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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 yesterday

Iterasi - Every day you find web pages you may never see again. Which is fine, unless you actually need that information. 10:56 PM


Iterasi

"At iterasi, we love the Web. So much so, that we want to keep it. Forever.
That'swhy we're taking steps to move beyond traditional bookmarking. Because,these days, saving the address of a page isn't half as important asbeing able to save the page you created.
Our first product,iterasi, makes it simple for any Web user to save the dynamicallygenerated pages that are increasingly becoming the bulk of today's Webexperience. With iterasi, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and database driventechnologies, like PHP and ASP, can all be saved—in their currentstate—with the push of a button."

Recording History a Page at a Time
"The results of the United States Presidential Election truly rocked theworld. People from all over the world collected newspapers coveringthis historic event. As you would expect, at iterasi we saw a trafficspike as users decided todigitally commemorate this historic event.
Here is one example. In the blog 'Teaching Online Journalism', MindyMcAdams writes how she had a student spend election night archiving 98different news sites from around the world. From the New York Post tothe Hindustan Times. FromGazeta Wyborcza to The Australian. From the Dallas Morning News to LeMonde. To see the blog post click here:
sigalon@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://sqrl.it/?uwn45 or go directly to the public pages sigalon@gmail.com" target="_blank">https://www.iterasi.net/public/users/dpmrr.
It's a very impressive collection. And now the digital versions, likethe printed ones, are a permanent part of the world's history."

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Iterasi - Every day you find web pages you may never see again. Which is fine, unless you actually need that information. 10:50 PM


Iterasi

"At iterasi, we love the Web. So much so, that we want to keep it. Forever.
That'swhy we're taking steps to move beyond traditional bookmarking. Because,these days, saving the address of a page isn't half as important asbeing able to save the page you created.
Our first product,iterasi, makes it simple for any Web user to save the dynamicallygenerated pages that are increasingly becoming the bulk of today's Webexperience. With iterasi, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and database driventechnologies, like PHP and ASP, can all be saved—in their currentstate—with the push of a button."

Recording History a Page at a Time
"The results of the United States Presidential Election truly rocked theworld. People from all over the world collected newspapers coveringthis historic event. As you would expect, at iterasi we saw a trafficspike as users decided todigitally commemorate this historic event.
Here is one example. In the blog 'Teaching Online Journalism', MindyMcAdams writes how she had a student spend election night archiving 98different news sites from around the world. From the New York Post tothe Hindustan Times. FromGazeta Wyborcza to The Australian. From the Dallas Morning News to LeMonde. To see the blog post click here:
sigalon@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://sqrl.it/?uwn45 or go directly to the public pages sigalon@gmail.com" target="_blank">https://www.iterasi.net/public/users/dpmrr.
It's a very impressive collection. And now the digital versions, likethe printed ones, are a permanent part of the world's history."


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Monty Python 10:20 PM


The Monty Python Channel on YouTube

"For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the tables are turned. It's time for us to take matters into our own hands.
We know who you are, we know where you live and we could come after you in ways too horrible to tell. But being the extraordinarily nice chaps we are, we've figured a better way to get our own back: We've launched our own Monty Python channel on YouTube.
No more of those crap quality videos you've been posting. We're giving you the real thing - HQ videos delivered straight from our vault.
What's more, we're taking our most viewed clips and uploading brand new HQ versions. And what's even more, we're letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there!
But we want something in return.
None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years."

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Aleppo Soap 9:59 AM



Aleppo soap is a vegetable oil soap that is similar to Marseille or Castile soap, but made in Aleppo, Syria.
The composition of traditional Aleppo soap includes olive oil, oil of Bay Laurel berries and soda ash (sodium carbonate).
The history of the soap industry in the Middle East dates back overnearly five millennia, and the production of Aleppo soap has notchanged much since its inception, with the tradition being passed toeach generation.

Sigalon: Try it - you will not be disappointed.
 
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Aleppo Soap 9:49 AM


Aleppo soap is a vegetable oil soap that is similar to Marseille or Castile soap, but made in Aleppo, Syria.
The composition of traditional Aleppo soap includes olive oil, oil of Bay Laurel berries and soda ash (sodium carbonate).
The history of the soap industry in the Middle East dates back overnearly five millennia, and the production of Aleppo soap has notchanged much since its inception, with the tradition being passed toeach generation.

