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Top 10 Memory Hacks [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 30, 2008
Writing things down, on paper or on-screen, is the best way to make sure you remember important info and tasks, but sometimes you've got to rely on your plain old brain to keep essential data sorted and handy. Whether it's a client's name, a password or combination you want stored only in your head, or answers for an upcoming test, there are plenty of techniques and tools to help you...
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Startup Review: Friv, iLocker, Surchur, Nuebbo, Onstageportal
via CenterNetworks - by Allen Stern on May 06, 2008
Below are five of the newest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending May 5, 2008. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.Friv - Games, Lots of Games.Like the thrill of beating your friends, colleagues, and family at online games? Or do you just like games in general? If so, check out Friv. Friv may not sound like much, but you'll be surprised. Enter the site, and...
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Twitter's problems are the result of architecture, XMPP may be the answer
via Hacker News by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
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Maker Faire 2008: Stribe music controller
via Hack a Day by Eliot Phillips on May 05, 2008
Filed under: misc hacksWe saw a lot of interesting gear at Maker Faire last weekend and thought we'd highlight some of those projects this week. [Josh Boughey]'s Stribe was originally inspired by the monome 40h. It features of 16 columns of 64 LEDs for a total of 1024 individually addressable lights. Even with all those LEDs, PWM control means it can run off of USB power. 8 spectrasymbol...
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You Cannot Eat Tweets
via Geek And Poke by Oliver Widder on May 05, 2008
The Emergency Gillmor Gang was great. I liked especially Michael Arrington (as always). But while I was listening to him I wanted to say him that there has to be at least one company not being in the ad business. The new Microsoft
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Google’s PR Head Elliot Schrage Heads to Facebook
via BoomTown by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Robert Scoble Someone else to add to my Facebook friend's list. Oh, wait a second, I can't, cause they won't let me add more friends (I have 5,000 already). Sigh.The Googlefication of Facebook continues, as Elliot Schrage, the search giant’s vice president of global communications and public affairs, takes the title of vice president of communications and public policy at...
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Getting Started in Video - Camera Choices
via I Make Things by pettisb@yahoo.com (Bre Pettis) on May 05, 2008
There is something special about video that you can’t get from writing or photographs. Seeing someone on video is more personal. I really want to see more links to videos on the Etsy site, so I’m starting up this tutorial series to get you started making your own videos. Making videos gives the world a chance to see the personality and process behind the things you make.Let’s start with...
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A New Kind of Social Networking Search/Discovery Tool
via Scobleizer TV by (author unknown) on May 05, 2008
Here we get an exclusive first look at Semantinet, which is a tool that’ll help you get the information you care about out of your social networking tools and feeds. Founder Tai Keinan demonstrates Semantinet and explains why it’s important as an adjunct to feeds, social event sites, microblogging tools like Twitter and Pownce, and aggregation services like FriendFeed. This was filmed in Tel...
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IAB Approves New Video Ad Formats
via NewTeeVee by Liz Gannes on May 06, 2008
... make new forms of video advertising compatible between sites, so publishers and advertisers have an easier time working together. They also protect consumers, to some extent, from obnoxious new styles of video advertising that would not be compliant.The headliner format is the new kid on the block, overlaid video advertising (formally called “non-linear video ad formats”). Also included a...
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Distributed programming with Jabber and EventMachine
via DZone: latest front page by bloid on May 06, 2008
Jabber and its underlying protocol XMPP are typically associated with instant messaging applications, although the breadth and flexibility of the technology allows for implementations that can span further from traditional online chatting.
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