Meme Washer

• Big ball of mud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  In computer programming, Big Ball of Mud is a term for a system or computer program that has no real distinguishable architecture.
  (tags: coding design maintenance for.qblog)
• Flip Language Description
  (tags: *read via:joshua programming language architecture inspiration)
• Wooster Collective: Evolution
  Horizontal scroll of a series of pasteups on a highway wall.
  (tags: horizontal pasteup woostercollective art evolution streetart cool illustration)
• Ext JS - JavaScript Library
  Yet another javascript framework
  (tags: *try javascript library for.qblog ajax framework)
• Online beautifier for JavaScript | js beautify, pretty-print
  Pretty formatting for JavaScript code snippets. Nice! It doesn't unescape url-encoded characters, so I have to unescape() bookmarklets that have been stored in delicious. No big deal.
  (tags: awesome toolset javascript essential resource prettification pretty code maintenance for.qblog)
• Gothamist Labs: Map
  Gothamist plots NYC news stories onto a google map
  (tags: gothamist google googlemaps maps nyc news daily crime)
• Attributes - WoWWiki, the Warcraft wiki
  Explanation of the effects of raising/lowering attributes.
  (tags: wow explanation attributes mechanics game wowwiki)
• Exclusive excerpts from Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
  (tags: *read)

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• Lessons from Shiira › Vacuous Virtuoso
  (tags: in.qblog shiira browser features *read)

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• http://www.arpitonline.com/diggGraphr/
  A treemap interface for digg.
  (tags: aggregator digg NSFW bookmarking cool graphics graphs internet Links map maps newsmap web2.0 social socialsoftware visualization service TreeMap)
• Communicating Concepts Through Comics at kev/null
  (tags: comics ui ux kevincheng ia presentation communication)
• Communicating Concepts Through Comics.pdf (application/pdf Object)
  (tags: comics communication pdf kevincheng ia storytelling yahoo)
• peterme.com: Communicating Concepts Through Comics
  (tags: comics ia kevincheng)
• Functioning Form - Defining the Problem: Q&A with Kevin Cheng
  (tags: comics communication ia kevincheng)
• Creating Conceptual Comics: Storytelling and Techniques :: UXmatters
  (tags: comics ia kevincheng)
• Dean at M.I.T. Resigns Ending a 28-Year Lie - New York Times
  (tags: news college culture mit)

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• site:schneier.com captcha - Google Search
  (tags: captcha research schneier)
• site:boingboing.net captcha - Google Search
  (tags: captcha research boingboing)
• Boing Boing: PWNTCHA: defeating CAPTCHAs with software
  (tags: captcha research boingboing pwntcha)
• Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA
  Alternatives to Visual Turing Tests on the Web W3C Working Group Note 23 November 2005
  (tags: w3c captcha research accessibility)
• Escape from CAPTCHA - Slide list
  (tags: captcha research w3c slides presentation accessibility advocacy)
• informative google themes - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
  (tags: *read google)
• 3D world blogosphere viz - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
  (tags: for.qblog twingly blogosphere visualization information.aesthetics)
• long video war game exposures - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
  Time lapse photo of Tempest
  (tags: videogames atari 1980s timelapse time information.aesthetics)
• 3D RSS reader - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
  (tags: *read rss vista)
• Flickr: Camera Finder
  What cameras are used to take the photos on Flickr?
  (tags: flickr cool graph community surveillance analytics camera shopping statistics)
• World of Warcraft - Kalimdor Map @ WorldofWar.Net Cartography
  (tags: gaming map maps mmorpg worldofwarcraft wow travel flightpath expansion bc 2007)
• Huge, detailed map of Outland
  (tags: maps burningcrusade worldofwarcraft map flightpath)

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• Adobe - CSS Advisor beta
  Adobe has a CSS discussion board.
  (tags: answers CSS discussion *read for.qblog adobe webdesign reference)
• Meebo's JavaScript Quiz
  (tags: meebo javascript candidate interview questions test quiz screening)
• Josh Staiger: .bash_profile vs. .bashrc
  (tags: bash unix shell setup newdeveloper cygwin reference via:benstraw)
• HTML Resources
  HTML Resources for Web developers at the The College Board.
  (tags: client:collegeboard.com intranet html resources reference howto webdev library groupware collaboration)

