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Become the Memorial Day Grill Master [Grilling]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 22, 2008
Memorial Day marks the start of the serious grilling season, and there's no better weekend to try your hand outdoor cooking, or bolster your established grill master game. Luckily, mastering your outdoor culinary skills is a lot more simple than it seems, given the right tools, a little preparation, and a few tips on technique. Take a look at some tips on getting the right gear, turning out...
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The Next-Gen Web: HTML5 - Will We Ever See A Real Standard?
via TechCrunch by Nik Cubrilovic on June 04, 2008
Last week we looked at how some browsers and plug-ins were adopting storage-related API’s that are a part of the new HTML5 draft specification. While Gears, Opera and Webkit have implemented structured storage API’s, the remainder of the HTML5 spec currently remains mostly unimplemented and also in a state of flux. HTML5 is a super-sized effort to bring all the browsers under a single,...
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The "Work From Home" Generation
via ReadWriteWeb by Alex Iskold on January 23, 2008
For decades in American households the most dreaded morning soundwas that of an alarm clock. Sometime between 6 and 7am a beep or radio musicsignaled that it was time to get up and head to work. But in the early 21st centurytwo things have begun to change. First, the alarm clock is going off a little bit later. And second,instead of putting on suits and driving to work, people are heading to the...
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Data Visualization Google Gadgets
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on February 01, 2008
Last year, Google acquired a data visualization technology from Gapminder, a Swedish non-profit organization. Gapminder's technology, Trendalyzer, was used to visualize data from United Nations Common Database in an intuitive way. To quote from Gapminder's site, "this software unveils the beauty of statistical time series by converting boring numbers into enjoyable, animated and...
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Ex-Googlers Launch Intsructional Video Site Howcast, Raise $8 Million A Round
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on February 05, 2008
A New York City startup called Howcast is launching today that wants to be the YouTube of instructional videos. In fact, the three founders—Jason Liebman, Daniel Blackman and Sanjay Raman—are ex-Google employees who worked on Google Video and YouTube before they left eight months ago. They actually are going for a little more polish than YouTube, trying to bring some production values to...
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Martian Headsets
via Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky on March 16, 2008
You’re about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. It’ll make the Battle of Stalingrad look like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of afternoon tea at your grandmother’s and wrapped the Mustang around a tree. This upcoming battle will be presided over by Dean Hachamovitch, the Microsoft veteran currently running the team that’s going...
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Will Gmail Get Themes?
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 17, 2008
A source is telling me that Gmail will get themes – custom layouts to personalize Google’s web mail client. According to the source, the launch of this may happen within the next months. There will be 12 themes to pick from, according to this information, like a black-and-green “terminal” view, as well as a flowery view.Already, using third-party tools like Greasemonkey or custom user...
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Introduction to Google Search Quality
via Official Google Blog by Karen on May 20, 2008
Posted by Udi Manber, VP Engineering, Search QualitySearch Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of times a day people will ask Google questions, and within a fraction of a second Google needs to decide which among the billions of pages on the web to show them -- and in what order. Lately, we have been...
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Staircase Bookshelf Does Double Duty [Household]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 22, 2008
A London-based couple wanted easy ways to maximize the use of space in their small flat, and a built-in staircase-shaped bookcase does the job. This isn't a DIY project—an architect built it in, and it's a pretty steep climb, but the owner says she got used to it quickly. While this is more a gawk and drool wishlist scenario for most people's actual homes, you can always build...
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Do More with Your Webcam with Free Tools [Webcams]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 26, 2008
The webcam that came packaged with your computer system can do a whole lot more than just let you video chat. With the right tools, you can turn your webcam into a watchful surveillance tool, a face recognition-enabled computer login utility, a time-lapse movie-maker, and more. Let's take a look at some ways you can get more out of your underutilized webcam.Keep In Touch with Friends and...
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