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May 2004

258 bookmarks saved in May 2004

with_gusto:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/with_gusto/88573.html
"Keith said his final goodbyes, took a deep breath, and dropped his pocket calculator into the bath."
#comic #funny
archive.org #2642

BluePhoneMenu 1.1

http://www.reelintelligence.com/BluePhoneMenu
"BluePhoneMenu is a small application that adds Caller ID functionality to your menu bar and desktop using your Bluetooth enabled phone."
#mobile #osx
archive.org #2632

Armageddon Almost Not Averted

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/05/27/007.html
"So the 'secret unlock code' during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War," Blair says, "remained constant at 00000000."
#war
archive.org #2623

The Mighty Daemon Cron

http://groups.google.com/groups?c2coff=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&lr=lang_en&safe=off&selm=uybu9qpmsn.fsf@wink.sydney.trl.telstra.com.au
'There is a powerful daemon, occupying the nether realm, called "cron".'
#funny
archive.org #2603

Buffy Resurrected!

http://fanboyplanet.com/derek/mc-buffyanimated.php
"Alyson Hannigan's mother had mentioned in the Atlanta Post-Journal that her daughter was doing voice-work for an animated version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
#whedon
archive.org #2592

ChristianExodus.org

http://www.christianexodus.org/index.html
"ChristianExodus.org has been established to coordinate the move of 50,000 or more Christians to a single conservative state ..." Hey, I hear Afghanistan is looking for a new theocratic government.
#politics #religion
archive.org #2585

Familiar Stranger

http://berkeley.intel-research.net/paulos/research/familiarstranger/index.htm
"Anxiety, Comfort, and Play in Public Places"
archive.org #2582

Clear Channel scoops up live CD patent

http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1085512916.html
"Unfortunately, in a move that will put the brakes on an emerging industry, Clear Channel has purchased the patent from the inventors of the technology and is asserting that it is the only entity that can sell concert CDs right after gigs."
#music
archive.org #2580

PNG Alpha Mask Demo

http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/demos/eagle-sun.html
"Drag the sun or the bird around the browser window, and watch the shadow as it moves over the sky" Nifty. Works in Safari too/
#webdev
archive.org #2579

Why don't we do it in the road?

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/05/20/traffic_design/index.html
"A new school of traffic design says we should get rid of stop signs and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together. It sounds insane, but it works."
#politics
archive.org #2561

Political liberty and atheism

http://www.wunderkinder.org/archives/2004_05.html#003124
"For an atheist, all rights (except, perhaps, the right of self preservation) can only be positive -- that is, a right is a right if, and only if, it is recognized by the ruling power..." Makes no sense to me.
#politics #religion
archive.org #2552

Programming in Lua

http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/book
"Lua is becoming the language of choice for anyone who needs a scripting language that is simple, efficient, extensible, portable, and free."
#books #scripting
archive.org #2551

Low-Fat, High-Protein Cicadas: New Health Snack?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0503_040503_cicadafeast.html
"High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet fanatics take note: The billions of cicadas emerging from the ground en masse this month are a healthy alternative to that bacon double-cheeseburger without the bun."
#odd
archive.org #2548

Ping-o-Matic! » MetaPinging

http://pingomatic.com/blog/archives/2004/05/20/metapinging
"If I’ve done things right, this post should automatically be pinging a sub-set of our supported services via a weblogs.com compatible XML-RPC ping!"
#metablogging
archive.org #2543

.: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Entertainment

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/05/22/entertainment/columnists/rewind/ginn.txt
"A couple of years ago, the "Swan" concept would have made a horrifying episode of "Angel." Cordelia would have had one of her visions: A vanity demon would have risen from the depths of hell; Angel and gang would investigate and find a roomful of bandage
#whedon
archive.org #2537

bknr

http://bknr.net/bknr
Combining an object store, templates, and a web app framework, this makes me think a bit of Radio UserLand for some readon
#lisp #webdev
archive.org #2531

