(unknown author) via Real Dan Lyons Web Site on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
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Bloomberg runs Dear Leader’s obituary slightly ahead of schedule
(unknown author) via Real Dan Lyons Web Site on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Shared by Muzo what a gaffe! There are some days when I really, really, really wish I were still writing Fake Steve, and friends, this is o readmore
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(unknown author) via Real Dan Lyons Web Site on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Shared by Muzo what a gaffe! There are some days when I really, really, really wish I were still writing Fake Steve, and friends, this is o readmore
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The Best Six Tools to Track Your Time Spent Online
Palin Ningthoujam via Mashable! on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
There are a variety of time tracking tools available today. The first type are the ones targeted at businesses and professionals for tracking amount of time spent on a particular project so they can bill their clients accordingly. The second variety are for net junk readmore
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Palin Ningthoujam via Mashable! on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
There are a variety of time tracking tools available today. The first type are the ones targeted at businesses and professionals for tracking amount of time spent on a particular project so they can bill their clients accordingly. The second variety are for net junk readmore
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Mozilla Extends Lucrative Deal With Google For 3 Years
Jason Kincaid via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum - in 2006 the total amounted to around $57 million, or 85% of readmore
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Jason Kincaid via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum - in 2006 the total amounted to around $57 million, or 85% of readmore
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FriendFeed Releases New Set Of Customizable Widgets
Jason Kincaid via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
FriendFeed, the social activity aggregator, has released a set of customizable widgets that will allow bloggers to make sure their readers can follow all of their activities across the web. While the site h readmore
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Jason Kincaid via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
FriendFeed, the social activity aggregator, has released a set of customizable widgets that will allow bloggers to make sure their readers can follow all of their activities across the web. While the site h readmore
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Google Moves to Mainstream RSS With A Simple Name Change
Marshall Kirkpatrick via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
For all its supposed simplicity, Really Simple Syndication or RSS has continued to confuse and intimidate millions of people online years after its introduction. What can be done to make RSS more mainstream? Google plans to roll out a small but simple featur readmore
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Marshall Kirkpatrick via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
For all its supposed simplicity, Really Simple Syndication or RSS has continued to confuse and intimidate millions of people online years after its introduction. What can be done to make RSS more mainstream? Google plans to roll out a small but simple featur readmore
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Five Best Password Managers [Hive Five]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
You've got enough to keep track of in your day-to-day life without filling your head with the countless logins and passwords you've racked up over the years, and the Post-It note on your monitor just isn't an opti readmore
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Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
You've got enough to keep track of in your day-to-day life without filling your head with the countless logins and passwords you've racked up over the years, and the Post-It note on your monitor just isn't an opti readmore
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Eating local
Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Will Wilkinson serves up his wisdom:How far your food travels matters a lot less than what kind of food it is, or how it was produced. According to a recent study out of Carnegie Mellon University, the distance traveled by the average American's dinner rose about 25 percent from 1997 to 200 readmore
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Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Will Wilkinson serves up his wisdom:How far your food travels matters a lot less than what kind of food it is, or how it was produced. According to a recent study out of Carnegie Mellon University, the distance traveled by the average American's dinner rose about 25 percent from 1997 to 200 readmore
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Add Captions to YouTube Videos
Ionut Alex Chitu via Google Operating System on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
YouTube added support for closed captioning, a feature that was already available at Google Video. If you edit one of your videos, you can click on the "Captions and subtitles" section and upload a captions file."Captions and subtitles make videos accessible readmore
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Ionut Alex Chitu via Google Operating System on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
YouTube added support for closed captioning, a feature that was already available at Google Video. If you edit one of your videos, you can click on the "Captions and subtitles" section and upload a captions file."Captions and subtitles make videos accessible readmore
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Little things that matter
Gmail Blog via Gmail Blog on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Posted by Prakash Chandran, User Experience DesignerSeemingly small improvements can make a surprisingly big difference to people who use our products every day. Take Google Calendar, where over the past few months we've made a bunch of little improvements in direct response to feedback from our most active users.Emailing guests readmore
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Gmail Blog via Gmail Blog on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Posted by Prakash Chandran, User Experience DesignerSeemingly small improvements can make a surprisingly big difference to people who use our products every day. Take Google Calendar, where over the past few months we've made a bunch of little improvements in direct response to feedback from our most active users.Emailing guests readmore
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A Great Blogging Month
Hank Williams via Why does everything suck? on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
As many of you have, I suspect, noticed, I am no longer blogging on Fridays. My schedule had been five days a week and now its down to four days a week. But I decided today to not write an article (which I am now writing) because so many people are away today and I have already had such a great month in terms of traffic, and most importantly, its nice to have an additional excuse to take a day off readmore
