Pinboard: bookmarks for amdavidson tagged 'pinboard'

The Business of Bookmarking

A great explanation of the differences in running a bookmarking business rather than the common models in the silicon valley.

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february 2012 by amdavidson

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A Guide to Backing Up Pinboard - Behind Companies

A quick guide on how to back up your pinboard account to a server using curl and crontab.

It also uses ifttt and dropbox to pull the file locally, but I'm just planning on leaving it on the server and using logrotate to cycle a few copies.

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december 2011 by amdavidson

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The True Odds of Airborne Terror Chart - Odds of Airborne Attacks - Gizmodo
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december 2009 by amdavidson

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So Just Where Does All That iPhone Money Go? - Apple - Gizmodo
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december 2009 by amdavidson

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Lawyer Detained Over Twitter
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december 2009 by amdavidson

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Se7en Magazine - Light Graffiti Cars
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november 2009 by amdavidson

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Jon Ronson on telling his son the worst swearword in the world | Life and style | The Guardian

a father tells his son the worst swearword in the world, only to feel extremely guilty about it

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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MAPAL Milling Calculator

CNC Milling Calculator

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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You should follow me on Twitter | Dustin Curtis

An interesting article about the way that phrasing affected the click through percentage on Dustin Curtis's link to twitter

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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Papercraft Self Portrait - Art Portfolio for Eric Testroete

Awesome giant paper head costume. An homage to "Big Head Mode" in classic video games

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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Plug-ins, the Electric Grid and You - KickingTires

If you ask GM or other car brands, PHEV cars are the wave of the near future. It is interesting to read what power companies think of what will happen to the grid should they take off.

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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The medium format camera project

Incredible build log of a man making a medium format (120 film) camera out of largely legos and cardboard.

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto?

Schwarzenegger terminated the state congress with a hidden message created by the first characters in each line of the second and third paragraphs of his letter regarding a veto.

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com

spectacular photos of the lead up to and launch of the Ares I rocket.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Cell Size and Scale - University of Utah

A cool interactive graphic that shows you the relative size of stuff from the size of a coffee bean down to a carbon atom.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Net Neutrality Worst Case - - Gizmodo

Amusing graphic showing what cable providers could/would do if net neutrality laws are not enacted.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Does anyone like 3-D? - Spectator

"For a director who takes himself seriously, to add 3-D would be like a novelist choosing a distracting typeface. The only encouraging aspect of this marketing outrage is that eventually we’ll have more cinemas with better projection. But it still leaves a bitter taste in the throat."

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World - Secret Enemy Hideout

An interesting infographic about the state of American broadband.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Energy Tribune- Understanding E = mc2

Interesting explanation of green energy's limitations as it relates to Einstein's famous E = mc2 equation.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Marco.org - The more I think and learn about the curious...

A standalone monitor with the new iMac’s panel would be perfectly reasonably priced at about $1500. From Dell. Apple’s only charging $200 more than that for theirs, and there’s an entire high-end computer stuck to the back of it.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars reviews Windows 7 - Ars Technica
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october 2009 by amdavidson

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/dev/why!?!: The loss of ZFS

an interesting article on the use (or more accurately non-use) of ZFS in Apple and other desktop systems.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Prius, VW Crush Tesla In Green Car Violence - Jalopnik
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october 2009 by amdavidson

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hotel door hangers collected by my grandfather - Michael Lebowitz

A fascinating collection of "Do not disturb" signs from a man's lifetime of travel. Very interesting to see.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Settings in Snow Leopard | Mac OS X Tips

Some cool settings that you can enable with the terminal that REALLY should be the default.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Positioning Apple - holman runs the voodoo down

interesting article on the way apple manages expectations.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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iSteadii 2.0 - Image Stabilizing Unit
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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Pearls Before Breakfast - washingtonpost.com

An older story about a Washington Post stunt where a famed violinist played a $3.5M violin in the L'Enfant metro station in DC and almost no one noticed.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Chromeography

Wonderful website based on Flickr images of (mostly chrome) logos affixed to autos, appliances, and other goods.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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China celebrates 60 years - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Very interesting images from the Golden Week celebrations for China's 60th week anniversary.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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