Posts from December 2009

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  Dec 3 2009, 19:16 (+0000)

  As for the larger issue, supporters of action on global warming might be well-advised, for the sake of argument, to concede more than they should. OK, they might say to the deniers, we’ll treat all of CRU’s data as irrevocably compromised, and never refer to it again. From now on, we’ll rely only on information from NASA, NOAA, and the Japan Meteorological Agency, as well as the affirmation of the UN’s Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change. The consensus that warming is happening would be unaffected.

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  Dec 6 2009, 1:05 (+0000)

  For instance, when posting a Flickr photo from a user directly, “via” should really be “by”. Using “via” only makes sense when you’re giving someone credit for introducing you to content and to link back to them as thanks. Even in those cases, however, it’s inappropriate to remove the creator credit on the item.

• Going Deaf For A Living

  Dec 8 2009, 9:02 (+0000)

  

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• Ben Ward on Skitch

  Dec 9 2009, 19:18 (+0000)

  Ben Ward on Skitch

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  Dec 10 2009, 0:10 (+0000)

  For Mac users who want to use their favorite text editor everywhere. QuickCursor allows you to edit text from any application in your favorite text editor

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  Dec 10 2009, 1:32 (+0000)

  Activision’s main response to No Doubt’s claim is that that the band requested their likenesses be limited to perform the band’s own songs in-game – however, it made this request “only after the Band Hero programming was finalized.” Activision seeks an unspecified amount of damages and interest from the band, as well as court and attorney fees, and a return of all payments dispersed to the band for their initial involvement.

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  Dec 11 2009, 6:52 (+0000)

  Gitmo is “the best place to have [trials], it’s the best place to house them. It’s the safest place,” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told reporters. “More importantly, it’s the place that keeps activist federal judges from making activist decisions that could end up turning [terror suspects] loose on the streets of America.

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  Dec 18 2009, 0:14 (+0000)

  LOVE YOUR SCROLLBAR

• How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room

  Dec 22 2009, 23:38 (+0000)

  How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room

• Attention Comedians

  Dec 26 2009, 23:27 (+0000)

  The construct of your gags this week is:

• ‘Liking’ posts with the Tumblr API

  Dec 28 2009, 0:10 (+0000)

  Inspired by Wordpress’ seriously clever use of Loren Brichter’s new Tweetie options, we’re launching our own Tweetie and Twitterrific compatible API. This Twitter-like API should make it easy for a lot of existing Twitter clients to start supporting Tumblr. The really cool thing - because our following models follow a lot of the same principles, we’ve been able to take advantage of a ton of native features:

  • Retweeting = Reblogging
  • Replying = Reblogging w/ commentary
  • Favoriting = Liking
  • “@david” = ”http://david.tumblr.com/”
  • Conversations = Reblogs