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Living Room / Tower Defence: Flash Game of the Day
« Last post by KenR on December 18, 2006, 10:07 PM »
Here's a fun little game for you to relax a bit with. Enjoy it.

This game is based on the popular Warcraft3 "Element Tower Defence" and the Starcraft Turret Defence" gameplay. The object of the game is to prevent the hordes (waves) of monsters from getting to the castle by building element towers near the path.

Your menu is located at the bottom of your screen. You can choose from a number of different elements to build towers from. When you click on a tower that has been build, the build menu becomes an upgrade menu, allowing you to make towers stronger.

The monsters will spawn (appear) every 20 seconds. Their health will be multiplied by 1.25 with every wave. If your towers fail to kill the monsters, and they do get to the castle, a civilian of your castle will die. When all your civilians die, the game is over.

Every game experience is different every time you play depending on the position, elements, and the upgrades you choose for your towers.

The creator of this game scored 90. Can you beat that? Click "Start" to start the game.

Many new changes in this version:
-Added teh "Tower Range" variable
-The Flower Tower is a bit slower to attack
-Fixed almost All Bugs and Added Quality Adjustment Button


from www.stumbleupon.com
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Living Room / Brief History of Home Video Game Consoles
« Last post by KenR on December 18, 2006, 09:50 PM »
Here is a great photographic history of video game consoles.

The Magnavox Odyssey is the first home video game console, predating the Atari PONG home consoles by three years. The Odyssey was designed by Ralph Baer, who had a working prototype finished by 1968. This prototype is affectionately known as the "Brown Box" to classic video game hobbyists. Unlike most video game consoles, the Odyssey is analog rather than digital, which makes its invention all the more amazing in spite of its rather crude graphics and controller responsiveness. Also, unlike any conventional console today, this system was powered by batteries. The Odyssey and its variants also lack sound capability (hence a silent console), which was not uncommon in early PONG systems of that era...


from www.stumbleupon.com
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Developer's Corner / Dos and Don'ts for Entrepreneurs, from those who SHOULD know ...
« Last post by KenR on December 18, 2006, 09:42 PM »
You can also download audio file or listen to by clicking on the speaker at the top of the site.

Fortune 500 companies claim to be "entrepreneurial," as do charities and government agencies. Members of many Washington think tanks dub themselves "policy entrepreneurs." Even children who mow lawns and run lemonade stands get the "entrepreneur" label. 

But as the term has come into wide use, its meaning has gradually eroded, leaving open the question of who entrepreneurs really are and what distinguishes their ventures from conventional ones. After all, a startup can look a lot like a regular old small business. The recent 2006 Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference, organized by the school's Entrepreneurship Club, took on this issue, inviting a group of, well, entrepreneurs to discuss their backgrounds and business philosophies and offer advice to those interested in taking the plunge.


from alex3f
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Living Room / 2nd Annual 2006 Reader's Choice Awards for Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs
« Last post by KenR on December 18, 2006, 06:27 PM »
The award selection process for the MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) is now down to the finalists. Now is the time to vote if you want your's to count.

Late last month, we released open voting across seven categories to secure our nominees for the 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. The votes are in and now it's time to pick the winner. In each of the seven categories, we took the most significant vote-getters from each category as chosen by you the fans.

Here are our seven categories:

    * Favorite Graphics: Won last year by EVE Online, this category was open to all games on the market, but only two survived the first round of voting.

    * Favorite PvE: World of Warcraft was selected by our readers last year as their Favorite PvE Experience. Do they have what it takes to retain the crown? This category, again, was open to all games in commercial service, but again, only two made it to the finals.

    * Favorite PvP: EVE Online was your favorite PvP experience last year. Did a year change anything? Once again, two made it to the last round..

    * Favorite Story: The Saga of Ryzom pulled off an upset victory last year. Now, with the Ryzom Ring can they retain their crown as the favorite world/role-playing/backstory of any released MMORPG on our list? Three games challenge.

    * Most Anticipated: Open to all games that have yet to launch, last year's winner Dungeons and Dragons Online has hit the market. Who will take home the crown this year? An amazing six games will duke it out.

    * Favorite New Game: This category is from a list of games that launched to commercial service in 2006 and is the only new category in this year's awards. Who, if anyone, deserves the crown?

    * Favorite Game: Finally, from among those games on the market, what is your favorite MMORPG? Last year, the voters said EVE. Will it be them or a challenger with the trophy?

Based on your votes, we will release the names of the winners in each category later this month. Each of the nominees represents one of the top vote getters in the preliminary round of voting. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order. If a game is not nominated for a category, it means it did not receive enough votes to qualify from the original round. To qualify, a game must have received over 10% of the initial vote.

