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Retro tech meets modern AI: Inside an Amazon developer's garage turned working computer museum – GeekWire

https://www.geekwire.com/2026/retro-tech-meets-modern-ai-inside-an-amazon-developers-garage-turned-working-computer-museum/
“I started getting stuff, and then … it just kind of snowballed to a point I actually had to slow down because I legitimately don’t have space for it anymore,” Mesaros told GeekWire during a recent tour of his retro hardware labyrinth.
#hardware #nifty #retro
archive.org #38815

Sneak Peek: Start Your Own Radio Station — Veilamp

https://veilamp.com/blog/sneak-peek-start-your-own-radio-station
Here’s the part that makes it Veilamp: there’s no central media server. Your audio streams peer-to-peer over the Veilid network, end-to-end encrypted, straight from you to your listeners. We’re not in the middle. There’s no company relay logging who tuned in, no account, no cloud bill. It’s the same private, friends-first networking that powers sharing your library — we just taught it to carry a live program.
#audio #music #nifty #p2p #veilamp
archive.org #38813

klattsch engine is free software - put it in your game! - klattsch by Crash United

https://crashunited.itch.io/klattsch/devlog/1580425/klattsch-engine-is-free-software-put-it-in-your-game
Fun fact: the klattsch app is built on a free, MIT-licensed speech synthesis engine. The klattsch npm package is the engine under the hood, meaning you can drop this voice directly into your own games. Here’s a quick guide on how to do it, complete with examples.
#audio #nifty #node #sound #speech
archive.org #38802

Wireburst: RSS feeds in Discord, because email is the devil – Cruftbox: My Box of Cruft

https://cruftbox.com/2026/06/30/wireburst-rss-feeds-in-discord-because-email-is-the-devil/
The idea is simple. You point Wireburst at your RSS feeds, tell it what category they belong to, and it creates a Discord channel for each feed nested under a category group. New items show up individually. No algorithm. Just a channel you can glance at when you feel like it and ignore when you don’t.
#codegen #discord #llms #nifty #rss
archive.org #38789

Path (Toronto) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(Toronto)
he Path (stylized in all caps)[1] is a network of underground pedestrian tunnels, elevated walkways, and at-grade walkways connecting the office towers of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It connects more than 70 buildings via 30 kilometres (19 mi) of tunnels, walkways, and shopping areas.
#canada #nifty #path #toronto
archive.org #38784

OpenSeadragon

https://openseadragon.github.io/
An open-source, web-based viewer for high-resolution zoomable images, implemented in pure JavaScript, for desktop and mobile.
#nifty #webdev
archive.org #38746

Byte - a visual archive

https://byte.tsundoku.io/#about
This zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of the final edition (bottom right). The search bar runs RE2 regex over the full text of all 100k pages. The archive itself is not new, scans of BYTE have long existed on the Internet Archive and elsewhere on the net – but I hope seeing everything in single, searchable place offers a unique perspective.
#byte #computers #history #magazines #nifty #retro
archive.org #38743

Fedi got fingerd | Ian Renton

https://ianrenton.com/projects/fedi-got-fingerd/
Here it is then: a python script designed to be run from a cron job, which grabs your latest posts from your fedi account, converts them to a plain text format, and dumps them into ~/.plan along with your bio. This is then picked up by the finger daemon when someone runs finger [youruser]@[yourserver].
#fediverse #finger #nifty
archive.org #38708

argyleink/prop-for-that: what JS knows, now CSS knows

https://github.com/argyleink/prop-for-that
Sliders, pointer position, element visibility, viewport size, battery, network, sensors — JavaScript can read all of it; CSS can't. prop-for-that writes that runtime state into --live-* and --const-* custom properties — batched and diffed down to one setProperty per frame — so your CSS can compose and react to it with plain calc() and var().
#css #js #nifty #webdev
archive.org #38591

A Max Headroom in Every Terminal!

https://benbrown.com/txt/read/2026-05-01
I took my favorite video loop of Max, and extracted the frames. Then I converted each frame to ascii, and wrote the whole thing to a big array. The script just iterates through the array and prints each frame. There are no external dependencies - it is all just one big file with the data in-line.
#ascii #maxheadroom #nifty #node #video
archive.org #38497

Making The Zelda G&W Into A MODERN Emulation Powerhouse Because Nintendon’t | Zelda 40th Anniversary - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YIHjUM8Qms&t=849s
Zelda turns 40 years old, so for its big anniversary we turned the tiny Zelda Game & Watch into a pocket-sized emulation powerhouse. In this video, I upgrade the Zelda Game & Watch with expanded memory, custom firmware, and a microSD card slot for unlimited storage, unlocking support for tons of classic retro consoles, save states, and a fully customizable UI. All on real Nintendo hardware! It’s open-source, community-driven and absolutely insane.
#diy #emulation #hacks #hardware #nes #nifty #nintendo #zelda
archive.org #38324

gradient.horse

https://gradient.horse/
Honestly I just wanted to play around with gradients. But gradients without anything on the horizon lack something, so I added horses. Since I can't draw horses, now you can draw them. And watch them parade across the screen alongside horses drawn by people you probably wouldn't like. Or maybe you would, how should I know?!
#internet #nifty #webdev #weird
archive.org #38295

Adventure 751 (1980) | Renga in Blue

https://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/01/adventure-751-1980/
Adventure 751 has been, by my reckoning, the most sought-after variation of Crowther/Woods Adventure. It was generally available on the online portal CompuServe from nearly the beginning of the service and it disappeared when they shut down their games in the 90s. Arthur O’Dwyer started a web page in 2012 (with semi-regular updates!) dedicated to hunting down a copy. To finish off a wild 2025 in game preservation, Arthur O’Dwyer announced the game has been found (by LanHawk, a regular amongst the comments here) and is playable.
#gaming #history #ifiction #nifty #retro
archive.org #38162

delphitools - Handmade Developer Tools

https://tools.rmv.fyi/
A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools. No logins, no registration, no data collection. I can't believe I have to say that. Long live the handmade web. If you find these tools useful, I'm glad. You don't owe me anything. But if you're an artist, feel free to email me your work. I'd love to see it.
#nifty #tools #web #webdev
archive.org #38156

