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April 2004

212 bookmarks saved in April 2004

Shmoo Technology

http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a000010-001221
"Seen at first as a boon to humankind, they were ultimately hunted down and exterminated to preserve the status quo."
archive.org #2383

The Uncanny Valley

http://www.arclight.net/~pdb/glimpses/valley.html
"This chasm — the uncanny valley of Doctor Mori’s thesis — represents the point at which a person observing the creature or object in question sees something that is nearly human, but just enough off-kilter to seem eerie or disquieting."
archive.org #2381

Wired News: 'Dude! This Thing Is Awesome!'

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63273,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5
"The music fan goes up to the touch-screen kiosk after the show and buys the keychain drive with a credit card from a dispenser alongside the screen." Wow, this sounds like such a great thing... although I'd hate to be in line waiting for the kiosk.
#music
archive.org #2377

HUMAN KLEENEX

http://www.bushflash.com/unb.html
"How would you feel about a person who thinks it is okay to grab your shirt and use it clean their eyeglasses?" You know, it's a little thing, but it's a telling thing.
#bush #odd
archive.org #2374

China 'Shocked' at U.S. Cold Shoulder in Space

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?cid=570&e=18&tmpl=story&u=/nm/space_china_dc
'"What if, in 10 years, the Chinese are on their way to the moon and the U.S. effort is diminishing. Would that be acceptable to the U.S. public? I don't think so," she said.' Let's go China! We need a competitor in space.
#science #space
archive.org #2372

Medals of Honor

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/opinion/28CLAR.html?ei=5007&en=012d30bce122aa7e&ex=1398484800&partner=USERLAND
"After risking his life in Vietnam to save others, John Kerry earned the right to speak out against a war he believed was wrong. Make no mistake: it is that bravery these Republicans are now attacking."
#kerry #politics #war
archive.org #2369

Magical thinking - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking
"Magical thinking is a term used by historians of religion to describe one kind of non-scientific causal reasoning."
archive.org #2348

Apocalypse Please

http://www.monbiot.com/dsp_article.cfm?article_id=648
"We can laugh at these people, but we should not dismiss them. That their beliefs are bonkers does not mean they are marginal." I'd much rather strive for the Singularity than the Rapture.
#odd #politics #religion #war
archive.org #2333

Aronofsky Helming Watchmen?

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-04/22/10.50.rumors=
"Ain't It Cool News reported a rumor that Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) is in line to direct a proposed film version of Alan Moore's classic superhero graphic novel Watchmen."
#comics #scifi
archive.org #2331

I Don't Like Your Examples!

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/news/feuerstein_1000.html
"Now, I expect it's not every day you pick up a technology text and read a charge that Henry Kissinger is a war criminal for the secret bombing of Cambodi"
#books
archive.org #2325

The Need for Leeway

http://www.hyperorg.com/backissues/joho-oct25-02.html#leeway
"Leeway is the only way we manage to live together: We ignore what isn't our business. We cut one another some slack. We forgive one another when we transgress."
archive.org #2309

Tree House Ideas: DataCrux

http://treehouseideas.com/datacrux
" An Objective-C framework to easily store and retrieve data objects in an embedded SQL database without a server process or query strings." Seems like a Cocoa analogue to Python with SQLite and SQLObject
#cocoa #osx #programming
archive.org #2304

codepoetry :: End-To-End

http://www.codepoetry.net/archives/2004/04/19/endtoend.php
"Hello enterprise market, it's nice to meet you. How can we rid you of Microsoft today?" Personally, I'd love to be working in a server environment made up of XServes
#MSFT #apple #osx
archive.org #2300

Violinist strikes wrong chord with police.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1087781.htm
"A concert violinist in Canada has struck the wrong chord with police after putting in some extra practice while zooming down a six-lane highway." They worked hard on this headline.
#odd
archive.org #2294

Nintendo e-Reader

http://users.skynet.be/firefly/gba/e-reader/index.htm
"The impossible has been finally made possible! Please find below the first custom created dot code ready to be printed and scanned on the Nintendo e-Reader. Enjoy"
#gaming
archive.org #2292

Downhill Battle - iTMS Script

http://downhillbattle.org/itmsscript
'Finally, we start making our own XML "music store" files.' I've had an idea for awhile to make an HTTP proxy that pretends to be the iTunes Music Store servers but is actually a P2P network for indie music.
#apple #itms #music
archive.org #2287

