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Adrian Belew at Variety Playhouse
via Fresh Loaf by (author unknown) on May 30, 2008
Shared by dknowles Damn, I wish I had known about this.PART-TIME KING CRIMSON-IAN AND FULL-TIME GUITAR-ACE ADRIAN BELEW SOLO AT SMITH’S OLDE BAR THURSDAY: The Goldthwait Years(Photo by Perry Julien)(Note: The original caption named the incorrect venue. I apologize for my error.)Bookmark It
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Performance Testing of Distributed File Systems at Google
via Google Testing Blog by Patrick Copeland on May 30, 2008
Posted by Rajat Jain and Marc Kaplan, Infrastructure Test Engineering Google is unique in that we develop most of our software infrastructure from scratch inside the company. Distributed filesystems are no exception, and we have several here at Google that all serve different purposes. One such filesystem is theGoogle File System(GFS) which is used to store almost all data at Google. Although,...
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MythTV on AppleTV - update
via MythTV News by (author unknown) on May 30, 2008
Shared by dknowles Tempting. This is a much better solution than the craptastic MediaMVP thingie I have in the bedroom.I have written a number of posts here in the past about AppleTV. Lately the procedure for getting a MythTV frontend running on AppleTV has become much more streamlined, so I just thought I would summarize…There is a new page on the MythTV wiki describing how you can use...
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Chuck Palahniuk
via Atlanta PlanIt - Plan On This by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
The hard-hitting author of Fight Club, Rant and Fugitivesand Refugees, visits Atlanta to talk about his audacious new novel, Snuff.
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Napster Goes DRM Free, Metallica Sucks
via Tiny Mix Tapes by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
Shared by dknowles Napster is still around? Wait...is Metallica still around?Dude, remember back in 2002 or so when you got your first computer and your older brother had to have "the talk" with you? Sure, it was awkward and uncomfortable, but it seemed damn worth it at the time. After all, you didn't want to end up just knocking back a few T1 connections, hooking up with some random MP3s...
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Sesame Street Isn't So Sure About the Internet [Cookie Monster]
via Gizmodo by Mark Wilson on May 29, 2008
C is for cookie, that's good enough for meC is for cookie, that's good enough for meC is for cookie, that's good enough for meOh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C[gen gen via Super Punch]
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Introducing the Gizmodo DIY Apple Product Mockup Kit [Photoshop Contests]
via Gizmodo by Adam Frucci on May 29, 2008
People love mockups of products, especially Apple products, and especially real-looking Apple products that they can delude themselves into believing are real. Who are we to argue with such desires? In order to help you all make the best, most realistic Apple fakes possible, we had our super-talented Artistic Intern Logan Lape make a DIY Apple Product Mockup Kit. Essentially, it's a Photoshop...
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Japan Dominates Masturbate-a-Thon: Gadgets Help Break 8 Hour 30 Minute Record (NSFW) [World Champions]
via Gizmodo by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
Shared by dknowles Impressive. And gross. And weird. Par for the course for Japanese people, I suppose.Think you have what it takes to become a masturbating champion? Can you endure longer than 8 hours and 40 minutes? Because that is what it will take to beat the new record set by both Norihiro Taneichi and Masanobu Sato of Tokyo at this year's Masturbate-a-Thon in San Francisco. The two...
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Barack Obama got at least ten percent of Google ad spend back in donations [Politics]
via Valleywag by Jackson West on May 29, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spent $3.5 million on advertising online in the first quarter of 2008, $3 million of which went to Google. Granted, Obama's done well in contributions from Googlers — as of Q4 2007, contributors who listed Google as their employer contributed $338,965 to the Obama campaign. Which means that early investment has already paid off tenfold. Or...
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Anti-kid modifications to public steps
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 29, 2008
Over on the always-excellent Architectures of Control in Design blog, Dan Lockton takes special note of an ugly little bit of anti-kid-ism brewing in Sutton, Surrey: the local council, in the name of "cater[ing] for all sections of the local community," is planning to revise a set of steps where kids gather to, you know, sit and talk to each other and hang out in public. The ensuing discussion...
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