An Ingenious Moving Illustration That Transforms a Boy Into a Werewolf With the Use of Pull-Tabs

https://laughingsquid.com/boy-to-werewolf-illustration/
Talented Japanese paper artist Shinrashinge created an ingenious moving illustration that, with the strategic pull of various paper tabs, turns a young boy into a werewolf. The tabs allow the user to slow go through each stage of this remarkable transformation. The artist also shared how this illusion was created.
#art #nifty #papercraft #videos
archive.org #38144

My Work - Victoria Rose Richards

https://victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/?utm_source=FuckOff&utm_medium=FuckOff&utm_campaign=FuckOff
This is the archive of my past and present art, including my aerial and non-aerial embroideries, and polymer clay landscapes. All my art is completely handmade and unique to each other! Some embroideries only take a few hours, some over 150… but all gave me enjoyment to create. Art still available to buy is in the ‘AVAILABLE ART’ section of the drop-down menu.
#art #embroidery #nifty
archive.org #38059

Celebrate the fictitious 35th anniversary of Ruin, a faux point-and-click adventure game that never was | Rock Paper Shotgun

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/celebrate-the-fictitious-35th-anniversary-of-ruin-a-faux-point-and-click-adventure-game-that-never-was
The actual game in question here is Ruin: Chapter 0, an interactive fiction game in the stylings of something you might have seen on the ZX Spectrum, albeit with a lot more flair. And, perhaps, a lot more glitches - a big flashing imagery warning is needed for this one. Playable within your browser, it's kind of hard to describe what you do, or even what you're doing, in Ruin. From what I can gather, you are a knight, the hero of rune, tasked by the king to retrieve a sword and defeat evil forever. But no matter what, I just keep getting my ass kicked by this evil, and every time I die it just says "get owned" at me! Rude!
#gaming #ifiction #nifty #retro
archive.org #38032

HyperRogue by Zeno Rogue

https://zenorogue.itch.io/hyperrogue
The twist is the unique, unusual geometry of the world: it is one of just few games which takes place on the hyperbolic plane. Witness a grid composed of hexagons and heptagons, straight lines which seem to be parallel, but then they diverge and never cross, triangles whose angles add up to less than 180 degrees, how extremely unlikely is it to reach the same place twice, and how the world seems to be rotated when you do return. All this matters for the gameplay. The game is inspired by the roguelike genre (although in a very minimalist way), works of M. C. Escher, and by puzzle games such as Deadly Rooms of Death.
#gaming #nifty #noneuclidean #rogue #roguelikecelebration
archive.org #37867

bleeptrack

https://bleeptrack.de/about/
Hi, I'm bleeptrack, a freelancing creative technologist, and I love generative stuff of all sorts! My main interests lie in the areas of generative or AI art, digital fabrication and DIY electronics. I teach at different universities/colleges and love to give talks and workshops! My current projects are documented in a video series called "Work in Progress" every two weeks. I also draw a small picture every day - they are called "Schnipsel".
#art #generative #nifty
archive.org #37865

Building The DVD Logo Screensaver With LEGO | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/building-the-dvd-logo-screensaver-with-lego/
There’s something extremely calming and pleasing about watching a screensaver that merely bounces some kind of image around, with the DVD logo screensaver of a DVD player being a good example. The logical conclusion is thus that it would be great to replicate this screensaver in Lego, because it’d be fun and easy. That’s where [Grant Davis]’s life got flipped upside-down, as this turned out to be anything but an easy task in his chosen medium.
#dvd #lego #nifty #tv
archive.org #37799

Tiny Awards

https://tinyawards.net/
This is the home of the Tiny Awards, which, since 2023, has celebrated the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web. The Tiny Awards exist because we thought it was important to shine a spotlight on the sorts of personal web projects that tend to get overlooked by more traditional, larger or more commercial awards.
#nifty #tinyawards #web #webdev
archive.org #37715

Mystical

https://suberic.net/~dmm/projects/mystical/README.html
I wanted to make a programming language that resembled magical circles. This is more like a way to write PostScript that looks like a magical circle, but I will refer to it as Mystical in this document.
#dev #magick #nifty #programnming
archive.org #29507

Announcing Artillery's Project Atlas, a Hardcore RTS for the Browser - The Artillery Blog

http://blog.artillery.com/2013/09/project-atlas-and-the-artillery-platform.html
The Artillery Platform, which Atlas is built upon, uses JavaScript and WebGL to deliver a high-quality, low-latency multiplayer gaming experience to anyone with a modern web browser. The platform is centered around 3D experiences with real-time multiplayer capability and strong community support. The JavaScript-based game engine features a component-entity design, a modern deferred rendering pipeline, and development tools designed to allow creative expression and super-fast iteration.
#gaming #html5 #imported:pinboard #nifty #to:twitter #webdev #webgl
archive.org #24207

Paper ROM

http://hackaday.com/2013/07/11/paper-rom
This low-resolution memory device packs in just a few bytes of data. But it’s enough to spell out [Michael Kohn's] name. He’s been experimenting with using paper discs for data storage.
#diy #hacks #nifty #tech
archive.org #23920

Firefox 3D John Hancock Center

http://shaneriley.com/firefox_skyscraper/
Introducing a new use for Firefox 3D view: Creating sculptures using DOM elements! For my first project using 3D view, I figured I'd take a skyscraper in Hashrocket Chicago's neighborhood and attempt to recreate it using DOM elements and absolute positioning. The resulting building ended up being inspired by the design of the John Hancock Center, but is not a scale replica by any means.
#3d #firefox #imported:pinboard #nifty #webdev
archive.org #32604

