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Dodgeball founders leave Google and that leaves Dodgeball probably dead.... [16 Apr 2007|03:42pm] 04:37 16.04.2007 Dodgeball founders leave Google and that leaves Dodgeball probably dead.... Dodgeball founders leave Google and that leaves Dodgeball probably dead. Then why did Google buy Dodgeball exactly? Not for the founders...they left. Not for the tech. To build it up into a profitable company? (Nope, they didn't put any resources into it.) To kill it before some other company (Yahoo, Microsoft) got their mitts on it? For the PR value? Why did they even bother? (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Kate Spicer writes about her experience with an extreme diet... [16 Apr 2007|03:42pm] 13:34 16.04.2007 Kate Spicer writes about her experience with an extreme diet... Kate Spicer writes about her experience with an extreme diet in an attempt to drop to size zero in six weeks. "The next day I get up and run for an hour and feel really fat. The truth is, the more weight I lose, the fatter I feel and the more I want to lose weight. I lie in bed in the mornings feeling my hipbones and wanting to feel them more. I want them to jut out." A documentary featuring Spicer and other female journalists is showing on Channel 4 in the UK on April 22. Spicer previously ran the 150-mile, seven-day Marathon des Sables across the Sahara in 2006. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Photos of a 1923 American Type Foundry specimen book. (via... [16 Apr 2007|03:42pm] 14:48 16.04.2007 Photos of a 1923 American Type Foundry specimen book. (via... Photos of a 1923 American Type Foundry specimen book. (via quipsologies) (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

The Back to the Future IMDB page sure has a... [16 Apr 2007|03:42pm] 15:59 16.04.2007 The Back to the Future IMDB page sure has a... The Back to the Future IMDB page sure has a lot of trivia. And I have a feeling that's not even the half of it. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Feast your eyes on the new design for the US... [16 Apr 2007|07:40pm] 16:59 16.04.2007 Feast your eyes on the new design for the US... Feast your eyes on the new design for the US passport. "They'll never go for this...it's too over-the-top." "Perfect!" (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Regarding the recent Google news (YouTube, DoubleClick, Dodgeball), Fred... [16 Apr 2007|07:40pm] 17:13 16.04.2007 Regarding the recent Google news (YouTube, DoubleClick, Dodgeball), Fred... Regarding the recent Google news (YouTube, DoubleClick, Dodgeball), Fred Wilson tells us it's time to pour a little malt liquor on the ground and say goodbye to the old Google, the Google that we all know and love, and welcome the new Google, a big company, for better or worse. "Google's lawyers are going to become their most important asset and when lawyers are more important than engineers to a company, you lose." (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Ken Graney's Roomba has broken the three laws of Roombotics.... [16 Apr 2007|07:40pm] 18:23 16.04.2007 Ken Graney's Roomba has broken the three laws of Roombotics.... Ken Graney's Roomba has broken the three laws of Roombotics. "The first law states that the device 'must not suck up jewelry or other valuables, or through inaction, allow valuables to be sucked up.' The second law prescribes that Roomba 'must obey vacuuming orders given to it by humans except when such orders would conflict with the first law.' The third and final law authorizes a Roomba to 'protect its own ability to suction dust and debris as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.'" (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

The city of Sao Paulo has banned billboard advertising...the... [16 Apr 2007|07:40pm] 19:29 16.04.2007 The city of Sao Paulo has banned billboard advertising...the... The city of Sao Paulo has banned billboard advertising...the results are a bit eerie. (via bb) (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Amusing Super Mario Bros mod. Like the post says, the... [16 Apr 2007|07:40pm] 20:34 16.04.2007 Amusing Super Mario Bros mod. Like the post says, the... Amusing Super Mario Bros mod. Like the post says, the invisible coin blocks are surprisingly funny. (via waxy) (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

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