in alpine skiing, skeleton, bobsled, luge, and speedskating events. "At the Olympics, the blink of an eye can be all that separates the gold medalist from the 10th-place finisher. In some events, this is obvious. But in others, with athletes racing one by one, the closeness of the race is harder to perceive." (Quicklink)  •  5:04pm  •  
Graphic showing relationship of all milk products and by-products (img)   (0)
There are a lot of them. Now you can know what Little Miss Muffet was eating. (Quicklink)  •  5:00pm  •  
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway 2009 Letter to Shareholders (txt)   (0)
Released a couple days ago, this letter makes for very interesting reading - Buffett's shareholder communications are always very personable and frank (down to the P.S. at the end). Street Capitalist pulls out some of the more interesting points, if you don't want to go through 18 pages. (Quicklink)  •  12:04pm  •  
Astronaut tweets pic of Chile earthquake (img)   (0)
"Concepcion, Chile. Mega earthquake (M8.3) hit this city this morning. Photo taken a few hours ago. We pray for you." (Quicklink)  •  1:02am  •  
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Feb 10
Wed
UC Berkeley Prof. Headed For Ninth Circuit Nomination (txt)   (0)
Amazingly, today there are no Asian-Americans sitting full time on any federal appellate court. Actually, thinking of Australia, I've never heard of any Asian-Australian judges that sit at the state Supreme Court level or above. (Quicklink)  •  11:48pm  •  
Start-up clients: A “miserable and tortuous” hell? (txt)   (0)
A blog post in response to this post entitled, "Top 10 reasons why entrepreneurs hate lawyers". (Quicklink)  •  11:13pm  •  
Infographic: Breakdown of the Blogosphere (img)   (0)
No idea where these numbers are from or if they're accurate. (Quicklink)  •  11:07pm  •  
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Feb 10
Tue
How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web (txt)   (0)
Wired article. "Throughout its history, Google has devised ways of adding more signals, all without disrupting its users' core experience. Every couple of years there's a major change in the system - sort of equivalent to a new version of Windows - that's a big deal in Mountain View but not discussed publicly. 'Our job is to basically change the engines on a plane that is flying at 1,000 kilometers an hour, 30,000 feet above Earth,' Singhal says." Marvelously complex, incredibly optimized, and improved by the day. (Quicklink)  •  10:36pm  •  
Who am I? (txt)   (0)
"Temp jobs are a double edged sword. On the one hand, you only have to put up with these people for a specified amount of time, but on the other hand, you have to put up with these people for a specified amount of time. Aye, there's the rub. ..." It took me until the second last sentence to realize what was going on. (Quicklink)  •  10:25pm  •  
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Feb 10
Mon
My book’s in the SLS library! (web)   (1)
Not at my instigation, but I'm not complaining. KF292 .S74 L64 2009. (Quicklink)  •  10:01pm  •  
Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle (txt)   (0)
A vitriolic article (in Rolling Stone magazine, no less) complaining that "Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're recreating the conditions for another crash". I wonder if the characterization of i-banks as billion dollar con men is not too far off the mark? (Quicklink)  •  9:18pm  •  
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Feb 10
Sun
11 Great Moments In Maths and Science Class (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:52pm  •  
121 Epigrams on Programming (txt)   (0)
Published 1982. "Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it." Thanks Pete. (Quicklink)  •  1:57pm  •  
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Feb 10
Thu
For Apple suppliers, loose lips can sink contracts (txt)   (0)
Anxious to preserve contracts with Apple, Asian suppliers maintain extraordinarily tight security around their factories. "[E]ven the people who man the assembly lines have no idea what the finished product will look like." (Quicklink)  •  12:03pm  •  
The Case For An Older Woman (txt)   (0)
OKCupid does a lot of statistical analysis on its userbase, leading to some very interesting posts. The most fascinating observation was the abrupt change in mindset that seems to occur when a woman hits 20, and again when she hits 30. (See other posts on their blog.) (Quicklink)  •  12:08am  •  
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Feb 10
Wed
Slate Magazine on food expiration dates (txt)   (1)
"These dates have no real legal meaning, either. Only last year, 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner reversed the conviction of a wily entrepreneur who'd relabeled 1.6 million bottles of Henri's salad dressing with a new 'Best when purchased by' date. Posner argued that the prosecutor had unjustly condemned the dressing as rancid, rotten, and harmful, when in fact there was no evidence to suggest that the mature product posed a safety threat." (Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
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Feb 10
Mon
The Case of the Serial Comma (txt)   (0)
When you enumerate more than two things, you need a comma before the "or" or "and" (eg, the good, the bad, and the ugly). This is my rule of thumb for commas: if you would pause naturally when reading the sentence out aloud, that's where a comma should go. You pause between each item of a list, so it makes sense that a comma should go before an "or" or "and". Don't know why they taught me otherwise in primary school. (Quicklink)  •  12:32am  •  
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Feb 10
Sat
Veoh Files for Bankruptcy After Fending Off Infringement Charges (txt)   (0)
Veoh blames it on the lawsuit from Universal Music (which Veoh actually won - I wrote a note about the case here). After $70m in funding, they were unable to raise another round of cash. Not sure what the issue was - that the lawsuit made them burn through their cash quicker than it would take for them to get to profitability? Or their investors just didn't see the path to profit so didn't want to pony up more? (Quicklink)  •  6:27pm  •  
Google Buzz Trick (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:21pm  •  
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Feb 10
Fri
El Bulli to Close Permanently (txt)   (0)
It's down... and out. The upcoming season's diners will be the last to dine at the world's best restaurant. Looks like Adria was tired of making up to €500k in losses each year for the last 10 years. (It kinda makes the €250+ meal price tag seem... digestible.) (Quicklink)  •  10:37pm  •  
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Feb 10
Tue
A Michelin Star Shines in Mongkok (txt)   (0)
The world's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant is in Hong Kong. I thought I linked to this a while ago, but I can't seem to find it. So here it is (possibly for the second time). (Quicklink)  •  11:30pm  •  
Kulula Airlines has cool livery on one of its 737s (img)   (0)
Kulula, South Africa's budget airline, has annotated one of their 737s with lime green livery which annotates the plane's features. Annotations include: "loo (or mile-high club initiation chamber", "black box (which is actually orange)", "landing gear (comes standard with supa-fly mags)", "a.p.u (extra power when you need it most)". (The apu is the auxiliary power unit which provides electricity to the plane when the main engines are off.) Link goes to pictures of the plane. (Quicklink)  •  8:50pm  •  
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Jan 10
Sat
El Bulli closing for two years (txt)   (0)
Well, it's not like 99.5% of us could get a reservation there anyway. (Quicklink)  •  12:11am  •  
Obama takes a swipe at SCOTUS during his State of the Union speech… (vid)   (0)
... while (almost) the entire court is sitting there. And everyone else around them is standing up and clapping. Awwwwwwkward. (Quicklink)  •  12:10am  •  
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Jan 10
Wed
Earth becoming invisible to aliens (txt)   (0)
This would be great material for a sci-fi story. "Dr Frank Drake said the phasing out of analogue transmissions from television, radio and radar was making our planet electronically invisible from outer space. ... But he said with satellites aiming much of their transmissions towards earth now virtually no radiation was escaping into outer space. He explained: 'Now the actual amount of radiation escaping is about two watts, not much more than you get from a cell phone. If this continues into the future, very soon our world will become undetectable.'" (Quicklink)  •  9:58pm  •  
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Jan 10
Tue
Reflections on Australia Day (txt)   (0)
"It’s obvious that we appreciate and take pride in these people and their accomplishments. But for whatever reason, they haven’t become as much a part of our national story as our athletes and larrikins — even though, in many ways, they better reflect the country’s diversity and reality than the myth. In part, this is because Australia has always had a difficult time defining itself. Put it down to our post-European settlement culture being born too late in the game and evolving in insufficient isolation to become truly culturally distinct. But it’s also because it’s part of the very nature of national mythologies to be a pile of crap. I mean, does anyone seriously think that the French are all snobs who wear stripes, or that Americans are all brainless cowboys?" Another one via Ros. (Quicklink)  •  10:52pm  •  
What to expect at tomorrow’s Apple media event (txt)   (0)
This has a good summary of what people are expecting out of tomorrow. I think that people are going to be very distracted at work tomorrow morning. Bonus link: iWish comic. (Quicklink)  •  10:26pm  •  
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Jan 10
Mon
Google Search Stories (vid)   (0)
These videos are great. Watch a few, you'll understand what it is pretty quickly. (Quicklink)  •  9:35pm  •  
Google Chrome Extensions now in Chrome stable (web)   (0)
Chrome's Extensions have now been released into the newly released stable version of Chrome (along with a bookmark sync feature). You can update your copy of Chrome via the "About Google Chrome" menu (or it will automatically do it some time over the next week. (Quicklink)  •  2:05pm  •  
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Jan 10
Sun
Random Wiki entry of the day: Manic Pixie Dream Girl (txt)   (0)
"Manic pixie dream girl (MPDG) is a name given to a type of stock character in films. Film critic Nathan Rabin, who coined the phrase after seeing Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown, describes the MPDG as 'that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.'" (Quicklink)  •  11:56am  •  
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Jan 10
Thu
The Benevolent Sun (txt)   (0)
An article about an American's visit to North Korea. I never get tired of these. Also: the Vice Guide to NK is a short video doco of a similar state-sanctioned tour. (Quicklink)  •  9:47pm  •  
The Space Cannon (txt)   (0)
Half a billion bucks plus 7 years and we could be shooting payloads into outer space. (Quicklink)  •  7:57pm  •  
A physical sculpture that perpetually attempts to auction itself on eBay (img)   (0)
Intriguing. Amusing. But for some reason, also somewhat sinister. (Quicklink)  •  6:02pm  •  
Random Wiki entry of the day: UVB-76 (txt)   (0)
"UVB-76 is the callsign of a shortwave radio station that usually broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz (AM full carrier). It's known among radio listeners by the nickname The Buzzer. It features a short, monotonous buzz tone, repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. The station has been observed since around 1982. In rare occasions, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place. Only three such events have been noted. There is much speculation; however, the actual purpose of this station remains unknown." (Quicklink)  •  5:27pm  •  
ASCIImeo (web)   (0)
Vimeo's videos, asciified. Via @avstand. (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
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Jan 10
Wed
Top 20 movies for law students (txt)   (0)
I've only seen 7 of them and would add A Civil Action to the list. The post author, James Levy, wants to add Deliverance to the list because it neatly illustrates "the policy underlying removal jurisdiction". Yes, yes. That, and aggravated sexual assault. Life was never quite the same after watching that scene. (Quicklink)  •  9:29pm  •  
Apple Boot Camp now has official support for Windows 7 (web)   (0)
Oh please announce a MBP refresh next week. (Quicklink)  •  8:41pm  •  
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Jan 10
Tue
Charting the Beatles (img)   (0)
An exploration of Beatles music through infographics. Neat. (Quicklink)  •  8:26pm  •  
China Pulls 2D Avatar From Theaters (txt)   (0)
Contains some interesting remarks about the Chinese film industry. "China's box office is still small compared with North America's, but the country is a growing marketplace for Hollywood. Revenues surged from 920 million yuan in 2003 to 4.3 billion yuan ($630 million) in 2008 -- compared to $9.8 billion in the U.S. in the same year, according to government statistics." (Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
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Jan 10
Sun
2010: Living In the Future – the book (img)   (0)
Daniel Sinker rediscovered a book he first picked up in the mid-80s. It's a children's book envisioning what life would be like in 2010 (38 years after the book was published in 1972). He scanned the entire book.

Incidentally, whenever I write 2010, the year looks so futuristic. I wonder when that feeling will wear off? (Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
Gender balance on social networking sites (img)   (0)
Infographic showing that there are more women than men on just about all of them! (Quicklink)  •  8:46pm  •  
raraahahahromaromamagagaoohlala.com (web)   (0)
What the domain name says. (Quicklink)  •  8:43pm  •  
Assertive China goes a great leap too far (txt)   (0)
John Garnaut writes how censorship is indicative of the Chinese government's general attitudes which do not create an environment conducive to developing innovators. "Technological innovation, including writing software code, tends to happen when free-ranging minds can freely connect with others in different companies, institutions and walks of life. It requires systems that reward the taking of good, long-term risks. The Chinese Communist Party has never coped well with any of these." (Quicklink)  •  8:41pm  •  
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Jan 10
Sat
Understanding time dilation (vid)   (0)
This is the most intuitive conceptualization of Einstein's special theory of relativity that I've seen. Random memory: I remember myself a friend trying to explain this to another friend many years ago back in high school and it wouldn't take. It was a really frustrating hour. In the end, I think he got it sooner than we realized, but he was having too much fun seeing how pissy we were getting. (Quicklink)  •  8:30pm  •  
The Denzel Washington Venn Diagram (img)   (0)
Hat? Glasses? Facial Hair? (Quicklink)  •  8:14pm  •  
38 Snowmen Nightmares: Scenes from Calvin and Hobbes In Real Life (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:13pm  •  
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Jan 10
Wed
Profile on Haiti (txt)   (0)
Times Article from May 2009. "Haiti is mired in historic debt and in danger of complete collapse. It is stricken by flood and famine, and kidnap, rape and child abuse are rife. So what is the West doing to rescue the ‘nightmare republic’?" And now, an earthquake. (Quicklink)  •  9:38pm  •  
40 Gut-Busting Restaurant Challenges for Free Food (txt)   (0)
Hmm that large bowl of Pho (#6) looks pretty appetizing actually. (Quicklink)  •  8:20pm  •  
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Jan 10
Mon
Top Cyberlaw Developments of 2009 (web)   (0)
Eric Goldman has posted a great list of 10 major developments in US internet case law. (Quicklink)  •  11:18pm  •  
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Jan 10
Wed
Nine Strange Things Found While Searching for Wally (img)   (0)
I refuse to call him Waldo. (Quicklink)  •  10:48pm  •  
Google censors autosuggest results in the US, too (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:27am  •  
The Meanest and Funniest Japanese Television Pranks Ever (vid)   (0)
The Japanese are geniuses!! Prepare for a lot of schadenfreude. And laughing. (Quicklink)  •  9:37am  •  
More rumors about impeding launch of Apple Tablet (txt)   (0)
In short: March launch, about 10 inches, described as a "multimedia device that will let people watch movies and television shows, play games, surf the Internet and read electronic books and newspapers." Better than the PADD. (Quicklink)  •  1:25am  •  
The financials behind Avatar (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:07am  •  
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Jan 10
Mon
PayPal vs Fake PayPal: Can You Tell the Difference? (txt)   (0)
With the internationalization of domain names, phishers may have an easier job because letters in some non-roman character sets look like roman characters after they go through unicode translation (eg, cyrillic). This is pretty scary. (Quicklink)  •  12:56pm  •  
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Dec 09
Tue
The World Without Us (img)   (0)
If humans disappeared from the Earth, how long would it take for our civilization to disappear? (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
How Photo Manipulation Can Be Detected (img)   (0)
An analysis of a Victoria's Secret photo. (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
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Dec 09
Mon
Avatar on the list of highest-grossing films (txt)   (0)
Avatar, open for only a couple of weeks, has already grossed over $600 million globally and is currently ranked 47 (and climbing fast). I still haven't seen it, but will remedy that this week. (Quicklink)  •  10:49pm  •  
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Dec 09
Fri
Winter Storm Disrupts Holiday Travel (txt)   (0)
Lucky to be in California! (Quicklink)  •  10:13am  •  
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Dec 09
Thu
Apple schedules special event for Jan. 26, 2010 (txt)   (0)
Speculation rampant that the fabled Apple Tablet will be announced. (Quicklink)  •  12:34am  •  
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Dec 09
Wed
Video of Texan Man Tackling Emu In Roadside Wrestling Match (vid)   (0)
Yes, you read that correctly. (Quicklink)  •  7:35pm  •  
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Dec 09
Tue
What would a space battle really look like? (txt)   (0)
Joseph Shoer, a PhD student in aerospace engineering, conducts a thought experiment. He points out things like how explosions don't cause much damage in a vacuum, and how bridge crews don't really need windows. (Quicklink)  •  10:07pm  •  
The Karate Kid (remade) trailer (vid)   (0)
Being a child of the 80s, I loved the original Karate Kid. This remake sees Will Smith's kid move to Beijing with his single mum. There, he is bullied by the local Chinese kids, until Mr Miyagi... I mean, Mr Han (played by Jackie Chan), takes him in for kung fu lessons. It looks pretty cool actually! Sweep the leg!! (Quicklink)  •  8:32pm  •  
Google Translate now with transliteration (web)   (0)
I just noticed that Google Translate now has a "type phonetically" function. You can type in an English transliteration (where you spell out the sounds in english letters), and it will convert it into the relevant foreign characters/letters. It works at the moment for Arabic, Persian and Hindi. (Quicklink)  •  11:36am  •  
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Dec 09
Mon
The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:19pm  •  
Alma (vid)   (0)
A short animated film directed by Rodigo Blaas, a Pixar animator. Great animation, but it's a dark story. (Quicklink)  •  9:48pm  •  
SlideShare’s Best Presentations of 2009 (img)   (0)
Some pretty presentations on there. A lot of them seem to be designed to standalone, which might not be the best design for a presentation which is delivered in person (because the focus is meant to be on the presenter, and the slides are meant to support, not replace him or her). (Quicklink)  •  11:40am  •  
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Dec 09
Sun
North America In-Flight WiFi Status Update 2009/2010 (txt)   (1)
It's not surprising that the airlines I've had better experiences with are the ones which are more likely to have Wifi onboard. (Quicklink)  •  7:43pm  •  
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Dec 09
Fri
The Top 10 Cyberlaw Developments of 2009 (txt)   (0)
For anyone interested in (US) tech law. (Quicklink)  •  10:50pm  •  
Australia, the lucky country (txt)   (0)
That's lucky as in "Australians are lucky to be living there" not "Australians got there by luck". Link from Kev. (Quicklink)  •  10:44pm  •  
Epic 70-Minute Review Of Star Wars 1 (vid)   (0)
This video has been posted everywhere, but in case you missed it, this is well worth the 70 minutes of your time. (Quicklink)  •  10:35pm  •  
The Big Picture’s Decade in Photographs (img)   (0)
50 Iconic Photographs from the 2000s. (Quicklink)  •  3:34pm  •  
Reddit’s Secret Santa Program (txt)   (0)
This is a really cool idea and it looks like it was a great success. I read Reddit on most days but I somehow totally missed this was going on. Also, the site gallery is a great place for gift ideas. (Quicklink)  •  12:41am  •  
Twitter via Fax (vid)   (0)
For the geriatric generation. (Quicklink)  •  12:05am  •  
Life Magazine’s 2009 Photos of the Year (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:03am  •  
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Dec 09
Thu
Iron Man 2 Trailer (vid)   (0)
May 2010. Oh yeah. (Quicklink)  •  10:58pm  •  
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (img)   (0)
A 105mb zip file of all the strips is also available for download. (Quicklink)  •  9:05pm  •  
Personalized Gallon Jugs of Tabasco (img)   (0)
I know maybe one person who would actually appreciate this. Still, it seems kinda cool. (Quicklink)  •  8:38pm  •  
16
Dec 09
Wed
Malaysian Firm Buys Friendster (You Forgot Friendster?) (txt)   (0)
I missed this - it happened last week. The acquisition price is reported to be under $30m. Friendster is still fairly popular in SE Asia (just like Orkut is big in Brazil). (Quicklink)  •  10:55pm  •  
iPhone developers abandoning app model for HTML5? (txt)   (0)
But how you gonna make money from that webpage? The App Store is a monetization machine. (Quicklink)  •  12:04pm  •  
Multi-exposure, dual perspective recursive photo (img)   (0)
Took me a little while to figure out what was going on! Nicely set up. What I can't figure out he how he got the shadows right... so either he's a twin, or it's 'shopped. (I mean the shadows, of course the photo-within-the-photo is 'shopped.) (Quicklink)  •  10:51am  •  
The Morgan Freeman Chain of Command (img)   (3)
Haha! (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
15
Dec 09
Tue
Aussie Government green lights internet filter plans (txt)   (0)
*sigh*. (Quicklink)  •  12:05am  •  
Insane Chart of Biochemical Pathways (img)   (0)
It means nothing to me, but it looks extraordinary. (Quicklink)  •  12:04am  •  
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Dec 09
Mon
Diagram of Geek Culture (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:36pm  •  
The Big Picture’s 2009 In Photos (img)   (0)
Part 1 of 3. (Quicklink)  •  11:24pm  •  
13
Dec 09
Sun
@newlywedsontjob on Twitter (txt)   (0)
Here's the background to this Best Man's prank. (Quicklink)  •  9:46pm  •  
A Double Arch (img)   (0)
In the Chartreuse Mountains. Looks spectacular. (Quicklink)  •  9:55am  •  
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Dec 09
Sat
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Dec 09
Fri
Jared Diamond writes on Big Business and how they can be positive for the environment (txt)   (1)
I like this article. There are also a bunch of bullet points at the end of the article that are compelling. (Quicklink)  •  10:41pm  •  
Time’s Year in Pictures 2009 (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:28am  •  
10
Dec 09
Thu
NY Times Mag’s Ninth Annual Year in Ideas (txt)   (0)
Some of my favourites are: Cognitive Illiberalism, Kitchen Sink That Puts Out Fires, Massively Collaborative Mathematics (if only for the novelty of two Fields medallists posting comments on a blog), Social Networks as Foreign Policy. (Quicklink)  •  2:32pm  •  
9
Dec 09
Wed
New Facebook Privacy Settings (txt)   (0)
Facebook recommends that you share your information with... the whole world. (Quicklink)  •  4:28pm  •  
8
Dec 09
Tue
Vanderbilt Law student trolling on Craigslist for, well, a w4m “Joinder of Parties” (txt)   (0)
And here's a Vanderbilt m4w who wants to "pierce your corporate veil". Must be getting lonely in the law library there during finals week. (Quicklink)  •  7:55pm  •  
A Catalogue of Everyday Stuff That Has Become Extinct this Decade (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:37pm  •  
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Dec 09
Mon
The Soccer Wars (txt)   (0)
Foreign Policy article. "The latest source of instability in the Middle East isn't the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or Iran's nukes -- it's a bitter soccer rivalry between Egypt and Algeria." (Quicklink)  •  8:15pm  •  
Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo (vid)   (0)
Sir Richard introduces the world's first manned commercial spacecraft. See also this Wired article. (Quicklink)  •  7:44pm  •  
Google introduces real-time searches (web)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:24pm  •  
6
Dec 09
Sun
How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell (img)   (0)
I can certainly relate to this. (Quicklink)  •  12:24pm  •  
25
Nov 09
Wed
San Francisco: Footage from 1905   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:44pm  •  
Distance between planets   (0)
To scale. Video. (Quicklink)  •  3:44pm  •  
A video of the formation of the universe, Earth, and life   (0)
Beautiful CGI. (Quicklink)  •  3:44pm  •  
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Nov 09
Sat
Best Videos from the Web   (0)
Great site. (Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
If Earth had rings (video)   (0)
Beautiful. (Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
Internet Vices   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:01am  •  
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Nov 09
Wed
Where Should I Eat? Fast Food Edition (Flowchart)   (0)
I'm 13 from 18. (Quicklink)  •  9:37am  •  
17
Nov 09
Tue
Nathan Myhrvold – After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitchens   (0)
Molecular gastonomy. And a 1,500 page cookbook. (Quicklink)  •  3:19pm  •  
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7
Nov 09
Sat
The Complete Guide to Google Wave   (0)
Wave will either make it massively big, or it will peter out. But either way, it will take a relatively long time to happen. (Quicklink)  •  1:39am  •  
The Manufacturing of an American Soldier   (0)
An incredible pictorial/photo series. (Quicklink)  •  1:39am  •  
The ghost fleet of the recession anchored just east of Singapore   (0)
Fascinating article. (Quicklink)  •  1:39am  •  
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Nov 09
Fri
Melbourne To London with a Wideangle Lens   (0)
Here's another one (done 5 months earlier, but without the same kind of publicity, it seems) (Quicklink)  •  12:09am  •  
Denver to Singapore (and back) in 5 minutes   (0)
This is pretty darn neat. I love how his first stop in Singapore was Sim Lim Square! But I don't know why you'd need to go there when you have companies like Newegg in the States... (Quicklink)  •  12:09am  •  
5
Nov 09
Thu
Great Facebook wall call   (0)
NSFW language (Quicklink)  •  2:00am  •  
4
Nov 09
Wed
Blast from the past: computer specs from 1999   (0)
This what $4000 bought me 11 years ago (about $5500-6000 adjusted for inflation). Goodness gracious. (Quicklink)  •  12:35am  •  
XKCD Infographic – character groupings for movies over time   (0)
The one for LOTR is nothing short of awesome. (Quicklink)  •  12:35am  •  
The history of the IMG html tag   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:35am  •  
Sorry. Thanks. Road Rage Reduction Project – words in the rear windscreen   (0)
I'm just waiting for the jokes about Asian drivers needing this. (Quicklink)  •  12:35am  •  
Pirate Bay closure sparked file-sharing boom   (0)
"The temporary closure of the Pirate Bay had the unforeseen side effect of forcing torrent sharers underground and causing a 300% increase in sites providing access to copyright files, according to McAfee." Get with the program, guys. (Quicklink)  •  12:35am  •  
TomTom for the iPhone 3GS released   (0)
The pricing is stupid. The iPhone app is $100. The car kit is $120 (for some plastic and a charging cable - they don't even provide an audio out cable). That's $220. I can get a pretty decent standalone GPS with louder volume and a bigger screen for that price. And Google is doing their app for free. (Quicklink)  •  12:35am  •  
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Nov 09
Tue
Blast from the past: computer specs from 1999   (0)
This what $4000 bought me 11 years ago (about $5500-6000 adjusted for inflation). Goodness gracious. (Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
XKCD Infographic – character groupings for movies over time   (0)
The one for LOTR is nothing short of awesome. (Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
The history of the IMG html tag   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
Sorry. Thanks. Road Rage Reduction Project – words in the rear windscreen   (0)
I'm just waiting for the jokes about Asian drivers needing this. (Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
Pirate Bay closure sparked file-sharing boom   (0)
"The temporary closure of the Pirate Bay had the unforeseen side effect of forcing torrent sharers underground and causing a 300% increase in sites providing access to copyright files, according to McAfee." Get with the program, guys. (Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
TomTom for the iPhone 3GS released   (0)
The pricing is stupid. The iPhone app is $100. The car kit is $120 (for some plastic and a charging cable - they don't even provide an audio out cable). That's $220. I can get a pretty decent standalone GPS with louder volume and a bigger screen for that price. And Google is doing their app for free. (Quicklink)  •  6:04pm  •  
2
Nov 09
Mon
NY licensed attorney will work for free   (0)
So this is what it's coming down to... (although the typo in the ad doesn't bode well) (Quicklink)  •  8:00pm  •  
Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart   (0)
New Scientist article. (Quicklink)  •  8:00pm  •  
Obama Weather   (0)
Weather forecasting that tells you what kind of clothes to wear... by using Obama as a model. And also Angelina Jolie. (Quicklink)  •  8:00pm  •  
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Nov 09
Sun
Rumour: Mallesons & Clifford Chance Set to Merge “Within Weeks”   (0)
I've heard this one before. At least twice. Maybe third time lucky? I have no idea how the economics of it would work, but the notion strikes me as pretty cool. It would dramatically transform the Aussie legal landscape, which is nearly completely unpenetrated by foreign firms (because it's impenetrable?). The other burning question is what the name of a merged entity might be. (Quicklink)  •  11:05am  •  
Why Every Country Has a Different Shaped Electrical Plug   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:05am  •  
The fastest possible mile   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:05am  •  
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Oct 09
Fri
Facebook memorializing prank   (0)
There are a lot of workable solutions to this issue - it's strange they didn't think to implement any of them. Why wouldn't someone logging into the account, say, 48 hours after its initial memorialization, reactivate the account? This would mitigate a lot of prankery... (Quicklink)  •  12:20am  •  
Google GPS   (0)
Sucks to be Garmin and Tomtom. Looks like they didn't innovate fast enough. They just need to pair this up with the iPhone now. (Quicklink)  •  12:20am  •  
27
Oct 09
Tue
Polyculture vs multiculturalism   (0)
It's a review of the a book called The Slap, but it's also an astute comment on the state of multiculturalism in Australia. (Quicklink)  •  11:13pm  •  
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Sun
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Oct 09
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8
Oct 09
Thu
AT&T Reverses Its Policy On iPhone Internet Calls   (0)
Consumers rejoice! (Quicklink)  •  6:24pm  •  
What if oil weren’t priced in dollars?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:24pm  •  
5
Oct 09
Mon
Li Wei Art   (0)
Some pretty cool photography (which is apparently not photoshopped, but created using physical trickery). (Quicklink)  •  4:57am  •  
Star Wars Uncut   (0)
A crowdsourced recreation of Star Wars - fans take 15 second segments of the movie and film it in whatever way they want. The segments will then be stitched together. (Quicklink)  •  4:57am  •  
7 Secrets Only Two Living People Know   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:57am  •  
2
Oct 09
Fri
Copy Editing at The New Yorker Magazine   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:00pm  •  
Why it’s so hard to put sex in the dictionary   (0)
Slate Magazine article, but possibly NSFW. (Quicklink)  •  6:00pm  •  
24
Sep 09
Thu
Should Laws Be Simple or Complicated? A Dialogue   (0)
A great post on The Volokh Conspiracy. (Quicklink)  •  8:19am  •  
Disturbing Message About the Legal Job Market From Columbia Law School   (0)
CLS is recommending that JDs attend the UNDERGRADUATE job fair as well. Think about that for a moment. (Quicklink)  •  8:19am  •  
How Many People Are In Space Right Now?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:19am  •  
6
Sep 09
Sun
The Anatomy of Determination   (0)
Paul Graham article. (Quicklink)  •  1:37am  •  
3
Sep 09
Thu
Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women – Telegraph   (0)
"The results showed men were slower and less accurate after trying to impress the women. The more they fancied them, the worse their score." The reverse was not true. (Quicklink)  •  9:06am  •  
The New Literacy   (0)
"As the school year begins, be ready to hear pundits fretting once again about how kids today can't write—and technology is to blame. Facebook encourages narcissistic blabbering, video and PowerPoint have replaced carefully crafted essays, and texting has dehydrated language into 'bleak, bald, sad shorthand' ... [but the] first thing she found is that young people today write far more than any generation before them." (Quicklink)  •  9:06am  •  
Asserting Your Social Status With Your Facebook Status   (0)
New York Mag article. (Quicklink)  •  9:06am  •  
30
Aug 09
Sun
Home is where the brain is   (0)
SF Mag article about Indians in Silicon Valley. (Quicklink)  •  9:38am  •  
This is s failed robbery attempt with multiple cameras   (0)
Hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  9:38am  •  
A little depressing indeed   (0)
I saw Halley's comet when it passed in the 80s... I was really young at the time, but I still remember my dad taking me outside to see it. (Quicklink)  •  9:38am  •  
26
Aug 09
Wed
Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools   (0)
Yep, I'm livin' it. *sigh* (Quicklink)  •  8:37pm  •  
Best Husband Ever   (0)
Funny YouTube video. (Quicklink)  •  8:37pm  •  
24
Aug 09
Mon
Folding Plug System   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:46pm  •  
20
Aug 09
Thu
The Longest Poem in the World   (0)
Made from rhyming couplets sourced from Twitter (Quicklink)  •  11:42pm  •  
YouTube – Usain Bolt 200 Metres Final, New World Record 19.19 sec   (0)
Wow. Just, wow. (Quicklink)  •  11:42pm  •  
The Longest Poem in the World   (0)
Made from rhyming couplets sourced from Twitter (Quicklink)  •  7:48pm  •  
YouTube – Usain Bolt 200 Metres Final, New World Record 19.19 sec   (0)
Wow. Just, wow. (Quicklink)  •  7:48pm  •  
19
Aug 09
Wed
Secrets of Magus : The New Yorker (1993)   (0)
A really long, but really fascinating and well-written piece about Ricky Jay. You must also check out his rather eruditely presented show: Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants. Utterly brilliant. (Quicklink)  •  8:57am  •  
Singaporean Stanford PhD now a cabby   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:57am  •  
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Aug 09
Tue
Web companies personified   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:46am  •  
17
Aug 09
Mon
Stross-Krugman Transcript from Anticipation World Con in Montreal   (0)
Long but worthwhile, intriguing reading. Krugman is a Nobel Prize winning economist and columnist for the New York Times. Stross is a Hugo award-winning science fiction author. (Quicklink)  •  6:08pm  •  
16
Aug 09
Sun
This Week In Layoffs: 08.15.09 – Above the Law   (0)
Finally, some good news. (Quicklink)  •  10:11am  •  
15
Aug 09
Sat
6
Aug 09
Thu
Paul Tudor Jones on Failure – speech to 9th graders   (0)
Billionaire trader gives a speech that would have also made a great university commencement speech. (Quicklink)  •  11:55pm  •  
Where I Write   (0)
Sci-Fi Writers and their creative spaces (Quicklink)  •  11:55pm  •  
Paul Tudor Jones on Failure – speech to 9th graders   (0)
Billionaire trader gives a speech that would have also made a great university commencement speech. (Quicklink)  •  11:46am  •  
Where I Write   (0)
Sci-Fi Writers and their creative spaces (Quicklink)  •  11:46am  •  
5
Aug 09
Wed
Girl Gets Answer Very Wrong   (0)
I really cracked up when they pan over to the kid who gets the answer right and realise that he's... (Quicklink)  •  8:59am  •  
On Consistency   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:59am  •  
4
Aug 09
Tue
Sticky Light   (0)
Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
I Spit in it too!   (0)
Back in high school, a friend used to resort to breathing into a newly purchased bag of chips like a hyperventilator uses a brown paper bag because people would otherwise nick all of them. (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
How Different Groups Spend Their Day   (0)
NY Times interactive graphic. (Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:28am  •  
26
Jul 09
Sun
Mourning the Death of Handwriting   (0)
Time Magazine article. Hey, I do cursive. I always thought running writing was a natural progression when you wanted to write faster than you can with printing (like the day when my year 4 teacher let me upgrade from writing with pencils to pens - pens were forbidden in year 3!)... turns out I was wrong. (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
