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BoxMaker is a little Java application that can generate the outlines for a box to be out of some material with a cutting device (ideally using wood/acrylic on a lasercutter!).
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How to create a multi item package if you have a dependency on another extension
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Birthday Present Suggestion: Kickass Bike
Cinco de Matto is coming up, and it is a time of celebration for everyone. It can also be a time of anxiety, as many folks agonize over the question: “What can I buy Matt that will ensure his favor for another year?”
You may add to the list of possible items to buy me the best bike in the world.
Photo taken on Henry and Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights by Adrian Kinloch
links for 2008-04-01
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I hope against hope that this is real.
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StrokeDB is an embeddable distributed document database written in Ruby. It is schema-free, it scales infinitely, it even tracks revisions and perfectly integrates with Ruby applications
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An implementation of the “true” utility in unix that is nothing but a copyright notice. The copyright notice effectively copyrights itself. Also note: this is version 1.6! I hope the change log is just full of deletion statements.
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Vimperator is a free browser add-on for Firefox, which makes it look and behave like the Vim text editor. It has similar key bindings, and you could call it a modal web browser, as key bindings differ according to which mode you are in.
Not for the faint.
links for 2008-03-30
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Adds a button to Amazon.com webpages, sending you email or tweets when items come back “In Stock”, or the price changes…
Great for Wiis, Kindles, or watching for unannounced “sales” on big-ticket purchases.
Save money and time, while shopping online
links for 2008-03-29
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Marc Andreesen of Netscape walks through a speech by Charlie Munger, cofounder of Berkshire Hathaway. Do not be intimidated by the brains in this blog, many valuable treasures lie within. Steal them and put them in your headmeats.
links for 2008-03-20
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1988 docudrama about “the ideas of Douglas Hofstadter”. It was created by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos. Features interviews with Doug Hofstadter and Dan Dennett.
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Jakob’s article that condemns nonstandard links. Jakob is kind of a nudge about lots of stuff, but it is good to have a source where someone says “DON’T UNDERLINE NON-LINK TEXT”.
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Don’t underline any text that’s not a link, even if your links aren’t underlined. Reserve underlining for links.
links for 2008-03-19
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Built with Ruby on Rails this open source project has all the basic features you will need to setup a basic social network. Includes following, messaging, flickr and youtube integration, etc.
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Nice thread with lots of good recommendations. It’s always good to read about old scratch.
links for 2008-03-18
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beautiful website full of food
I am a strange, sordid loop
I am reading Douglas Hofstadter’s amazing and brain churning I Am a Strange Loop, so I’m noticing loops and recursion everywhere.
This dog machine loop is fascinating, I think it is a way for tennis balls to become soaked in saliva. Maybe it is a way to generate dog orgone? Perhaps it is a dog liberation device, a way for you to have a more equitable relationship with your dog. If you had an automatic feeding machine and this ball thrower, would your relationship with your dog be less of a servant-master relationship?
I like music videos with loops. My friend Rafal just recommended to me that I check out Swedish Band “The Sounds” and of course they have a loopy video. I’m a bigger fan of their “Song with a Mission“, but their video of “Tony the Beat” loops in and around itself.
links for 2008-03-14
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How to make a shaker light for yourself!
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In case you were trying to pick a domain, see if phrases that catch your eye are available
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They laughed when I said we should have more monitors. Now everyone knows its true.
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prime safety tip: don’t be in one. After that, the rest is marginally useful.
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a greasemonkey script or firefox extension that makes your browser insert curse words randomly into text boxes.
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It’s at 107 suffolk st between delancey and rivington.