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Just in case the Superman branding currently on the site wasn't a clear enough clue, Myspace has proven itself to be utterly unusable for serious tasks by allowing an adware company to place its ads on their site. If you're running Internet Explorer, you'll
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http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2006/06/firefox-voip_114959011311941395.html From the browser-as-platform department: voice functionality built directly into Firefox.
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Link The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses. This is huge.
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http://www.mosdeux.com/vitalsigns/ A short film told in American Sign Language. Amazing.
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http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/40483#623656 A fantastic answer to a question on Ask Metafilter about how to talk to "troubled" children, from a 13 year old. Rings very true and highlights important problems; definitely worth a read.
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http://www.widgetoko.com/ A daily roundup of dynamic widgets you can stick on your blog or website. Kind of neat.
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One requirement that services like PalTalk - VoIP that integrates directly with social networking sites, among others - raise is for more real-time interactivity actually embedded within web pages. Text chat has existed forever, but sometimes it's handy to be able to call or even videoconference with people; I&
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I spent the (unexpectedly long) weekend on a small Cornish island nature reserve where my sister is assistant warden. Downtime is good, but now I'm very much back in action, with a long list of things to do and slightly more time to do it in. One change
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Sometimes it's easy to get despondent about bugs showing up in software you write. It's possible to spend so long on a project that it almost feels like one of your children; any perceived imperfection hits you at your core. We've been doing some
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This is pretty neat - stick any URL at the end of gabbly.com/ and you get a personalised chatroom for that page. Click the link to chat on my weblog. Not quite sure what the business model is, but it's pretty neat. I think live chat scratches certain
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http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2006/06/firefox-voip_114959011311941395.html From the browser-as-platform department: voice functionality built directly into Firefox.
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http://www.mosdeux.com/vitalsigns/ A short film told in American Sign Language. Amazing.