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Fake restaurant wins wine award (8)
on kottke.org (788) permalinkBeware gatekeepers on autopilot. As part of the research process for an academic paper on wine awards, Robin Goldstein submitted an application for Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence using a fake restaurant and a subpar wine list. I named the restaurant "Osteria L'Intrepido" (a play on the name of a restaurant guide series that I founded, Fearless Critic). I submitted the fee ($250), a cover letter, a copy of the restaurant's menu (a fun amalgamation ...Shared by Andy (20) Drew (48) Ethan (20) Jonathan (32) Josh (26) Julie (19) pr1000 (41) Sean Harding (18)Contribute comment
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huge and important news: free licenses upheld (43)
on Lessig Blog (132) permalinkSo for non-lawgeeks, this won't seem important. But trust me, this is huge. I am very proud to report today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE "IP" court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them "open source") copyright license, explicitly pointing to the work of Creative Commons and others. (The specific license at issue was the Artistic License.) This is a very important victory, and I am ...Shared by Andy (20) Andy Kaplan-Myrth (17) Blaise (72) C.K. (152) CannonGod (497) Christopher Granade (48) CJ (195) Cory (25) donlbe (34) e.p.c. (42) Eric Mortensen (72) fozbaca (35) James Pew (5) John (30) John (22) Jonathan (32) Jonathan Bailey (72) judson (12) Karin (25) Karoli (121) Kevin Marks (47) Klif (3) Lars (15) Matt Cable (13) Matthew (4) mca (38) mndoci (143) nikan (63) okorioth (7) Paul Edwards (70) Paulo Diniz (36) ReducedHackers (25) Richard Olsen (28) Robin Millette (80) Ron (10) Scott (39) Scott Dier (17) Steve (7) stwn (44) Tjeerd Jan van der Molen (21) TomBolini (98) Voyagerfan5761 (264) ZayneHumphrey (69)Contribute comment
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Drupal 5: Migrating a production database to a QA server (2)
on sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek (9) permalinkBuilding on the configuration management strategy I described last time, I wrote some scripts to make it easier for other developers to migrate the production database to the QA server or to get a copy of the production database for their local system. I needed to consider the following factors: Domain name changes: Because we use Domain Access to serve multiple subdomains using a single Drupal installation and shared sign-on, we needed to make sure ...Shared by Daniel Wayne Armstrong (44) Jonathan (32)Contribute comment
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Twitter Idiots on the Right (4)
on Open Left - Front Page (57) permalinkA few days ago, I mentioned in a sort of offhand post that the conservative Drill Drill Drill campaign is not actually part of some new grassroots movement. My evidence was that it was launched by Newt Gingrich, the House GOP, oil companies, and billionaires, its events are populated by paid staffers, and it is organized to benefit an extraordinarily powerful lobby that has a string of victories under its belt this Congressional session. I ...Contribute comment
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The Parallel Universe Film Guide (3)
on kottke.org (788) permalinkThe Parallel Universe Film Guide catalogues hundreds of movies that never were but may exist in another quantum reality. Titles include Help! Our Camera Has Palsy, Adorable Italian Stereotypes Al Dente, and Who's Tired of Philosophical Hit Men? Not Me! (via vsl) (link)Contribute comment
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Perineum-crushing bike seats give cycle cops "penile numbness" and erectile dysfunction (6)
on Boing Boing (3847) permalinkA study by Dr. Steven Schrader of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Cincinnati and others concluded that the "nose" of a bicycle seat was implicated in "penile numbness" and erectile dysfunction in bicycle cops. It's been a decade since I was a regular cyclist, but I'm here to tell you that the "perineal discomfort" of a bike seat was no fun at all. “For the first time, we have a prospective ...
- André said: Cuidado com os assentos.
