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BrightKit: The Shiniest Twitter Scheduler and Tracker Yet

Adam Ostrow via Mashable! on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
We’ve seen a number of Twitter tools for scheduling future tweets, shortening URLs, and tracking click-thrus. But BrightKit (not to be confused with the location-aware app BrightKite) is the sleeke readmore
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Mathematica's new image processing tools

jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The new version of Mathematica does all sorts of cool image and video processing...you can just drag and drop images into your code to manipulate them. In my imagination, this seems like what one gets to do at Pixar all day. (via waxy) ( readmore
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Sick Babies Denied Treatment Thanks To Patents

Michael Masnick via Techdirt on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
One of the most ridiculous extensions of patent coverage in the past few decades was the decision to allow patents on "genes" for those who discover the genes. Patents aren't supposed to be allowed for things occurring in nature, and it's difficult to see how that doesn't apply to something as basic as genes. Yet, as an anonymous reader wrote in to point out, down in Australia, a company with a readmore
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The Used Future

(unknown author) via KK Lifestream on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Originally posted in The Technium The most shocking aspect of the original Star Wars films on first viewing so long ago was not their gee-wizardry, or the coolness of alternative worlds so richly rendered, or even the arch-mythic story of a hero in the space age, but the brand new idea that the future could be grit readmore
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Sneaky Education And The Desktop

jono via jonobacon@home on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
When I was a kid, I owned a Sega Megadrive (Sega Genesis for my American friends). I spent hours on that thing. Sonic The Hedgehog. Streets Of Rage. Desert Strike. Toejam And Earl. I loved it. One game that was released was Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Back then i readmore
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Holiday templates to keep you organized

A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The holidays are upon us, and there's much to do: Gifts to be wrapped, lights to be strung, candles to be lit, and a long list of tasks at the home and the office. A little creativity can come in handy at this time of year. You can save time and money with the Google Docs template gallery for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Whether you're a small business owner or the chief holiday orga readmore
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How Nate Silver Brought Sanity To Polling

Tim via Snarkmarket on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Matt Yglesias says, eh, Nate Silver's not all that great; Ta-Nehisi Coates says Silver should call Matt a washed-up punk on YouTube (since readmore
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How-to: building a random password generator for the iPhone

erica.sadun@arstechnica.com (E via Ars Technica on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Ars author and iPhone hacker Erica Sadun shows you how to build a random password generation app for the iPhone.Read More... readmore
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Getting a grip on Python: six ways to learn online

(unknown author) via Ars Technica on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Shared by Denny I need to do more work in Python. Google's new App Engine uses Python as its primary programming language. Ars goes in search of the best Python programming resources on the web.Read More... readmore
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Organize the holidays with templates in Google Apps - Part II

Serena Satyasai, Google Apps M via Google Enterprise Blog on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The countdown to the end of the year has begun and you may be searching for creative but low cost ways to spread a little holiday cheer. Today we shared some tips on the Official Google Blog (Part I) to show you how templates in Google Docs can help your business save tim readmore
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China's Property Slump

pk via Paul Kedrosky's Infectious on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
I have a steady parade of email correspondence from people in China saying same, but a Bloomberg story today drives home how quickly the real estate market there is tanking. Read the whole piece, as it's full of useful data on the ripple effects of China's property contraction. House prices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are plunging, and the global economy may grind readmore
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● Personal light cones

jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
When I was born 35.2 years ago, a light cone started expanding away from Earth out into the rest of the universe (Minkowski space-temporally speaking, of course). Thanks to updates from Matt Webb's fancy RSS tool, I know that my personal light cone is about to envelop readmore
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NewerTech intros quad-interface SATA HDD dock of its own

Darren Murph via Engadget on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
It's amazing, really, that this meme has lasted this long. When we first noticed Brando's readmore
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bond girl bondage

violet via violet blue ® :: open source on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Image of Olga Kurylenko via SexyHotBeauty. I just saw Quantum of Sol readmore
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A Peek Into The Anti-Lost Backlash Of 2011 [Lost]

Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Here's a flash-forward, featuring Lost producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talking about the show's fourth season from a few years in the future, after their fans have turned on them and gouged Lindelof's eye out. They showed this hilarious featurette as part of an online conference promo readmore
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The Energy Secret