24
Jul 09
Fri
Orwellian Amazon kindles Big Brother fears   (0)
Copyright woes result in Amazon automatically deleting material previously bought by Kindle users. Includes a quote from a former colleague. (Quicklink)  •  12:03pm  •  
19
Jul 09
Sun
On Hand for Space History, as Superpowers Spar`   (0)
Great NY Times commemorative article (Quicklink)  •  2:24pm  •  
We Choose the Moon   (0)
This is cool (Quicklink)  •  2:24pm  •  
17
Jul 09
Fri
When programmers design web sites   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:01am  •  
26 More Ridiculously Questionable T-Shirts   (0)
Some potentially nsfw. (Quicklink)  •  10:01am  •  
13
Jul 09
Mon
When a guy says, “Go make me a Sandwich,” what’s a good comeback?   (0)
Oh that's a good comeback... I almost spat my drink out at the library. (Quicklink)  •  9:29am  •  
What Your Computer Does While You Wait   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:29am  •  
Tale of 4 Newsweek Covers   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:29am  •  
Vodka Shot Skills   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:29am  •  
12
Jul 09
Sun
Gilbraltar Airport   (0)
Is intersected by a road... (Quicklink)  •  3:07pm  •  
11
Jul 09
Sat
Those were the days, huh?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:06pm  •  
10
Jul 09
Fri
San Francisco’s multicolored salt ponds   (0)
I've always wondered what those things were! (Quicklink)  •  4:35pm  •  
8
Jul 09
Wed
Why I only speak one language   (0)
I got the monolingual blues... (Quicklink)  •  12:24pm  •  
IP Addresses Are Not ‘Personally Identifiable’ Information   (0)
US court rules. (Quicklink)  •  12:24pm  •  
7
Jul 09
Tue
Introducing the Google Chrome OS   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:37pm  •  
Great optical illusion   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:37pm  •  
2
Jul 09
Thu
IBM’s Blindfolded Calculator   (0)
Homomorphic encryption (Quicklink)  •  5:42pm  •  
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Jun 09
Sun
23
Jun 09
Tue
Find My iPhone works, and it is awesome   (0)
That's larceny right there... (Quicklink)  •  11:33am  •  
How hedge fund wives are learning to cope   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:33am  •  
18
Jun 09
Thu
Prank on an intern   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:56am  •  
15
Jun 09
Mon
Gulfstream repo man   (0)
Really interesting article. (Quicklink)  •  6:14pm  •  
12
Jun 09
Fri
The Facebook Generation   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:41pm  •  
9
Jun 09
Tue
The Definition of Reverse Psychology?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:55am  •  
E/N Community Census 2000   (3)
Blast from the past. (I love the "relatively large" comment referring to pages "several hundred kbs" big.) (Quicklink)  •  8:55am  •  
There’s no such thing as a perfect child when it comes to the HSC   (0)
NSW changes top score from 100 to 99.95. Uh...why? (Quicklink)  •  8:55am  •  
8
Jun 09
Mon
Weekend Competition: Tom Swifties, on NYTimes.com   (0)
"Tom Swifties" are curious puns that monkey with the description of reported speech for comic effect. For example: "I manufacture table tops," said Tom counterproductively. (Quicklink)  •  8:24am  •  
Who Can Name the Bigger Number?   (0)
Really interesting article. (Written in 1999) (Quicklink)  •  8:24am  •  
Was it luck or skill?   (0)
Youtube vid. (Quicklink)  •  8:24am  •  
Apple debuts speedier iPhone 3G S with built-in video camera   (0)
Internet tethering! Compass, 3MP camera with video recording, etc, etc. 32 GB model is US$299. (Quicklink)  •  8:24am  •  
Rising Above I.Q.   (0)
Interesting NY Times article from columnist Nicholas Kristof. (Quicklink)  •  8:24am  •  
5
Jun 09
Fri
Obama’s Address in Cairo   (0)
Video and transcript. (Quicklink)  •  12:44am  •  
31
May 09
Sun
The Chaser’s War on Everything is back   (0)
First episode available online. Absolutely hilarious! (Quicklink)  •  12:09pm  •  
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May 09
Sat
29
May 09
Fri
Sol, your wake-up call is important: we’ve no good reason to be smug   (0)
Sol's comments about racism in Australia have some basis behind them. (Quicklink)  •  12:10pm  •  
Quite a money spinner   (0)
An enterprising Californian lawyer has made millions of dollars after persuading 4,000 attorneys to pay him to use a logo he designed. (Quicklink)  •  12:10pm  •  
Bird uses body as dam to stop drainpipe soaking chicks   (0)
With pic (Quicklink)  •  12:10pm  •  
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May 09
Tue
Somalia… a libertarian dream   (0)
This gem from Ros. (Quicklink)  •  1:22pm  •  
Confessions of an Introverted Traveler   (0)
Insightful article comparing the travel styles of introverts and extroverts. (Quicklink)  •  1:22pm  •  
25
May 09
Mon
Three-hour rescue ordeal after slipping in squat toilet   (0)
My worst childhood fears realised. When I was young, my maternal grandparents only had a squat toilet at their place in Singapore and I was terrified of it. Whenever I needed to take a crap, I refused to do it there, necessitating in an urgent expedition to find a sit-down toilet elsewhere. (Quicklink)  •  3:25pm  •  
17
May 09
Sun
Caption Mr. Miyagi   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:02pm  •  
Better Late Than Never   (0)
The World Record for the longest time to complete a marathon is... (Quicklink)  •  5:02pm  •  
15
May 09
Fri
A Pakistani Underworld   (0)
An NY Times video about Two Pakistani entrepreneurs running a business, the true nature of which some of its employees aren't even aware... "Relaxing seating, it is utilized as a seaside relaxation seat..." (Quicklink)  •  5:08pm  •  
10
May 09
Sun
9
May 09
Sat
10 Bottles Of Wine You Can’t Afford To Uncork   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:09am  •  
The Pirate Chronicles   (0)
For Somali Pirates, Worst Enemy May Be on Shore (Quicklink)  •  10:09am  •  
Aerial Virtual tour of New York   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:09am  •  
8
May 09
Fri
Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise   (0)
Funny. Via Ros (again) (Quicklink)  •  2:10pm  •  
The Future Shock   (1)
An awesome prank stretching over a few years. Via Ros. (Quicklink)  •  2:10pm  •  
7
May 09
Thu
Going Dutch – How I Learned to Love the European Welfare State   (0)
Lessons from Dutch society. A long, but very interesting read. NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  1:22am  •  
5
May 09
Tue
Space-racism is bad: And 17 other not-so-subtle lessons learned from Star Trek   (0)
Actually looking forward to the new Trek movie coming out this week... (Quicklink)  •  1:46am  •  
3
May 09
Sun
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Apr 09
Wed
Michael Douglas to Star in Wall Street 2   (0)
Greed... is good. Gordon Gecko gets out of jail. (Quicklink)  •  11:42am  •  
Chop Chop Square   (0)
Walrus Magazine has an article detailing a beheading in Saudi Arabia: "Inside Saudi Arabia's brutal justice system." (Quicklink)  •  11:42am  •  
Judge rejects Utah music producer’s resentencing bid   (0)
Weldon Angelos' case has been going on for years now. (Quicklink)  •  11:42am  •  
23
Apr 09
Thu
A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets   (0)
IPOs are virtually non-existent and M&A events are far and few between. Can Secondmarket provide a third way to exit VC investments? "The new market will be open only to accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers, which the S.E.C. defines as financially sophisticated enough to invest in high-risk securities about which there is little public information. These include individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 million and institutions that manage at least $100 million in securities." (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
Kyocera’s proof of concept kinetic energy-powered, flexible OLED mobile phone   (1)
via Ros. (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
18
Apr 09
Sat
Mogulus Live Broadcast   (0)
Link live for today only from 9am local time. See a bunch of coders, b-schoolers, d-schoolers and l-schoolers go at it at the venture weekend. (Quicklink)  •  11:53pm  •  
12
Apr 09
Sun
Extreme Sheep LED Art   (0)
Awesome stuff. I'm surprised the Kiwis didn't come up with this first. (Quicklink)  •  12:04pm  •  
The Dark Side of Dubai   (0)
Article from The Independent: "Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging." (Quicklink)  •  12:04pm  •  
100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:04pm  •  
You are being lied to about pirates   (0)
Unclean hands all around. (Quicklink)  •  12:04pm  •  
11
Apr 09
Sat
Jug of Beer Down in 5 seconds   (0)
See it to believe it. (Quicklink)  •  12:53am  •  
Pong, Street Fight IV edition   (0)
The guy on the right needs a bit of practice. (Quicklink)  •  12:53am  •  
7
Apr 09
Tue
Feed Your Family For A Week   (0)
Shows the amount of food people around the world buy to keep their families fed for a week. Pretty jarring. (Quicklink)  •  8:41pm  •  
6
Apr 09
Mon
Bill Gates’ Facebook Profile   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:32pm  •  
2
Apr 09
Thu
The Longitude Problem   (0)
Circa 18th C. (Quicklink)  •  1:29pm  •  
1
Apr 09
Wed
Google is getting into the VC business   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:01am  •  
Socceroos are facing off against Uzbekistan in world cup qualifier   (0)
If they win, they're pretty much into the World Cup finals. Go Socceroos! (Quicklink)  •  1:01am  •  
Google gBall   (0)
Actually, something like this for golf balls would be useful. I wonder if there are trademark issues with using Sherrin's logo on that page without their permission (assuming that is the case). Whoops, there I go, thinking about the legal implications of an April Fool's joke. Sorry. (Quicklink)  •  1:01am  •  
Reddit has become Reddigg!   (0)
For April 1. (Quicklink)  •  1:01am  •  
Time lapse video of mushrooms growing   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:01am  •  
Did You Know video   (0)
Pretty interesting, although some of the stats are a little dodgy. The adoption rates part was startling - I think Facebook has joined the pantheon of online things that most people will use every day (along with Google search and e-mail). (Quicklink)  •  1:01am  •  
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Mar 09
Tue
Google is getting into the VC business   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:31am  •  
Socceroos are facing off against Uzbekistan in world cup qualifier   (0)
If they win, they're pretty much into the World Cup finals. Go Socceroos! (Quicklink)  •  9:31am  •  
Google gBall   (0)
Actually, something like this for golf balls would be useful. I wonder if there are trademark issues with using Sherrin's logo on that page without their permission (assuming that is the case). Whoops, there I go, thinking about the legal implications of an April Fool's joke. Sorry. (Quicklink)  •  9:31am  •  
Reddit has become Reddigg!   (0)
For April 1. (Quicklink)  •  9:31am  •  
Time lapse video of mushrooms growing   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:31am  •  
Did You Know video   (0)
Pretty interesting, although some of the stats are a little dodgy. The adoption rates part was startling - I think Facebook has joined the pantheon of online things that most people will use every day (along with Google search and e-mail). (Quicklink)  •  9:31am  •  
30
Mar 09
Mon
Justice after Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration   (0)
Article in Harper's (Quicklink)  •  2:48pm  •  
29
Mar 09
Sun
International Herald Tribune   (0)
IHT.com has reformatted to match the layout of NYTimes.com (the paper has always been the "international edition" of the Times, but the website has up till now had separate branding). (Quicklink)  •  11:28pm  •  
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Mar 09
Thu
Chris Brown features in Peanuts   (0)
As depicted by Mad... (Quicklink)  •  2:50pm  •  
Wavicles   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:50pm  •  
Huffington Post reports on people forcing their cats to go on Vegan diets   (0)
What is wrong with you people?! I mean... seriously! (Quicklink)  •  2:50pm  •  
25
Mar 09
Wed
This is quite amusing   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
16
Mar 09
Mon
Challenges of Practicing Golf   (0)
Mastery, Just 10,000 Hours Away. I'm not sure that I buy this completely. (Quicklink)  •  10:19am  •  
3
Mar 09
Tue
Human Fails Turing Test   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:47am  •  
28
Feb 09
Sat
It’s all Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension   (0)
In English we have the expression, "It's all Greek to me." What's the equivalent in other languages? Apparently it's Chinese for Greeks, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russians, Hebrew speakers, Dutch, Hungarians, Latvians and Lithuanians! (Quicklink)  •  8:22pm  •  
23
Feb 09
Mon
Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate About Packaging   (0)
I have to agree with this... it takes me twice as long now to figure out which Tropicana cartons are pulp free, some pulp or lots of pulp... (Quicklink)  •  1:43pm  •  
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Feb 09
Sat
12
Feb 09
Thu
The AP Reveals Details of Facebook/ConnectU Settlement With Greatest Hack Ever   (0)
Another story from the pages of When Redacting Goes Wrong (Quicklink)  •  12:00am  •  
9
Feb 09
Mon
This is why you’re fat   (0)
Food items with calories in the upper four digit range (and above). (Quicklink)  •  10:16pm  •  
8
Feb 09
Sun
How we cheated flames of death   (0)
First hand account of the terrible Victorian bushfires. (Quicklink)  •  10:48pm  •  
7
Feb 09
Sat
Globetrotter XL (game)   (0)
Level 9, 13700pts (Quicklink)  •  1:27pm  •  
6
Feb 09
Fri
MacGyver meets Saw   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:36am  •  
F.A.A. Releases Flight 1549 Tapes   (0)
With audio excerpts. (Quicklink)  •  12:36am  •  
5
Feb 09
Thu
MacGyver meets Saw   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:45am  •  
F.A.A. Releases Flight 1549 Tapes   (0)
With audio excerpts. (Quicklink)  •  10:45am  •  
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Feb 09
Sun
Why are the sun and moon the same size in the sky?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
Why traffic stops on freeways for no apparent reason   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
My coffeehouse nightmare   (0)
The cafe business ain't as easy as it seems. (Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
The 21 combinational deadly sins   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
Bottled Waters Lose Their Effervescence   (0)
BusinessWeek article. (Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
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Jan 09
Fri
Leningrad’s Past Comes Back to Haunt it   (0)
Interesting pictures. (Quicklink)  •  12:13pm  •  
Justice Kirby retires, but has eyes on post with UN   (0)
Check out that dissent rate. (Quicklink)  •  12:13pm  •  
Zimbabwe Opposition to Join Government   (0)
Hmmm, this can't end well. (Quicklink)  •  12:13pm  •  
29
Jan 09
Thu
Best bug report ever   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:05am  •  
Zimbabwe sidelines its currency   (0)
It's about time. They just printed a Z$100 trillion note, and this was after ten zeroes were lopped off the currency's value last year. (Quicklink)  •  10:05am  •  
White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code   (0)
Cool. (Quicklink)  •  10:05am  •  
28
Jan 09
Wed
Biglaw Siblings to Compete on the Amazing Race   (0)
Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  12:01am  •  
17
Jan 09
Sat
As Luck Would Have It   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:50pm  •  
15
Jan 09
Thu
Justice Anthony Kennedy to give Stanford Commencement address   (0)
He's no Steve Jobs or Oprah Winfrey, but he's particularly apt for us law students! (Quicklink)  •  3:23pm  •  
14
Jan 09
Wed
Best of Craigslist post   (0)
Now I'm probably going to get into trouble for posting that. (Quicklink)  •  10:45am  •  
11
Jan 09
Sun
Alan Dershowitz: The CNN strategy   (0)
I found this compelling. (Quicklink)  •  12:13am  •  
7
Jan 09
Wed
Where Is Israel Going?   (3)
"Once Rabin moved to end the conflict, he ended Israel's isolation as well. (If the problem was undying Jew-hatred, Rabin's opening to the Palestinians would not have affected Israel's standing)." Compare this with the article linked below. I'm not sure how any third party can really back either side - as things stand, it's a lose-lose situation for all involved. (Quicklink)  •  10:12am  •  
Israel acts because the world won’t defend it   (0)
"Why, he asked, doesn't Israel offer to give back the West Bank and Gaza? Why doesn't it just let the Palestinians have a state there? If the Palestinians turned it down, he said, then at least liberal opinion would be on Israel's side and would rally to its assistance. So I patiently explained to this kind, good man that Israel had, at Camp David in 2000, made precisely this offer and that it had been rejected out of hand by Yassir Arafat, not even used as the basis for negotiation. I told him that Israel was no longer in Gaza, having withdrawn unilaterally and taken the settlers with it. The Palestinians had greeted this movement with suicide bombs and rockets." (Quicklink)  •  10:12am  •  
Live fast, bull rider   (0)
Luke Snyder earned $348,560.54 the season he turned 19 from riding bulls. "He is now known in bull-riding circles for an ironman streak of 236 consecutive P.B.R. events. Part of each event is killing time between rounds." (Quicklink)  •  10:12am  •  
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Tue
Joke   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:32pm  •  
The Assumption Song   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:32pm  •  
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Jan 09
Mon
The End of the Financial World as We Know It – NYTimes.com   (0)
Co-written by Michael Lewis in the NY Times. (Quicklink)  •  11:07pm  •  
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Jan 09
Sat
Worst night out ever   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:00pm  •  
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Dec 08
Wed
Why Israel Feels Threatened   (0)
As disproportionate as the Gaza bombings appear to be, this Times article gives the feeling that Israel is being backed into a tight corner again. (I should note that "proportionality" has a special meaning under international law - I'm using it in the colloquial sense.) (Quicklink)  •  9:15pm  •  
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Dec 08
Tue
Newsweek interviews a Somali pirate   (0)
"We know the EU and NATO forces are coming, but that is not the solution. The solution is to restore peace in Somalia so that we can have a better life and more job opportunities. I can tell you that sending forces will not stop us going into piracy. They can arrest us if they find us out at sea, they've arrested our friends several times, but that will never deter us from this business. The only thing that can stop piracy is a strong government in Somalia." (Quicklink)  •  9:23am  •  
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Dec 08
Fri
Professor Lessig moving back to Harvard at the academic year end   (0)
Prompted by his shift in academic focus from free culture to corruption, Larry Lessig is (with some measure of reluctance) going to back to the East to direct the Safra Center for Ethics. (Quicklink)  •  2:41pm  •  
Video Shows Every Flight on Earth in 72 Seconds   (0)
Posted this before, but link shows several other videos focussing on Europe and the US. (Quicklink)  •  2:41pm  •  
You have been served… on Facebook   (0)
Substituted service by email, then text message, and now Wall Posts! "[D]efendants in the case could be validly served by the plaintiff sending a message by computer to the Facebook pages of both defendants informing them of the entry of and the terms of the judgment." (Quicklink)  •  2:41pm  •  
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Dec 08
Mon
The Tenerife Airline Disaster   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:57pm  •  
Singaporean Durian Degustation Session   (0)
I think I threw up a bit in my mouth. (Quicklink)  •  1:57pm  •  
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Dec 08
Fri
Piracy Is Terrorism   (0)
Yet another piracy article. This is a good one on the legal aspects of piracy. I remember being told when I was studying international law that much of customary international law is contentious, but one aspect that is universally recognized is the laws about piracy. It seemed quaint at the time. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Grand Theft Nautical   (0)
Another interesting Somalia piracy article. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Michael Malloy   (0)
Totally hardcore homeless dude. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Fighting Pirates Off the Somali Coast   (0)
The Post suggests guarding the ports. "A legal basis for a pirate blockade exists. In fact, piracy has been a crime under international law since the 17th century. Building on customary law and the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention, the Security Council in June authorized a six-month mandate, which this week was extended for a year, for cooperating states to use force against pirates in Somali territorial waters and on the high seas. Because piracy is a crime of universal jurisdiction, captors with no connection to the victims, property or perpetrators may detain and prosecute suspects. For those who prefer to extradite suspects from Somalia, nearby Kenya is an option; its courts have been convicting pirates for years." (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Zimbabwe gets even worse   (0)
Economist article. "When it looks as if things cannot possibly get worse, they do." (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Somalian pirates now threatening cruise ships   (0)
"The agency cited this week's widely reported pirate attack on the 684-passenger Oceania Nautica, an upscale cruise ship filled with Americans, Canadians and Australians, as a sign of the growing danger." What are the pirates going to do if they hijack a ship with 1000 crew and passengers? Do they have the resources and organization to hold that many people hostage on a single ship? I wonder if that might make governments sit up and take more notice when the "payload" comprises human lives. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Charter of rights foes tilting at scary straw monsters   (0)
"Indeed, most of the time they have been firing away at something that is not remotely likely to emerge in Australia, namely an entrenched constitutional bill of rights, a la the United States of America. We're far too frightened and insecure a country for anything as heroic as that." And I love this paragraph: 'I see in the paper the other day that Hatzistergos responded to Justice Michael Kirby's support for a charter of rights. "His Honour is profoundly wrong," said the state Attorney General, and then this, a truly remarkable sentence coming from a member of the NSW Government: "We have democratically elected politicians with the capacity, the mandate, the authority, the skill and the experience to be able to reflect the values of the community and distil those into legislation."' (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
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Dec 08
Thu
Piracy Is Terrorism   (0)
Yet another piracy article. This is a good one on the legal aspects of piracy. I remember being told when I was studying international law that much of customary international law is contentious, but one aspect that is universally recognized is the laws about piracy. It seemed quaint at the time. (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
Grand Theft Nautical   (0)
Another interesting Somalia piracy article. (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
Michael Malloy   (0)
Totally hardcore homeless dude. (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
Fighting Pirates Off the Somali Coast   (0)
The Post suggests guarding the ports. "A legal basis for a pirate blockade exists. In fact, piracy has been a crime under international law since the 17th century. Building on customary law and the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention, the Security Council in June authorized a six-month mandate, which this week was extended for a year, for cooperating states to use force against pirates in Somali territorial waters and on the high seas. Because piracy is a crime of universal jurisdiction, captors with no connection to the victims, property or perpetrators may detain and prosecute suspects. For those who prefer to extradite suspects from Somalia, nearby Kenya is an option; its courts have been convicting pirates for years." (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
Zimbabwe gets even worse   (0)
Economist article. "When it looks as if things cannot possibly get worse, they do." (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
Somalian pirates now threatening cruise ships   (0)
"The agency cited this week's widely reported pirate attack on the 684-passenger Oceania Nautica, an upscale cruise ship filled with Americans, Canadians and Australians, as a sign of the growing danger." What are the pirates going to do if they hijack a ship with 1000 crew and passengers? Do they have the resources and organization to hold that many people hostage on a single ship? I wonder if that might make governments sit up and take more notice when the "payload" comprises human lives. (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
Charter of rights foes tilting at scary straw monsters   (0)
"Indeed, most of the time they have been firing away at something that is not remotely likely to emerge in Australia, namely an entrenched constitutional bill of rights, a la the United States of America. We're far too frightened and insecure a country for anything as heroic as that." And I love this paragraph: 'I see in the paper the other day that Hatzistergos responded to Justice Michael Kirby's support for a charter of rights. "His Honour is profoundly wrong," said the state Attorney General, and then this, a truly remarkable sentence coming from a member of the NSW Government: "We have democratically elected politicians with the capacity, the mandate, the authority, the skill and the experience to be able to reflect the values of the community and distil those into legislation."' (Quicklink)  •  9:34am  •  
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Dec 08
Wed
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names   (0)
Featuring bastardane, dickite, curious chloride and fucitol. (Quicklink)  •  2:36am  •  
New Michelin guide gives first Chinese chef its top rating   (0)
Three stars to Lung King Heen (HK) and Robuchon a Galera (Macau). (Quicklink)  •  2:36am  •  
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Dec 08
Tue
Turritopsis nutricula   (0)
Immortal. (Quicklink)  •  12:23am  •  
Pirates Give World Markets a Lesson in Economics   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:23am  •  
I’m Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq   (0)
Washington Post article. "I thought you would torture me, and when you didn't, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That's why I decided to cooperate." (Quicklink)  •  12:23am  •  
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Dec 08
Mon
Turritopsis nutricula   (0)
Immortal. (Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
Pirates Give World Markets a Lesson in Economics   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
I’m Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq   (0)
Washington Post article. "I thought you would torture me, and when you didn't, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That's why I decided to cooperate." (Quicklink)  •  11:12pm  •  
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Nov 08
Sun
Dancing Plague of 1518   (0)
"The Dancing Plague of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion." (Quicklink)  •  11:01am  •  
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Nov 08
Fri
Star Wars vs. Star Trek (video)   (0)
This is totally hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  10:12pm  •  
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Nov 08
Thu
BHP has pulled its bid for Rio Tinto   (0)
A deal that was worth US$190bn at one stage was only worth US$66bn when it came undone. (Quicklink)  •  11:35am  •  
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Nov 08
Wed
Top 10 signs you drank too much   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
GPS guides tourists into ghetto   (0)
My Brazilian classmates all had bulletproofed cars back in Brazil. I can see why now... (Quicklink)  •  11:50am  •  
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Nov 08
Tue
The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:47am  •  
Letter from Iceland (Fin Times)   (0)
Insights into the plight of Iceland. Lengthy, but good reading. "On collecting our daughter from her handball practice, I learnt the news that her club could not obtain the foreign currency it needed to release their new team shirts from customs. The city's myriad sports teams rely on local sponsors and our daughter also brought the news that this source of funding for her team was likely to dry up in the months to come. Later that evening, Skype, our communications lifeline, would not renew our credits with an Icelandic credit card. E-mails began to arrive from friends overseas, alarmed by news reports and asking if we were all right." (Quicklink)  •  12:47am  •  
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Nov 08
Mon
U.S. Offers Citigroup Expansive Safety Net   (0)
Details of the Citigroup bailout plan. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
Internet drives policy rethink – Lindsay Tanner on “peer production” and Web 2.0-ising the government   (0)
Tanner is the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (the name of his portfolio is unfortunate given what has happened this year). But shouldn't Senator Conroy be the minister exploring this rather than trying to implement this terrible idea of imposing filters on Australian net users?! And, given that there's now an acknowledgement about the importance of user-generated content, what about copyright reform?? (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct   (0)
Economist article. "The idea that graffiti-spraying and other forms of low-level delinquency promote further bad behaviour has now been tested experimentally." (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
Lawyers Wanted – Abroad, That Is   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
Progressive complaints about Obama’s appointments   (0)
"So many progressives were misled about what Obama is and what he believes. But it wasn't Obama who misled them. It was their own desires, their eagerness to see what they wanted to see rather than what reality offered." (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
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Nov 08
Sun
U.S. Offers Citigroup Expansive Safety Net   (0)
Details of the Citigroup bailout plan. (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
Internet drives policy rethink – Lindsay Tanner on “peer production” and Web 2.0-ising the government   (0)
Tanner is the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (the name of his portfolio is unfortunate given what has happened this year). But shouldn't Senator Conroy be the minister exploring this rather than trying to implement this terrible idea of imposing filters on Australian net users?! And, given that there's now an acknowledgement about the importance of user-generated content, what about copyright reform?? (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct   (0)
Economist article. "The idea that graffiti-spraying and other forms of low-level delinquency promote further bad behaviour has now been tested experimentally." (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
Lawyers Wanted – Abroad, That Is   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
Progressive complaints about Obama’s appointments   (0)
"So many progressives were misled about what Obama is and what he believes. But it wasn't Obama who misled them. It was their own desires, their eagerness to see what they wanted to see rather than what reality offered." (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
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Nov 08
Sat
English marks a million   (0)
Economist article. "English does indeed have lots of words, almost certainly more than any other tongue. That is the consequence of its evolution. Basically Germanic, it was expanded by the conquering Normans, who introduced French, and the medieval scholars and clergy, who used Latin. As the global language of the modern world, it now has lots of local variants--some recompense perhaps for the words it helps to obliterate as more and more languages become extinct." (Quicklink)  •  2:43pm  •  
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Nov 08
Tue
Race on to build world’s first space elevator   (0)
Vapourware for now... (Quicklink)  •  1:49pm  •  
Star Trek trailers   (0)
I initially saw this at the cinema before Quantum of Solace. People clapped after the trailer. As much as I have been ragging on it for the last year, I must say the new movie looks like it could be quite fun. Might be the shot in the arm the franchise needs to bring Trek to the next next generation. (Quicklink)  •  1:49pm  •  
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Nov 08
Mon
Somali pirates hijack Saudi tanker loaded with oil   (0)
This Somali pirates thing is really getting out of hand. (Quicklink)  •  8:19pm  •  
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Nov 08
Sun
Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has to, Yes He Can   (0)
"In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful. For all the perquisites and power afforded the president, the chief executive of the United States is essentially deprived by law and by culture of some of the very tools that other chief executives depend on to survive and to thrive. Mr. Obama, however, seems intent on pulling the office at least partly into the 21st century on that score; aides said he hopes to have a laptop computer on his desk in the Oval Office, making him the first American president to do so." (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
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Nov 08
Fri
Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the test   (0)
"Harriet Russell decided to lay down a challenge to her postmen and women with a series of brain-teasers, and as Jonathan Brown reports, they responded." With pictures. (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
Buying homelands   (0)
Economist article. The Maldives might soon be underwater and its new President is looking at buying itself a new country. "It’s a buyer’s market in property these days; and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap. But they may be spoilt for choice: think of all the tiresome bits of territory that other countries would like to offload. The snooty English, for instance, have long disparaged Wales, which they caricature unfairly as being populated mostly by Methodist preachers and disaffected sheep." (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
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Nov 08
Thu
Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:13pm  •  
Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the test   (0)
"Harriet Russell decided to lay down a challenge to her postmen and women with a series of brain-teasers, and as Jonathan Brown reports, they responded." With pictures. (Quicklink)  •  12:13pm  •  
Buying homelands   (0)
Economist article. The Maldives might soon be underwater and its new President is looking at buying itself a new country. "It’s a buyer’s market in property these days; and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap. But they may be spoilt for choice: think of all the tiresome bits of territory that other countries would like to offload. The snooty English, for instance, have long disparaged Wales, which they caricature unfairly as being populated mostly by Methodist preachers and disaffected sheep." (Quicklink)  •  12:13pm  •  
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Nov 08
Wed
The End of Wall Street’s Boom   (0)
Another great Michael Lewis article in Portfolio. (Quicklink)  •  12:35pm  •  
Obama Already Stimulating The Economy   (0)
"Trademark applicants jumping on the President-elect's brand wagon". (Quicklink)  •  12:35pm  •  
Law Firms Feel Strain of Layoffs and Cutbacks   (0)
You know things are bad when even lawyers are getting laid off. (Quicklink)  •  12:35pm  •  
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Nov 08
Fri
The 2008 Candy Hierarchy   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
6
Nov 08
Thu
Annals of Business: The Uses of Adversity   (0)
Can underprivileged outsiders have an advantage? Looks at Sidney Weinberg, who worked his way up from the mailroom to be a senior partner at Goldman Sachs in the early 1920s. A Malcolm Gladwell article in the New Yorker. (Quicklink)  •  2:02am  •  
C-C-C-Combo Breaker   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:02am  •  
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Nov 08
Wed
Presidential Big Board – Election Results 2008   (0)
I would say that North Carolina and Indiana go with Obama and Missouri goes with McCain. If that's the case, then my EV prediction was spot on, and my state-by-state position was almost right (just needed to switch IN and MO around). And check out the Senate race in Alaska... it looks like Ted Stevens, a corrupt Senator and a convicted felon, looks like he will win re-election. The mind boggles. (He won't be able to serve in the Senate, but I hear that job will fall to the state's governor. And we all know who that is now.) (Quicklink)  •  3:44am  •  
Barack Obama’s Victory Speech Video   (0)
With transcript. The orator of our generation. (Quicklink)  •  3:44am  •  
John McCain’s Concession Speech Video   (0)
With transcript. Gracious and respectable. (Quicklink)  •  3:44am  •  
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Nov 08
Sun
The Year of Living on the Edge of Our Seats   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  2:29pm  •  
China U-turn on online money-making   (0)
This significant development is a world first. "Less than two years after 'strictly forbidding' players of online computer games from making money from trade in virtual currencies, China has announced a 20 per cent tax for such income." (Quicklink)  •  2:29pm  •  
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Tue
Brand New: Pepsi, New Bottles   (1)
I think they lack character. They look more like supermarket house brand labels now. (Quicklink)  •  6:50pm  •  
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Oct 08
Mon
