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Fido’s offering a cell phone service that uses internet connectivity when you’re at home

It's called Fido UNO. But it only works with one Nokia phone right now. Call me when the iPhone does this, and I'll switch.

posted at 2:10 pm
on May. 15, 2008

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Did you know that Royal Bank had a twee group blog called RBC p2p?

Well, it does -- and the blog posts are decent, if a little boosterish. Closer to Google's blogs than to Adobe's, but still, nice job.

posted at 12:50 pm
on May. 15, 2008

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mathematical shapes (klein bottle, mobius strip) made from Lego

Color me impressed.

posted at 11:04 am
on May. 15, 2008

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Craigslist sues eBay right back

Did anyone think this would work out?

posted at 10:43 pm
on May. 14, 2008

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Rap Song about Tea

Catchy. Thanks, Zak.

posted at 9:54 am
on May. 12, 2008

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Pictures of Things that Look Like Ducks

It started with a peanut.... ah, humble beginnings.

posted at 4:07 pm
on May. 10, 2008

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Erotic Falconry (NSFW)

And yet awfully funny.

posted at 12:47 pm
on May. 10, 2008

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Map of Area Codes where Ludacris Claims to have ‘Hos’

Awesome.

posted at 1:05 pm
on May. 9, 2008

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Two Neighboring NY Lofts, Filled with Young Artists

The living conditions sound atrocious.

posted at 8:13 am
on May. 7, 2008

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Nintendo Wii Has More Sucky, and Fewer Good, Game than any other platform

I don't know why I switched from title case there.

posted at 2:29 am
on May. 7, 2008

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Metafilter comments vs. Youtube comments

It's a fact: Nothing on the Internet is less useful that the comments on YouTube.

posted at 2:28 am
on May. 7, 2008

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How Little Text Do Your Web Visitors Read?

An interesting study that says that you should stick to 100 words or less. Like this page!

posted at 12:48 am
on May. 7, 2008

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Wikimania 2008 will be in Alexandria, Egypt

I so wish I was going.

posted at 10:08 pm
on May. 4, 2008

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A video on the nature of sportsmanship (the baseball homerun video you’ve heard about)

I should say: sportswomanship.

posted at 1:09 am
on May. 4, 2008

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Many of Flickr’s Group Pools Are Basically Empty

But a Canadian is fixing the problem as we speak -- they say.

posted at 4:00 pm
on May. 2, 2008

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Does honey make a good facial? She says yes.

I say without peanut butter you're wasting your time.

posted at 2:05 am
on May. 2, 2008

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There is no t-shirt listed here that, on receiving it, I would not wet myself for

I really tried not to end that sentence on a preposition, but ultimately up I gave.

posted at 12:40 pm
on Apr. 30, 2008

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VancouverIAM.com launched today

They sent me a waterbottle to mark the occasion. Nice of them, but I don't really see anything useful on the site yet. I'll keep it in mind...

posted at 12:08 pm
on Apr. 30, 2008

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Rogers announces that they will announce the plan to bring the iPhone to Canada

Finally, today's the day when we hear that there will be a day when they announce the day we've all been waiting for, except that we all already went to Seattle and bought one. ENOUGH QUESTIONS! THE MIGHTY WIZARD ROGERS HAS SPOKEN!

posted at 4:32 pm
on Apr. 29, 2008

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The anatomy of a server sided redirect: 301, 302 and 307 illuminated SEO wise

I found this really useful today , but it's a long, detailed read.

posted at 12:53 pm
on Apr. 29, 2008

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Duckling Web Cam: Watch Duck Eggs Hatch in Real Time

(You may have to wait a week or two)

posted at 10:05 am
on Apr. 29, 2008

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Opinion Piece: The Media Isn’t Properly Covering This (or Any) Presidential Campaign

Really well written, and true.

posted at 7:30 pm
on Apr. 27, 2008

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Why Barefoot is the Best Shoe of All

Go barefoot, says this article. I live in Canada, says this reader.

posted at 12:55 pm
on Apr. 25, 2008

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Here’s a good example of what a Flickr video is

Flickr videos should be "long photos"

posted at 11:46 pm
on Apr. 24, 2008

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ןɯʇɥ uı ʇxǝʇ puɐ sɹǝʇʇǝן

A cool Flash app that conversts your text upside down, backwards and inverted.

posted at 2:21 pm
on Apr. 22, 2008

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Pictures of People in the Same Poses as When They Were Kids

I should definitely do this.

posted at 10:56 am
on Apr. 22, 2008

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Animated Animal Alphabet -

All 'Types' of Creatures -- Get it?! Get it?!

posted at 10:53 am
on Apr. 22, 2008

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Song About What To Do With Leftover Matzah Bread After Passover

It's like a Jewish Christmas carol, sung by a young Tracy Chapman during a Saturday Night Live skit. Really. Just go watch it.

posted at 2:48 am
on Apr. 22, 2008

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Top 10 Most Illegible Captchas Ever

To prove I'm a human, I often get distracted and forget was I was doing and never get around to leaving a comment. Computers would never do that.

posted at 11:32 pm
on Apr. 20, 2008

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Dungeons and Dragons life flow chart

It's not a very good flow chart. But it's a great graphic.

posted at 10:26 pm
on Apr. 16, 2008

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A blog about literary tattoos (long quotes)

There's a flickr group for word tattoos, too, but these are much longer and more wonderful.

posted at 5:54 pm
on Apr. 16, 2008

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Video: Stairway to Winnipeg , a love-forlorn grade school poem gone awry

Truly one of the funniest clips I've seen in ages.

posted at 4:57 am
on Apr. 16, 2008

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YouTube - Lemon Demon - Geeks in Love

Yep. That's what cheezy flash animation can do.

posted at 2:55 pm
on Apr. 15, 2008

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Video: Assembly line at a U.S. sex toy factory

The site's NSFW, but this page is totally safe, and fascinating if you're into industrial processes.

posted at 9:51 pm
on Apr. 14, 2008

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The Rather Difficult Font Game

I did rather poorly. I'm better at elements, are you?

posted at 10:24 am
on Apr. 14, 2008

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Camouflaged soldier hiding on a couch—he’s really hidden!

Waste 5 minutes looking at these funny photos.

posted at 11:48 pm
on Apr. 10, 2008

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BookCoverPro: Book Cover Design for people who can’t design book covers

It's a paradox in a box!

posted at 4:05 am
on Apr. 10, 2008

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Hot or Not, but for nicely designed web sites

I'm going to put a few of our designs in.

posted at 5:13 pm
on Apr. 9, 2008

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Overwhelmed by Twitter? Give dawdlr a try: It’s postcard-based.

And free, and hilarious!

posted at 1:08 pm
on Apr. 9, 2008

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The Economics of Social Media: A conference in L.A. at the end of April

At $1000 / ticket, I know one thing about the economics of social media smile

posted at 8:39 pm
on Apr. 8, 2008

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Overheard

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”

...who said it?

“BBFF (Best Bacon Friends Forever)”

...who said it?

“I find myself thinking of a checklist Wozniak wrote a few years ago describing how to become a genius. His advice was straightforward yet strangely terrible: You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity. The only cost: turning your back on every convention of social life.”

...who said it?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.”

...who said it?

“Ever have something in your teeth that you cannot stop tonguing?”

...who said it?

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