• links for 2007-12-13

    AtomEnabled / Developers / Protocol / Atom Publishing Protocol Spec ATOM reference document #1 (tags: reference atom xml) AtomEnabled / Developers / Syndication / Atom Syndication Format Spec ATOM reference document #2 (tags: Atom xml reference) Sam Ruby: Embedding FOAF in Atom Atom Ref #3 (tags: Atom reference xml) BBC NEWS | Technology | Ask

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  • Definition of Redshift

    Following on for those poor folk who didn’t know what Eigenvalue meant, it is probably worth pointing out that Redshift is all about things which are accelerating away from you very very fast. I sometimes wonder if we aren’t slaves to bad metaphor…

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  • links for 2007-12-12

    How To Install VMware Server On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials (tags: ubuntu vmware linux howto virtualization) On the discussion of security vulnerabilities “It cannot be too earnestly urged that an acquaintance with real facts will, in the end, be better for all parties.” (tags: security blaze) Master-Keyed Lock

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  • IMIPREM Arising

    Anyone who’s read Interface will realise how amusing this new toy would be, if it works. In the 2008 presidential elecetion, watch out for candidates with earplugs or implants, tied directly to focus groups who are wired with these Emsense things…

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  • links for 2007-12-11

    FillThatHole.org.uk Councils can’t be everywhere, and if they don’t know about a pothole, they can’t fill it in. So if you want to get it repaired, you have to report it. (tags: cycle pothole) The Excellent Adventure Laureen lives on a boat…. 🙂 (tags: friend boat life) ElementalMom Laureen on Birth Activism – needless caesarians,

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  • links for 2007-12-10

    Expanding horizons: BarCamp London: Obscure Mac Apps – Melinda & Martijn links to stuff that was presented at barcamp london – interesting Doc Searls Weblog · The mathematics of legislation Lunacy: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report

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  • links for 2007-12-08

    Radio Command Dalek at Gadgets.co.uk – Ideal gadgets, gifts and novelties I don’t want one of these for Christmas, or at all – but I rejoice that they exist. The Freecycle Network As mentioned by Cynthia

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  • Need Nintendo Wii Advice !

    I won the CEC “Best Podcast” award for the “Terabyte iPod” presentation presentation! That’s nice, but the prizes are a choice from 1) a Nintendo Wii, 2) Bose QC3 Headphones, or 3) $200 I already have the Bose, and $200 = £100 which is not a lot; so I am inclined to go with the

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  • links for 2007-12-06

    Dopp Juice met at iiw (tags: web2.0 iiw2007b) Deborah Schultz met at iiw / vrm (tags: people web2.0) Imagine a World | Gam’s Blog met at iiw (tags: vrm bea lifefeed) You’re invited to the Delicious Preview dropsafe : IT Futurology and the Terabyte iPod (tags: dropsafe video) How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook

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  • The Next Dot-Com Bust…

    For all Billy Joel fans who work in Web2.0 worlds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi4fzvQ6I-o

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  • smutty pun of the day

    Compare: “What you’re losing in the DVD market, you’re not making up on the paid internet side,” says Fishbein. “Instead of 99 cents a song on iTunes, these guys are doing 10 cents a minute for porn.” Contrast: The Mutoscope worked on the same principle as the “flip book.” The individual image frames were conventional

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