The Mind-BlackBerry Problem   (0)
Driving while on a cell phone may seem innocuous sometimes, but... Slate magazine article. "Scientists call this phenomenon 'cognitive capture' or 'inattention blindness.' The mind, captured by the world inside the phone, becomes blind to the world outside it. Millions of people move among us in this half-absent state. Mentally, they're living in another world." (Quicklink)  •  10:35am  •  
Net filters may block porn and gambling sites   (0)
The idea of mandatory nationwide filters is disturbing. It sounds a lot like what happens in China, and we're relying on governmental agencies to properly administer the blacklist. But you can be certain that things that shouldn't be blocked, will be blocked. (Quicklink)  •  10:35am  •  
UNSW’s free wi-fi swamped with illegal downloads   (0)
Compare with the policies around here, where everyone gets their net access through the university. And there's the DMCA of course, along with rights holders being more active (perhaps a little too active in some cases) in looking after their stuff. (Quicklink)  •  10:35am  •  
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Oct 08
Sun
Four Things We Wish Weren’t Still News   (0)
Man, I can't believe #1 is still going on! (Quicklink)  •  9:00am  •  
24
Oct 08
Fri
Wassup 2008 remix version   (0)
This is cool. Less than 2 weeks to go! (Quicklink)  •  11:20pm  •  
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Wed
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Oct 08
Tue
$1 petrol sparks havoc   (0)
Wow, people get that feral over a one-off saving of about $20? Times must be tough! (Quicklink)  •  1:22am  •  
Chimpanzee learns to ride Segway   (0)
Another wacky Japanese Youtube video. (Quicklink)  •  1:22am  •  
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Oct 08
Sun
Iron Chef – Beeeeeeeeer   (0)
There's something strangely addictive about watching and rewatching this video... (Quicklink)  •  12:24am  •  
17
Oct 08
Fri
Video of an Exchange Floor Trader Prank   (0)
While giving a live report on futures at CBOT, reporter Steve Cohn is interrupted by an enraged trader asking the age-old question, "Who put this dick on my back?" (Quicklink)  •  12:32am  •  
You know the campus is too big when…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:32am  •  
The eyeballing game   (0)
I got a 3.5 (Quicklink)  •  12:32am  •  
Amusing photo taken after last night’s Presidential Debate   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:32am  •  
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Oct 08
Thu
Video of an Exchange Floor Trader Prank   (0)
While giving a live report on futures at CBOT, reporter Steve Cohn is interrupted by an enraged trader asking the age-old question, "Who put this dick on my back?" (Quicklink)  •  11:02am  •  
You know the campus is too big when…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:02am  •  
The eyeballing game   (0)
I got a 3.5 (Quicklink)  •  11:02am  •  
Amusing photo taken after last night’s Presidential Debate   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:02am  •  
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Oct 08
Tue
Late Bloomers   (0)
Malcolm Gladwell article in The New Yorker. (Quicklink)  •  10:17pm  •  
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Oct 08
Wed
Why daylight saving is bad   (0)
"It is so logical"! (Quicklink)  •  10:24pm  •  
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Oct 08
Mon
Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde warns nation of bankruptcy   (0)
Holy cow. It's like a war speech. (Quicklink)  •  2:34pm  •  
24 Words the Collins English Dictionary Want to Exuviate (Shed) – TIME   (0)
Yep, they all should go. (The only word I've heard of from that list is "malison"... that's what you get when you grew up playing RPGs.) (Quicklink)  •  2:34pm  •  
Heart Attack Grill   (0)
This is obscene and great at the time. (And when in Rome...) (Quicklink)  •  2:34pm  •  
In a Weak Climate, the Dollar Has Surprising Muscle   (0)
Why, at least for the time being, the USD holds strong even as its economy tanks and it writes IOUs by the hundreds of billions. (Quicklink)  •  2:34pm  •  
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Oct 08
Fri
The New Yorker endorses Obama   (0)
"The election of Obama--a man of mixed ethnicity, at once comfortable in the world and utterly representative of twenty-first-century America--would, at a stroke, reverse our country's image abroad and refresh its spirit at home. His ascendance to the Presidency would be a symbolic culmination of the civil- and voting-rights acts of the nineteen-sixties and the century-long struggles for equality that preceded them. It could not help but say something encouraging, even exhilarating, about the country, about its dedication to tolerance and inclusiveness, about its fidelity, after all, to the values it proclaims in its textbooks. At a moment of economic calamity, international perplexity, political failure, and battered morale, America needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness. It needs a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe. That leader's name is Barack Obama." (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
If you searched Google in 2001 for “hear ye”, this is what you’d find   (0)
Back in the subdomain days... (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
HBO eyes series on U.S. exodus   (0)
"Set 25-40 years into the future when the precipitous decline of the U.S. leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, 'Americatown' takes place in a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city." (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com   (0)
"Since the credit crisis began gripping the financial world, Silicon Valley has watched from the sidelines, secure in the faith that it was insulated from the coming storm. That faith is now being seriously undermined." (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
Life in Zimbabwe – Wait for Useless Money   (0)
"Mr. Gono, who blames Western sanctions for the nation's troubles, did not respond to requests for an interview. But he was quoted in the state media this week as saying, 'I am going to print and print and sign the money until sanctions are removed.'" (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
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Oct 08
Thu
The New Yorker endorses Obama   (0)
"The election of Obama--a man of mixed ethnicity, at once comfortable in the world and utterly representative of twenty-first-century America--would, at a stroke, reverse our country's image abroad and refresh its spirit at home. His ascendance to the Presidency would be a symbolic culmination of the civil- and voting-rights acts of the nineteen-sixties and the century-long struggles for equality that preceded them. It could not help but say something encouraging, even exhilarating, about the country, about its dedication to tolerance and inclusiveness, about its fidelity, after all, to the values it proclaims in its textbooks. At a moment of economic calamity, international perplexity, political failure, and battered morale, America needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness. It needs a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe. That leader's name is Barack Obama." (Quicklink)  •  2:33pm  •  
If you searched Google in 2001 for “hear ye”, this is what you’d find   (0)
Back in the subdomain days... (Quicklink)  •  2:33pm  •  
HBO eyes series on U.S. exodus   (0)
"Set 25-40 years into the future when the precipitous decline of the U.S. leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, 'Americatown' takes place in a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city." (Quicklink)  •  2:33pm  •  
Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com   (0)
"Since the credit crisis began gripping the financial world, Silicon Valley has watched from the sidelines, secure in the faith that it was insulated from the coming storm. That faith is now being seriously undermined." (Quicklink)  •  2:33pm  •  
Life in Zimbabwe – Wait for Useless Money   (0)
"Mr. Gono, who blames Western sanctions for the nation's troubles, did not respond to requests for an interview. But he was quoted in the state media this week as saying, 'I am going to print and print and sign the money until sanctions are removed.'" (Quicklink)  •  2:33pm  •  
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Wed
Somali pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship   (0)
This is a different incident of piracy than the one getting more coverage lately (the one where pirates hijacked a Ukranian ship, not knowing it was carrying 33 T-72 tanks bound, apparently, for Kenya. Somalia sounds like a truly scary place and Mogadishu has earned a reputation for being the "most dangerous place on earth". (Quicklink)  •  9:30pm  •  
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Sep 08
Tue
The Monster That Ate Wall Street   (0)
A brief history of credit default swaps. Newsweek article. (Quicklink)  •  12:47am  •  
Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer   (0)
The DJIA went 777 points down today. Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  12:47am  •  
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Sep 08
Mon
The Monster That Ate Wall Street   (0)
A brief history of credit default swaps. Newsweek article. (Quicklink)  •  10:16pm  •  
Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer   (0)
The DJIA went 777 points down today. Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  10:16pm  •  
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Sep 08
Sun
A very scary video…   (0)
...for November 4. (Quicklink)  •  6:07pm  •  
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Sep 08
Sat
Michael Lewis’ Mansion   (0)
"When Michael Lewis and his family move into a house they can't afford, he gets a taste of the new American nightmare." (Quicklink)  •  7:45pm  •  
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Sep 08
Wed
Free, Legal and Online: Why Hulu Is the New Way to Watch TV   (0)
Adapt or die. (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity   (0)
Michael Lewis is publishing a new book on the finance industry! (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
Accidental tourist ends up in the wrong Sydney   (0)
"The mix-up, due to inattention while booking flights online, became evident when she boarded a small propeller plane in Halifax that would take her on the last leg of her journey. She was taking pictures out the airplane window and said to herself, 'Something is not right...'" And here's the case of Brits thinking they were going to Sydney "the long way around". (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
Over Camden’s dead body   (0)
"An Islamic cemetery will be built in the grounds of a historic Anglican graveyard near Camden where plans for an Islamic school were rejected this year following fierce community opposition. (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
AirTraffic Worldwide   (0)
A 24 hour simulation. Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
eBay fuels fires of resentment with new PayPal-only policy   (0)
So they used Australia as a "test bed", something which the ACCC barred... and then decided to proceed to roll it out across the world? (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
Inside the £800m Dubai hotel boasting a £13,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific   (0)
Pictures. (Quicklink)  •  11:04am  •  
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Sep 08
Sat
Article on jewel thieves   (0)
"On this day, May 7, the owner of H&L Wholesale was transporting on the floorboard of his Ford Explorer a $100,000 bag of jewels. That's about three times what he takes home in a year. For independent, self-employed traveling salesmen such as Rozio, this is how it's done — with his head on a swivel and his eyes on the rearview mirror. Rozio can't afford security guards; he can't even afford to insure the cargo he takes from jewelry store to jewelry store while hawking colored stones and diamonds for a slim return. He worries about the risks. But what can he do?" (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
iPhone Developers Go From Rags to Riches   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
The Quest For Every Beard Type   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
A Landslide Changing the Financial Landscape   (0)
Graph from NYtimes.com showing changes in equity values. (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
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Sep 08
Fri
The Tell-All Campus Tour – NYTimes.com   (0)
Interesting article about the unigo.com startup. (Quicklink)  •  12:30pm  •  
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Sep 08
Mon
Bill Gross, head of the world’s largest bond fund PIMCO, also collects stamps   (0)
"How one man's theory took the guesswork out of the stamp market, and made him a legend ..." (Quicklink)  •  6:23pm  •  
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Sep 08
Sun
In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter   (0)
One of Wall Street's venerable BB investment banks will declare bankruptcy. Another will be bought out. History in the making. (Quicklink)  •  3:32pm  •  
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Sep 08
Sat
Malaysian opposition lawmaker, 2 journalists held   (0)
The Malaysian Government has arrested some people under the infamous ISA... troubling but unfortunately not altogether surprising. (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
Who Gets Real Power in Zimbabwe Deal Still Unclear   (0)
Sounds dodgy... as usual. But then again I'm surprised Mugabe agreed to anything at all. The economy must be really bad now... (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
A Bailout for Lehman? Not Likely   (0)
"The apparent reluctance of either the Treasury or the Fed to go the distance and insure that a deal gets done is why some on Wall Street are beginning to whisper the unthinkable: that Lehman may file for bankruptcy. A filing, of course, could be a real mess for Wall Street, given the tens of billions in short-term loans other banks have extended to Lehman, which are backed by collateral." If that happens, it will take forever and a day for the creditors and the lawyers to sort out that mess. We'll see if some deal emerges over the weekend... (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
Photoshop help required   (0)
This is hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
The Origins of the Universe – A Crash Course   (0)
NYTimes Op-Ed (Quicklink)  •  12:40am  •  
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Sep 08
Fri
Malaysian opposition lawmaker, 2 journalists held   (0)
The Malaysian Government has arrested some people under the infamous ISA... troubling but unfortunately not altogether surprising. (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
Who Gets Real Power in Zimbabwe Deal Still Unclear   (0)
Sounds dodgy... as usual. But then again I'm surprised Mugabe agreed to anything at all. The economy must be really bad now... (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
A Bailout for Lehman? Not Likely   (0)
"The apparent reluctance of either the Treasury or the Fed to go the distance and insure that a deal gets done is why some on Wall Street are beginning to whisper the unthinkable: that Lehman may file for bankruptcy. A filing, of course, could be a real mess for Wall Street, given the tens of billions in short-term loans other banks have extended to Lehman, which are backed by collateral." If that happens, it will take forever and a day for the creditors and the lawyers to sort out that mess. We'll see if some deal emerges over the weekend... (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
Photoshop help required   (0)
This is hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
The Origins of the Universe – A Crash Course   (0)
NYTimes Op-Ed (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
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Sep 08
Thu
Lehman looks into the abyss   (0)
A Michael Lewis article. (Quicklink)  •  12:23am  •  
Weekly train tickets to go the way of the Tcard   (1)
I'll believe it when I see it. (Quicklink)  •  12:23am  •  
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Sep 08
Tue
Long-Term Capital – It’s a Short-Term Memory   (0)
NY Times article (Quicklink)  •  11:05am  •  
The Economist writes about the Gideons   (0)
The Gideons turns 100 in November, having distributed over 1.4 billion Bibles during that time. (Quicklink)  •  11:05am  •  
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Sep 08
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Why Google Chrome is better   (0)
But it still has quite a few rough edges (Javascript issues, can't save window state for multiple windows, etc). And it really lacks the customizability of Firefox (what if I don't want their new tab homepage to open when I open a new tab?). (Quicklink)  •  11:29pm  •  
Footnotes, Endnotes, and Parentheticals That Cost Me Marks on My Thesis   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:29pm  •  
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Aug 08
Fri
The monetary density of things   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:52pm  •  
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Aug 08
Mon
Google’s food perks on the chopping block   (0)
*gasp* (Quicklink)  •  12:42am  •  
A corker too dear to drink   (0)
"When Melbourne doctor John Hart arrives at the Penfolds Grange clinic at the Langham Hotel in Southbank, he knows his precious bottle of 1960 Grange may well fail its physical. Unopened, the bottle could fetch up to $1300 at auction. But opening it - even if only to check on its wellbeing before recorking it under the supervision of Penfolds rebottlers - risks revealing that the wine has passed its peak and become worthless." (Quicklink)  •  12:42am  •  
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Aug 08
Sun
Google’s food perks on the chopping block   (0)
*gasp* (Quicklink)  •  12:30pm  •  
A corker too dear to drink   (0)
"When Melbourne doctor John Hart arrives at the Penfolds Grange clinic at the Langham Hotel in Southbank, he knows his precious bottle of 1960 Grange may well fail its physical. Unopened, the bottle could fetch up to $1300 at auction. But opening it - even if only to check on its wellbeing before recorking it under the supervision of Penfolds rebottlers - risks revealing that the wine has passed its peak and become worthless." (Quicklink)  •  12:30pm  •  
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Aug 08
Tue
Kieran Prior: Goldman Sachs’ whiz-kid wheeler dealer   (0)
Here's the twist: This trader has a condition similar to cerebral palsy. (Quicklink)  •  9:05am  •  
Wanderlust: Good magazine traces the most famous trips in history   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:05am  •  
120 fps slow-mo skateboard tricks   (0)
Cool video. (Quicklink)  •  9:05am  •  
Politics in play on GPS rugby field   (0)
Sydney Boys' rugby team goes down 112-0 vs Joeys. Ouch. I like how the article obtusely says, "Sydney Boys High's troubles have been attributed to changing demographics." Apparently Sydney Boys is something like 90% Asian. (Quicklink)  •  9:05am  •  
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Aug 08
Sat
Rich addressed to impress   (0)
"Wolseley Road, Point Piper, has been named the ninth-priciest street in the world." (Quicklink)  •  2:55pm  •  
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Jul 08
Tue
They agree to talk, but nobody knows where it will lead   (0)
"Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition are ready to negotiate. But does Robert Mugabe have any intention of losing power?" (Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
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Jul 08
Mon
Kurt Vonnegut on How to Write with Style   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:20pm  •  
The weird science of stock photography   (0)
Slate magazine article. Stock photographic companies try to anticipate news trends so they can provide photos for media when those trends are reported. (Quicklink)  •  6:20pm  •  
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Jul 08
Mon
Economics of POW Camp   (0)
"Credit entered into many, perhaps into most, transactions, in one form or another. Sam paid in advance as a rule for his purchases of future deliveries of sugar, but many buyers asked for credit, whether the commodity was sold spot or future." Fascinating stuff - futures trading in a POW camp! And cigarettes as a de facto currency to supplement bartering. (Quicklink)  •  9:21am  •  
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Jul 08
Thu
Video of a designer designing a magazine article layout   (0)
"Matt Willey recently recorded his decision-making on a feature design for the Royal Academy magazine." It's an artform in itself. (Quicklink)  •  9:57pm  •  
Zombie outbreak, as reported on Twitter   (0)
:) (Quicklink)  •  9:57pm  •  
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Jul 08
Mon
An alarm clock that should never be built   (0)
"f you don't turn it off, this little monster will randomly dial numbers programmed in your mobile phone every three minutes" (Quicklink)  •  9:03am  •  
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Jul 08
Thu
On the Waterboard (video)   (0)
Christopher Hitchens submits to waterboarding. It's a chilling video. Here is the accompanying article in Vanity Fair. Read it. (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
The Dangers of Auto-Replace   (0)
When try hard political correctness backfires. (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
Optus details iPhone plans   (0)
Not too horrendous... but the huge danger here are the excess data costs. At 35c/MB (or $350/GB), you better watch those downloads... (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
Texas teen is real-world ‘Guitar Hero’   (0)
13 years old and a skill-based Guinness Book world record under his belt already. The video is pretty amazing. (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
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Jul 08
Tue
Official Site of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team   (0)
It's just over a month away. Will be interesting to see reactions from coursemates from around the world as the games unfold... (Quicklink)  •  2:14am  •  
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Jun 08
Mon
The Art of Ousting Mugabe   (0)
Time Magazine article. "Whereas most of the major foreign investors in South Africa during the 1980s had been U.S. and European corporations, effective sanctions today would require support from the world's emerging economies, particularly in Asia, where the tactic is unpopular. ... Many of the 79 companies listed on the Harare Stock Exchange are, in fact, earning solid returns, despite the daily misery of most Zimbabweans amid severe shortages of food, electricity and fuel." (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
Time lapse video of the Aurora Australis   (0)
"The Southern Lights Time-lapse footage of the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. This is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Filmed during the Antarctic winter in the general vicinity of McMurdo Station and Scott Base, where the sun is below the horizon for 4 months of the year." Seeing the Aurora (either one) is on my To Do list. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steaks into Gucci “Prime” Steaks   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
Obama’s first presidency   (0)
Geoffrey Robertson QC writes on Obama's election as President of the Harvard Law Review. Sounds like a really intense organisation. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
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Jun 08
Sun
World’s Most Expensive Home Entertainment System   (0)
US$6 million worth of equipment. (Quicklink)  •  2:57am  •  
Google’s directions from Sydney to San Francisco   (0)
"About 41 days and 8 hours." Check out direction #6. (Quicklink)  •  2:57am  •  
U.S. and Europe Near Accord on Privacy   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:57am  •  
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Jun 08
Fri
Megan McArdle – The lesser of two incredibly awful evils   (0)
"It’s not that we should have to choose between Smith’s Rhodesia and Mugabe’s Zimbabwe: the former was forever stunted, the latter an unending disaster. The problem is with those who believed and sometimes continue to believe that the mere fact of succession by Mugabe over Smith was progress in its own right." (Quicklink)  •  4:39pm  •  
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Jun 08
Wed
How to put the heat on Mugabe   (0)
Article by Paul Wolfowitz. (Quicklink)  •  6:08am  •  
Zimbabwe’s descent into electoral terror (Salon article)   (0)
"Opposing the brutal dictator Robert Mugabe in the election deadlock here has become equivalent to a death sentence." (Quicklink)  •  6:08am  •  
Living on Pennies (Newsweek article)   (0)
An undercover visit to Zimbabwe reveals a deeply troubled land full of disenchanted people. (Quicklink)  •  6:08am  •  
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Jun 08
Tue
Microsoft group photo… 30 years on   (0)
"That photo of 11 weirdos in '70s clothes you may have seen on the Internet really is the original Microsoft team, snapped Dec 7, 1978, on the eve of the company's move from Albuquerque, N.M., to Seattle. Almost 30 years later, a few weeks before Bill Gates's departure from Microsoft, the group (looking better) reconvened." Pretty cool reunion. (Quicklink)  •  3:47am  •  
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Jun 08
Mon
Mugabe Rival Quits Zimbabwe Runoff, Citing Attacks   (0)
Distressing. There are a few African leaders making noise, but the approach of those would should be leading, most especially Thabo Mbeki, is disappointing. (Quicklink)  •  2:21am  •  
Brits Fail To Cash In On Free £5 Notes   (0)
I like Chaser's much more graphic demonstration of the Free $50 note test. (Quicklink)  •  2:21am  •  
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)   (0)
Matt Harding's third dancing round the world video... this time it's 14 months, 42 countries. "Cast of thousands." This is soooo cool. (Quicklink)  •  2:21am  •  
World of Workcraft   (0)
"Odd forms left, evens right, MANY STAMPS! ... That's a 50 DKP minus!" (Quicklink)  •  2:21am  •  
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Jun 08
Fri
Inside Newegg New Jersey warehouse: A phototour   (0)
Cool. (Quicklink)  •  1:33am  •  
Aussie firms make RollOnFriday   (0)
Never mind Freehills getting a beach towel for Christmas... everyone in our firm got a one-size-fits-none bathrobe last year. Even the partners were complaining! (Quicklink)  •  1:33am  •  
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Jun 08
Thu
The Big Picture   (0)
Awesome photo sets from the Boston Globe. (Quicklink)  •  4:33am  •  
Holy Bottom Line, Batman!   (0)
The diminishing returns of the Batman franchise... (Quicklink)  •  4:33am  •  
eBay auctions for Sydney Apple store t-shirts   (0)
As I expected... people are flogging off their t-shirts. One of them is currently bid up to $90! I wonder if I should flog mine off... it's unopened, and I can't see myself wearing that ghastly shade of turquoise. (Quicklink)  •  4:33am  •  
Smallest Man-made Orange   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:33am  •  
What does a laser look like when it shines on pilots in an airplane cockpit?   (0)
Police finally arrested one of those idiots who do that (it is alleged)... (Quicklink)  •  4:33am  •  
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Jun 08
Tue
Firefox 3.0 is now out   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:44pm  •  
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Jun 08
Mon
People’s encounters with wild animals in daily life (video)   (0)
I find this absolutely hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  3:21am  •  
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Jun 08
Fri
Barack Obama explains the meaning of life   (0)
Damn good response under pressure. (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
Anti-pest Doorbell Discourages Agents and Bill Collectors   (0)
I found the quaint reference to "the housewife" amusing... I wonder how old the ad is? It's a good idea. Except if nobody is home! (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
Hanoi crazy night traffic (video)   (0)
Traffic lights? We don't need no stinkin' traffic lights! (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
Spew the cane toad stays alive after being swallowed by dog   (0)
With pics. (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
Obama The Preferred Candidate Around The World: Poll   (0)
Interesting indicative stats. (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
Facebook’s Foreign Clones   (0)
China seems to be a kingdom unto itself with .com companies... there's a local competitor for most of the majors (eBay, FB, Google, etc) which performs better than the "foreigner" in terms of market share. (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
And you call us boring?   (0)
"Yes, he really is interested in oil at $135 a barrel and does find the politics of the Middle East a legitimate subject for debate, isn't that bothered about emoting for the sake of it, doesn't want to swim in a sea of endless introspection, has no view on Sex and the City - the Movie, the merits of Beyoncé's maple-syrup-and-lemon-juice diet or shopping." (Quicklink)  •  6:57am  •  
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Jun 08
Wed
Charles Moore’s book review   (0)
'And not only is this the worst book ever written, it's also the worst-written book ever. Behold: ""Of all the things to think, he never thought he'd think that."' (Quicklink)  •  2:45am  •  
Buffett makes a $1 million 9-year Long Bet with a fund of hedge funds   (0)
"Over a ten-year period commencing on January 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2017, the S&P 500 will outperform a portfolio of funds of hedge funds, when performance is measured on a basis net of fees, costs and expenses." No prizes for guessing which side of the bet Buffett is on. (And of course, being investors, they only really ponied up $320k each for the bet.) More here. (Quicklink)  •  2:45am  •  
Top Tourist Spots Americans Can’t Visit   (0)
Foreign Policy investigates five fabulous destinations where a summer getaway is next to impossible. Somalia sounds downright scary. (Quicklink)  •  2:45am  •  
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Jun 08
Tue
Macworld 2008 Keynote video   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:29am  •  
The 2008 Democratic Primaries in 8 minutes   (0)
This is a fantastic, entertaining and humourous video summarising the Democratic primary campaign. (Quicklink)  •  5:29am  •  
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Jun 08
Fri
Aussie Apple resellers receive boxes with “DO NOT OPEN” warning   (0)
Prediction: 3G iPhone announcement at WWDC on June 9. I think there will be more than one new model of iPhone. (Quicklink)  •  6:24pm  •  
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Jun 08
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70 NEW amazing business cards   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:24am  •  
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May 08
Fri
Beverly Hills Cop 4 is On the Way   (0)
Hot on the heels of Rambo 4, Rocky Balboa and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... (Quicklink)  •  2:25am  •  
Chemistry paper gets 100%   (0)
Has value added extras for the teacher. (Quicklink)  •  2:25am  •  
Incredible pictures of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows   (0)
"It is extraordinary to think that, in 2008, there remain about a hundred groups of people, scattered over the Earth, who know nothing of our world and we nothing of theirs, save a handful of brief encounters." (Quicklink)  •  2:25am  •  
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May 08
Wed
Space station’s sole toilet out of order   (0)
'"Like any home anywhere, the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said.' Masterfully understated. (Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
Josh Hartnett stars as dot-com entrepreneur in “August” (Trailer)   (0)
"Never have term sheets and board meetings been so exciting!" Strange concept for a movie, but I'd watch it (of course). (Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
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May 08
Tue
The Amazing Money Machine   (0)
"How Silicon Valley made Barack Obama this year's hottest start-up" (Quicklink)  •  4:14am  •  
Pictured: Photographer’s moment of madness as he leaps across 8ft gap in the Grand Canyon   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:14am  •  
Brutal New York – 1965/95 – SkyscraperCity   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:14am  •  
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May 08
Sat
$1,000 to Quit? Take This Job and Love It   (0)
"Zappos, the online shoe retailer, has an inventive secret weapon when it comes to recruiting customer service talent: offering new hires $1,000 to quit." (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
iPhone line forms at Apple’s flagship for absolutely no reason   (1)
Just keep in mine that WWDC, and the speculated announcement of the 3G iPhone, isn't until June 9th... (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
Mike Sacks’ tv screengrabs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
Smile, you are on Google Street View!   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
Weezer – Pork and Beans   (0)
Awesome music video. It's a memefest! (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
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May 08
Thu
10 Worst Jobs: Tech’s 10 worst entry-level jobs   (0)
Being in a great company doesn't guarantee a great job (unless, maybe, if you got in pre-IPO and got handed a bunch of stock options...). That list has a lot of ops and support positions. I don't think that's a coincidence. (Quicklink)  •  3:43am  •  
Where you sit in a lecture hall and what it says about you   (0)
A graphical representation. I'm such a second-row sleeper. (Quicklink)  •  3:43am  •  
42 Great Business Card Designs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:43am  •  
Can Alex Bogusky help Microsoft Beat Apple?   (0)
Microsoft gets a new ad agency (Crispin Porter + Bogusky). (Quicklink)  •  3:43am  •  
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May 08
Wed
That’s What She Said.   (0)
A video compilation of "that's what she said" moments from The Office. (Quicklink)  •  1:50am  •  
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May 08
Tue
Epic Level Blacksmithing   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
Steve Ballmer dodges eggs at Hungarian University (video)   (0)
It's always nice to know those big execs are human enough to make a quip about it. (Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
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May 08
Mon
LCARS-esque touchscreen controls home, excites Trekkies   (0)
I'm so getting one of these installed if I ever end up buying a property. (Quicklink)  •  3:08am  •  
16
May 08
Fri
Frequently asked questions at the Georgia Department of Labor   (0)
Georgia must be an interesting place. (Quicklink)  •  6:17pm  •  
15
May 08
Thu
Annals of Innovation: In the Air   (0)
Intriguing article about genius and the "scalability" of innovation. (Quicklink)  •  3:37am  •  
14
May 08
Wed
You think your job is stressful?   (0)
Just wait till you see this dude... (Quicklink)  •  3:11am  •  
Poseidon Undersea Resort, Fiji   (0)
Plastic bubble luxury suites 12 metres under the sea. Pretty cool. (And expensive.) (Quicklink)  •  3:11am  •  
Love on Girl’s Side of the Saudi Divide   (0)
NY Times article. "In some families, he may have a supervised conversation with her. Ideally, many Saudis say, her showfa will be the only time in a girl's life that she is seen this way by a man outside her family. The separation between the sexes in Saudi Arabia is so extreme that it is difficult to overstate." (Quicklink)  •  3:11am  •  
USA political election logos 2008 – 1960   (0)
Most of these are red and blue (as you'd expect) with some splashes of yellow. A handful of greens (mostly independent candidates), a brown and one purple and orange logo(!) (Quicklink)  •  3:11am  •  
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May 08
Tue
Hillary Clinton’s suicidal gamble with race poison   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:23am  •  
Obama: How He Learned to Win   (1)
Time article. I think that in many cases you learn the most when you fail first. (Quicklink)  •  3:23am  •  
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May 08
Mon
10
May 08
Sat
Green Plug tries to replace the worry warts   (0)
Something to look out for in the future. (Quicklink)  •  4:58pm  •  
Online Apple Stores run dry of iPhones   (0)
"Apple's shortfall for its direct channel is also the culmination of a slowly widening shortage that first became evident in late March..." Either an unusual spike in demand, or Apple really is gearing up for a 3G iPhone launch next month... (Quicklink)  •  4:58pm  •  
No ifs or buts, just more Rudds please   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  1:52am  •  
In Japan, they pack ’em in good… into trains   (0)
Only in Japan (video). (Quicklink)  •  1:52am  •  
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May 08
Wed
Lipstick May Be an Economic Indicator   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:21am  •  
3-on-3 with Barack Obama   (0)
I haven't seen footage of Obama playing basketball before. It's pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  6:21am  •  
Private Profits and Socialized Risk   (0)
Very good credit crunch-related finance article. You'll need a bit of finance knowledge to find it interesting. (Quicklink)  •  3:12am  •  
When Turning 15 Years Old Goes Really Really Wrong   (0)
Video. (Quicklink)  •  3:12am  •  
Photobombers Of The Day   (0)
I almost wet myself laughing. (Quicklink)  •  3:12am  •  
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May 08
Tue
In Pictures: Inside The World’s First Billion-Dollar Home   (0)
When they say billion, they actually mean 2 billion. "Excessive" doesn't even begin to describe it. (Quicklink)  •  4:10am  •  
Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets   (0)
Including... AUSTRALIA. So much for Telstra and Optus... or is it? Australia could have the world's first "naturally" unlocked iPhone. (Quicklink)  •  4:10am  •  
5
May 08
Mon
MacBook Pro 17″ 2.5Ghz listed for A$2799   (0)
That's a thousand bucks under the recommended retail price. (Quicklink)  •  3:37am  •  
3
May 08
Sat
The next bubble: Priming the markets for tomorrow’s big crash   (0)
Harper's mag article. (Quicklink)  •  8:45am  •  
Too scared for school: the plight of Zimbabwe’s teachers   (0)
