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Firefox Bug: When different users on one system choose to save or not save passwords for sites, any other user can see sites they not only saved passwords for but can also see what other users have been saving/never saving passwords for.

2009 May 2, 8:54Humorous Firefox bug description: "This privacy flaw has caused my fiance and I to break-up after having dated for 5 years."PermalinkCommentsfirefox bug humor privacy browser web

Red Tulips and School Bus

2009 May 2, 8:43

sequelguy posted a photo:

Red Tulips and School Bus

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WRECK & SALVAGE

2009 May 1, 12:09"If I'm reading the pop-up window correctly, domain registrar Godaddy recommends against purchasing .tv domain names because the island of Tuvalu, which the domain represents, is sinking."PermalinkCommentshumor dns domain godaddy tv via:boingboing

FRONTLINE: poisoned waters: introduction | PBS

2009 Apr 29, 1:06More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, iconic American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound are in perilous condition and facing new sources of contamination.PermalinkCommentstodo via:jen video pbs environment

InfoQ: HTTP Status Report

2009 Apr 29, 12:34"In this presentation, recorded at QCon San Francisco 2008, HTTPbis WG chair Mark Nottingham gives an update on the current status of the HTTP protocol in the wild, and the ongoing work to clarify the HTTP specification."PermalinkCommentshttp httpbis protocol ietf reference video authentication cookie uri url tcp sctp mark-nottingham via:ericlaw

Penny Arcade! - Further Education

2009 Apr 27, 3:47FYI: the official title of the 'backslash' is 'reverse-solidus', according to Unicode, ISO 10646, etc. Much cooler name IMO.PermalinkCommentspunctuation comic humor penny-arcade reverse-solidus back-slash

Running Rabbit Ranch & Vineyard Wine

2009 Apr 23, 9:34

sequelguy posted a photo:

Running Rabbit Ranch & Vineyard Wine

While visiting the Running Rabbit Ranch and Vineyard the owner was kind enough to give us a bottle of wine.

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Site 8 - Bridge Facing House (and small dog)

2009 Apr 23, 9:33

sequelguy posted a photo:

Site 8 - Bridge Facing House (and small dog)

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Clickable transcript of my Canonical Link Element talk

2009 Apr 23, 6:21You can link into the middle of a YouTube video using a fragment like '#t=30m14s'. Matt combines this with his transcript...: "If you run that over your entire caption file - boom - you have a clickable transcript of your video."PermalinkCommentsvideo blog hack youtube url transcript

Download details: Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3

2009 Apr 23, 5:22"Network Monitor 3.3 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. Version 3.3 is an update and replaces Network Monitor 3.2. Network Monitor 3.x is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version."PermalinkCommentsmicrosoft network traffic netmon free msdn windows

illegal-art.org :: a project of Stay Free! magazine

2009 Apr 22, 10:00Including music that's been otherwise sued out of existence.PermalinkCommentsvideo art politics copyright mp3 ip images law media

What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered? - Stack Overflow

2009 Apr 21, 1:13List of humorous comments folks have found in source code.PermalinkCommentshumor code programming comment via:scott

"Your business card is CRAP!"

2009 Apr 20, 5:49Some awesome quotes from this video. Really need to watch the whole thing through though to fully experience the humor. "This is the most impressive business card I've ever seen. Its mine." On the topic of its non-standard size: "It doesn't fit in a rolodex because it doesn't belong in a rolodex." More from the comments:PermalinkCommentshumor video via:boingboing viral business-card

Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatars

2009 Apr 20, 3:37Web service that hosts avatar images for things like blog comments. The image is ID'ed by a hash of the user's email address. Auto generated or if the user signs up, the image can be whatever they upload. Lots of plugins for different blogging platforms.PermalinkCommentsblog web photo avatar image authentication identity icon hash

WP_Identicon :: Dammit Jim!

2009 Apr 20, 3:35Generate an icon for anonymous blog commentors that's easier to remember than an IP address.PermalinkCommentsblog anonymous web internet hash comment icon image avatar

whocalled.us

2009 Apr 20, 3:14This site does user generated reports on (mostly) spam phone numbers. They have a RESTful API to get at that data too! I'm looking for more like this.PermalinkCommentsapi phone spam search reference telemarketing telephone lookup

Time Travel Essentials - TopatoCo: We Sell T-shirts by the e-Shore

2009 Apr 15, 7:42"If you're like us, you live in constant fear of slipping into a wormhole and getting spit out in the 13th century, and the only real useful knowledge you have for your ignorant ancestors is 'watch out for that Hitler guy' and 'some of the Popes are evil.'" Its like they're inside my head! Love this shirt and poster telling you everything you need to know in case you accidentally fall back in time.PermalinkCommentstime-travel time shirt poster wishlist gift awesome

The Super Mario Bros. 3 'rainbow riding' LUA hack - Offworld

2009 Apr 15, 7:30Another cool Mario hack via some sort of awesome emulator: "...the FCEUX emulator includes a second LUA script that turns Super Mario Bros. 3 into the DS game Nintendo never made. The hack disables direct control of Mario completely, and only allows you to manipulate him (and protect him from the rest of the world) via mouse-drawn lines ala the DS's Kirby Canvas Curse and Atari's The Chase."PermalinkCommentsgame video mario smb3 videogame emulator

zxing - Google Code

2009 Apr 14, 4:17Open source Java barcode reading library used in an Android app. The app lets you take a photo of a QR code and navigate to the URL inside (among other things).PermalinkCommentszxing barcode qrcode qr google android mobile opensource api java library

Bunny Identity Theft

2009 Apr 13, 1:11These have been popping up all over the internet, but I just had to share them with you in time for Easter. I'll take one of each in my Easter basket!PermalinkCommentscute cat bunny easter photo for:hellosarah
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