Playlist: iPod Photo Potpourri
http://playlistmag.com/features/2004/11/ipphpotpour/index.php
Check out the "Hidden Button Combinations"
Overcaffeinated: Comment on Adulthood
http://overcaffeinated.net/comments/1621
"And yes, I am aware that that would make me a gay junkie secret midget with an oedipal complex who buggers dead people, and quite possibly the best party entertainment ever"
Daily Kos :: Give "marriage" to the churches
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/30/22522/643
'...churches could define whatever it was they called "marriage" (you know, that thing with a 50 percent success rate), and leave the government to certify legal "unions"...' So why not?
Radio Boycott of Skinny Puppy's new album urged || kuro5hin.org
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/11/27/1201/8532
"When the vocalist pulls off their hoods he reveals the terrorists to be Bush and Cheney..." Is there a such thing as an anti-boycott?
Clusterfuck Nation by Jim Kunstler : Letter to a Young Reader
http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2004/11/letter_to_a_you.html
"The people who built this stuff came out of the world's most most irresponsible society."
inessential.com: Weblog: Comments for ‘The virtues of XML-RPC’
http://inessential.com/?comments=1&postid=2991
"XML-RPC represents a high-water mark in ease-of-use and flexibility."
Strange Horizons Fiction: You Can Walk on the Moon if the Mood's Right, by Bill Kte'pi
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20041122/moon-f.shtml
Lost fingers, rings, and girlfriends
CNN.com - Lava lamp left on hot stovetop explodes, killing man - Nov 30, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/30/lava.lamp.death.ap
'"Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know," Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday.' Well, if it looked cool on a lightbulb, just think how cool it'd look BOILING!
Strange Horizons Fiction: Into Something Rich and Strange, by Barth Anderson
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20041129/rich-f.shtml
Compost magic and urban blight
Questionable Content - Comic 240: Ursa Ursa Ursa
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=240
"Yes! Rampaging bears are the answer to all of our cultural missteps!" There is wisdom here.
BBC Online - Doctor Who - new TV series logo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/newtv/whospy/logo2005.html
Is this Doctor Who, or Farscape?
Minding the Planet: More iPod Playlist Features I Wish I Had...
http://novaspivack.typepad.com/nova_spivacks_weblog/2004/11/more_ipod_playl.html
Side trips from shuffle. Been wanting this meself
mt2blosxom.pl
http://www.xmlhead.com/blosxom_static/scripts/mt2blosxom.pl.txt
Convert from Movable Type exports to Blosxom entries
MacDevCenter.com: Modifying Stickies
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/11/23/stickies_1.html
"You're about to perform some weird and wonderful hacks on your Stickies application." Nice. Add scroll bars, a ruler, and a drawer to stickies.
ongoing · People Are Not Design Elements
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/11/24/People
"my number-one gripe about corporate web sites is the use of anonymous bright shiny happy people (carefully balanced as to race and gender) as design elements."
★ The Joy of Tech! ★
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/622.html
Tabby Terrific's First (and perhaps last) Thanksgiving
Happy Computer!
http://www.geekculture.com/geekculturestore/webstore/happycomputer.html
"We are very happy to announce our Happy Computer embroidery!"
Textbook disclaimer stickers
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/textbookdisclaimers
I need a packet of these stickers
Science Blog - Sensor network mimics synchronized calling by frogs, cicadas
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/modules.php?file=article&name=News&sid=4716
"...it was only a matter of time before someone designed an electronic network with the ability to synchronize dozens of tiny buzzers..."
pySesame
http://pysesame.projects.semwebcentral.org
"pySesame is a Python wrapper for Sesame's REST HTTP API."
RDF and Databases | Lambda the Ultimate
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/view/386
"Someone should describe RDF in 500 words or less as a generalization of INI."
Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit - Enterprise Integration Patterns
http://www.eaipatterns.com/ramblings/18_starbucks.html
MSNBC - The Tech-Support Generation
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6522314/site/newsweek
"Millions of young Americans will head home next week to give thanks, eat turkey … and fix their parents’ computers"
Rainbow - Twangers Clip - TV Episode - innuendo Script with Zippy Bungle George Geoffrey
http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html
Let's just sing the plucking song, okay?
apache.mov (video/quicktime Object)
http://www.ninjatune.net/hexstatic/videos/apache.mov
Tommy Seebach. The Seebach Band. How can this possibly not be a parody? But, erm, it's not. Oh no, this is not an ironic drill.
HeroMachine 2.0u on UGO - The Ultimate Fantasy Entertainment Character Generator
http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heromachine2/heromachine2.asp
Blogcritics.org: Star Trek is finally back!
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/21/222453.php
"If you've given up on Star Trek in general or Enterprise in particular, you owe it to yourself to give it another look."
stereogram-goatse.jpg (JPEG Image, 608x358 pixels)
http://www2.violated.net/stereogram-goatse.jpg
It's not a schooner, I can tell you that much.
How can I reliably record RealPlayer streams for later listening, on Mac OS X or Linux?
http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/12027#209631
Using mplayer to slurp down realaudio streams on OS X
Communications From Elsewhere » HOWTO: Capture streaming audio for later
http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/archives/2004/09/25/howto-capture-streaming-audio-for-later
How to slurp down realaudio streams using mplayer
Bloodletters - Hack Yourself
http://www.bloodletters.com/hackyourself.shtml
"You are not an object. You are a system."
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (Sears)
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp
"Sears pays the difference in salaries and maintains benefits for their called-up military reservist employees." True.
karatechimp.mpg (video/mpeg Object)
http://raditts.com/phyles/karatechimp.mpg
It's a chimp doing karate. Yeah.
Chinese soy sauce from human hair
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0411/1117soysauce.html
And it could be causing cancer! Agh
ASCII by Jason Scott: "Use of our client's trademark to identify enema equipment in erotic fiction is likely to cause confusion"
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000061.html
"...the careful re-editing of years-old enema stories to not involve the BARDEX trademark is certainly not in the top of my to-do-list."
Using Launch Services for discovering document binding and launching applications
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2017.html
"Launch Services is responsible for binding documents to applications and provides the system-level functionality of launching applications."
libxml2, libxslt Binaries
http://www.zveno.com/open_source/libxml2xslt.html
"These libraries have been built as embeddable OS X Frameworks."
beep.mov (video/quicktime Object)
http://www.gohumvee.com/images/movies/beeper/beep.mov
"Alright, Janice!" Old SmartBeep blind date commercial.
Marathon Computer - RePorter Port Replicator
http://www.marathoncomputer.com/reporter.html
"Make Your Rear Panel Ports Easy To Reach"
Efficient Editing With vim - Jonathan McPherson
http://jmcpherson.org/editing.html
I'm slowly but surely building up my vim level. *DING*
ScienCentral: Caffeine Withdrawal
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392397&type=article
"Many of us don't just relish that first cup of joe in the morning—we need it." Decaf is bad.
Regular or Decaf, Coffee May Ward Off Diabetes
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/96/103937.htm
"Researchers found women who drank more than four cups of regular or decaffeinated coffee per day have significantly lower levels of a component of insulin than non-coffee drinkers."
aminrahimi's Xanga Site - 11/13/2004 5:50:18 PM
http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?tab=weblogs&uid=157215449&user=aminrahimi
"So what woke me up today at 3:38 am?"
SCOTTeVEST Hidden Cargo Pants
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/hiddencargopants.shtml
"Featuring 11 hidden pockets and compartments, these pants offer the carrying space of cargo pants, yet are streamlined to look like regular khakis."
Zope.org - Mac OS X native wrapper for ExternalEditor
http://zope.org/Members/urbanape/ZopeEditManager
"ZopeEditManager is a native Cocoa application that provides ExternalEditor functionality for Mac OS X users."
Zope.org - Zope External Editor
http://www.zope.org/Members/Caseman/ExternalEditor
"The ExternalEditor is a Zope product and configurable helper application that allows you to drop into your favorite editor(s) directly from the ZMI to modify Zope objects."
