May 2007
New Loch Ness monster video
Suposed new Loch Ness monster footage. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Digg Flash API Contest: And the winner is...
The Diggs are in and you’ve chosen the winners of the Flash API Contest! Chris Alvares, Ryan Robinson, and Hart Woolery came out on top. Check out Digg Labs to view the apps that they created. We’ll be featuring them in Labs for a little while so more of you will have an opportunity to check out their creations. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
The Google Street View vehicle revealed
By now, we’re pretty sure you’ve heard about Google’s new Street View feature, right? If you’re like us, you’ve been wondering about the vehicles they’re using to create those voyeuristic, 360-degree, street-level images in Manhattan’s concrete canyons and beyond. Well, here’s a hint: that’s Immersive Media’s vehicle reflected in the...
Invisible HJs – You & Me →
Let's Build a Grid - Webdesign
So much web design work relies on establishing a grid and the constraints on that grid: ad sizes, display size, browser display area minus chrome, and so forth. Grids are, quite literally, everywhere. But learning how to effectively utilize grids— without becoming a slave to them— can make the difference between a competent layout and a great lay (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
New York Gets Decent Street Furniture
New bus stops and news stands are popping up all over New York. They are designed by Nicholas Grimshaw Architects and made by 95% recycled material. NICE! (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Mika – Grace Kelly →
Facebook Platform: Graffiti Wall
Graffiti uses the new Facebook platform to let your friends draw on your wall. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
U.S. fights to keep U.S. meatpackers FROM testing...
“WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease” (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Jaguar's new transmission selector looks straight...
Jaguar’s new transmission selector won’t look like a normal stick shift. Rather, it’s a dial surrounded by rings that fall away when the car is started. Just twist the dial to select the gear you’d like. Geordi La Forge not included. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Music site Last.fm bought by CBS
Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m), the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Microsoft Launches Surface Computer
Microsoft has launched “surface computers” tabletop computers that pick up actions and objects. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
M. Ward – Afterword/Rag →
M. Ward – Today's Undertaking →
M. Ward – Rollercoaster →
M. Ward – Neptune's Net →
M. Ward – Magic Trick →
M. Ward – Eyes on the Prize →
M. Ward – Chinese Translation →
Bob Dylan – When The Deal Goes Down →
Bob Dylan – Rollin' and Tumblin' →
New 'Animated' Google Page
Google has launched a new home page for Korea that departs from Google’s “classic,” minimalist home page approach. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Nearly 30 DOJ Officials Threatened To Quit After...
Appalled by the White House’s heavy-handed attempt to coerce the gravely ill attorney general, virtually the entire top leadership of the Justice Department is threatening to resign. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Upgrade Flickr with the Better Flickr Firefox...
Everyone’s favorite photo-sharing web application, Flickr, has had tons of ancillary applications and user scripts developed for it to tweak, mod and add to its functionality. Dozens of Greasemonkey user scripts have popped up that make Flickr better; so I’ve rolled a few of my favorites into a new Firefox extension called Better Flickr (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Manly Stuff That Is No Longer Manly
There are many things that will always be manly, like stubble, red meat, and being angry. Other things tend to change as time goes on – tend to lose their manliness factor as the world changes. Before you know it, the manliest thing on the planet has been reduced to an effeminate, useless version of its former self. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
"Linux car" first to crash at Indianapolis 500
Linux fans didn’t exactly get the publicity they were hoping for at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, when the so-called “Linux car” they had sponsored proved to be the first in the race to crash, ultimately causing it to finish dead last. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Super Hi-Vision puts HD to shame
Japanese broadcaster NHK has come up with what they call Super Hi-Vision, and it puts HD to shame with an insane resolution of 7680x4320. Yeah, that’s the equivalent of 16 HDTVs crammed into one. Like I said, your HDTV sucks. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
JamJunky - Write songs right.
Quoted: Create a vault containing your songs, then gather feedback from friends and other song writers
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Proposals to Execute Pedophiles Making Headway in...
“given the appalling nature of the crime, the severity of the harm inflicted upon the victim, and the harm imposed on society, the death penalty is not an excessive penalty for the crime of rape when the victim is a child under the age of 12 years old.” (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Illinois raids welfare to pay for failed video...
Recent hearings revealed that the State of Illinois spent $1 million defending unconstitutional video games legislation. The story gets even worse when you learn where the money came from. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Polish Gov'ment launches probe to determine...