Firefox 3D John Hancock Center

http://shaneriley.com/firefox_skyscraper
Introducing a new use for Firefox 3D view: Creating sculptures using DOM elements! For my first project using 3D view, I figured I'd take a skyscraper in Hashrocket Chicago's neighborhood and attempt to recreate it using DOM elements and absolute positioning. The resulting building ended up being inspired by the design of the John Hancock Center, but is not a scale replica by any means.
#3d #firefox #nifty #webdev
archive.org #22905

Mechanics of Flite - Underappreciated NPM Commands Developers Should Know About

http://mechanics.flite.com/blog/2012/12/11/underappreciated-npm-commands/
npm, the package manager that comes bundled with node.js, is generally described as “awesome”. While it was originally a separate project, npm has been bundled with node.js for the past few releases and the number of npm packages available in the npm registry has exploded.
#imported:pinboard #javascript #js #nifty #node #npm #tools #utils #webdev
archive.org #32619

Mechanics of Flite - Underappreciated NPM Commands Developers Should Know About

http://mechanics.flite.com/blog/2012/12/11/underappreciated-npm-commands
npm, the package manager that comes bundled with node.js, is generally described as “awesome”. While it was originally a separate project, npm has been bundled with node.js for the past few releases and the number of npm packages available in the npm registry has exploded.
#javascript #js #nifty #node #npm #tools #utils #webdev
archive.org #22851

Power Pwn: This DARPA-funded power strip will hack your network | ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/power-pwn-this-darpa-funded-power-strip-will-hack-your-network-7000001331/
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Cyber Fast Track program helped funded the development of the Power Pwn. Pwnie Express, which developed the $1,295 gizmo, says it's "a fully-integrated enterprise-class penetration testing platform." That's great, but the company also notes its "ingenious form-factor" (again, look at the above picture) and "highly-integrated/modular hardware design," which to me translates to: it's the perfect tool for hacking a corporate network.
#hardware #imported:pinboard #nifty #plugcomputers #pwnie #to:fb
archive.org #32716

Power Pwn: This DARPA-funded power strip will hack your network | ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/power-pwn-this-darpa-funded-power-strip-will-hack-your-network-7000001331
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Cyber Fast Track program helped funded the development of the Power Pwn. Pwnie Express, which developed the $1,295 gizmo, says it's "a fully-integrated enterprise-class penetration testing platform." That's great, but the company also notes its "ingenious form-factor" (again, look at the above picture) and "highly-integrated/modular hardware design," which to me translates to: it's the perfect tool for hacking a corporate network.
#hardware #nifty #plugcomputers #pwnie #to:fb
archive.org #22367

Node.js WiFi-Extending Robot

http://glench.com/make/nodejs-robot/
The beast above is a robotic system intended to be operated remotely in hazardous areas where network infrastructure is scarce. The robot is controlled over a WiFi network that originates on the robot and is extended by dropping the black repeater units on its back. I and seven other computer and electrical engineers built this monster as part of a senior design project at Northeastern University.
#imported:pinboard #nifty #node #robots #to:fb #wifi
archive.org #32732

Node.js WiFi-Extending Robot

http://glench.com/make/nodejs-robot
The beast above is a robotic system intended to be operated remotely in hazardous areas where network infrastructure is scarce. The robot is controlled over a WiFi network that originates on the robot and is extended by dropping the black repeater units on its back. I and seven other computer and electrical engineers built this monster as part of a senior design project at Northeastern University.
#nifty #node #robots #to:fb #wifi
archive.org #22321

Bear McCreary – Official site

http://www.bearmccreary.com/#blog/albums/moon-breakers-soundtrack/
There’s little that ignites my imagination more than the swashbuckling outer space dogfights of yesteryear. So, I was excited to write a bombastic, retro-infused soundtrack for “Moon Breakers” – a multi-player online combat game from Imba Entertainment / Uber Entertainment that is now available to play for free on Steam.
#bsg #gaming #imported:pinboard #moonbreakers #music #nifty
archive.org #22190

Sit, Ubu, sit! …Good dog! | The Retroist

http://www.retroist.com/2012/05/08/sit-ubu-sit-good-dog/
Ubu Productions is an independent production company founded in 1982 by producer Gary David Goldberg. Ubu’s had made some pretty famous shows, including Family Ties and Spin City. If the name sounds familiar, it might be that you love those shows or it is more likely because at the end of many Ubu produced shows, you had a photo of a black Labrador Retriever with a Frisbee in his mouth.
#imported:pinboard #nifty #retro #to:fb #to:tumblr #ubu
archive.org #32877

Sit, Ubu, sit! …Good dog! | The Retroist

http://www.retroist.com/2012/05/08/sit-ubu-sit-good-dog
Ubu Productions is an independent production company founded in 1982 by producer Gary David Goldberg. Ubu’s had made some pretty famous shows, including Family Ties and Spin City. If the name sounds familiar, it might be that you love those shows or it is more likely because at the end of many Ubu produced shows, you had a photo of a black Labrador Retriever with a Frisbee in his mouth.
#nifty #retro #to:fb #to:tumblr #ubu
archive.org #21700

MAKE | Fun Skill Patches Offered by Adafruit

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/07/beautiful-skill-patches-offered-by-adafruit/
Phil Torrone of Adafruit sent me a bag full of maker skill patches. When my 9-year-old daughter came home from school today, her eyes popped out like a Tex Avery wolf. I told her she could have them all, but she has to earn them! I’ll work with her to help her earn the LED patch first.
#adafruit #badges #diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #nifty
archive.org #32879

MAKE | Fun Skill Patches Offered by Adafruit

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/07/beautiful-skill-patches-offered-by-adafruit
Phil Torrone of Adafruit sent me a bag full of maker skill patches. When my 9-year-old daughter came home from school today, her eyes popped out like a Tex Avery wolf. I told her she could have them all, but she has to earn them! I’ll work with her to help her earn the LED patch first.
#adafruit #badges #diy #hacks #nifty
archive.org #21695

recruiter recruiter template — Gist

https://gist.github.com/2597193
Hi! I'm not currently looking for a job as I'm pretty happy at my current job. However Mozilla is looking for a recruiting manager in Mountain View. Mozilla also has deep ties in the open source communities and it sounds like it might be an interesting fit for you. <OPTIONAL-ADDITIONAL-TEXT> If you're interested in applying, check out our careers link: http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/ojYkWfwh Looking forward to hearing from you! <SIGNATURE>
#imported:pinboard #mozilla #nifty #recruiters #recruiting
archive.org #21687

