This Place Sucks - Superfriends mashup with Office Space
http://www.idiotwork.com/pages/tps.html
This is sheer genius.
Bunny - Outlaw Journalist Kit
http://www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny/index.php?id=177
"The Bowel Disruptor and Filthy Assistants were on order"
Comment on RE: uTidyLib on Mac OS X
http://snurf.bdash.net.nz/2004/08/28/snurf-source-available-via-subversion
"Thinking back, I remember having some problems with installing uTidyLib. I ended up hand-patching it to work on OS X."
Photo Matt » LDAP Authentication
http://photomatt.net/2005/02/25/ldap-authentication
"A hack for a LDAP enabled Wordpress 1.5."
Library Journal - Revenge of the Blog People!
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA502009
The Blog People still think you're an idiot.
Macleans.ca | Top Stories | U.S. says Canada relinquishing sovereignty with No to missile shield
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews.jsp?content=n022421A
"Canada's announcement that it won't join the U.S. missile shield provoked an immediate warning that it has relinquished sovereignty over its airspace."
President Bush Stifles Science, Researchers Say
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/ap_050221_bush_science.html
"The voice of science is being stifled in the Bush administration, with fewer scientists heard in policy discussions and money for research and advanced training being cut, according to panelists at a national science meeting."
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html
"An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting"
Big John
http://www.popdizzy.com/archives/Big%20John.jpg
"The only toilet in the world for big people." I don't want to laugh, but it's just... well, it's not a perspective I'd want to choose.
Daigasso! Band Brothers (Jam With The Band) (ds: 2004): Reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ds/jamwiththeband
"Jam with the Band gives you the chance to rock out on your Nintendo DS."
In first, scientists regenerate optic nerve | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7070
"This is the closest science has come to regenerating so many nerve fibers over a long distance to reach their targets and to repair a nerve previously considered irreparably damaged."
TikiMac -- The Macintosh Outfitters
http://kahuna.tikimac.com/products/items/tm108.html
Angry Tiki flash drive. I want one.
jobs.perl.org: Sr. Perl Web Developer
http://jobs.perl.org/job/2154
I've got all the qualifications... if only they'd let me sneak into Canada. Oh, Toronto, why do you taunt me?
Xbox-Scene.com - More to the power cord replacement than meets the eye?
http://www.xbox-scene.com/index.php?newsview=1#newsitemEEpAEAylAluZlwSlOJ
"So, when your PSU sparks and shorts out, it just trips a switch instead of catching fire, but your xbox still doesn't work." Bandaid on a design flaw?
Adware maker joins federal privacy board | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Adware+maker+joins+federal+privacy+board/2100-1028_3-5587653.html
Look! It's the start of Total Information Awareness implementation-- that's what all the spyware's been about.
Warrenellis.com » Lines Doctor Who Never Got To Say
http://www.warrenellis.com/index.php?p=385
“The Daleks hate me because I shat in one.” Oh, great, now I've got coffee on my screen.
Our waste howling 'cyberness' | csmonitor.com
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0218/p09s02-coop.html?s=3Dhns
"I, for one, am not convinced that the computer will ever be a terribly useful tool for real, personal connections." Hrm. Well, *most* of my real, personal connections have been made via computer.
Text Processing in Python (a book)
http://gnosis.cx/TPiP
"...c'mon, would it kill a few of you to donate a buck?"
Linux.com | Bare-metal server restore using tar
http://servers.linux.com/article.pl?from=rss&sid=05/02/16/1922228
I've done this before, but good thing to remember.
Syngress Publishing - Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage
http://www.syngress.com/catalog?pid=3180
Between this and the new Hacking Video Game Consoles book, I kinda want to get back into some old school hardware hacking
OnMyCommand Commands
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/commands/commands.php
GateWorld - News: 'Moebius, Part 2' ends SG-1's eighth year
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/moebiuspart2endsisg-1iseig.shtml
Wow... 8 years without being cancelled :)
Weekly World News - BUSH ORDERS CAPE & CROWN
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/politics/61676
"Prez calls for amendment to allow royal titles."
Simmons Consulting » Fixing WordPress 1.5 on Windows 2000 (IIS 5)
http://www.simmonsconsulting.com/wordpress?p=160
'Turns out there is a problem setting a cookie and sending header redirection (a "location:" header) from the same Php file on a Windows 2000 Server (IIS 5).'