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• Time Warner customers get Wi-Fi hotspots
  ""It's a dirty secret how much leeching" goes on, Rees said. She said ISPs should embrace Fon because the routers, which require that "aliens" enter a valid credit card number before getting online, put a sharp stop to the leeching. And getting free acces
  (tags: fon timewarner free internet web wireless wifi access sharing community hardware nyc starbucks hotspot)
• The Pour by Eric Asimov - Wine - New York Times Blog
  (tags: wine blog food blogs beer drinks fun life NYC nyt restaurants reviews alcohol)
• From Many Tweets, One Loud Voice on the Internet - New York Times
  (tags: *read)
• P. S. : » Why you shouldn’t use furl
  (tags: furl coremetrics advertising bookmarking socialsoftware security privacy social)
• Mailinator:Home
  Provides receive-only email addresses.
  (tags: *read *try spam email filter obfuscation)
• Used Book Sales Soar at Alibris With Coremetrics Web Analytics
  using the Coremetrics A/B testing platform to improve visitor conversion and site usage
  (tags: multivariate testing coremetrics)
• Simple Vendor Discovery Tool | Web Analytics Demystified | Dedicated To Making Web Analytics Professionals More Successful
  "You can use this tool to search URLs for the presence of different hosted analytics vendors. This script currently searches for Google Analytics, ClickTracks, WebSideStory, Omniture, Coremetrics, Fireclick, IBM SurfAid and WebTrends."
  (tags: seo search discovery research statistics tracking regex web business web-analytics tools analytics webanalytics comparison coremetrics list metrics)
• eTail 2007 - 16th Annual Multi-Channel Retail Event
  The panel discussion where Michael highlighted the Nine West ajax shoe picker.
  (tags: ninewest etail noahsussman ajax ecommerce ui ixd conference reference history me)
• 69% of Online Shoppers More Likely to Buy from Sites with Ratings & Reviews
  (tags: *read for.qblog coremetrics statistics trends folksonomy ecommerce metrics web2.0)
• Cold Kiwi...: Industry Thought: Cookie Deletion
  Your site visitor metrics are inflated by a factor of 2.5
  (tags: seo for.qblog metrics cookies)
• Mursi Tribeswoman with iPod and AK-47
  (tags: culture image ipod technology piercing)
• Transcript: Bloomberg's Speech On Making NYC Greener - PoliticsNews Story - WNBC | New York
  (tags: *read nyc ecology)
• Wings - a google maps explorer
  Flash game based on Google maps.
  (tags: flash game cool fun googlemaps google maps mashup interactive)
• Be a bird flying over Central Park
  Wings is a Flash app that lets you fly over Google Maps
  (tags: google maps googlemaps nyc centralpark fun game edtech)
• FishEyeTabs
  Yet another extension to manage having more than ten tabs open.
  (tags: *try firefox extensions tab)
• Spider-man 3 trivia on Pringles chips » Make You Go Hmm
  Print things on mah food! Yum!
  (tags: food spider-man advertising creative spime branding)

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• TiddlySnip - TiddlyWiki - Trac
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• Tagger Plugin for TiddlyWiki
  Greatly improves the tagging interface for TW.
  (tags: tiddlywiki plugins macro)
• Cats
  I HAS LOCAT
  (tags: lolcat cats funny cute)