Zopera - PUT_factory.py
http://www.zopera.org/Members/christophe/PUT_factory.py
It's in French, but it's a PUT_factory example
Zope.org - ZSQLiteDA
http://www.zope.org/Members/nakagami/ZSQLiteDA/view
"A SQLite (http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/) Database Adapter."
Zope.org - Data driven applications using Basic ZPT, Python and ZSQL
http://zope.org/Members/nickbower/DataAppsHowTo
"Information on how to use the full zope stack of ZPT (for the user interface), Python scripts (for form validation) and ZSQL (called from both ZSQL and Python) for a data driven application without additional products."
SourceForge.net: pyobjc-dev
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=3652738
Publishing a webserver to Rendezvous in PyObjC
Fanatical Apathy: Concession Speech
http://www.felbers.net/mt/archives/000945.html
"My fellow Americans, the people of this nation have spoken, and spoken with a clear voice. So I am here to offer my concession."
PEP 333 -- Python Web Server Gateway Interface v1.0
http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0333.html
"This document specifies a proposed standard interface between web servers and Python web applications or frameworks, to promote web application portability across a variety of web servers."
dirCaster v0.1: Podcasting php script » Another Hungry Mind to Feed
http://www.shadydentist.com/wordpress/archives/2004/10/13/dircaster-01
"dirCaster v0.1 is a php script that allows one to very easily start Podcasting mp3 files from their web host."
awkiawki - A Tiny And Fast WikiWiki-Clone Written In (n|g|m)awk
http://awkiawki.bogosoft.com
"awkiawki is a WikiWiki-Clone written in awk"
Achewood - November 10, 2004
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=11102004
It bothers me when Achewood uses a word I have to look up (ie. croprophiliac), which I then wish I'd never looked up.
httpcache.py
http://bitworking.org/archival/httpcache.py.txt
"A caching http interface that supports ETags and gzip to conserve bandwidth."
dragon.JPG (JPEG Image, 1533x2019 pixels)
http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/dragon.JPG
Freaky dragon illusion
javascript:xmlhttprequest [JPSPAN]
http://jpspan.sourceforge.net/wiki/doku.php?id=javascript:xmlhttprequest
the space in between: getting it
http://punctum.typepad.com/the_space_in_between/2004/11/getting_it.html
The Venn diagram of getting it.
PodShop | Essential Maccessories | iDrops
http://podshop.com/idrops.html
I really wish their website wasn't just one big freaking image, though.
Inside The Election Fraud Battle - Think Kerry Is Not Involved In This Fight?
http://www.moderateindependent.com/v2i21election.htm
"It is the prosecutor, also one of Kerry’s previous jobs, who knows well enough to thoroughly prepare and investigate his case be leveling charges." Maybe the Fad Lady ain't sung yet?
Panic - Extras - The True Story of Audion
http://panic.com/extras/audionstory
"Is it just me? I mean, do you ever wonder about the stories behind everyday products?" Great story. Click on the links.
eBay item 2282460229 (Ends Nov-14-04 12:00:00 PST) - Star Trek Classic Communicator Bluetooth Headset Pokia
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem=&category=42393&item=2282460229&rd=1
"You can use it to make and recieve calls with any bluetooth 1.1 compatible mobile phone." *eyebrow* Fascinating.
µTidylib, the TidyLib Python wrapper
http://utidylib.berlios.de
Looks like a simple, more recent wrapper in HTML Tidy
The ctypes module
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes
"ctypes is a Python package to create and manipulate C data types in Python, and to call functions in dynamic link libraries/shared dlls. It allows wrapping these libraries in pure Python."
Moore's Lore: The King Of Yes, But
http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/028659.html
“The way to drag them into the future is with love."
The Dirty Punk Fuckin' Anarchy Machine !! ::::::::::::::
http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/punk.htm
\m/,
bluecypressMediaWiki : PythonMiniServer
http://www.bluecypressmedia.com/mywiki/wakka.php?show_comments=1&wakka=PythonMiniServer
Has a few tweaks to add support for last-modified to Python's CGIHTTPServer
eBay US: Soiled Depends being used for shipping.. What do I do?