Walter P. Reuther on National Healthcare - Walter P. Reuther Library

https://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/8610
Although current talk of national healthcare may seem new and revolutionary, it is far from the first time this issue has received national attention. Long before last year’s debate on national healthcare, prior to the healthcare discussions posed by Hillary Clinton in the 1990s, concerns over rising costs and the provision of healthcare in the United States generated attention in the late 1960s.
#healthcare #imported:pinboard #nifty #to:fb
archive.org #21653

RoboHash

http://robohash.org
Robohash is a easy web service that makes it easy to provide unique, robot/alien/monster/whatever images for any text. Put in any text, such as IP address, email, filename, userid, or whatever else you like, and get back a pretty image for your site.
#apis #avatar #images #keen #nifty #robot #webdev
archive.org #21494

Descriptive Camera

http://mattrichardson.com/Descriptive-Camera/
The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. Modern digital cameras capture gobs of parsable metadata about photos such as the camera's settings, the location of the photo, the date, and time, but they don't output any information about the content of the photo. The Descriptive Camera only outputs the metadata about the content.
#amazon #cameras #hacking #imported:pinboard #mturk #nifty #photography #to:fb
archive.org #32952

Descriptive Camera

http://mattrichardson.com/Descriptive-Camera
The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. Modern digital cameras capture gobs of parsable metadata about photos such as the camera's settings, the location of the photo, the date, and time, but they don't output any information about the content of the photo. The Descriptive Camera only outputs the metadata about the content.
#amazon #cameras #hacking #mturk #nifty #photography #to:fb
archive.org #21491

hitch

http://www.jeffdesom.com/hitch/
I dissected all of Hitchcock's Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic view of the entire backyard without any greater distortions. The order of events stays true to the movie's plot.
#art #hitchcock #imported:pinboard #nifty #rearwindow #video
archive.org #33013

hitch

http://www.jeffdesom.com/hitch
I dissected all of Hitchcock's Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic view of the entire backyard without any greater distortions. The order of events stays true to the movie's plot.
#art #hitchcock #nifty #rearwindow #video
archive.org #21375

A Metroid marriage proposal that would make the Chozo proud | Joystiq

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/metroid-marriage-proposal/
Marriage is a sacred commitment; it's no kind of small thing to consider. You need to show you mean business. You need to put some effort into a proposal. Jered McFerron did when he decided to rewrite the code for the 1986 NES classic, Metroid, in the C++ programming language. This undertaking wasn't initially to propose to his love, Jenni, but struck as an inspiration mid-project when he knew she was the gal for him.
#aww #diy #gaming #homebrew #imported:pinboard #marriage #metroid #nes #nifty #nintendo #to:fb
archive.org #33108

A Metroid marriage proposal that would make the Chozo proud | Joystiq

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/metroid-marriage-proposal
Marriage is a sacred commitment; it's no kind of small thing to consider. You need to show you mean business. You need to put some effort into a proposal. Jered McFerron did when he decided to rewrite the code for the 1986 NES classic, Metroid, in the C++ programming language. This undertaking wasn't initially to propose to his love, Jenni, but struck as an inspiration mid-project when he knew she was the gal for him.
#aww #diy #gaming #homebrew #marriage #metroid #nes #nifty #nintendo #to:fb
archive.org #21105

The Miura-ori and how to fold it

http://wheatpond.com/2012/02/22/miuraori.html
The Miura-ori is a method for folding up a sheet such that it can be opened or closed in one smooth motion. A Miura sheet has only one degree of freedom, and can be thought of as having only two states: fully open, or fully closed. Since reversing one fold in the sheet (that is, making a “mountain” into a “valley”) requires reversing all of the adjacent folds as well, the Miura sheet feels as though it has a memory, and is very resistant to deformation.
#folding #imported:pinboard #maps #nifty #origami #paper
archive.org #20946

Free Geek Vancouver Volunteer Blog: Dymaxion Auto-Matic Buckminster Fuller

http://freegeekvancouver.blogspot.com/2012/02/dymaxion-auto-matic-buckminster-fuller.html
Presenting the Dymaxion Auto-Matic Buckminster Fuller. It's a retro-futuristic black and white screen mounted into a 1950s (or so) radio chassis, which generates and displays text that American luminary R. Buckminster Fuller might have said if he were a piece of software.
#arduino #diy #dymaxion #hacks #imported:pinboard #nifty
archive.org #20937

The “Official” Ready Player One Soundtrack Mix Tape | Ernie's Blog

http://www.ernestcline.com/blog/2011/09/21/the-official-ready-player-one-soundtrack/
Many people have been clamoring for me to post an “official” Ready Player One soundtrack. I hate to be the cause of any sort of clamoring, so I compiled this list of nearly every song mentioned or referenced in the book, in roughly the order they appear. If you haven’t finished reading the book yet, here there be spoilers.
#imported:pinboard #music #nifty #playlist #readyplayerone #scifi
archive.org #33179

The “Official” Ready Player One Soundtrack Mix Tape | Ernie's Blog

http://www.ernestcline.com/blog/2011/09/21/the-official-ready-player-one-soundtrack
Many people have been clamoring for me to post an “official” Ready Player One soundtrack. I hate to be the cause of any sort of clamoring, so I compiled this list of nearly every song mentioned or referenced in the book, in roughly the order they appear. If you haven’t finished reading the book yet, here there be spoilers.
#music #nifty #playlist #readyplayerone #scifi
archive.org #20888

