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Snippets » February 2007

very bad parenting, apparently → mother of 8 year old 218 pounder may lose custody of kid. will someone please think of the … #
8 of 10 nations with the fattest inhabitants are in the south pacific → overweight.nu? Yes, we do. #
Creative Commons Licenses v. 3 → still seem more or less the same, but with a few clauses on derivative works #
Yahoo Pipes with Dojo → JSON-P endpoints ftw! #
Yahoo UI hosts their YUI libraries for anyone to use → awesome #
infomaniacs are worse than pot smokers → roll up your email into a spliff and smoke it #
Scientists “a bit weird” and do “boring jobs” → to quote the email I got on the subject, it’s time to unite and fight back or never be invited to your kid’s parties again #
Yorkshire puds are UK’s favourite food → with gravy. and roast beef. *drool* #
tagging - when it works and when it doesn’t → librarything vs amazon - not your run of the mill winner #
first woman to win Turing award → woot for Fran Allen #
interfaces, clicks and latency → some bleedin’ obvious but well written #
should we get together and stone them? → yes, most of these are from Leviticus, which doesn’t count #
life as an intern in the big three search engines → nice article, lots of insight #
Sn…er. Sex on a plane - legal or not? → the more you know #
honey, do I look fat in this dress? → umm. no. Genius move by M&S. Bravo! #
hardline hindus declare war → on valentines day. No, really. #
Pipes now supports JSON objects → *drool* #
some more cool Pipes hacks → the last.fm mashup sounds scarily similar to one of my little projects #
how not to talk to kids → might even work for adults #
Schneier on DRM in Windows → in summary: Vista sucks, do not buy. #
good engineer bad engineer → lazy engineer, paranoid engineer etc #
natural language search → oh my. A quest for an old old holy grail begins anew #
The inner platform effect → too much customization ability and flexibility is bad, mmkay? #
Why women fall for Mr. Average → high powered career men were “too good to be true”. Cynical? Women? Of course not. #
pass the hair of a dog please → 27 million UK workers call in sick due to hangovers. Amateurs. #
music and indie bands → an instant classic #
is grad school a financial mistake? → a bit late to ask that of myself, eh? #
experience does not a better programmer make? → not sure what else will, though #
programmers dont like to code → they like to problem solve. Oh hell yes! #
Peyton and the Colts win the bowl → despite a first minute TD punt return, numerous fumbles and being 8 points behind in the first quarter. Good game #
why women are finding it hard to marry (in the UK) → I didn’t say this. Boris Johnson did. Blame him. #
tagging takes off for online users → yup. I’ve seen the anonymous tags on Ach too. #
suicide bombers are like cigarette smokers → when they’re finished, only the smoke lingers #
Oh look, sheep! Licking the road? → where else but in Wales? #

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