To vote, click on the links above or simply scroll through the next seven pages.


from www.stumbleupon.com
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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Understanding Burnout - The Last Part of a 3-Part Essay
« Last post by KenR on December 18, 2006, 06:03 PM »
Here is a very informative, lengthy essay on avoiding Burnout exhaustion. Read up on it - the test is tomorrow at ... (just kidding!) KR

Real leadership isn't an instant activity any more than a healthy diet is a hamburger, fries and a large soda...How to Get Out of the Hole You’ve Dug Yourself...
Quick Summary: This is the third and final part of a three-part posting on burnout. Part 1 was posted last Thursday. Part 2 appeared on Friday. Today’s segment looks at ways of coping with potential or actual burnout, wherever you may be on the burnout curve, or (better still) preventing the problem occurring at all.
It’s worth repeating the image of the “Burnout Curve” that went with the first segment of this posting. It’s a downward slide into misery, depression, and eventual collapse. Depression is never something to be taken lightly, since it can be a serious medical condition, so I’ve marked a point on this chart suggesting that when things have gone from bad to worse, and then even further down the slope, you should seek competent medical advice and support. Don’t try self-diagnosis or treatment of depression. People end up as suicides that way.

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Living Room / Social Networking Awards 2006
« Last post by KenR on December 18, 2006, 11:07 AM »
The awards are presented by Mashable and sponsored by Photobucket. Potential nominees for these awards are: ComicSpace, Stu.dicio.us, BikeSpace, Bandwagon. Enjoy! KR

ComicSpace: Launched on December 5th, this “MySpace for Comics” claims to have 6,200 users today. Users can create a profile, upload a photo, build a network of friends and tag themselves. However, the two unique features - adding your favorite comics and uploading your own artwork - aren’t yet live, and the site itself feels very basic. That said, the feedback on ComicSpace profiles and around the blogosphere is extremely positive: it seems they’ve tapped into an unmet need (geeks love comics - who would have thought?). For now, users are mainly taking advantage of ComicSpace by posting links to their own comic sites, but if they improve the feature set they might actually get some traction.

Stu.dicio.us is a simple social note-taking service for students. Take notes, organize your classes using the scheduler, log your grades, upload files, create a to-do list and find shared notes from your school. If you’re a Facebook user (and most students are), they also allow you to quickly add your Facebook friends.

BikeSpace: Judging by the number of nominations they’ve received, these guys have been rallying the troops (nothing wrong with that!). This “MySpace for Bikes” began as a graduate thesis project and launched in November. It lets you upload a photo of your bike, add your favorite cycling routes, keep a journal, join groups, receive comments and build a network of friends. BikeSpace is fairly simplistic right now, but it’s an interesting idea.

Bandwagon: A neat music community - essentially MySpace Music for the UK market. Bandwagon is a really nice attempt with customizable profile pages, playlists, comments, reviews, forums and networks of friends. Bands have their own pages, too. The best feature: a really neat music player to embed on your MySpace page or your blog (see MySpace music players for more of these). However, Bebo is already a hit on the UK’s music scene, and MySpace is also strong - it remains to be seen whether Bandwagon can carve out a niche.

If you haven’t nominated yet, head over to the nominations post and leave a comment. And if you’re a startup looking to be included, don’t forget to post a “Nominate Us” button to your blog.

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Developer's Corner / Instant Domain Search as you Type
« Last post by KenR on December 17, 2006, 07:50 PM »
It doesn't get any easier than this -> Instant checking of domain name availability as you type!

Saved Searches: Press Ctrl+S (or ⌘S in Safari) to save your search. The saved searches are not stored in a cookie or sent to the server. If you reload the page or visit another site, this list may disappear.


from http://insignificantthoughts.com
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Developer's Corner / RoundedCornr: Web Rounded Corner and Gradient Generator
« Last post by KenR on December 16, 2006, 09:45 PM »
A page with tons of tools for making the hotest rounded corners for your web page designs. The author requests a donation if you use the tools.

While other people claim to eat their own dog food, we at RoundedCornr only claim to eat our own ramen. (We have standards, you know...) This site was decorated with images and code generated from the site itself; Photoshop was used only once, for creating the RoundedCornr logo at the top of the page.