Arzea Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2012/02/arzea.php
When I'm not writing reviews for JayIsGames, I work full-time as a wizard. It's not easy work, believe me, nor is it nearly as glamorous as the movies make it out to be. One wrong incantation and you've blown yourself up or summoned an uncontrollable horde of demons. Arzea, a Metroidvania-style adventure game created by Arkeus originally for a Ludum Dare 24-hour game development competition and then expanded upon, demonstrates the kind of danger that magic can lead to. You're a wizard stranded in a strange world with only your wits and a variety of spells and upgrades to help you get home.
#gaming #imported:pinboard #metroidvania #nifty
archive.org #20781

Donate Now | The Mozilla Story | The Mozilla Story

https://donate.mozilla.org/page/contribute/the-mozilla-story?source=video_misc
We believe the Web is a place where anyone can come to build their dreams. Watch the video and learn how a small group of people dedicated to making the Web a safe, open and accessible tool for communication, collaboration and community came together to create Mozilla – and how that work continues today
#donate #mozilla #nifty #story
archive.org #20156

The 5 Best Toys of All Time | GeekDad | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time/all/1
Here at GeekDad we review a lot of products — books, toys, gadgets, software — and I know it’s impossible for most parents to actually afford all of the cool stuff that gets written up. Heck, most of us can’t afford it either, and we’re envious of the person who scored a review copy of a cool board game or awesome gizmo. (Disclosure: that person is probably me.) So while we love telling you about all the cool stuff that’s out there, I understand that as parents we all have limited budgets and we sometimes need help narrowing down our wishlists.
#fun #funny #kids #nifty #parenting #toys
archive.org #20141

Music: 7th Son – The Soundtrack | J.C. Hutchins: New Fiction And Author Updates

http://jchutchins.net/site/2011/12/01/music-7th-son-the-soundtrack
Early last month, I traveled from my Denver home to Rhode Island to meet Brandon Winrich, a music composition major at the University of Rhode Island. It was the conclusion of a remarkable artistic journey for him, and was a life-changing day for me — a day three years in the making.
#7thson #music #nifty #orchestra
archive.org #20114

Building a computer around a 6502 processor - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2011/11/30/building-a-computer-around-a-6502-processor
When it came time to try out some old-school computing [Quinn Dunki] grabbed a 6502 processor and got to work. For those that are unfamiliar, this is the first chip that was both powerful, affordable, and available to the hobby computing market back in the 1970′s. They were used in Apple computers, Commodore 64, and a slew of other hardware.
#6502 #diy #hacking #nifty #tech
archive.org #20088

MAKE | News From The Future – Crowd Sourced T-Shirt Vending Machines

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/11/news-from-the-future-crowd-sourced-t-shirt-vending-machines.html
A Threadless kiosk at a Dominick’s at 2550 N. Clybourn. Image Credit: Matt W. News From The Future – Crowd Sourced T-Shirt Vending Machines… …the automated kiosk is part of a pilot program Threadless entered with Coinstar, Inc. Many of us have used Coinstar to cash in large amounts of change ...
#nifty #threadless #tshirts
archive.org #20076

Radio hams pick up Mars rover Curiosity's signals • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/radio_hams_curiosity_signals
Amateur radio enthusiasts using a restored dish antenna in Germany say they have successfully picked up telemetry from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, now outward bound for Mars carrying a one-ton nuclear powered robot rover named Curiosity towards a date with destiny in the Elysium Planitia.
#hams #mars #nasa #nifty #radio #space
archive.org #19986

University of Michigan News Service | 'Perfect black' coating can render a 3D object flat, raises intriguing dark veil possibility in astronomy

http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/20088-perfect-black-coating-can-render-a-3d-object-flat-raises-intriguing-dark-veil-possibility-in-astronomy
The 70-micron coating, or carbon nanotube carpet, is about half the thickness of a sheet of paper. It absorbs 99.9 percent of the light that hits it, researchers say.
#nifty #physics #stealth
archive.org #19898

Sour Beers — Review - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/dining/sour-beers-review.html
Sour beer: It sounds like something worth spilling out, and not crying over. In fact, sour beer has enthralled many American craft brewers, who, like the one I visited, are turning out fascinating brews that will challenge many people’s expectations of what a beer can be.
#beer #nifty #sour
archive.org #19856

Microwave hack uses Arduino and TouchPad to play perfectly-timed YouTube videos while you cook | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/20/2574130/microwave-hack-arduino-touchpad-youtube
The μWave is a hack involving an Arduino and a TouchPad taped to a microwave door, which plays YouTube clips perfectly matched to your cooking time. This Frankenstein uses the Arduino to send data from the microwave's seven-segment displays to a web server, which finds a highly-rated YouTube video of the right length. The web client running in the browser treats you to a video clip that ends right when your food is done, then optionally tweets or sends a text message. The hack was created by students at the University of Pennsylvania, where it won first place in the PennApps Hackathon. There are no stated plans for commercialization, but the team will present the project to Google as part of the grand prize. If Mountain View announces a microwave any time soon, we'll know to expect great things.
#arduino #diy #funny #hacks #nifty #touchpad #youtube
archive.org #19837

Mimo Magic Touch adds 10 inches of capacitive touchscreen to your PC using only USB -- Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/21/mimo-magic-touch-adds-10-inches-of-capacitive-touchscreen-to-you
We've seen monitors with touch input and displays powered only by USB, but combining both those features into a single unit would make for something truly unique. We've gotta hand it to Mimo Monitors for pulling it off -- the Magic Touch and Magic Touch Deluxe deliver 10.1 inches of capacitive interactivity using only a single USB 2.0 cable. The panel itself offers a resolution of 1024 x 600 for keeping video chats out of your way, displaying email or monitoring social networks. The Deluxe version also adds a two-port USB hub but, if you plan to charge your devices through it, you'll have to hook up the optional AC adapter. Sadly, while they can act as a secondary monitor regardless of OS, you'll need a Windows 7 machine to take advantage of the touch capabilities -- and even then it's single touch only (though, the panel itself is technically capable of four-point multitouch). Both models are available to pre-order now for $300 (Magic Touch) or $330 (Magic Touch Deluxe) with delivery expected before Christmas. Check out the complete PR after the break.
#gadgets #nifty #tech #usb
archive.org #19831

