1. Ping: A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad  permalink

Ping: A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad
Www.nytimes.com

Likes.com, left, and Ad.ly offer different paths to having people share advertising messages on social networks. The Likes system is to start next month.

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2. How To Make a Wall-Mounted Magnetic Spice Rack  permalink

How To Make a Wall-Mounted Magnetic Spice Rack
Www.thekitchn.com

We are constantly impressed by the creativity and resourcefulness of our readers. Latest exhibit? This homemade wall-mounted spice rack David created for his kitchen. Read on for details on how he did it, and links to all the equipment you'd need to recreate this in your own kitchen.

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3. Atlona's HDAiR Wireless USB-to-VGA / HDMI Adapter Adds Audio  permalink

Atlona's HDAiR Wireless USB-to-VGA / HDMI Adapter Adds Audio
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo

The capable Atlona HDAiR Wireless USB-to-VGA/HDMI Adapter was missing one key ingredient when it launched earlier this year: Audio. That's been fixed, thanks to this latest refresh. And a refresh this certainly is, as this is the same product, but with audio output. Specifically, audio output in 3.5mm analog and embedded HDMI. The $219 piece of ...

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Atlona's HDAiR Wireless USB-to-VGA / HDMI Adapter Adds Audio Minideck USB to DVI Adapter   —  Update: New Mac Drivers Released for Snow Leopard:Mac OSX Version 1.5b5 Beta drivers (note: Mac driver supports only Intel-based Macs). See also the tech blog for a review of the original Mac driver which was tested in house here.

4. The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade  permalink

The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade
Digg.com

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more.

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All On Your Own   —  Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more.

5. The Black Friday deals that aren't  permalink

The Black Friday deals that aren't
News.cnet.com

If it's five o'clock in the morning and you have to spend your time with far more people than you're used to, pushing, pulling and writhing your way to satisfaction, then perhaps a shopping mall is not the ideal location.

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Julie / The Gadgeteer
The Black Friday deals that aren't Deal of the Day – Some HP Black Friday Deals Start Tomorrow   —  LogicBUY’s deal of the day is a heads up on the HP Home Store’s Thanksgiving Event flyer, which features only some of HP’s official Black Friday store offers that start THIS SUNDAY! More info after the jump. … [visit site to read more] Filed in categories: NewsTagged: Deal of the DayDeal of the [...] Filed in categories: ...

6. Are You Blogging Like a Puppy?  permalink

G.R. / The Blog Herald

Two months ago my wife and I welcomed home a shiba inu puppy. Saying it’s been a life adjustment would be an understatement. He’s flipped everything we know on its head. Each day is a rollercoaster. Whether we are on an up or a down on this doggy ride, it’s evident [...]

7. Keep on marketing!  permalink

Nowwhatthe.blogspot.com

Today, Casper v Donderen visited me. He wanted to discuss an article he'll be writing for a dutch Linux magazine about Maemo development. We went through the messaging and structure. Of course I'm blogging this to both remind him of the agreed deadline (2nd week of december) and to put on some pressure.

8. What Earth Would Look Like With Rings Like Saturn?  permalink

What Earth Would Look Like With Rings Like Saturn?
Digg.com

What the rings would look like from different cities and latitudes accross the world. It's interesting to imagine how it would effect culture throughout time. It would have influenced religion, mythology, navigation, etc..Personally, I think the blue hue of earth's atmosphere would partly be reflected in the rings.

9. Live - Federer v Verdasco  permalink

Live - Federer v Verdasco
BBC News

World number one Roger Federer takes on Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the opening match of the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

10. The Future of Linux  permalink

Bradford M. White / LXer Linux News

So here we are. Windows 7 launched and it isn't like the whole world changed. We knew it wouldn't. Snow Leopard launched with much less fan fare, but it brought some changes that someone needed to make. A fully 64bit OS that focuses on multi-core technologies as well the disposal of the Power libraries that permeated the Darwin landscape. Windows ...

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Matt Hartley / Linux Fanatics
The Future of Linux Better MP3 Players Than The iPod?   —  Ask any seasoned Linux user, they will tell you immediately there is a world of great MP3 players beyond the limited world of the iPod. Besides the fact that one must hack the hell out of the latest version to get them working, it soon becomes evident that Apple wants little to with Linux. Awesome, I feel the same way STEVE. ;) Look, if you want ...

