Inspector Lohmann: Proud To Be Counted Among the Worst Americans [North American Diptych -- Southern Panel]
http://inspectorlohmann.blogspot.com/2004/12/proud-to-be-counted-among-worst.html
Long, but good.
Query Links on the Web
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6132
"The dynamic nature of the link means that it will find new files relevant to the link's purpose after I create the link, as long as those new files are described by the query."
NSLU2 native toolchain
http://n.ethz.ch/student/gullc/download/toolchain.html
"The toolchain works for compiling most software packages."
Developing Dashboard Widgets
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/dashboard.html
"Tiger introduces a new feature called Dashboard, which provides a new and unique class of mini-applications called Widgets."
js-markdown
http://rephrase.net/box/js-markdown
"a partial implementation of Markdown, written in JavaScript"
Main Page - WikiPodLinux
http://www.ipodlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page
If this worked well on my 4G iPod, I could add side-trips to shuffle
Lovely things, subnets
http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/weblog/nb.cgi/view/vitanuova/2004/12/22/0
"I will say that we heard a lot in the boom about the death of distance and the erasure of place, but that DRM developers have been working hard (between region coding, location-awareness, geolocation, and proximity detection) to bring place and distance
whats.wrong.with.this.picture.jpg (JPEG Image, 900x675 pixels) - Scaled (90%)
http://www.ddesfolio.org/tones/whats.wrong.with.this.picture.jpg
Be safe, not sorry. Use your own staple-free condoms.
Achewood - December 22, 2004
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=12222004
OH I AM YOUR MOM AND I JUST TOOK YOU TO SCHOOL IN THE CAR OF PAIN. SAY IT.
Koranteng's Toli: On GMail and DHTML architecture again
http://koranteng.blogspot.com/2004/10/on-gmail-and-dhtml-architecture-again.html
"Everyone with a clue should be trying to leverage the browser and that, in essence, is all they are doing."
Tell us about your balls, Pete (Jeremy Zawodny's blog)
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/003681.html
Schwetty balls. Yum.
Phidgets - USB sensors, USB robot sensors, robot kits, hobby robots, robot parts
http://www.phidgetsusa.com/index.asp
Hmm. These look more fun than Lego Mindstorms :)
Tip: Use Universal Feed Parser to tame RSS
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipufp.html?ca=dgr-lnxw06RSSParser
"Sometimes tools can save the day when people aren't careful about standards"
LaughingMeme: RSS Bandwidth Strategies
http://laughingmeme.org/archives/002656.html?rss=
"Much concern, hand wringing and advice on RSS bandwidth issues lately."
war.315.gif (GIF Image, 634x173 pixels)
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/images/war.315.gif
"Doesn't it get old, wishing for the same thing every Christmas?"
Campaign of deception used to push patriotic song up charts - Sunday, 12/19/04
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/12/63065885.shtml
First their PCs are infected to send spam, now their minds are infected.
The Graphing Calculator Story
http://www.pacifict.com/Story
"My electronic badge still opened Apple's doors, so I just kept showing up."
dealmeida.net : en/Programming/Python/a_subversion-based_weblog.html
http://dealmeida.net/en/Programming/Python/a_subversion-based_weblog.html
"Basically what I want is a very simple weblog where posts are stored in a subversion repository, each entry stored in a text file."
MARC: msg 'Linux 2.6.9 and the GPL Buyout'
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110357837502335&w=2
The Cherokee Nation now pwns Linux?
I'm so nervous.
http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=117
Wow. Vomitting in the middle of an interview is one way not to get invited back to the local news station.
Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth
http://www.medmalexperts.com/POCM/index_FLASH.html
"So, how much did Christianity inherit from the Pagans? Christianity is an ancient Pagan religion"
Newsday.com: Moral values apply to torture, too
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-vpcoc164085370dec16,0,3145955,print.column?coll=ny-news-columnists
"Why is a nation consumed with moral values so blind to state-sanctioned immorality?"
SENiOR CRANKY: I HATE INTERNET PORN
http://www.punchlinemag.com/ContentDisplay.php4?UID=421
"But most importantly I learned if you want to get anywhere in this crackerjack, caramel popcorn world, you're not getting there any faster by clicking around naughtynaughty.com with one hand in your pants."
Yahoo! News - Bush Defends Rumsfeld As 'A Caring Fellow'
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/rumsfeld
Wow. I wonder how many times he had to rehearse saying that until he stopped laughing every time?
