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WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: December 14, 2005
Wednesday, 14 December 2005
- Publish: The Highs and Lows of Web Design in 2005 ★
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Opinions on web design trends from Khoi Vinh, Dave Shea, Jason Fried, and yours truly.
- iPod Mini Turning Into Collector’s Item ★
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iPod Minis which sold for $200 retail are now going for upwards of $275 on eBay; one company that still has them in stock is selling them for $349.
- Quark Acquires A Lowly Apprentice Production ★
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One of the leading QuarkXPress plug-in developers folds into the mothership. (Via MacMinute.)
- TidBITS: Reality and Digital Pictures ★
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Charles Maurer:
People often ask me if I think digital photography is as good as film or will ever become as good as film. I reply that for all but a few special purposes, digital is better already. Technically, my digital photographs are at least as good as the best conventional photographs I ever took with 2-1/4” x 3-1/4” (6 cm x 9 cm) film, and pictorially they are better. With my digital camera I can take pictures in the street that used to require a studio.
- MTV to Start Music Service With Microsoft ★
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The Associated Press:
MTV Networks said Tuesday that it had formed a partnership with Microsoft to develop an online music service that will begin operating early next year.
Not only will it not work with iPods (duh), but it won’t work with Macs, either.
- Panic Selling Katamari Damacy T-Shirts ★
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Steven Frank:
I’ve been waiting a long, long time to break the following news: Panic has been granted a license by Namco to sell a line of t-shirts inspired by the cult-hit Playstation 2 game Katamari Damacy!
Takahashi, the creator of Katamari Damacy, is so protective of his creation that, other than the game soundtrack, these shirts are the only licensed goods he’s ever approved for manufacture.
- More on the Software Glitches Behind Mizuho Stock Sale Fiasco ★
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Bruce Wallace, reporting for the L.A. Times:
After initially denying any responsibility for the J-Com snafu, exchange executives acknowledged this week that flaws in their electronic trading system prevented Mizuho from correcting its order and minimizing losses. Mizuho traders realized their mistake within 85 seconds of placing the erroneous order and made four attempts to cancel it. It was rejected each time.
The exchange concedes that its software was unable to accept a cancellation order while “buy” orders were coming in. Nor was the system programmed to accept a cancellation order on a newly listed stock.
- Macworld and NewsGator and NetNewsWire ★
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Macworld (and Newsweek (neither of which capitalize their “w”s, by the way)) have signed deals with NewsGator for rebranded versions of NewsGator’s web-based RSS aggregator. And but considering this:
Macworld will also be releasing a private branded version (with full synchronization) of NetNewsWire, NewsGator’s award winning RSS aggregator for the Mac.
This puts Macworld in an awkward spot if they ever again want to review or compare RSS aggregators. If they say NetNewsWire is the best (which it currently is) they’re wide open to accusations of bias; if they say it’s not the best, then they’re stuck admitting that their readers who use the bundled version of NNW are getting something less than the best.
- Xcode Search Gone Mad ★
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Daniel Jalkut chases down a bug in Xcode. I’m a sucker for a story like this.
- Google Homepage API ★
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Interesting:
The Google Homepage API is our effort to open the Google homepage to developers.
Sort of like Dashboard/Konfabulator widgets, but on Google.com rather than on your desktop.
- Aperture 1.0 Review Follow-Up ★
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More on Aperture from Dave Girard at Ars Technica.