Evel Knievel, Daredevil, Dies at 69

post from Daring Fireball on 30 November 2007 09:36:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

The Associated Press:

Immortalized in the Washington’s Smithsonian Institution as “America’s Legendary Daredevil”, Knievel was best known for a failed 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon on a rocket-powered cycle and a spectacular crash at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. He suffered nearly 40 broken bones before he retired in 1980.

One of my first boyhood heroes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Obit-Knievel.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6

post from Daring Fireball on 30 November 2007 08:58:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Clever bit of web nerdery from Drew McLellan.

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http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6

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Zunes Spot in Amazons Best-Seller List

post from Daring Fireball on 30 November 2007 08:12:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Gina Hughes:

Something tells me the Zune will be a popular Christmas gift this holiday season. The player is currently Amazon’s top-selling music player, beating out the new iPod Nano and the 80GB iPod on the “Bestsellers in Electronics” list.

Amazon’s best-seller lists are updated frequently, so it’s possible this was true when she wrote this, but as I type this, the best-selling Zune is behind seven iPod models.

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http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/21050

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iScrapbook retail box

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 30 November 2007 08:05:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Chronos today announced the availability of a retail-boxed version iScrapbook ñ its digital scrapboo...

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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/30/iscrapbook.retail.box/

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Eye-Fi Wireless Memory Card

post from Daring Fireball on 30 November 2007 08:03:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Kottke pretty much nails it with his short write up of the Eye-Fi — an SD memory card with built-in Wi-Fi networking. I tested one from [Photojojo] for a week, too, and came to a similar conclusion. It’s sort of amazing, technically, but ultimately it’s really only useful if you want to use an online photo site like Flickr as your primary photo library. If you prefer to use something like iPhoto or Lightroom, Eye-Fi is needless.

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http://www.kottke.org/07/11/eyefi-wireless-memory-card

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New Open Committer and Reviewer Policy

post from Surfin' Safari on 30 November 2007 07:48:00 PM. © Surfin' Safari

Historically, new WebKit committers and reviewers have been chosen through an internal Apple process. I am pleased to announce a new open, community-based Committer and Reviewer Policy.

Some highlights of the new policy:

New committers and reviewers will be chosen by the existing project reviewers.
The policy treats everyone equally, regardless of corporate affiliation.
There is a clear statement of criteria to be considered as potential a committer or reviewer.

This new policy should address many of the concerns raised by non-Apple contributors to the project and help sustain WebKit’s amazing industry-wide growth.

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http://webkit.org/blog/146/new-open-committer-and-reviewer-policy/

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iPhoto Buddy for charity

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 30 November 2007 07:40:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

In brief: Apple may be planning to out-Windows Windows, iPhoto Buddy proceeds go to charity, an iPod...

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ChronoSync, SteamTRAIN

iTunes Dupes Barrier 1.2.0 ($10) allows you to search the duplicate songs inside the iTunes and iPod...

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Refurb Aluminum iMacs

Apple's online store is currently offering its latest generation Aluminum iMacs from $1,299, and con...

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iMac screen failure

A growing number of users are reporting an issue where iMac LCD screens are failing, showing a numbe...

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