tumble. phil adams.: Archive

yubnub: a (social) command line for the web →

Nov 29th

google translate is very cool →

try hovering your cursor over some of the text on the page…

Nov 29th

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so true...

 The setting is at a tech-talk given by Dr. Gary McGraw, entitled "Exploiting Online Games."
Dr. Gary McGraw: "So how many of you play World of Warcraft?"
 [ A few hands go up in the audience. ]
Dr. Gary McGraw: "Really. That's it...? What kinds of games do you guys play then?"
Random person in the audience: "Cornell."

Nov 29th

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systems software research is irrelevant →

rob pike, member of the original unix team at bell labs explains why he thinks systems software research is drying out. (thanks will)

Nov 29th

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wikipedia's most pointless edit wars →

the images section is especially intriguing, as is the lists section :D (thanks will).

Nov 29th

quicksilver + tumblr →

Nov 29th

amazon's kindle →

“This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere.” Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar’s Poker.

Nov 20th

Nov 19th

the unitarian jihad →

thanks will

Nov 17th

shiftspace →

gonna have to play with this over the winter break… tres cool.

Nov 17th

Nov 16th

another leopard feature: paths.d →

Nov 15th

Nov 12th

upside-down-ternet →

Nov 12th

Nov 9th

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Nov 9th

AlertNow Message

“This is a test of the Cornell Emergency Notification System. This is only a test.” —- now why did my SMS get sent 3 hours later than cam’s? hopefully this is to facilitate testing and such a set-up isn’t to be used for time-sensitive emergencies. can you have a non time-sensitive emergency? global warming if you’re a republican perhaps.

Nov 7th

now i can press F3 to say 'moron!'

hooray for quicksilver triggers and large type.

Nov 6th