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Paleontology (63)
on xkcd.com (1862) permalinkShared by ab_aditya (40) Adam (17) adamconner7 (241) Allen (20) Anatoly (479) Andrew Terry (64) Aracnus (18) Army of Gnomes (137) ash (97) Atilano (77) baoilleach (8) Brakara (6) chimeric (27) Chimpadink (40) choffee (40) Christian (118) Cindy Waters (28) CJ (195) Dan Russell (106) Dave S (39) Dominic Hopton (88) Doug Stewart (130) ephes (59) Erik (12) evo (45) FernandoP (18) Franzel (6) gRegor (37) issa (21) Jacob W (36) Jason (104) Jeff (68) John (42) Jonathan (32) Jonjon (56) jonoabroad (33) Justin LL. (24) Justin Yost (193) Kelly (14) marcell (124) Mark (199) Mattia (15) Michael (5) Mike Aizatsky (28) Narayan (99) Nathan Reale (56) Nihar (48) prattmic (129) Psythor (26) Rafael (39) Rantan (113) Riaz (18) rOckY (546) Rogel (26) Ross (44) Ryan (26) Ryan (78) Ryan Triggs (14) spiri (68) stratus (23) Tom (11) Travis (30) will (112)
- Adam said: boom tish
- Chimpadink said: I like their older stuff
- gRegor said: hipster paleontologists? :)
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Stealing things according to the "If value, then right" theory (28)
on Boing Boing (3847) permalinkSiva Vaidhyanathan's book The Anarchist in the Library identifies a theory implicit in much of the copyright wars called, "If value, then right." It holds that if something has some value, then the person who made it has a right to be compensated for using that value. For example, your DVDs have value as discs you put in a player, which you pay for when you buy them at a store. But when you rip ...Shared by Aaron (44) Alex Gorstan (20) Antoine (20) brizbane (26) cjlacz (20) Clint Ecker (194) deusdiabolus (264) Dominik (89) Drew Olanoff (464) Heather (115) James and Tom (61) Jared (64) Jaron (29) Jonathan (32) jussi haverinen (40) Larry (105) Leon (2) looprock (21) Macky (42) mathewi (91) puthali (17) Richard Jones (7) Sam (121) Sparky (48) tayknight (31) Tim (1) Trey (71) Will (18)Contribute comment
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Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes (10)
on Slashdot (2586) permalinkDeath Metal Maniac writes "New microchip passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft failed the test when a researcher was able to manipulate one in minutes. The cloned passports were accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports. According to the article: 'A computer researcher cloned the chips on two British passports and implanted digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. The altered chips were then ...Shared by Aaron (44) Adriana (19) ash (97) Brian J. Cohen (24) Candace Holly (142) Effi Fuks (13) Glenn Batuyong (185) Jonathan (32) Mat (49) Richard (10)Contribute comment
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● The $1000 iPhone app (62)
on kottke.org (788) permalinkYesterday developer Armin Heinrich posted an iPhone app to the App Store called I Am Rich. The program displays a red gem, has no function but to display your wealth to others through ownership, and costs $1000. It has since been removed from the App Store, although no one knows whether Apple or Heinrich pulled it. I Am Rich isn't the most clever piece of art, but it's not bad either. For some, the iPhone ...Shared by Adam Fuhrer (141) Alex (114) Alex Dumitru (452) Andrew Ruess (339) Aneel (93) angol (191) arjo (93) Benjamin (1522) Cade (148) Chris (95) Chris Chan (33) Craig Maloney (35) daniel (55) Daniel (96) danliebke (148) dare (13) doransky (113) Dustin (7) Epic Beer (3) Erlend Simonsen (22) Federico Fasce (16) GKB (25) Holden Caulfield (65) Ibrahim Cesar (97) jakatak (50) James Williams (5) Jamie Wallis (49) Jarrad McInnes (3) Jay (50) Jay Bandoy (84) Jay Rivera (17) Jemm (85) Jonathan (32) Jrome (27) Keith B (116) Keith Bradbury (105) Kyle Saric (43) Macky (42) Moah (42) Mr. BabyMan (555) mz (2) Nick (10) Peter H (57) Philip Campbell (84) ProfVegas (688) Rainey (49) Randal P (18) Robert Birming (643) Ross V (1054) sadiq kassamali (89) Scott (20) Sean Harding (18) Shankar Ganesh (235) Sig Gislason (69) Sunil Garg (17) Tidus (58) timmow (3) TNLNYC (20) Tom Davies (660) Travis (101) Vincent van Wylick (46) will (112)
- Daniel said: Hear hear!
- Craig Maloney said: Follow-up on the $1K iPhone app. Apparently someone accidentally bought it. :)
- Moah said: Hilarious! too funny and a great way to mock the rich losers who buy iPhone as a status symbol. (I totally bought it for the functionality blah blah.. ) ;) Me? I bought it primarily for its prettiness. Shiny over useful, indeed.