Mugabe's mobs are now targeting teachers. "Arthur, a secondary school English teacher, was asleep at home in Kumburai village, Mudzi, two weeks ago when 40 Zanu (PF) militiamen smashed into his home. "They asked me: ‘Where are your colleagues?' I said I didn't know and they began to beat me. They said: ‘If you don't tell us, we will kill you.' " He fled to Harare with two other teachers for medical treatment. One of them, Harold, was tortured for seven hours before he escaped. All are in hiding." Absolutely chilling. (Quicklink)  •  8:45am  •  
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May 08
Thu
David Blaine Holds Breath for 17 minutes, new world record   (0)
On one lungful of pure oxygen. Incredible. (Quicklink)  •  4:19am  •  
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Apr 08
Wed
2008 Cherry Blossom Timelapse   (0)
Each frame is 3 minutes apart, from 18-26 April. I must make it out to Japan and see the cherry blossoms one of these Aprils... (although the video is from Brooklyn) (Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
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Apr 08
Mon
OGC unveils new logo to red faces   (0)
Each additional time you look, the lewder it becomes! (Quicklink)  •  5:15am  •  
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Apr 08
Sat
In Zimbabwe Jail: A Reporter’s Ordeal   (0)
Compelling reading - Barry Bearak recounts being arrested in Zimbabwe for "committing journalism". (Quicklink)  •  6:13pm  •  
Britain urges the UN to help bring down Mugabe   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:13pm  •  
How to Show a Dictator the Door   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  6:13pm  •  
Excuses ring hollow as the world idly waits for Mugabe’s disaster   (0)
There is surprising news that the ballot recount may not change the balance of power in Zimbabwe's Parliament. However, the question remains - if Mugabe wants to stay in power, what can the rest of the world do about it? (Quicklink)  •  6:13pm  •  
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Apr 08
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Apr 08
Wed
David Blaine – This Time, He’ll Be Left Breathless   (0)
Blaine is attempting to hold his breath for over 16 minutes on one breath of pure oxygen. Interesting article. (Quicklink)  •  2:45am  •  
Polar Bear Workout   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:45am  •  
Microsoft’s Mesh Revealed   (0)
"Mesh lets you set up a virtual desktop online, and connect different computers to it. Put any file into a Mesh folder and it automatically syncs between the online desktop and every connected computer. Select a file or folder and you can easily share its contents (photos, videos, music, documents) with any friend or family member. You can also remotely control a connected computer from the Live Mesh desktop." (Quicklink)  •  2:45am  •  
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Apr 08
Tue
Hedge Fund Investing and Politics   (0)
Which Presdiential hopeful are the (really rich) hedgies backing? And more interestingly... why? (Quicklink)  •  2:52am  •  
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Apr 08
Mon
Old school   (0)
I'd like to see those laptop users try that in a maths lecture. (Quicklink)  •  3:05am  •  
19
Apr 08
Sat
Advertising war between BMW, AUDI, et al   (0)
Hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  7:29am  •  
18
Apr 08
Fri
Scott and Shackleton’s abandoned huts in Antarctica   (0)
Beautifully preserved, after 100 years. (Quicklink)  •  4:02am  •  
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Apr 08
Tue
The marathon is easy. There are no lions.   (0)
"Six Maasai warriors will run the London Marathon tomorrow to raise money for a well in their village. Isaya, 24, is their chief. This is a diary of his week in London, the first time he has left Tanzania." (Quicklink)  •  5:59am  •  
Food that maintains the shape of its container… after you remove the container   (0)
Flickr photo set. (Quicklink)  •  5:59am  •  
Cutaway views of rooms in various Federation starships   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:59am  •  
Google LatLong – all the news that’s fit to print on a map: The New York Times in Google Earth   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:59am  •  
The marathon is easy. There are no lions.   (0)
"Six Maasai warriors will run the London Marathon tomorrow to raise money for a well in their village. Isaya, 24, is their chief. This is a diary of his week in London, the first time he has left Tanzania." (Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
Food that maintains the shape of its container… after you remove the container   (0)
Flickr photo set. (Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
Cutaway views of rooms in various Federation starships   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
Google LatLong – all the news that’s fit to print on a map: The New York Times in Google Earth   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:42am  •  
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Apr 08
Sat
Zimbabwe commission to recount votes   (0)
DODGY. (Quicklink)  •  10:50pm  •  
Rudd appoints Quentin Bryce as Governor-General   (0)
Bryce replaces Michael Jeffery and will be Australia's first female GG. (Quicklink)  •  10:50pm  •  
When it’s OK to say “Oh Shit!”   (0)
Pictures. (Quicklink)  •  10:50pm  •  
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Apr 08
Fri
6 Formerly Kickass Creatures Ruined by Evolution   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
The Economics of High-end Prostitutes   (0)
More Intelligent Life article (supplement to The Economist). (Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
How to fix the executive branch.   (0)
Slate article. Thoughtful, but this statetment gave me pause: "Further, the United States has no moral responsibility for the destiny of persons outside its jurisdiction who pay no taxes to support the government and pledge no allegiance to the republic." (Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
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Apr 08
Wed
Young Obama Backers Twist Parents’ Arms   (0)
This is pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  5:04am  •  
Masaaki Shirakawa is the new Governor of the Bank of Japan   (0)
Replaces Fukui. (Quicklink)  •  5:04am  •  
Zimbabwe High Court urged to reject poll result demand   (0)
The antics continue... (Quicklink)  •  5:04am  •  
66 out of 109 historians say: George W is the worst US President in history   (0)
"Among historians, there is no doubt into which echelon he fallsâ€"his competitors are Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce, the worst of the presidential worst. But does Bush actually come in dead last? Yes." (Quicklink)  •  5:04am  •  
Wireless power, charging technology may unplug Apple’s iPhone   (0)
Well I never. Wireless power that won't fry you if you get between the device and the charge point. Not sure about its range though. (Quicklink)  •  5:04am  •  
5
Apr 08
Sat
Zimbabwe ruling party asks for recount   (0)
The chance for change is once again slipping away... (Quicklink)  •  9:04pm  •  
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Apr 08
Fri
Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone   (0)
"Anyway, for weeks my boy had been begging for me to please leave him somewhere, anywhere, and let him try to figure out how to get home on his own. So on that sunny Sunday I gave him a subway map, a MetroCard, a $20 bill, and several quarters, just in case he had to make a call." (Quicklink)  •  7:18am  •  
Zimbabwe Gets $50 Million Bank Note   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:18am  •  
10 000 000 Zimbabwean dollar note on eBay   (0)
Currently worth about 20 US cents, this note has been bid up to A$31 on eBay. The irony. There's a business idea in here somewhere. (Quicklink)  •  7:18am  •  
Korean drummer steals the show   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:04am  •  
Assembling and launching the space shuttle   (0)
Lots of good pics of the process. (Quicklink)  •  4:04am  •  
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Apr 08
Wed
Combined opposition wins Zimbabwe parliamentary poll   (0)
There's hope yet! (Quicklink)  •  6:29am  •  
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Apr 08
Tue
Live blogging news on the Zimbabwe election   (0)
Very suspicious goings on. I deeply suspect that there will be a late "surge" in votes, giving Zanu the clear majority of assembly seats... and then Mugabe will suddenly be declared by the ZEC to have won the presidential ballot by razor thin margins (51 or 52%), but still enough to avoid a run-off vote. I am not sure what the Zimbabwe public will do, nor what South Africa's Mbeki will do in response, but I think it whatever it is, it won't ultimately amount to much in the way of progress. On the other hand, the NY Times is reporting that Mugabe has been negotiating with Tsvangirai... rumours have been a-plenty in these elections, but I suppose there's still hope for Zimbabwe. (Quicklink)  •  5:50am  •  
Pixels in the real world   (0)
I like the Donkey Kong one. (Quicklink)  •  5:50am  •  
For today only…   (0)
Click on any featured YouTube video (Quicklink)  •  5:50am  •  
Live blogging news on the Zimbabwe election   (0)
Very suspicious goings on. I deeply suspect that there will be a late "surge" in votes, giving Zanu the clear majority of assembly seats... and then Mugabe will suddenly be declared by the ZEC to have won the presidential ballot by razor thin margins (51 or 52%), but still enough to avoid a run-off vote. I am not sure what the Zimbabwe public will do, nor what South Africa's Mbeki will do in response, but I think it whatever it is, it won't ultimately amount to much in the way of progress. On the other hand, the NY Times is reporting that Mugabe has been negotiating with Tsvangirai... rumours have been a-plenty in these elections, but I suppose there's still hope for Zimbabwe. (Quicklink)  •  1:55am  •  
Pixels in the real world   (0)
I like the Donkey Kong one. (Quicklink)  •  1:55am  •  
For today only…   (0)
Click on any featured YouTube video (Quicklink)  •  1:55am  •  
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Mar 08
Mon
Makoni/Tsvangirai – the End of History   (0)
Want to see what bald-faced propaganda looks like? This is an article from The Herald (Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper) "What is news though is that the western press is admitting to the defeat of the opposition well before the vote is taken. Including an admission that the Makoni factor has been extremely detrimental to an already divided opposition. It was pretty daft for the British to think that Makoni had a modicum of appeal in rural Zimbabwe where jongwe rules the roost. Or that Tsvangirai would be as attractive to the urban protest vote against Zanu-PF as he has been in the past." A simple search on Google News turns up literally hundreds if not thousands of articles saying no such thing. If I find that article incredibly offensive, I can only imagine what the general Zimbabwean public must think. (Quicklink)  •  4:36am  •  
Rumours fly as Zimbabwe bloggers wait impatiently   (0)
The delay in release of election results doesn't bode well. 24 seats announced and it's split evenly between Mugabe's party and the MDC - I suspect the MDC should be trouncing Zanu, not equalling it. (Quicklink)  •  4:36am  •  
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Mar 08
Sat
Zimbabwe’s national elections are occurring   (0)
It will be incredibly sad if the people of Zimbabwe are forced to put up with, for another term, a leader that has presided over 80% unemployment and poverty, 100,000%+ inflation and widespread human rights abuses... but that's what it looks like what will happen again, with a dictator in power. (Quicklink)  •  7:53pm  •  
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Mar 08
Fri
Dining 50m up in the air   (0)
Kinda bizarre. (Quicklink)  •  7:37pm  •  
16 Names Of Things You Never Knew Had Names   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:37pm  •  
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Mar 08
Thu
Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a Tough Place for Foam Cups   (0)
NY Times article. Reminds me of when, back in primary school, we used to put chip packets in ovens to shrink them down into miniature packets. They make decent keyring accessories too. (Quicklink)  •  3:20am  •  
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Mar 08
Wed
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Mar 08
Tue
eBay listing: MacBook Pro 17 inch 2.6 GHz – Brand new and unopened   (0)
Looking for a new Apple laptop? Sealed 2008 model top-of-the-line 17" MBP (upgraded CPU and screen) - no reserve, listed at $0.99. (Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
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Mar 08
Thu
Cravath has a Kiwi working for them by the name of Michael Clayton   (0)
I wonder if he's also a fixer? (Quicklink)  •  8:11am  •  
19
Mar 08
Wed
Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’   (0)
This is a truly remarkable speech. (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
Sir Arthur C Clarke has died   (0)
The grand old man of sci-fi was 90. (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
Jerry needs no help playing with his ball   (0)
This is just awesomely cute. (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
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Mar 08
Tue
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Mar 08
Mon
Food Fight   (0)
Military history... with food. (Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
15
Mar 08
Sat
Awareness Test   (0)
How many passes does the team in white make? (Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
MIT physics Professor Walter Lewin   (0)
Very cool. "MIT professor and Web star Walter Lewin swings from pendulums and faces down wrecking balls to show students the zany beauty of science." (Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
Area codes in which Ludacris claims to have hoes   (0)
Based on his 2001 single, "Area Codes". (Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
Kottke.org is ten years old today   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
Reporter owned by sled   (0)
This video is totally worth watching. (Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
Super clean glass prank   (0)
I'm actually surprised that so many people walked into the glass. (Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
Incomprehensible Intersections   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:18am  •  
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Mar 08
Fri
Hillary’s New Maths Problem   (0)
Numbers don't lie. (Quicklink)  •  3:17pm  •  
5
Mar 08
Wed
Am I a torturer?   (0)
"Ben Allbright watches The Daily Show, worships Dave Eggers and still wound up "softening up" prisoners in Iraq." (Quicklink)  •  1:07am  •  
Report on the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament   (0)
An interesting look at the cruciverbalist sub-culture. (Quicklink)  •  1:07am  •  
You Know You’re A Redneck If Your Wife Is Quoted In The Local Paper Saying…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:07am  •  
Pie chart   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:07am  •  
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Mar 08
Mon
The Eastern Front of World War 2   (0)
This is a terrific infographic/animation that shows the progression of World War 2 along its Eastern Front. (Quicklink)  •  3:31am  •  
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Feb 08
Tue
Hasbro’s Mighty Muggs toys   (0)
That's going to be a money sink. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 – 2007   (0)
Excellent infographic which displays each movie's release date and duration, along with its box office take over time. US summer movie seasons tend to be getting bigger. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
Zenith’s Defy Xtreme Tourbillon ZERO-G El Primero   (0)
This watch costs half a million US bucks. It's not encrusted with any precious stones. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
Justice Clarence Thomas has not asked a question in a case for the last two years   (0)
"Two years and 142 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments. It is a period of unbroken silence that contrasts with the rest of the court's unceasing inquiries." That's fascinating - I always suspected a judge could get away without asking questions... didn't expect it to happen up at the top level though. Well, at least they still have eight judges interrogating counsel with questions. That's still one more than we have in Australia. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
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Feb 08
Sun
The Audacity of Hopelessness   (0)
"This must be the first presidential candidate in history to devote so much energy to preaching against optimism, against inspiring language and — talk about bizarre — against democracy itself. No sooner does Mrs. Clinton lose a state than her campaign belittles its voters as unrepresentative of the country." My call is that it's already slipped from her grasp. (Quicklink)  •  4:10am  •  
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Feb 08
Fri
Best drunken conversation. Ever.   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:00pm  •  
What Was I Thinking? The latest reasoning about our irrational ways   (0)
New Yorker article on behavioral economics. (Quicklink)  •  5:00pm  •  
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Feb 08
Tue
23andMe   (0)
For a thousand bucks, this company will read and analyse your DNA from a sample of your spit. Gimmick for the wealthy? (Quicklink)  •  3:20am  •  
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Feb 08
Mon
20 things that culturally define Australia   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
The best investment advice you’ll ever get   (0)
San Francisco magazine article: "For 35 years, Bay Area finance revolutionaries have been pushing a personal investing strategy that brokers despise and hope you ignore. The story of a rebellion that's slowly but surely putting money into the pockets of millions of Americans, winning powerful converts, and making money managers from California Street to Wall Street squirm." Long read, but worthwhile. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
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Feb 08
Sat
Raising Obama: Politics & Power   (0)
Lengthy Vanity Fair article on Obama's very interesting background. (Quicklink)  •  7:04am  •  
How To Make A Million Before You Turn 20   (0)
Forbes article. (Quicklink)  •  7:04am  •  
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Feb 08
Fri
A Congo warlord – arrested for crimes against humanity – explains himself   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:55pm  •  
Homeless: Can you build a life from $25?   (0)
"In a test of the American Dream, Adam Shepard started life from scratch with the clothes on his back and twenty-five dollars." His goal? To have a furnished apartment, a car and $2,500 in savings. (He did not mention his college education to employers and did not use any contacts.) (Quicklink)  •  8:55pm  •  
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Feb 08
Thu
World Freedom Atlas   (0)
Hours of interest. (Quicklink)  •  2:51am  •  
Infographic of European language distribution throughout Europe   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:51am  •  
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Feb 08
Mon
“Begging the Question”   (0)
We are all probably using this idiom incorrectly. (Quicklink)  •  5:03am  •  
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Feb 08
Fri
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo   (0)
"Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for US$44.6bn in cash and shares." Hmmm, Yahoo never struck me as a particularly attractive company. It does have a big userbase though. (Quicklink)  •  4:53am  •  
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Jan 08
Thu
BitLet music   (0)
Stream music from a bittorrent source containing .mp3 or .ogg files. (Quicklink)  •  2:02am  •  
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Jan 08
Fri
19 Great Ads   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
Mugabe makes more Zim millionaires   (0)
Z$10 million bill has entered circulation. (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
Refrigerator scare prank video   (0)
Always fun. (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
Steven Levitt & Sudhir Venkatesh, “An Empirical Analysis of Street-Level Prostitution” (Sept 2007 draft)   (0)
This is a Levitt (of Freakonomics fame) paper. (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
World’s largest swimming pool around a kilometre long   (0)
With pics. (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
Raising the Steaks   (0)
Interesting article about Kobe beef. "You have probably heard all the stories about the lush life that results in tender, buttery-rich Kobe beef. Just be glad you haven't seen it." (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee   (0)
"Called a siphon bar, it was imported from Japan at a total cost of more than $20,000." (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
n+1: Interview with a Hedge Fund Manager   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
Mugabe makes more Zim millionaires   (0)
Z$10 million bill has entered circulation. (Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
19 Great Ads   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
Refrigerator scare prank video   (0)
Always fun. (Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
Steven Levitt & Sudhir Venkatesh, “An Empirical Analysis of Street-Level Prostitution” (Sept 2007 draft)   (0)
This is a Levitt (of Freakonomics fame) paper. (Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
World’s largest swimming pool around a kilometre long   (0)
With pics. (Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
Raising the Steaks   (0)
Interesting article about Kobe beef. "You have probably heard all the stories about the lush life that results in tender, buttery-rich Kobe beef. Just be glad you haven't seen it." (Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee   (0)
"Called a siphon bar, it was imported from Japan at a total cost of more than $20,000." (Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
n+1: Interview with a Hedge Fund Manager   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:29am  •  
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Dec 07
Tue
Al Gore’s Nobel Prize lecture   (0)
Text of speech. (Quicklink)  •  3:01am  •  
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Dec 07
Thu
NY Times magazine special   (0)
"For the seventh consecutive December, the magazine looks back on the passing year through a special lens: ideas. Editors and writers trawl the oceans of ingenuity, hoping to snag in our nets the many curious, inspired, perplexing and sometimes outright illegal innovations of the past 12 months. Then we lay them out on the dock, flipping and flopping and gasping for air, and toss back all but those that are fresh enough for our particular cut of intellectual sushi. For better or worse, these are 70 of the ideas that helped make 2007 what it was." (Quicklink)  •  2:29am  •  
Traveler IQ Challenge   (0)
Pretty tough at the last stage... (Quicklink)  •  2:29am  •  
Regret the Error: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections   (0)
Example: NY Times - "A caption on Saturday with a picture showing a Pakistani man on his bicycle carrying a painting of his son, who he says was abducted by Pakistani intelligence agents in 2001, misspelled the name of the Pakistani capital. It is Islamabad, not Islambad." (Quicklink)  •  2:29am  •  
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished In New York   (0)
Atrocious. (Quicklink)  •  2:29am  •  
Sweet Move In Wheelbarrow Race Video   (0)
It's actually pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  2:29am  •  
Lost In Translation – Bill Murray’s whisper to Scarlett Johansson “revealed’   (0)
I remain unconvinced. (Quicklink)  •  2:29am  •  
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Dec 07
Wed
Made to be an attorney   (0)
Too bad she's not in the litigation department. (Quicklink)  •  11:46pm  •  
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Nov 07
Wed
Obscene Losses   (0)
An interesting read into the impact of the net on the porn industry: "DVD sales are in free fall. Audiences are flocking to pornographic knockoffs of YouTube, especially a secretive site called YouPorn. And the amateurs are taking over. What’s happening to the adult-entertainment industry is exactly what’s happening to its Hollywood counterpartâ€"only worse." (Quicklink)  •  1:29am  •  
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Nov 07
Thu
111 Kirribilli Avenue Kirribilli @ domain.com.au   (0)
Quick, before it gets pulled... (Quicklink)  •  1:50am  •  
Michelin Guide’s oldest three-star chef ponders new title in Tokyo   (0)
"An 82-year-old sushi chef crowned the world's oldest three-star chef ... The restaurant, located on a basement level, has no menu, and doesn\'t accept credit cards. Its bathroom is shared with another business. The Tokyo edition of the guide says that the price for a course ranges between 27,000 yen (~A$285) and 32,000 yen regardless of the time of day." (Quicklink)  •  1:50am  •  
Michelin sprinkles stars on Tokyo’s restaurants   (0)
8 with 3 stars: L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (French), Hamadaya (Japanese), Kanda (Japanese), Koju (Japanese), L'Osier (French), Quintessence (French contemporary), Sukiyabashi Jiro (sushi) and Sushi Mizutani (sushi). (Quicklink)  •  1:50am  •  
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Nov 07
Wed
Most say their vote has a price   (0)
"That's what NYU students said they'd take in exchange for their right to vote in the next presidential election, a recent survey by an NYU journalism class found. Only 20 percent said they'd exchange their vote for an iPod touch. But 66 percent said they'd forfeit their vote for a free ride to NYU. And half said they'd give up the right to vote forever for $1 million." (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
There’s a new US presidential candidate in town…   (0)
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Nov 07
Fri
Rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs   (0)
Click on the pics to see what song's being referred to. (Quicklink)  •  1:12am  •  
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Nov 07
Sat
In the Bond Market, a Bleak Prognosis for Iraq   (0)
"After the United States helped Iraq renegotiate its leftover debt from the Saddam Hussein era, the Iraqi government issued about $3 billion of new bonds in January 2006. These dollar-denominated bonds pay 2.9 percent twice a year and mature in 2028, paying the face value of $100. To say the least, the market for these bonds is not robust: as of last week, a bond with a face value of $100 was trading at around $60. Professor Greenstone calculated that, from the markets' standpoint, the implied default risk over the life of the bond was about 80 percent. ... Of course, it's worth asking whether bond traders know anything more about Iraq than the pundits do. It's impossible to say with certainty, but the collective wisdom of financial markets has proved remarkably adept at evaluating events and predicting the future, even the turning points of war." (Quicklink)  •  11:08pm  •  
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Nov 07
Fri
The $400 billion Australian   (0)
SMH article on BHP's RIO takeover offer (Quicklink)  •  5:26pm  •  
Scandal of $60m wasted on Tcard   (0)
This is an utter travesty. (Quicklink)  •  5:26pm  •  
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Nov 07
Thu
Jeff Russell’s Starship Dimensions   (0)
This is cool. (Quicklink)  •  12:06pm  •  
Rio Tinto rejects bid approach from BHP Billiton   (0)
Mega acquisitions... (Quicklink)  •  12:06pm  •  
Top 87 Bad Predictions about the Future   (0)
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Michael Lewis updates us on the change in Wall Street banking culture   (0)
"He was thinking, in other words, a lot like a man in his position circa 1985 might have thought. The man\'s impulses were still designed for an age when, if you were a big enough hitter at a big Wall Street firm and you were caught in what appeared to be a dalliance with a prominent female journalist you got not a pink slip but a standing ovation. Even if you had used the corporate jet to pull it off." Lewis' Liar's Poker, about his time at Salomon in the 80s, is a classic. (Quicklink)  •  1:00am  •  
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Nov 07
Thu
ExpectNothing turns 10 years old   (0)
Big milestone for one of the originals. (Quicklink)  •  2:01am  •  
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Oct 07
Sat
The half million dollar watch – F.P. Journe’s Sonnerie Souveraine   (0)
"For a start, Journe's Sonnerie Souveraine is much more than simply a grand sonnerie; it is a grand et petite sonnerie plus a minute repeater. A sonnerie is a clockwatch; that means that it sounds the time (hours and quarters) in passing ... A repeater sounds the time on demand rather than in passing - giving us dongs, ding-dongs and dings!" Read the link to understand why this is such a big deal. (Quicklink)  •  9:08pm  •  
Hungarian plastic surgeon develops surgical procedure to give you elf ears   (0)
Assuming this is legit, it is going to be peculiar when these start appearing on the streets. (Quicklink)  •  9:08pm  •  
When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide   (0)
Interesting rant. I've always thought there was a massive failure to adapt by the music industry. The law says one thing, but when there's an inability to effectively enforce it and 99%+ of people who own an iPod are copyright violators, it's clear that society has moved on. Businesses have to move on... and only then can the law move on. (Quicklink)  •  9:08pm  •  
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Oct 07
Thu
Google Finance now has quotes for the ASX   (0)
Link goes to QAN ticker. (Quicklink)  •  6:22am  •  
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Oct 07
Wed
Harold & Kumar 2 trailer   (0)
Can't wait! (Quicklink)  •  1:59pm  •  
Microsoft takes a 1.6% stake in Facebook valued at USD 240m   (0)
Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  1:59pm  •  
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Oct 07
Sun
No Reflection   (0)
A fantastic prank, with flawless execution. The gist: a mirror is replaced with a window and a woman and her twin stand on opposite sides. (Quicklink)  •  6:26am  •  
American lawbreaking   (0)
Columbia law professor Tim Wu writes, in Slate, about laws which are allowed to be broken and why. Quite an interesting read. (Quicklink)  •  6:26am  •  
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Oct 07
Fri
Salon’s Ask the Pilot articles   (0)
"Why don't planes carry parachutes for passengers?" (Quicklink)  •  4:32pm  •  
Insert coin   (0)
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Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again   (0)
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First Look: The Cast of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek   (0)
Featuring Sylar as Spock, Harold as Sulu, the dude from Hot Fuzz as Scotty, Anamaria as Uhura and the Hulk as "Nero". This could be very weird. (Quicklink)  •  4:32pm  •  
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Oct 07
Wed
New currency for space travellers   (0)
Not a terribly liquid market for those at the moment. (Quicklink)  •  12:31am  •  
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Oct 07
Thu
Bogong warning: don’t yawn   (0)
'Management at the head office of ACP Magazines in Sydney have warned staff to "refrain from yawning" to avoid bogong moths flying into their mouths.' (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
Book now for the flight to nowhere   (0)
"An Indian entrepreneur has given a new twist to the concept of low-cost airlines. The passengers boarding his Airbus 300 in Delhi do not expect to go anywhere because it never takes off." Creative. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
Jaccuzzi au sommet du mont-blanc   (0)
Some crazy Europeans lugged a jacuzzi to the top of Mont Blanc, filled it with snow, heated it, and jumped in. Great photos. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
Chinese factory workers: ghosts in the machine   (0)
Think your job is bad? Check out the guy in the middle who has to duck everytime the machine comes down. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
Dice Stacking Movie Vol. 3   (0)
Wow. And you thought Chow Yun Fat in God of Gamblers was good. (Quicklink)  •  1:30am  •  
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Oct 07
Mon
10 Most Incredible Things to Do Before You Die   (0)
Short version: Go skydiving, dock with the ISS, take a jet ride to the edge of space, joyride on a MIG, take a submarine to visit the Titanic, climb the Great Pyramid of Egypt, visit the Great Wall of China, participate in simulated covert ops, dive with sharks, take an African safari. (Quicklink)  •  2:22am  •  
Superb movie poster placement   (0)
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Share price comparison: Dell vs. Apple over the last 10 years   (0)
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Beware the dreaded “MySpace Angles”   (0)
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Sep 07
Tue
Deals: Facebook now worth $15 billion?   (0)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook is negotiating with Microsoft to sell a stake in the social networking site. The purchase price of a minority stake would value Facebook at between $10 billion and $15 billion. Good Lord. (Quicklink)  •  5:14am  •  
The World In Only 7 Pictures   (0)
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Sep 07
Wed
Anthony Bourdain’s overrated menu   (0)
"Mesquite-grilled Amish organic free-range chicken, served with Fijian mango chutney and accompanied by foraged mushrooms: It should never take longer to describe your dish than to eat it. Mango chutney was innovative when Bobby Flay did it in 1978. Foraged mushrooms? Amish chicken? Who gives a shit about who picked the mushrooms or if the people who raised the chicken wear bonnets?" (Quicklink)  •  5:15am  •  
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Sep 07
Mon
Japanese Housewives Sweat in Secret as Markets Reel – New York Times   (0)
"Until the credit crisis, which began with troubles in the American mortgage market, the value of foreign currencies traded online by private Japanese citizens, including women, averaged $9.1 billion a day — almost a fifth of all foreign exchange trading worldwide during trading hours in Tokyo." That's massive. (Quicklink)  •  6:01am  •  
O.J. Simpson Arrested in Vegas Robbery   (0)
The first few comments on the Digg page are hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  6:01am  •  
Michael Lewis in the NY Times on pricing natural disasters   (0)
It's a long article, but an engrossing read. (Quicklink)  •  3:35am  •  
Long list of street scams in Barcelona   (0)
I got done by number 22 just off Las Ramblas back in 2000. (Quicklink)  •  3:35am  •  
The New Yorker on light pollution   (0)
One of the darkest night skies I've experienced was in the South Australian outback. The ground is literally pitch black, but the sky is breathtakingly illuminated and you can see the Milky Way plainly. "In Galileo's time, nighttime skies all over the world would have merited the darkest Bortle ranking, Class 1. Today, the sky above New York City is Class 9, at the other extreme of the scale, and American suburban skies are typically Class 5, 6, or 7. The very darkest places in the continental United States today are almost never darker than Class 2, and are increasingly threatened. For someone standing on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on a moonless night, the brightest feature of the sky is not the Milky Way but the glow of Las Vegas, a hundred and seventy-five miles away. To see skies truly comparable to those which Galileo knew, you would have to travel to such places as the Australian outback and the mountains of Peru." (Quicklink)  •  3:35am  •  
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Sep 07
Wed
10 photos taken at the right moment   (0)
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Web Enabled Ergo Bike Premium 8i, Competitive Racing in the Living Room   (0)
This is cool. You link up with other people with that exercise bike and race against them, compare heartrates in realtime and it comes with VOIP, a webcam and an onboard MP3 player. I'd get one. If I could afford it. (Quicklink)  •  2:27am  •  
Smart way to optimise business   (0)
Kottke writes about coffee sellers increasing customer throughput (and competitive advantage) by letting them sort out their own change. I think that would be a great idea for the morning rush at cafes around my workplace... they're all corporates anyway and they're not going to screw the cafe out of a few cents. (Quicklink)  •  2:27am  •  
GPS Gadget Makes Trip Tracking Truly Trivial   (0)
Nifty. Would be cool for treks/hikes or going for a drive out of town, etc. But then you might as well get a full GPS device... probably wouldn't cost that much more. (Quicklink)  •  2:27am  •  
1910 French Prints show their vision of the Year 2000   (0)
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Postcards from the turn of the last century show their vision of the Year 2000   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:27am  •  
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull   (0)
Well that's a klunky title. (Quicklink)  •  2:27am  •  
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Sep 07
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Sep 07
Thu
New iPods released   (0)
There's now 4(!) different lines of iPods (5 if you count the iPhone). (Quicklink)  •  1:09am  •  
Rudd addresses Chinese President in fluent Mandarin   (0)
"But when Mr Rudd started addressing the leader of one quarter of the world's population, fluently in his own tongue, the effect was stunning. There was an almost audible intake of breath among the scores of Chinese political and business heavyweights in the audience. Many sat bolt upright in their chairs, beaming at Mr Rudd's virtuosity. ... Not only is he consistently trouncing Mr Howard in the polls, but here he was looking like a genuine statesman at an APEC forum at which Mr Howard, as host, is no doubt expecting will enhance his own international reputation." (includes video) (Quicklink)  •  1:09am  •  
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Aug 07
Tue
Excellent prank involving a zebra crossing   (0)
I'm surprised no one pulled out a gun! (Quicklink)  •  3:29am  •  
Coffee Drinks Illustrated   (0)
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Amusing vanity plates   (0)
I saw one coming home today, "BE•1337" (Quicklink)  •  3:29am  •  
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Aug 07
Sat
Images that changed the world   (0)