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• Well-formed data | Elastic lists | Nobel prize winners demo
  Elastic Lists is a design pattern for browsing multi-faceted data structures. As far as I can tell, it is the same pattern used by Delicious Director.
  (tags: visualization flash interface information visualisation patterns pattern:ElasticLists picker chooser)
• Family Tree of the Greek Gods
  Clear visualization showing a lot of data. Nice example.
  (tags: data visualization tree hierarchy geneaology greek mythology myth religion chart graphs fantasy magic)
• Social Information Architecture Honeycomb
  Yet another honeycomb metaphor for Web 2.0.
  (tags: social ia socialsoftware design pattern honeycomb)
• The Guided Wireframe Narrative for Rich Internet Applications - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
  Another aspect to using comics to document processes.
  (tags: *read comics infographics)
• Storyboarding Rich Internet Applications with Visio - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
  (tags: *read visualization process workflow)
• Research Chronology - a chronological visualization of del.icio.us activity [by aaron siegel]
  Turn all lines on and it will make more sense. My 3k+ bookmarks frotzed were too much for the engine, but the demo visualization is way cool.
  (tags: del.icio.us visualization flash information interactive sousveillance cool colorful interface ui example inspiration)
• Screengrab! :: Firefox Add-ons
  (tags: firefox extensions visual.thinkers screenshot tools toolset)

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• [ws] Fast Rollovers Without Preload | Rychlé rollovery bez načítání
  Using a single image for multiple rollover states. Eliminate preload scripts!
  (tags: *read single image rollovers javascript css html howto project:ipe preload optimization)
• 北岡明佳の錯視のページ
  Trick image that appears to move.
  (tags: trick illusions 画像 ネタ vision optical magic)
• Executives Remain Wary of Web 2.0
  "The problem is that people with heavy knowledge tend to keep that for themselves, because that's the way they define their job," says Bughin. "Put it in a wiki and everyone has it."
  (tags: via:steverubel corporate enterprise2.0 web2.0 research statistical.data business advocacy fear FUD)
• hcalendar - authoring - Microformats
  Explanation of how to implement a microformat for calendar events.
  (tags: pattern:CalendarModule project:ipe calendar event microformat planning time web2.0 hcalendar standards architecture ical hcard developer reference howto)
• draft microformat specifications
  (tags: microformats list standards html information design)
• Operator :: Firefox Add-on for microformats
  Adds a toolbar which can be used to interact with microformats on the current page. "You can turn on debug mode in options to see invalid microformats."
  (tags: firefox extensions microformats debugging bleedingedge)
• adaptive path » the nine pillars of successful web teams
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• Breakfast topic: Not tonight, honey, I have a raid - WOW Insider
  aww the comments are sweet
  (tags: wow culture relationships cute gaming comments wowinsider)
• Map of the cracks in the Guggenheim's facade
  (tags: visualization art architecture NYC guggenheim museum infographics inspiration information mapping repair structures)
• Wii + MacBook Pro + Dome
  As I understand it, the Wii controller is just a Bluetooth device. So it can interface with other Bluetooth devices, out of the box. But nothing about this experiment came out of a box. Using the Wii to control 3-D video projected on a concave hemisphe
  (tags: cool interactive video visualization 3D art Wii ui games hacks interface usability bleedingedge wireless Bluetooth experiment concave hemisphere photos future gesture)
• Processing 1.0 (BETA)
  (tags: *try processing)
• Universal PDF XSS After Party
  (tags: *read security via:joshua)
• delicious_blank – Userscripts.org
  Adds a target_blank to links so that they can open in a new tab and in the background (tabbrowser set appropriately)

  Adds a target _blank to links so that they can open in a new tab

  
  
  (tags: del.icio.us _blank href usability hack greasemonkey userscripts)
  
  


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  Delicious Ego – Userscripts.org
  
  
  Highlights your own posts when viewing del.icio.us/url
  
  
  (tags: del.icio.us sousveillance greasemonkey userscripts me search)
  
  


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  world subways
  
  
  Subway maps shrunk down and placed next to each other, in a series of small multiples.
  
