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Following up from last Friday's entry about Iran's Presidential Election, Tehran and other cities have seen the largest street protests and rioting since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Supporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, upset at their announced loss and suspicions of voter fraud, took to the streets both peacefully and, in some cases, violently to vent their frustrations. Iranian security forces and hardline volunteer militia members responded with force and arrests, attempting to stamp out the protests - meanwhile, thousands of Iranians who were happy with the election outcome staged their own victory demonstrations. Mousavi himself has been encouraging peaceful demonstrations, and called for calm at a large demonstration today (held in defiance of an official ban), as Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has just called for an official inquiry into accusations of election irregularities. (Update: several photos of injuries from gunshots at today's rally added below) (38 photos total (plus 3)) - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet

The Top Paid App in the Singapore store is Airport Mania: First Flight. - Kishore Balakrishnan

got this after my first intelligent use of ff filtered search. populist USA likes to feign ignorance and UK likes to superficial awareness - Lane Rapp

love - mjc

seven is just a line away - Alfredo

Thanks for sharing! - Scott Loftesness

Thomas, I would love to know your secrets on time management...I honestly don't see how you can do it all and still have a full time job to boot! Whew! @Mrsth I am impressed! - Susan Dennis

I didn't give Google coverage about this. Agree with Chris. - Robert Scoble

wait chris - it gets better - now we got blogs reporting on a silly twitter counting battle - i totally agree with you. - Allen Stern

This link must be spread ... thanks a bunch :) - Shriram R

You can copy and paste the info into a new Google spreadsheet (that you own), though I'd recommend doing this 20-30 lines at a time. A minor pain, but I'm guessing it'd take <10 minutes to do :) - Adam Lasnik

Not a particularly good list IMO, too much way too obvious stuff like add more RAM - Bill L

A good beginners list but not so much for anyone that is more than an intermediate user. Any chance of some meatier tips? - Paul from Nambu

tip 7: I know my hardware. I know it well. That hasn't made it go any faster, though. - Ian Tindale

"“Virtual machines are a strange beast,” says Bak. “There’s no perfect solution, instead you optimise for the ‘sweet spot’. There’s a lot of craftsmanship. It’s a long game, you can’t burn out. “There’s a constant workload,” he adds, “so I always stop for dinner. You can have a normal life.” For Bak this means family and privacy. The issue of work/life balance crops up again and again in conversation – and though he’s not anti-American, he clearly prefers the Danish way of life. “In the US, there is an aggressiveness, the extra level of belief in yourself that is needed. The European way is less aggressive. But in the US, you can get promoted and stay in touch with the technical side. In Europe, you turn into a paper manager. It’s hard to get your fingers dirty.” By working in Denmark for Google, Bak was aiming for the best of both worlds." - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

Is that a Mac he's using? - Steve Wright

For sure. Facebook has replaced my time here. weird, I know. - Jason Kintzler

I haven't been on Friendfeed very much because I've been looking for work. - tomit

list fails: no mention of the Kalgoorlie super-pit, the largest hole in the world - Duncan Riley

Actually Shawn, pic #3 of the Monticello Dam spillway...that actually IS known as the Glory Hole. There might even still be signs up along the dam that proclaim that. :D (I grew up and live near there) - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

"The Master of street painting uses the street as a canvas. If one looks of the right point of view, its three-dimensional painting becomes the perfect illusion. "It gets thrilling when the observer runs into the picture." Edgar about the real intention of his work. He offers his audience a scenery, which challenges to proceed. The spectator turns into the protagonist and creative element of the scene offered him." - Jeff P. Henderson from Bookmarklet

http://www.metanamorph.com/display... - David Lynch

These stunning images taken from the inside breaking waves have been captured on camera and give a unique insight into the power of the sea. Taken by the world's leading surf photographer, the images capture rarely seen views from inside the waves as they break. Daredevil photographer Clark Little has dedicated his life to film the world's ultimate waves and has published his favourite shots of all time. - Emma from Bookmarklet

I need to learn how to surf. It would be cool to take photos like this. I forget I live near a beach sometimes. - tomit

They should be ... - David Weiner

Back on Fark, Drew's minions kept threads like this well killed. It was verboten to compare Fark in the positive or negative to other sites, "Fark sucks, we should all be on SA" would get you a months ban. When did it that kind of control over your users become passe? Not that I think we should have it, but I was a long time Fark user, and I still get nervous when i see threads like this, i get a "When dad finds out about this we're all going to be grounded." feeling. - Matthew DeVries

"WHEN Emily Cook, a screenwriter, bought a house four years ago in Eagle Rock, a neighborhood on the Northeast side of Los Angeles, she fantasized what the area might look like in a year or two, with cafes and boutiques replacing tattered old businesses. “It was like fantasy football,” said Ms. Cook, 38, who also sings in a band named Fonda. A sad flower shop on the corner, she thought, could become a miniature Whole Foods. An upholstery store could be a gastropub where she and friends would grab a beer, and a neglected 1940s diner could become a retro spot for a quick meal. But Ms. Cook has stopped fantasizing about what might be, and started worrying about what might shut down. The flower store has closed; no gourmet market is moving in. Lucy Finch, a vintage boutique, folded last month. That Yarn Store, a hangout for crochet-heads, didn’t survive a bad winter. And what will become of the storefront that once housed Blue Heeler, which sold Australian imports?" - RAPatton from Bookmarklet