I was just discussing last night with some friends that very little iconic imagery has emerged from the Iraq war. (Quicklink)  •  10:04pm  •  
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Aug 07
Mon
Justice Susan Kiefel appointed to the High Court   (0)
Now there's two Susans on the HCA bench. (Quicklink)  •  3:48am  •  
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Aug 07
Fri
Jitters in Second Life as bank shuts doors   (0)
BNP isn't the only financial entity which has barred redemptions lately... a Second Life bank is not letting people withdraw the full balance of their cash deposits! (Quicklink)  •  7:19am  •  
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Aug 07
Mon
Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife   (0)
Ridiculously large. (Quicklink)  •  2:51am  •  
In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don’t Feel Rich   (0)
"Mr. Kremen estimated his net worth at $10 million. That puts him firmly in the top half of 1 percent among Americans, according to wealth data from the Federal Reserve, but barely in the top echelons in affluent towns like Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton. So he logs 60- to 80-hour workweeks because, he said, he does not think he has nearly enough money to ease up." (Quicklink)  •  2:51am  •  
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Aug 07
Sat
Don’t fall for the hype of a herd that’s spooked   (0)
Gittins' voice of reason. (Quicklink)  •  7:59pm  •  
Shares go down, too, remember   (0)
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Jake Brown falls 40 feet and walks away at the X-Games   (0)
This is amazing. (Quicklink)  •  7:59pm  •  
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Aug 07
Thu
Panoramics of the 7 “New” Wonders   (0)
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Teams to take another crack at space elevator   (0)
Another round of 20 teams will try to win $500,000 from the space agency for building a robotic climber that can hoist itself up on a thin carbon tether, under its own power source, 100 meters within 50 seconds. (Quicklink)  •  3:01am  •  
YouTube Architecture   (0)
Technical summary of YouTube's architecture. Ever wondered what it takes to serve over 100 million videos a day? (Quicklink)  •  3:01am  •  
Cool magazine illusions   (0)
Simple, but effective. (Quicklink)  •  3:01am  •  
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Jul 07
Sat
Craziest Captchas on the Web   (0)
Some of these are very amusing... (Quicklink)  •  10:43pm  •  
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Jul 07
Fri
How to raise money from VCs – Video   (0)
Very amusing. (Quicklink)  •  5:07am  •  
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Jul 07
Wed
Businessman spends $247,000 on night out   (0)
Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  5:55am  •  
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Jul 07
Tue
Qantas to offer inflight web access   (0)
This would so help to pass the time on those long hauls. Unless you're travelling for work. Then you're stuffed. (Quicklink)  •  4:13am  •  
US troops leave Aussie for dead in Iraq   (0)
These are our allies. (Quicklink)  •  4:13am  •  
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Jul 07
Mon
Photosynth Prototype   (0)
This is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Combine it with a large multi-touchscreen and it'd be mindblowing. Basically one of things this technology can do is suck in thousands of disparate 2D images and contextualise them within a 3D space. I wonder how much processing power that took to generate though... (Quicklink)  •  2:08am  •  
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Jul 07
Sat
$1000 tasting menu at Astral   (0)
Perhaps the restaurant should be called "Astronomical". It's a custom made menu, but it's a bit much... (Quicklink)  •  5:31pm  •  
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Jul 07
Wed
Will It Blend? blends an iPhone   (0)
Defilation and sacrelige! (Quicklink)  •  4:09am  •  
The Wealthiest Americans Ever   (0)
Adjusted for inflation. (Quicklink)  •  4:09am  •  
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Jul 07
Tue
The Next Reggie Bush   (0)
When I played rugby at the primary school level, anyone who was any good at sprinting could do that. I remember racking scores of 50+ to nil against other schools because a couple of us would just grab the ball, dodge everyone and run the length of the pitch... and rugby doesn't have blockers. Then people got bigger. (Quicklink)  •  5:54am  •  
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Jul 07
Sat
Emptying Nest Eggs, Not the Nests   (0)
"The common practice of ending financial obligation after their children graduate from high school or college is gone. Parents are carrying their children longer, pouring in thousands of dollars a year — if not tens of thousands — to their college graduates. Thirty-four percent of adults 18 to 34 receive financial assistance from their parents..." (Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
N.Y. Bar Serves Bottled Water For $55   (0)
Such a load of crap. Those people should go and watch the episode of Bullshit that Penn & Teller did on bottled water. (Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
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Jul 07
Fri
Body “tricks”   (0)
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Jul 07
Tue
Gameslah’s 50 Boxing Setup   (0)
It's called multiboxing. It's insane. Some of those multi-monitor setups look nice though... (Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
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Jul 07
Sun
Patience Pays Off Big for Dallas iPhone Fan   (1)
Totally owned. And all the people hoping to flog their phones off on eBay are getting owned as well. There's absolutely no shortage of supply for iPhones in the US. (Quicklink)  •  2:08am  •  
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Jun 07
Fri
Tennis, pressure and the gender wage-gap   (0)
"Women are significantly more likely to hit unforced errors at the most crucial stages of the match, while men exhibit no significant variation in performance. Specifically, about 30% of men%u2019s points end in unforced errors, regardless of their placement in the distribution of the importance variable. For women, about 36% of points in the bottom quartile of the importance distribution end in unforced errors, but unforced errors rise to nearly 40% for points in the top quartile of the importance distribution. What is remarkable is not the difference in the levels (men are more powerful and therefore more likely to hit winners at any stage). The interest lies in the differences in the way men and women respond to increases in competitive pressure." (Quicklink)  •  8:36pm  •  
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Jun 07
Wed
The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype   (0)
They need a 3G version by the time it hits local shores... (Quicklink)  •  4:57am  •  
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Jun 07
Thu
Patek Philippe Calibre 89   (0)
"With 33 complications, 1728 parts, and weighing almost 3 lbs, the Calibre 89 is no doubt the most complex watch in the world." (Quicklink)  •  3:37am  •  
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Jun 07
Tue
The iPhone Inaugurates a Dangerous New Era for Apple Boss Steve Jobs   (0)
New York Magazine's lengthy profile of Jobs. (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer   (0)
Julian Dibbell writes in the NY Times Mag. (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
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Jun 07
Sun
When Lots of Money Makes You Feel Rich   (1)
"Anyone who has ever thrown around a stack of liras or rupees knows that people are sometimes more extravagant with currencies that have high face values. A paper recently published in The Journal of Consumer Research explored that effect." (Quicklink)  •  10:52pm  •  
Unforgettable Photos   (1)
A series of unforgettable photos throughout the last half-century, all involving a conflict of some sort. (Quicklink)  •  10:52pm  •  
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Jun 07
Sat
Pell pilloried for cardinal sin of defending church teaching   (0)
One of the rare occasions where I think Devine has a good point. (Quicklink)  •  7:10pm  •  
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Jun 07
Thu
Apple introduces Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros   (0)
Specs for the next generation of MBPs. 15 inchers have the new LED screens. (Quicklink)  •  5:02am  •  
iPhone demographic analysis   (0)
I think Apple shares will keep going up as I have since they announced the iPhone. I'm not the only one who thinks that. (Quicklink)  •  5:02am  •  
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Jun 07
Wed
The pic that never ends   (0)
Quite cool. (Quicklink)  •  3:53am  •  
The Profit Calculator   (0)
Fascinating New York Magazine feature about how different people make money in NYC. "The wild risks, unexpected niches, and day-in-day-out grind behind making a dollar in New York...for everyone from a drug dealer to Goldman Sachs." (Quicklink)  •  3:53am  •  
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Jun 07
Sun
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know   (0)
Some bizarre choices in there... (Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
Analysis of Casino Design   (0)
"A prodigious amount of thought goes into the design and layout of a casino%u2019s gambling floor. The layout of slot machines and card tables is carefully designed in order to maximize the casino%u2019s profits and lure customers into the games. Casinos are generally designed so that patrons must walk through or at least around the periphery of several slot machine blocks to move around the casino, to maximize the customers%u2019 exposure to the exciting sights and sounds of the slot machines, and especially of others winning on the machines." (Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
Selecting shares – too often it’s a mug’s game   (0)
The bare basics... (Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
Where will it end?   (0)
"The resource boom continues to roll on and the sharemarket keeps climbing. Picking the peak is the biggest and the most challenging game in town." (Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
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May 07
Sun
Helix – a 1D skyscraper with a single corridor   (0)
Intriguing concept. Some major practical issues though. (Quicklink)  •  4:31am  •  
World of Warcraft dances superimposed on their source dances   (0)
My goodness, they are all real dances... (Quicklink)  •  4:31am  •  
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May 07
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May 07
Sat
Internet’s free world attracts dark forces   (0)
When you think about it, the Linden Dollar is a reasonably stable convertible currency - Second Life could definitely be a haven for money laundering and fraud. My prediction is that online worlds will eventually be subjected to financial regulation. It may take the legislators a little while to get their act together and realise that virtual currencies are not really "play money" without value, but they'll catch on. When you have that much money flying around (and in increasing amounts), it's got to be regulated. (Quicklink)  •  4:02pm  •  
StarCraft II!   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  4:02pm  •  
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May 07
Thu
Maths proves that the Buffy universe harbors no more than 512 vampires   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  4:18am  •  
People lived here   (0)
Nightmare tenants. Photos. (Quicklink)  •  4:18am  •  
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May 07
Sat
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May 07
Thu
World is walking 10% faster   (0)
Apparently Singaporeans walk the fastest. (Quicklink)  •  4:58am  •  
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May 07
Wed
Do Your Homework (or Buy an Index Fund)   (0)
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Dow 13K and the Second Great Depression   (0)
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Only another 5,500 calories to go…   (0)
"A Swedish university has replicated Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me junk food binge under lab conditions. The early results are surprising..." (Quicklink)  •  4:24am  •  
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Apr 07
Sun
Slamball   (0)
Basketball with trampolines. This is cool. Stolen from Pete. (Quicklink)  •  5:36am  •  
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Apr 07
Tue
Seiko’s e-ink watch   (0)
Looks pretty. (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels   (0)
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Universcale   (0)
Compares pictorially the scale of different objects (from atomic to galactic in scale). (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
Top Hedge Fund Managers Earn Over $240 Million   (0)
NY Times article. "Raymond T. Dalio, head of Bridgewater Associates, which has more than $30 billion in hedge fund assets, for example, took home $350 million last year even though his flagship Pure Alpha Strategy fund posted a net return of just 3.4 percent for the second consecutive year." That's a complete travesty. On the other hand, "Even though [James Simons] has some of the highest fees in the business — 5 percent of assets under management and 44 percent of profits [!] — he trounces most of his competitors year after year. In 2006, the $6 billion Medallion fund posted gross returns of 84 percent; 44 percent after fees, explaining his $1.7 billion take." (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
Creating a smoke effect in Photoshop   (0)
Tutorial (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
Former Russian Leader Boris Yeltsin Dies   (0)
Heart failure is the official line. (Quicklink)  •  7:13am  •  
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Apr 07
Sun
Moscow’s suburb for billionaires   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:04am  •  
Precursors   (0)
Music from a classic game (Star Control 2) remixed. SC2 evokes a lot of fond early high school memories for me (sort of how you associate some songs with certain years of your life)! (Quicklink)  •  6:04am  •  
In the New Dating Scene, the Attraction Is a Beautiful Mind   (0)
Washington Post article. (Quicklink)  •  6:04am  •  
Faceball   (0)
Pictures of people getting smacked in the face with a bright pink beachball. (Quicklink)  •  12:24am  •  
Cool wedding invite   (0)
From Pete. (Quicklink)  •  12:24am  •  
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Apr 07
Thu
Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners   (0)
Humans best long distance runners in the animal kingdom. "Lieberman said humans likely practiced persistence hunting, chasing a game animal during the heat of the day, making it run faster than it could maintain, tracking and flushing it if it tried to rest, and repeating the process until the animal literally overheated and collapsed." (Quicklink)  •  2:02pm  •  
The law’s an ass   (0)
What the? (Quicklink)  •  5:12am  •  
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Apr 07
Fri
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Apr 07
Wed
Pearls Before Breakfast   (1)
The Washington Post reports on a fascinating social experiment. A world-class violinist playing a $3.5 mill Strad as a busker in a Washington DC train station. How do people react? How much money does he make? This article is well worth the read. (Quicklink)  •  2:44am  •  
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Apr 07
Sat
Firm lays down law and lists on ASX   (0)
I think this is the first publicly listed law firm in Australia? (Quicklink)  •  8:51pm  •  
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Apr 07
Thu
The 4th Annual Smithsonian magazine photo contest   (0)
Some gems in there. (Quicklink)  •  9:13am  •  
How Chinese noodles are made   (0)
It's meant to be part of a science doco on atoms, but I found it interesting for other reasons. And if you haven't noticed, it's steal-links-from-Kottke day here. (Quicklink)  •  9:13am  •  
Taking out a million dollar Strad for a test drive   (0)
NY Times article. I think taking out a supercar for a spin would be scary enough from an "I might break it" perspective - but a violin worth potentially several times that? That requires chutzpah. (Quicklink)  •  9:13am  •  
Photos of offices in New York   (0)
... of some prominent New Yorkers (eg, Martha Stewart, Michael Bloomberg). (Quicklink)  •  9:13am  •  
Real Estate Roller Coaster   (0)
This is cool. A US home prices (inflation adjusted) graph... literally portrayed as a roller coaster ride. The last ten years are the wildest... At some point things are going to give and there's going to be pandemonium - it's already starting to happen. Mortgages are overrated. (Quicklink)  •  9:13am  •  
New Die Hard Trailer!   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:13am  •  
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Apr 07
Wed
Listing of Dubai’s property explosion   (0)
Interestingly, Dubai Airport is forecasted to become one of the most busiest airports in the world. There's something about this Emirate which will see it become a very important world city in the next couple decades. (Quicklink)  •  5:31am  •  
USB Humping Dog   (0)
Unfortunately we're a little late for April Fools, but this would have made a great office prank. (Quicklink)  •  5:31am  •  
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Mar 07
Fri
Shot Spotter   (0)
Wired article: "Last year there were 148 homicides in Oakland. Today, when someone fires a gun on a city street, a network of hidden microphones kicks in - triangulating the exact location. And alerting police." (Quicklink)  •  7:18pm  •  
Game Faces   (0)
"During a videogame," photographer Phillip Toledano says, "people disappear down a rabbit hole. They drop their public face, and all you see is this really raw emotion." (Quicklink)  •  7:18pm  •  
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Mar 07
Mon
Schmidt Sting Pain Index   (0)
What's scarier is that it is an initiation rite for some cultures to wear a sleeve made of bullet ants for 10 minutes without showing any signs of pain. See here. (Quicklink)  •  6:13am  •  
Musical Chairs… in WOW   (0)
I'm speechless. (Quicklink)  •  6:13am  •  
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Mar 07
Fri
Roll on Friday’s running an Aussie law firms survey   (0)
They're preparing an Inside Info section to the site for Australia, similar to the one for the UK market. (Quicklink)  •  3:36pm  •  
15
Mar 07
Thu
Terence Tao – Journeys to the Distant Fields of Prime   (0)
NY Times article. Terence Tao is an Aussie and an awardee of the Fields Medal and MacArthur Fellowship. (Quicklink)  •  11:49pm  •  
13
Mar 07
Tue
Two Nickelback songs merged   (0)
Haha, recycled it may be, but the merged songs now sound like a round! (Quicklink)  •  12:50am  •  
12
Mar 07
Mon
Mayhem at Target as Stella goes on sale   (0)
"The range is limited and the whole collaboration is a one-time offer so interest is high." Where's there's a shopping frenzy like this, there's an excellent opportunity to make a quick buck through onsales. (Quicklink)  •  3:45am  •  
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Mar 07
Fri
Stabbing at Leia’s 22nd Birthday   (1)
YouTube video. (Quicklink)  •  2:23pm  •  
This guy can get 59 MPG (4L per 100km) in a Plain Old Accord   (0)
The art of hypermiling. 'As we're driving out of the parking lot, Wayne comes to the top of a small hill and tells me he's doing a fas. "What?" I ask. "That's a forced auto stop," he says, which is putting the car in neutral, turning off the engine, and gliding. It's illegal in some states—with the engine off, you can lose your power brakes after a few pumps, and with older cars, you can lose your power steering—but it's a favorite driving tool of many hypermilers.' (Quicklink)  •  2:23pm  •  
Journey From a Chinese Orphanage to a Jewish Rite of Passage   (0)
Interesting article about Chinese Jews in NYC. Adopted, Chinese, Jewish, two mothers - definitely a unusual mix (and you thought you had identity issues). (Quicklink)  •  2:23pm  •  
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Mar 07
Thu
Non-farm payrolls: a diary   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:49am  •  
1
Mar 07
Thu
11 Top Underground Transit Systems in the World   (0)
Hmm, Sydney's not on the list. OH WAIT. We don't have an underground transit system. (Quicklink)  •  2:40am  •  
28
Feb 07
Wed
Incandescent light bulbs to be illegal within 3 years   (0)
I kinda like the warm glow given off by incandescent bulbs. Oh well, I suppose it makes a lot more sense to switch everyone over to fluoro. Reminds me of when they phased out CFCs. (Quicklink)  •  4:07am  •  
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Feb 07
Wed
Reservoir Logs   (0)
Wired article (Quicklink)  •  3:30am  •  
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Feb 07
Mon
The St Petersburg paradox   (0)
A game has a fixed entry fee. A coin is tossed repeatedly until a "tails" appears. If you toss a "heads" on the first toss, you win $1. Every time you toss "heads", the amount you receive doubles (eg, 4 heads in a row followed by a tail gives you $8). How much would you be willing to pay for the entry fee? (Quicklink)  •  4:14am  •  
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Feb 07
Sun
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Feb 07
Fri
Telstra to Apple: ‘stick to your knitting’   (0)
Sounds like a bad case of corporate myopia here. (Quicklink)  •  4:25pm  •  
14
Feb 07
Wed
best of craigslist : Vasectomy: $400. Speechless look on her face: priceless.   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:54am  •  
Bush bogi bogi   (0)
Video of the best Bush compilation. Ever. EVER. (Quicklink)  •  2:54am  •  
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Feb 07
Tue
11
Feb 07
Sun
The Art of Quitting   (0)
In the vein of Postsecret comes perhaps a more socially useful project... (Quicklink)  •  1:51am  •  
7
Feb 07
Wed
Kitty Washing Machine   (1)
YouTube video (Quicklink)  •  12:55am  •  
Apple to set up shop in downtown Sydney   (0)
Finally!! An Apple retail outlet in Australia. (Quicklink)  •  12:55am  •  
4
Feb 07
Sun
WiinRemote   (0)
A program for using Wii Remote on Windows PC. With video. Probably not useful for UI tasks, but you could port it for PC games. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
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Feb 07
Fri
1
Feb 07
Thu
eBay To Delist Virtual Goods From MMORPGs   (0)
I would've thought the issue is not whether the virtual goods are from a game or a non-game, but whether the EULA for that MMO world prohibits the external trade of the virtual goods. (Quicklink)  •  1:42am  •  
Dashboard Widget Proposal   (0)
F12 got her a surprise proposal. Here's the whole story. (Quicklink)  •  1:42am  •  
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Jan 07
Wed
“Historical gambling” is a new form of gambling that uses historical horse races and odds   (0)
But it sounds like someone could cheat by generating a database of historical races (all you'd need are horse names and which one won) which could be loaded onto a PDA or something for quick reference? (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
A visualisation of the New Testament’s social network   (0)
I wonder what one of the whole Bible would look like if you also mapped references to people in prophecies to the actual person? (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
A quick 30-question general knowledge test   (0)
27 for me. I'm no good with history. (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
Castronova and Fairfield’s paper on “Dragon Kill Points: A Summary Whitepaper”   (0)
Abstract: "This piece briefly describes the self-enforcing and non-pecuniary resource allocation system used by players in virtual worlds to allocate goods produced by a combination of player effort (the effort required to organize a group and overcome challenges) and the game itself (which "generates the good" – the input here is the time of the design staff). For historical reasons, these systems are commonly called DKP – Dragon Kill Points. The following is an attempt at a fun, not a thorough, discussion of the subject and some of the puzzles it raises." (Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
Time Magazine does a photoessay… on World of Warcraft   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:55am  •  
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Jan 07
Sun
Tupper’s Self-Referential Formula   (0)
A formula which plots itself. (Quicklink)  •  4:03am  •  
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Jan 07
Sun
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Jan 07
Fri
Amazonian deforestation on Google Maps   (0)
Back in primary school I used to read those fact books and one of those facts that stuck in my mind is that trees were being cleared from the Amazon at the rate of several football fields a day. This is the result. Scarily, you only have to zoom out three times to know exactly where on earth you are looking. (Quicklink)  •  5:17am  •  
Outsourcing Your Diggs To India At $0.34/hr   (0)
At first this seemed creative, then on second thought, it's really not all that hard to think of ways to exploit people working at $2.70 a day. (Quicklink)  •  5:17am  •  
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Dec 06
Mon
The 10 Most Bizarre People on Earth   (2)
Kicks off with a Vietnamese man who has not slept in 30 years. (Quicklink)  •  2:03am  •  
The Most Dangerous Roads in the World   (0)
With pictures. (Quicklink)  •  2:03am  •  
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Dec 06
Wed
Test your geography – identify 20 random countries on a world map   (0)
Scored an 84 on the first time around. Mind you, one of them was a gimme, being Australia... (Quicklink)  •  4:41am  •  
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Dec 06
Tue
US Supreme Court turns down Weldon Angelos’ appeal   (0)
Looks like he will have to serve his mandatory minimum 55 years for possessing a firearm during a drug sale three times. By contrast, a "criminal would get up to 24 years and 5 months for hijacking an airplane or less than 20 years for blowing up a bomb to try to kill someone. A drug kingpin running a major drug ring in which a death results would be eligible for less than 25 years." So much for the justice of mandatory minimums. (Quicklink)  •  4:34am  •  
Korean Archers   (0)
Splitting string. Pretty amazing. (Quicklink)  •  4:34am  •  
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Dec 06
Mon
The Time Fountain   (0)
Strobing LEDs create a eerie water-flowing-upwards effect. (Quicklink)  •  1:41am  •  
Mr Wong’s Soup’Partments   (0)
"2 km high" isometric pixelart skyscraper. (Quicklink)  •  1:41am  •  
3
Dec 06
Sun
15 interesting logic problems   (0)
Some good ones in there, the first one (ropes and lighter) is great. (Quicklink)  •  3:18am  •  
Programming puzzles, riddles and interview problems   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:18am  •  
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Nov 06
Wed
Best way to sit at the office desk – lay back   (0)
This has been my default sitting position for years and years. Funny thing is that I thought it was bad for my back, but no longer do I need to feel guilty about it! (Quicklink)  •  2:23am  •  
26
Nov 06
Sun
Kramer’s racist tirade   (0)
The now-infamous video clip. (Quicklink)  •  3:34am  •  
Urban Challenge   (0)
12 clues, 12 waypoints, a couple spare hours in the city. Looks like fun, but it doesn't seem like they are being run anymore nor are they run in Sydney. (Quicklink)  •  3:34am  •  
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Nov 06
Wed
Gittins writes on sensation transference   (0)
Or, the power of packaging. (Quicklink)  •  2:53am  •  
Profile on economics professor Kevin Murphy   (0)
Described as "far and away the smartest guy in the field" by Steven Levitt. (Quicklink)  •  2:53am  •  
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Nov 06
Mon
Calling shotgun – Wikipedia entry   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:15am  •  
Seed magazine: Who Wants to Be a Cognitive Neuroscientist Millionaire?   (0)
A researcher uses his understanding of the human brain to advance on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Quicklink)  •  2:15am  •  
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Nov 06
Sun
Blog post on the Cylons   (0)
Interesting perspective on the Cylons based on this season of Galactica. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
9
Nov 06
Thu
At last, Microsoft ships Vista   (0)
Vista goes RTM. Volume licensing customers first, then consumers on 30 January 2007 along with Office 2007. (Quicklink)  •  3:40am  •  
8
Nov 06
Wed
A hitch or two, but undoubtedly you know who   (0)
U2 opened in Brisbane last night. Have tickets for Saturday. Can't wait. (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
Mock the Devil: U2, Christian?   (0)
Interesting article on U2 and Christianity. (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
Review of U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album   (0)
U2's typically been somewhat religiously ambiguous, but this Christian-oriented review picks up on several apparently faith-inspired references. (Quicklink)  •  4:15am  •  
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Nov 06
Mon
Life in jail for bludgeoning murders   (0)
Ram Tiwary was handed down a life sentence today for having committed a double murder. (Quicklink)  •  1:15am  •  
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Oct 06
Tue
Casu Marzu   (1)
An article about Sardinia's maggot-infested pecorino cheese - a local "delicacy" available through its black market because, ironically, the Italian government has outlawed it for health reasons. (Quicklink)  •  4:16am  •  
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Oct 06
Mon
Star Trek: TNG – Episode Guide Video   (0)
All seven seasons! (Quicklink)  •  12:17am  •  
27
Oct 06
Fri
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Amex “Black” Card   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
Housing as a long-term investment   (0)
New Yorker article. "And though they show that housing prices have risen sharply in the past decade, they also show that, over the longer haul, investing in a home is far from a sure thing; if you control for inflation and quality, Shiller found, real home prices barely budged between the eighteen-nineties and the nineteen-nineties. The idea that housing prices have nowhere to go but up is, in other words, a statistical illusion." (Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
Millions for millions   (0)
Great New Yorker article on microcredit institution models, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and a bunch of prominent technology entrepreneurs. (Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
830! How a carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever.   (0)
Slate magazine article. (Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
Wired 14.11: Face Blind   (0)
Article on prosopagnosia, or an inability to recognise faces. I imagine it must be like trying to tell sheep apart from each other - we lack the capacity to easily distinguish between faces of other species. I found it surprising that people can go through so much of their lives with others not realising something stranger than shyness or arrogance was going on. (Quicklink)  •  5:38pm  •  
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Oct 06
Thu
CD Zapping   (0)
When I was in high school, I did work experience at a small run-from-home ISP. One day my boss said, "want to see something cool?" and proceeded to nuke a CD in the microwave. Great pyrotechnics, horrible smell. "Uh, don't tell my wife!" he said afterwards. (Quicklink)  •  5:30am  •  
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Oct 06
Wed
Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories   (0)
Six word stories from some very, very big (sci-fi/fantasy related) names. (Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
21
Oct 06
Sat
Lords of the Logistic   (0)
You'd be amazed at what you can fit on a bike. (Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
Answers to questions about Lasik Eye Surgery   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
The Next YouTubes   (0)
Time article. (Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
US Jails Man Once Tortured by Taliban   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
Gen Ys dish it back, for the right reasons   (1)
Miranda Devine has been backing Gen Y for some reason. We're a lucky generation, born in affluent times (in this country anyway - most of generation Y haven't experienced a recession). I think being brought up in this environment has influenced our mindset and attitudes. It will be interesting to see how this generation reacts if things turn sour. (Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
Creative advertising posters   (0)
Sort of like a modern day siren song eh? (Quicklink)  •  9:03pm  •  
20
Oct 06
Fri
The $40 million elbow   (0)
Billionaire Steve Wynn puts his elbow through a painting he's about the sell for US$139 million. (Quicklink)  •  3:35pm  •  
Maps of War   (0)
Animated map showing middle-eastern empires over the millennia. (Quicklink)  •  3:35pm  •  
6
Oct 06
Fri
Negotiating a Sexual Consent Agreement   (0)
This video is pretty amusing. (Quicklink)  •  11:06pm  •  
3
Oct 06
Tue
Dude, That Is So Not Funny   (0)
Wired article. Ebaum's World turns $10 million in revenue, not bad for a 26 year old. It has run into intellectual property issues, but also appears to be sorting them out. (Quicklink)  •  6:28am  •  
ACA does a hitjob on addiction to World of Warcraft   (0)
Goes after 16 year old who has parents who don't know how to be tough. (Quicklink)  •  5:50am  •  
29
Sep 06
Fri
Turtle desperate for some action   (0)
A pretty bizarre, but somewhat amusing video. Need to forward a few seconds in. (Quicklink)  •  5:49pm  •  
Anousheh Ansari’s Space Blog   (0)
Her journey is over, but her blog makes for interesting reading. (Quicklink)  •  5:49pm  •  
28
Sep 06
Thu
Barack Obama: so essentially the weaker the government%u2019s case is against you, the fewer rights you have   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:10pm  •  
Google Periodic Table   (0)
Check out platinum and xenon. (Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
Homeland Security Blues   (0)
"One of the female employees cried on her way out of the decontamination tent, where she was required to strip naked and get scrubbed down by a hazardous-materials team." (Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
Dean Potter solos The Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley   (0)
Pretty hardcore climbing. (Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
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Sep 06
Tue
Checking Google Earth’s 3D features   (0)
Greenland from 30000ft - a photo vs Google Earth. (Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
Keith Olbermann’s special commentary on Clinton vs Fox   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
Clinton Interviewed on Fox News Sunday   (0)
Clinton is asked why he didn't do more to eliminate bin Laden while in office. Ownage of Fox's hapless interviewer ensues. If you haven't watched this already, you should. (Quicklink)  •  2:32am  •  
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Sep 06
Sun
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Sep 06
Fri
US Supreme Court to start posting same-day transcripts   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:17am  •  
Embracing old and new. Now that’s cricket.   (0)
Hmm. I'm not sure what to think about this. I see good points for both sides and the whole debate raises some significant questions about the nature of citizenship... (Quicklink)  •  6:17am  •  
The easiest 5 billable hours ever   (0)
Clients rich enough to use solicitors as a taxi service (which appears to be completely unrelated to the actual matter at hand). The mind boggles. (Quicklink)  •  6:17am  •  
12
Sep 06
Tue
Fowl play – You’d be surprised how many radio stunts backfire   (0)
Amusing list of radio stunts gone wrong. (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
Ticked-off Starbucks customer sues for $114 million over rejected coupon   (0)
I just have to point out a small furphy in the article - it's not the lawyer who is suing Starbucks, it's the client who is suing Starbucks. Not sure why the damages claimed are so outrageously high, perhaps it's a class action suit (with a class of 20 million annoyed Starbucks customers?). (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
Interesting list of unrecognised States   (0)
Mainly categorised by international recognition and territorial control. (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
‘Home-made nations’ guide launched   (0)
Lonely Planet releases a book detailing micronations - or tiny "states" whose "sovereignty" is only recognised by themselves. Seems to be mostly backyard-type "empires" and doesn't include places like Transnistria (between Ukraine and Moldova), Abkhazia (Georgia) or South Ossetia (Georgia). (Quicklink)  •  3:00am  •  
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Sep 06
Fri
Deep-fried Coke   (0)
Where can I get some of that sugary goodness? (Quicklink)  •  1:20am  •  
5
Sep 06
Tue
For New Lawyers, the Going Rate Has Gone Up   (0)
They sure earn a motza in NYC. It's obscene. (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
2007 Good Food Guide Winners   (0)
Now with 8 three hatters. (Quicklink)  •  2:07pm  •  
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Sep 06
Sun
How Lucy’s email became an inbox hit   (1)
Unlucky! (Quicklink)  •  6:08am  •  
Google searches overlaid on a world map   (0)
Animated map of the world showing Google traffic volume over a 24 hour period (in 2003). I wonder what it would look like today? (Quicklink)  •  6:08am  •  
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star   (0)
I didn't know this, but it actually has 5 verses. (Quicklink)  •  5:53am  •  
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Aug 06
Thu
Movie goofs (with pictures)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:06am  •  
How to Create Your Own Planets Using Your Panoramas   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:06am  •  
PBF comics   (0)
Some strips aren't immediately obvious, which is what makes this comic different. Wry wit with a touch of "oh that's just wrong". (Quicklink)  •  1:06am  •  
24
Aug 06
Thu
The John Kimble Rap   (0)
Funny. And moderately NSFW. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
17
Aug 06
Thu
What If 9/11 Never Happened?   (0)
A long, intriguing "What If?" feature article from New York Magazine. (Quicklink)  •  2:49am  •  
Panographies   (0)
How to photograph and edit together panographies - which are sort of like panoramas stretching vertically as well as horizontally. (Quicklink)  •  2:49am  •  
