(unknown author) via Waxy.org Links on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
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NYT on Mark Allen and Machine Project at LACMA
(unknown author) via Waxy.org Links on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
one of the most interesting people I know gets a writeup of his most recent project readmore
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(unknown author) via Waxy.org Links on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
one of the most interesting people I know gets a writeup of his most recent project readmore
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Drupal 5.9 To WordPress 2.6
Jeff Chandler via Weblog Tools Collection on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
For quite awhile now, I’ve been monitoring a specific blog post from May 15th, 2007 which is a tutorial on how to migrate from Drupal 5 to WordPress 2. Many things have changed since then be readmore
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Jeff Chandler via Weblog Tools Collection on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
For quite awhile now, I’ve been monitoring a specific blog post from May 15th, 2007 which is a tutorial on how to migrate from Drupal 5 to WordPress 2. Many things have changed since then be readmore
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Brian Eno believes in singing
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Brian Eno believes that singing is the key to a good life. Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness. And then there are what I would call "civilizational benefits." When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a ca readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Brian Eno believes that singing is the key to a good life. Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness. And then there are what I would call "civilizational benefits." When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a ca readmore
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L.A. billboards "perhaps worst in the nation'
Kevin Roderick via LA Observed on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Kevin Fry, the president of Scenic America, was interviewed in The Planning Report about the Los Angeles billboard situation. Excerpt: The city of Los Angeles has surrendered its built environment to advertising and sign companies. That’s a terrible tragedy for L.A. and the whole readmore
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Kevin Roderick via LA Observed on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Kevin Fry, the president of Scenic America, was interviewed in The Planning Report about the Los Angeles billboard situation. Excerpt: The city of Los Angeles has surrendered its built environment to advertising and sign companies. That’s a terrible tragedy for L.A. and the whole readmore
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12/6: Old Bank District Block Party to Let Downtowners Play in the Streets
Eric Richardson via blogdowntown on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
"Snow fall" lights hang above 4th street between Spring and Main. Photo by Brian Callaway Photography. Food, drink and music take to the streets on Saturday, December 6th, as Gilmore Associates hosts the first annual Old Bank District Block Party at readmore
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Eric Richardson via blogdowntown on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
"Snow fall" lights hang above 4th street between Spring and Main. Photo by Brian Callaway Photography. Food, drink and music take to the streets on Saturday, December 6th, as Gilmore Associates hosts the first annual Old Bank District Block Party at readmore
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Photography is for Jerkoffs
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The language on this one might offend some, but I thoroughly enjoyed this expletive-laden anti-photographer rant: Photography is for Jerkoffs. Here's how to be a photographer in seven easy steps: 1) Make sure you have a LOT OF FUCKING NATURAL LIGHT.2) Make sure the natural light SOURCE readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The language on this one might offend some, but I thoroughly enjoyed this expletive-laden anti-photographer rant: Photography is for Jerkoffs. Here's how to be a photographer in seven easy steps: 1) Make sure you have a LOT OF FUCKING NATURAL LIGHT.2) Make sure the natural light SOURCE readmore
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Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation
fred via EFF.org Updates on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Slashdot reports that Apple has sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki, a public wiki site, demanding the removal of postings there by those who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the l readmore
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fred via EFF.org Updates on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Slashdot reports that Apple has sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki, a public wiki site, demanding the removal of postings there by those who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the l readmore
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Counting all the blades of grass in Ireland
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The impressiveness of the magnetic hard drive: The dimensions of the head are impressive. With a width of less than a hundred nanometers and a thickness of about ten, it flies above the platter at a speed of up to 15,000 RPM, at a height that's the equivalent of 40 atoms. If you start multip readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The impressiveness of the magnetic hard drive: The dimensions of the head are impressive. With a width of less than a hundred nanometers and a thickness of about ten, it flies above the platter at a speed of up to 15,000 RPM, at a height that's the equivalent of 40 atoms. If you start multip readmore
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Processing 1.0 Hits the Web
Bruce Sterling via Beyond the Beyond on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Processing 1.0! Legendary artists' software approaches the exalted state of being a no-kidding finished package. Processing.org. http://www.processing.org/ THE Processing SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," AND WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO ITS FUNCTIONALITY, OPERABILITY, OR USE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATIO readmore
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Bruce Sterling via Beyond the Beyond on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Processing 1.0! Legendary artists' software approaches the exalted state of being a no-kidding finished package. Processing.org. http://www.processing.org/ THE Processing SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," AND WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO ITS FUNCTIONALITY, OPERABILITY, OR USE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATIO readmore
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Technology and college costs