Sigalon: Try it - you will not be disappointed.
 

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The Ultimate Slow Food - Sous-Vide Cooking 7:11 AM


Sous-vide (French for "under vacuum", is a method of cookingthat is intended to maintain the integrity of ingredients by heatingthem for an extended period of time at relatively low temperatures.Food is cooked for a long time, sometimes well over 24 hours. Unlikecooking in a slow cooker, sous-vide cooking uses airtight plastic bags placed in hot water well below boiling point (usually around 60°C or 140°F).

The method was developed by Georges Pralus in the mid-1970s for the Restaurant Troisgros (of Pierre and Michel Troigros) in Roanne, France. He discovered that when cooking foie gras in this manner it kept its original appearance, did not lose excess amounts of fat and had better texture.[2]Another pioneer in the science of sous-vide is Bruno Goussault, whofurther researched the effects of temperature on various foods andbecame well-known for training top chefs in the method. As ChiefScientist of Cuisine Solutions, Goussault thoroughly developed theparameters of cooking times and temperatures for different foods.[3] The sous-vide method is used in several gourmet restaurants under Thomas Keller, Jesse Mallgren, Paul Bocuse, Joël Robuchon, Charlie Trotter,and other chefs. Non-professional cooks are also beginningto use vacuum cooking.

Read more about Sous-Vide Cooking in the following articles:
The New York Times
Slate
Michael Ruhlman
Cooking Sous Vide at Home
Blog dedicated to molecular gastronomy
Sous-Vide & Cooking
What is Sous Vide Cooking?

Happy Cooking - Have a Great Experience!

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2 days ago

USB 3.0 spec finalized 6:37 PM


The USB 3.0 Promoter Group today announced the completion of the USB3.0 specification. The new interface technology provides ten times thebandwidth of its predecessor and is expected to be integrated in futuredesigns of consumer electronics and PC peripheral devices. But even ifhardware designers are adopting the technology immediately, don'texpect USB 3.0 to appear anytime soon on store shelves.

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Google preps Chrome patch, adds new features 6:36 PM


Mountain View (CA) - After a few maintenance updates, Google isreadying a more significant Chrome update that fixes a known securityissue and delivers an improved V8 JavaScript interpreter. The updatedversion also addresses some of the missing end-user features, such asmore privacy options, a separate bookmark manager and a re-workedpop-up blocker that no longer blocks annoying pop-up windows by loadingthem in a minimized window state.
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Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO 2:45 PM


Sunnyvale (CA) – Yahoo said that it has begun looking for a newchief executive officer as Jerry Yang decided "to return to his formerrole as Chief Yahoo."

Surrendering the role as CEO of thecompany he co-founded concludes a rocky year for Jerry Yang – a year inwhich Yahoo received a $44.6 billion acquisition offerfrom Microsoft that eventually went up in flames as well as adeteriorating share price that currently lists Yahoo with a marketcapitalization of $14.7 billion.

Yang, 40, replaced Terry Semelin June of last year and transitioned the company to an open platformmodel and improved the alignment of costs and revenues.  "Jerry and theBoard have had an ongoing dialogue about succession timing, and we allagree that now is the right time to make the transition to a new CEOwho can take the company to the next level," Roy Bostock said.
 
Yahoo said that it is working with retained Heidrick & Struggles, an executive search firm, to find a replacement for Yang.

Yang said that he will focus on global strategy once a new CEO is appointed.

TG Daily

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Tomber comme un cheveu sur la soupe 12:03 PM


Soupe

This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Read the introductory Edible Idiom post, and browse the list of French idioms featured so far.

This week's expression is, "Tomber comme un cheveu sur la soupe."

The literal translation is, "falling like a hair* on soup," and itmeans that something or someone appears at an inappropriate orincongruous moment, and is thus completely out of place. (The idiom can also be formed with the verbs arriver, to arrive, or venir, to come, instead of tomber, to fall.)

Interestingly enough, in the context of this expression, the hairfound in a bowl of soup causes no disgust. It is merely seen as an anomaly, a thing of no value or consequence that diverts one's attention from what's really important: the soup.

Example: "Je n'ai vraiment pas aimé la fin : la scène avec les extraterrestres tombe comme un cheveu sur la soupe." "I really didn't like the ending: the scene with the aliens falls like a hair on soup."