Check Out: Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, The Killers cover U2 « Consequence of Sound

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/check-out-nine-inch-nails-depeche-mode-the-killers-cover-u2
As previously reported, UK’s Q Magazine has assembled a massive U2 tribute album to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the band’s landmark album Achtung Baby. The compilation, titled AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, features covers of Achtung Baby tracks by a number of music heavyweights, including Jack White, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, The Killers, and more.
#awesome #music #nifty #nin #nineinchnails #u2
archive.org #19608

Louis C. K. Plans Online Broadcast of Comedy Concert | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/109178/Louis-C-K-Plans-Online-Broadcast-of-Comedy-Concert
Louis C. K. Plans Online Broadcast of Comedy Concert Stand up comedian Louis C.K. announced on the Conan show (forward to about 9'10" into the video for the discussion) that he is taping a comedy special that will be broadcast only on the Internet. The show itself will be performed on November 10...
#blork #comedy #entertainment #ifttt #louisck #nifty
archive.org #19500

I Met Air Supply!!! « Nerdist

http://www.nerdist.com/2011/11/me-n-air-supply
I’m on Late Night w/ Fallon tonight along w/ Kirsten Dunst and AIR SUPPLY! I love those guys. Unironically. This is my front facing camera from Jimmy’s couch while A.S. rocked the SHIT out of that studio with a The Roots-backed rendition of “Here I Am.” I sang along and air-drummed through the ...
#airsupply #nerdist #nifty #shared #ttrss
archive.org #19452

Motherlode of Dark Crystal and Labyrinth art comes to New York!

http://io9.com/5856224/motherlode-of-dark-crystal-and-labyrinth-art-comes-to-new-york/gallery/1
The exhibition Brian Froud: Visions for Film & Faerie opens Dec. 2 at the Animazing Gallery in SoHo, New York. In addition to all the Dark Crystal art, there's a site-specific installation — and Wendy Froud has recreated Kira, Dark Crystal's Gelfling, for the exhibition. Kira stands 33 inches tall and was sculpted using hair and beading from the original film production.
#art #brianfroud #faerie #nifty #nyc
archive.org #19399

Watch Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, Moby, and Stephen Merritt sing Rocky Horror

http://io9.com/5855635/watch-neil-gaiman-amanda-palmer-moby-and-stephen-merritt-sing-rocky-horror
Wow, it's all our favorite people singing our favorite song. While on Craig Ferguson's show, this amazing quartet made up of our favorite author, a Dresden Doll, part of The Magnetic Fields, and Moby sang "Science Fiction Double Feature" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Try not to pass out.
#craigferguson #nifty #rhps #tv
archive.org #19327

The Wall-Mounted Gaming Consoles Workspace

http://lifehacker.com/5855559/the-wall+mounted-gaming-consoles-workspace
This triple monitor workspace not only has floating monitors mounted to the wall, but also an impressive gaming console wall. "The Wall" holds a Wii, PS3, and XBox, as well as the necessary HDMI switch and other peripherals.
#gaming #nifty
archive.org #19315

World of Warcraft - Beating the RNG Boss

http://www.iamcal.com/beating-the-rng
"One of the hardest bosses to fight is the RNG, or Random Number Generator. While the tactics are fairly straight forward (try, try, try again), defeating this boss can take a lot of patience. Lots of players don't understand quite how this boss fight works, so i'll attempt to explain. A few months back, I created a World of Warcraft addon called BunnyHunter, to help you track your progress when farming for rare pets."
#addons #nifty #pets #wow
archive.org #12954

RANDOM.ORG - True Random Number Service

http://www.random.org
"Perhaps you have wondered how predictable machines like computers can generate randomness. In reality, most random numbers used in computer programs are pseudo-random, which means they are a generated in a predictable fashion using a mathematical formula. This is fine for many purposes, but it may not be random in the way you expect if you're used to dice rolls and lottery drawings."
#entropy #math #mathematics #nifty #numbers #random #science #security #statistics
archive.org #12911

Mimeo and the Kleptopus King // ShaunInman.com

http://shauninman.com/archive/2010/02/23/mimeo_and_the_kleptopus_king
"Mimeo (even the name) started as a Mario clone with a twist: instead of power-ups affecting the player, they affect the entire game world. A story and mythos quickly developed. The so-called Mimeoverse consists of two 16-bit demiverses sharing 32-bits between them. When the evil Kleptopus King, an 8-bit octopus with an inferiority complex, discovers a portal into Mimeo’s realm and begins to syphon off its bits, Mimeo is sucked in and downsampled to 2-bit. So begins Mimeo’s quest to restore balance to the demiverses."
#art #games #gaming #iphone #kleptopus #mimeo #mobile #nifty #shauninman
archive.org #12860

Headless Virtualbox on OSX - Jon Atkinson

http://jonatkinson.org/headless-virtualbox-osx
"When I'm developing, I try to continuously deploy to a realistic environment as often as possible. This means a Debian server running a stack as close to production as I can get. Of course, I don't deploy to the actual production servers (a lesson I've learnt many times over), so I virtualise a Debian box and clone package set from the production server. Combined with bridged networking and a quick hosts file change, and I've got a production-equivalent server always available at server.local."
#linux #nifty #osx #virtualbox #webdev
archive.org #12718

A new (and different) geo platform - (BlockChalk Blog)

http://blog.blockchalk.com/post/176373034/a-new-and-different-geo-platform
"We’ve just released a brand new API for BlockChalk. It’s very easy to learn and use: requests are made via HTTP GET and POST, and data is provided in XML, JSON, and RSS formats. These new interfaces enable developers to do nearly everything that you can do at http://blockchalk.com. It’s now possible to build client applications, mash-ups, and other tools based on BlockChalk geolocation data and services."
#apis #blockchalk #geo #gps #mobile #nifty #webdev
archive.org #12527