10
Aug 06
Thu
Air Flight Tracking   (0)
Real time display of planes around various US airports. (Quicklink)  •  1:49am  •  
Six-hour work day ‘key to bliss’   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:49am  •  
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Aug 06
Tue
Investors, Including Bono, Buy a Piece of Forbes   (0)
Bono is a partner in a US$1.9bn private equity firm called Elevation Partners. "With a name like Bono on the letterhead, Elevation is not-so-private equity, but Mr. McNamee said that Elevation — the word is a U2 song, the name of one of its tours and an equity fund — was Bono's idea." He sure gets around! (Quicklink)  •  2:11am  •  
Smart People Choke Under Pressure   (0)
"People perceived as the most likely to succeed might also be the most likely to crumble under pressure." (The weight of expectation, eh?) (Quicklink)  •  2:11am  •  
Duran Duran to give virtual gigs   (0)
British band Duran Duran are to create a virtual island within online game Second Life, on which they will perform actual live concerts. (Quicklink)  •  2:11am  •  
Airlines to replace ‘no smoking’ with ‘no mobile’   (0)
About time they put those permanently on no-smoking lights to better use. (Quicklink)  •  2:11am  •  
How to undress in 7.3 seconds   (0)
Video. The crazy Japanese are at it again. (Quicklink)  •  2:11am  •  
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Tower of Power   (0)
The development of Australia's solar powered electricity generating power. (Quicklink)  •  2:06am  •  
BBC2 is putting full episodes of Top Gear online   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:06am  •  
Wikipedia Showdown   (0)
Applying a Digg-style voting system to rank popular Wikipedia articles. (Quicklink)  •  2:06am  •  
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Tue
Rules for Liar’s dice   (0)
The game played in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Also, Liar's Poker, which is easier to arrange a game of since it doesn't need dice. (Quicklink)  •  1:51am  •  
4 Corners Broadband edition: Peak Oil   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:51am  •  
Oil Depletion Economics 101   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:51am  •  
Behind the golden Gates   (0)
Melinda Gates has been called 'the most powerful woman you know next to nothing about.' CSM article. (Quicklink)  •  1:51am  •  
Man Arrested for Taking Cellphone Photo of Police Activity   (0)
This sounds like a violation of personal rights. (Quicklink)  •  1:51am  •  
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Mon
Dry Ice in a Pepsi bottle   (0)
This looks like fun! Where can I get some dry ice? Video. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Star Trek XI   (0)
Matt Damon as Captain James T Kirk? Say it ain't so. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Investor’s life is no longer so derivative   (0)
Interesting guy. (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
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Tue
The 10 Coolest Technologies You’ve Never Heard Of   (0)
That's because they're still under R&D. (Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
Casino hackers   (0)
Fascinating article on casinos and networked slot machines. (Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
JavaScript: The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
Israel-Lebanon Conflict Illustrated in Google Earth   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
Schools are trying to ban candy. Good luck!   (0)
A short article on black market economics. I remember when I was in primary school people were running paying $2 for a single piece of Mega Warheads. That was more money than a canteen lunch would cost. (Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
Babylon 5 slated for a return of sorts   (0)
"The thrust of the news is this: straight-to-video Babylon 5 adventures ... involving B5 characters in an anthology format ... should arrive late next year. Written and directed by JMS." (Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
This is what happens after your first nine times on Jeopardy   (0)
Video (Quicklink)  •  3:14am  •  
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Thu
Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot   (0)
This should be an interesting book... time to order a copy. (Quicklink)  •  2:49am  •  
Preview of a documentary on Chinese Gold Farmers   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:49am  •  
Visualisation of the FIFA Worldcup 2006 Final   (0)
Shows in a diagram the frequency of passes between players and through players. Fascinating. (Quicklink)  •  2:49am  •  
Easily mispronounced domain names   (0)
therapistfinder.com, penisland.net, powergenitalia.com, molestationnursery.com, etc... (Quicklink)  •  2:49am  •  
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Inc.com: 30 Under 30 — America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs   (0)
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Model of inflatable space hotel set to launch   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:58am  •  
Myth: More Foreign Aid Will End Global Poverty   (0)
Well, the ABC News article's title is a bit misleading. It's not a myth, but foreign aid has to be accompanied by reductions in corruption and eliminating warfare and conflict in order for Africa to improve. (To analogise, currently it's just like pumping funds into a company managed by a rotten board of directors with a subset of employees and competitors who periodically destroy/steal the company assets.) (Quicklink)  •  2:58am  •  
The Zidane Headbutt Photo Gallery   (0)
I quite like this one. (Quicklink)  •  2:58am  •  
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Wed
War on Iraq: Iraq Is Killing the Dollar   (0)
History shows that inflation and the cost of war go hand in hand -- and Iraq is no different. (Quicklink)  •  3:31am  •  
TorrentScrape   (0)
Bittorrent search engine scraper (scrapes TorrentSpy, PirateBay, IsoHunt and Mininova). (Quicklink)  •  3:31am  •  
How a Computer Knows What Many Managers Don’t   (0)
NY Times article on quant funds. (Quicklink)  •  3:31am  •  
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Tue
Bush debating a decade ago   (0)
He's remarkably lucid and fluent. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
Matsushita to sell 103-inch plasma TVs (with picture)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
Which side of the road do countries drive on?   (0)
Fascinating - lists the history behind it and categorises all the countries into left and right hand side drivers. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot   (0)
It's quick to tie. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
Revealed: The disgusting abuse that sparked Zidane’s fury   (0)
Not sure how accurate this is - they used an Italian lip reader (who was unable to see what Zidane said in reply). (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
A representation of the earth’s population   (0)
One pixel represents one person. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
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Interview: Zopa shows what Web 2.0 can do   (0)
Another consumer loan-matching service, but they perform credit checks instead of leaving it to consumers (like Prosper does). Intriguing. (Quicklink)  •  3:55am  •  
HUDs in cars – a comeback?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:55am  •  
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Tue
The top 25 money tips of all time   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:51am  •  
The Google risk list: Eight vulnerabilities impacting Google   (0)
As ranked by Google themselves. (Quicklink)  •  4:51am  •  
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Mon
Dubai Waterfront Video   (0)
If I had the money, I'd invest. (Quicklink)  •  3:39am  •  
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Thu
Why Diving Makes Soccer Great – In defense of soccer’s biggest villains   (1)
Slate article. There are easily 20 million Australians who think this article is horseshit. (Quicklink)  •  3:16am  •  
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Wed
Chris Angel reveals his levitation trick   (0)
What I want to know is how he walks through glass... (Quicklink)  •  2:54am  •  
X-Seed 4000   (0)
Thinking big. Unconstructable at present, but a design for an quasi-arcology building that houses over half a million people and is 4km high has been drawn up. (Quicklink)  •  2:54am  •  
Italian Training   (0)
Perhaps telling that this ad was done for Euro 2004? (Quicklink)  •  2:54am  •  
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Eat My Contrails, Branson!   (0)
Seed article. "The hypersonic jet set is stoking a race to build spaceports from Singapore to Sheboygan." I see a Lachs moot problem coming up on government-backed space tourism and multi-party owned spaceport launching facilties... (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Lonely planet? Not any more…   (0)
Guardian Unlimited article. (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Pixel Groovy   (0)
A Digg clone for graphic design and programming tutorials. (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Backlit Keyboard CPU Load Monitor   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Creative Job – Commute Helper   (0)
They have transit lanes for highways in the US which actually work (unlike in Sydney). One guy makes USD 100-300 just for "making up the numbers". (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Charles Darwin’s tortoise dies   (0)
A couple days ago I posted to a story about the world's oldest living creature. Comments in that article included how there was no reason why she wouldn't live to be 200. Somewhat inauspiciously, she's now dead. (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Where the Hell is Matt?   (0)
A video of a guy "dancing" in various places on the seven continents. These videos SO make me want to go travelling again. (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
Why I Love Australia   (0)
Interesting Washington Post article on an American's perception of how America perceives Australia. From Ros. (Quicklink)  •  4:11pm  •  
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Wed
Crazy Japanese pranks part 2   (0)
Youtube gives an 18+ warning but there's nothing in there to warrant that. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
Crazy Japanese pranks   (0)
Only in Japan. Hilarious Youtube video. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
How to Write a Killer Resume, for Software Engineers   (0)
The tips are generally pertinent as well. Written by a Google engineer who's on the hiring committee. She also has an article on interviewing. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
A Cellphone Is Lost, and a Saga Ensues   (0)
NY Times article on the lost and then stolen Sidekick. Just deserts, I reckon. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
About the world’s deepest hole (12km+)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
Gates: The Carnegie of our time?   (0)
His decision to move full time into philanthropy may influence others (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
Does the World Cup have a lingua franca?   (0)
All referees this World Cup have to be able to speak and write in English. "If a player doesn't happen to share a language with the referee, he might yell in his native language just to convey that he's upset. 'Any kind of fellatio comment is inevitably understood'" (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
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Tue
Beer battered deep fried bacon double Quarter Pounder   (1)
Hmmm... no. I won't go there. (Quicklink)  •  2:21am  •  
Tiwary found guilty of Kingsford flatmates’ murder   (0)
The verdict's in. Four days deliberation results in double murder conviction. (Quicklink)  •  2:21am  •  
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Fri
The oldest living creature on earth   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  5:40pm  •  
Introducing: Der Verteidiger   (0)
A paintball uh... cannon... that fires 80 rounds/second. (Quicklink)  •  5:40pm  •  
Analysis: What Bill Gates’ Departure Means for Microsoft   (0)
'Eller remembers a company meeting at which other employees were "ragging on Bill" for not devoting more time and money to charity. Gates, Eller recalls, said that from watching his mother's efforts on behalf of the United Way, he knew that running a charity was "real work," and then added: "When I'm older, I will then focus on charity."' (Quicklink)  •  5:40pm  •  
Photos from North Korea   (0)
Fascinatingly disturbing. (Quicklink)  •  5:40pm  •  
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Thu
The Rewards of Being Shy   (0)
"Because shy children appear to be more sensitive to winning and losing, they may experience emotions more strongly than others, putting them at risk for emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression. On the flip side, shy children may experience positive emotions such as success very strongly, helping them succeed, Knutson says." (Quicklink)  •  3:37am  •  
Lexar USB thumb drive uses e-ink   (0)
A little e-ink display shows space left on the drive. E-ink doesn't draw power when displaying static images. 2gb drive will go for USD 80. (Quicklink)  •  3:37am  •  
A supersonic business jet aims for takeoff   (0)
$1.4bn required to fund startup company Aerion. Aerion aims to fly planes carrying a dozen passengers at Mach 1.5, but regulatory problems abound (which also explains why nothing has replaced the Concorde). (Quicklink)  •  3:37am  •  
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Wed
Google’s not-so-very-secret weapon   (0)
One estimate pegs Google owning almost half a million servers distributed in 25 locations throughout the world. (Quicklink)  •  2:05am  •  
How Brazilian soccer players get their names   (0)
Ever wonder why some football players go by one name (Pele, Ronaldinho, Raul, etc)? Slate article. (Quicklink)  •  2:05am  •  
What is problem with Michael Jackson?   (0)
Video showing the secret behind his 45 degree lean in the Smooth Criminal video and in live performance. He's also patented the invention that allows him to do it. (Quicklink)  •  2:05am  •  
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Myvu video goggles   (0)
Yes it's a good idea, but anything that looks like dorky won't take off anytime soon (not in Australia at least). Thanks Dan. (Quicklink)  •  7:57pm  •  
Microsoft Interview Questions   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:57pm  •  
World Bank World Cup Special: Football, Sports and Development   (0)
Also lots of WC related economic reports from investment banks and other institutions in the links lower down the page. (Quicklink)  •  7:57pm  •  
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Jun 06
Tue
A silk in Campbelltown local court helps Latham escape a criminal conviction   (0)
Gets a 2 year good behaviour bond instead. (Quicklink)  •  3:42am  •  
Who’s Really Running Google?   (0)
Forbes article on Google's management structure and policies. (Quicklink)  •  3:42am  •  
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Jun 06
Mon
Fuzzy Zoeller’s hole in one   (0)
Video. The golf ball hangs in the rough for a good 5 seconds before it starts rolling towards the hole. (Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
McDonalds to launch World cup burger, the biggest ever   (0)
Finally, a Big Mac the size of a Double Whopper. (Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
Instructables   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
Radiation vaccination may be possible, say scientists   (0)
Maybe whenever the Doctors on Star Trek said, "You'll have to be innoculated for the radiation on the planet's surface," they weren't bullshitting after all. (Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
Programmable Tattoos   (0)
Only slightly less disturbing than those glasses. I just don't like the idea of extraneous bits of metal and plastic embedded inside me. (Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
Full Seinfeld episodes   (0)
Bored? Youtube will help... (Quicklink)  •  2:31am  •  
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Jun 06
Sat
Make your own 8-paperclip trebuchet   (0)
A how-to guide (Quicklink)  •  4:28am  •  
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May 06
Wed
Snakes on a Plane teaser   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:45am  •  
Microsoft Unveils Mac Keyboard, Mouse   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:45am  •  
The Taiwanese parliamentarians are at it again   (0)
Although it's not quite smashing chairs over each other's heads this time: "Wang later spat out the document and tore it up after opposition lawmakers failed to get her to cough it up by pulling her hair." (Quicklink)  •  3:45am  •  
Batman Touched Robin!   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:45am  •  
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May 06
Tue
How to Make Great Photographs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:50am  •  
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May 06
Sat
70 year old Japanese man oldest person to reach summit of Mount Everest   (0)
Arayama began climbing mountains in his 40s. (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Breaking up live on national TV on Sunrise   (0)
It was staged, but it's still amusing. (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Beautiful storm photography   (0)
The pictures of the Mike Hollingshead's pets are also nice. (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Michael Arrington of Techcrunch.com is a Millionaire!   (0)
Estimations of how much the advertising on TechCrunch (described by Arrington as his "hobby") generates for the former technology corporate attorney. (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Oil-driven revolutionaries   (0)
"As the price of petrol rises, the way in which our lives have changed extends far beyond whether we'll walk or drive to the shops..." (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Gaming heaven for Southern California residents   (0)
'"Every 18 months, I basically have to throw away everything and buy $700,000 in new computers," says Makler.' Also comments about net cafes being used as a substitute for day care centres. (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Timeline of Trends and Events (1750 to 2100)   (0)
Fascinating flash timeline plotting environmental, social, technological, economic and political trends over the years. For background, click the "Home" link at the bottom of the page. (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
Why there are no indie video games   (0)
Interesting Slate article on the changing economics behind video game production (and why it differs from indie film making). (Quicklink)  •  6:51pm  •  
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Fri
The Rise of Crowdsourcing   (0)
Wired article: "Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. The new pool of cheap labor: everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D." (Quicklink)  •  5:09pm  •  
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Thu
World Fire Atlas   (0)
The ESA's 6-hour-delayed near real-time map of (bush)fires burning around the world. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
SmackBook Pro   (0)
MacBook accelerometer + Desktop Manager = hit screen to switch desktops. Link goes to video of it in action. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
Video games can help cut surgical errors   (0)
"Surgeons who warmed up by playing video games like 'Super Monkey Ball' for 20 minutes immediately prior to performing surgical drills were faster and made fewer errors than those who did not". (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
Is Windows On a Mac Really Drawing in New Users?   (0)
My opinion is that Apple hardware is awesome. Combine that with a second trackpad/mouse button (no the Mighty Mouse isn't great) and Windows and you have a fine laptop right there. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
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May 06
Wed
Origin round 1 – NSW 17, Qld 16   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
From A to Zzzzz   (0)
"Tests conducted on rhesus monkeys last year suggest that CX717 can wire users to remain awake for 36 hours without the jitters, euphoria and eventual crash that come after mega-doses of caffeine or amphetamines." Economist article. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
Apple & Nike partner up   (0)
In marketing-speak, "Utilising unique synergies to generate an earnings accretive proposition." Looks pretty neat, actually. (I note that the sensor's battery is not replaceable - I hope it's rechargeable!) (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
Christie’s will auction Star Trek memories   (0)
The October 5-7 auction will take place on the 40th anniversary of the debut of the "seminal sci-fi television show". (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
Australia tops US in violent crime   (2)
Rates Down Under increase despite strict gun-control measures. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
The Space Elevator: Going down?   (0)
Study shows that proposed carbon nanotube cables won't hold up. Defects of missing carbon atoms would dramatically weaken the tensile strength of cables. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
New Glasses Require Piercing Bridge of Nose   (0)
Pretty disturbing minimalist spectacles. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
This is a Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed.)   (0)
Washington Post article. (Quicklink)  •  3:03am  •  
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May 06
Mon
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography in Photoshop CS2   (0)
Using the "Merge to HDR" function. (Quicklink)  •  3:52am  •  
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Mon
Edward Hasbrouck’s Amazing Race commentary   (0)
And travelling observations. Season 9 of the Amazing Race concludes tomorrow. Go hippies! (Quicklink)  •  2:04pm  •  
What Would Google Do?   (0)
"It's too late to copy Google. So why do people think that imitating Google is the only thing they need to do to be successful?" (Quicklink)  •  2:04pm  •  
A Web Address for a Phone Number? Do .Tel   (0)
A new .tel TLD for VoIP services (Quicklink)  •  2:04pm  •  
Massive: selling ads in video games   (0)
Microsoft bought Massive for hundreds of millions to get into a industry sector which may be worth billions. (Quicklink)  •  2:04pm  •  
Trial over double flatmate murder of Singaporean students begins in Sydney   (0)
The trial finally started in the Supreme Court. A new bit of info: "Prosecutor Tim Hoyle told the jury that Tiwary had fallen behind on his rent and owed his flat mates A$5,000." (Quicklink)  •  2:04pm  •  
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May 06
Sat
DIY Duct Tape Wallet   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:33pm  •  
IRIS Seismic Monitor   (0)
Realtime global earthquake tracking. (Quicklink)  •  7:33pm  •  
Windows Live LifeCams HD Cameras   (0)
Webcams with 1.3MP video capture. Logitech also has a few of them in their webcam range. (Quicklink)  •  7:33pm  •  
Economist article on Google   (0)
In a few short years, Google has turned from a simple and popular company into a complicated and controversial one (Quicklink)  •  7:33pm  •  
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May 06
Fri
Video of 10g of rubidium and caesium in water   (0)
Explosive. (Quicklink)  •  6:30pm  •  
Australian PS3 launch date locked in for 17 November   (0)
$1000?! Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  6:30pm  •  
The Perfect Mark   (0)
How a Massachusetts psychotherapist fell for a Nigerian e-mail scam. (Quicklink)  •  6:30pm  •  
Is Internet addiction a real problem?   (0)
"Studies such as this are useful in that they point out the fact that some people have a problem managing their online lifestyles along with ways of addressing the problem. The question remains as to whether there is any such thing as Internet addiction. Yes, people become addicted to certain online behaviors. In many cases, however, those behaviors look an awful lot like manifestations of "real-world" problems transported to the Internet." I'm on 34 points, btw. (Quicklink)  •  6:30pm  •  
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May 06
Thu
A WoW guildmaster goes psychotic over Teamspeak   (0)
Probably only of interest to WoW players or ex-players. NSFW. (Quicklink)  •  5:05am  •  
Bed Books   (0)
Sideways text, makes books easy to read in bed. Bring on the eBooks with eInk already! (Quicklink)  •  5:05am  •  
Please Remove My Nonsensical Asian Tattoo   (0)
Never fails to amuse: "Morel said that his business averages between seven and nine clients a week seeking to get an Asian-language tattoo removed. Of those, he said, five or six typically complain that their tattoo was mistranslated or didn't say what they originally thought it did. Many got their tattoos in the mid-‘90s and tired of the fad, he said." (Quicklink)  •  5:05am  •  
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Wed
Blogathon.org   (0)
Note to self - starts Saturday 29 July this year. Will be making every effort to participate in this year's Blogathon. (Quicklink)  •  2:33am  •  
Airlines Try Smarter Boarding   (0)
Wired article on different boarding techniques to load planes faster. It's an interesting problem, sort of like working out the best way to run a system of several elevators in a high-rise office building. (Quicklink)  •  2:33am  •  
Stargate’s 200th episode   (0)
Currently filming its 10th season, SG-1 is now the longest-running, scripted, made-for-cable TV series in US broadcasting history. It now costs about US$2 million per episode to produce. (Quicklink)  •  2:33am  •  
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May 06
Tue
Time to sink or graduate   (0)
MIT students have to swim 100 yards before being allowed to graduate. So do Columbia, Cornell and Dartmouth students. (Quicklink)  •  2:25am  •  
Ancient ruins as viewed from space   (0)
Remote sensed by the IKONOS satellite (Quicklink)  •  2:25am  •  
$24,000 gaming rig   (0)
The gold finish is a little excessive, isn't it? Sort of like pimping out a supercar in gold paint. (Quicklink)  •  2:25am  •  
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May 06
Mon
Video of a Japanese show where people try not to laugh while watching a tv show   (0)
It's hilarious. YouTube video. (Sidenote - apparently YouTube goes through $1 million in bandwidth each month.) (Quicklink)  •  4:36am  •  
Smile, pain at the pump has pay-offs   (0)
A Ross Gittins article on the longer term benefits of high fuel prices. (Quicklink)  •  4:36am  •  
5 ways to start a company (without quitting your day job)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:36am  •  
Channelchooser   (0)
Free pay TV channels through the net. Might as well be IPTV. (Quicklink)  •  4:36am  •  
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May 06
Tue
Tricks of the Trade   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:12am  •  
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Legal: cocaine, heroin and more   (0)
Possessing marijuana, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by the Mexican Congress. I think this is the first country to decriminalise "hard" drugs? Now we have a test case. (Quicklink)  •  6:04am  •  
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Help Win This Bet   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:39am  •  
Boeing 797 to take on Airbus with 1000 seat giant Blended Wing plane   (0)
Looks weird, but it's a fresh change! (Quicklink)  •  4:39am  •  
Malaysia Conference Considers How To Practice Islam In Space   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:39am  •  
18
Apr 06
Tue
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2006   (0)
Two Aussie mainstays - Tet's and Rockpool - represent Oz. (Quicklink)  •  4:37pm  •  
Linux Snobs: Real Barriers to Entry   (0)
Similar to how the Digg comment pages are a gathering ground for Apple snobs. (Quicklink)  •  4:37pm  •  
Frontline: the tank man   (0)
"Beida University students don't recognize the photo of the tank man..." (Quicklink)  •  4:37pm  •  
Mapping religion in America   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:37pm  •  
11
Apr 06
Tue
Are Software Patents Evil?   (0)
"When you read of big companies filing patent suits against smaller ones, it's usually a big company on the way down, grasping at straws." An easy-to-read and insightful article (based on a talk delivered at Google) about the practicalities of patenting in the software industry. Well worth a read. Thanks Shish! (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
8
Apr 06
Sat
Rappers on The Weakest Link   (0)
An entertaining way to spend 25 minutes. They have razor sharp comebacks. They also can't multiply (like 3 x 4). From LJ. (Quicklink)  •  5:21pm  •  
7
Apr 06
Fri
Case Study: Fix a Baseball Team   (0)
Bankers and baseball. Interesting NY Times article. From Ivan. (Quicklink)  •  6:37pm  •  
PC World Installs Windows XP on a 20-Inch iMac With Boot Camp   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:37pm  •  
6
Apr 06
Thu
Micropayments Drive Asian Games   (0)
So they all still play WoW, but the Asian MMO market is a vastly different demographic. (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
3
Apr 06
Mon
Is God cruel or schizoid really?   (0)
This issue probably ranks as one of the most troubling and faith-testing issues to do with Christianity. Must read. (Quicklink)  •  1:46pm  •  
1
Apr 06
Sat
Google Romance   (0)
Hahaha, it's still April 1 in the States. (Quicklink)  •  5:40pm  •  
31
Mar 06
Fri
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:57pm  •  
With luck, you may soon be able to buy a mythological pet   (0)
This Economist article on genetically engineering dragons, unicorns, gryphons and other creatures sounds cool. Of course, being mindful that today's date is the date that it is... :) (Quicklink)  •  6:57pm  •  
29
Mar 06
Wed
Geekonomics   (0)
Wired article on the role of economic scarcity in MMOs. Ed Castronova article (the academic who calculated that the GDP per capita of some MMOs is higher than a lot of other countries in the world. (Quicklink)  •  12:57pm  •  
27
Mar 06
Mon
So where the fucking hell are you?   (0)
Hilarious video of the new ad campaign for Australia. No, not the one that got cleared for non-offensiveness in the UK. Come to Australia! (Safe for work, but don't turn the volume up too loud.) (Quicklink)  •  3:59am  •  
21
Mar 06
Tue
This Essay Breaks the Law   (1)
Commentary by Michael Crichton on the Metabolite case below. (Quicklink)  •  2:00am  •  
B Vitamin Case Reaches Supreme Court   (0)
There's a big patent case going down in the States (America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories Inc.) (Quicklink)  •  2:00am  •  
Joga.com   (0)
Google and Nike joint-venture social networking site for football fans (Quicklink)  •  2:00am  •  
World’s Most Expensive Cars 2006   (0)
As reported by Forbes. "For one thing, no Ferrari, Aston, Bentley, Lamborghini or Rolls-Royce made the list." (Quicklink)  •  2:00am  •  
17
Mar 06
Fri
Traceroute using Google Maps   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:09pm  •  
What Happened To Dynamic Range?   (0)
Trends in music engineering (Quicklink)  •  4:09pm  •  
Passur   (0)
Another flight tracking site (Quicklink)  •  4:09pm  •  
Aeroseek: Real-Time Flight Tracking   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:09pm  •  
11
Mar 06
Sat
Video of the 12-month manufacturing process of the Airbus A380   (0)
Compressed into 7 minutes. (Quicklink)  •  4:20pm  •  
Astroseti.org : How to discover asteroid impacts   (0)
Meteor impact craters found via Google Earth. (Quicklink)  •  4:20pm  •  
OrthoKeratology   (0)
Cotntact lenses worn during the night change eye shape to allow normal vision without lenses during the day. The only problem I guess is that your vision would get progressively worse later in the day. (Quicklink)  •  4:20pm  •  
8
Mar 06
Wed
How to peel a potato   (0)
Japanese video - this is even better than the how to fold a shirt one! (Quicklink)  •  3:43am  •  
4
Mar 06
Sat
Dubai’s World-Beating Buildings   (0)
Dubai continues to amaze. They're even building a spaceport! Also from this article, I learnt that P&O (the cruise company) stands for "Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co". (Quicklink)  •  3:51am  •  
28
Feb 06
Tue
Six Years of Ticket Stubs   (0)
An analysis of movie ticket stubs. I've kept all my stubs since first year uni. I think I saw almost 200 movies over the course of my first undergrad degree (4 years). Anyone want to analyse them? :) (Quicklink)  •  12:49am  •  
NASA World Wind   (0)
Alternative to Google Earth. Open-sourced. (Quicklink)  •  12:49am  •  
3GP Converter   (0)
Converts video to 3GP/MP4 format for handheld devices such as the Sony PSP, Apple iPod. (Quicklink)  •  12:49am  •  
Google Payments   (0)
Another bright feather in Google's cap. Now they have your credit card number on file. (Quicklink)  •  12:49am  •  
25
Feb 06
Sat
20 great jobs that don’t require a degree   (0)
A lot of tradesmen (plumbers, carpenters, etc) also get paid well and have a good lifestyle (Quicklink)  •  7:37pm  •  
22
Feb 06
Wed
TIME: Life in the Googleplex Photo Essay   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
Google’s Web Authoring Statistics   (0)
Thanks Shish. (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
Canon EOS 30D announced   (1)
Just look at that feature list! Time to start saving... (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
Proof: Employees don’t care about security   (0)
Social engineering is still one of the easiest ways to hack. (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
21
Feb 06
Tue
Solar learning for Sudan   (0)
Article in The Australian. Good on ya Shen! (Quicklink)  •  3:41am  •  
Scotty to be blasted into space   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:41am  •  
Spielberg confirms Indiana Jones 4 to follow Munich   (0)
Finally! Quick! Before Harrison Ford dies! (Quicklink)  •  3:41am  •  
20
Feb 06
Mon
Chubby Hubby   (0)
A very nice food blog (Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
Poetic Technologies’ Aura   (0)
Now that's an extravagant computer workstation. All it's missing is a bar fridge and a tube connected to a bucket under the desk and voila, an instant legion of hikikomori is born. (Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
Comparison of Victoria’s Secret catalogues from 1977 through to 2004   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
Mathematical proofs getting harder to verify   (0)
Now that is an esoteric field of endeavour... (Quicklink)  •  1:54am  •  
18
Feb 06
Sat
Segway creator unveils his next act   (0)
Inventor Dean Kamen wants to put entrepreneurs to work bringing water and electricity to the world's poor. Washing machine-sized devices purify 1000L of water and generate 1000W of power a day. Interesting are the ideas behind deploying the invention. (Quicklink)  •  1:12am  •  
16
Feb 06
Thu
Digg reaction to Dvorak’s article   (0)
Of course, many Mac fanatics are outraged that someone would even think of the possibility of Apple running Windows. (Quicklink)  •  2:03pm  •  
Will Apple Adopt Windows?   (0)
John Dvorak on the strategic benefits of such an apparently drastic move. (Quicklink)  •  2:03pm  •  
15
Feb 06
Wed
14
Feb 06
Tue
Yellow Fever   (0)
A hilarious mini-doco on The Trevor Phenomenon. (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
The Flying Luxury Hotel   (0)
"It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their well-appointed staterooms." (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
Golden age for graduates as big firms go hunting   (0)
How timely... (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
Unnecessary Censorship spoof video   (0)
"Ohhhh, ya! Oh ya ya... that even smells, like letter F..." (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
The Secret Cause of Flame Wars   (0)
Those who sent the messages predicted that nearly 80 percent of the time their partners would correctly interpret the tone. In fact the recipients got it right just over 50 percent of the time. (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
Yahoo! UI Library   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
Yahoo! Design Pattern Library   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
11
Feb 06
Sat
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart   (2)
Every year, thousands of executives venture to Bentonville, Arkansas, hoping to get their products onto the shelves of the world\'s biggest retailer. But Jim Wier wanted Wal-Mart to stop selling his Snapper mowers. (Quicklink)  •  8:30pm  •  
The Monty Hall problem   (0)
There are three doors with a prize behind one. Pick one. One of the other two doors is opened to reveal no prize. You now get to pick again between the two remaining doors. Do you switch doors, or stay with your original choice? (Quicklink)  •  8:30pm  •  
10
Feb 06
Fri
World Press Photo Winners 2006   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
Apple’s ITMS Billion Songs Countdown   (0)
That's a lot of songs (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
Gmail for your domain   (0)
Ooh (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds?   (0)
So you know that bottled water costs more than petrol, but there are a lot more costs to the bottled water industry that aren't so obvious. I don't understand why Sydneysiders still buy bottled water when we are lucky enough to have clean tap water. Some bottled water company with a corporate conscience should hop on to Bono's Product Red idea, actually. That'd make it a bit more palatable. (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
New iPod?   (0)
Mockups of a full-screen touch-screen iPod (rumoured to be real) (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
Would You Buy a Used Dotcom from this Man?   (0)
Another article related to a second growth in IT. Analysing IT startup business plans should like a hugely interesting job. Hmm, the guy used to be a lawyer too... (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
The New Boom   (0)
Dot-comming is springing to life again. Seems like the first boom was just a little ahead of its time (that, and really poor management). (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
Interesting crop circles on Google Maps   (0)
Well, not exactly circles... (Quicklink)  •  10:23am  •  
24
Jan 06
Tue
Are virtual assets taxable?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
22
Jan 06
Sun
The Omarosa Experiment   (0)
How reality shows screen for contestants and then try to support their psychological wellbeing afterwards. How good a job does reality TV do at portraying reality? (Quicklink)  •  7:10pm  •  
Shutting Themselves In   (0)
Interesting NY Times article about a predominantly Japanese phenomenon - hikikomori, or people who stay in their rooms for over six months with no social life beyond their (parents') home. (Quicklink)  •  7:10pm  •  
