“A great composite picture of flights leaving an airport.”

Worthless for any location outside the US.

““On advice of legal counsel, this article is unavailable to readers of nytimes.com in Britain””

“Online worlds collide as Second Life fans and Flickr spar over how to handle screenshots on the popular photo-sharing site.”

“These cool-looking contact lenses were manufactured by a German optician, Stephanie Berndt, to celebrate the forthcoming football World Cup.”

“Iens Independent Index, uitgever van restaurantgidsen, is een protestactie begonnen tegen de aanleg van een ‘fastfoodstrip’ nabij een kantorenpark in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Dat liet de uitgeverij woensdag weten. “

“(…) here are a few shots of that new building in Harajuku that I’ve been so curious about.”

“My home in SL now sports a simple picture frame. Touch it and it looks up your avatar name to see what your favourite Flickr tag is, picks a random picture with that tag from Flickr and displays it on its surface.”

“Why not create a video game that’s playable inside Second Life?”

“This tiny windswept island nation of 300,000 people has undergone one of the fastest, fizziest economic transformations in the world in recent years – one that is on par with the expansion enjoyed by many of the world’s fastest-growing emerging markets.”

“The plug-in provides support for uploading images or directories of images to flickr.”

De Schinkeleilanden met de Museumtramlijn

“I admit that it’s ugly as sin. Every bit of empty space in our lives is slowly being taken over by ads, so why would I want even more? “

“I say it’s never been a better time to start a business.”

“Why is everyone so happy in Silicon Valley again? A new wave of start-ups are cashing in on the next stage of the Internet. And this time, it’s all about … you.”

Interview with Tim Berners-Lee.

“The wait is over, kids. Ethan Schoonover has just released his .83 version of Kinkless GTD, and, brother, does it ever bring it.”

“De hond zit al te lang in zijn hok. “

“a plainly understandable articulation of Flickr’s vision”

“Laten we een tele-VOC starten die talent gaat koppelen en bundelen hier en vanuit de wijde wereld. Hiermee bieden we toptalenten meer kans dan jarenlang bestuurlijk touwtrekken over Europese top instituten zoals MIT.”

“The downtown core of big cities across the Americas, Europe and Asia are the cultural pulse and economic engines of urban regions where millions of people live. “

“Hoewel de directe effecten op de economie – denk aan extra consumptie in de horeca – klein zijn, kunnen goede prestaties op het veld indirect wel degelijk een economie stimuleren.”

“Van alle Amsterdamse fietsen die worden gestolen, wordt na intensieve controles 0,68 procent teruggevonden. Preventie tegen diefstal helpt echter wel.”

“In the new show, Chef is brainwashed by the “Super Adventure Club” – thought to be a veiled reference to Scientology.”

“Flickr Backup is a utility that allows you to download the pictures you have uploaded to Flickr back down to your computer for personal backup or restore.”

“American’s increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn’t extend to those who don’t believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota’s department of sociology.”

“A new jet engine design able to fly seven times the speed of sound is to be test fired over Australia on Friday.”

“So this will be around for a few years. What happens if YOU die?”

“Sir, you dropped something! is one of the entries of Positive Alarm, an open call to designers to send statements, products and projects that turn something negative into a positive message or solution.”

“It is a recent shot of a snowflake that’s been sitting in chemist Tryggvi Emilsson’s desk for 27 years, locked in a drop of that miracle of modern chemistry we call superglue. “

“London, Paris and New York are dying – the 21st century belongs to the fertile chaos of the third-world metropolis. Rana Dasgupta heralds the arrival of an alternative vision of modernity”

“It is difficult to think about torture honestly.”

Howto: second life

“The Last Minute Blog has posted a tutorial for using an Automator action to upload images from your desktop to Flickr via the right click context menu.”

“Can you set up a Mac so that if it is stolen, you can easily erase the contents of its hard drive from a remote location if the stolen Mac is connected to the internet?”

“If you’re looking for a one-stop-shop for free learning links, this thread is a good place to start. They’ve listed journals, papers, textbooks, podcasts, videos and more on a wide variety of topics. And, via the comments, the list keeps growing.”