Microsoft Corrects: No XP SP2 For Pirated Copies

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1590431,00.asp
"Despite reports indicating that Microsoft Corp. was planning to allow users with pirated copies of Windows XP to install Service Pack 2, the company has confirmed to eWEEK.com that this will not be the case." How clueless can you get? This isn't punish
#MSFT #windows
archive.org #2527

sedesdraconis: Fascinating

http://www.livejournal.com/users/sedesdraconis/18562.html
Theorizing that the steps toward Modern Man began, "When we moved into a land without lions or tigers, with animals that had never seen a carnivorous ape or learned to be wary of them."
#evolution #history
archive.org #2524

NOVELTY TA-52 CRITICAL MASS

http://www.888knivesrus.com/product/NVTA52CRITICAL
"Meassuring 21.5" in height and 14.5" in width, this bad boy of the novelty section will be a sure pleaser in the display category." Here, you can have one of those 'Melbourne street knives' for your very own weapons cache in your very own Mom's basement
#odd
archive.org #2508

Deadly weapons cache seized

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9603828^28101,00.html?txtmsg.org=
"A FRIGHTENING, multi-bladed knife destined for Melbourne's streets was among a cache of weapons seized by Customs yesterday" Whatever - this knife was destined for some fat-assed Klingon wannabe's Mom's basement.
#odd
archive.org #2507

Elfman Tunes Up For Charlie

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-05/17/12.00.film=
'"As soon as I'm done with Spider-Man 2, I jump right into both Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and another animated Tim Burton film called The Corpse Bride," Elfman said in an interview.'
#entertainment #movies
archive.org #2502

Powell Admits False WMD Claim

http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?pid=1442
"The secretary of state revealed that he, the CIA and the administration were conned (perhaps too easily) by exiles supported by the Pentagon, and this fraud helped set the stage for a war and a bloody and difficult occupation that still is claiming the l
#iraq #politics #war
archive.org #2492

How bad is it?

http://www.rushkoff.com/2004_05_01_archive.php#108464880782601490
"Yes, the band that played on the deck of the Titanic was quite talented and a good distraction from the matter at hand, but there may yet be a few ways to prevent this boat from sinking and if we don't tend to it, no one will."
#politics #terrorism #war
archive.org #2486

Blogging! The Latest Cyber Craze!

http://www.poundy.com/foxnews.html
One example of many why I never watch network TV news. It all strikes me as Fischer-Price's My First News Broadcast silliness for pre-schoolers. Lots of colors and large blocks, little density, lots of exciting hype and baby talk.
#metablogging
archive.org #2482

Erik Benson: a self-explanatory object

http://erikbenson.com/entries/2004/05/10/a_selfexplanatory_object.html
"What would it take to write a book that not only was a book, but taught the reader how to read the book, and even before that was able to inform the person that the thing in their hands was a book that could be read."
archive.org #2473

90% Crud: New Résumé

http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/geekery/new_resume.php
George is updating his resume, but if I were him, I'd demand a re-roll or at least find someone with some decent magic items.
#funny #odd
archive.org #2453

AtDetroit Forums: 600 Woodward ave

http://www.atdetroit.net/forum/messages/18968/20468.html?1080112153=
"600 Woodward a.k.a. the Vinton Building was built in 1917 by Albert Kahn. It was built for a prominent Construction company who had offices in the building, with a bank on the ground floor." Right outside my window. Every floor is empty & trashed.
#detroit
archive.org #2413

On a Wing and a Wiki

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1584630,00.asp
"When burglars brought down the Internet link to Ziff Davis' Manhattan offices, open-source software—and Sean Gallagher's personal Web server—kept eWEEK.com's stories flowing."
#opensource #wiki
archive.org #2412

Levenshtein

http://trific.ath.cx/resources/python/levenshtein
Python module for measuring 'distance' between two strings' contents
#python
archive.org #2406

Reliving the '90s

http://www.geocities.com/mjlarochelle/articles/90s.html
Er.. Does this mean we're done reliving the 80s? Hey, wait, I'm not done there yet.
#funny
archive.org #2405

Pump up the volume

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/guesteditors/story/0,14481,1201741,00.html
"Loudspeakers revolutionised the way we hear music - but not the way we talk about it"
#music
archive.org #2389