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I just made a little Yahoo Pipe that extracts all the info from the IMDB Top 250 list. There were already a few of thee out there but none of them just took all, and just all, the info and outputted it as a pipe.

So here it is, but keep in mind that it’s mostly useful as RSS, JSON, or PHP object.
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My Bookmarks For August 14th – September 11th

Sep 11

Posted on September 11, 2010 11:00 in Links

Passwords – Skull Security – Long list of some of the most insecure passwords in the world
BBC News – Will geeks inherit the earth? – I was interviewed for this article. Good to see the article out there.

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My Bookmarks For April 14th – August 12th

Aug 12

Posted on August 12, 2010 5:00 in Links

Modernizr – Handy little script that detects a browser’s feature support
Ajaxian » Getting Users to Upgrade Their Browsers – Pretty impressive graphs on how users upgrade their browsers

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My Bookmarks For January 23rd – April 6th

Apr 6

Posted on April 6, 2010 13:00 in Links

Amberjack: Amazing On-Page Tutorials – Wow, I could use this in the future for some of my work!
Building a Mac OS X Server 10.6 – I recently used this tutorial to upgrade my built-in OS X PHP version to the latest build
VPN IP Tunneling – VPN UK, USA, Spain, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland VPN services. – Decided to get myself a decent VPN for when I am on the road. Well worth it as it is so essential to your security.
50 New Free High-Quality Icon Sets (with Easter Icons!) – Smashing Magazine – Might use these one day when I need some in an app
Gooey Templates – Templates – Some very nice templates for CMSs that I might use the next time I need to build something like a CMS.
Why do some countries drive on the right and others on the left ? – Most of this I already knew but there are some interesting small facts in there.
Symfony tutorial: How to make a gallery for admin-module – Handy little tutorial explaining how to add images to an object in the symfony admin generated modules
Yes We Catan – Awesome Catan t-shirt, as seen wearing by @jeffcannata in the latest TRS

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My Bookmarks For December 6th – December 17th

Dec 17

Posted on December 17, 2009 0:00 in Links

Creating Bootable Vista / Windows 7 USB Flash Drive – Simplest tutorial I found so far for making a bootable Windows 7 USB installer. No 3rd party software required, and very easy to follow.
REYNHOLM INDUSTRIES : Welcome – Awesome IT Crowd related website, not made by the IT Crowd people!
A Symfony 1.3 Gem: Open Files Listed in Exceptions with the Editor of your Choice – Very, very useful if you do Symfony development
How to setup Snow Leopard on mini 10v with A06 BIOS – I couldn’t manage to downgrade the bios, so I used this tutorial instead. It worked!

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My Bookmarks For November 18th – December 4th

Dec 5

Posted on December 5, 2009 0:03 in Links

10.5: How to reset Leopard back to the Setup Assistant – I've been reinstalling some laptops recently that are going to family. I wanted to put some apps on it already but couldn't take the "fresh OS X install"-feeling away from them so this little scripts puts a system back to basics while leaving the apps installed.
Install memcached PHP extension on OS X Snow Leopard – Much easier than I expected
How to configure, build a php extension on macosx snow leopard – Handy little snippet
Continuity (Flash Game) – I love it when games challenge your brain instead of bombard you with cutting edge graphics
Cryptographic Right Answers –
Install XP from USB – How do you install XP on a netbook without a DVD drive?
500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error

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My Bookmarks For October 7th – November 9th

Nov 9

Posted on November 9, 2009 19:00 in Links

Kill or cure? – What does the Daily mail thinks causes or prevents cancer?
Cartographer.js – thematic mapping for Google Maps – Working with Google maps directly can be a bitch (trust me, I tried) so I’m happy to see someone abstracted some cool functions out
10 Useful WordPress Coding Techniques « Smashing Magazine – Thinking of building some of these techniques into my wordpress blog theme
Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started « Smashing Magazine – I love Smashing Magazine. I already knew all of the things in this tutorial but I think it’s great for beginners

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My Bookmarks For August 23rd – September 21st

Sep 21

Posted on September 21, 2009 13:04 in Links

SpotifiTunes – Get your whole iTunes library in Spotify! Just import the XML and boom, it's there.
Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft – Wow, a bit of software that will install IE3 – IE6 on a Windows Install. Using this now since MS buggered up their VPC installs
Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices – Handy little survey of font use across some of the sites where fonts (should) mattee
U Board – USB powered work space enhancer – Awesome little laptop stand that would look so good under my MacBook or iMac. And it even has a cup holder!!!!
500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error

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My Bookmarks For August 10th – August 20th

Aug 20

Posted on August 20, 2009 23:00 in Links

Always Innovating: Introducing the Touch Book – I would almost get this as my NetBook, if it wasn't that "new". Also can't figure out the import tax I'd have to pay if I got one
convert .vhd (virtualpc) file to .vdi (virtualbox) format – Handy little tutorial for converting a VirtualPC hard disk image to a VirtualBox harddisk image
IE76, IE7, IE8 Disk Images – Handy little disk images containing time limited installs of XP/Vista with IE6/IE7/IE8, etc.
Virtual PC 2007 – Best way of getting a free version of IE6 on a Mac is to run VPC2007 in Windows Vista on a VirtualBox VM….. Sigh….
HTML5 enabling script – The new HTML5 tags don't really play well in IE6/IE7 unless you run this script on your site.

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