14
Dec 05
Wed
“Best use of livejournal ever”   (0)
NSFW! This is so screwed yet I can't look away... (Quicklink)  •  5:41am  •  
11
Dec 05
Sun
Skiing in the desert   (0)
The largest snowdome in the world, containing the world's third largest indoor ski slope, has opened in Dubai. (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Three economists get into a cab. They’re each getting off at different places along the route. How should they split the bill?   (0)
Wall Street Journal article (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Technorati search on “Cronulla”   (0)
What the blogs have been saying about this (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Ski On Me – A travel blog   (1)
A friend is taking a break from being a strategy analyst at a telco and has headed off to the Canadian ski fields for a year, blogging on the experience. Interesting stuff! (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
9
Dec 05
Fri
Individuals at heart of changing times   (0)
A very, very interesting article about the changing environment of commercial law firms (Quicklink)  •  6:05am  •  
5
Dec 05
Mon
Mighty Goods   (0)
A shopping blog with cool gift ideas (Quicklink)  •  6:49am  •  
4
Dec 05
Sun
Carbolic Smoke Book Co   (0)
Looking for a gift for a lawyer? This British company has plenty. From Ivan. (Quicklink)  •  5:14pm  •  
1
Dec 05
Thu
Child’s Play Charity   (0)
Being run by the Penny Arcade guys, this charity drive produced phenomenal results last year (almost a million dollars in donations!). (Quicklink)  •  8:21pm  •  
25
Nov 05
Fri
Property: Run the risk and make an offer $450,000 – $1,200,000   (0)
"Views to China and back" (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Paralegal disciplined for saucy e-mail   (0)
"I just can't stop thinking about you..." (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
24
Nov 05
Thu
Hijab meets kippa as faiths say hello   (0)
This is a good initiative (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
New speed cameras to time journeys   (0)
At least this means they can't stick cameras at the bottom of hills and catch you for a momentary break (Spit Bridge!) (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
An eBay user gets creative with his feedback   (0)
And here's another. From Lime Jelly. (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
The End of Pandemics – Bird flu could be the last super-plague   (0)
I found this remark interesting: "But since viruses thrive by spreading rather than killing their hosts, evolution generally drives flu viruses to become progressively milder infections in birds." (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
15
Nov 05
Tue
Australia vs Uruguay   (0)
In tonight's soccer match, we find out if we are going to Germany next year... (Quicklink)  •  6:47am  •  
Pot-sale case puts focus on mandatory sentences   (0)
The Weldon Angelos case is now being appealed in the Circuit Courts. In what was disturbing news several months ago, Angelos received 55 years (an effective life sentence) under mandatory minimum sentencing laws for gun possession. The appeal claims that mandatory minimum sentencing laws are unconstitutional because they are a form of "cruel and unusual punishment". The defence will be supported by 29 amicus curiae. (Quicklink)  •  6:47am  •  
Mentos + Soft Drink = Explosive   (0)
Whoa. WMV video. (Quicklink)  •  6:47am  •  
13
Nov 05
Sun
Yahoo! Think Tank   (0)
Watch and listen to people from the advertising industry locked in a glass booth somewhere in Circular Quay brainstorm ideas for briefs. I have a friend in there tomorrow evening, will be an interesting watch! (Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
Han Solo doesn’t change facial expressions   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
Speed up browsing in Firefox   (0)
Configuration settings to get Firefox to open more parallel http pipelines (broadband only) (Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
PDFs of printable graph paper   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
Paris Hilton doesn’t change facial expressions   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
Bible verse visualisation   (0)
An interesting look at the frequency with which Bible verses are quoted on the net. More frequently quoted verses appear larger and darker. (Quicklink)  •  12:01am  •  
3
Nov 05
Thu
Optical illusion   (0)
Haven't seen this one before, but it's very cool (Quicklink)  •  1:35pm  •  
Google Print   (0)
Search the full text of books (Quicklink)  •  1:35pm  •  
19
Oct 05
Wed
Bird Flu Wiki   (0)
Lots of information here. Interestingly, since leaving Vietnam, bird flu has been reported in Romania and Greece (among other places), which also worryingly happen to be places my trip has taken me through. (Quicklink)  •  6:51am  •  
25
Sep 05
Sun
28
Aug 05
Sun
Brogden resigns   (1)
After calling Mrs Carr a mail order bride and making passes at a couple journos (Quicklink)  •  10:34pm  •  
25
Aug 05
Thu
Search giant may outgrow its fans   (0)
And for an instance of competition in action, it's interesting that Google Talk came out at roughly the same time that Skype opened up their program to third party developers... (Quicklink)  •  7:50pm  •  
Australian housing world’s most expensive   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:50pm  •  
24
Aug 05
Wed
MMORPG currencies versus the USD and Euro   (1)
In WOW, 1 gold = 0.10 US cents. In Phnom Penh, 400 riel = 0.10 US cents. Technically, I could buy a loaf of bread in Cambodia after playing WoW for a few minutes. (Quicklink)  •  6:09am  •  
Virtual worlds wind up in real world’s courts   (0)
Online games intended as escape face legal headaches (Quicklink)  •  6:09am  •  
8
Aug 05
Mon
How to read a judicial opinion: A guide for new law students   (0)
This guide is useful if you're starting out on a law degree. It's written for an American context, but the basic principles still apply in Aussie law. (Quicklink)  •  9:07pm  •  
28
Jul 05
Thu
Scotty dies   (0)
James Doohan, 85, is the second member of the Original Series cast to die. (Quicklink)  •  9:37pm  •  
Slate Audio Tours   (0)
Podcasted unofficial audio commentary for places such as the Met. Too bad I'm not carrying any portable audio device. From Ivan (who has been updating amazing frequently). (Quicklink)  •  9:37pm  •  
19
Jul 05
Tue
15
Jul 05
Fri
LP guide to experimental travel   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  8:44pm  •  
7
Jul 05
Thu
Entering a dark age of innovation   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:10pm  •  
Wage Slaves   (0)
An article on MMORPG gold farmers (Quicklink)  •  8:10pm  •  
27
Jun 05
Mon
MGM v. Grokster   (0)
More information on the Supreme Court ruling (includes full decision). (Quicklink)  •  6:29pm  •  
Music piracy: US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling   (0)
In a unanimous decision, the highest US court overturned lower court decisions that said the developers of emerging technology could not be held liable for piracy by third parties who use the technology. (Quicklink)  •  6:29pm  •  
Boffins create zombie dogs, dogs revived after being dead for several hours   (0)
From Locusta (Quicklink)  •  6:29pm  •  
Conan O’Brien’s Commencement Speech at Harvard   (1)
From Ros (Quicklink)  •  6:29pm  •  
20
Jun 05
Mon
The End of Europe   (0)
Washington Post column claiming the "old world" is old and dying (Quicklink)  •  9:22am  •  
18
Jun 05
Sat
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech   (3)
MP3 format. It's a good, simple, interesting and clear speech. I had to look this up, but a commencement speech is the speech given at graduation (it's called the "occasional speech" at UNSW, but they rarely are as interesting as Jobs'). (Quicklink)  •  12:54am  •  
15
Jun 05
Wed
Triumph vs the Michael Jackson Supporters   (1)
Hilarious as always! (Quicklink)  •  5:29pm  •  
13
Jun 05
Mon
Call for life as Corby files appeal   (0)
Gotta love her new Indonesian lawyer... His first name, "Hotman", certainly matches up with his flamboyancy (especially his hiring of a soapie star!). (Quicklink)  •  8:58pm  •  
Michael Jackson cleared on all 10 counts   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:58pm  •  
Ex-student sues top school   (0)
The Anaconda saga continues... (Quicklink)  •  8:58pm  •  
9
Jun 05
Thu
7
Jun 05
Tue
Ctrl-Alt-Del Comic   (1)
I find this hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  11:38pm  •  
5
Jun 05
Sun
Overheard in New York   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:23pm  •  
When the pen proves mightier   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:23pm  •  
2
Jun 05
Thu
25
May 05
Wed
Horde, right?   (0)
PvP comic (Quicklink)  •  6:07am  •  
Hostageware   (0)
New bastardly techniques for extorting money online (Quicklink)  •  6:07am  •  
22
May 05
Sun
Crazy eBay mom   (0)
Whoa (Quicklink)  •  11:17pm  •  
18
May 05
Wed
Make torture legal, say two academics   (0)
An article by two Deakin professors stirs a major controversy. I recently cited one of Bagaric's articles in a BA1 research essay where he argued that directors, even independent ones, should hold shares in companies to improve corporate governance. That article was quite compelling. This one is like poking a beehive with a stick. (Quicklink)  •  10:29pm  •  
Bonfires with over 1 ton of dry wood do not need 5 gallons of gas to ignite   (0)
Must-see video (Quicklink)  •  10:29pm  •  
17
May 05
Tue
Playstation 3 Specs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:38am  •  
Allens solicitor quits to become a firefighter   (0)
I can understand that (Quicklink)  •  8:38am  •  
13
May 05
Fri
Vials of pure capsaicin go on sale   (0)
Rates 16 million Scoville units. Thanks Vic! (Quicklink)  •  12:25am  •  
6
May 05
Fri
Uni standards cut for foreign students   (2)
The SMH reports on "the use of our courses by international students, particularly, the Chinese, as an Australian visa application process rather than an educational process". This is not news. (For my uni, at least.) (Quicklink)  •  11:13pm  •  
How a Bookmaker and a Whiz Kid Took On an Exortionist – and Won   (0)
Engrossing article about defending against Russian DDOS exortionists (Quicklink)  •  11:13pm  •  
21
Apr 05
Thu
Berkeley laptop thief is scared out of his wits by professor   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:42am  •  
The Economist on the future of journalism   (0)
The coming of age for blogs (Quicklink)  •  6:42am  •  
Ivan discusses “top tier” Victorian high schools   (3)
There's something weird about pigeon-holing high schools into tiers like that (Quicklink)  •  6:42am  •  
Scary home invasion story   (0)
Riss' house got robbed... while she was in it (Quicklink)  •  6:42am  •  
Somewhat creepy grins   (0)
From Locusta (Quicklink)  •  6:42am  •  
Everquest 2 becomes a real economy with a market trading virtual goods for real money   (0)
Also read Crynus' reply about half way down the page. If I was an economist, I'd be researching this phenomenon. Actually, even trying to figure out the legal property status of virtual goods is interesting... (Quicklink)  •  3:24am  •  
19
Apr 05
Tue
Why it’s not prime time for drug crime   (0)
Very interesting comment on how sharply increased prices and a decreased supply of hard drugs have seen a corresponding decrease in property crime. Maybe there's a level where crime increases due to the scarcity of illicit drugs, but then decreases again when it's ultra-scarce. (Quicklink)  •  9:47pm  •  
11
Apr 05
Mon
Scientists wire quadriplegic’s brain to computer   (0)
*Looks at calendar to make sure it's still 2005* (Quicklink)  •  7:48pm  •  
4
Apr 05
Mon
A new model for high schools   (0)
Quite visionary (Quicklink)  •  6:48am  •  
Paint by Numbers   (0)
Pension fund for artists - smoothing out the risk (Quicklink)  •  6:48am  •  
La Vida Robot   (0)
Cool story about a group of underdog high school students beating a bunch of universities, including MIT, in an engineering competition (Quicklink)  •  6:48am  •  
Ultimate Game Room   (0)
Pity about the TV (Quicklink)  •  6:48am  •  
3
Apr 05
Sun
John in Mozambique   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:26am  •  
21
Mar 05
Mon
Joint Academic Scholarship Online Network   (0)
If you are looking for research scholarships (not that I am) (Quicklink)  •  7:50pm  •  
Father argues that World of Warcraft is good for his son   (1)
Yes, I've bumped into two father-son teams WoWing together so far (Quicklink)  •  7:50pm  •  
New Scientist – 13 things that do not make sense   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:50pm  •  
14
Mar 05
Mon
Freshfields Toblerone theft scandal   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:05pm  •  
Managing partner in slave driver controversy   (1)
This is not good press (Quicklink)  •  7:05pm  •  
12
Mar 05
Sat
Goldfarming in WoW   (7)
(Quicklink)  •  11:25pm  •  
11
Mar 05
Fri
The winning college entrance application essays of Jos Claerbout   (0)
Thanks Pete (Quicklink)  •  5:01pm  •  
The Greatest Chess Player in history retires   (0)
Kasparov has spent over two decades as the world's highest rated player (Quicklink)  •  5:01pm  •  
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to arrive in April   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:01pm  •  
Star Trek XI: The Irrelevance   (0)
"We're going 160-odd years before Kirk is born. It's an earlier time, and I think it would be really refreshing to feel something in the course of telling this tale, instead of being wowed by special effects, or presenting another crew in jeopardy where, in the end, the captain does something brilliant, and all's right with the world." This utter travesty is scheduled for release in 2007. (Quicklink)  •  5:01pm  •  
10
Mar 05
Thu
Getting a web site’s colour scheme   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
McDonald’s takes issue with rugby’s McBrat pack   (0)
McBrat actually named after Malcolm McBratney, who is ironically an IP lawyer (Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
Comparison of Unwanted Software Installed by P2P Programs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
9
Mar 05
Wed
BA Job requiring “Perfect English”   (0)
It's really not a good look when you want someone with "Perfect English", are brash about it ("when we say perfect, we mean perfect"), and then proceed to misspell "liaise" in the next paragraph. (Quicklink)  •  2:43am  •  
Vertigo Table   (0)
This is a cool piece of furniture (Quicklink)  •  2:43am  •  
3
Mar 05
Thu
What fine dining chefs eat   (0)
Thomas Keller of French Laundry fame had "a weakness for Burger King's Whopper with extra cheese" (Quicklink)  •  9:43pm  •  
The customs of the web in the mid-90s   (0)
Such memories... (Quicklink)  •  9:43pm  •  
Telephoto Is For Cowards   (0)
This is a very good tip for shootings candids, and it's in a lot of photography books as well. It just needs a bit of chutzpah to carry out. (Quicklink)  •  9:43pm  •  
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Mar 05
Tue
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Feb 05
Tue
Microsoft introduces a parent’s primer to computer slang   (3)
'"pr0n", an anagram of "porn," possibly indicating the use of pornography' (Quicklink)  •  9:19am  •  
20
Feb 05
Sun
Memory Alpha   (0)
A Star Trek Wiki - cool! (Quicklink)  •  5:31pm  •  
300 Islands in the shape of the world   (0)
Dubai is at it again. This time they are building 300 islands of reclaimed land and making it in the shape of the world. They've even given names to each island corresponding to what country or city it represents (Quicklink)  •  5:31pm  •  
Using Nikon lenses on Canon cameras   (0)
You can get an adaptor to put Nikon lenses on Canon EOS film and digital cameras. $200 though. (Quicklink)  •  5:31pm  •  
19
Feb 05
Sat
3 Michelin Star Restaurants   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:42pm  •  
18
Feb 05
Fri
Improv Everywhere: We Cause Scenes   (0)
Great Pranks (the McDonald's Bathroom Attendant one is good) (Quicklink)  •  3:54pm  •  
Order from Pizza Hut in EverQuest II with the /pizza command   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:54pm  •  
BuddyScript   (1)
Hmm, this could be used to build an IM traffic analyser I've always wanted (eg, for seeing patterns when people are most likely to be online and so on) (Quicklink)  •  3:54pm  •  
World Leaders and their watches   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:54pm  •  
17
Feb 05
Thu
Is this the new Xbox?   (0)
It's the 360° (Quicklink)  •  8:14am  •  
New Canon Rebel XT / EOS 350D Digicam   (0)
8 MP, 3 fps (max 14 frames), USB 2, RAW+JPG writing, 0.2 sec startup, flash exposure compensation, shutter curtain sync. And more. RRP about US$1000. Drooooool. (Quicklink)  •  8:14am  •  
16
Feb 05
Wed
Hurdles on the upgrade path   (0)
Good summary on Dan's Data about the current state of hardware. I always used to recommend a 3 year upgrade cycle for computer, but computers bought in the last couple years will be able to live much longer than that. (Quicklink)  •  5:28pm  •  
Handy Photoshop Tutorials   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:28pm  •  
15
Feb 05
Tue
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Widescreen LCD Review   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:18pm  •  
Photographers Rights   (1)
This is for US law, but it's fairly similar in Australia. Good point to note about who can and can't confiscate your film. Note that shopping malls aren't public property. (Quicklink)  •  4:18pm  •  
Google Cheat Sheet   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:18pm  •  
Straczynski Wants To Reboot Trek   (0)
I'm all for it. But they really need to do number 3 on this list first (Quicklink)  •  4:18pm  •  
14
Feb 05
Mon
Half-baked thoughts on Social Network Visualisation for Flickr   (0)
A more technical overview and even more interesting (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Flickr relationship network visualisation   (0)
Really really interesting stuff. It was graphed with yEd. (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
New Dell 24-Inch Wide-Screen LCD monitor   (0)
Mmm... verrry nice. Will be keeping a lookout on its Aussie release price... Dell's product link (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Robotic ball that chases burglars   (1)
This is so sci-fi... (Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
Trekkies put a Save Enterprise ad in the LA Times   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:05pm  •  
13
Feb 05
Sun
Treasure hunting… 21st century style   (0)
Wired article (Quicklink)  •  5:36pm  •  
Lindt Concept Store   (1)
Have yet to try this... (Quicklink)  •  5:36pm  •  
12
Feb 05
Sat
11
Feb 05
Fri
10
Feb 05
Thu
Big list of upcoming gigs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:07pm  •  
Upcoming Hitchhiker’s Guide movie pics   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  5:07pm  •  
Eye of Wade   (0)
I only just realised that Wade's moved from blogging to photoblogging (Quicklink)  •  5:07pm  •  
9
Feb 05
Wed
Dubai Waterfront project   (0)
Pretty amazing development, built mostly on reclaimed land (Quicklink)  •  4:59pm  •  
Learn How to Tie a Tie   (0)
In various ways (Quicklink)  •  4:59pm  •  
YouSendIt   (0)
Service for sending files of up to 1GB to anyone (Quicklink)  •  4:59pm  •  
3
Feb 05
Thu
The composite faces of Sydney Uni   (0)
From MT. (Quicklink)  •  9:06pm  •  
2
Feb 05
Wed
Online favicon.ico creator   (0)
Just upload a picture (Quicklink)  •  8:04pm  •  
eXeem   (0)
Bittorrent search application, fairly reliable but slow on the search (Quicklink)  •  8:04pm  •  
27
Jan 05
Thu
Photos of deep sea denizens   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:04am  •  
25
Jan 05
Tue
UNSW students the second most dissatisfied with teaching quality in Australia   (0)
I can see how that's the case with certain schools in certain faculties. From Justin. (Quicklink)  •  5:57am  •  
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Jan 05
Mon
iPhoto Photo Books   (0)
This would be a good gift idea if they made it available in Australia (Quicklink)  •  5:13am  •  
Bunny suicides   (0)
Morbidly cute (Quicklink)  •  5:13am  •  
iPhoto Photo Books   (0)
This would be a good gift idea if they made it available in Australia (Quicklink)  •  2:41am  •  
Bunny suicides   (0)
Morbidly cute (Quicklink)  •  2:41am  •  
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Jan 05
Sun
Ten reasons to go to McDonald’s   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:13am  •  
2012 Summer Olympic Games Bids   (0)
Five heavy hitting major cities (Quicklink)  •  3:13am  •  
Elonka’s List of Famous Unsolved Codes and Ciphers   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:13am  •  
6
Jan 05
Thu
Cameramail   (0)
I wonder if Australia Post would be obliging? (Quicklink)  •  12:37am  •  
Six Apart acquires LiveJournal   (0)
Six Apart makes Movable Type. Six Apart recently received US$10m in venture capital funding. (Quicklink)  •  12:37am  •  
3
Jan 05
Mon
Tsunami maps   (0)
Via the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Quicklink)  •  5:13am  •  
100 years of Einstein   (0)
Economist article recounting Einstein's achievements - general and special theories of relativity, proving light was a wavicle and the subsequent birth of quantum physics (Quicklink)  •  5:13am  •  
2
Jan 05
Sun
Tsunami maps   (0)
Via the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Quicklink)  •  6:01am  •  
100 years of Einstein   (0)
Economist article recounting Einstein's achievements - general and special theories of relativity, proving light was a wavicle and the subsequent birth of quantum physics (Quicklink)  •  6:01am  •  
30
Dec 04
Thu
Tsunami death toll tops 115,000   (0)
Terrible tragedy. Each day, the number just keeps rocketing up. Day one only reported 6000 dead, and I thought that was a lot... (Quicklink)  •  5:39am  •  
Comparison of Video Codecs   (0)
Useful resource. From Bread Ready. (Quicklink)  •  5:39am  •  
The BitTorrent Effect   (0)
Wired article (Quicklink)  •  5:39am  •  
Science Commons   (0)
An exploratory project to apply the philosophies and activities of Creative Commons in the realm of science (Quicklink)  •  5:39am  •  
MSNBC 2004 Year In Pictures   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:39am  •  
2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist – Interactive Edition   (0)
World events by search query (Quicklink)  •  5:39am  •  
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Dec 04
Wed
Tsunami death toll tops 115,000   (0)
Terrible tragedy. Each day, the number just keeps rocketing up. Day one only reported 6000 dead, and I thought that was a lot... (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
Comparison of Video Codecs   (0)
Useful resource. From Bread Ready. (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
The BitTorrent Effect   (0)
Wired article (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
Science Commons   (0)
An exploratory project to apply the philosophies and activities of Creative Commons in the realm of science (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
MSNBC 2004 Year In Pictures   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist – Interactive Edition   (0)
World events by search query (Quicklink)  •  5:11pm  •  
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Dec 04
Tue
Think Secret reports – Apple to drop sub-$500 Mac bomb at Expo   (0)
I wonder if it would make a good media centre PC (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
A Fatal Blow to Shrinkwrap Licensing?   (0)
Ever wondered about the legal illogicality of how you have to open the packaging to read the software licence, but by opening the packaging, you signify acceptance of the terms of the licence? (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
New York Times 2004 Year In Pictures   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
Gravity May Lose Its Pull   (0)
The Pioneer Anomaly and the unexplained deceleration of the Pioneer spacecraft (Quicklink)  •  4:41pm  •  
27
Dec 04
Mon
Sydney’s Tallest Buildings   (0)
Site also has buildings for other world cities (Quicklink)  •  11:05pm  •  
The Year in Science – Top 100 Stories   (0)
From Discover Magazine (Quicklink)  •  11:05pm  •  
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake   (0)
Wikipedia entry (Quicklink)  •  11:05pm  •  
Armageddon Online   (0)
Paranoid, but very interesting site nonetheless on apocalyptic events and related things (Quicklink)  •  11:05pm  •  
WorldChanging Blog   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:05pm  •  
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Dec 04
Thu
Shizzy’s Mailbag   (0)
"What happens when an out-of-work slacker pretends he's the President and CEO of Starbucks International - and then gets his hands on a company directory". Thanks Jen! (Quicklink)  •  4:15pm  •  
15
Dec 04
Wed
Alek’s Christmas Lights Webcam   (0)
Pan, zoom and switch lights on/off (Quicklink)  •  5:45am  •  
Star Ceiling   (0)
This would make a nice conversation piece in your house if you have a spare half-million lying around (Quicklink)  •  5:45am  •  
10
Dec 04
Fri
Samsung to build tallest building   (0)
It's in Dubai (Quicklink)  •  10:41pm  •  
8
Dec 04
Wed
What corporate America can’t build: a sentence   (0)
I so agree with this. I mark info sys assignments that Masters students do and some of the e-mails they send to explain why they are submitting them late are horrendous. Thanks Shish. (Quicklink)  •  4:11am  •  
There’s something terribly wrong with this ride   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:11am  •  
Cellphones get broken by tight jeans   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:11am  •  
6
Dec 04
Mon
Photo-Blocker   (2)
Reflective, transparent paint for car number plates (Quicklink)  •  4:17pm  •  
Suprnova moves towards Decentralisation with Exeem   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:17pm  •  
We Suck   (0)
Yale fans get Harvard fans to spell out "we suck" (video) (Quicklink)  •  4:17pm  •  
Road Rage Cards   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:17pm  •  
3
Dec 04
Fri
American and British English differences   (0)
Wikipedia entry (Quicklink)  •  4:34pm  •  
Beds in Law Firms   (0)
Relax... only in London... for now (Quicklink)  •  4:34pm  •  
Help available for ‘drunken diallers’   (0)
Because calling an ex to tell them you're taking a crap is not good form (Quicklink)  •  4:34pm  •  
Singapore Airlines to offer in-air high speed broadband in 2005   (0)
Cooool. A flatrate fee of about A$40 for flights longer than six hours (eg, Sydney-Singapore) isn't too bad. You're paying over $1000 for that ticket anyway, what's another $40 for being able to frag someone at 10,000m? Beats trying to sleep in those darn chairs. BYO Laptop. If I go to London next year, it'll be via Singapore. (Quicklink)  •  4:34pm  •  
Person prosecuted for taking photographs of topless women on Coogee Beach with his mobile phone   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:34pm  •  
26
Nov 04
Fri
Chinese Regional Cooking   (0)
Info on the 5 Schools of Chinese Cooking (Quicklink)  •  9:50pm  •  
24
Nov 04
Wed
Toy shoot out! Bugs Vs Stitch   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:03pm  •  
Maths Whiz Breaks Calculation Record   (0)
Freaky. Thanks Shish. (Quicklink)  •  10:03pm  •  
Dolphins Protect New Zealand Swimmers from Shark   (2)
Pretty cool (Quicklink)  •  10:03pm  •  
23
Nov 04
Tue
Primus releases 6Mbps broadband offering   (0)
Guaranteed minimum 2Mbps, must be 1.5 km from a qualifying exchange. $50 for 12 gigs. (Quicklink)  •  3:35am  •  
19
Nov 04
Fri
Bush Twins rejected from NY restaurant   (4)
Maitre'd tells them restaurant would be full up for the next four years (Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
18
Nov 04
Thu
When Your Co-Worker is Away   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:47pm  •  
Google Scholar   (1)
Academic research made easy. It's a little hit and miss at the moment (broad searches return sources from several fields of academia which might not be relevant) but I'm sure it'll get better in time. Google Rocks. Just make sure you reference properly! Detecting plagiarism has never been easier. (Quicklink)  •  6:47pm  •  
Totally Barred!!!   (0)
The legitimacy of this is questionable, but it's a keeper nonetheless. And the faculty wonders why casual lecturers have such a bad reputation with students who pay over $700 in HECS fees per core subject. (Quicklink)  •  4:57am  •  
16
Nov 04
Tue
How Hitler Became a Dictator   (1)
An interesting read. As a sidenote, Australia doesn't have a bill of rights, so we don't have that many entrenched civil liberties to begin with (apart from the few express ones and those that can be implied from the Constitution). (Quicklink)  •  4:26pm  •  
13
Nov 04
Sat
Mindblowing Panoramic Photography   (0)
A broadband connection is suggested! (Quicklink)  •  7:10pm  •  
12
Nov 04
Fri
11
Nov 04
Thu
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Dies   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:56am  •  
Gmail now with POP3 Access!   (0)
Gmail rocks! (Quicklink)  •  5:56am  •  
New Atlas Shows Fast Pace of Changing World   (0)
"Predictably, North America's East and West coasts, Western Europe, parts of India and Japan, have the biggest number of lights, while parts of Australia are engulfed in fires." ?! (Quicklink)  •  5:56am  •  
10
Nov 04
Wed
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Dies   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:08am  •  
Gmail now with POP3 Access!   (0)
Gmail rocks! (Quicklink)  •  9:08am  •  
New Atlas Shows Fast Pace of Changing World   (0)
"Predictably, North America's East and West coasts, Western Europe, parts of India and Japan, have the biggest number of lights, while parts of Australia are engulfed in fires." ?! (Quicklink)  •  9:08am  •  
9
Nov 04
Tue
The Second’s Missing Half   (0)
The interesting reality behind the legal interpretation of the US Constitution's Second Amendment (the right to bear arms one). Short version: gun control laws there are not unconstitutional (Quicklink)  •  5:57pm  •  
Post-US Election Bitterness   (0)
Amusing and informative at the same time. A bit of righteous bitterness never hurts! (Quicklink)  •  5:57pm  •  
I Want One Of These   (0)
Thanks Shish! (Quicklink)  •  5:57pm  •  
Chinese Law Awards   (0)
Have an award they've named "Fading". As ALE says, "the word fading doesn't exactly give the right connotations"... (Quicklink)  •  5:57pm  •  
8
Nov 04
Mon
Firefox 1.0 Final launches   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:03am  •  
Soylent Green to get a sequel   (0)
I don't think they're gonna bring Charlton back (Quicklink)  •  6:03am  •  
The Most Populated Cities of the World   (0)
Random trivia (Quicklink)  •  6:03am  •  
Challenge Ramen   (1)
That's a big bowl. I bet Chip would have no problems with that. (Quicklink)  •  6:03am  •  
7
Nov 04
Sun
10×10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define that Hour   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:53pm  •  
Hear Ye is a warzone!   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:53pm  •  
Vagabonding   (0)
Outstanding travelogue of a one year backpacking trip, all done with only US$12000) (Quicklink)  •  5:53pm  •  
Commercial airline seating plans   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:53pm  •  
Free States vs Slave States   (0)
Comparative map of pre-civil war states and this year's Presidential elections. Interesting, though difficult for people like me without a decent grasp of American history to interpret beyond the obvious inferences that might be drawn (Quicklink)  •  5:53pm  •  
6
Nov 04
Sat
Libya   (0)
Sounds like an interesting destination (Quicklink)  •  5:43pm  •  
Slate – Why aren’t video games funny?   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  12:46am  •  
4
Nov 04
Thu
Contracts in Virtual Worlds   (0)
"Real contracts in games?" Some would scoff, but it's a very real and interesting legal issue about contracts and dispute resolution when there are in-game agreements. Made even tricker by the cross-border and thus cross-jurisdictional nature of online games. (Quicklink)  •  4:30am  •  
2
Nov 04
Tue
CNN.com Live Election Results   (0)
Going to be in the city all of today... hopefully I can find some way to keep posted on the election (Quicklink)  •  8:48am  •  
1
Nov 04
Mon
Plans for UNSW’s new Law Building   (0)
Of course, will not be built until long after I graduate... figures... (Quicklink)  •  7:19am  •  
Just Around the Corner   (0)
A restaurant in the suburbs of London where there are no prices on the menu. Customers pay what they think the meal was worth. (Quicklink)  •  7:19am  •  
The Votemaster reveals himself   (0)
The man behind electoral-vote.com. Interesting (Quicklink)  •  7:19am  •  
MIT’s Michael Hawley creates world’s largest published book   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:47am  •  
Plasticbag visualises/graphs 5 years of weblog posts   (2)
Hear Ye! is approaching its 7th birthday, sounds like something interesting to do (Quicklink)  •  2:47am  •  
30
Oct 04
Sat
Triumph the Comic Insult Dog takes on the spin doctors   (1)
After the 3rd Presidential debate. Funny stuff (Video, 10MB wmv file) (Quicklink)  •  7:41pm  •  
29
Oct 04
Fri
A Nuclear Fusion Power Station   (0)
The $10bn Iter project could herald the beginnings of a massively significant development - nuclear fusion as a viable power source. They just need to figure out whether it should be built in France or Japan (Bugmenot for username/password) (Quicklink)  •  6:01pm  •  
BMW E90 3 Series   (0)
For 2005 - entry-level BMW now with more gadgets! (Quicklink)  •  6:01pm  •  
Programmable Refracting OLED Lens   (0)
Will be of interest to photographers - possible replacement for conventional glass lenses (Quicklink)  •  6:01pm  •  
Explaining the ‘Anglosphere’   (0)
Interesting observation in this article on how Howard, through his currying favour, has more power globally than Chirac (Quicklink)  •  6:01pm  •  
Never Forget   (0)
Fairly comprehensive compilation of anti-Bush administration video clips (Quicklink)  •  6:01pm  •  
26
Oct 04
Tue
Research on the run   (0)
LexisNexis now available via BlackBerry - "litgators can turn court recesses and other downtime into productive, billable hours" (Quicklink)  •  5:06pm  •  
Zipdecode   (0)
Neat flash tool visualising postcodes in America (Quicklink)  •  5:06pm  •  
Waiter saves customer with Heimlich manoeuvre   (0)
Then bitches on blog about only getting a 10% tip. Turns out customer was a doctor. Not that I want to make too big a deal about this, but if a doctor dining at the restaurant had saved another customer who was choking, I don't think he'd be expecting any money... but why does it still feel like he should have tipped the waiter more? (Quicklink)  •  5:06pm  •  
Google Desktop Proxy   (1)
Good idea, only slightly creepy (Quicklink)  •  5:06pm  •  
The Mona Lisa experience   (0)
Reminds me of this experience (at the Louvre, not the one about being pickpocketted) (Quicklink)  •  5:06pm  •  
iPod Photo released!   (0)
Now with 60 GB capacity, 15 hour battery life, color screen. Still need to fork out money for a compact flash reader, so not a complete solution for travelling with a digicam. And I'd be impressed if they could've fit bluetooth on board to transfer mobile phone camera photos on there (Quicklink)  •  5:06pm  •  
23
Oct 04
Sat
Broadway gets a bluetooth network   (2)
So you can fetch movie times, special offers, and directions to stores from anywhere in the mall. Will have to take a visit there soon (Quicklink)  •  5:45pm  •  
CARE director pleads for life   (1)
Really, really despicable (Quicklink)  •  4:43am  •  
19
Oct 04
Tue
Half-life 2 Gone Gold!!   (1)
Release date is 16 November. Just in time for the end of exams! (Quicklink)  •  5:37am  •  
16
Oct 04
Sat
Jeremy’s Little Corner Of The Web…   (0)
It's the blog of a 2nd year BIT (Quicklink)  •  9:08pm  •  
13
Oct 04
Wed
Law firms uneasy with personal blogs?   (2)
I did mention Hear Ye! in a couple first rounds and got called back for seconds, so it can't be that bad can it? *nervous laugh* (Quicklink)  •  7:22am  •  
12
Oct 04
Tue
38 degrees today!   (1)
Hot (Quicklink)  •  10:10pm  •  
11
Oct 04
Mon
Article on Sydney Uni Law Society’s Elections   (0)
Sounds intense. I don't think UNSW Lawsoc's elections are remotely as contested. There certainly aren't any "parties" that I'm aware of... (Quicklink)  •  8:45pm  •  
Lessig cancels Sydney lecture   (0)
Bummer (Quicklink)  •  8:45pm  •  
Hard Drive Prices (Sydney)   (0)
Useful list of prices ordered by cost per gigabyte (Quicklink)  •  8:45pm  •  
10
Oct 04
Sun
Review of Per Se in New York   (0)
The Observer writes about the second restaurant of Thomas Keller, of French Laundry fame (Quicklink)  •  11:37pm  •  
8
Oct 04
Fri
Lessig is Lecturing in Sydney   (0)
Friday 29 October (Quicklink)  •  6:58am  •  
How would you move Mount Fuji?   (1)
While we're on the topic of interviews, here's a guide to problem-style case interview questions (Quicklink)  •  6:58am  •  
Fuzzy’s guide to voting in today’s elections   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:58am  •  
7
Oct 04
Thu
Google SMS   (1)
aka the 20 cent oracle (Quicklink)  •  6:27pm  •  
4
Oct 04
Mon
The cool word on Hotmail   (0)
When journalists get it wrong: "[FastMail]'s much better than Google's new Gmail, which doesn't offer POP or IMAP or any spam protection to speak of." No spam protection? I beg your pardon? (Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
SpaceShipOne captures X Prize   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
Popoint   (1)
Click 15 numbers in sequence as fast as possible (Quicklink)  •  5:59pm  •  
2
Oct 04
Sat
Well actually, you forgot Poland   (3)
(Quicklink)  •  6:55pm  •  
Winners of the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:55pm  •  
Bush – Keeping America Scared   (0)
5mb Quicktime video. "Terror. Terror. War on Terrorism. War against Terrorism. Global War on Terror..." (Quicklink)  •  6:55pm  •  
What a Top Reporter in Baghdad Really Thinks About the War   (0)
Full text of email is here (Quicklink)  •  6:55pm  •  
30
Sep 04
Thu
Tragic finish to romp in car   (0)
"The two people at this moment were in the midst of having sexual intercourse at the wheel of the vehicle, which makes driving that much more dangerous" (Quicklink)  •  8:55pm  •  
29
Sep 04
Wed
What the Bubble Got Right   (0)
(that's the dot com bubble) (Quicklink)  •  6:18pm  •  
SpaceShipOne successfully enters space again   (1)
The team is now only one flight away from winning the Ansari X Prize (Quicklink)  •  6:18pm  •  
28
Sep 04
Tue
Enter the Hypospray   (0)
Actually, it's called a SonoPrep and it's a needleless injection. I remember when Beyond 2000 ran a story on hypospray devices in the mid 90s. I can't believe it's taken this long to develop one! (Can you say 'vapourware'? Ok, I know, bad pun.) (Quicklink)  •  7:42am  •  
Another article on Virgin Galactic   (0)
More info (Quicklink)  •  12:13am  •  
Virgin Galactic expects to fly 3000 new astronauts in its first five years   (1)
