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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:15:59 -0800

How To Play with Google Maps and Twitter API
Nowadays Twitter is changing how the web is used. In fact under the pressure of the twitter’s FireHose even Google Search is starting to show transient informations, i.e. the tweets (cfr. Google Tweets and updates and search). As everybody knows a...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:15:11 -0800

SF City Hall Christmas Lights Gone Berserk
San Francisco's City Hall has been lit up green and red for Christmas this year. At certain points, it looks like odd Chinoiserie as if designed for a delirious production of Puccini's "Turandot." From other angles... ...it looks a bit...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:53 -0800

The year when everything changed — L’année quand tout a changé
I’ve been meaning to tell you about my weakness for anything involving potatoes. Growing up, my mother prepared râpés de pommes de terre (grated potatoes cooked like small galettes, close to latkes) perhaps once a week, which invariably made my...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:20:40 -0800

YouTube - Sandy Stewart Heavenly Father
@NELLYWAITS wrote: You look just as beautiful today, as then! More, even! Merry Christmas Sandy! http://3.ly/8Ji Sandy Stewart Heavenly Father From The Movie Go Johnny Go Hide links from @NELLYWAITS Let us know...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:52:21 -0800

High School Lib Dub Rumble (Washington State) - Arts - Soft Machine³ - Arts Tech and Other
It’s not Glee but “Lip dub” — meaning lip-sync with choreography. A real Hich school video class asked another for a lib dub throwdown — and it was ON. Shorecrest v. Shorewood. The first (Outkast) is one long shot. The second (Hall &...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:42:53 -0800

High School Lib Dub Rumble (Washington State)
It’s not Glee but “Lip dub” — meaning lip-sync with choreography. A real Hich school video class asked...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:09:10 -0800

What, If Anything, Can Skeptics Say About Science?
NASA visualization of arctic surface warming trends. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, Larry Stock, Robert Gersten As many skeptics know by now, legendary skeptical trailblazer James Randi set off a firestorm last week...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:09:11 -0800

Hit Men Kill Mexican Hero's Family - WSJ.com
European Pressphoto Agency Mexican Navy forces stand guard outside the family home of Melquisedet Angulo Córdova on Tuesday. MEXICO CITY -- The brazen murder of several family members of a Mexican Naval hero threatens to start a dangerous new...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:41:22 -0800

Engadget: Nexus One Will Be “Invitation Only” At First
Shared by reechard I have a busted Android Dev Phone 1 (usb port pins, no power) I was waiting for Android dust to settle. I really need this phone! Desperate to get in on the "invite" list. I'll gladly give away the Htc carcass in...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:34:12 -0800

12.13.09: The Limits of Multiculturalism
I was told that a powerful rabbi based in Williamsburg objected strongly to the bike lanes that run alongside their ghetto on Bedford Ave. We were informed that the sight of hipster girls, their heads uncovered and sometimes their lower legs as well, is...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:58:26 -0800

Google Nexus One Hands On [Nexus One]
Thanks to a clandestine meeting with a source, I got a chance to play with and try out the Nexus One. It's basically, from my time with it, Google's Droid killer. It's thin, it's fast, it's better in every way. My source was very firm about no...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:40:50 -0800

They’re here. Nexus One’s Full Specifications.
Engadget has managed to get their hands on what are reportedly Nexus One’s full specifications. The device reportedly comes with a 512MB RAM, 4GB microSD in-box expandable to 32GB, A 3.7 inch display, 5mp camera and Android 2.1.If Engadget’s sources...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:56:21 -0800

2 Android Devices Lead Time’s Top 10
Shared by Ryo #Android makes it real! Time Magazine just published a whole lot of different “Top 10″ lists in a Top 10 of Everything 2009. One of the categories was – you guessed it – gadgets. And I was a bit suprised to find that not one...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:55:38 -0800

Photo du Jour 534
SFO during rush hour snapped by Flickr user exxonvaldez on Friday, December 18 at around 10 p.m.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:52:57 -0800

Is Vimeo Arbitrarily Taking Down Videos It Deems As 'Commercial'?
With Vimeo recently getting sued by EMI for supposedly encouraging infringement of their music in videos, it's interesting to note that Vimeo is apparently arbitrarily and ridiculously aggressive in cutting off anyone who uses the service for any sort...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:36:57 -0800

Web War: Contemporary content battles and the future Web
The history of the Internet is being re-written so quickly it makes the future web a constantly moving target, even for the simple question “how will we access general information?” (you really expect me to give up and go home?) Overshadowing...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:39:37 -0800

Yahoo! Will Kill MyBlogLog Next Month
Shared by reechard We should have a wake/celebration party for MyBlogLog! Now to go zap some widgets... I suppose I should nuke all my contact first.. that's kind of sad. :( 5 years to the month after it was founded, cross-blog social networking...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:19:07 -0800

Electronic Music Stand - is almost here (touch tablet device) - Arts - Soft Machine³ - Arts Tech and Other
The MusicPad Pro from Freehand Systems comes pretty close — for $900UPDATE: This is a not a branded Kindle and the scores are “new engravings”In addition to its new Kindle offering, the sheet music publisher sells a stand-alone digital sheet music...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:03:55 -0800

Electronic Music Stand - is almost here (touch tablet device) - Arts - Soft Machine³ - Arts Tech and Other
The MusicPad Pro from Freehand Systems comes pretty close — for $900Lackstwo pages uptouch general touch tablet or eBook reader capabilityThe “two pages up” requirement is no joke. The left hand page is given no consideration for “turnability”...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:08:07 -0800

Bob Rivers: Twisted Xmas (video gallery)
Bob Rivers is still twisting holiday classics. I find the music and lyrics often hilarious, often offensive, and always well produced. I much prefer Bob Rivers to Weird Al. His radio show originates at KZOK in Seattle, Washington. Bob Rivers Show...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:08:37 -0800

Bob Rivers: Twisted Xmas (video gallery)
Bob Rivers is still twisting holiday classics. I find the music and lyrics often hilarious, often offensive, and always...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:09:52 -0800

Some Thoughts on the Twitter API as a "standard API" for microblogging
There are a couple of posts written this past weekend about services beginning to expose their services using the Twitter API and how this marks the rise of Twitter as a de facto standard for use in microblogging (or whatever we're calling it...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:36:28 -0800

SquareSpace editor: a few bugs and no error recovery make me very sad
I’m trying to write a post and various problems keep getting in the way. Above, I was editing a list of “required reading” posts and the editor got confused, so I tried “remove formatting.” I’ve noticed that HTML markup crud accumulates...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:02:26 -0800

SquareSpace editor: a few bugs and no error recovery make me very sad
I’m trying to write a post and various problems keep getting in the way. Above, I was editing a list of...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:34:36 -0800

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