Beginners Mind
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BeginnersMind=
"By understanding patterns the architect is not doomed to repeat them; she will recombine and transcend them, and in the process create new patterns for those who come next"
Welcome to the SICP Web Site
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp
"This site is a companion to the influential computer-science text Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, by Abelson, Sussman, and Sussman."
CommunityWiki: OverHear
http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/OverHear
"I have an idea for a new sort of communications medium."
Wired News: Office Sweeties Have No Secrets
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66642,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
"Your network administrator has a copy of every e-mail you've sent and received over the company network." Well, duh. I do everything personal on my own laptop over a secured VPN to home.
LUKE CHUEH
http://www.lukechueh.com
"When you first look at his paintings, it's really cute, but when you look again, you gotta think... this Luke Chueh guy's got issues."
eBay item 7135441836 (Ends Feb-24-05 23:01:23 PST) - 303 BRASS - NOT AMMUNITION - no primer - no powder
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem=&item=7135441836
Check out all the disclaimers attached. NO GO BANG
The Biofeedback Blog
http://www.bio-medical.com/blog
This is a new blog running WordPress 1.5 that I helped set up for a friend who works at a company selling biofeedback gadgets and software. Cool stuff!
PublicRadioFan.com
http://publicradiofan.com
"PublicRadioFan.com features program listings for hundreds of public radio stations around the world. Follow the audio links to hear your favorite programs and discover new ones."
OSDir.com :: uVNC
http://osdir.com/Downloads+index-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-800-ttitle-uVNC.phtml
"I even had a demonstration server running on a colleagues Commodore 64."
uVNC - A VNC Server for 8-bit Microcontrollers
http://www.sics.se/~adam/uvnc
"Future applications include simple devices such as light-switches (dimmers) and thermometers in the hi-tech enabled home."
eBay item 5363311018 (Ends Feb-20-05 05:52:23 PST) - Well worn cute sexy sneakers used shoes
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem=&item=5363311018
Bitching about podcasting's quality is like making fun of eBay for selling used sneakers.
Varifrank: Changing the world - One cable modem at a time.
http://varifrank.com/archives/2005/02/changing_the_wo_1.php
"The work is now where you are, rather than the other way around."
98-026 Nintendo
http://www.bobrost.com/nes/games.php
I've linked to this before, but it bears re-linking. Makes me want to attend Carnegie Mellon
Firefox Extension: Tab Mix
http://hemiolapei.free.fr/divers/tabmix/tabmix.html.en
"Is it possible to combine the most practical tab-related extensions together, then we could just install ONE extension for a better tabbed browsing? That's what I try to do in Tab Mix."
New Wave Photos by Philippe Carly
http://www.newwavephotos.com/index.htm
Wow.. This reads like a record store I want to shop in.
BOOOOOONG GA!
http://www.sixsixfive.com/229.html
"And on the right, we have mascots for the game - one with a giant hand for a head and one who appears to be dressed with a fecal motif."
How to fry an egg on an XP
http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~htsu/humor/fry_egg.html
So all that work on water cooling systems and fans is just dumb. Why waste a perfectly good griddle?
Jon Stewart's Daily Show on Bloggers 02/16/05
http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605bloggers.html
Oh god, this makes me laugh so hard I cry milk.
TYMA dot com - News - Articles : The Squirt-gun Offense
http://www.tyma.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=32
Man, I wish I could make little edits to cultural norms and make something like this a defacto tradition.
macosxhints - Convert Real Audio files to MP3s
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050130184054216
"By using a few freely available UNIX command line tools, and codecs from the OS X version of Real Player, one can easily and quickly convert Real Audio to MP3."
microsoft.com - A parent's primer to computer slang
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
"Understand how your kids communicate online to help protect them" 31337 d00d! k-r4d! u need 2 raed dis
Phil Windley's Technometria | Building Interactive Web Programs with Continuations
http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/02/building_intera.shtml
'...what if I could write programs for the Web that were “structured” in the programming sense of that word?'
BBC NEWS | In pictures: How the world is changing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/sci_nat_how_the_world_is_changing/html/1.stm
"While the effect of human activity on the global climate is hotly debated, physical signs of environmental change are all around us."