The New York Times Technology A Toy With a Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/technology/20joystick.html?ei=5088&en=e75b73eb605a444d&ex=1261285200&partner=rssnyt
"...Ms. Ellsworth is demonstrating that the spirit that once led from Silicon Valley garages to companies like Hewlett-Packard and Apple Computer can still thrive."
Contrary Brin: Ukraine levels of electoral fraud?
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2004/12/ukraine-levels-of-electoral-fraud.html
"I am still hoping that much of the talk about election fraud in this country is exaggerated."
You Must Be Present to Win: People Will Sign Anything
http://www.salguod.com/blog/archives/2004/12/people_will_sig.html
"I HEARBY SURRENDER MY SOUL FOR ALL ETERNITY TO THE CLERKS AT I LUV VIDEO..."
USATODAY.com - Poll: Nearly half of Americans for limiting Muslim-Americans' rights
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-17-muslims-civil-liberties_x.htm
I love my country, but I fear my countrymen
Yahoo! News - Eat 'Supermeals' to Protect Heart: Experts
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/health_supermeals_dc
"focus more on eating a healthy diet as a good means to reduce their heart disease."
EZ-Flash 2 PowerStar II EZ2 PS Power Star
http://www.gameboy-advance.net/flash_card/ez-flash-2-powerstar.htm
QUITTING THE PAINT FACTORY
http://web.ionsys.com/~remedy/Quitting%20The%20Paint%20Factory.htm
"I distrust the perpetually busy; always have."
Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting: Dunk Mug
http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/archives/2004/12/dunk_mug.html?rss=
"Who doesn't love a little biscuit to dunk in his coffee?"
Sci Fi Wire -- Le Guin Blasts SCI FI's Earthsea
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-12/17/11.00.books=
SciFi's response goes something like this: "Whatever, Le Guin. 13 million suckers watched our ads, so who cares?"
PDF Adder for iTunes
http://macscripter.net/news.php?id=P5583_0_1_0_C
WorldNetDaily: Why I believe in Creation
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41977
"The primary reason I believe, of course, is because the Bible tells me so. That's good enough for me, because I haven't found the Bible to be wrong about anything else." Look harder.
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
http://www.catdrinkingsongs.com
"Do you Love Irish Drinking Songs? Are you a kitty cat lover fanatic?"
A Whitewashed Earthsea - How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books. By Ursula K. Le Guin
http://slate.msn.com/id/2111107/fr/rss
'Readers who've been wondering why I "let them change the story" may find some answers here.'
RasterWeb! - Fear of an Aggregated Planet
http://rasterweb.net/raster/200412.html#12162004075000
Build your own personal Planet
It's the F-Time Show With Chevy Chase (washingtonpost.com)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3216-2004Dec15.html
"Even certified Hollywood liberals were reeling after Chevy Chase's potty-mouthed Bush-bashing Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center, where the actor hosted an awards ceremony staged by People for the American Way."
MAZINGER Z
http://www.mazinworld.com/Mazinger.html
Fewture Models Aphrodite
http://www.fewturemodels.net/action_figures/mazinger/aphrodite.html
Features "removable breast and lip missiles". And I can't believe this is from an anime I watched in elementary school, called Manzinger-Z/Tranzor-Z
Margaret Cho's blog - Beheaded
http://margaretcho.net/blog/beheaded.htm
"The cutaway here never happened, because this was no movie, at least we hope that it was not, for that would introduce far more sinister horrors than we are capable of comprehending."
Google Search: "my new * * technique is unstoppable"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22my+new+*+*+technique+is+unstoppable%22
Hello? Fuck!
http://www.oldeenglish.org/hellofuck.html
OpenPodcast.org
http://openpodcast.org
"OpenPodcast.org is a dynamically generated podcast to which anyone at all can contribute." Drunk dialing for everyone to hear :)
QDB: Quote #428429
http://bash.org/?428429=
"Fat geeks with cardboard armour are arguing about what type of swords they'd have had back then."
Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One
http://norman.walsh.name/2004/12/15/webarch
"Today, the W3C published Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One as a Recommendation!"
Browder Joins SG-1
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-12/15/11.00.sfc=
"SCI FI Channel confirmed that Farscape star Ben Browder will join the cast of SCI FI's original series Stargate SG-1." Keen!
