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Bush's Gift to Obama
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on May 16, 2008
Great point from First Read: "When President Bush -- thousands of miles away in Israel -- decided to fire his thinly veiled shot at Obama yesterday, it was a giant gift to the Illinois senator and his campaign. Why? One, it essentially kept Clinton on the sidelines just two days after her big West Virginia victory. Two, Obama's opponent was no longer Clinton or McCain, but the man with the...
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CollegeHumor's "Truth in Website Logos" [Google]
via Valleywag by Nicholas Carlson on May 13, 2008
Recently departed Google designer Jeff Veen may think the company's logo is "childish" and "ugly," but in their "Truth In Website Logos," CollegeHumor's Streeter Seidell and Amir Blumenfeld demonstrate that after a few tweaks, it's just right.
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Mosley is too embarrassing for Monte Carlo as well
via Formula One - Times Online - WBLG by Ed Gorman on May 16, 2008
Much as I would like to leave this enjoyable place dominated by our poll on the best Formula One drivers of all time(if you haven't made you choice, please have a go below), an update on Mosley is required. Today we report that he will not represent the FIA at Monaco and that his place will be taken in any formal settings - ones where Prince Albert might be involved, for example - by Marco...
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Photoshop: Which Anti-Alias Setting is Best?
via Tutorial Blog by chriscoyier on April 24, 2008
Without going into too much gory detail, anti-aliasing is the term used to describe how the edges of shapes get rendered with pixels. With anti-aliasing turned off, pixels are either just “on” or “off” and you see jagged edges. As we will see later, in some scenarios turning off anti-aliasing is the best option. With anti-aliasing on, the edges of shapes have semi-transparent pixels...
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First Look at Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1 [Screenshot Tour]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 15, 2008
The latest version of the free, open-source email manager, Thunderbird, is in the wild—in an alpha release rough enough around the edges to earn the code-name "Shredder." It doesn't have all the features promised for Thunderbird 3 yet, but you can see where it's headed. I installed "Shredder" in Windows XP, and I'll show you what's there, and explain what's coming soon,...
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Calcio, i robot romani conquistano la coppa
via Punto Informatico by (author unknown) on May 16, 2008
RomeCup 2008 si e' conclusa tra mute di robocalciatori, robottini esploratori e danzatori. La robotica nelle scuole il traguardo da tagliare. Ecco com'e' andata
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Free Office Templates [Featured Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 15, 2008
Windows with Office 2007 or Mac with Office 2008: Spruce up your presentations, spreadsheets, invoices, letterhead and business cards with a set of free office templates from Microsoft. Everyone knows the default template choice in Office can be limiting, so this selection widens your range. These templates aren't the most hip designs in the world, but they'll at least separate your...
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A Letter to My Son, on Starting Out In Life
via Zen Habits by Leo on May 16, 2008
Dear Seth,You’re only three years old, and at this point in your life you can’t read, much less understand what I’m going to try to tell you in this letter. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the life that you have ahead of you, about my life so far as I reflect on what I’ve learned, and about my role as a dad in trying to prepare you for the trials that you will face in the coming...
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Best RSS Newsreaders [Hive Five]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 15, 2008
From blogs and online newspapers to calendars and social networking sites, the internet is a constant flow of information directed straight at your already full brain. Luckily, everything offers an RSS feed these days, which means that keeping up with all of that information is simply a matter of staying on top of your subscriptions. On Tuesday you nominated your favorite RSS newsreaders, and...
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Google Doctype like Wikipedia for Web Development [Google]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 15, 2008
Google's new web site Doctype rounds up web development tips, tricks, and best practices in an editable format à la Wikipedia. Whether you dabble in HTML on your blog or you're a full-on web professional, this one's worth adding to your reference toolbox. [via]
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