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FSI Language Courses
Free language lessons
(tags: free learning tools)

Web2.0 Logo Creator by Alex P
(tags: fun web)

Social Annotation: Seamless Integration of Social Bookmarking, Web Highlighter, Sticky-Note & Clipping
(tags: social bookmarking tagging)

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It looks like I’m not the only one having trouble with DHL.

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Open Source Mac - Free, Open-Source software for OS X
Open Source Mac is a simple list of the best free and open source software for Mac OS X.
(tags: opensource mac free software)

What Right-Wingers See When They Read The New York Times
Point to a headline to see what a wingnut sees when he reads it
(tags: politics [...]

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New in JavaScript 1.7 - MDC
JavaScript is turning into Python
(tags: programming development)

Framing the democratic message: the four freedoms
(tags: politics)

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My Battery Exchange Saga is over. The replacement battery was received this afternoon.

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Proof that abstinence-only education is a failure: An Ohio school board is expanding sex education following the revelation that 13 percent of one high school’s female students were pregnant last year. There were 490 female students at Timken High School in 2005, and 65 were pregnant. (Via Newsvine)

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Thanks to Minipundit for bringing this article to my attention.
I refuse to buy into the current fear & hysteria over terrorism. I don’t believe there’s any major danger. If there is any risk, it’s very miniscule.
Indeed, as John Mueller pointed out in his seminal article, “A False Sense of Insecurity,” there’s good reason to be [...]

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A few days before I left for WWDC, I requested a battery exchange for my MacBook Pro. I got a call from the courier on Friday before I left to confirm the delivery address and let me know that it would be delivered Monday. It turns out they left one digit off the address, which [...]

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MacComedy - Steve Balmer - The Remix
Developers! Developers! Developers!
(tags: video funny microsoft fun)

Room 101: The Evolution of Desktops
A trip down memory lane with screen shots of systems from 1984-2006 starting with Mac System 1.0
(tags: gui Apple design Windows history)

Convert iTMS songs to a DRM-free format without burning
How to remove the FairPlay protection from a purchased [...]

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Rasputin Music
This music store is one of my favorite places in San Francisco.
(tags: music shopping)

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Today was the last day of WWDC. As always, the sessions on the last day end at 12:30. Unfortunately my flight home isn’t until tomorrow morning. With the delays, my trip home will be hell. I’ve been told to get to the airport 3 hours in advance, which means I have to leave the hotel [...]

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I got a very weird kernel panic as soon as I plugged in my iPod. Instead of the usual panic screen, it printed the backtrace in text mode. Here’s what it wrote to panic.log, which shows that it’s USB related:

Fri Aug 11 17:17:17 2006
panic(cpu 1 caller 0×0019CADF): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), [...]

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The pundits are calling Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote “disappointing” because he didn’t announce any new iPod or consumer products like the iPhone. Since WWDC is for developers, not consumers, his announcements were exactly what would be expected. The new Mac Pro and XServe completes the Intel transition and Leopard’s new features add some very significant [...]

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The Secrets of PSP Firmware Version 2.80
Details on PSP Firmware 2.80’s new video support & other hidden features.
(tags: psp)

Introducing the Sony Mylo
Sony unleashed another portable electronic device to the world today: the Sony Mylo. Bears some similarities to our beloved PSP, does it not? It will be able to view pictures, listen to music (MP3, [...]

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I’m on my way to WWDC. I’ll be posting keynote updates at MacMegasite, if I’m able to get online from the auditorium.

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Via Sun Sentinel: “South Florida motorists who endured long lines at gasoline pumps after Hurricane Wilma last year might get some relief if another big storm hits this year — but power outages and panic buying could still cause shortages.
That’s why I bought a Prius.

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ZFS at OpenSolaris.org
ZFS is a new kind of file system that provides simple administration, transactional semantics, end-to-end data integrity, and immense scalability.
(tags: opensource filesystem unix)

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ZFS looks very cool and it’s open source. It hasn’t been ported to Mac OS X yet, though. A lot of people are hoping that it’s included in Leopard. ZFS supports built-in compression, RAID-like mirroring, dynamic sizing, and everything else you could possibly want in a filesystem.

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EXCLUSIVE: Leopard Feature Set Leaked
PowerPage’s Leopard predictions
(tags: macosx)

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The late-starter retirement plan - Lifehacker
(tags: lifehacks)

The Tao of Mac - HOWTO/Switch To The Mac
(tags: mac tips)

Unofficial documentation of iPhoto 6.0 photocasting feeds
(tags: rss apple xml reference)

LeopardTracker - There’s a new cat in town.
A collection of Leopard rumors
(tags: apple mac blog macosx)

WWDC keynote bingo
Play Bingo with the WWDC keynote announcements
(tags: Apple WWDC fun)

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