Comme un cheveu sur la soupe is also the title of a 1957 movie with Louis de Funès (but no aliens).

* In French, there are two words for hair, depending on where it grows: un cheveu is the hair that grows on the head, whereas un poilis the hair that grows on the body. In both cases, the terms refer toan individual hair; if you were to compliment someone on his hair, youwould use the plural, les cheveux.

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Blue Cheese Salad from the Auvergne 8:31 AM


Foodari
Use one of the French blue cheeses like Bleu d'Auvergne or Fourme D'Ambert, although Stilton would work too!
Prepare the salad leaves (wash and spin)
Preheat the grill to hot. Meanwhile slice the bread into a dozen slices
Make a dressing out of the last 4 ingredients.
Toast the slices of baguette and top with chunks of the cheese.
Arrange them on top of the salad leaves, scatter over the walnuts and pour some dressing over each one.

    150 gm(s) blue cheese (see recipe)
 1 small baguette
 100 gm(s) mixed salad leaves
 30 gm(s) chopped walnuts
 1 tsp(s) Dijon mustard
 1 shallot (finely chopped) optional
 2 tbsp(s) olive oil
 2 tbsp(s) sunflower oil

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Years-old rumors that Apple will roll out a line of Internet-connected displays have resurfaced in reports that suggest the company will bundle its Apple TV product within a new line of HDTVs. 8:18 AM


In a report referencing a rumor floated by Mahalo chief JasonCalacanis, who claims that he knows "first-hand" that Apple is workingon what's described as a networked television, CNET writer Nate Lanxon noted that the assertion "isn't surprising" given Apple's 30-inch Cinema Display.

Back in January 2007, American Technology analyst Shaw Wu supported such rumors with a research notestating that the company was working on "large screen" technologieswithin its development labs. "We are not certain on timing but ouranalysis indicates that AAPL is beyond prototype on large-screentechnologies (for a larger monitor or possibly Apple-branded HDTV)," headvised clients at the time.

However, that was nearly two years ago. Since then, Apple has continuedto sell video projectors from Epson and NEC in both its online andphysical retail stores but does not sell HDTVs in either, indicatingthat the company hasn't exactly rushed to enter the HDTV market. Anumber of cost and usefulness factors have likely come into play.

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Remember! 12:20 AM


"...banking institutions are more dangerous
to our liberties than standing armies..."
Thomas Jefferson
(3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)

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Barack Obama: A Photo History 12:06 AM


The candidate from his childhood years to the national stage.
141 photos.

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Monday, November 17, 2008 3 days ago

The New Trough 11:32 PM


The Wall Street bailout looks a lot like Iraq — a "free-fraud zone"where private contractors cash in on the mess they helped create - NAOMI KLEIN

Rolling Stone

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DemocracyNow! 11:18 PM


DemocracyNow! Monday, November 17, 2008  
Video

Naomi Klein on the Bailout Profiteers and the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene. "The more details emerge, the clearer it becomesthat Washington's handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merelyincompetent. It is borderline criminal," says Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine.

Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obama's Intelligence Transition Team. JohnBrennan and Jami Miscik, both former intelligence officials underGeorge Tenet, are leading Barack Obama's review of intelligenceagencies and helping make recommendations to the new administration.Brennan has supported warrantless wiretapping and extraordinaryrendition, and Miscik was involved with the politicized intelligencealleging weapons of mass destruction in the lead-up to the war on Iraq.We speak with former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman and Michael Ratner ofthe Center for Constitutional Rights.

AsObama Vows to Close Guantanamo, His Advisers Are Reportedly Crafting aPlan to Create a New System of Preventive Detention and NationalSecurity Courts.During an interview on 60 Minuteslast night President-elect Barack Obama said he plans to close the USmilitary prison at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild the nation's moralstature. Last week, the Associated Press reported Obama advisers arecrafting a plan that would put some Guantanamo Bay prisoners in frontof a new court system designed to handle so-called "national security"cases.

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Naomi Klein on the Bailout Profiteers and the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene 10:32 PM


"The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington'shandling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It isborderline criminal," says Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine.
DemocracyNow! video

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Obama On Economic Crisis, Transition 8:26 PM


Also Discusses National Security, Iraq, And His Cabinet In 60 Minutes Video Interview.

