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1934 ASCII ART – The Dream Ship
A typewriter drawing dated 1934
via [Boing Boing]
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Kanyelicio.us Insults your Website the Kanye Way
Kanyelicio.us is a web site with just one purpose, that of making Kanye West insult a web site, just like how he did with Taylor Swift. Simply type in the URL “http://kanyelicio.us/” and after the final “/” put in your own domain. To see how Kanye insults Kabatology hit HERE
via [Boing Boing]
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Big Big Google Search Box
“The new, larger Google search box features larger text when you type so you can see your query more clearly. It also uses a larger text size for the suggestions below the search box, making it easier to select one of the possible refinements.”
… thats what it takes to be Google, little but significant changes
… that Google sums up in a Timeline, so you can be a witness.
via [The Official Google Blog - Now S-U-P-E-R-sized!]
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Nokia N900 runs on Open Source, Linux-based Maemo
Nokia lets go the N900, its first Linux-Based Phone. It’s move from its usual Symbian OS to the Linux-based Maemo will give the new N900 a more “PC-like experience” -- letting users run dozens of application windows at the same time. ”
“Messaging is quick with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It has 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 48GB with a microSD card. For photography, the smartphone has a 5.0-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. ”
“The N900 uses ARM’s Cortex-A8 processor and features a high-resolution WVGA touch screen. Its browser is powered by Mozilla technology so Web sites look the way they would on a computer. ”
-- I guess Mozilla technology the mentioned in the notes is Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile Fennec Maemo browser.
via [ Mobiledia `~ Nokia Unveils the N900, its First Linux-Based Phone ]
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Mozilla Creative Collective WebSite for Creative People
Mozilla Creative Collective is a website by the Mozilla Foundation that puts together in one box past, present and future design efforts by the Mozilla community . More»
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Google Services for Websites Adds New Tools
Google Services for Websites, a service that offers a bunch of powerful tools that help web hosters and access providers like you run more effective websites – just added three new tools to the suite;
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Facebook buys FriendFeed
Just got the new that Facebook Social Network has acquired FriendFeed via a tweet from one of FriendFeed’s biggest users and pushers @Scobleizer.
FriendFeed is a service that makes it easy to share with friends online by keeping track of your activity on social networking sites like Twitter, Digg, Facebook etc
What does this mean for your FriendFeed account? Hit the link below and move to the FriendFeed blog for all necessary information.
via [FriendFeed accepts Facebook friend request] ~ FriendFeed Blog
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Just for Fun: Linux Baby Rocker video
All you need is a Desktop Linux PC that has a CD/DVD player, a few lines of code, a cradle and a baby -- a baby to lull to sleep :).
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How to Clean Your Keyboard
Did you know your hair-dryer can effectively clean-up your Keyboards. Sounds bizarre no. But amongst the 10 ways to clean your Keyboard according to Inc.com, you’ll find it and several other strange but effective ways to clean-up that germ-bump called Keyboard.
Other bizarre ways mentioned:
- Use a USB vacuum cleaner ~ Screenshot above.
- Remove all of keys and Use the dishwasher; ~ if you can wait a day or two for it to dry-up –with
- Use CyberClean ~ a yellow gel blob that looks like Play-Doh.
- Use Scotch Tape
What methods do you use to clean-up your laptop and desktop keyboards?
How to Clean Your Keyboard – - Inc.com
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