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Why lose weight? Live unhealthy and use just HP digital cameras with slimming technology

This is just all kinds of wrong. Why don't they go all the way and include a "white-ify" tool?

posted at 12:32 pm
on Aug. 31, 2006

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Trailer Park Boys, The Movie, The Trailer

You try searching for the trailer for a movie with the name "trailer" -- it's not easy!

posted at 10:11 am
on Aug. 31, 2006

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‘Until Monday’ publishes hyperlocal content with Movable Type

The interesting thing is, the amount of custom program they talk about doing. We use Expression Engine, and don't have to resort to nearly much custom programming.

posted at 9:27 am
on Aug. 31, 2006

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Can you figure out the secret behind Petals Around the Rose?

It took me about 15 minutes.

posted at 12:38 am
on Aug. 31, 2006

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Ten Things You Really Need to Learn

Among them: How to tell the truth from fiction, how to stay healthy, how to empathise. Good stuff.

posted at 11:56 pm
on Aug. 30, 2006

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I like the design of Michael Godwin’s blog, ‘Godwin’s Law’

I wonder if Apple likes it .. after all, it's a riff on the early Macintosh OS.

posted at 1:05 am
on Aug. 30, 2006

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Water crisis forces Tofino, B.C. to turn off commercial taps

Next step -- issue everyone rebreathers to capture their water vapors...

posted at 5:22 pm
on Aug. 29, 2006

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Dashes vs. Underscores - The best word separator in URL naming

The best thing to use in URLs are underscores, not dashes or hyphens, according to this guy.

posted at 3:28 pm
on Aug. 29, 2006

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Jiffy Lube Scam Revealed (Again) - Consumerist

The scope of the fraud is pretty amazing.

posted at 10:05 am
on Aug. 29, 2006

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World Strip Poker Championship winner named

Uh, yeah.

posted at 12:35 am
on Aug. 29, 2006

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Flickr now lets you geotag photos (i.e. put them on a map)

Here's my neighbourhood in Vancouver. But it's too bad it doesn't use Google Maps -- that's better.

posted at 11:12 pm
on Aug. 28, 2006

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On vandigicam: ‘Should I move to Vancouver’?

The answers are illuminating.

posted at 11:02 pm
on Aug. 28, 2006

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Drunken Pirate Runs for office in Iowa

His blog is a good read. I'd consider voting for him if a) he had more of his positions on his site, and b) I lived in Iowa.

posted at 3:49 pm
on Aug. 28, 2006

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Theo Jansen’s living sculptures, featured in a BMW commercial

They're holy.

posted at 8:34 am
on Aug. 28, 2006

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Flickr is such a friendly place (sarcasm)

This is an odd person. Click on the global tag, too.

posted at 4:26 pm
on Aug. 25, 2006

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Is lonelygirl15 a real girl’s vlog?

NYTimes blogger says yes, but I say no.

posted at 8:37 pm
on Aug. 24, 2006

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Led Zepplin Viking kittens

I always never wondered what the lyrics to "Immigrant Song" were and now I know.

posted at 8:22 pm
on Aug. 24, 2006

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Did You Or Didn’t You?

I didn't, but I wanted to.

posted at 4:43 pm
on Aug. 24, 2006

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Sarah, a 29-year-old virgin, is blogging to find someone to sleep with her before her 30th

It's a Jane blog. I could be mistaken, but I think if she were to go out to a bar, say, tonight, she might possibly find someone who'd help her out.

posted at 7:53 pm
on Aug. 23, 2006

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The Official Record Store Cats by hnldesign

Too funny! Heavy metal cats RULE! (Thanks, Gillian!)

posted at 11:58 am
on Aug. 23, 2006

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How to throw a large room party at a science fiction convention

Step one: Find a large room...

posted at 10:08 am
on Aug. 21, 2006

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The One Where I’m Mentioned on Boing Boing re BBQ Meat Eating

Joey Chestnut's going to be a star.

posted at 10:05 am
on Aug. 21, 2006

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‘Warning’ Letter to a Prospective Boyfriend

Really touching letter.

posted at 11:47 pm
on Aug. 18, 2006

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Showtime’s Web site is blocked for non-U.S. Web surfers

They should be banned from using "www" in their URL. I mean, what the hell?

posted at 11:17 pm
on Aug. 16, 2006

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Will Pate vs. Matt Mullenweg - Will Needs Your Vote!

