Feeds shared today: May 08, 2008
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Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere.
via Official Google Reader Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
... there's all sorts of information "out there" just waiting to be streamed, shared and otherwise consumed by you and your friends. Now you can finally show all of your Reader friends that awesome talking cat video you found, your favorite grilled trout recipe, or reviews of the best brunch place in your neighborhood -- all without a subscription.Here are a few new ways you can add and share ...
Shared by: Mihai, Guillermo L, camson, livibetter, Tommy, EricaJoy, greenergrad, R, Linda, Eater, William Spaetzel, Wyctim, Jase, Rick Klau, Laughing Squid, Roger, WindPower, hikikomori, lizunlong, Robert Scoble, Ben, charlie anzman, louisgray, LuisManson, peteresch, Snowmit, Russ, Jack, deiubuaa, WilliamLong, mario r, Alan Dean, Joe, Aziz, kskobac, Paul, npike, Jared, cephyn, Karie, Pascal, KRZ, Graham, Degas, Eric, Andy C, Program Witch, Aranyx, Mike Reynolds, Piku, Jrod, jar, diffus, kdorafshan, Franklin P, Alex, SugarSmax, Miguel A. Ar, lejoe, nokx, TaopaiC, Evaristo, Charlie, czyk,
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Jealousy
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
Shared by: Cary, Dan Russell, Philou, Dustin DeKoekkoek, Yassin, William Gordon, SharonG, barak, Oberg, Dominik, Joshua, Sam, npike, David, dknowles, Russellreno, Paul, Maryam, Parastoo, keshvary, Blaenk Denum, smr, Hugo, BIGODE,
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Pixels Go Mad - The Celebration Of Pixel Art
via Smashing Magazine by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz on May 05, 2008
Pixel art lives both in and beyond computer screen. Artists design pixel art posters, magazine covers, album covers, desktop wallpapers, paintings, “pixelish” video ads and even pixelated tattoos. And there is a good reason behind it: in times when popular design solutions strive for real-life-look or perfection pixel art offers a distinctive and creative artistic approach which is extremely...
Shared by: R Daneel Olivaw, Jason Wehmhoener, Faraz, Stephanie, tarmo888, rveguilla, Alex, Chandoo, Shaho, aaron.lidman, Daidaros, remz, Hervey, Jes, ndench, Babak,
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Post to Google Reader
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 06, 2008
You can now add your messages to Google Reader to be seen by your Google friends. To post a note, log-in to Reader and click Your stuff -> Notes to the left. This will open a box where you can type in a note with any thought, Friendfeed/ Twitter-style. To find out who exactly your friends are, check the Friends tab at the Settings page for an overview (or click the Manage Friends links).Next to...
Shared by: charlie anzman, louisgray, Keenan, Matticus, Robert Scoble, Farzin, Chris Bartlett, Program Witch, Jrod, Sean McBride, Joost Plattel, hosein, Tsudohnimh,
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Share and Annotate Web Pages in Google Reader
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 06, 2008
Google Reader's sharing feature was barely noticed when it was added, then it got more exposure when the shared items started to be broadcasted to Google Talk contacts and somesites aggregated shared posts. As Google Reader became more social, people discovered that it has some important limitations. "Have you ever wanted to share something that you were reading, but you didn't want to go...
Shared by: mcastel, Keef, SharonG, John, Marcel, dH, HR, Geoff, Franklin P, Lu Tao, Jason, gabopagan, Jon,
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Increase Font Size in Google Reader
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 07, 2008
Google Reader added an option to increase/decrease font size for all the posts: press = to magnify text and - to decrease its size. Unfortunately, Google Reader doesn't save your preference, so the next time you open it you'll see the original font size.While most browsers include a zoom feature (Opera, IE7, Firefox 3) or an option to increase the font size, Google Reader applies the new...
Shared by: livibetter, pkj, Ben, elmarco, Chris Wetherell, qbn, smr, Mike Reynolds, Keef, ndench, pacinoson, Drew Olanoff,
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Comic for May 8, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on May 08, 2008
Shared by: LuisManson, gort581, Ruman, Cary, Graham, Daniel, Bwana, diffus, badpazzword, Brandon Henak, camson, Andrew Taylor,
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Potentially Serious Bug Discovered in Google Reader
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on May 07, 2008
While I’m learning to love the new feature in Google Reader that allows you to add notes to your Shared Items feed, a very salient observation was made this evening by Ryan S. over at Duff’s Device:The (current) top item in my Shared Items feed shows that you can alter the text of any article, I couldn’t find the permalink in my Shared Items Feed. This could lead to misleading people by...
Shared by: Yassin, Shankar Ganesh, Justin, Ben, Drew Olanoff, louisgray, Chris. F. Masse, Franklin P, Alex, totalpardo, Edo,
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Confirmed: Facebook Apps Are Useless
via Silicon Alley Insider by Vasanth Sridharan on May 02, 2008
Everyone knows that most Facebook apps are time-wasters, at best. But here's statistical proof: A breakdown of the service's 23,160 applications, via Facebook's self-selected categories.We keep hearing promises that there are developers, somwhere, working on geniunely useful apps for the site, but even if they never materialize, that's not a catastrophe for Facebook (or...
Shared by: Jonathan, Scott Cropper, Robert Scoble, Mike Reynolds, Tomo, splashme, Dustin DeKoekkoek, SharonG, blindsurf3r, Phil,
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