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Nexus Graphs Your Facebook Friends and More
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 12, 2008
Looking to visualize your Facebook friend graph? You can with a Facebook app called Nexus. This app is a friend grapher that displays a visual analysis of your Facebook connections. But it's not just a pretty picture: in addition to viewing how your friends are connected, you can use Nexus to discover what interests your friends share and which of your friends are the most similar to you.How...
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Camouflage with Liu Bolin
via Shoot The Blog by Rachel Hulin on May 13, 2008
Sometimes you just want to fade into a wall.Liu Bolin, PrisonLiu Bolin, Camouflage 28Liu Bolin, Camouflage 2thanks, jc.
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Fractal Furniture by Takeshi Miyakawa
via Neatorama by Alex on May 13, 2008
That’s fractal 23, a chest of drawers by Japanese furniture designer Takeshi Miyakawa. I’m guessing from the name that it has 23 drawers (indeed, if you count them, it makes sense) but to make use of them all,you’d have to put it in the center of the room!Link - via Boing Boing
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Phone cord sheep sculptures
via MAKE Magazine by Becky Stern on May 07, 2008
Look at this heard of phone sheep sculptures! They're made from phones, cords, and handsets, and I wonder if those wires running from the wall means that they ring. Next challange: making a ringer that goes "baaaah." (Thanks, Frank!)[Read this article] [Comment on this article]
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Why Did You Call Me Buddah Mama?
via Sara McGinley by Sara on May 12, 2008
Rob's radio story on Weekend America (called 'Shaking Motherhood To the Core) aired on Saturday around 1:30 in the afternoon. You can hear it and read it here.Which if you read my blog you know because I've been so excited about it I keep talking about it.I posted the following post in my private blog and realized today (after some friendly prodding from a few folks) to share it here...
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Opera in the Dark: Photos by Bill Henson
via +KN | Kitsune Noir by Bobby on May 09, 2008
These photos have been floating around the web for a few days now but I really enjoyed them so I thought I’d share them. Photographer Bill Henson was inspired by the idea of sitting in a dark space. like an opera. for a special performance. The performance being waited for in the pictures is the Paris Opera, which provided for some really interesting subjects. The photos themselves are pretty...
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s4xton: Mayor Rybak loses his license http://tinyurl.com/453t3s then he's in a car v. transit v. bike race http://tinyurl.com/67hmd7 No car for him!
via Twitter | lauriemcginley with friends by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
s4xton: Mayor Rybak loses his license http://tinyurl.com/453t3s then he's in a car v. transit v. bike race http://tinyurl.com/67hmd7 No car for him!
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information design patterns cookbook
via information aesthetics by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
a sophisticated online collection of about 48 design patterns that describe distinct methods for the display of interactive information graphics, their active behavior as well as the forms of user interaction with them. as part of the written thesis in Interface Design from Christian Behrens, a freelance interface designer in Berlin, the website aims to inform graphic designers who need to deal...
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OAuth Coming to All Google Data APIs
via ProgrammableWeb by John Musser on April 28, 2008
Standardization, or lack thereof, around identity, authentication and authorization for open web APIs is one of the greatest challenges to mashup application developers today. So it’s quite notable that Google not only just quietly added OAuth support to their Google Contacts API but also stated that “This is our first step towards OAuth enabling all Google Data APIs.” With over a dozen...
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