May 5, 2007

Top Ten Letterman Top Ten Lists

And now, from the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the top 10 Top Ten lists of all time...



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BREAKING: Lost to end after two more seasons!

ABC insiders confirm: "The network and producers have reached a decision on an end date and they are expected to announce it in the next two weeks. This is meant to be a good thing, because now the producers finally can start mapping out the remaining episodes and start rolling out some of the major reveals and answers we have been waiting for."



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Hemp milk 'selling like crazy'

Indeed, the nutrition facts breakdown for one cup (8 ounces) can make you feel as if you're hallucinating: 46 percent of your daily calcium and 43 percent of your phosphorus? "The hemp milk is selling like crazy," says Kara Holsopple, member services coordinator for East End Food Co-op in Point Breeze, Pa.



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Top 10 Body Hacks

We geeks spend a lot of time tinkering with our PCs, but the greatest computer you'll ever use is your body. Today's Top 10 takes a break from circuits, software and chips to take a look at how to power use that hot bod of yours. You might be surprised what you can do as a bag of mostly water.



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Become a Master of Metaphor and Multiply Your Blogging Effectiveness

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor - Aristotle



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30 Stunning Orange Websites every Web Designer Should See ..

As summer approaches lets take a look at some nice warm colored websites - today we digg out the best orange sites



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The $25,000,000,000 Eigenvector: The Linear Algebra Behind Google

An undergraduate-oriented explanation of the beautiful and simple linear algebra that lies behind an important facet of Google's PageRank algorithm. The page has some demo code.



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The Javascript Programming Language

"Excellent presentation and great insight on the history and basics. Douglas rocks, yahoo is real lucky to have him!"



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25 Killer Code Snippets every Good Designer Should See

Round up 25 of the Best CSS, scripts, html and widgets that you can use on on your website or blog (Part 4)



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Absolutely HUGE List of Color Related Sites!

Someone put together a list of just about every color related resource (worth mentioning) in the known universe. Designers rejoice!



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May 3, 2007

12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know

Blogging has become a veritable land mine of potential legal issues. This resource covers (in plain language) what a webmaster needs to know about paid post disclosure, deep linking, thumbnails, stolen content, domain names, private data, comment liability, tax law, newsletters, journalist shield laws, and user-generated content liability *cough*.



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The Internet sure loves its outlaws - LA Times

The Pirate Bay's upcoming project to design its own next generation file-sharing technology, one of its goals being to make every transaction completely untraceable. The project will be open source, meaning programmers from all over the world will be able to contribute.



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May 2, 2007

Effing Hilarious R-rated Superbad trailer

You may have seen the relatively weak trailer for the new Michael "George Michael Bluth" Cera film Superbad a few weeks ago and considered it a movie to totally ignore.This R-rated trailer will DEFINITELY change your mind. It's effing hilarious.



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Top 20 Celebrity Drug Confessions

I think it is an illicit passion.



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Cassidy Reshoots "Blade Runner"

Twenty five years after its theatrical release, new scenes were shot for Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner".



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Rates of Non-Theism around the World

"25% of those in Australia do not believe in God...as many as 44% of those in Britain...44% in France...64% in Sweden...48% in Denmark...24% in Russia...31% Norway...28% in Finland...42% in the Netherlands...18% in Austria...34% in Bulgaria...61% in the Czech Republic...35% in Slovenia...32% in Hungary...49% in Estonia......6% in the United States"



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Genetic discrimination ban edges closer to reality

By a fairly wide 420-3 margin, the House of Representatives gave a nearly unanimous thumbs-up to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which would "prohibit employers from using genetic information or test results when making employment and health benefits decisions" if it gets a similar nod of approval from the Senate.



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100 Useful Ubuntu Links - Everything you could ever need!

Resources and How Tos, Applications and Scripts, Tricks and Tips, and information on manipulating the Desktop and Appearance.An essential bookmark for every Ubuntu beginner - and even an experienced pro is bound to find something of interest or use in this list.Enjoy!



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This Day In Tech: The World's First Spam

May 1, 1978: The first piece of unsolicited bulk e-mail (what will come to be known as spam) is written. When it's sent two days later, more than 400 people with an Arpanet address receive a promotional message sent by Gary Thuerk, a marketer for Digital Equipment Corporation. It's been pretty much downhill from there.



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May 1, 2007

Google launches iGoogle & Gadget maker

Google Personalized Homepage will be rebranded as iGoogle and will let you build your own gadgets using wizards. The gadgets are very simple and are more like containers for things that matter to you: photos, videos, events.



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eBay Launches “ToGo” Widgets For Any Listing

"eBay is now letting users embed information about any listing or group of listings directly into a website. Their hope is to encourage bloggers and social network users who discuss famous listings to embed the information right into the page. The service will be available at togo.ebay.com this morning."



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My Apple TV Over Slingbox Hands On

Sling's Slingplayer Mac beta moves to version 1.0.2.190, which gives it the Apple TV support I was waiting for. Yay! Aside from wanting to click on the Apple TV's UI instead of the Slingbox's virtual remote, it works fine over the LAN (video after the jump). The simplified Apple remote is easy to navigate over Slingplayer.



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Top 10 Things You Can Do With Photoshop CS3

According to Canadians, who apparently didn't get the memo..... "Photoshopping" pictures has become a common term. But, with these 10 new features, that verb may just become even more common.



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April 30, 2007

10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

New technologies often have unintended uses. Take the Ipod as a case in point. It was developed with the intention of playing music (and later videos), but its applications now go well beyond that. Here are 10 surprising uses, some of which involve fighting crime, saving lives, and throwing meaner curve balls.



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Top 100 Most Influential People in IT

A great slideshow overview.



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An interesting way to explore DIGG by walking through the site-Visually

Creates map of web pages dynamically. A visual map tool.



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The RIAA's worst nightmare: computers that understand music

New programs can listen to and transcribe polyphonic music in real time and can even adjust to a live performer.



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PyDigg - A Python Toolkit for the Digg API

PyDigg is a Python toolkit for the Digg API. It provides an object-oriented interface to all of the available endpoints of the API. It is offered under the MIT License.



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The Definitive Guide to Semantic Web Markup for Blogs

You’d think that as a result of open-source development practices, blog architectures would be pretty close to perfection in areas like Web standards and maximum SEO impact. You’d be wrong. Follow the guidelines here to get your site ready for prime time performance!



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April 29, 2007

Play with an extremely realistic 3D human heart online!

Interested in the anatomy of the heart, but never had a chance to pick one up? Check out this awesome online 3D human heart!



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An Org Chart Wiki ...

Do you need to create an organizational chart for your company? Do you HATE the Microsoft Charting tools? Then, you might want to check out OrgChartWiki from Forbes.com. You can create organizational charts for your company or look at a few publicly listed companies such as Google, Motorola, and Microsoft to see how they compare with your org.



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Statisfy.net: Real-time Google Maps and Site Statistics Mashup

Statisfy.net plots your website's traffic on a geographical map in real time. Free to use and a painless setup.



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White Matter Defects May Lead to Schizophrenia

Researchers on the track of what causes schizophrenia



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Best CSS tools of the month

Find the best CSS articles, hacks, tools or publications of the month



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Roll your own creative suite

Adobe's powerhouse Creative Suite 3 isn't for everyone, not least because of the cost. This guide shows how you can put together your own creative package with open-source or free software.



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