The Goldfish Online- LEGO Logic Gates
http://goldfish.ikaruga.co.uk/logic.html
Ooh, mechanical logic gates of lego
The Globe and Mail: Rutgers researchers may have stopped HIV
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041212.waids1212/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth
'“We're onto something very, very special,” Dr. Arnold said.'
Pierced Eyeglasses [The Publisher’s Ring]
http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20041214.html
Whoa. Eyeglasses built around a facial piercing.
Found Sound: Found Sound 012
http://foundsound.blogs.com/podcast/2004/12/found_sound_012.html
Best banana suit story ever.
CNN.com - Columbine graduate killed in Iraq - Dec 14, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/14/marine.columbine.ap/index.html
"A Marine who was a freshman at Columbine High School when two students killed 13 people there was killed in action in Iraq, his family said."
ZAP! The Game
http://www.zapthegame.com
Seems vaguely like X-Pilot and maybe Subspace. And there's an OS X version!
news@nature.com - Living cells get nanosurgery
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041213/full/041213-2.html
"Tiny needle can operate on a single cell without leaving damage."
Where d'you get those peepers
http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Dawkins/Work/Articles/1995-06-16peepers.shtml
"...eyes have evolved many times, often in little more than a blink of geological history..."
Student's belongings hurled from 12-story window
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1103038818304420.xml=
"Police block off street as furniture, personal items rain down" Very odd.
PERST - Simple, Fast, Convenient Object Oriented Database
http://www.garret.ru/~knizhnik/perst.html
"PERST is just an embedded object-oriented database for applications that need to deal with persistent data."
HtmlToXsltExperiments - Cocoon Wiki
http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon/HtmlToXsltExperiments
Another attribute-based template approach using XSLT-from-XSLT
Templates TAL Example - Bitflux CMSWiki
http://wiki.bitflux.org/Templates_TAL_Example
Interesting: XSL which, when given a ZPT-like template as input, produces XSL to implement the template.
WL-HDD 2.5 IEEE 802.11g 54 Mbps WLAN Hard Drive Box
http://usa.asus.com/products/communication/wireless/wl-hdd25/overview.htm
"This latest hard disk drive box enables wireless file sharing through 802.11g OFDM technology, enabling fast data transfer at 54Mbps."
AlterNet: Battlefield Earth
http://www.alternet.org/story/20666
"...millions of Christian fundamentalists may believe that environmental destruction is not only to be disregarded but actually welcomed – even hastened – as a sign of the coming apocalypse." Wow. Can we ship these people off to their own Earth, so
Wired News: Home-Brew IPod Ad Opens Eyes
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66001,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
'School teacher George Masters has the marketing world abuzz with a homemade ad for Apple Computer's iPod that is rapidly "going viral."' Very cool
DingDing - OneBigSoup
http://onebigsoup.wiki.taoriver.net/moin.cgi/DingDing
Just wondering: Why *hasn't* anyone built an event messaging framework atop IRC already?
The New York Times Opinion Op-Ed Columnist: Borrow, Speculate and Hope
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/opinion/10krugman.html?ei=5090&en=cadeb1f7e2a210fc&ex=1260421200&partner=rssuserland
"If Mr. Bush were to say in plain English that his plan to solve our fiscal problems is to borrow trillions, put the money into stocks and hope for the best, everyone would denounce that plan as the height of irresponsibility."
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1313539&qth=300&qtw=480&sdm=web
Hooray for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp!
HOMICIDE IN DETROIT: Law of the street
http://www.freep.com/features/living/homicide12e_20041212.htm
"Overworked police can't be everywhere, so his family hunts for a missing man" Yeah, I love this town.
Nelson's Weblog: tech / bad / endOfSMTP
http://www.nelson.monkey.org/~nelson/weblog/tech/bad/endOfSMTP.html
"This filter is an example of the end of SMTP."
A view from the north
http://canadiancynic.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_canadiancynic_archive.html#110279315108677982
"If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war"
JOBS at the University of Michigan - ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING PROGRAMMER
http://websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/jobnet/job_posting.php?postingnumber=041588
This job probably pays crap, but man I wish it was posted a year or two ago, when I was applying for literally three dozen jobs at U of M.
Natural Phenomena of AntiGravitation and Invisibility in Insects at Forever Geek
http://forevergeek.com/entertainment/natural_phenomena_of_antigravitation_and_invisibility_in_insects.php
Weird science.
More on Category Factory
http://www.doug-miller.net/blog/archive/moreoncategoryfactor.html
It's like tags in Tinderbox!
