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I received my new 80G video iPod today. The first thing I noticed was the box was thinner than the boxes from my previous iPods. The iPod itself is much thinner than my old 60G color iPod and the surface is flat rather than rounded.

New iPod
Originally uploaded by mike3k.

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YAML Ain’t Markup Language
Ths looks like an interesting alternative to XML. It’s a lot more readable.
(tags: tools XML programming yaml)

Hack Attack: Top 10 Ubuntu apps and tweaks - Lifehacker
(tags: ubuntu linux applications software)

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Did anyone else get hit with a flood of comment spam today? I got about 20, all referencing GeoCities pages. This is an unusually large amount for one day. Thankfully all of them were held for moderation and never appeared.

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Am I the only one who thinks the Zune looks like a piece of crap?

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I found another new feature in iTunes 7 I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else: when you purchase several songs from iTunes Store (it’s no longer called iTunes Music Store), it will download several items at once, which will be shown in a separate downloads list, rather than downloading each one separately.
I haven’t bought anything [...]

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get GNU/Linux !
Encouraging people to switch to Linux, similar to SpreadFirefox
(tags: Linux opensource windows)

Mac Geekery - How a Malformed Installer Package Can Crack Mac OS X
By creating a malicious package and setting the authorization level to AdminAuthorization in the package, an attacker can modify root-owned files, execute commands as root, or install setuid-root programs without [...]

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What’s Inside An iPod Game? - BenSinclair.com
(tags: ipod development hacks games)

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PSP Hacking 101 -
Video introduction to PSP homebrew
(tags: psp hacks HOWTO)

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God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs
It is easy to prove to yourself that God is imaginary. The evidence is all around you. Here are 50 simple proofs
(tags: religion philosophy)

AnandTech: 8-core Mac Pro upgrade
Given that the Mac Pro features two LGA-771 sockets, you could theoretically drop two Clovertown processors in there and you’d have an [...]

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I ordered a new iPod today, a black 80GB model to replace my 60GB iPod Photo (and probably also my PSP). I wasn’t that thrilled with the previous video iPod, but this one seems like a nice improvement. I’m becoming less happy with watching movies on my PSP because it’s such a pain converting videos [...]

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We haven’t heard much from the nay-sayers lately. Did this guy see the same event everyone else did? I don’t think the iPod upgrades were ‘minor’. In fact I just ordered a new iPod.
Apple is losing its hip and unpredictable edge as it risks being left behind by the very technology it helped to proliferate, [...]

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ROX Desktop | ROX Desktop
ROX is a fast, user friendly desktop which makes extensive use of drag-and-drop.
(tags: linux opensource)

Using open source software to design, develop, and deploy a collaborative Web site
Tools and techniques for getting relatively complicated Web sites up and running quickly
(tags: drupal development web PHP opensource)

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Reborn
Across three [...]

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The Friday before 9-11-2001 the company I was working for at the time, Teaching Network, laid off most of their staff, including me. Tuesday morning I was still thinking about that and planning my next move.
Around 9AM FedEx woke me when they delivered my CodeWarrior upgrade. At that time I turned on the TV [...]

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Traditional Qaawwali Performances from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | MetaFilter
One of the greatest singers of the 20th century and the greatest qawwali singer ever.
(tags: music)

NusratForever.com » Interview with Jeff Buckley
Pakistani Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan drives people wild with his music, which is an unbelievable combination of rich, soaring, complex sounds including something that [...]

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WordPress Theme viewer
Huge collection of themes for WordPress.
(tags: wordpress themes design)

ridiculous_fish » Blog Archive » Bridge
A good explanation of toll-free bridging in Cocoa & CoreFoundation.
(tags: cocoa macosx programming)

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Tales from Senegal

Originally uploaded by Manneken Pies.

This isn’t my photo, but it’s one of the most powerful I’ve seen on Flickr. For many people, this was their last view of Africa.

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Howto install a Debian GNU/Linux system onto a USB flash thumbdrive with the root partition encrypted
(tags: linux howto debian)

Windows X net | Windows Website dedicated to being Mac Friendly
(tags: mac windows drupal)

Visual Studio Team System
This is what we’re now using for version control. I’m not too happy with it, but at least it’s better than [...]

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Windows x net is a new Drupal-based Mac-friendly Windows site. Unfortunately they screwed up the Drupal configuration badly — all users have FULL administrative access! I took advantage of having administrative access to fix it by turning off all administrative options for regular users.
Blogged with Flock

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I’ve uploaded the new version of my Random Image theme. You can download it here.
Blogged with Flock

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No GTA or downgrading needed to run homebrew - PSP Fanboy
For those that want to have fairly new firmware for new games, and also have the ability to run homebrew on one machine without too many confusing steps now have an alternative:
(tags: psp hacks)

Faithful Democrats
I am tired of politicians, partisans, and preachers spelling God “G-O-P.” [...]

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