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In case it isn't obvious, the url I copied this was "http://mail.google.com/" ^{link »}

Google Gets Honest - Then Changes Mind ha.ckers.org web application security lab

hypocrisy [hi-pok-ruh-see] (n) - when living up to your own standards simply won't do. ^{link »}

Jonathan Ellis's Programming Blog - Spyced: All you ever wanted to know about writing bloom filters

Bloom filters are surprisingly simple: divide a memory area into buckets (one bit per bucket for a standard bloom filter; more -- typically four -- for a counting bloom filter). To insert a key, generate several hashes per key, and mark the buckets for each hash. To check if a key is present, check each bucket; if any bucket is empty, the key was never inserted in the filter. If all buckets are non-empty, though, the key is only probably inserted ^{link »}

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140 Characters » How Twitter Was Born

I think we needed that many rockstars to turn the middling opportunity we had in podcasting into the major opportunity that Twitter has. ^{link »}

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Optoma EP-PK-101 Pico Pocket Projector | Wired.com Product Reviews

the comparatively low light output means any projections from the Pico effectively can only be seen in dark places. This limitation we found a bit ... irritating. Who wants to go through the hassle of locking themselves in a light-sealed room just to watch an episode of 30 Rock ? ^{link »}

Turns out the sweet spot for the projector is between 31 and 72 inches. Anything under that and the picture gets muddled; anything over that and it gets washed out. ^{link »}

it'll have some serious chops as a projector. But for now, its size and shortcomings make it come off like a kid's toy. Albeit the best kid's toy of its kind. Anywhere. ^{link »}

CouchSurfing Deletes Itself, Shuts Down

experienced what could be described as the perfect storm. The database administrators we hired made two critical mistakes. First, we had a major, avoidable hard drive crash. Secondly, the incremental back-ups weren’t executed in the correct manner, and twelve of our most important data files didn’t survive. I have been working non-stop trying to repair the data, but as difficult as it is for me to say, it has become clear that certain essential pieces are not recoverable. ^{link »}

collectiveidea's graticule at master - GitHub

Graticule is a geocoding API for looking up address coordinates and performing distance calculations, supporting many popular APIs. ^{link »}

Twitter / Ryan Tomayko: "require 'rubygems'" is a ...

"require 'rubygems'" is a code smell ... no, it's just always wrong. ^{link »}

http://gist.github.com/54177 ^{link »}

Good riddance to Arrington: Mike, you will not be missed. | from This is going to be BIG! - Comments on New York Tech Community, Startups, Venture Capital and Career Education

So Bush is gone, Arrington is gone... Maybe 2009 is going to be better than we think! ^{link »}