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ahoy, ahoy
Courtesy of Interconnected, excerpt from 1999 NPR interview with Allen Koenigsberg, professor of classics at Brooklyn College: I think I've actually determined the date and location of the invention of...
View Articlebill thompson is wrong
I know it's fashionable to be an iconoclast and all, but this article called "Dump The World Wide Web!" is just silly: But enough is enough. Just as it is sometimes necessary to demolish old buildings...
View Articlefolksonomies and synonyms
Folksonomies are the current hot topic in information organization right now, but Louis Rosenfed points out an important drawback to their use: Folksonomies are clearly compelling ... but they don't...
View Articlemalcolm gladwell and james surowiecki
Two of my favorite New Yorker writers (the others are Anthony Lane and Adam Gopnik) are currently engaged in a weeklong conversation about their respective books, Blink and The Wisdom Of Crowds. I...
View Articlea little more mappr
Oh and mappr got metafiltered today, which was a nice surprise. Wish they'd have waited two days for the dynamic version.
View Articlewrite back
I've added Blosxom's "writeback" plug-in, so it's now possible to leave comments and such here directly (see "responses" link in each post footer). In the past, I've preferred to get mail directly, but...
View Articleannouncing map_projection, sort of
I've been using a small library of PHP code to do my map projection math for some time, since I started using the Lambert Projection in preference to the much simpler Mercator Projection. The classes I...
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more freeway interchanges
Via pasta and vinegar, I came across these stunning drawings of nonexistent freeway interchanges today. They tie in neatly with my collection of bay area freeway interchange photographs.
View Articleon development frameworks
I've been following the chatter about Ruby On Rails for the past few months with some interest: I'm primarily a PHP developer because it's the first language I learned in any serious capacity, and has...
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bitman video bulb
Indescribably cool. This tiny device plugs directly into an RCA jack, and pumps out a constant stream of "bitman" dancing to any TV, VCR, whatever. I'm in love with the idea of video so compact it can...
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here comes the infocloud
According to Wired (and Slashdot): In Austin, Texas, a colocation company is building a low-cost data center out of dozens of Mac minis. Underwriters Technologies' Mac mini colocation is housed in...
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completely floored
I'm in awe: What kind of company has the time, money, and testicular fortitude to photograph every single block in ten major cities and hook the whole deal up to a yellow pages search? Amazon...
View Articleiron curtain west
How unfortunate, I would've liked to hear Laurent Garnier play, (Ruby Skye notwithstanding). Instead I'll just continue listening a few of his recorded sets. Via Dusko: LAURENT GARNIER TOUR...
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