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Sunday, November 16, 2008 4 days ago

Surprise! The memory issues are back in Firefox 10:32 PM


Numerous users of the latest version of the Firefox web browser(3.0.4 released yesterday) are reporting memory issues causing thebrowser to freeze up or crash. Firefox 2 was plagued with memorymanagement issues, but users had thought Mozilla had put these behindthem with Firefox 3.
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For Sigalon, running an iMac, version 3 is useless - grabs all memory.

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Sex, Lies, and Subprime Mortgages 9:16 PM


BusinessWeek
The sexual favors, whistleblower intimidation, and routine fraud behindthe fiasco that has triggered the global financial crisis

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Statement From G-20 Summit 6:44 AM


Published: November 15, 2008
Following is the text of the statement from the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, as released on Saturday.

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Saturday, November 15, 2008 5 days ago

SlideShare 6:18 AM


SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations.

- Individuals & organizations upload presentations to share theirideas, connect with others, and generate leads for their businesses.
- Anyone can find presentations on topics that interest them. They cantag, download, or embed presentations into their own blogs &websites.

SlideShare is the best way to get your slides out there on the web, soyour ideas can be found and shared by a wide audience. Do you want toget the word out about your product or service? Do you want your slidesto reach people who could not make it to your talk? Are you a teacherlooking to share your lesson plans? It only takes a moment - startuploading now, and let your slides do the talking!

Some of the things you can do on SlideShare

  - Embed slideshows into your own blog or website.
  - Share slideshows publicly or privately. There are several ways to share privately.
  - Synch audio to your slides.
  - Market your own event on slideshare.
  - Join groups to connect with SlideShare members who share your interests
  - Download the original PowerPoint / Pdf file

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I'll be there 2:24 AM

Newsified 1:16 AM


Newsified

Hi, I'm Luke Stevens and Newsified is my project. Thanks for stopping by!

There are a few things I set out to achieve with Newsified:

  • I wanted a central location where I could get a birds-eyeview of popular social news sites (and Youtube for video) where I couldquickly skim the 90% of popular content that isn't covered on theirhome page, once or twice a day, whilst preserving the content 'flavor'of each site
  • I wanted to see what social news would look like in a news format rather than the typical top-down blog style
  • Finally, I wanted a test bed to run some simple, multivariate, data-driven design experiments

I'll explain each of these aims in more depth below.

TechCrunch
Unlike similar services like popurls, Alltop and Loud3r,Newsified presents the top content of various social news sites likenews articles instead of a simple list of links, with a headline ontop, short summaries if available and an indication of the originalsource with icon and direct clickthrough. This enables you to get anoverview of what's popular on the internet across different categories,all on a single page (which also means you'll be scrolling down quite abit).
Granted, Newsified isn't going to win freelance designer LukeStevens any prizes for innovation, but it's bound to be of interest tothose who like to stay on top of what's hot on the web, regardless ofwhat category it falls under.

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Friday, November 14, 2008 6 days ago

First Pics Of Extra-Solar Planets Captured 8:30 AM


Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets outside oursolar system, images captured by two teams of astronomers.
The pictures show four likely planets that appear as specks ofwhite, nearly indecipherable except to the most eagle-eyed experts. Allare trillions of miles away - three of them orbiting the same star, andthe fourth circling a different star.
None of the four giant gaseous planets are remotely habitable orremotely like Earth. But they raise the possibility of others morehospitable.
It is only a matter of time before "we get a dot that's blue andEarthlike," said astronomer Bruce Macintosh of the Lawrence LivermoreNational Lab. He led one of the two teams of photographers.

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New Planet

Inthis image released by NASA, a dust ring, seen in red, surround thestar Fomalhaut, that resides at the center of the image, and notvisible to the human eye in this image. (AP Photo/NASA)

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Obama considering Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State 8:19 AM


As the press pool following President-elect Barack Obama waited forhim to emerge from his Transition Team headquarters in Chicago Thursdayafternoon, someone else's motorcade of three SUVs emerged from the sameunderground garage.
This development coincides with NBC news quoting two Obama advisorssaying that Obama was considering Sen. Hillary Clinton for the positionof Secretary of State.
Clinton was seen taking a flight to Chicago Thursday, NBC reported,though that was reportedly for personal business, though it did notpreclude the possibility of a meeting between Obama and Clinton, NBCreported.

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