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OpenShot Video Editor

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:49 +1100

OpenShot Video Editor:

Non-linear video editor for linux

Eisenhower Interstate System in the style of H.C. Beck's London Underground Diagram on Flickr

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:25:04 +1100

Eisenhower Interstate System in the style of H.C. Beck's London Underground Diagram on Flickr

A defense of jaywalking. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:16:46 +1100

A defense of jaywalking. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine:

“Banning the practice won’t make pedestrians safer.”

ZFS Deduplication : Jeff Bonwick's Blog

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:40:28 +1100

ZFS Deduplication : Jeff Bonwick's Blog:

Deduplication sounds like a pretty cool feature. ZFS is impressive — Solaris’s killer app, even?

How the ambient sound at Walt Disney World works

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:40:58 +1100

How the ambient sound at Walt Disney World works:

Noah sez, “An interview with the man who designed the ambient sound at Disney World, ensuring a constant experience rather than one that ends with the end of the ride. It was initially a little…

couchdb-fuse

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:49 +1100

couchdb-fuse

KS2009: How Google uses Linux [LWN.net]

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:22:50 +1100

KS2009: How Google uses Linux [LWN.net]:

“In the area of CPU scheduling, Google found the move to the completely fair scheduler to be painful. In fact, it was such a problem that they finally forward-ported the old O(1) scheduler and can…

Python-iView - Jeremy Visser

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:48:01 +1100

Python-iView - Jeremy Visser

2009 Steam Hardware Survey

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:42:58 +1100

2009 Steam Hardware Survey

Build an autonomous bassline generator

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:38 +1100

Build an autonomous bassline generator:

Shared by Adam Kent
Using IR to sync up is just plain cool.

This is very cool - Dann Green of 4ms Pedals has posted schematics, code, and parts list for the Autonomous…

A Tokyo photographer offers tips on taking pro shots with an iPhone 3GS

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:38 +1100

A Tokyo photographer offers tips on taking pro shots with an iPhone 3GS:

All images by Koichi Mitsui Koichi Mitsui is a professional photographer in Japan. When he’s not on the job shooting for magazines and ads, he wanders around Tokyo taking pictures with his…

Interactive fonts, for when 'bold' isn't enough

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:38 +1100

Interactive fonts, for when 'bold' isn't enough:

Can’t decide on a typeface for your next project? Why not choose them all, with Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz’s Laika, the dynamic font generator. It’s a relatively straightforward…

Wee English church rebuilt on 22nd floor of Osaka tower

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:37 +1100

Wee English church rebuilt on 22nd floor of Osaka tower:

A Japanese property developer has rebuilt a 100-year-old English country church at 3/4 scale on the 22nd floor of a tower in central Osaka. The developer hopes to capitalise on the Japanese vogue for…

Unforgivable, at least by me

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:37 +1100

Unforgivable, at least by me:

The SuperFreakonomics chapter on global cooling is still being kicked from one end of the blogosphere to another, with error after tired delusionist error being pointed out. Most of the time, it’s…

Check Out Flip's New TV Box

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:37 +1100

Check Out Flip's New TV Box:

Flip is readying a new product for launch called Flipshare TV, according to FCC filings dug up by Dave Zatz.

There’s no word on price, no word on when it ships, and no word on what it can…

Discount — a C implementation of the Markdown markup language

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:18:53 +1100

Discount — a C implementation of the Markdown markup language:

“… implementation of John Gruberâs Markdown text to html language… itâs written in C instead of one of the vast flock of scripting languages that are fighting it out for the Perl crown.”

Quiz: Donald Judd, Or Cheap Furniture?

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:24:28 +1100

Quiz: Donald Judd, Or Cheap Furniture?:

Shared by Adam Kent
I got 75%. Pretty funny.

Here is a fun quiz where you must identify whether the furniture in the photos are works by minimalist artist Donald Judd, or cheap flat…

Freakonomics: the intellectual's Glenn Beck?

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:27:12 +1100

Freakonomics: the intellectual's Glenn Beck?:

The new Freakonomics book is about to come out (called Super Freakonomics, natch), and Marginal Revolution thinks it’s great: “a more than worthy sequel, a super sequel you might say.” So does

Tony Martin bares all for a laugh - Books - Entertainment - theage.com.au

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:13:33 +1100

Tony Martin bares all for a laugh - Books - Entertainment - theage.com.au:

New Tony Martin book… “A Nest of Occasionals”

The Burger Lab: The Fake Shack | A Hamburger Today

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:40:44 +1100

The Burger Lab: The Fake Shack | A Hamburger Today:

Reconstructing the Shake Shack burger at home. “Note to self: always ask nicely before moving on to breaking-and-entering.”