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How to Dice an Onion Like a Pro [Kitchen]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 28, 2008
Cooking web site The Kitchn demonstrates how to dice an onion like a pro in the video above. It's surprisingly simple, and when you're done you'll have a perfectly diced that onion ready for the millions of recipes that might require it. The post also covers a few tips specific to different onion types and briefly discusses chopping onions tear-free, territory we've coveredin the...
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Swedish couple fined for naming their child "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclll mmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 19, 2008
A Swedish couple has been fined for failing to register a legally approved name for their seven-year-old child, who is presently called "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" (pronounced "/ˈalˌbin/"). They've offered to change the kid's name to "A," but the Swedish government says that won't do, either.Because the parents (Elizabeth Hallin and an unidentified father) failed...
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Save Money by Refilling Brita Filters [How To]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on March 27, 2008
Whether Brita filters really give you better-tasting or cleaner water is a subject for debate, but most agree on one point—paying $5 or more for each 3-month replacement filter isn't very fun. But with a bit of time and the right supplies—a sharp utility knife, a cheap polyethylene plug, and activated charcoal from an aquarium store—you can refill an old filter over and over again for...
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Announcing OEmbed - An Open Standard for Embedded Content
via Leah Culver by Leah on May 28, 2008
Pownce is the best way to share media with your friends online and one of the best parts of Pownce is the embedded images and video. When you post a link-type note with a URL to an image site such as Flickr, the Pownce website displays a thumbnail of that image. Video links display an embedded video player for sites such as Ustream, Qik, or Viddler.At Pownce, we were adding these new video and...
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Stormtroopers v. London cops
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 29, 2008
On Kiku's Tumblr page, this photo of Stormtroopers and London cops uneasily eyeing up one another.Link(via Wonderland)
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Home DNA paternity test
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on March 24, 2008
New spit-based home medical tests for the likes of breast cancer may be on the horizon, but DNA paternity testing kits are already on drugstore shelves. Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, Joel has the details on Identigene's $30 kit. Science helps answer the eternal question of "Who's your daddy!?" Link
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Comparing food products with their package photos
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 24, 2008
A German website, Pundo300, took photos of food products and compared them with the depictions on their packages. Link(Via Museum of Hoaxes)
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Craftsman's $8600 everything toolkit
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 06, 2008
This $8600, 1470 piece Craftsman toolset contains more pieces of precision metal than I could possibly use -- but it sure looks purdy all laid out there, doesn't it?Link(via Dvice)
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Youth Killed By a Helicopter While Getting His Mail Sparks Debate About Headphone Safety [No Joke]
via Gizmodo by Sean Fallon on May 15, 2008
Seriously guys, you just can't make this stuff up. A 23 year old Canadian college student was killed when a crashing helicopter struck and dragged him as he was walking to his mailbox. Apparently eyewitnesses noticed that the youth was completely unaware of his impending doom and a friend told reporters that he often listened to music through earbuds underneath the hood of his sweatshirt....
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Durable Objects
via Yahoo! User Interface Blog by Douglas Crockford on May 23, 2008
Cooperating applications, such as mashups, must be able to exchange objectswith robust interfaces. An object must be able to encapsulate its state suchthat the state can be modified only as permitted by its own methods.JavaScript’s objects are soft and currently the language does not include anymeans to harden them, so an attacker can easily access the fields directly andreplace the methods...
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