The images and code generated by RoundedCornr are inspired by several sources. Techniques for creating a basic box with rounded corners have been spotted at a number of places. The one we used for the Basic RoundedCornr is based on Chapter 24 of O'Reilly's Web Design in a Nutshell by Jennifer Niederst Robbins. You can find essentially the same technique explained at ...


from http://delicious.com

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General Software Discussion / Office Tools and a Music Player - Right in your Browser?!
« Last post by KenR on December 16, 2006, 02:55 AM »
here's an Ajax-based office suite that runs directly in your browser

ajaxWrite is a web-based word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word and other open standard document formats. With the look and feel similar to Microsoft Word, ajaxWrite provides a powerful yet familiar and easy-to-use word processing environment ... ajaxSketch is a web-based drawing tool that handles the SVG format natively. With a familiar drawing interface, ajaxSketch allows you to create and edit complex SVG images that are easily imported into Microsoft Visio, Adobe Illustrator, Inksape, Macromedia Freehand, and other SVG capable programs ... The ajaxXLS viewer and editor allow you to create and edit Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice spreadsheets. The ajaxXLS familiar and easy-to-use interface allows you to handle all your basic spreadsheet needs directly from your browser ...


from http://www.realtechnews.com
560
Living Room / StumbleUpon Launches StumbleVideo
« Last post by KenR on December 14, 2006, 10:28 AM »
I just hope the videos are as good as the websites have been!

Just after midnight EST (about now), StumbleUpon will lift the embargo on StumbleVideo, a service that automatically finds videos matching your interests. The site doesn’t require the StumbleUpon toolbar - you can simply watch videos pulled from MySpace Video, Google Video and YouTube, clicking on the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” to show whether you liked the clip. Once you’ve rated, click “Stumble!” to move to the next video; think of it as Hot or Not for videos.

The service logs all your ratings in the “history” section, and you can register with StumbleUpon to have that data saved in your account. Just like Pandora or Last.fm, StumbleVideo uses your ratings to find more videos you might like, and it also allows you to email a link to your friends...

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Living Room / BowMaster: Prelude - Flash Game of the Day
« Last post by KenR on December 13, 2006, 02:40 PM »
We featured the original Bowmaster game a long time ago and thought were very impressed by it. That was around the time of the "great fish game disaster of '06" if I recall correctly. KR :)

Your kingdom is under attack! Defend against the incoming invading Trev'Ghar -- an evil medieval army attempting to eradicate your peaceful civilization. You are armed with a legendary bow and can use a variety of spells and different types of magical arrows to defeat your enemy. Use strategy to prioritize your targets and exploit their weaknesses. You'll even be able to summon allied units to help you in battle! The war has just begun and the odds are against you but once again the time has come for you to be The BowMaster...


from www.jayisgames.com
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General Software Discussion / Microsoft Confirms Another Word Zero-Day Flaw
« Last post by KenR on December 13, 2006, 02:28 PM »
Someone targeting Microsoft...Now there's a first!

...Microsoft's security response center has confirmed that a second zero-day vulnerability in its Word software program is being targeted by unknown attackers.

The latest flaw comes just days after the software maker issued a security advisory to warn customers against opening Word documents from untrusted sources. The two vulnerabilities are entirely unrelated.

The flaws were discovered during actual code execution attacks against select targets and highlight the Redmond, Wash., vendor's struggle to cope with gaping holes in one of its most widely used products.

According to a US-CERT advisory, the latest bug is a memory corruption issue that occurs when a Word file is rigged with malformed data structures. No other details were made available.

Microsoft has not yet issued a formal prepatch advisory but, in a blog entry, Security Program Manager Scott Deacon listed affected software versions as Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003 and the Word Viewer 2003.

He said Microsoft Word 2007 is not affected by the second vulnerability...

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Best E-mail Client / Re: How to accurately block junk mail? (The Bat and other clients also)
« Last post by KenR on December 11, 2006, 01:32 PM »
Hey Superboyac,

It sounds like some of the mail that you are getting is pretty similar to what I get. I have been using AntiSpamSniper for the Bat (http://www.antispamsniper.com)with good success. At first, I wasn't getting any benefit. The developers told me a couple of things to change though and now it catches most of the junk by far. Good Luck!

Ken
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General Software Discussion / Re: Holiday Seasonal Software discounts — links here!
« Last post by KenR on December 10, 2006, 09:12 PM »
He sure does Mouser. But I am still a hard core Directory Opus fan. Directory Opus Forever!

Ken
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Living Room / Best Free and Pay FTP Client
« Last post by KenR on December 10, 2006, 09:06 PM »
Now that we have discussed what FTP clients people like and use the most, I was wondering what free FTP server people thought was "best" and what pay FTP server people thought was "best".