Novetel’s MiFi Isn’t Just a Skinny Looker. It’s Smart Too.

http://jkontherun.com/2009/04/02/novetels-mifi-isnt-just-a-skinny-looker-its-smart-too
"The device includes both a 3G and a WiFi radio: you simply turn it on, it connects to a 3G network and then broadcasts that signal over WiFi for up to five devices. Aside from the initial configuration, the most difficult interaction you’ll have with the MiFi is pressing the power button. There’s nothing else to do, but use it.But the MiFi isn’t a “dumb”, single purpose device; it has some smarts too. Novatel says that the device can actually run applications on the embedded Linux platform inside. That brings a vast number of possible ways to extend the MiFi beyond a simple 3G hotspot."
#3g #gadgets #hardware #nifty #novatelwireless #wifi
archive.org #12105

Gizmine : Gadget and Lifestyle Design Superstore

http://gizmine.com/gzuq/gizreveal.shtml
"With Reveal, time is always in the present. This timekeeper reveals the current time through a looking glass while fading the past and the future. If you are a person of the present, this watch is made specifically for you. Reveal is the work of computer graphics pioneer Daniel Will-Harris. "
#nifty #watches #wishlist
archive.org #12058

Kids Halloween Candy Code

http://www.cockeyed.com/archive/candy_code/candy_code.html
"Growing up in the Bowling Green neighborhood of Sacramento, I was taught how to read and mark houses with the Halloween Candy Code. For kids with an early curfew these codes were invaluable. Once we tagged a house, our peers could use our marks to reap the best full-size chocolate bars while avoiding Chex mix and dried apricots."
#candycode #communication #halloween #hobocode #icons #nifty
archive.org #11618

matt.west.co.tt » Blog Archive » JSSpeccy: A ZX Spectrum emulator in Javascript

http://matt.west.co.tt/spectrum/jsspeccy
"I’m really typecasting myself here. If there were an international “Person most likely to write a Spectrum emulator in Javascript” award, I’d have taken it for the last five years running. So here it is - probably the most stereotypical project I’ll ever come up with."
#canvas #emulation #emulators #javascript #jsspeccy #nifty #nostalgia #sinclair #spectrum #webdev #zx
archive.org #11606

Design Sense, Local Logic

http://www.concentratemedia.com/features/Shanalogic0028.aspx
"While Shana Logic functions as a shopping portal, it sets itself apart from other online shopping venues by delivering products in a fun and creative way, starting with the online marketing (see shopping sections such as "yummy good" and "punk rock sass") and ending with the packaging (lime green bubble wrap, boxes decorated by hand with silly stickers and packed with a free magnet designed by Victor). The online store is as bold and colorful as much of the inventory is. To become a Shana Design product it must be cute, funny, silly, different. There is a heavy Japanese influence in the products, AKA modern craft or studio craft."
#annarbor #michigan #nifty #shanalogic #stores #toys
archive.org #11500

Hidden USB Storage

http://www.instructables.com/id/Hidden_USB_Storage
"If you're like me, you may or may not have secret files plotting world domination and other devious deeds. These files obviously need to be hidden from the prying eyes of sisters, FBI agents, grandparents, etc. We are going to convert a phone jack in the wall into a secret USB memory device."
#electronics #hacks #hardware #nifty #usb
archive.org #11495

Myspace.com Blogs - NEW SINGLE! - Weird Al Yankovic MySpace Blog

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?blogID=437292861&friendID=90827837&fuseaction=blog.view
"This is extremely exciting for me. One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every 3 or 4 years. Now, with the advent and popularity of digital distribution, I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated – I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately. It kind of boggles my mind – I thought of the idea for this new song a week ago, and next week it's getting released! "
#for:missadroit #itunes #music #nifty #weirdal #yankovic
archive.org #11483

The Ur-Quan Masters - News

http://sc2.sourceforge.net
"The project started in August 2002, when Toys For Bob released the partially ported sources of Star Control 2 3DO version to the fan community. Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better. For more information, look at our info page."
#games #gaming #nifty #sc2 #scifi #ur-quan
archive.org #11476

Yammering with Tinderbox — Jack Baty

http://jackbaty.com/2008/09/yammering-with-tinderbox
"We’ve been trying Yammer at the office for short notes and intra-office updates. Yammer asks “What are you working on?” Fair question, but I already log my daily activity in a Daybook using Tinderbox so I thought it would save time if I could post those entries as updates directly to Yammer. "
#nifty #tinderbox #yammer
archive.org #11450

Rush Blog - Rush is a Band Blog: Rush makes-a-wish come true for one special fan

http://www.rushisaband.com/display.php?id=1596
"Samantha is a 16-year-old Rush fan from Summerville, Georgia who was diagnosed with cancer back in August of 2007. 3 months into her treatment she was approached by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and asked how they could help to make her wish come true. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. They've granted wishes to 1000s of children since their inception in 1980 and are run entirely on donations. Samantha's wish was to meet her favorite band - Rush. This marked the first time Rush had ever been approached for a Make-A-Wish request. Here is Samantha's amazing story in her own words. "
#bands #makeawish #music #nifty #rush
archive.org #11447

TheBBPS.com (Bits, Bytes, Pixels & Sprites) » Review: Multiwinia (PC/Mac/Linux)

http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2008/09/18/review-multiwinia-pcmaclinux
"If you’re like me and have always had trouble getting in to RTS games but you like the genre anyway (is that specific enough?) then I think Multiwinia is a great place to start. The game mechanics are very easy to understand, there’s not a lot of rules and commands to memorize and there’s not an overbearing amount of micromanagement. RTS vets might scoff at some of what Multiwinia is “missing” but if they were to give the game a shot they’d find that it’s as complex and deep as any game out there. Whether you’re on a PC, Mac or Linux machine Multiwinia is worth your time even in this crowded fall season."
#darwinia #gaming #nifty #rts #want
archive.org #11413

