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2008 Oct 29, 9:50MTV's new music video web service's API. The API provides feeds of music videos by artist or search term, list of artists that are 'like' other artists. Things it doesn't do: doesn't provide access to the video files instead provides URI to flash player. Also doesn't provide access to user's favorite videos or other user information.PermalinkCommentsapi video music mtv web feed rss

Microsoft takes touchscreens to the next dimension - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist

2008 Oct 29, 3:09Video showing some more interesting touch screen ideas from Microsoft Research. A touch sensitive sphere that can accomodate multiple users and a table which projects one image onto itself and another image onto objects beyond itself: "But hold another piece of a translucent glass in the air above the table, and it catches a second ghostly image. This trick is in the tabletop glass, which electronically flickers between translucent and transparent 60 times per second, faster than the eye can notice."PermalinkCommentsresearch microsoft video touchscreen table

MTV Music - User's profile

2008 Oct 29, 10:27MTV has tons of music videos online. The service has an API and everything. No more adding music video on YouTube to delicious only to have the video taken down later... hopefully.PermalinkCommentsproldfile music music-video mtv video me

Word Wrapping IE's Plain Text

2008 Oct 28, 11:23

If you view a plain text document in Internet Explorer 8, for instance the plain text version of Cory Doctorow's book Little Brother and press F12 to bring up the developer toolbar, you can see that IE simply takes the plain text, sticks it inside a

 tag, and renders it.  This means that word wrapping isn't supplied and the only line breaks that appear are those in the document.  However, since the text document is converted to HTML it means I can implement word wrap myself using a bookmarklet:
javascript:function ww() { var preTag = document.getElementsByTagName('pre')[0]; preTag.style.fontFamily="arial"; preTag.style.wordWrap='break-word'; }; ww();
After adding a favorite and setting the favorite's URL to the previous, I can view plain text documents, and select my Word Wrap favorite to apply word wrap and non-fixed width font.
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Signs of Fall Tree

2008 Oct 28, 9:01

sequelguy posted a photo:

Signs of Fall Tree

Immediately after Sarah took this photo, a truck pulled into the empty parking spot and the driver jumped out to apologize for messing up the photo. The driver was a zombie.

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:28

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:27

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:27

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:19

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:18

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Machinery with graffiti, Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:18

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Machinery with graffiti, Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:17

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:17

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:17

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Some machinery, Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:16

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Some machinery, Gas Works Park, Seattle

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View of dock from hill, Gas Works Park

2008 Oct 28, 9:16

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View of dock from hill, Gas Works Park

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Art on top of hill at Gas Works Park

2008 Oct 28, 9:15

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Art on top of hill at Gas Works Park

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:15

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

2008 Oct 28, 9:14

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Gas Works Park, Seattle

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Cryptography and the Law... - sci.crypt | Google Groups

2008 Oct 27, 1:39Rubber-hose cryptanalysis is first defined by Marcus J. Ranum on Oct 15 1990: "..unless you resort to the rubber-hose technique of cryptanalysis. (in which a rubber hose is applied forcefully and frequently to the soles of the feet until the key to the cryptosystem is discovered, a process that can take a surprisingly short time and is quite computationally inexpensive)"PermalinkCommentshumor cryptography rubber-hose security
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