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I find more than a passing similarity between:

• http://www.valleywag.com/tech/ben-brown/getting-real-with-ben-brown-158066.php

and:

• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/01/20

A brave new world indeed.

Originally posted by alex from Continuing Intermittent Incoherency, on March 29, 2006 10:15 PM

lifeboatGoogle, the Mountain View search engine, plans to sell 5.3 million more shares, which will raise more than $2 billion at today's stock price. Among the possible things it plans to do with the money: acquisitions of other companies (see filing, page S-2). So all the Silicon Valley start-up companies out there struggling by with no revenues can cling to hope. Google may yet be your liferaft....

Originally posted by Matt Marshall from SiliconBeat, on March 29, 2006 10:14 PM

This is the best looking food blog I've ever seen

Originally posted by mathowie from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 29, 2006 05:57 PM

an interactive geograpical map resource which contains detailed country information for over 200 states & maps key social, economic, environmental & political issues, such as greenhouse gas emissions, corruption, landmine risk & child labor statistics.
the interactive map enables users to view an issue individually or in combination with other issues in order to illustrate the relationship between 2 or more associated topics. the tool is meant to raise awareness, providing a framework for monitoring & analyzing a wide range of complex issues that impact on society & the goals of business.
see also radial visual browser & gapminder world trends.
[maplecroft.com]

Originally posted by infosthetics from information aesthetics, on March 29, 2006 05:56 PM

Fascinating article about how it's becoming impossible to tell 20 year olds and 40 year olds apart and the end of the generation gap. The author never gives a satisfactory answer as to why this shift has occurred though...there has to be an interesting book in here somewhere.

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on March 29, 2006 05:56 PM

We've just released ccHost 2.0, the GPL-licensed software platform that powers ccMixter. Thanks to Victor Stone for months of mad coding (when he's not remixing) and Jon Phillips for packaging the release.

I've already blogged about two new features included in this release, remix statistics and the sample pool API, but there's much more. Check out the press release for details.

Originally posted by Mike Linksvayer from Creative Commons Blog, on March 29, 2006 04:03 PM

Originally posted by axt from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 29, 2006 04:01 PM

Delicious Mona is a new, free, donation-supported service that enables you to receive RSS news feeds on your mobile device, and to easily bookmark them via del.icio.us for later reading via your news aggregator:

Free, and easy to use, Delicious Mona puts the news that matters to you under your thumb. You already enjoy your favorite news feeds on your desktop, now you can take them with you. And from within a mobile Story Player you can bookmark articles of interest straight back onto your desktop with a single mobile click.

Originally posted by Howard from Smart Mobs, on March 29, 2006 04:01 PM

As part of our recent launch of our Blogging Solutions for Business, we're holding a series of Blogging for Business Seminars in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. In addition to speaking about the tools that we've developed that help businesses get blogging, we will be "hosting a number of speakers to talk about business blogging, present use cases from local industries, demonstrate blogging technologies and give attendees to engage us in a question and answer session." If you're interested in attending, simply fill out the short inquiry form.

Originally from Mena’s Corner, on March 29, 2006 04:00 PM

Originally from Modern Art Notes, on March 29, 2006 04:00 PM

This Google Maps mashup from AnalyGIS and SRC adds census information from the 2000 census to the Google Maps interface we already know and love.

Just put in your address and you can quickly see the population, income, and housing statistics for your area in a 1, 3, and 5 mile radius of your home.

Google Maps Census Mashup [extendthereach.com]

 
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Originally from Lifehacker, on March 29, 2006 03:59 PM

Seed-starting season is upon us which means it's time to figure what to grow, when to start it, and how. And of course, to further confuse, plants must be started at specific times and by various methods; some prefer to be direct sown outdoors, while others require some indoor prep-time before heading outside.

Originally posted by Gayla from ReadyMade Blog, on March 29, 2006 03:59 PM

NSFW: "Ad people are perverts." Nice sampling of super slick, highly sexual ads from Europe. I love the second and third ones.

Originally from cheesedip.com, on March 29, 2006 03:59 PM

This ad debuted last weekend during the opening rounds of March Madness. Within days, it became the subject of a lawsuit (which I'll explain in a moment), and it's now been pulled from the airwaves. It's really a shame the ad had to die before its time, since it's among the funnier spots to hit television in recent months.