Let Them Eat Cake

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/eatcake
"There has been a growing debate lately that pits accessibility against usability, but there’s no reason we can’t have both."
#css #webdev
archive.org #2284

Cleese, Curry Voice Valiant

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-04/16/10.15.film=
"John Cleese and Tim Curry have joined the voice cast of Vanguard Animation's upcoming fantasy comedy film Valiant, according to The Hollywood Reporter."
#movies
archive.org #2280

Orn

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~tjh8300/Orn
"Orn is my "Capstone Project" for the Masters in Multidisciplinary Studies degree offered at RIT. It is side-scrolling action game demo for the Game Boy Advance, unofficially based on the first area (Brinstar) of the original NES Metroid released by Nin
#gaming #gba #nifty #oldschool
archive.org #2279

BLACKSPOT SNEAKER

http://blackspotsneaker.org/home2.html
"Adbusters has been doing R&D for more than a year, and guess what? Making a shoe - a good shoe - isn't exactly rocket science." Strange... they look almost *exactly* like Converse sneakers.
#adbusters #shoes
archive.org #2272

J.C.R. Licklider

http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/licklider.html
"Much like Vannevar Bush, J.C.R. Licklider's contribution to the development of the Internet consists of ideas not inventions."
#compsci
archive.org #2267

Bush Unable to Admit Errors

http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?id=4848§ionid=2
"Three times tonight Bush was asked if he could accept responsibility for his mistakes and failings. Three times he couldn't even begin to answer the question put to him. The American people deserve better."
#politics #terrorism #war
archive.org #2264

Cacheability Engine

http://www.mnot.net/cacheability
"To help you understand how Web Caches will treat a Web page, the Cacheability Engine will look at a URL (and optionally any images or objects associated with it), giving both specific cache-related data about it, and a general commentary on how cacheable
#webdev
archive.org #2253

Screech: Can't Sell a Chess Video on eBay

http://www.gawker.com/topic/screech_cant_sell_a_chess_video_on_ebay_014993.php
"Last week, Dustin Diamond -- once known as Screech on the TV show Saved by the Bell -- apparently failed in an "internet court" arbitration to procure dustindiamond.com."
archive.org #2250

Sky Captain Upends Tradition

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-04/09/12.30.film=
"Conran created the movie's story and backgrounds in a computer, then went out and shot real actors (Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Angelina Jolie) against blue screens."
#scifi
archive.org #2226

bttvtrss.py 0.1

http://x42.com/software/bttvtrss
"Simple parser for bittorrent rss feeds to automatically queue torrent files for download (typically for btlaunchmany.py) as a subscription engine." No need for Radio UserLand. This is basically what I've been using, only this one's been released. :)
#bittorrent #rss #syndication
archive.org #2224

Multi-coloured chicks for Easter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3615191.stm
"The dye, which the farm insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into ordinary chicken eggs a few weeks before Easter." Uhh... better living through non-chemicals?
#easter #odd
archive.org #2216

Soul Calimeter

http://homepage.mac.com/mschrag/SoulCalimeter
"We tossed around a couple ideas but decided to try out a system based on video capture to see if it would be able to analyze the video feed from the GameCube and look for certain key events to occur..."
#gaming #nifty
archive.org #2208

Help a Geek in need!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/constants/113120.html
"On February 19th I was suspended from school for a computer infraction. Which was making an account on the network. I made this account so I could save my files so when the computer rebooted, it wouldn't erase them."
#hacking #law
archive.org #2200

Woo exploring 'Metroid' film

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000480930
"Woo will produce the sci-fi movie and has the option to direct." Hmm. If anyone could do this game justice in a live-action film, it's Woo.
#gaming #movies
archive.org #2199

sshLogin

http://www.synthemesc.com/sshLogin
"sshLogin is an application and a preferencePane designed to help users manage ssh-agent and ssh-add features in Mac OS X."
#crypto #osx #tools
archive.org #2190

I/O Brush

http://tangible.media.mit.edu/projects/iobrush/iobrush.htm
"Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface."
#cool #neat #nifty
archive.org #2188

Direct deposit [dive into mark]

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/03/29/direct-deposit
"You’re surrounded by losers running from the law, and I’m surrounded by smart people and have direct deposit."
archive.org #2174