Steve Benen via Political Animal on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
TECHNOLOGY AND COLLEGE COSTS.... When education policy would come up during the presidential campaign, the candidates didn't usually turn their attention to No Child Left Behind of pre-kindergarten, they tended to talk about the ever-rising costs of a college education. That wasn't surprising, given the enormous burdens families take on to pay tuition costs. Even when state and f readmore
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Steve Benen via Political Animal on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
TECHNOLOGY AND COLLEGE COSTS.... When education policy would come up during the presidential campaign, the candidates didn't usually turn their attention to No Child Left Behind of pre-kindergarten, they tended to talk about the ever-rising costs of a college education. That wasn't surprising, given the enormous burdens families take on to pay tuition costs. Even when state and f readmore
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Center for Future Storytelling announced by MIT
Bryan Alexander via Liberal Education Today on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/medialab-plymouth-1118.htmlThe creation of a center for new media and storytelling was announced this week at MIT. According to the press release, the Center for Future Storytelling encompasses severa readmore
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Bryan Alexander via Liberal Education Today on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/medialab-plymouth-1118.htmlThe creation of a center for new media and storytelling was announced this week at MIT. According to the press release, the Center for Future Storytelling encompasses severa readmore
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Napping Boosts Sophisticated Memory, Study Shows [Sleep]
Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Neuroscientist William Fishbein says that deep, "slow-wave" sleep can help us commit information to memory, learn new skills, and extrapolate information. Science news site Physorg reports that Fishbein and a graduate student studied English-speaking students' ability to remember Chinese cha readmore
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Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Neuroscientist William Fishbein says that deep, "slow-wave" sleep can help us commit information to memory, learn new skills, and extrapolate information. Science news site Physorg reports that Fishbein and a graduate student studied English-speaking students' ability to remember Chinese cha readmore
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Think Godzilla's Scary? Meet His Lawyers
David Kravets via Threat Level on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
It's been 54 years since an atomic blast awakened the slumbering reptilian monster Godzilla, and the f readmore
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David Kravets via Threat Level on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
It's been 54 years since an atomic blast awakened the slumbering reptilian monster Godzilla, and the f readmore
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Today's L.A. weather, from David Lynch
Kevin Roderick via LA Observed on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
The director's daily weather report on camera from his home in Los Angeles. Because I hadn't linked to it before. Lynch's website readmore
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Kevin Roderick via LA Observed on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
The director's daily weather report on camera from his home in Los Angeles. Because I hadn't linked to it before. Lynch's website readmore
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Donate Your Used Digital Camera to LA's Skid Row Photo Club
Xeni Jardin via Boing Boing on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Los Angeles-based photographer and blogger Dave Bullock says: The Skid Row Photography Club's first show, The Beauty of the Street readmore
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Xeni Jardin via Boing Boing on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Los Angeles-based photographer and blogger Dave Bullock says: The Skid Row Photography Club's first show, The Beauty of the Street readmore
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iPhone 2.2 Jailbreaking Tools Now Available [Featured Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
iPhone/iPod touch only: If you've been waiting to upgrade your iPhone or touch to the recently released iPhone 2.2 software until you could jailbreak the update and run your must-have j readmore
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Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
iPhone/iPod touch only: If you've been waiting to upgrade your iPhone or touch to the recently released iPhone 2.2 software until you could jailbreak the update and run your must-have j readmore
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Even Debt Collectors Are Having Trouble Paying Their Bills [Debt Collectors]
Ben Popken via Consumerist on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
You would think tough times would be boom times for debt collectors, but debt collection company First American Recovery Services is filing for bankruptcy. "The amount of debt out there is 10 times what it had been, but the ability to pay is less," Tim Smith, FirstSource Advan readmore
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Ben Popken via Consumerist on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
You would think tough times would be boom times for debt collectors, but debt collection company First American Recovery Services is filing for bankruptcy. "The amount of debt out there is 10 times what it had been, but the ability to pay is less," Tim Smith, FirstSource Advan readmore
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NY Times: The Los Angeles of Ry Cooder and Mister Jalopy
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Sun, 23 Nov. 2008
Over on Dinosaurs and Robots, Mister Jalopy says: A few months ago, Ry Cooder and I went out to the dry lakes with the Old Crow Speed Shop, the Bobby Green Bellytanker and the New York readmore
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Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Sun, 23 Nov. 2008
Over on Dinosaurs and Robots, Mister Jalopy says: A few months ago, Ry Cooder and I went out to the dry lakes with the Old Crow Speed Shop, the Bobby Green Bellytanker and the New York readmore
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Apple Downgrades Macbook Video with DRM
fred via EFF.org Updates on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
Once again, thanks to DRM, a new product ends up less useful than the one it replaces. This time, it's the new family of Apple Macbook laptop computers that gets the downgrade. When it laun readmore
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fred via EFF.org Updates on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
Once again, thanks to DRM, a new product ends up less useful than the one it replaces. This time, it's the new family of Apple Macbook laptop computers that gets the downgrade. When it laun readmore
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