  
  (tags: visualizations maps nyc subway urban drawing inspiration patterns anthropology culture)
  
  


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  Google Maps Transparencies
  
  
  (tags: google maps visualization webdev programming example api)
  
  


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  Reuters/Second Life » Warren Ellis
  
  
  Reuters has a news desk in Second Life, and Warren Ellis is among the columnists
  
  
  (tags: secondlife warrenellis bleedingedge *read games gaming community mmorpg social web3.0 futurism humor socialsoftware Future Media)
  
  


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  Cork'd - Welcome
  
  
  (tags: blog wine reviews web2.0 food social community)
  
  

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• The Cluetrain Manifesto — Entire Text Index Page
  (tags: *read)
• Validation Service for RELAX NG
  Really hardcore HTML 5 Web validator.
  (tags: html html5 validation service validator code debugging qa testing tool in.qblog)
• The Horizontal Way - an horizontal showcase for horizontal scrolling websites.
  A gallery of Web sites that scroll horizontally.
  (tags: horizontal design examples inspiration usability gallery counterintuitive)
• NCDAE - Principles of Accessible Design
  (tags: accessibility guidelines *read in.qblog)
• Subscribing to a QuickBase RSS Feed
  (tags: quickbase rss howto collaboration help)

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• Who is Sick?
  A collaborative interface to show who is getting sick in your area. I think it is also intended to be a diagnostic tool.
  (tags: via:steverubel analysis disease fun googlemaps map mashup sickness maps)
• Sex for Epic Mount
  (tags: via:rhockens craigslist wow lol funny geek humor sex gaming stupid internets)
• Eric's Archived Thoughts: Reset Styles
  "At AEA Boston, I advocated using a “reset” or “baseline” set of styles, but not one based on the universal selector. "
  (tags: *read *try code css html standards design interoperability xbrowser crossbrowser compatibility howto ericmeyer client:CollegeBoard.com)
• YouTube - GTA 4, Grand Theft Auto IV Official Trailer || GTASite.Net
  Check out the ultra-real renderings of Manhattan. I think I will be able to drive by my house in this game.
  (tags: gta games gaming maps mapping nyc fun)

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• Daring Fireball: Markdown Web Dingus
  (tags: markdown cms)

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• Allakhazam.com: World of Warcraft
  (tags: wow worldofwarcraft games reference gaming mmorpg best database Allakhazam)

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• Space photos in Imax!
  "Michael Benson, a writer, photographer and filmmaker, created the stunning series of pictures from the enormous archives of images taken over the years by robotic explorers of the solar system."
  (tags: in.the.city thingstodo movies *do amnh imax)
• powerpoint bad for brains - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
  powerpoint ftl
  (tags: *read powerpoint)
• CSS For Bar Graphs
  (tags: css tutorials visualization via:kornholio charts graphs graphing for.qblog *read)
• Save Time by Dashing Your Searches
  (tags: productivity web search hacks tips)
• The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code - Joel on Software
  capability maturity model in 12 easy steps:
  (tags: *read standards productivity capability maturity software development process)

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• I finish reading whole internet. I pass out.
  Heh. This is me.
  (tags: cute funny lolcat cats knitemare soundboard me)
• Your own ITunes RSS Feed PSP - PlayStation Portable - Reviews, Games, Forum
  Looking for a way to generate an RSS feed of what I'm listening to in iTunes. For sharing over a local network.
  (tags: *try itunes rss generator share)
• MyTunesRSS - iTunes RSS Feeder » Digital Podcast
  (tags: *try itunes rss generator)
• MyTunesRss
  Share an iTunes library as RSS feeds. Installs a server that runs on the host computer.
  (tags: *try ipod itunes share music drm freedom)
• iScrobbler Downloads & Requirements (Apr 3, 2007) – Last.fm
  The current version of iScrobbler. This logs the tracks I listen to to Last.fm, whence I can generate an RSS feed. I also noticed that there is now a mac widget that shows what friends are listening to...
  (tags: rss ipod audioscrobbler last.fm generator itunes share)
• Boing Boing: Remembering Kurt Vonnegut
  (tags: *read kurtvonnegut vonnegut memorial books writing)
• Crocodile severs zoo worker's arm on Yahoo! News Photos
  Chomp!
  (tags: disgusting dismemberment news crocodile)
• Massager shaped like a cat's leg. So wrong.
  So. Wrong.
  (tags: japanese weird cats gadgets wrong funny)
• Boing Boing: Full-back HTML tattoo
  HTML + tattoo = awesome tattoo. Nice ink man, but where's your DOCTYPE declaration?
  (tags: html geek funny tattoo)
• HTML Tattoo - Funny Tattoos
  another HTML tattoo
  (tags: html funny geek tattoo)