It's like high school, but digitized.

posted at 10:53 am
on Aug. 16, 2006

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85 Years Old, this Dodger baseball scout never uses a radar gun or a computer

A compelling tale.

posted at 11:56 pm
on Aug. 15, 2006

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Cookie crook: A great personal Web page idea

Simple and effective.

posted at 11:35 pm
on Aug. 15, 2006

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Blinksale is Down—that’s um bad

We use Blinksale for all our invoicing. When they're down, we don't get paid. They've been down for an hour. That's super bad.

posted at 2:25 pm
on Aug. 14, 2006

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Apple no longer sells a machine capable of running pre-2001 Mac software

That's right -- any software written more than 5 years ago requires Classic, and Classic won't run on an Intel Mac.

posted at 11:24 am
on Aug. 12, 2006

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The Greatest Fictional Angeleno: Kesuke Miyagi?!

Sorry guys, there are some great fictional folks from Los Angeles, but he ain't the #1.

posted at 7:18 pm
on Aug. 11, 2006

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Why I want to buy a Czech iPod

Because they have a great UI. Why, what did you think I meant?

posted at 9:11 pm
on Aug. 10, 2006

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The Turtle Whisperer

Vaguely interesting, if you like watching a girl kiss a turtle.

posted at 2:35 pm
on Aug. 10, 2006

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Matt Gardner’s blog has launched: PbAu

It's an art blog. Please come by and make a comment today!

posted at 4:54 pm
on Aug. 8, 2006

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A Little Girl Puppet—20 feet tall

A You Tube video, about 5 min. long. Haunting and sweet.

posted at 4:53 pm
on Aug. 8, 2006

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CandyBlog Rates Bonkers as Its First Inedible Candy

Strawberry: slightly floral and slightly putrid tasting. A little tangy but with sort of moldy/mossy note. Lemon: tastes like a moist and ripe citrus burp. Orange: tangy but with a rather uneven flavor that alternates between bile and tang.

posted at 10:17 am
on Aug. 7, 2006

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Map of Vancouver, Anotated by You

It's pretty amazing, and I can't believe how little press it's received considering how superb (and detailed) it already is.

posted at 6:04 am
on Aug. 7, 2006

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The mystery of Plain Layne, a (fictional?) internet character

Fascinating look at another mysterious Internet creation.

posted at 3:19 pm
on Aug. 4, 2006

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My Two Year Flickr-versary, and 100,000 Views

Actually, my Flickr-versary is August 19th, but today I got my 100,000th image view, so I wanted to celebrate that as well. I have one picture from earlier than Aug. 19, but that was just me staking a claim on the name "nep." My first real photo post was of my good friend, Mike.

posted at 12:37 pm
on Aug. 4, 2006

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Dancing on treadmills; a music video

It's pretty good. Thanks, Gillian!

posted at 10:28 pm
on Aug. 2, 2006

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An animation made from clipart

What interests me is how many of my links these days are to video clips. Quite a change from a year ago.

posted at 11:56 am
on Aug. 2, 2006

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A 60-year-old blogs about divesting herself of everything that doesn’t fit in a 25’ trailer

"Simple Not Easy: Two in love can live on the edge of a sword"

posted at 12:03 am
on Aug. 2, 2006

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YouTube video: Appalachian State University is HOT HOT HOT

But the theme song is not, not ... not.

posted at 9:53 pm
on Aug. 1, 2006

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Overheard

“Oh boy! Another great opportunity for personal growth!”

...who said it?

“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”

...who said it?

After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.

...who said it?

“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”

...who said it?

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

...who said it?

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