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CloudPrint Stores and Prints Documents at Home from Any Browser [Printing]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on June 13, 2008
Print any document from your computer to any other internet-connected PC with webapp CloudPrint. The service, by the folks at Hewlett-Packard, is built around the notion that you'll use it primarily as a mobile tool, binding your login to your phone number and providing SMS updates of the status of documents you print through CloudPrint. You can print a document with CloudPrint in three ways:...
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NYT: Businesses Fight the Email Monster They Helped Create
via 43 Folders - by Merlin Mann on June 14, 2008
Lost in E-Mail, Tech Firms Face Self-Made Beast - NYTimes.comIs Information Overload a Billion Drag on the Economy? - Bits - Technology - New York Times BlogIf you’ve seen the video of my Inbox Zerotalk at Google, you may recall the moment when a few attendees start mentioning the hundreds of internal email messages they receive (and send) in a given day. I still remember, because I almost...
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Iterasi Saves Snapshots of Dynamic Web Pages [Web Clipping]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on June 16, 2008
If you've ever wanted to archive the exact state of a dynamic web site and have that snapshot accessible from any computer, Iterasi is the service for you. We've covered how to browse old web sites with the WayBack Machine and how to archive web sites to your personal computer, but Iterasi combines the best aspects both by creating a secure and personalized WayBack Machine. Install the...
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Google's view: Three trends in social networking
via Webware.com by Rafe Needleman on June 17, 2008
... social Web.(Credit: Rafe Needleman/CNET Networks)Discovery is becoming socialThis was the most telling tidbit from Kraus' talk. He noted that searching on Google is good, but having your friends help you find what you're looking for is better. He gave an example of how social discovery can work--putting a status message in the IM field in Gmail and waiting for people to chime in to h...
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How Canada's DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 17, 2008
Michael Geist has begun a new series on the Canadian DMCA, Industry Minister Jim Prentice's no-consultation copyright law. In the five part series, Geist will show how the Canadian DMCA will criminalize out of the daily activities of a hypothetical Canadian family.Jim and Josee live in a Calgary suburb together with their three children Stephen (age 16), Rona (age 10), and Diane (age 4). ...
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NASA Preparing to Fire Solar System's Unluckiest Probe Ever Into the Sun [Nasa]
via Gizmodo by Jack Loftus on June 15, 2008
Believe it or not, humanity has never fired a probe directly into the Sun. By 2015, NASA hopes to check that interstellar bucket list item with Solar Probe+ (pronounced Solar Probe plus), a heat-resistant spacecraft "designed to plunge deep into the sun's atmosphere where it can sample solar wind and magnetism first hand." At first the mission sounds like a tough break for the little probe,...
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The Ancient Romans Were Gamers: 2nd Century Glass d20 Sold for $17,925 [Dice]
via Gizmodo by Jack Loftus on June 15, 2008
We can only guess what the ancient Romans might have thought about the latest revision of the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook (super approachable; they'd love it!), but we do know they were gamers. That's because an incredibly old, incredibly valuable Roman glass d20 was sold at auction by the famous Christie's auction house. For $17,925. Historians know the symbols are Roman, but have...
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Homestar Spa Planetarium
via Ubergizmo by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
Sega Toys has breathed new life into its home planetarium toy by introducing a new version that is meant to function in the bathroom while packing in a smaller size. Dubbed the Homestar Spa, this tiny planetarium is shaped like the planet Jupiter and will turn your bathroom into a night wonderland for approximately $70. Of course, at that price you would expect more than just that and the...
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Why You Should Carry a Digital Camera At All Times [Nature]
via Gizmodo by Adam Frucci on June 16, 2008
Last Tuesday, Lori Mehmen looked out her front door in Orchard, Iowa and this is what she saw. She had a digital camera handy, and somehow managed to take this photo before crapping her pants and taking cover. This, my friends, is why always having a camera nearby is handy. Oh, and no one was injured during this tornado, fortunately. [NY Times]
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The world's most luxurious office cubicle
via Boing Boing Gadgets by John Brownlee on June 16, 2008
Behold the stately, mahogany-paneled walls of Jared Nielsen's cubicle. Witness the dark cherry hardwood floors and small turkish rug. Consider the fluted end caps, the artfully hewn carvings of the desk. Now consider your own smelly corporate sarcophagus, covered in thumb tacked spreadsheets and "Hang in there, Kitty!" posters. This is where you will spend 40 hours a week over the next thirty...
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