Month: October 2009

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	Supernatural Collective Nouns. [Wondermark] Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT
	50 Most Beautiful Icon Sets Created in 2008 [Noupe] Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:02 PM PDT
	Autumn Colors Macro 4 [Flickr] Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:14 AM PDT driko posted a photo: I tried a slighly different setup to get this macro shot of autumn colors in a leaf. I borrowed a set of focusing rails, which allowed for a little better precision in focus… Best viewed large… 🙂
	BrokenBridge Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:04 AM PDT A very nice summary of what happened on the San Francisco Bay Bridge
	streambaby – Project Hosting on Google Code Posted: 29 Oct 2009 08:18 PM PDT nice application to allow video streaming from your computer to TiVo; very easy to use! Not sure about .avi transcoding yet, though…
	Google Tracking-B-Gone for Greasemonkey Posted: 29 Oct 2009 07:56 PM PDT

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Disable Highlighting New Programs in Windows 7, Vista, and XP [the How-To Geek]

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Bioavailability: How to Get More Nutrients from Your Food [Wise Bread] Posted: 29 Oct 2009 11:47 AM PDT

Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of [Gizmodo] Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Announcing Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 [Official Google Blog] Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:25 AM PDT Sweet! I so want an Android phone…

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: Finally, a contender? Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:22 AM PDT

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Download free fonts @ fontspace.com Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:00 PM PDT

Personal Video Database – Home Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:44 PM PDT

TVTrigger – Home Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:30 PM PDT

Prevent v 1.0 [The Windows Club] Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:20 PM PDT “Prevents cut, paste, copy, delete, re-naming of files & folders”

WinPatrol 2010 Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:13 PM PDT Essential, free security application

Want to learn about Windows 7? Microsoft offers you a look at its features Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:12 PM PDT

AVI ReComp Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:11 PM PDT Nice video editor

The genius brothers behind Google Wave [CNN.com] Posted: 28 Oct 2009 08:50 AM PDT

Harvesting baseball’s ‘magic mud’ [CNN.com] Posted: 28 Oct 2009 08:42 AM PDT I had heart about this before, but it’s still a cool story…

Takedown Hall Of Shame | Electronic Frontier Foundation Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:49 AM PDT

Reocities , rising from the ashes – RIP Geocities… Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:21 AM PDT “We’ve rebuilt the walls to the Cities and the streets where a large part of the early settlers of the World Wide Web used to live in. You can still find them where they were before, but not all of the houses have been rebuilt yet.”

Meat Hand [not martha] Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:15 AM PDT Quite a creative Halloween dish…

Best of Wikipedia – Acoustic Kitty Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:08 AM PDT “Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions…”

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Photojojo Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:00 PM PDT “The best photo tips, DIY projects, and gear in the whole wide world”

“Can’t sleep. Carnival dragon will eat me…” [Flickr] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:14 PM PDT driko posted a photo: Taken at the St. Mary’s County Fair.

SoMD Llamas 3 [Flickr] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT driko posted a photo: A candid shot of llamas taken during the St. Mary’s County Fair. 🙂

SoMD Llamas 2 [Flickr] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT driko posted a photo: A candid shot of a llama taken during the St. Mary’s County Fair. 🙂

SoMD Llamas 1 [Flickr] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT driko posted a photo: A candid shot of llamas taken during the St. Mary’s County Fair. 🙂

Scientists discover gene that ‘cancer-proofs’ rodent’s cells Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT

Microsoft bails from Family Guy Windows 7 special [Ars Technica] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:15 AM PDT “We initially chose to participate in the Seth and Alex variety show based on the audience composition and creative humor of ‘Family Guy,’ but after reviewing an early version of the variety show it became clear that the content was not a fit with the Windows brand.” Um, duh.

Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars reviews Windows 7 [Ars Technica] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:00 AM PDT

8 Best Ways to Share ‘Mix Tapes’ [Wired.com] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 07:57 AM PDT

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. [McSweeney’s Internet Tendency] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 07:46 AM PDT

How much is a stamp? Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:51 AM PDT

Dead tauntaun wedding cake [Gizmodo] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT Awesome!

McDonald’s Closes in Iceland After Krona Collapse [Bloomberg.com] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT

Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number [CNET News] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:01 AM PDT “No, it’s not a full number port, which the company still says is coming and will eventually allow things like call screening, conference calling, or listening into a call before picking up–all with your existing number. Instead, Google is taking advantage of conditional call forwarding to let users send unanswered calls to Google’s voice-mail service in place of the one provided by a user’s carrier. ”

Contextual search within Wikipedia [Official Google Blog] Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:57 AM PDT “enable the Custom Search skin and you’ll have quick access to relevant Google Custom Search results from Wikipedia. With the Custom Search skin, your search results are conveniently placed inline on the page.”

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‘ville.2k – the 101 Best Music Videos of the Decade. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:34 PM PDT

GeoCities (1995-2009) is finally put out of our misery Posted: 26 Oct 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Tips and Tricks: Making the Most of Google Calendar Posted: 26 Oct 2009 09:30 AM PDT

Enhanced Google Music Search Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:06 AM PDT “CNet reports that Google will launch the new version of Google Music Search next week, in partnership with Lala and iLike.” Cool! I’m a big fan of Lala, especially since you can have it scan your music files and make those songs streamable from anywhere…

Infographic of the Day: It’s a Small World, Afterall [Fast Company] Posted: 26 Oct 2009 04:37 AM PDT “This map shows exactly where are the most remote places in the world.”

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NirLauncher puts hundreds of Nirsoft and SysInternals apps in one tidy package Posted: 25 Oct 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Autumn Colors Macro 3 [Flickr] Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT driko posted a photo: Autumn colors on this leaf provided an interesting subject for a macro shot.

Autumn Colors Macro 2 [Flickr] Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT driko posted a photo: Autumn colors on this leaf provided an interesting subject for a macro shot.

Autumn Colors Macro 1 [Flickr] Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT driko posted a photo: Autumn colors on this leaf provided an interesting subject for a macro shot.

Fittr Flickr extension for Chrome enhances your Flickr experience Posted: 25 Oct 2009 09:00 AM PDT

FFolio Posted: 25 Oct 2009 09:00 AM PDT “Create an instant portfolio from your flickr account”

NewsPulse [CNN.com] Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:28 PM PDT “Get the news filtered the way you want and see what’s popular”

6 Pro Photographers Share Their Most Guarded Digital Secrets [Mac|Life] Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:16 PM PDT

Top 10 Windows 7 Booster Apps [Lifehacker] Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:10 PM PDT

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Advanced Photoshop Techniques that you may not be aware of [Inspect Element] Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:46 PM PDT

The noughties – a decade of lost species [guardian.co.uk] Posted: 24 Oct 2009 03:01 PM PDT “From rhinos to redwood trees, the noughties decade has spelled the end for some species of plants and animals. Many have not been sighted in their natural habitat for some time, while others have been declared officially extinct”

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Windows 7 avalanche: Roundup of hacks, tips, downloads, and more! Posted: 23 Oct 2009 11:54 AM PDT

Drinkhacker.com Posted: 23 Oct 2009 11:35 AM PDT “The Essential Blog for the Discriminating Drinker”

10 Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand [mental_floss Blog] Posted: 23 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT I didn’t get “memento mori” quite right…

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Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking [Official Google Reader Blog] Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:49 PM PDT

Lifehacker’s Complete Guide to Windows 7 Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Bing Twitter Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:03 AM PDT

A Visual Guide to Computer Cables and Connectors – Identify The Right Cable Easily Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:02 AM PDT

Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:00 AM PDT