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The Breathalyzer Microphone (1)
on F.A.T. (2) permalinkI finally got around to putting my breathalyzer microphone online. Check out the full step-by-step instructions. From the description: The breathalyzer microphone is a system for the inconscpicuous collection of blood-alcohol content level data sets. In other words, you can measure a person’s sobriety with a device, that for all intents and purposes, looks no different than a standard microphone.Shared by Jonathan (32)Contribute comment
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Holy Ghost (116)
on xkcd.com (1862) permalinkShared by (jeff)isageek (228) Aashay (15) ab_aditya (40) Abhinav (49) Alex Dumitru (452) Andrea (12) Andrew Terry (64) Aneel (93) bddemir (16) Ben (19) Ben (2) Brandon (28) Camtron 9000 (170) Carbonlord (913) Chad (302) Charles (181) chimeric (27) Chimpadink (40) chip (48) Chris (95) Chris Fried (20) christina (26) chusemann (36) Cindy Waters (28) cisellis (79) Curt (40) Daniel (8) Daniele (20) David (19) Derick Valadao (74) DOCBook Howto (331) Dustin DeKoekkoek (30) Eduardo Coutinho (26) EJ (28) engelke830 (5) ephes (59) Fish (3) Franzel (6) George (31) GKB (25) Gonzalo Larralde (16) Grant (33) Gwenny (88) H. Mueller (32) Haris (54) houseinrlyeh (163) J. James B (69) James Andreasen (17) JASon (14) Jeff (68) Jeremy P (40) jhota (10) Jim (31) jmeallen (10) Jonathan (32) Jonjon (56) jonoabroad (33) Josi (79) Justin Yost (193) K. (5) Kai Strandskov (3) Kelly (14) Kenny Eicher (6) kunkaweb (26) Larry (105) Lauro (20) Lee (28) Lindsey Smith (40) Lonnie B (1) Mat (49) Matthew Keasling (3) Maxim (19) mfelkins (18) Michael (45) Michaele (19) Mike (13) Mladen (125) Nathan (3) Nathaniel Dean (75) nicerobot (120) Nick Campbell (75) Orri Ganel (15) ovpaul (42) Pete (54) Podcast Mike (27) prattmic (129) psvensson (39) Rachael (29) raddevon (49) Regan (4) Ricardo M. (66) rOckY (546) Ronald van der Putte (4) Ryan (42) Ryan (14) Ryan (78) Ryan Cahoon (19) schauba (63) sgtret (3) Shack (44) SiRGt (35) slmnhq (43) spiller (40) Steve (81) Tbro (13) Terrence (38) tim (96) Tim (234) Tony Duckles (42) Tor Erling (331) TroyJMorris (75) tuli0 (6) Venci (65) Vorak (23) ymmat (17) Yuvi (111)Explore read seven notes
- Ryan said: XKCD and Ghostbusters. My favorite things collide. I don't know how much of this I can take.
- christina said: <3
- Derick Valadao said: Awesome! Ghostbusters kill the Holy Ghost.
- Mladen said: I didn't expect that!
- Josi said: ghostbusters, not cool!
- Ryan said: hahaha brilliant!
- schauba said: If I weren't already going to hell, I'd worry about laughing at this.
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Guy gets locked out of all Google apps (37)
on Boing Boing (3847) permalinkNick Saber, president of CrossTech Media, came back from lunch on Monday and tried to log on to his Gmail account. Instead of his email, he got this message: Sorry, your account has been disabled. [?] When he emailed Google's customer support, he got the following: Thank you for your report. We’ve completed our investigation. Because our investigation was inconclusive, we are unable to return your account at this time. At Google we take the ...Shared by Adam (92) AJ (719) Alex (1) André (57) burkinaboy (493) chip (48) Chris De Vries (17) Coze (11) Crossbar (64) DamienG (30) Dedalus (42) Drewcipher (33) drsoos (33) e.p.c. (42) erbianchi (52) Greg (11) Greg (12) Harper (167) Jeff Schmidt (62) John (72) Jonathan (32) Michael (45) Mladen (125) nicerobot (120) Nicholas Schiller (30) OGeleia (45) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (63) Rick (61) Ryan Grove (6) Sara (41) StevieB (80) Sunil Garg (17) Tanath (129) tsangal (26) Twi (16) Wayne (163) Zinoc (21)
- Drewcipher said: It giveth and it taketh away.
- Mladen said: Suddenly, Nick can’t access his Gmail account, can’t open Google Talk (our office IM app), can’t open Picasa where his family pictures are, can’t use his Google Docs, and oh by the way, he paid for additional storage. So, this is a paying customer with no access to the Google empire.
- Jeff Schmidt said: welcome to "the cloud"
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The demographic inversion of the American city (7)
on Boing Boing (3847) permalinkEric Zimmermann of The New Republic says: On TNR.com, Professor Alan Ehrenhalt describes the startling trend of “demographic inversion” in American cities: “Chicago is gradually coming to resemble a traditional European city -- Vienna or Paris in the nineteenth century, or, for that matter, Paris today. The poor and the newcomers are living on the outskirts. The people who live near the center -- some of them black or Hispanic but most of them white ...Shared by cesaracardoso (134) hikikomori (132) Jim (4) Jonathan (32) looprock (21) Sean (24) Tad M (7)Contribute comment
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Rock and Roll Sell Out (1)
on Jon Taplin's Blog (26) permalinkFashion Rocks arrived today, as a special add-on to one of my wife’s magazines. It is a Conde Nast promotion for a TV show they present. In it you can “shop just like a rock star”. Many new and old bands show up promoting fashion items or automobiles. This is a truly sad state of affairs and I can only conclude that these musicians are acting as paid shills because they have no way to ...Shared by Jonathan (32)Contribute comment
