Javascript PC Emulator : truly incredible — quite fast (about 386 speeds) under Chrome, even! from the HN comments: ‘I just forkbombed my browser. Nothing is sacred anymore.’ more comments at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2555349
(tags: browser javascript linux emulation fabrice-bellard hacks amazing cool google-chrome x86)Graham Linehan and Osama Bin Laden : a master-stroke of Twitter-based media hoaxing, very funny. particularly like the assist from @Mike_FTW!
(tags: funny twitter graham-linehan osama-bin-laden news media)The Hargreaves Report : ‘The publication of Digital Opportunity follows a six-month independent review of IP and Growth, led by Professor Ian Hargreaves. He was asked to consider how the national and international IP system can best work to promote innovation and growth.’ Some fantastic recommendations here. I hope this provides clear direction to similar Irish efforts…
(tags: ip law hargreaves uk patents copyright)Netflix Beats BitTorrent’s Bandwidth : ‘For perhaps the first time in the internet’s history, the largest percentage of the net’s traffic is content that is paid for.’ A great demo of how *good*, legit, for-pay services, can beat out less usable, dodgy, but free ones (via Waxy)
(tags: via:waxy piracy bandwidth bittorrent internet netflix filesharing)The MongoDB NoSQL Database Blog – MongoDB live at Craigslist : ‘>MongoDB is now live at Craigslist, where it is being used to archive [10TB] of [old posts]’. iiiinteresting
(tags: mongodb nosql craigslist systems)Worldtime Buddy : easy timezone conversion — bookmarkable URLs, sensible levels of AJAX/JS, nicely done
(tags: timezones time conversion javascript world)How to make WIFI work at tech conferences : a success story from JSConf. great tips, I’m sure some will be practical at smaller scales ;)
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