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• What Jeff Killed - whatjeffkilled.com
  Welcome to What Jeff Killed, your authoritative source for news and information about Jeff The Giant Orange Cat and his favorite pastime: killing things.
  (tags: death animals disgusting cats blog horror art reference)
• Vischeck: VischeckImage
  Another color-blindness simulator.
  (tags: accessibility checker color colorblind simulator visualization filter images usability)
• How to Make Better Modal Windows with Lightbox at Feedmarker Blog
  (tags: css design development dhtml example lightbox javascript project:ipe web2.0)
• Jalenack's AJAX Periodic Table of the Elements
  Example of conveying textual information with a lightbox. Nice image-free design too.
  (tags: javascript lightbox example project:ipe image-free pure css design webdesign)

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• Characterizing people as non-linear, first-order components in software development - AC
  (tags: agile development alistaircockburn extreme programming management process workflow in.qblog academic)
• Pornography Statistics 2007
  Assorted factoids and statistics; e.g.,

  US porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC

  
  
  (tags: 2007 content data filter internet porn sex research demographics media pornography statistics statistical.data funny)
  
  


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  The Zombie Astronaut's Frequency Of Fear
  
  
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  I finish reading whole internet. I pass out.
  
  
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• UI12 Agenda at a Glance
  I has conference!
  (tags: *read client:collegeboard.com 2007 conference ui ux ixd)
• Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
  Heard about this from The Mix Tape podcast. But I haven't tried it yet.
  (tags: *read audio editor audacity)
• Crazy Egg – visualize your visitors
  (tags: multivariate testing crazyegg client:collegeboard.com *read)
• MIXTAPE 65 - THE BLUEPRINT - HOW TO PODCAST at the mixtape show rap / hip-hop podcast
  Explanation of how to use RSS/Blogs/Social Networking, spoken by a DJ, over some nice tracks. Go to time index 5.45 for the best explanation of RSS evar!
  (tags: best cool awesome hip-hop podcast howto advocacy mixtapeshow for.qblog explanation rss)
• Attach icons to anything with CSS.
  (tags: *read)
• HornedCast de Azael Podcasts
  Haven't checked this out yet...
  (tags: spanish metal podcast deathmetal music *listen)
• http://feeds.feedburner.com/hornedcast
  Direct link for Spanish metal show from Mexico. Haven't listened yet...
  (tags: spanish death metal podcast *listen mexico music)
• WoW Forums -> The answer to your BC alchemy
  (tags: wow bc alchemy)
• Alchemy FAQ
  (tags: wow alchemy bc faq)

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• Thottbot World of Warcraft: Quest: Wanted: Uvuros, Scourge of Shadowmoon
  This was fun. He's a big dog with two heads. Also green and on fire!
  (tags: wow thottbot quests worldofwarcraft uvuros zone:shadowmoon)

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• Reusable Box (implements Sliding Doors)
  Reusable balloon, built with JavaScript and css. Expands horizontally (set in the CSS) and vertically (automatically) up the size of its component images. This solution is not semantic, but it is flexible.
  (tags: css examples noahsussman meme.washer alistapart thrashbox project:SemSite roundedcorners nonsemantic flexible layout template table-free)
• Reusable Box with Images and CSS (implements a non-semantic variant of Sliding Doors) - HTML - Snipplr
  (tags: html css javascript standards nonsemantic table-free layout alistapart slidingdoors thrashbox snipplr code example template)
• Noah Sussman – Userscripts.org
  (tags: noahsussman userscripts community greasemonkey my me javascript)

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• L'asso
  $1 slices from 5-7 every week night.
  (tags: pizza takeout littleitaly food restauruants mott mulberry kenmare meni)

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