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Hank Williams via Why does everything suck? on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
As many of you have, I suspect, noticed, I am no longer blogging on Fridays. My schedule had been five days a week and now its down to four days a week. But I decided today to not write an article (which I am now writing) because so many people are away today and I have already had such a great month in terms of traffic, and most importantly, its nice to have an additional excuse to take a day off readmore
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You get what you pay for
Seth Godin via Seth's Blog on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
If you don't want spam in your inbox, never respond, never buy anything. Not even if it's a good deal. If you don't like TV commercials featuring loud aggressive announcers, don't buy what they're selling. Ever. If you don't want people ringing your door asking for donations, don't give, no matter what. If you think politics is too nasty and not focused enough on c readmore
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Seth Godin via Seth's Blog on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
If you don't want spam in your inbox, never respond, never buy anything. Not even if it's a good deal. If you don't like TV commercials featuring loud aggressive announcers, don't buy what they're selling. Ever. If you don't want people ringing your door asking for donations, don't give, no matter what. If you think politics is too nasty and not focused enough on c readmore
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Comic for August 28, 2008
(unknown author) via Dilbert Daily Strip on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
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Two-inch-square Space Cube computer gets shown off
Donald Melanson via Engadget on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
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Donald Melanson via Engadget on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
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Troubleshoot a Slow Home Network [Wi-Fi]
Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Not getting the bit transfer rate you used to at home? The New York Times covers how to troubleshoot a slow home network, including rebooting your router and changing the Wi-F readmore
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Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Not getting the bit transfer rate you used to at home? The New York Times covers how to troubleshoot a slow home network, including rebooting your router and changing the Wi-F readmore
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Jaiku rises from the dead, but is it too late?
Duncan Riley via The Inquisitr » Tech on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
The Google owned microblogging service Jaiku is back after an extended weekend outage, and a year of epic fails on the social side, having blocked new signups since it was acquired. There’s no dramatic change evident on the site, although there was readmore
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Duncan Riley via The Inquisitr » Tech on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
The Google owned microblogging service Jaiku is back after an extended weekend outage, and a year of epic fails on the social side, having blocked new signups since it was acquired. There’s no dramatic change evident on the site, although there was readmore
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"Facebook Helped Me Win," Claims Politician
Sarah Perez via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
In Tampa, Florida, one of the cities that comprises the megalopolis known as the Tampa Bay area, home to Busch Gardens, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and only minutes from beautiful beaches on the Gulf Coast of Florida (oh, and this author's stomping grounds, too), a local politician is readmore
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Sarah Perez via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
In Tampa, Florida, one of the cities that comprises the megalopolis known as the Tampa Bay area, home to Busch Gardens, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and only minutes from beautiful beaches on the Gulf Coast of Florida (oh, and this author's stomping grounds, too), a local politician is readmore
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JetPhoto - Photo Management App with Tons of Great Features
Jeffry Thurana via MakeUseOf.com on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Even though I’m not much of a photo person, I do manage my photos. Mostly just collecting-grouping-tagging-retouching (using iPhoto), and resizing (using now not free anymore ImageWell) to be able to easily send to my friend or use the image for my blog. I also have a Flickr account but there was only 3 photos inside it. The reason: I personally thought that online ph readmore
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Jeffry Thurana via MakeUseOf.com on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Even though I’m not much of a photo person, I do manage my photos. Mostly just collecting-grouping-tagging-retouching (using iPhoto), and resizing (using now not free anymore ImageWell) to be able to easily send to my friend or use the image for my blog. I also have a Flickr account but there was only 3 photos inside it. The reason: I personally thought that online ph readmore
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Unobtainium
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Unobtainium is any very rare, expensive, or impossible material needed to suit a particular application. Engineers have long (since at least the 1950s) used the term unobtainium when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects save that it readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Unobtainium is any very rare, expensive, or impossible material needed to suit a particular application. Engineers have long (since at least the 1950s) used the term unobtainium when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects save that it readmore
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JamLegend Takes On Guitar Hero On The Web (1,000 Invites)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
One of the most promising startups to come out of the LaunchBox incubator is JamLegend readmore
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Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
One of the most promising startups to come out of the LaunchBox incubator is JamLegend readmore
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Get your Blogger following fix (in Reader)
Mihai Parparita via Google Reader on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Our friends on the Blogger team just lauched Following. Blogger users can now "follow" blogs they like, given them an easy way keep up with their favorite blogs, and allowing authors to see who their readership is. readmore
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Mihai Parparita via Google Reader on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Our friends on the Blogger team just lauched Following. Blogger users can now "follow" blogs they like, given them an easy way keep up with their favorite blogs, and allowing authors to see who their readership is. readmore
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