National Hockey League Players' Association: NHL CANCELS SEASON
http://www.nhlpa.com/Content/Feature.asp?contentId=3428
Wow. Didn't this happen to baseball? Right about when they lost a whole bunch of fans to hockey? Greedy dumbasses, all.
Amazon.com : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: In Theaters April 29
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/556590/102-1209597-4928163
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy stars Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, and John Malkovich, and opens April 29, 2005, in theaters everywhere." Must. See.
Improv Everywhere Mission: No Pants 2k5
http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=45
Green tea extract has potential as anti-cancer agent | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7007
Maybe I should start drinking green tea like Mr. Kurzweil.
White House Turns Tables on Former American POWs
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-na-pow15feb15,0,3155150.story?coll=la-home-headlines
'Government lawyers have insisted, literally, on "no amount of money" going to the Gulf War POWs.'
svendtofte.com - Curried JavaScript functions
http://www.svendtofte.com/code/curried_javascript
"no, not curried spicy, but curried lambda-calculus-like"
franklinmint.fm: Ever Wonder Why It's Called "XMLHTTPRequest"?
http://www.franklinmint.fm/blog/archives/000294.html
"It has the name it does because Microsoft designed it for WebDAV requests, where XML chunks are used to supplement the HTTP protocol."
PBF038ADBaconEgg.jpg (JPEG Image, 700x282 pixels)
http://cheston.com/pbf/PBF038ADBaconEgg.jpg
BLowned.gif (GIF Image, 243x113 pixels)
http://www.omgpwned.net/animate/BLowned.gif
PWNED by Bruce Lee. Ouch.
Reason: My Privatized Valentine: A martyr for state-free marriage
http://www.reason.com/hod/jc021405.shtml
"If the church thinks divorce and homosexuality are problematic, it should initiate the real dialogue to address these problems in-house rather than relying on state-sponsored coercion to affirm doctrinal beliefs."
NASA Brain Bites - Munchies For Your Mind
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/brainbite/home.html
Needs. RSS. Feed.
The Man in Blue widgEditor: A simple, standards-compliant WYSIWYG HTML editor
http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2005/01/27
"There's quite a few HTML-based HTML editors out there, but they all lack something."
Main Page - Crazy Hacks
http://www.crazy-hacks.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
"Welcome to Crazy Hacks, a GNU FDL-licensed wiki of crazy software- and hardware-projects of geeks all around the world."
Globetechnology: Computer scientist Kurzweil aims to live forever
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050214.gtkurzfeb14/BNStory/Technology
'"Death is a tragedy," a process of suffering that rids the world of its most tested, experienced members — people whose contributions to science and the arts could only multiply with agelessness, he said.'
[IP] Bush's Budget Means Cutting Only Peanut Butter
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200502/msg00106.html
"This budget isn't about finding numbers that lead to deficit reduction, it's about using the pretext of deficits to limit government's role to help those most in need."
open.itworld.com - Master Foo explains XML to Aliens
http://open.itworld.com/4934/nls_ebizmasterfoo050215/page_1.html
"Master Foo left to live with the aliens. That surprised everyone."
Kung Fu Monkey: Oh. Oh, Canada.
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/02/oh-oh-canada.html
"It's the 21st Century. It's Canada's Century, if we have the balls to step up and save the world."
Amrita quick start guide
http://amrita.sourceforge.jp/docs/QuickStart.html
"Simplest html/xhtml template library for Ruby"
Snakelets - Features
http://snakelets.sourceforge.net/features.html
"Okay I know what Snakelets is, but what features does it have?"
d2r: a tool's influence
http://www.dynamicobjects.com/d2r/archives/003112.html
"I have no doubt that in my case not just the tool (movabletype) but also my weblog's design have influenced me to go for longer, article-like posts rather than the shorter posts we see elsewhere."
The MPAA vs. An Army of Mice
http://www.shutdownthis.com
"The only way to win is to stop waging war on your own customers and accept the fact that we are in control, not you."
Iraq Winners Allied With Iran Are the Opposite of U.S. Vision (washingtonpost.com)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21679-2005Feb13.html?sub=AR
"Most of the neoconservative assumptions about what would happen have proven false."