Timothy / Slashdot
The Future of Linux Microsoft, Other Rivals Slam Google Chrome OS   —  CWmike writes "Microsoft is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS. 'From what was shared, it appears to be in the early stages of development,' a Microsoft spokeswoman said. 'From our perspective, however, our customers are already voicing their approval of the way Windows 7 just works —

11. HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles  permalink

HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo

When it comes to luxury automobiles and pampering its customers Rolls-Royce isn't stopping at specialized purse holders. Nay, they're extending the perks to include HD radio , now standard on all the vehicles they offer. The move makes Rolls-Royce one of only two car manufacturers to offer HD radio standard, the other being Volvo. Audi and ...

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HD Radio Now Standard On All Rolls-Royce Automobiles Cedar Trail Atom in 2011 Gains HD Playback   —  The Cedar View Atom will be a 32nm processor with a new memory controller with DDR3 RAM support and a new graphics core that supports DirectX 10.1 and HD playback support (Blu-ray). There’s also dual digital display support alongside LVDS, eDP, HDMI and DisplayPort. No word on whether there will be performance increases.

12. Associated Press loves fair use  permalink

Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing

The Associated Press, a organization with so little respect for fair use that they expect you to pay for a license to quote as little as five words from its articles, describes how it relied on fair use to do reporting on Sarah Palin's memoir Glowing Rouge: "The AP was determined to get the first copy," Oreskes [a senior managing editor] wrote, ...

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Actually, the AP likes fair use after all   —  At least when it's the AP doing the copying! TPM reports that an internal AP memo explains its fact-checking process on Sarah Palin's new book: "The AP was determined to get the first copy," Oreskes [a senior managing editor] wrote, detailing how the writers learned a store had "inadvertently placed the book on sale five days before its official ...

13. 'Good progress' in Karabakh talks  permalink

'Good progress' in Karabakh talks
BBC News

Azeri and Armenian leaders have made important progress in talks on disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, a mediator says.

14. Weird Science is desperate to shift the blame to somebody... anybody  permalink

Weird Science is desperate to shift the blame to somebody... anybody
Ars Technica

Blamestorming spreads like the plague: It's a typical experience in a large organization: a project has gone bad, and everybody involved looks to find ways to shift responsibility. But that practice is almost certainly self-defeating , according to a paper entitled, "Blame contagion: The automatic transmission of self-serving attributions." If ...

15. 16 Golden Retrievers Teach You About Atoms  permalink

Maggie Koerth-Baker / Boing Boing

I've often found that, when I can't understand a concept in science or math, putting it into pictures will make everything make more sense. It's like magic. Now, none of the visualizations I used as a kid involved a cadre of trained golden retrievers, but maybe that's a flaw the Kansas school system needs to correct. (Thanks, Mark Day!)...

16. Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance  permalink

BJS / Science Blog

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the skin surface trigger a pathway that prevents excessive inflammation after injury.

17. New hydrogen-storage method discovered  permalink

New hydrogen-storage method discovered
BJS / Science Blog

Washington, D.C. -- Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach the hydrogen-storage problem.

18. Setup Ubuntu 9.10 Server PV DomU at Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Fedora 12  permalink

Boris Derzhavets / LXer Linux News

A brief description of Xen 3.4.1 and Libvirt 0.7.1-15 deployment to Fedora 12 follows bellow. Next step is install Ubuntu Karmik Koala Server in HVM DomU with ext4fs image via virt-install. Ubuntu Karmik PV DomU gets loaded via pygrub profile due to Xen Hypervisor has been built on F12 along with e2fsprogs-devel package, what allows to handle PV ...

19. Sunday Giveaway: A Movie Wedge for you, a Movie Wedge for me!  permalink

Sunday Giveaway: A Movie Wedge for you, a Movie Wedge for me!
Www.crunchgear.com

If you ever sit next to me on a plane you will notice that I have a small ritual that I prepare every time I reach cruising altitude. I begin by pulling out my iPod touch and then my Movie Wedge. The Movie Wedge is a little bean bag with a lip for holding up MP3 and video players. That’s it. It’s amazingly great.

20. Luke Wilson's Droppin' Post Cards on Verizon Wireless  permalink

Luke Wilson's Droppin' Post Cards on Verizon Wireless
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo

When I think escalating mega cellphone carrier ad war, I think actor Luke Wilson. Oh wait, no I don't, and yet here he is, again , striking back on behalf of AT&T against Verizon Wireless. Now, good on AT&T for fighting back with more ads and not more silly lawsuits and all, but the Verizon holiday ad lineup is pretty strong, and I don't see ...