The Polish government has announced plans to launch an official investigation into the sexual orientation of the Teletubbies. Does Poland have nothing better to do? (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
In an Jurrasic Park like tale 100's of Elephants...
International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Mario Strikers amasses nearly 400k online...
From its Friday release through the close of Sunday, Mario Strikers Charged Football was able to get almost 400,000 connections on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. It was the #3 online game on Nintendo’s network for the entire week, competing with games that have been out the whole week or longer. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Facebook's Draconian Rules: We Own You and Your...
Facebook can essentially limit or terminate your access and then copy, and redistribute your content/applications without obligation or attribution to the original rights holder. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
LOLCODE - A Fascinating New Programming Language...
This site provides community documentation of the emergent LOLCODE language. It is our hope that the examples can grow in a way that is both internally consistent and suggest a real, feasible computing language. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Launch your programs faster with Katapult
One of the biggest navigational issues with any operating system is using program menus. KDE users have the great, free-as-in-speech, Katapult. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Brain Machine 'Legally' Induces Mind Trip
In an admittedly bizarre how-to guide, the folks over at MAKE have detailed Mitch Altman’s Brain Machine, which reportedly enables you to slip into deep thought, sleep, or peaceful nirvana by syncing up your brain waves with pulsing lights and sounds. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Exclusive: A Day in the Life of an Apple Genius
Apple jealously guards its Apple Store “geniuses” — the tech-support people behind Apple’s Genius Bars. The editors of Mac|Life, however, got two of those geniuses to talk. Here are their unapproved-by-Apple comments on what it’s like to work for Apple. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
DiggMob - Mobile Digg
Digg API Contest Finalist: A mobile interface for Digg in FlashLite 2.x. DiggMob displays the popular stories from a category, allows reading the teaser, and can direct the phone browser to the full article. Preferences are saved to the phone for easy entrance after the first run. By: Brian McMurray (bmcmurray) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Mini Digg
Digg API Contest Finalist: Mini Digg is a small Apollo Digg application that allows users to view stories and see the story activity, with user settings and a story tracking feature that allows to save favorite stories for future tracking. By: Joe Johnston (merhl) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Connecticut lawsuit accuses Best Buy of...
Allegations of deceptive marketing and bait-and-switch practices have been leveled at Best Buy before, but it seems Connecticut’s AG has found enough evidence to bring charges against the company. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Digg Watch
Digg API Contest Finalist: Digg Watch is a tool that lets users browse Digg and grab interesting information from stories, like who Dugg what stories and how many Diggs a story gets over time. You can also browse pages of submitted stories right in the application. By: Jesse Hixson (hixsonj) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
D'Lite
Digg API Contest Finalist: D’Lite is an Apollo application that utilizes Digg’s API to retrieve their amazing data, information, and processes. Some of the cool features of this application include pagination, favorites, network detection, and smart auto refresh. By: Thai Huynh (xmrcivicboix) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
WordWeb
Digg API Contest Finalist: This visualization analyzes the relationships between popular keywords and the stories they appear within. Words that appear more often are displayed more prominently, and you should click on these words to explore deeper connections. Built using Flex 2. By: Josh Tynjala (drzeus) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Digg Charts
Digg API Contest Finalist: Flex application that generates charts comparing popular stories. Additionally, a graph is generated showing a selected story’s popularity over time. The user view allows viewing a user’s popular submitted stories. By: Ryan Robinson (rr525356) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Digg Exposé
Digg API Contest Finalist: This project takes snap(.com) shots of pages from Digg and displays them in a configurable exposé © view. Drag the images around, sort them, or change the category. Enjoy. By: Hart Woolery (hartw) (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Digg API Contest Finalists Announced
Now the judging is in your hands. Between now and 8pm on May 30th, you can view and Digg your favorite works and tell us which you think are the best. The top three will go home with some pretty sweet prizes. We’re excited to hear what you all think. (via News dugg by hawkmucci)
Hack DNS for lightning-fast Web browsing
No matter how big the broadband pipe you use to surf the Web, it’s not big enough. Everyone, whether they use a slowpoke dial-up modem or the fastest FiOS line, wants to surf faster.There’s a simple way you can get to Web sites faster, and it won’t cost you a penny. You can hack the way your PC uses the Domain Name System (DNS)… (via News dugg by hawkmucci)