Boing Boing: Who did MPAA rip off "You can click but you can't hide" from?
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/11/who_did_mpaa_rip_off.html
Heh. Don't steal, but thank goodness we have access to a common culture so we can rip off a few pithy phrases.
Teal Sunglasses: Hire the right clients!
http://www.plaidworks.com/chuqui/blog/001905.html
'...if someone questions a "hole" in my resume, anyone who wouldn't accept "I decided I had enough of them make me miserable" isn't someone I want to work for, anyway.'
this is sippey.typepad.com: markdown for windows
http://sippey.typepad.com/filtered/2004/09/markdown_for_wi.html
"Taking inspiration from Merlin Mann's fantastic 43 Folders, here's a quick hint for those of you who are just dying to use John Gruber's Markdown ... on Windows."
Teach Evolution: Leave No Child Behind
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_devore_evolution_050210.html
'As America strives to "leave no child behind," it’s time that evolution is not left behind in our science classrooms.'
Chameleon
http://joshtyler.com/test/myblogs
"But the number of feeds I was trying to deal with quickly got away from me. I don't think folders are the answer."
Iron Circus: Official November 2004 National Geographic Appreciation Station.
http://www.ironcircus.com/blog/000267.html
"Yes, it can be measured in the laboratory. Shut up."
QuirksBlog: Javascript memory leaks
http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2005/02/javascript_memo.html
Wherein it is discovered again that IE's JScript doesn't handle circular references very well.
New Scientist Breaking News - St John's wort may be effective anti-depressant
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7000
"People suffering from severe depression could find St John's wort as effective a treatment as prescribed drugs but with fewer side effects, a new study suggests."
196510_Son_of_a_Peach_.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
http://uploads.ungrounded.net/196000/196510_Son_of_a_Peach_.swf
Always wondered what that Princess was doing in the other castle. (Maybe nsfw)
gardentricks
http://www.mrandmrswheatley.co.uk/gardentricks.html
Guys hitting each other with a sledgehammer and a spade.
Voidstar - How to be an online guru
http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=2221
RSS: What is a 'River of News' style aggregator?
http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/riverOfNews
"The first aggregator I wrote, in 1999, was a River of News style aggregator, and every other I've written since then."
Don't fall asleep on XBox Live.
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=lullabyandgoodnight
Guy falls asleep on XBox Live in a Halo game, snores on live mic, gets abused by players.
Boing Boing: FidoNET Web-interface
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/10/fidonet_webinterface.html
...and spam from the web finally reached FidoNET. :)
MSNBC - Despite conservatives, government grows
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6942108
"President Bush has yet to veto a spending bill"
How Motherboards Are Made: A Gigabyte Factory Tour - PCStats.com
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1722&page=1
Cue up the 1960's sparkle music.
nms - web programs written by experts
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/about.html
"nms is a set of web programs that are intended as drop-in replacments for the scripts at Matt's Script Archive." Wow, someone actually did it.
Reinvented Software - Feeder
http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder
Er... It's a pretty RSS feed maker. Like a reverse aggregator. Not sure what use it'd be though.
Pacman Must Die
http://www.viktoria.se/fal/projects/collgames
Collaborative, wireless gaming spread across many displays.
★ The Joy of Tech! ★
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/648.html
"We've chosen YOU to be sacrificed to the SALES GODS."
The 25 Most Inappropriate Things An Objectivist Can Say During Sex
http://www.savethehumans.com/instantgrat/thelist/objectivist_sex/index.shtml
Virtue
http://virtuedesktops.sourceforge.net
"Virtue is a virtual desktop manager for Mac OS 10.3 developed as a so called pet project of mine."
Boing Boing: Toronto's Bakka Books moving back to Queen St, March 1
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/07/torontos_bakka_books.html
I want to live in Toronto.
The Little JavaScripter
http://www.crockford.com/javascript/little.html
"JavaScript has much in common with Scheme."
The Darwinian Interlude
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/03/issue/magaphone.asp
"Now, after some three billion years, the Darwinian era is over."
All Things Distributed: Feynman & REST
http://weblogs.cs.cornell.edu/AllThingsDistributed/archives/000531.html
"We must learn from Physics that models are imperfect and only an approximation of something that is much larger, and more complex that we can imagine." Excellent.