Arch Linux
http://www.archlinux.org
"Arch Linux is an i686-optimized linux distribution targeted at competent linux users"
Just a Bump in the Beltway: Fleeing North
http://www.node707.com/archives/002530.shtml
"I was told in basic training that, if I'm given an illegal or immoral order, it is my duty to disobey it, and I feel that invading and occupying Iraq is an illegal and immoral thing to do."
Just a Bump in the Beltway: Drafty
http://www.node707.com/archives/002531.shtml
"Far from all of Bush and Rummy's happy talk, we are in serious trouble in Iraq."
Just a Bump in the Beltway: Worm Turning?
http://www.node707.com/archives/002534.shtml
"With violence rising and insurgency spreading, is the media moving from cheerleading the Iraq War to questioning if Iraq is another Vietnam?"
Propeller Island City Lodge Symbol Room
http://www.propeller-island.de/rooms_neu/room_detail/02/index.php
What an odd / cool hotel
Ursula K. Le Guin: Earthsea
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Earthsea.html
'Had "Miss Le Guin" been honestly asked to be involved in the planning of the film, she might have discussed with the film-makers what the books are about.' Ouch.
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish - Defending Rummy
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_12_05_dish_archive.html#110261014631409046
"This is not knee-jerk anti-war sentiment. This is knee-jerk pro-war sentiment."
Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters - (United Press International)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041207-121848-6449r.htm
"U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginning to show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they are the leading edge of a new generation of homeless vets not seen since the Vietnam era."
Weekly World News - MONKEYS TYPE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61566
"The classic puzzle about whether an infinite number of monkeys typing for an infinite period of time would type a Shakespeare play has been answered in the affirmative."
The X - World's Largest Poutine
http://www.cbc.ca/thex/events/live.php
Ripples: We live in unstable times...
http://ripples.typepad.com/ripples/2004/12/we_live_in_unst.html
"Congratulations on finally reaching that corner office! Enjoy it while you can. Next year, you may be operating a business out of your garage."
Ambrosio
http://www.simplicidade.org/pocs/ambrosio.html
"Ambrosio is a Jabber bot for system administration." Uses Perl and POE
ThinkGeek :: Deadly Ninja Blanket
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/hoodies/6ced
"Wrap yourself in the most deadly blanket in the Universe and the Universe will be yours for the taking..."
Entertainment News Article | Reuters.co.uk | "Beckham nativity" outrages churches
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=635418&type=entertainmentNews
"God is not going to worry. He is going to cope..." Heh, heh
Linux Clustering with Ruby Queue: Small Is Beautiful | Linux Journal
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7922
"Using Ruby and SQLite to create Linux clusters that take advantage of idle nodes and bypass expensive software solutions."
mod_ext_filter - Apache HTTP Server
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_ext_filter.html
"With this module, a program which reads from stdin and writes to stdout (i.e., a Unix-style filter command) can be a filter for Apache."
chaotic intransient prose bursts: State of the API address
http://blog.kung-foo.tv/archives/001228.php
"The biggest advantage of Atom is its flexible extensibility, something that XML-RPC is sorely lacking."
O'Reilly to Jewish caller: "[I]f you are really ... [Media Matters for America]
http://mediamatters.org/items/200412070004
"You know, the majority can be insulted, too." Then, I guess we just follow what the mob wants then, eh?
DIY Games :: A Sitdown With Seth Able Robinson
http://diygames.com/index.php?more=1&p=718
"...he helped revolutionize BBS door games with his smash hit Legend of the Red Dragon (LoRD) 15 years ago..."
Photon X25
http://alesis.com/products/photonX25/index.html
"With unique features such as the Axyz Controller dome and ten 360° endless knobs, you’ll have powerful MIDI control of your software plug-ins." Ooh. I want.
Eurogamer.net - American Mr. Driller DS missing Japanese features?
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57341
Bastards. Well, at least the DS is region-free.
Penny Arcade! - Ostentatious Ornamentation
http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php3?date=2004-12-06#2333
"The Mild is actually the only potable version, precisely because it tastes less like their product's theoretical maximum!" Pod coffee is bad, both decaf and full-caf.
Joel on Software - Monday, December 06, 2004
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/12/06.html
'"rosh katan" - little head, vs. "rosh gadol" - big head'
Furuta Star Trek Ship Collection 2 -- Secret Item Enterprise E *Rare!*
http://www.jbox.com/SEARCH/KB035/1
Want this.