The joy is entirely in the details. The deathly serious (or is it deathly bored?) looks on the Amish guys' faces. The fact that one of them wears a yellow wrestling helmet while the other sports a royal-blue headband. The incongruously hard-edged rock on the soundtrack. The Pegasus-like wings attached to the horses, for no apparent reason. (SLATE)

Originally from Agenda Inc. Live Feed, on March 29, 2006 01:39 PM

I normally don't get too ambitious about April Fools' Day pranks, but the strange food possibilities always pull me in. I admit to making a veggie meatloaf layer cake iced with mashed potatoes one year.

Originally posted by Megan from ReadyMade Blog, on March 29, 2006 01:39 PM

For the record, I'm filing this as a hoax.

Earlier this year some very interesting tapes were handed to me from a long standing acquaintance of mine. The tapes originated at a Lenovo (the Chinese company that recently took over IBM Thinkpad) research facility and appear to feature test footage. When my acquaintance watched the tapes back, he found some footage that he just had to get it out into the public domain. I’ve watched the material myself and I’ve got to agree with him – it’s pretty amazing stuff.

Originally posted by Chris from Cynical-C Blog, on March 29, 2006 01:39 PM

Today is the 22nd day in March that it has rained. Please make it stop.

Originally posted by alainabrowne from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 29, 2006 01:39 PM

I’m not sure many of my loyal readers know that I’ve just returned from an extended trip to Iraq. What I found was surprising. The right-wing is right, there is no civil war in Iraq and what violence there is, is being greatly exaggerated by the media. Below is proof!


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Look how calm, orderly and peaceful this downtown intersection in Baghdad is!

(If you don’t get the joke, see this, this, this and this.)

Originally posted by T.Whid from MTAA Reference Resource, on March 29, 2006 01:39 PM

The Versora Progression Desktop is a tool to help users migrate settings and files from Windows to Linux. Versora now supports Ubuntu.

Our favourite Mark seems quite happy with it:

“Progression Desktop provides a valuable solution to those seeking to migrate their data and settings off their Window desktops over to Ubuntu,” said Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttlesworth (sic). “It basically allows users to take their personality profile and data with them automatically and saves a lot of time when compared to a manual migration.”

You need a license of Versora for each desktop you migrate. A license costs $29.00. So the question is, would you pay $29.00 for “somebody” to migrate your settings and files from Windows to Ubuntu? If you would, then maybe you should try Versora.

I wonder how the thing works. Would like to try it, but can’t spare $29 for the purpose of experimentation.

Originally from Ubuntu Blog, on March 29, 2006 01:37 PM

A friend sent me this link today: “Xcode Plugin for Symbian OS.” I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s the most promising OS X development solution for native Symbian apps that I’ve seen.

(Screenshots)

Originally posted by erik from [eriksmartt.com/blog], on March 29, 2006 11:50 AM

max/msp vs quartz composer, i have come full curcle here. hahaha

Originally posted by cory_arcangel from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 29, 2006 11:50 AM

Even native New Yorkers are often disoriented when exiting subway stations, so why doesn't the MTA print a little direction indicator on the pavement near the exits? Better yet, download the stencils provided here and let's do it ourselves.

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on March 29, 2006 11:50 AM

Shopsin's is moving to Brooklyn. Wonder at the marvelous information design of Shopsin's menu or read Calvin Trillin's outing of the restaurant in the New Yorker.

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on March 29, 2006 11:50 AM

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"Brakin' (Remix 2--Get Me to Lee Miles Mix)" [4.4 MB .mp3]. John Parker remix of my Mac SE tune (and my mix of his mix, etc.--this has been traded back and forth a few times). Still work in process--we're still composing and editing this piece, but I like this stage.

Originally posted by tom moody from Tom Moody, on March 29, 2006 11:48 AM

fullscreen quicktime

Originally posted by cory_arcangel from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 29, 2006 11:47 AM

I've seen folks on some lefty list-servs complain that the focus on these DJs takes too much credit away from the activists who worked in the trenches making this happen. Still, heck of a story: How DJs Put 500,000 Marchers in Motion He's one of the hottest Spanish-language radio personalities in the nation. So when Los Angeles deejay Eddie Sotelo...

Originally posted by jsmooth995 from hiphopmusic.com, on March 29, 2006 09:06 AM