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September 2005

193 bookmarks saved in September 2005

:: SCIFIFANTASYNEWS.COM :: Short Fiction : Pentu

http://www.scififantasynews.com/article.aspx?nArticleID=1084
"It’s about a world that’s forced to destroy itself every 18 months to keep everyone employed through the rebuilding process. I wrote it to better nail down the themes of The Economic Opportunity of Destruction. If you like/hate it, send some feedback
#fiction #nifty #scifi
archive.org #5538

AJAX using only an image

http://zingzoom.com/ajax/ajax_with_image.php
"Only an image or a stylesheet is used for the communication between the client and the server. The communication occurs without the need for the page to reload. "
#ajax #webdev
archive.org #5532

Opiate of the masses

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/printarticle.php?AuthKey=9dc5d2aee90c2f14cf7399fa0d72d313&author=&category=130&id=7036&issue=510
"The four doomed flights of 11th September were, in a very real sense, Gerin oil trips: all 19 of the hijackers were high on the drug at the time."
#nifty #philosophy #religion
archive.org #5526

Wal-Mart prank

http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/23/wal-mart-prank.html
"Since I was the guy who set up everything in the electronics department for almost seven months, a few small advantages were mine alone."
#funny #pranks #walmart
archive.org #5524

Software- App Stop

http://developer.mabwebdesign.com/appstop.html
"App Stop is a little status bar that resides in your menu bar that allows you to pause, resume, and set priorities for your applications."
#osx #utilities
archive.org #5522

90% Crud: Notes on mod_security vs. spam

http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/geekery/notes_on_mod_security_vs_spam.php
"I'm using mod_security because my server has lots of different blogging tools installed, and there's no way to centrally protect them all. This won't take care of all comment or trackback spam, but I'm hoping it will greatly reduce the amount we get. Als
#apache #metablogging #spam
archive.org #5517

Brett Levin

http://blevin.org/cat
"The Infinite Cat Project is a website of photos. Each photo shows a cat looking at a computer screen on which is a previous photo of a cat looking at a computer screen."
#cats #trippy #video
archive.org #5513

Eastgate: Cable YoYo

http://www.eastgate.com/catalog/CableYoYo.html
"The Cable YoYo is a simple but incredibly effective tool for cleaning your clutter. Instead of having extra cable snaking all over the place, entangling other cables and getting in the way, just wrap the excess cable around the cable yoyo!"
#cables #gadget #hardware #nifty #wishlist
archive.org #5477

Double Plus Darwin

http://doubleplusdarwin.blogspot.com
"Paul Graham has a theory. He believes that, given $10,000 and 3-6 months, two or three entrepreneurs can create a start up worth investing in, and ultimately (within a few years), worth buying for at least $1,000,000."
#business #entrepreneurs #startup
archive.org #5475

Roku

http://www.rokulabs.com/products/soundbridge/SoundbridgeRadio
"SoundBridge Radio is a complete Wi-Fi Music System that brings the world of Internet radio to every room of the house in rich, clear, stereo sound. "
#gadgets #hardware #music #wishlist
archive.org #5463

Bush to Focus on Vision for Reconstruction in Speech - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/15/politics/15bush.html
What. The. Fuck?! "Republicans said Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff and Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, was in charge of the reconstruction effort, which reaches across many agencies of government and includes the direct involvemen
#bush #disaster #hurricane #hurricanekatrina #karlrove #katrina #neworleans #politics #rove
archive.org #5438

Ink 19 :: Carrie Nuttall

http://www.ink19.com/issues/july2005/interviews/interviews/carrieNuttall.html
"The percussionist's wife, L.A. photographer Carrie Nuttall, has captured the essence of Peart the musician and perhaps the essence of Peart the man in Rhythm & Light, a new book of photos of the early Vapor Trails sessions."
#music #neilpeart #photography #rush
archive.org #5423

365 tomorrows - Eye For An Eye

http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/11/eye-for-an-eye
"Since your action took advantage of the female nature of Ilexya Eiin Dephryn, to properly experience the victim's role your body will be surgically altered to reflect the feminine characteristics of your species."
#scifi #stories #writing
archive.org #5413

Vista hardware requirements clarified

http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry360.html
"Realistically, then, to make the most of Vista we're looking at needing a dual-core processor system, with 2Gb or more of fast RAM, a 256Mb or better display card, a hard drive better than whats currently available and, if we want to watch the upcoming h
#MSFT #hardware #suckers
archive.org #5385

The Noble Collection Products

http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?catid=13&id=NS9131
"Based on the design found in his notebooks, The Flying Machine is recreated for the collector in polished brass, acid etched with the most famous DaVinci notebook drawing."
#trinkets #wishlist
archive.org #5380

The Noble Collection Products

http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?catid=13&id=NN0627
"The pocket watch features da Vinci's famous Vitruvian man illustration in bas relief on the cover. Inside, the mechanical watchworks are visible - a touch that will delight the da Vinci in anyone."
#trinkets #watch #wishlist
archive.org #5379

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Drowning New Orleans (October 2001)

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00060286-CB58-1315-8B5883414B7F0000&catID=2&chanID=sa006&pageNumber=1
"A major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands. Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive reengineering of southeastern Louisiana can save the city"
#disaster #environment #for:missadroit #katrina #neworleans #science #weather
archive.org #5375