Service based on SpaceShipOne craft design. Fares start at $208k per person (this will probably decrease in time). Sounds like the exact thing Richard Branson would be involved in! Exciting! (Quicklink)  •  12:13am  •  
26
Sep 04
Sun
Smurfed by Kasparov   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  4:12pm  •  
23
Sep 04
Thu
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules a Horse Is Not a Vehicle   (0)
Dissenting judge writes in rhyme (see end of article) (Quicklink)  •  6:09am  •  
20
Sep 04
Mon
Real Lawyers have Blogs   (0)
Offbeat site encourages law firms to use blogs. Actually, a partner that interviewed me the other day knew what blogs were (and she brought them up first). I was impressed. (Quicklink)  •  4:37am  •  
Google Search Reveals Credit Card Numbers   (0)
"The search request was simple. Using a researcher's Visa debit card, we started with the first four numbers on the card and extended the span of possible number combinations. So we entered in the Google search window: visa 4060000000000000..4060999999999999." I think Google fixed this problem. (Quicklink)  •  4:37am  •  
Dob in a spammer and get $100,000   (0)
US FTC proposes rewards for busting spammers (Quicklink)  •  4:37am  •  
Geneballs   (0)
Like urine strips, but for your DNA. Very interesting (Quicklink)  •  4:37am  •  
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II DSLR   (0)
16.7MP, 4 shots/sec (Quicklink)  •  4:37am  •  
18
Sep 04
Sat
Car crash caught live on news   (1)
News item ironically about complaints that the intersection was dangerous (Quicklink)  •  6:32am  •  
Radio Station adds Klingon to its broadcast   (0)
I'm a Trekkie and even I think this is just wrong (Quicklink)  •  6:32am  •  
17
Sep 04
Fri
Why it’s so hard to get into top tier firms   (0)
And why "cultural fit" is extremely important (Quicklink)  •  10:19pm  •  
Passengers, Switch On Your Phones   (0)
Airbus said it is making progress in plans to allow passengers to use mobile phones in flight by 2006 (Quicklink)  •  10:19pm  •  
16
Sep 04
Thu
No justice for Hicks in flawed trial: QC   (0)
"Mr Ruddock said the military commission was designed to protect security-related information. It was not unfair, just 'different'." And just how, pray tell, is admitting coerced confessions not unfair? (Quicklink)  •  6:03am  •  
Robbins slapped after parade   (0)
Relations within the Australian women's eight rowing crew hit a new low with Olympian Catriona Oliver slapping team-mate Sally Robbins in front of onlookers at an official function on Wednesday night (Quicklink)  •  6:03am  •  
14
Sep 04
Tue
Study – Weightlifters Don’t Lift Enough   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:31am  •  
Apple IIc History   (0)
Ah, memories... I used to have that Speedway Classic game as well! (Quicklink)  •  6:31am  •  
Caring for Your Introvert   (0)
This is actually a semi-accurate description of the introvertedness aspect of my personality (I don't know about the "needing" hours alone bit, or the growling/scowling part) (Quicklink)  •  6:31am  •  
Wagyu Beef   (1)
Tales of the $100 steak (Quicklink)  •  6:31am  •  
13
Sep 04
Mon
Transitive develops near-Universal Emulator that runs apps at 80% native speed   (0)
"a universal emulator is computer science's equivalent of alchemy's quest to turn base metal into gold" (Quicklink)  •  1:13am  •  
Democracy for Sale   (1)
Track political donations to Australian political parties. The money thrown at our parties is a mere pittance compared to American politics (Quicklink)  •  1:13am  •  
8
Sep 04
Wed
Sydney Food Diary   (1)
A blog, self-described as "one couple's quest to eat their way through Sydney" (Quicklink)  •  7:35pm  •  
Good Food Guide 2005 Hats   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:35pm  •  
Seen at Malvern Station, Melbourne   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  7:35pm  •  
4
Sep 04
Sat
2
Sep 04
Thu
Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal allowed and he is freed   (0)
6 long years in gaol. Wikipedia entry on Anwar (Quicklink)  •  8:05am  •  
Public Service Announcement   (0)
Okay. I am not from Singapore, nor am I gay, nor do we have a pet lobster. My flatmate, however, is doing a 1st year Physics course in 4th year because he really has failed it 3 times. No really, honest. I better lock my door now :) (Quicklink)  •  8:05am  •  
1
Sep 04
Wed
Law school – the big lie   (0)
The US legal industry for graduates really is a world apart from the Australian one (Quicklink)  •  8:05pm  •  
Guy finds digital camera dropped in the woods   (2)
Camera has 300mb microdrive in it with some frigging creepy pictures stored on it (Quicklink)  •  8:05pm  •  
Rugg’s Scientific Method   (1)
Interesting Wired article on the Voynich manuscript and a new way of approaching scientific problems involving identifying gaps in the web of cross-disciplinary knowledge (Quicklink)  •  8:05pm  •  
Humiliated, Angry, Ashamed, Brown   (1)
Another woeful tale of the restriction of civil liberties in the US (Quicklink)  •  8:05pm  •  
31
Aug 04
Tue
Best of Still Photojournalism 2004   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Voetbaltruc.nl   (0)
More incredible soccer tricks (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Soccer Juggling   (0)
Check out the Soufiane Touzani videos. They're outrageous. (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Sideways Bike   (0)
You ride on it sideways. Bizarre (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Jet-powered wheelchair surprise   (0)
"Giuseppe Cannella had a big surprise for his mother-in-law when he put a jet engine on the back of her wheelchair." (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Ladbrokes taking bets on physics discoveries   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Transparent Aluminium (oxide) developed   (0)
Is anyone missing a pair of humpback whales? (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Dartfish SimulCam   (0)
Pretty cool product - check out the video sample (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote   (0)
"The mind reels at such a blatant abuse of power (and at the sheer chutzpah of using national security as an excuse to censor a quotation about using national security as an excuse to stifle dissent)." (Quicklink)  •  7:05am  •  
29
Aug 04
Sun
Federal Election called   (0)
October 9 is the day (Quicklink)  •  3:34am  •  
25
Aug 04
Wed
Photographing the Photographers at Athens 2004   (0)
Millions and millions of dollars worth of droolworthy cameras (Quicklink)  •  7:00am  •  
Don’t you wish you could reply to lawyers like this?   (0)
Read it to the end (Quicklink)  •  7:00am  •  
24
Aug 04
Tue
“And the track and field is still to come!”   (3)
I totally agree with this (Quicklink)  •  6:36am  •  
23
Aug 04
Mon
Biggest wusses ever to play Doom III   (0)
Video (Quicklink)  •  3:54am  •  
20
Aug 04
Fri
DPReview Canon EOS 20D Hands-On Preview   (0)
It's official (Quicklink)  •  11:00pm  •  
19
Aug 04
Thu
18
Aug 04
Wed
Is this the Canon EOS 20D?   (0)
8MP successor to the 300D. Looks like it ships with a 17-85mm EF-S lens (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
Playing with time   (0)
Time lapse videos (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks   (0)
The expected cost of the Atomic Holographic DVR disc drive will be from $570 to $750 with the replacement discs for $45. (Quicklink)  •  3:28am  •  
17
Aug 04
Tue
Japanese Paper Scissors Rock   (0)
No matter how competitive you might be, just because you lose to a girl at rock, paper, scissors 3 times in a row doesn't really justify you trying to kick her ass (Quicklink)  •  5:09am  •  
13
Aug 04
Fri
Top 50 Fast Food Chains   (0)
Top 10 are in Australia but only 2 of the next 40 are in Australia as well (used to be 3, but Boston Markets went bust). (Quicklink)  •  7:15am  •  
SuprNovaXP   (0)
Frontend for downloading torrents from Suprnova.org (Quicklink)  •  7:15am  •  
Euro patent filing reveals Apple ‘handheld computer’   (0)
Gizmodo is referring to it as an iPad. Those concept drawings sure look like those PADDs from Star Trek (Quicklink)  •  7:15am  •  
Iraq overcomes own goal to stun Portual 4-2   (0)
First round Olympic match (Quicklink)  •  7:15am  •  
12
Aug 04
Thu
Global Invasive Species Database   (0)
100 of the world's worst invasive alien species (Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
Lee Kwan Yew’s son, Lee Hsien Loong sworn in as new Singapore PM   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
The Paper Napkin email rejection service   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
Inside Al-Qaeda’s Hard Drive   (0)
Some of Al-Qaeda's e-mails. Very interesting reading. (Quicklink)  •  7:19pm  •  
11
Aug 04
Wed
480lb woman dies after six years on couch   (2)
Other versions of this story say couch became grafted onto her skin and had to be surgically removed (Quicklink)  •  7:30pm  •  
99 bizarre news photos   (1)
Well worth a flick through (Quicklink)  •  7:30pm  •  
Civil liberties, anyone?   (0)
A ferry security guy absurdly tries to confiscate an "inappropriate" book (Quicklink)  •  7:30pm  •  
Windows XP Service Pack 2   (0)
Chunky 272mb download. The Windows Update version will be smaller (Quicklink)  •  7:30pm  •  
Magistrate cries after refusing bail to abductor   (0)
Interesting... I wonder if a magistrate displaying that kind of emotion during a trial could form some ground of appeal for the defendant (Quicklink)  •  7:30pm  •  
Trump sacked in casino crash   (0)
You're fired! (Quicklink)  •  1:08am  •  
3
Aug 04
Tue
Australian iPod users are lawbreakers   (3)
This is what ridiculously happens when your copyright legislation goes out of date and doesn't have a fair use provision (Quicklink)  •  5:25pm  •  
2
Aug 04
Mon
WEBoggle   (2)
Multiplayer Boggle Online. Addictive. If you see someone getting outrageous scores, they're probably cheating. (Quicklink)  •  8:25pm  •  
Barker St Murder suspect charged with 11 additional offences   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:25pm  •  
1
Aug 04
Sun
Miniskirt Economics   (0)
Only in Japan (Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
A Guide to Chinese Takeout Menus   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
The Everyman Photo Contest 2004   (0)
Amateur Photography Contest (Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
[H]ard OCP Official Doom 3 Hardware Guide   (0)
I need a new video card (Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
Wildlife Photography (Hal Brindley)   (0)
Some pretty cool photos (Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
Photos of some wild weather   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
One-legged man plays DDR   (0)
Quicktime movie (Quicklink)  •  10:57pm  •  
31
Jul 04
Sat
Aussie invention makes it possible to live without a pulse   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:20pm  •  
An MS intern writes about a dinner at the Gates Household   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:20pm  •  
Tall Buildings   (0)
Cool site about skyscrapers around the world (some built, some unbuilt) (Quicklink)  •  4:20pm  •  
27
Jul 04
Tue
An unfortunate name   (0)
This was on the back of the CD cover for the Day After Tomorrow Soundtrack (Quicklink)  •  5:56pm  •  
Google’s IPO Page   (0)
Watch this space (Quicklink)  •  5:56pm  •  
26
Jul 04
Mon
The Degree Confluence Project   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:54am  •  
Load Testing Gmail   (0)
Thanks Bonhomme (Quicklink)  •  6:54am  •  
Sword Swallowing Xray Pictures   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:54am  •  
Keep the drunk from falling over   (0)
Flash game (Quicklink)  •  6:54am  •  
Lessig – “Mr O’Reilly, please just stop”   (0)
Would like a copy of Outfoxed, but the shipping to Australia costs more than the DVD itself (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
Shannen Doherty Study in Asymmetry   (0)
From Locusta (Quicklink)  •  2:18am  •  
24
Jul 04
Sat
Star Wars Episode III Title Officially Announced   (1)
Click to find out what it is. I think it's far better than what they picked for the first two movies. (Quicklink)  •  8:25pm  •  
23
Jul 04
Fri
The Project Apollo Image Gallery   (0)
Photos from the Apollo moon missions have been digitised (Quicklink)  •  11:57pm  •  
DIY Bottle Cap Tripod   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:57pm  •  
Freak waves spotted from space   (0)
25m waves in the middle of calm seas (Quicklink)  •  11:57pm  •  
‘Cool’ fuel cells could revolutionize Earth’s energy resources   (0)
A fuel cell of this type only as large as four sugar cubes could power a laptop (Quicklink)  •  11:57pm  •  
Phonecam Snapshots   (0)
Reloads every 5 seconds with user-submitted snapshots (Quicklink)  •  5:49am  •  
21
Jul 04
Wed
Argument/debating tactics and logical fallacies   (0)
Anyone who enjoys a good dinner-table argument will be familiar with these (Quicklink)  •  10:05pm  •  
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy   (0)
Returns to BBC Radio 4 (Quicklink)  •  10:05pm  •  
Boy, 5, dobs in cheating father   (0)
Father 41, mother 32, mistress 20. (Quicklink)  •  10:05pm  •  
Google IPO   (0)
About Dutch auctions and how to participate (Quicklink)  •  10:05pm  •  
20
Jul 04
Tue
BugMeNot.com   (0)
Sick of those "registration required" news sites (eg, NY Times)? BugMeNot keeps a list of logons you can use so you don't have to go through registration (Quicklink)  •  9:41pm  •  
Bottle Cap Tripod   (0)
Handy for your point-n-shoot cameras with a tripod mount (Quicklink)  •  9:41pm  •  
Constructing a 3D Mouse   (0)
Thanks Shish (Quicklink)  •  9:41pm  •  
An Analysis of MMOG Subscription Growth   (0)
With graph (Quicklink)  •  9:41pm  •  
18
Jul 04
Sun
Circular Printer   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
bitoogle   (0)
a bittorrent file search engine (it uses Google) (Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
UN Human Development Index Rankings (PDF)   (3)
Top 5 countries are Norway, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Netherlands (Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
Escher Audi Ad   (0)
Quicktime format (Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
Features in the New iPod   (0)
50% more battery life. Prices reduced by about US$100 for each model. (Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
New York Times Editorial on WMD   (0)
Apologises and acknowledges it was in wrong in assuming Iraq had WMDs and backing pre-emptive strikes (Quicklink)  •  7:01am  •  
17
Jul 04
Sat
iPod revision 5 revealed   (0)
It has integrated the unified wheel from the mini iPod and it's a little smaller. It's still black and white. (Quicklink)  •  5:36pm  •  
Massive Black Hole Stumps Researchers   (0)
Estimated to be 10 billion solar masses and 12.7 billion years old (Quicklink)  •  5:36pm  •  
Apple to announce new iPods Monday   (1)
Previous rumours placed the announcement date in late August (Quicklink)  •  5:36pm  •  
MacOS X True Type fonts for Windows   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:36pm  •  
16
Jul 04
Fri
The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
Martha Stewart on her gaol sentence   (0)
"There are many, many good people who have gone to prison ... look at Nelson Mandela". What a gallingly presumptuous comparison. (Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
New Garmin GPS eTrex VistaC   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
Baby getting an early start on things   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
New, sleeker iPods in August   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
Hawking cracks black hole paradox   (1)
And loses bet (Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
I write badly, therefore I am a would-be terrorist   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:58am  •  
15
Jul 04
Thu
Zombie Infection Simulation   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:15am  •  
EDS caught out in porn piracy scandal   (0)
IT geeks caught for software piracy at CBA (Quicklink)  •  6:15am  •  
14
Jul 04
Wed
Doom 3 Goes Gold!   (0)
Available August 5 (Quicklink)  •  4:54pm  •  
iPod Resource List   (0)
In case I actually get one, one of these days (Quicklink)  •  4:54pm  •  
‘Tsunami’ devours 53½ hot dogs in 12 minutes   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:54pm  •  
Iraq Without Me   (0)
Another parody. This one's even better. (Quicklink)  •  4:54pm  •  
The Real Hussein   (0)
Parody of the Real Slim Shady. It's pretty funny! (Quicklink)  •  4:54pm  •  
Toilets Away!   (0)
Sometimes you drop a bomb for the toilet, sometimes you drop a toilet for the bomb (Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
Guy with an RPG getting taken out by gunfire   (0)
Disturbing (Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
Spiderman 2 reenacted in Lego   (0)
Quicktime Video (over 50MB). Worth it if you've got broadband (Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
Alpine iPod Interface   (0)
Looks like a better solution than BMW's implementation (Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
Guitar and Bass Tablature for Video Game Music   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
Are the Browser Wars Back?   (0)
Slate article on "How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer" (Quicklink)  •  3:22am  •  
4
Jul 04
Sun
The Road to Tech Mecca   (0)
An interesting Wired article on Dubai's uncharacteristically (for an Arab nation) strong economic development. It derives only 17% of its GDP from oil sales (Quicklink)  •  9:29pm  •  
3
Jul 04
Sat
Hong Kong – two girls for every guy   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:37pm  •  
‘Facetop’ Blends Screen and Video Images   (0)
Looks good for collaborative videoconferencing (Quicklink)  •  11:37pm  •  
29
Jun 04
Tue
New Apple Cinema Displays   (0)
Droooool. Time to start saving for my next monitor. (Quicklink)  •  6:16am  •  
25
Jun 04
Fri
iChat AV at 35,000 Feet   (0)
In the not too distant future, this will be a common sight on planes (Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
What are they saying in ‘Lost in Translation’?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:35pm  •  
22
Jun 04
Tue
South Korean hostage executed by Iraqi terrorists   (0)
Terrible (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
G-Mailto   (0)
Make mailto links link to the Gmail compose page rather than your default mail client (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
GTray   (0)
A Gmail new mail notification program (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
Transfer your POP3 mailbox into Gmail   (0)
Won't fit for me, but oh well, some is better than none (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
The Wired 40   (0)
Wired's list of Top 40 firms in the field of IT (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
Electrocution by the hundreds   (1)
Scary stun gun for the masses (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
Rejecting rejection   (2)
Job hunt got you down? Here's one answer... (Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
Education is getting more expensive   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:49am  •  
21
Jun 04
Mon
Google drops Merrill Lynch from underwriter list   (0)
I wonder why? I know Goldman Sachs was dropped when their CEO attempted to go over Google management's head by talking to Google's venture capital providers. Google caught wind of it, got pissed off and struck them off the list (Quicklink)  •  7:24am  •  
Canon EOS-1D Mark II Review   (1)
DP Review gives it a Highly Recommended evaluation (Quicklink)  •  7:24am  •  
Babylon 5 creator pitches new Trek series   (0)
Odds on for Paramount to decline (Quicklink)  •  7:24am  •  
How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?   (0)
Wired article on Nick Denton's (Gizmodo, Gawker etc) blogging "empire" (Quicklink)  •  7:24am  •  
SpaceShipOne flight a success   (0)
Becomes first non-government craft to reach altitude of 100km (Quicklink)  •  7:24am  •  
18
Jun 04
Fri
Het Groot Dictee (The Great Dictation)   (0)
And you thought spelling in English was tough. (Quicklink)  •  8:06am  •  
Apple AirPort Express   (0)
This is a good idea. (Quicklink)  •  8:06am  •  
Fahrenheit 9/11: Just the facts?   (0)
Ebert comments on subjectivity and accuracy in documentary film making. From Kottke. (Quicklink)  •  8:06am  •  
How to Whistle Loudly   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  8:06am  •  
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Jun 04
Thu
tinyurl.com/22c6t   (0)
The next time someone asks you a stupid question, send them here. (Quicklink)  •  10:56pm  •  
16
Jun 04
Wed
Meet Joe Blog   (0)
Time Magazine article on Blogs. They are well and truly mainstream now. (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
What to say if you get hit in the head by an axe while overseas   (0)
Ya Allah! Ada kapak terbenam dalam kepala aku! (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
Apple teams up with BMW on iPod adapter   (0)
Coool... Now I just need an iPod. And a BMW. (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
Amazon Listmania! So you’re going to jail…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
Google’s recruitment drive   (3)
Why Melbourne? Why??? (Quicklink)  •  7:36pm  •  
15
Jun 04
Tue
F*cking villagers vote against name change   (0)
Similar votes on a name change have taken place recently in neighbouring Austrian towns Wank am see and Petting, as well as in Vomitville and Windpassing. (Quicklink)  •  8:49pm  •  
D-Link Network Storage Link   (0)
Turn external USB hard drives into NAS devices. I'm definitely getting one when it hits Australia. (Quicklink)  •  8:49pm  •  
Check GMail through a POP3 client   (0)
Such as Outlook express. Also needs .net (Quicklink)  •  8:49pm  •  
14
Jun 04
Mon
Lensbabies   (0)
camera lenses that create a movable 'sweet spot' area of focus (Quicklink)  •  11:44pm  •  
Little wonders (SMH)   (0)
Degustation menus in Sydney (Quicklink)  •  11:44pm  •  
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Jun 04
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May 04
Sat
“I’m tall and white, not short and Indian”   (0)
So speaks Miss Bolivia (Quicklink)  •  8:52pm  •  
Women and Electronics?   (0)
"Women have crossed the digital divide that once separated them from the male-dominated world of technology. Last year, women spent fourteen percent more than men on electronics." (Quicklink)  •  8:52pm  •  
Game Theories   (0)
Economics and the online marketplace of MMORPGs (Quicklink)  •  8:52pm  •  
28
May 04
Fri
Excellent night photos of Hong Kong   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:13pm  •  
Flatmate held for Sydney double deaths   (0)
Could you sleep through two murders? (Quicklink)  •  6:13pm  •  
27
May 04
Thu
Italy decrees that Pizza Hut pizza ain’t pizza   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:21pm  •  
Student arrested in connection with Barker St double murder   (0)
Some news of progress, at long last (Quicklink)  •  7:21pm  •  
26
May 04
Wed
Singapore to register gum owners   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:00am  •  
Vader owns   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  6:00am  •  
25
May 04
Tue
Dog Skateboarding   (1)
Pretty nifty (Quicklink)  •  6:07am  •  
22
May 04
Sat
Star Alliance Flight Screensaver   (0)
View scheduled Star Alliance flights in real time as they travel across the globe. Very cool indeed. (Quicklink)  •  12:14am  •  
21
May 04
Fri
Aircraft Communications   (0)
Funny (Quicklink)  •  1:29am  •  
XP Service Pack 2 Screenshots and Features   (0)
Looking good (Quicklink)  •  1:29am  •  
19
May 04
Wed
Help from a simian servant   (0)
Not quite a trunk monkey, but getting there. (Quicklink)  •  8:24pm  •  
Review of Fahrenheit 9/11   (0)
Michael Moore's latest sensationalist doco. Apparently it got a 20 minute standing ovation at Cannes, but I've also read several media reviewers trashing its reliability. (Quicklink)  •  1:27am  •  
18
May 04
Tue
OS X Makes Slow Debut on PC   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:46am  •  
Shell shock: $1400 omelette   (0)
Ridiculous (Quicklink)  •  5:46am  •  
16
May 04
Sun
Yahoo boosts free e-mail storage to 100MB   (0)
It was only a matter of time (Quicklink)  •  9:13pm  •  
Google Groups 2   (0)
Sort of like Yahoo groups, but searchable and without the red tape (Quicklink)  •  9:13pm  •  
13
May 04
Thu
Louis Wain   (1)
"One man's progressive withdrawal from reality to fantasy is cleary traced in the extaordinary series of cat paintings". Very eerie. (Quicklink)  •  6:14am  •  
12
May 04
Wed
I-Am-Asian.com   (0)
I agree with Riss. What the hell? (Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
General E3 2004 News   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
Half-Life 2 News from E3   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
Sony PSP handheld specs   (0)
Time to start saving! (Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
Google knows all   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  11:32pm  •  
10
May 04
Mon
Soccer Commercials   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:05am  •  
5
May 04
Wed
Picasso sells for $143m   (0)
That is a lot of cash (Quicklink)  •  7:32pm  •  
Unstitched   (0)
Blog on Australian Fashion Week, if you're interested in that sorta stuff (Quicklink)  •  7:32pm  •  
1
May 04
Sat
Supreme Court Justice Assaulted During Jog   (0)
Of all the people (Quicklink)  •  8:55pm  •  
30
Apr 04
Fri
28
Apr 04
Wed
No Burn Toaster   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  4:26pm  •  
Bush wipes glasses on Letterman Producer’s shirt   (1)
Movie in quicktime format (Quicklink)  •  4:26pm  •  
Russian site is music to the ears   (0)
US$5 for 500 megs of music (Quicklink)  •  4:26pm  •  
Sophomore finally evicted after living in NYU Library for almost 8 months   (1)
Discovered only after uni finds his blog (Quicklink)  •  4:26pm  •  
22
Apr 04
Thu
Berman: Trek XI To Be Prequel Film   (0)
So, the franchise might continue! It's an odd numbered movie. Will it follow the tradition/curse of crap odd-numbered Trek movies? (Quicklink)  •  8:43pm  •  
15
Apr 04
Thu
Kyle and Jackie O Show Celebrity Phone Scams   (0)
Excellent. (Quicklink)  •  6:24pm  •  
Alston could chair Telstra: PM   (0)
Holy crap, oh please no. (Quicklink)  •  6:24pm  •  
14
Apr 04
Wed
Silks swim into Stevens case   (0)
This has taken so many twists and turns. It wouldn't surprise me if Krogh, even if considered legally entitled to swim should Stevens step down, does himself stand aside for Thorpe. (Quicklink)  •  7:12am  •  
Order of Succession to the British Throne   (0)
This is massive (Quicklink)  •  7:12am  •  
12
Apr 04
Mon
Roll your own Asteroid Impact   (0)
This page estimates the seismic, blast wave, and thermal effects of an impact as well as the size of the crater produced by the impact (Quicklink)  •  6:31pm  •  
18.5kg cat   (0)
With picture. (Quicklink)  •  6:31pm  •  
She rorted the law, and the law won   (0)
Failing law student passed herself off as criminal solicitor at more than 100 court appearances. (Quicklink)  •  6:31pm  •  
Lara – 400 Not Out   (0)
Amazing (Quicklink)  •  6:31pm  •  
Broadband onboard flights   (0)
Assuming those prices are for the whole flight, it just might work. Posting in mid-air would be pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  4:11am  •  
8
Apr 04
Thu
UNSW Vice-Chancellor Resigns   (0)
"Due to a breakdown in his relationship with members of the University Council" (Quicklink)  •  10:30am  •  
7
Apr 04
Wed
$180,700 – Double or nothing   (0)
Gambling hotline, anyone? I guess it's better than being desparately in debt to a loanshark. (Quicklink)  •  10:11pm  •  
Surgeons Who Play Video Games Err Less   (0)
See, computer games do increase hand-eye coordination (Quicklink)  •  10:11pm  •  
Competitive Justice T-Shirt   (0)
Heheh I like it! (Quicklink)  •  3:31am  •  
3
Apr 04
Sat
Linked off the Gmail page   (0)
Well, I guess this is what Google employees do instead of skywriting (link will probably be dead within a few hours) (Quicklink)  •  6:26pm  •  
2
Apr 04
Fri
31
Mar 04
Wed
Whirlpool April Fools   (0)
Lotsa people stung by this one :) (Quicklink)  •  8:29pm  •  
L-plates for yum cha carts   (0)
"It's either young, inexperienced students who take these jobs or someone just off the boat." (Quicklink)  •  8:29pm  •  
Google’s Gmail   (0)
1GB of online storage! Time for a new e-mail address! Google trumps Yahoo and MS yet again. (Quicklink)  •  8:29pm  •  
30
Mar 04
Tue
Japanese businessman builds own machine to make world landmine-free   (0)
Pretty cool (Quicklink)  •  9:55pm  •  
Speech Accent Archive   (0)
Excellent site. From Fuzzy. (Quicklink)  •  9:55pm  •  
Fullscreen Quicktime 3D VR ‘best of’   (0)
Thanks Pete (Quicklink)  •  9:55pm  •  
27
Mar 04
Sat
E-Ink is finally here   (0)
In the form of an eBook reader from Sony and Philips. (Quicklink)  •  4:59pm  •  
Wi-Fi takes to the skies   (0)
So much for interfering with navigation. I guess if the passengers pay money for it, the problem goes away. (Quicklink)  •  4:59pm  •  
25
Mar 04
Thu
Google Web Search Features   (0)
Lots of extra features, in case you didn't already know. See also this article. (Quicklink)  •  10:06pm  •  
Gittins on whether you should pay HECS upfront   (0)
I must admit that I always thought the 25% was the way to go, but I never thought about doing a DCF on it... (Quicklink)  •  2:08am  •  
23
Mar 04
Tue
The going rates for website development these days   (0)
See bottom subtitle (Quicklink)  •  5:58pm  •  
Translucent Concrete   (1)
Not quite transparent aluminium, but cool nonetheless. (Quicklink)  •  5:58pm  •  
22
Mar 04
Mon
Google to find place for Orkut network in search   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:37am  •  
Sports Illustrated’s Digital Workflow   (1)
Excellent article on how SI processes their photos, from digicam to press. From Fuzzy. (Quicklink)  •  6:37am  •  
19
Mar 04
Fri
Infrared Video from a Chopper   (0)
Of a couple in a convertible, clearly gettin' it on. 50MB (you want broadband). NSFW. (Quicklink)  •  7:31am  •  
18
Mar 04
Thu
Bush praises woman who is really a man   (1)
Thanks Shish. (Quicklink)  •  5:08pm  •  
iPod Revision 4   (0)
50GB, possibly in colour. (Quicklink)  •  5:08pm  •  
Blogs Can Be Infectious   (0)
"researchers have discovered that authors of popular blog sites regularly borrow topics from lesser-known bloggers -- and they often do so without attribution." Sourcing material has always been patchy around the net. When there are so many interconnected links, it's hard to pin down when someone has "been inspired" (some would say stolen) from your site. From Xplane. (Quicklink)  •  5:08pm  •  
17
Mar 04
Wed
World’s Most Expensive Hotels   (0)
Start earning. (Quicklink)  •  5:02am  •  
Why won’t Howard let us trust anyone?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:02am  •  
16
Mar 04
Tue
Gadget Madness   (0)
Another good gadgets site. Thanks Bonhomme. See especially this. (Quicklink)  •  5:52am  •  
Creative Commons launching in Australia next week   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:52am  •  
The Future?   (0)
17 meg Quicktime. Worth the download if you have a quick connection. (Quicklink)  •  5:52am  •  
15
Mar 04
Mon
Gadget Madness   (0)
Another good gadgets site. Thanks Bonhomme. See especially this. (Quicklink)  •  6:10am  •  
Creative Commons launching in Australia next week   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:10am  •  
The Future?   (0)
17 meg Quicktime. Worth the download if you have a quick connection. (Quicklink)  •  6:10am  •  
14
Mar 04
Sun
AeroSite Airline Logos   (0)
For no particular reason (Quicklink)  •  10:04pm  •  
Make your own LCD picture frame   (0)
Thanks Shish (Quicklink)  •  10:04pm  •  
13
Mar 04
Sat
Hollywood Gold Laptop   (1)
Gadgetlust. Big Time. Just need to win the lottery first. (Quicklink)  •  7:51am  •  
12
Mar 04
Fri
Hmmm…   (0)
Something not quite right with this photo (Quicklink)  •  5:28pm  •  
11
Mar 04
Thu
Sleeves   (0)
Weird tattoo clothing (Quicklink)  •  9:55pm  •  
The Accidental Video Game Porn Archive   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  9:55pm  •  
Celebrity Timetravel   (1)
Excellent photoshopped images. Thanks Dad. (Quicklink)  •  9:55pm  •  
10
Mar 04
Wed
Canon CPS   (0)
Professional photographers and their photographs (Quicklink)  •  4:18am  •  
8
Mar 04
Mon
Should they be dating? (Forum Link)   (0)
Continuation of the debate. There is no debate. Just a whole bunch of sorely misguided Singaporean teenagers. (Quicklink)  •  12:28am  •  
More news on Hobbit movie   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  12:28am  •  
The Rainbow Plucking Orgy   (0)
Twangers, plucking, balls... 'Hidden' messages in old childrens' TV shows? Hahaha (Quicklink)  •  12:28am  •  
Should they be dating?   (0)
I can't believe this made the Straits Times. The sad, sad state of Singaporean society. Hey, there was a much more pronounced educational/family status/wealth imbalance between my mum and dad, and it all worked out fine! (Quicklink)  •  12:28am  •  
6
Mar 04
Sat
Penguin Whacking   (0)
All the derivations of that flash game (Quicklink)  •  5:04am  •  
4
Mar 04
Thu
1
Mar 04
Mon
LOTR Wins 11 Oscars   (0)
A fantasy movie finally gets recognised! (Quicklink)  •  1:27pm  •  
26
Feb 04
Thu
How to Get Your Woman to Game   (0)
Hah. Good luck. Easier to get her playing a PS2 than multiplayer PC games though! (Quicklink)  •  5:11am  •  
Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer   (0)
from AJH. (Quicklink)  •  5:11am  •  
Underground Etiquette   (0)
Rules for rail travel that are easily transferable to Cityrail. (Quicklink)  •  5:11am  •  
25
Feb 04
Wed
How to Get Your Woman to Game   (0)
Hah. Good luck. Easier to get her playing a PS2 than multiplayer PC games though! (Quicklink)  •  9:02pm  •  
Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer   (0)
from AJH. (Quicklink)  •  9:02pm  •  
Underground Etiquette   (0)
Rules for rail travel that are easily transferable to Cityrail. (Quicklink)  •  9:02pm  •  
24
Feb 04
Tue
So you wanna be a Rogue Trader   (2)
A how-to guide. (Quicklink)  •  7:29am  •  
ICQ Worm Info   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  7:29am  •  
23
Feb 04
Mon
Sydney Views Photography Comp   (0)
Thanks Denise (Quicklink)  •  4:46am  •  
21
Feb 04
Sat
Perl 6 will look nothing like Perl 5   (0)
Perl to get an overhaul. I think PHP needs one too, but I dread to think how much code will need re-writing. (Quicklink)  •  1:34am  •  
19
Feb 04
Thu
Captain Archer releases some “tension”   (0)
Hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  5:48pm  •  
LaCie’s 1TB External HDD   (0)
Not cheap, but also not that badly priced at A$1500 (Quicklink)  •  5:48pm  •  
18
Feb 04
Wed
Photos of Computer Desks   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  7:23pm  •  
17
Feb 04
Tue
UserFriendly today is a funny one   (0)
(for geeks anyway :) (Quicklink)  •  5:33am  •  
15
Feb 04
Sun
Brosnan may play Bond again after all   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:09am  •  
Movieoke   (0)
Haha, I know during later hours of lan gaming sessions we tend to drift off and spout random bits of movie dialogue (Quicklink)  •  5:09am  •  
12
Feb 04
Thu
Pictures of the Year – International   (0)
More media photographs (Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
World Press Photos   (0)
The best of professional media photographers. Some amazing photos among the 2003 winners there. (Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
Mouth off to judge, get a year behind bars   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
Meet the inventor of ‘Ctrl-Alt-Delete’   (0)
David Bradley (Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
Bush or Palpatine?   (3)
(Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
soupcubes.org   (0)
Random blog of the day (Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
Age Portraits   (0)
Showing the aging process (Quicklink)  •  5:01am  •  
11
Feb 04
Wed
Pictures of the Year – International   (0)
More media photographs (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
World Press Photos   (0)
The best of professional media photographers. Some amazing photos among the 2003 winners there. (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
Mouth off to judge, get a year behind bars   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
Meet the inventor of ‘Ctrl-Alt-Delete’   (0)
David Bradley (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
Bush or Palpatine?   (3)
(Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
soupcubes.org   (0)
Random blog of the day (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
Age Portraits   (0)
Showing the aging process (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
10
Feb 04
Tue
CityRail announces complimentary travel   (0)
Free fare day soon to follow. It's been a while, but nothing much has changed, has it? (Quicklink)  •  5:21pm  •  
Canon PowerShot Pro1   (0)
8MP point and shoot digicam... with an L-series lens! (Quicklink)  •  5:21pm  •  
Kazaa seeks stay in Federal Court   (0)
Until the US case is resolved. Sydney-based Sharman networks was recently raided under an Anton Piller order. (Quicklink)  •  5:21pm  •  
Sensei’s Library   (1)
A Wikipaedia on Go (Quicklink)  •  5:21pm  •  
Bilingual Codeswitching   (0)
Apparently the tecnical term for when you swap between languages when you talk. Kottke thread. (Quicklink)  •  5:21pm  •  
9
Feb 04
Mon
Wanted: personal social network coordinator   (0)
From AJH and Kottke. (Quicklink)  •  6:50am  •  
Animated Gif   (0)
Stick figure style (Quicklink)  •  6:50am  •  
Computer Stupidities   (0)
Timewaster. Thanks Shish. (Quicklink)  •  2:12am  •  
4
Feb 04
Wed
How I PC’d an Apple G5   (0)
What I can't believe is how upset some of the Mac fans got over the joke. I think running a PC in a Mac case is a good idea. They're nice cases. (Quicklink)  •  4:53pm  •  
Ranked Country Statistics   (0)
Interesting (Quicklink)  •  4:53pm  •  
Classic ’80s Games   (0)
Playable through the web browser (Quicklink)  •  4:53pm  •  
3
Feb 04
Tue
Why your Movable Type blog must die   (0)
Kuro5hin article. I haven't seen this level of animosity since the e/n sites faced off with the pretentious blogs years ago. I like it! (And check out the comments) (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
JinkyArt   (0)
A nice Aussie photo blog (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
Notes from the Road   (0)
Linked to this a few years ago. It's still a beautiful travel diary. (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
PhotoMemes – Photo Projects   (0)
found on The Fix (Quicklink)  •  6:39am  •  
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
The ‘Gry’ Riddle   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
Pangrams   (0)
Sweet marjoram grew in luxuriant profusion by the window that overlooked the Aztec city. (Quicklink)  •  2:19am  •  
1
Feb 04
Sun
Mopez   (0)
A plug for a friend selling clothing (Quicklink)  •  7:31am  •  
Canon EOS-1D Mk II   (0)
8.2 mp, 8.5 fps, 40 frame buffer = 69 mp/sec. Drool. (Quicklink)  •  7:31am  •  
Juggling makes your brain bigger   (1)
I learnt juggling during the HSC when I was meant to be studying instead (Quicklink)  •  7:31am  •  


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