Monster Farming - The creepy solution to the stem-cell debate. By William Saletan
http://slate.msn.com/id/2110670/fr/rss
Sony PSP Clone Made by China Legend: 3G Mobile Phone with Video Camera and PDA Built-In
http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3515&likref=html7
By Lenovo
Shooting E-Mail Like Bullets (Jeremy Zawodny's blog)
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/003192.html
"...this simply requires people to (1) care about their communication, and (2) take the time to do it well. Sadly, both of those seem to be rare." Right on.
How to Annoy
http://xdr.com/dash/funny2.txt
I think I had a copy of this tacked up to my dorm room door in college, gradually crossing off items.
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT - Monkey Vs. Tiger
http://www.loveit-or-leaveit.com/videos/monkeyvstiger.html
Hee-hee. Monkey tweaks the tigers' ears.
A WSGI server for jython 2.1
http://www.xhaus.com/modjy
"Modjy is an implementation of a WSGI compliant gateway/server for jython, built on J2EE servlets."
Python Packages Index: pyIrcServer Alpha
http://www.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=pyIrcServer&version=Alpha
"Powerful IRCd with an incredible personalizable configuration."
Nelson's Weblog: tech / good / powerbookLatch
http://www.nelson.monkey.org/~nelson/weblog/tech/good/powerbookLatch.html
"Some industrial designer must have spent six months getting this exactly right." One of the many reasons I love Apple.
News in Science - Viking map may rewrite US history - 26/11/2004
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1252307.htm
"A controversial parchment said to be the oldest map of America could, if authentic, support the theory that the Vikings arrived first."
Nelson's Weblog: tech / bad / javaCalendarInsanity
http://www.nelson.monkey.org/~nelson/weblog/tech/bad/javaCalendarInsanity.html
And this is one of the things about Java that makes me gag.
Aspect and Subject Oriented programming: Why Microsoft can Blow-Off with C#?
http://khason.biz/blog/2004/12/why-microsoft-can-blow-off-with-c.html
"Not the law is clear? There is a beard - there is a success. There is no beard - you are guilty." Kind of engrishy, but funny
Mind Hacks: Choice Irrationalities
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2004/12/choice_irrationaliti.html
"All models are false, but some are useful, as they say."
BBC NEWS | Technology | Anti-spam plan overwhelms sites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4061375.stm
"And what is to stop a mistake happening and the wrong number going on the list?" Hmm, ugh. Okay, I've been using the screensaver, but now this worries me: A counter tactic for spammers might be to randomly include other URLs in emails. How does Lycos
Costco.com - Arcade Legends Cocktail Table Arcade Game
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?cat=&prodid=10044139&topnav=&whse=
"It’s the real thing, except the coin door is permanently deactivated: play for free! It plays 35 of the most popular arcade games of all time, made famous by Atari, Capcom and Universal." Need. This.
Yahoo! News - Fat Americans overwhelm imaging machines
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?cid=856&e=2&ncid=856&tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041201/od_uk_nm/oukoe_health_obesity
"The biggest problems were with abdominal ultrasound followed by chest X-ray and abdominal computed tomography, the report said." Oh for fuck's sake, put down the damn ThickBurger!
Tenet calls for Internet security -- The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20041201-114750-6381r
"Access to networks like the World Wide Web might need to be limited to those who can show they take security seriously, he said." I'd definitely support an amendment to the constitution declaring the right to bear web.
Dr Beat(li) - Plagg README
http://www.drbeat.li/py/plagg
Ooh. Need to check this out. I used to use blagg for my news aggregator a few years ago
Kid 0.2 and a note on Template Design
http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2004/12/02/a-note-on-template-design
"I pushed up a much needed 0.2 release of Kid today."
XML.com: How to Create a REST Protocol
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/12/01/restful-web.html
"This article outlines a series of steps you can follow in creating your protocol--guidance that will help you get all the benefits that REST has to offer, while avoiding common pitfalls."
evhead: Web Developer Needed (in/around SF)
http://www.evhead.com/2004/11/web-developer-needed-inaround-sf.asp
Definitely need to move to one of the coasts.
KONTRABAND.COM - Japanese Schoolgirl Panties / MTV Asia
http://www.kontraband.com/show/popup.asp?ID=1259
"Just scratch and sniff ! (QT6 req.)" Ooky UGH