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp?forum=107&msRange=81&start=0&thread=410353374
"Inside the glass was wrapped in a soiled depends."
0xDECAFBAD
http://www.decafbad.com
Dark Horizons: Exclusive: The "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" Poster (November 8th, 2004)
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/041108h.php
I am *so* looking forward to this. Hooray for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp!
Jon Udell: Can rich Internet apps be web-friendly?
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2004/11/09.html#a1110
"When you expose application state on the URL-line, to the maximum degree possible, users and developers become co-composers."
Best Buy hopes to exorcize devil patrons
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041108-4382.html
Hmm. Guess my own trend toward ordering everything online for the lowest price against my urges for immediate gratification from a local store will continue.
The New Yorker: The Risk Society
http://newyorker.com/printable?talk/041115ta_talk_surowiecki=
"By advocating greater freedom and independence, while failing to explain or account for the greater risk, Bush is setting Americans up for an unpleasant surprise."
3 Disk Boxed DVD Set - The First 100 Strong Bad Emails.
http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/dvddvddvd.html
"A handsome boxed set containing three full DVD's featuring the first one hundred Strong Bad e-mails, with all of the hidden scenes and other easter eggs intact!!"
[IP] more on Attempts at overthrowing the teaching of evolution gather
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200411/msg00109.html
"This is an endemic problem because we teach evolution in biology classes."
Fanatical Apathy: Hearts and Minds (and Why It's So Hard to Put Them Back)
http://www.felbers.net/mt/archives/000947.html
"Okay, I just want to air a pet peeve here. It's probably just me, but..."
The New Yorker: Getting Over It
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content?041108fa_fact1=
"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit put the war behind him. Why can’t we?"
The Optimism of Uncertainty
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040920&s=zinn
"The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
Yahoo! News - Doonesbury
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20041107/cx_db_uc/db20041107
Outsource your own job!
VDARE.com: 11/05/04 - An Election That Will Live In Infamy
http://www.vdare.com/roberts/041105_infamy.htm
"The American century is over."
vowe dot net :: If you don't know what you want, you probably want this
http://vowe.net/archives/005242.html
"What an interesting way to call somebody an idiot without actually doing it"
Why Americans Hate Democrats—A Dialogue - The unteachable ignorance of the red states. By Jane Smiley
http://slate.msn.com/id/2109218
"The blue state citizens make the Rousseauvian mistake of thinking humans are essentially good, and so they never realize when they are about to be slugged from behind."
Wired News Blog: My Apple laptop broke
http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/sterling/index.blog?entry_id=507875
"This rugged little Commodore is still working fine here at Utopiales, though." That's a fine looking early-vintage C64. Wondering what's up with the Amiga nearby though
WIGU BRAND URBAN BOUTIQUE - SHIRTS - FLABBERGASTED EAGLE
http://wigu.com/shop/eagle.html
November 2, 2004 - omg wtf
dr fun 2004 11 04
http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200411/df20041104.jpg
The anti-bandwidth wasting fanatic receives the 300th office party invitation emailed as a PowerPoint attachment and his head explodes
Margaret Cho: Don't Despair, Act
http://margaretcho.com/blog/dontdespairact.htm
"The Bush administration will be sorry they won this battle, for they now look forward to losing the war."
iPod power pack in an altoids tin
http://www.unixmonkey.net/articles/altoids
1,049 federal rights depend on marital status [Scribbling.net]
http://scribbling.net/1049-federal-rights-depend-on-marital-status
meta-roj blog: you are here
http://www.rojisan.com/blog/2004/11/you_are_here.html
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure."
Re: A concise description of Ruby?
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/117184
"Yes, JavaScript is underrated."
TAYLOR: Death is result of debate about God
http://www.freep.com/news/cfp/3/vshoot28_20041028.htm
Hey, it's one of Bush's base.
Desk Trauma on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8lettersuk/1104535
"Never buy a glass desk!"