linkdump for 29 June 2010
Hulu Plus Brings Streaming TV Virtually Everywhere – PCWorld Hulu launched a preview of a new $9.99 monthly subscription service called Hulu Plus that will bring the site’s TV content to popular Web-connected devices so you can take your TV on-the-go, or enjoy it from the comfort of your living room. The service supports 720p high-definition streaming, and will work across computers, TVs, mobile phones, and tablets. Open Library lending digital books This just in. The Open Library, you know that awesome website with the terrific design and great dataviz options, is lending digital books to anyone whose library has a working relationship with OverDrive. Gary Price explains more with links for further reading. I am very curious to see if a library...
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BBC News – Bionic feet for amputee cat Shared by cygnoir The video made me all teary! Amazing. (thanks, vicster) A cat that had its back feet severed by a combine harvester has been given two prosthetic limbs in a pioneering operation by a UK vet. Roasted Garlic Spoonbread Slow Cooker Recipe The garlic roasts inside the cornbread, creating a moist and savory side dish. Digest powered by RSS...
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~ Operation Squeegee – July 1st to 15th ~ Shared by cygnoir One of the many reasons why I love Second Life is fundraising responses like this one. Second Life fundraiser for the National Wildlife Federation. This is to help recovery from the ongoing oil-spill in the gulf coast ecosystem. Currently seeking volunteers of all kinds to contribute! Codpiece Johnson Demands Your Vote Shared by cygnoir Via Hawk. I had to go with “scandalously accordioned”. Pick your favorite two-word phrase. The top three phrases will end up in the upcoming Codpiece Johnson short story. How will you vote? Will you vote to challenge me? Will you vote to sate your own curiosity? Will you vote to throw a softball? To see what I’ll do with a delicious bit of...
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daily linkdump for 26 June 2010
New items for 26 June 2010: Google Reader: YouTube – Star Trek: Tik Tok, Fear must be conquered, not banished – life – 25 June 2010 – New Scientist
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On Tuesday, I was looking for writing prompts, so I went to my Formspring page and poked the auto-question-asker. It asked me, “If you had the opportunity to live one year of your life over again, which year would you choose?” I probably should not have thought about it as much as I have. That way lies madness, etc. But I did. I do. Part of being me, I suppose. Choosing the year was not difficult for me at all, but I wanted to understand why I had chosen it. So: 2003. I would live it over again. I would live it over again because it was the most emotionally bizarre, raw, clumsy year, and I could have handled it so much better than I did. To recap 2003 for you, in no order at all: I lived on my own in a small room in a house; I fluctuated between single...
Read Moredaily linkdump for 24 June 2010
New items for 24 June 2010: Flickr: , , , and 2 more… Google Reader: Libraries report increased use of e-government, job resources; reduced operating hours | American Libraries Magazine This is nothing we don’t already know, but now there is a national report to back up the...
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I apologize to everyone for the spamming that occurred while I was struggling to sleep last night. Everything extraneous should be deleted now, and my RSS feed should return to normal shortly. To be clear, it is not Brizzly that caused the spam — it is Delicious. I have Delicious set up to post my links to cygnoir.net once a day. (cygnoir.net also cross-posts to LiveJournal.) It has done this for many months with no incident. In the middle of the night, Delicious decided on its own to start posting every half-hour, thus spamming my Facebook friends, my LiveJournal friends, and anyone subscribed to my RSS feed. Fantastic. For some reason, I cannot delete the setting on Delicious, so I’ve contacted their support team and I’ve changed...
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Brizzly I can't believe I haven't bookmarked this before. Brizzly aggregates your Twitter and Facebook accounts into one simple web interface. (App available for iPhone, too.) I would use Brizzly more often if the pages loaded faster, but it sure is pretty. (tags: twitter facebook interface)
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