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I haven’t updated the WorldBeatPlanet podcast in ages, since I’m careful to avoid copyright issues with the music I post there. Since there’s a lot of interest in Madagascar in the Mac developer community, I decided to post a very beautiful song from Madagascar, “Koba”, by Tarika.

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Instapaper
Save pages to read later
(tags: web)

HDR Tutorial - New and Improved for 2008!
(tags: photography tutorial hdr)

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Instapaper is a new site that does one simple thing: it lets you save a URL to read later.
I still love del.icio.us for permanent bookmarks, but Instapaper is much simpler. No tags or description — simply use the Read Later bookmarklet to save the page. You can then go back to your Instapaper page [...]

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The third release candidate of Drupal 6.0 has been released. I’ll probably try it out on my local machine this weekend. I should be able to update MacMegasite without too much trouble since it doesn’t use too many modules. WorldBeatPlanet & my2unz.com, on the other hand, use some modules that have aren’t compatible with Drupal [...]

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From now on “Giuliani” will be synonymous with “to fail sail spectacularly despite high expectations”.
Hopefully Obama can still get the nomination, despite Hillary’s big win.
A McCain nomination for the republicans would be difficult for the Democrats, since people mistakenly believe he’s a moderate. McCain is anti-choice and a strong supporter of Bush’s war in [...]

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It’s Charisma, Stupid
Presidential elections are won on charisma, not policies
(tags: news politics)

Improving Drupal’s page loading performance
(tags: drupal web2.0)

$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod
Don’t be a slave to your tripod. Build this stabilizer and see how much better you photos and video can be. Get professional results. This instructional [...]

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Did you ever wonder what those “Free Public WiFi” adhoc networks you see almost every place people use laptops? David Pogue explains it. A stupid Windows bug that acts like a virus but it really isn’t a virus.
The original article goes into more detail:
If a laptop connects to an ad-hoc network it can later start
beaconing [...]

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I like to use split disks with my Parallels virtual machines, since it makes backing up the drive image a lot faster and easier. It seems that Parallels Compressor isn’t able to properly compact a split disk, though.
Today I decided to run Compressor since my Windows XP virtual disk was over 15 GB, even though [...]

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Instead of the usual “I Voted” sticker, they gave out stickers saying “My Vote Counted”. However, I know for a fact that my vote most likely *won’t* count, thanks to the Democratic party’s infighting over a stupid rule the state party had no control over. I wonder if Hillary will still be pushing to restore [...]

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Today I was reminded how much I miss Joe Strummer and The Clash. First, someone linked to this video. Tonight in the gym, “Bhindi Bhagee” came up in my shuffle playlist.

The Clash was so much more than a punk band. They blended genres from rock through Ska, Reggae, and World Music.

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JQuery To The Rescue
Some excellent JQuery info & examples
(tags: ajax javascript jquery web2.0)

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Say goodbye to American Hegemony
Just a few years ago, America’s hold on global power seemed unshakable. But a lot has changed while
we’ve been in Iraq — and the next president is going to be dealing with not only a triumphant China and a
retooled Europe but also the quiet rise of
(tags: news politics)

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I see on Twitter that almost everyone came home from Macworld Expo with some kind of cold/flu/plague, as I usually do every year. This time I didn’t get sick because I prepared. I started taking this stuff twice a day for the week leading up to Macworld, every day while I was there, and I’m [...]

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Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of president John F. Kennedy, endorsed Barack Obama in the New York Times:
Most of us would prefer to base our voting decision on policy differences. However, the candidates’ goals are similar. ,,, So qualities of leadership, character and judgment play a larger role than usual. …
And when it comes to judgment, [...]

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Dave Winer posted a link to this site with one of the best Obama graphics I’ve seen.

I like Obama because I think he’s the candidate most likely to bring real change.
Hillary is not the least bit progressive. She simply goes along with the Republicans on almost everything. She’s also an insider yet has very [...]

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oobject » items to build an apple store
If you want to re-model your home in the style of an Apple store, here are links to the suppliers of the actual items they use.
(tags: apple)

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iPhone Atlas warns that the 1.1.3 jailbreak may prevent official third party apps from working.
iPhone firmware 1.1.3 includes a mechanism for approving signed applications. Signed apps use private keys to authorize themselves for installation on the iPhone/iPod Touch. This gets damaged by the jailbreak, although it’s reversable. It does mean that official and unofficial [...]

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Since I got my XO laptop, I’ve been frustrated by its incompatibility with WPA encryption for wireless connections, since I have my home network set up for WPA. Aside from reducing the security, changing it would mean changing the settings of my wii, Airport Express, and Slingbox, which isn’t too convenient.
Digging around in the OLPC [...]

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Someone came up with a jailbreak for iPhone 1.1.3. I don’t understand why they even bother, when Apple will be releasing an official SDK very soon, which will provide the same capabilities.

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Joel Hodgson Answers
Interview with the creator of Mystery Science Theater

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