A few months ago my friend Toby and I were drunk and complaining that wikis are cool and all, but that because they are just big text files, lacking any sophisticated structuring capabilities, they didn't allow efficient analysis of data. For instance, if we had a wiki of local bars, there would be no way to compare, say, the drink-stiffness rating with the bartender-hotness rating. Turns out there were no web applications that let you create group-managed databases for free. So my friend built Lazybase.com. It's pretty cool. You can start with a template db, or build one from scratch. There are no logins: there is a URL you can send for viewing-only, and a keyed URL that allows editing. Everything is fully sortable and can be cross-referenced. You can serve your data as an RSS feed, or use javascript to embed it directly to your own website. Feel free to check it out. Toby also created Tasktoy, which I mentioned before.
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Cats. In. Sinks.
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A friend of mine is getting into the GTD and lifehacking thing that seems pretty popular. To help himself be more effective he built a little web-based "action-management" program. Then everyone in his office asked to use it, so he made it public. Tasktoy.com is a pretty versatile online to-do list, but super-easy to use. Check it out, if you want.
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Google maps is going all 3D on shit.
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THE VOLCANO WASN'T IN THE WOODS! IT WAS IN THE JUNGLES!! THIS IS FUN TO MAKE A BLOG ON THE COMPUTER WEBSITE
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On the front page of the international edition of CNN right now is the headline "Man executed protesting his innocence." Not only is it not listed on the standard US edition, I can't even find a way to navigate to it within the US version. I personally find execution to be repugnant, but why would this particular piece of new be granted international importance, but not even worthy of mention to regular US viewers? Protesting one's innocence at one's execution must be at least somewhat common, and would not in itself make news. Is it news because the every other modern, democratic nation has outlawed execution, and the editors are pointing out US backwardness? Seems like an overly-subtle way to do that; I would think an article about Mumia or another whose innocence might be more provable would work better.
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Coudal Partners, who do that whole Jewelboxing thing, hosted a short little competition: they found some video on the web, and asked people to cut it with music within one day. The winner did well.
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Huhcorp. We Do Stuff
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Squirrel vs. Penguin, The Duel.
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Did you know that you can view the lecture notes from hundreds of MIT classes for free online? It’s true. With MIT’s Open Courseware you can finally take that class on Investigating the Neural Substrates of Remote Memory using fMRI.
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