Thanks, Ken
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Living Room / Re: Best Freeware FTP client?
« Last post by KenR on December 10, 2006, 09:03 PM »
After reviewing all the apps discussed here, I strongly agree with Imtrobin and believe that SmartFTP is "The Best" free FTP client is SmartFTP (free for personal use and educational settings - pay for commercial use). I was surprised to conclude this because I usually agree with the DC gang. However, other software sites and software distributors I reviewed consistently rated SmartFTP higher than FileZilla as well.

Ken
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Developer's Corner / Firebug: Web development tools that integrate with Firefox
« Last post by KenR on December 08, 2006, 11:22 AM »
Here are some cool web development tools that integrate with Firefox. If you develop websites you might what to check it out.

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Just the way you like it

Firebug is always just a keystroke away, but it never gets in your way. You can open Firebug in a separate window, or as a bar at the bottom of your browser. Firebug also gives you fine-grained control over which websites you want to enable it for.

Learn more
Inspect and edit HTML

Firebug makes it simple to find HTML elements buried deep in the page. Once you've found what you're looking for, Firebug gives you a wealth of information, and lets you edit the HTML live...


from http://tech.cybernetnews.com/
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Living Room / Word Snap: Flash Game of the Day
« Last post by KenR on December 08, 2006, 11:12 AM »
Kind of like a puzzle, but create words rather than placing based on shape.

Word Snap is a word puzzle game that is very easy to play. Use the mouse to combine the bricks on the board so that they form complete words. When you find two matching bricks, click and drag one of them to the other, and the two will snap together!

To give you a hint on where to start, you can look at the top of the screen to see what category the words belong to. To get a new puzzle, click on the "New Category" button at the bottom of the screen!


from http://flash.plasticthinking.org/
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Living Room / Microsoft Issues Word Zero-Day Attack Alert
« Last post by KenR on December 07, 2006, 05:38 PM »
Important alert issued from Microsoft...

Microsoft on Dec. 5 warned that an unpatched vulnerability in its Word software program is being used in targeted, zero-day attacks.

A security advisory from the Redmond, Wash., company said the flaw can be exploited if a user simply opens a rigged Word document.

Affected software versions include Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word Viewer 2003, Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Word 2004 v. X for Mac. The Microsoft Works 2004, 2005 and 2006 suites are also affected because they include Microsoft Word.

PointerFor advice on how to secure your network and applications, as well as the latest security news, visit Ziff Davis Internet's Security IT Hub.

There are no pre-patch workarounds available. Microsoft suggests that users "not open or save Word files," even from trusted sources. "As a best practice, users should always exercise extreme caution when opening unsolicited attachments from both known and unknown sources," the company said.

Users who have installed and are using the Office Document Open Confirmation Tool for Office 2000 will be prompted with Open, Save or Cancel before a file is opened. This offers a minor warning mechanism for Word users.

eWEEK Special Report: Securing Windows

The high-risk alert comes exactly one week before the company's scheduled December Patch Tuesday, but there is no word yet from Microsoft on the timing of its fix for Word.

PointerClick here to read about zero-day attacks against Microsoft Office Excel.

The MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) has activated its incident response process, which includes coordination with anti-virus and security vendors and the creation of a software update. According to the advisory, Microsoft may consider an out-of-cycle patch if necessary...

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Living Room / DonorsChoose: Pick a Project You Want to Fund
« Last post by KenR on December 05, 2006, 05:33 PM »
Here's an interesting and novel way for you to give (i.e., spend your money) this holiday season.

DonorsChoose is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.

Proposals range from "Magical Math Centers" ($200) to "Big Book Bonanza" ($320), to "Cooking Across the Curriculum" ($1,100). Any individual can search such proposals by areas of interest, learn about classroom needs, and choose to fund the project(s) they find most compelling. In completing a project, donors receive a feedback package of student photos and thank-you notes, a teacher impact letter, and an expenditure report showing that their tax-deductible gift was spent as directed.


from http://www.kk.org/index.php
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Living Room / Nine Ways to Combat Spam
« Last post by KenR on December 05, 2006, 05:26 PM »
Here are some good pragmatic suggestions for our "constant battle".

Anyone with an inbox nowadays knows that email spam is a real and serious problem. Luckily there are a number of techniques you can employ to contain this phenomenon and decrease the amount of junk mail you receive.

Address munging

Spammers harvest email addresses using bots that surf the Net in search of email addresses. If an email address is hidden somehow when it's published on the Web, a bot may miss it. Address munging is the process of hiding or disguising an address. For instance, you can write an address like this: name [AT] domain [DOT] com, or create an image that displays the address, or write the address in ASCII characters. For example, when you put @ in the HTML code, the browser translates it to @.