"Less than a decade ago, Eagle Rock was an unlikely candidate for gentrification. For decades, students at Occidental College — who have included Luke Wilson, Ben Affleck and Barack Obama — complained to friends that there was nothing to do in their college town. Tracy King, a real estate agent, said that when she moved to the neighborhood in 1983, “there were 79 auto-related businesses... more... - RAPatton

that yarn store and blue heeler are gone?? this must have happened in the last couple of months... - edythe

"“I’d like to thank you for the Simon Norfolk article that you brought to our attention recently, and your thoughts on him saying that all of us will soon become amateur photographers with other professions. This really hit home for me. In 2007, I graduated from a photography school with very high hopes. The following year, I moved to New York City, and I worked as a photo assistant sparingly, because the pros there weren’t getting enough new work to hire me as often or their current assistants (which they had for years), weren’t moving on to work on their own like they typically would. Towards, the end of ‘08, after running out of money and feeling defeated, I moved back home. Earlier this year, I enrolled in school to get a Masters degree in Accountancy.” “As disappointed as I am, I feel this is the only way to go to have any kind of success for myself in the future. I hope that I can go back to photography in the future once I get my finances together. I understand how the economy may not affect the in" - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet

Just as I was reading this story I got a request from Nowpublic.com to use one of my Flickr pictures for one of their stories ( http://bit.ly/25Lt7 ). Great photography can be crowdsourced for free nowadays, I did the same for the last website project that I worked on, 0$$ spend on great CC-licensed pictures! - Oliver

Great selection of photography! - Kol Tregaskes

"IDEAS welcomes a range of student-directed projects - from innovative micro-finance programs to new water filtration systems for rural communities. From data collection systems to innovative ways of providing social services. The IDEAS competition welcomes projects focused locally and in communities around the world." - Chris Messina from Mento

The art of Long Exposure Photography is a something that can take your breath away when you get it right. - Jeff P. Henderson from Bookmarklet

there's at least 19 great movies from this year that you haven't seen yet! Back by popular demand, it's our second annual list of the 19 best movies that you didn't see in 2008 - Mahdi Ebrahimi from Bookmarklet

i do agree with you Carlos. - Mahdi Ebrahimi

These pictures freak me out. - Christopher Sacca from Bookmarklet

On a more serious note, am I the only one who is calling "FAKE!"? Seriously. You're telling me that somehow 1) The bear could not outrun the guy? 2) The bear could get close enough to repeatedly (100x?) scratch, but not close enough to actually dehabilitate the fellow? - Adam Lasnik

while <cough, cough> choking back dust. http://online.wsj.com/article... - You.

I'm waiting for twitter to return the favor! - Joe Buhler

"People love to point out Edith Macefield’s tiny house in the old fishing village of Ballard and recount how she refused an offer of $1 million from developers who wanted to buy it. They had planned to level her home to make way for a boutique supermarket and a health club. The project, in faux industrial concrete and steel, is more evidence of change in a city whose growth and economic success over the past two decades have put its modest neighborhoods like Ballard under perpetual renovation. Ms. Macefield had little time for trendy food or fitness. Her interests were opera and Sinatra, Garbo on videotape or the classics in dusty hardback. She had history, too. If she let you in the door, she might recount her escape from a concentration camp while she was an undercover agent for the British during World War II. She might tell of her liaisons, long ago, with men of means and renown. " - Cee Bee from Bookmarklet

more power to her. The world needs more people like this. - Thomas Hawk

"What has happened to the education system in the United States? When did it become acceptable for our kids to be less educated than those in other nations?" - R. Ferguson from Bookmarklet

All teach memorize, regurgitate, pass test. Thinking is discouraged as are questions. I wonder if the recent budget mess in Dallas ISD is their way of eliminating any "trouble-making" (read intelligent, open-minded, thinking, and especially non-conformist) teachers to increase control. If your kids are in public school ask them what they're taught about calling authorities if someone stays longer than average in a store or restaurant or they see anyone new in their neighborhood. You may be very surprised. - Internet Strategist

Sad but true :) - Mike Reynolds

I'm in the software business, and I say this is true. I approve my statement. :) - imabonehead

LOL... scary! haha - AJ Batac

Matt, this one was reshared from the original, which was posted via the bookmarklet. Perhaps it is only animated gifs that are uploaded directly that do not work? - Phil G

I wonder how many datacenters - Angus Logan

They are way better than Google's versions and have a much more complete suite. My opinion anyway. - Sam Pullara

cool.. installing the new beta SDK now to check it out! - Tim Hoeck

looks pretty darn intuitive - Pete Delucchi

Who said fame was a good thing? - Numair Faraz

The key word in the original comment was the word "quietly" -- those who struggle and work to achieve and make the word a better place and are not recognized and yet continue to do it are the unsung heroes who should get mainstream recognition. The fact that you know the athletes' means they are not unsung. Spread some of that attention around! - Andy Bakun

World champion Abhinav Bindra clinched India's first ever individual gold medal at the Olympics, winning 10m air rifle event at the Beijing Games here on Monday.. - Jigar Mehta from Mento

thanks for the info Sudar :) - Matt Hooper