// Internet Duct Tape

RSS feeds are like cookies (that are good enough for me). Best of Feeds is a weekly collection of the best stuff I saw on the Internet this week. I post them on Twitter as they happen and then collected together on Saturdays. I don’t blog on the weekend so read these links instead.

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• [FIREFOX] Programming: How to build a Firefox extension
  (lifehacker.com, 676 saves, 81 inbound links, 1195 diggs)
  • Maybe I should start trying proper extensions instead of Greasemonkey scripts.
  • (Firefox, programming, extensions, tutorial)
• [CODE] LOLCODE - lolcatz the programming language
  (lolcode.com, 380 saves, 100 inbound links, 37 diggs)
  • I can’t believe I can read and understand this language.
  • (programming, geek, humor, code, lolcode, lolcats)
• [BOOKS] Nina Katchadourian - Sorted Books
  (ninakatchadourian.com, 141 saves, 86 inbound links, 23 diggs)
  • Art project that sorted book titles into poetry/stories.
  • (art, book)
• [CODE/BOOKS] The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0]
  (and-still-i-persist.com, 139 saves, 21 inbound links)
  • The Art of Software online e-book. Was originally printed as a book in 1995, now out of print.
  • (development, management, book)
• [BLOG] 17 Firefox Extensions That Make Blogging Easy
  (lifehack.org, 118 saves, 14 inbound links, 25 diggs)
  • (firefox, blogging, tools)
• [STARTUPS] Startup Search. Directory of web technology startups.
  (startupsearch.org, 85 saves, 73 inbound links)
  • Source of information about new companies.
  • (web2.0, startup, directory)
• [CODE] Pimp My Code, Part 14: Be Inflexible!
  (wilshipley.com, 61 saves, 15 inbound links, 4 diggs)
  • Don’t worry about corner cases until they’re a real problem.
  • (programming, development, code)
• [FATBLOGGING] Physics Diet
  (physicsdiet.com, 51 saves, 100 inbound links, 2 diggs)
  • Web based tool to go with the Hacker’s Diet
  • (Diet, health, Fitness, weightloss)
• [CODE] The Best Code is No Code At All
  (codinghorror.com, 47 saves, 32 inbound links, 3 diggs)
  • Do things in the least amount of code as possible. Only add the features that are absolutely necessary.
  • (programming, development, code)
• [LIFEHACK] How to keep cookies fresh
  (megnut.com, 31 saves, 27 inbound links)
  • I eat a lot of cookies, so this is very important to me. The same tricks for brown sugar works for cookies. Stick in a slice of apple or a fresh piece of bread.
  • (cooking, cookies, lifehacks, food)
• [GOOG] Google now owns FeedBurner
  (blogs.feedburner.com, 23 saves, 100 inbound links, 7 diggs)
  • Official announcement about Google buying FeedBurner
  • (google, feedburner, RSS)
• [BLOG] Networking within your Blog Niche
  (doshdosh.com, 23 saves, 21 inbound links, 14 diggs)
  • A friend asked me how to promote his blog/cartoon… I told him it was all about networking.
  • (networking, blogging, niche)
• [LOLMEME] Roll Your Own LOL, Not Just For Cats Anymore
  (laughingsquid.com, 23 saves, 17 inbound links, 15 diggs)
  • Break down of all the diverging lolmemes going around.
  • (humor, LOL, lolcats, culture, geek)
• [TWITTER] Twitter / timer
  (twitter.com, 20 saves, 37 inbound links)
  • Twitter bot for timed reminders.
  • (twitter, timer)
• [PSYCH] Lessons about dehumanization and technology from a man living under the gun
  (networkperformancedaily.com, 18 saves, 21 inbound links, 1841 diggs)
  • Art installation where you can shoot an Arabic man with a paint gun over the Internet. But will you? Can you cross the cogitative dissidence that there’s another person on the other side?
  • (politics, psychology, paintball)
• [MOVIES] Stars Wars: Where Are They Now?(30 years later)
  (recentworld.com, 10 saves, 4 inbound links, 31 diggs)
  • Very good recap of the original Star Wars cast, with then and now photos.
  • (wars, star, photos, movies, starwars)
• [ITUNES] Return of the Wildly Popular iTunes Backup Application, Now DIY
  (uneasysilence.com, 4 saves, 6 inbound links, 1 diggs)
  • Bandwagon lets you backup your iTunes for $24/year + Amazon S3 storage/transfer costs. If you have a small collection, fairly cheap… if you have a big collection then buy an external hard drive.
  • (bandwagon, itunes)
• [PROGRAMMABLE WEB] Everything is Open - What a PITA (and what opportunities)
  (techsoapbox.com, , 5 diggs)
  • Everything has an API, which means in order to succeed on the net you should be EVERYWHERE.
  • (api, programmable, web2.0)
• [FATBLOGGING] Does Keeping Up Mean Staying Home?
  (douglaskarr.com, )
  • Why do tech people ignore everything non-tech? Good discussion in the comments.
  • (technology, life, balance)
• [OTTAWA] Café Scientifique
  (cafescientifique.ca, )
  • Café Scientifique is a meetup to discuss issues in science.
  • (ottawa, science)
• [SMO] 8 More New-ish Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic)
  (tropicalseo.com, 8 inbound links, 2 diggs)
  • A couple of other sites to try other than digg
  • (smo, socialsoftware)

Legend

• saves - number of people who bookmarked on http://del.icio.us
• inbound links - number of blogs who linked to it (max 100)
• diggs - number of people who dugg on http://digg.com

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