// Internet Duct Tape

This is my weekly collection of the best stuff I saw on the Internet. You can follow this list of links as I post them on Friend Feed or on Twitter. Or you can get the weekly update by subscribing to Internet Duct Tape using RSS or using email.

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• [BLOGGING] Zemanta - First Impress Review, problogger.net
  • Blogging software plugin that automatically suggests links and videos.
• [CODE] Why hackers FLOSS, blog.milkingthegnu.org
  • Thoughts on motivating IT workers based on why people contribute open source code.
• [CSS] Timelapse CSS, matthewbuchanan.name
  • Javascript for playing CSS rendering in slow motion.
• [FRIENDFEED] Blame FriendFeed, techcrunch.com
  • Not sure what to make of this. Vaguely entertaining.
• [FRIENDFEED] How To Find FriendFeed Rooms With Google, andybeard.eu
  • Google query to search for public rooms
• [FRIENDFEED] Keep Your Eyes On FriendFeed: It May Be The Google Of Social Networks, webomatica.com
  • Why Jason things Friend Feed is one of the social apps to watch for 2008
• [GOOGLE] goosh.org - the unofficial google shell., goosh.org, via:news.ycombinator.com
  • unix-like shell for google search in the web browser
• [JAVASCRIPT] Announcing AJAX Libraries API: Speed up your Ajax apps with Google’s infrastructure, ajaxian.com
  • This is pretty huge for webdevs. You can let Google handle your jquery, prototype, etc libraries.
• [JAVASCRIPT] Vote! How to Detect the Social Sites Your Visitors Use, azarask.in, via:news.ycombinator.com
  • Uses the same CSS hack I use for one of my Greasemonkey scripts to intelligently sense which social sites a visitor uses.
• [LIFEHACKS] An Engineer’s Guide To Weight Loss, teddziuba.com
  • The simple and to the point guide to not being a fat ass engineer.
• [LIFEHACKS] How to Recycle Electronics and Get Cash Back, friedbeef.com
  • I might have to try this out as I downsize my garage
• [SLEEPHACKS] Easy way to reset your sleep cycle: Stop eating, parentingsquad.com, via:news.ycombinator.com
  • Temporarily adjusting your diet can be a quick way to ensure when you’ll wake up.
• [WEB2.0] Scaling Fast, lukasbiewald.com
  • Scaling your web app when you’re linked to by the most trafficked page on the internet.
• [WEB2.0] StikiPad - When software in the cloud goes sour, mentalized.net, via:news.ycombinator.com
  • Good reminder — only use web apps that let you backup your data
• [YOUTUBE] YouTomb, youtomb.mit.edu, via:news.ycombinator.com
  • Track YouTube in real time videos as they are removed for copyright infringement.

Tags: friendfeed, google, javascript, lifehacks, web2.0