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A Twitter Stock Quote Bot
via A VC by Fred on March 09, 2008
Twitter bots are a lot like IM bots. You send them a message and they send you one back. Except, of course, you can do that through twitter, on any "device" (Facebook, SMS, web, third party client, etc) you want.My favorite twitter bot so far is the mytrade stock quote bot that launched late last week.Here's how do do it (you need to be a registered twitter user to do this):First, go to...
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Some China firms outsourcing to USA to cut costs
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on May 06, 2008
An article in the LA Times this week on businesses from China bargain-hunting on operational costs by outsourcing to the USA:Liu Keli couldn't tell you much about South Carolina, not even where it is in the United States. It's as obscure to him as his home region, Shanxi province, is to most Americans.But Liu is investing $10 million in the Palmetto State, building a printing-plate...
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Taking pictures on LA's Red Line violates the "9/11 Law"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 13, 2008
... You mean the Patriot Act?Him: No pictures.Me: Could you explain? What law do you mean?Him: You are lawyer?Me: No.Him: No pictures. You could be a terrorist. Very strict!Me: How about I take a picture of you?Him: F**k you...(I couldn't believe it either)He then proceeded to huddle in the corner and speak into his radio. Next thing I knew, a booming female voice very loudly announced over th...
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Canadian border guards to check iPods for infringment
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 27, 2008
David saysThe federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of travelling with such devices. The deal would create a international regulator that could turn border guards and other public security...
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John McCain vows to continue Bush's illegal warrantless wiretapping program
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 03, 2008
John McCain has changed his position on illegal warrantless wiretapping: he used to think that the President had to uphold the nation's laws. Now he says that the Constitution is subordinate to the all-powerful executive order.My favorite line on this comes from the chickenhawks who say that the Fourth Amendment was written before the All Powerful Threat of Terrorism. Sure thing. Ben Franklin...
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Canon Hopes To Use The Photographer’s Iris For Copyright Protection
via OhGizmo! by Andrew Liszewski on February 12, 2008
By Andrew LiszewskiCanon has filed for a patent they hope will revolutionize digital watermarking when it comes to photographs. Future cameras from the company could have a ‘REG’ setting on the Mode dial that will actually take a photograph of the user’s iris as they look through the viewfinder.This image, which is as unique as a fingerprint would be added to the photo’s metadata once a...
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Bridge over Fish Hatchery to offer relief for cyclists, pedestrians
via madison.com - RSS by WSJ: GENA KITTNER608-252-6139 on February 12, 2008
Walkers and cyclists trekking along the Capital City Trail in Fitchburg in the coming months will no longer have to dart across busy Fish Hatchery Road to continue their jaunt.
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BBtv - How to hack RFID-enabled credit cards for $8
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on March 18, 2008
A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today's episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about $8 worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data from those credit cards -- cardholder name, credit card number, and...
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Visualization API for Google Docs
via Hackszine.com by Jason Striegel on March 20, 2008
This looks really useful. Google recently released an API for using Gadgets and visualizations inside of (or pulling from) the Google Docs spreadsheet system. Developers can create useful visualization models, like Gantt charts or geographic heat maps, and Docs users can use these tools inside their own documents.The Gadgets in Docs framework also allows the visualizations to be plugged into...
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