Content-based filters

Once the spammers have your email address, the fight moves to your mail server and inbox. A simple approach to reducing spam is to filter each message's content. With content filters, the body of the message is scanned in search of trigger words, such as Viagra or free money. If one or more of these keys are found, the message is marked as spam. In some implementations you don't have a "spam/not spam" identification but instead a score (the higher the score is, the higher the chance the message is spam), so one can customize the system a little.

The main disadvantage of this method is that spammers often misspell words or hide them to avoid recognition. Moreover, using a large list of trigger words can increase the number of false positive cases ...

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Living Room / Geek 4 Sale: Geek Bloggers and Interns Wanted
« Last post by KenR on December 05, 2006, 05:15 PM »
Now, I know just what you're thinking: " Ken ... you're perfect ... you do this all the time ..." Well, just forget it!!! Oh yeah and that geek DOES NOT look like me!!!

The Geeks need help expanding our “For Geeks Network”. We are in need of bloggers looking for revenue sharing opportunities as well as interns looking for media experience, industry contacts and have a passion for all things technology related.

If you are interested, send in a two or three paragraph introduction and description of the type of blog you are interested in, and why you’d like to join the Geek crew. Also, if you have articles or blog entries related to our “Geek” theme, send us a sample or two.

We will work with bloggers to create an appropriate “For Geek Network” site giving you an unfiltered voice (minus the F-bombs!). The Geeks bring cross promotional traffic from our other sites in our network to the table as well as revenue sharing.

Interns will be featured on our list of blogs by being able to write and post their own articles. Ideal skills include: research, writing, proofreading, PR, finding breaking news, quirky tech info, and getting us mentioned on all the blogs and websites possible. Sound like experience you want? Sound like you? Come join us!


from http://www.realtechnews.com/
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General Software Discussion / Kalendra: Organizing The Dreams, Events, & Memories Of Your Life
« Last post by KenR on December 04, 2006, 12:33 PM »
Here's a cool calendar program to help you pack more into your day. I know - no thanks are necessary!

Cool Features:
# Free multimedia calendar and personal organizer
# Easily import your data from Outlook
# Easily create personal photo theme packs
# Easily create voice notes and diary voice entries
# Easily send photo albums to your friends and relatives
# Surprise your friends and family with photograms/videograms
# Easily switch between different photo theme packs
# Synchronize your data with Google Calendar
# Instant messaging for added convenience
# And much more...!


from http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld
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Developer's Corner / ACNP Software: Anti Cut and Past Software
« Last post by KenR on December 04, 2006, 12:13 PM »
This product will help you determine whether others have copied sections of your code into their program. Believe it or not, people don't really tend to steal my code :)

...The modern software industry has a tradition of copying and pasting source code. This is the single most widely distributed method of producing less-than-perfect programs. Thousands of large and expensive projects contain literally millions of identical or nearly identical fragments of code costing millions of dollars per year for additional support and maintenance. Enter AntiCutAndPaste!

AntiCutAndPaste is designed to search for text fragments that have been copied and pasted in programming language source code or plain text. It is tested on sources from large C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, Java, and C# projects. AntiCutAndPaste will yield surprising results not only with publicly available sources (samples) but also with your own projects (awards). AntiCutAndPaste takes little time to download and is fast and easy to use. Don't hesitate to try it...


from http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld
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Living Room / Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren't Reading
« Last post by KenR on December 04, 2006, 11:28 AM »
Well, the title is absolutely right, at least about me not reading these blogs or even having heard of them. See if you are familiar with them.

Every year around this time, I attempt to summarize what's been happening online by publishing my list of the best blogs of the year [2002, 2003, 2004]. But I abruptly stopped last year because the list had become annoyingly redundant. Yes, dear blogosphere, after only six (or so) years of existence, you already have your canon, created either through fiat, power laws, or meritocracy -- you decide!

Sure, new sites break through (such as Techcrunch and Valleywag did this year), but a glance at the Technorati 100 shows that things aren't really that different than they were a few years ago. So do you really need me to prattle on about the significance of Kottke and Waxy, Romenesko and Gawker, Engadget and Scoble? I think not. Instead, this year I've gathered 30 blogs that you perhaps aren't reading.

Caveat: no human on the planet is qualified to do this, and the 500 blogs that I follow probably represents how many blogs are created in a second.1 On the other hand, this is not a list of esoteric blogs that you'll smirk at and never read again. I actually read all of these, because I think they're great.

And finally, please add your under-appreciated blog suggestions in the comments. Because really, aren't the overlooked ones the reason we're all here anyway? ...


from http://www.dashes.com/anil/
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