Simon Willison: Google Maps and XSL
http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2005/02/08/maps
"I'll probably write more on this later, but it seems that Google Maps is using XSL."
NPR : Tommy Chong: Free, and Back on the Road
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4488902
What a great interview.
Sound Space: Science Fiction Audio Reviews - Battlestar Galactica
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue407/sound.html
"Oingo Boingo's lesser-known alumnus crafts a score for the SCI FI miniseries that repays careful listening"
LRB | Eliot Weinberger : What I Heard about Iraq
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n03/wein01_.html
A history of the last few years in quotes.
memoria technica | Life Servers Part II : A Solution
http://weblog.garyturner.net/archives/001663.html
"A postmodern reality dripping with fantastically recursive, circular irony given that 25 years ago, most of our old hard copy family photos would have been sitting inside the self same shoebox."
Declining numbers give Detroit image problem
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/pop8e_20050208.htm
"...the populations of such hot spots as Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle and New Orleans still lag far behind that of Detroit." Huh, you know I never realized Detroit still has more people.
Some in U.S. voting with their feet: printer friendly version
http://iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/02/06/news/refuge.html
"...Americans are not just making inquiries and that more are pursuing a move above the 49th parallel..."
VoIP over Phone Wiring
http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20050206_voip_over_phone_wiring.html
"The phone wiring in the house could be terminated at my Linksys Phone Adapter the same way the phone company brings their lines to the house and ties in to all the internal wiring of the house."
CNN.com - General: It's 'fun to shoot some people' - Feb 4, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/general.shoot/index.html
'"I was a little surprised," said retired Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin. "I don't think any of us who have ever fought in wars liked to kill anybody."'
DenverPost.com - LOCAL NEWS - Cookie klatch lands girls in court
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E53%7E2691638,00.html
"Two Durango teens thought they'd surprise neighbors with nighttime deliveries of home-baked treats. But one woman was so terrified, she sued and has won." No more cookies for you, you nasty bitch.
Rands In Repose: Nuke and Pave
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2005/02/05/nuke_and_pave.html
"Nuke and Pave is natural selection for your desktop." Totally. Ever since my nuke-and-pave habit has reached the level of about 5-6 times a year, I've gotten really good at knowing what and where everything I care about is on my computer.
Maikimo.net › Reading › Bible considered harmful (to conservative views)
http://maikimo.net/notes/2223/bible-considered-harmful
"The bible is one of the worst offenders in terms of turning people liberal."
Apocalypse now: how mankind is sleepwalking to the end of the Earth
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=608209
"The world's top scientists warned last week that dangerous climate change is taking place today, not the day after tomorrow."
Web Development :: Parse and HTML page into meta data and body
http://vsbabu.org/webdev/pydev/page_parse.html
Hmm.. interesting.
AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON-PAGE 1
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/difilippo3/difilippo31.html
Emergent behavior amongst household appliances.
Wired News: Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66460,00.html?tw=wn_3techhead
[nelson] HA-HA! [/nelson]
Five: myPod: Screwing Around With iPod Settings
http://five.bandwich.org/archives/000044.html
iPod battery indicator rendered as cocks.
Freezepop_Here Comes a Special Boy.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)
http://freezepop.net/listen/songs/Freezepop_Here%20Comes%20a%20Special%20Boy.mp3
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS
MAKE: Blog: Photos from the EFF's "Build-In"!
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/02/photos_from_the.html
"...using the open source MythTV from the KnoppMyth Linux distribution and the pcHDTV HD-3000 HD card, which will only be legal to buy up until July of 2005." That reminds me...
Muppet_Show_Manamanah.mpeg (video/mpeg Object)
http://movies.quadratic.net/Muppet_Show_Manamanah.mpeg
Doot doo de do doot. Manah manah.
Ned Batchelder: Get out of the zeros!
http://www.nedbatchelder.com/blog/20050203T131101.html
"I love open source software. I use a lot of open source software. But there's something that really bugs me about it: zeros."
Tuttle SVC - "frivolous asbestos claims"
http://tuttlesvc.teacherhosting.com/blog/blosxom.cgi/2005/02/02#338
'My grandfather got one of those "frivolous asbestos claims" that Bush referred to in the State of the Union speech tonight, not too long before he was killed by a malignant mesothelioma.'