Nihilogic: Sandbag text wrapping with Canvas

http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/09/sandbag-text-wrapping-with-canvas.html
"With CSS you can make text wrap around an image using the float property and for most purposes this is quite adequate. However, it doesn't take into account the actual image and treats it as one big block, even if you'd prefer the text to wrap around the actual content in the picture, magazine style.Since we now have pixel access (in cool browsers, anyway) via the Canvas element, this technique can now be implemented dynamically with a bit of JavaScript."
#canvas #css #js #layout #nifty #webdev
archive.org #11408

Core77.com :: View topic - corrugate iPhone document scanner - free template!

http://boards.core77.com/viewtopic.php?t=16370
"When I got my iPhone last year I loved having everything important in one place, and the ability to get rid of unneccesary devices, documents and information i kept with me. I would frequently snap photos of class assignments printed on copy paper so I wouldn’t have to worry about losing them. The documents normally came out pretty clear, but it was tough to keep still while taking the pictures. I set out to make something that would ensure clean, consistent pictures of documents taken with the iPhone that would be free and easy to make on your own. And so, here you will find pictures of and a link to a template to make your own iPhone document scanner. "
#documents #hacks #iphone #nifty #papercraft
archive.org #11349

DOOM for Intellivision

http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/doom
"I finally got around to porting the freely available DOOM source code to the Intellivision. I will be posting the source code for the Intellivision version soon. The ROM image, weighing in at 32K words, is probably the largest cartridge ROM image out there. So for now, enjoy these screen shots and the game binary below! "
#doom #gaming #hacks #intellivision #nifty
archive.org #11317

Digital Imaging: Photographs Enhance Video in Absolutely Unbelievable Ways

http://gizmodo.com/5038183/photographs-enhance-video-in-absolutely-unbelievable-ways
"Essentially, you shoot some crappy, low-rez video of a still scene. You then reshoot the same scene with a digital camera (with higher resolution). Software can automagically combine these images to upconvert the video AND fix problems in the image— all while compensating for 3D space."
#editing #nifty #photos #technology #video
archive.org #11235

jwz mixtapes

http://cerebrum.dnalounge.com/mixtapes
"I've decided to start putting together a weekly mixtape: a cassette-tape-sized chunk of music that I enjoy, and that you should enjoy too. Some will be new, some old."
#dnalounge #jwz #music #nifty
archive.org #9865

In Twin Peaks

http://www.intwinpeaks.com
"I've been captivated by the world of Twin Peaks since it first aired in 1990. In recent years, I've traveled to Washington State and photographed as many of the series' filming locations as I've been able to find."
#nifty #photography #twinpeaks
archive.org #9552

Wait For It

http://pythonpaste.org/waitforit
"If the response doesn't come back before the time limit, the user is given a response page that asks them to wait. The response page contains Javascript that will re-check the status of the page"
#nifty #python #webdev #wsgi
archive.org #9196

Toribash

http://www.toribash.com
"Toribash is a turn-based fighting game. ... Focus is on tactics rather than reaction and button mashing. The game features physics, full dismemberment, decapitation and comic style blood."
#fighting #gaming #nifty
archive.org #8660

instructables : Tv-B-Gone Hat

http://www.instructables.com/id/EPPWR0XGYFEP287YQW
"This is a hat with integrated Tv-B-Gone and a couple added features such as rapid fire mode which will turn off (and on) the most common tvs more frequently and constant on mode which will repeat the off codes for all tvs indefinately. "
#clothing #hacks #hardware #nifty
archive.org #8040

ThisService

http://wafflesoftware.net/thisservice
"I built a tool to easily turn any command line script ... or any AppleScript responding to a certain handler into a full-blown first-class service, complete with name and keyboard shortcut."
#nifty #osx #services #software
archive.org #7951

morons.org - InSoc Rocks Portland

http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?id=7108§ionid=13
"Followers of our podcast know that band founder Paul Robb recently reconstituted the group along with his former bandmate James Cassidy. Kurt Harland (who posts here as vector) elected not to participate, having a recently-born human to take care of with
#insoc #music #nifty #portland
archive.org #7462

Generate

http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=182
"Those irritating ringmarks that mugs and cups leave..... well, you can turn them into a nice floral pattern now with a set of Stamp Cups."
#housewares #nifty #wishlist
archive.org #7281

Dave's Store

http://www.davesgourmet.peachhost.com/ct_PRdaahs.htm
"This innovative pump spray hot sauce allows you to change the heat of the sauce by turning the cap. It changes from slightly spicy to fiery."
#food #nifty #spicy
archive.org #6984

Macstravaganza at Microsoft - Gizmodo

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/macstravaganza-at-microsoft-168789.php
"If you've ever fantasized about what 150 Mac Minis might look like, well, you really are a bigger dweeb than wed thought and were so totally never going to go out on a date with you, so stop asking already!"
#MSFT #apple #mac #nifty
archive.org #6874

..:: Ragdoll Masters ::..

http://www.ragdollsoft.com/ragdollmasters
"In this game you control a stylized martial arts master, making his way through stronger and stronger opponents with spectacular moves and impressive blows."
#gaming #nifty
archive.org #6153

Glitch VST by dblue

http://illformed.org/glitch
"Glitch is a highly-adjustable, semi-automated, realtime audio manipulation system which allows you to alter your music in a variety of different ways ranging from quite subtle to extremely bizarre."
#glitch #music #nifty #sound
archive.org #6067

Inhabitat

http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_901.php
Jellio Design took inspiration from those classic toys to create TURBO, a one-of-a-kind wall sculpture designed to evoke fond memories from a model-making childhood. Apparently, they are only making ten of these awesome sculptures; so if you want one, bet
#art #cars #nifty
archive.org #5973

:: 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

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

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

Internet Archive: Details: xoc - SMW

http://www.archive.org/details/xoc_SMW
"The complete soundtrack to Super Mario World, covered by one man using dozens of instruments. Roughly in game order, faithful to the originals, with some bizarre artistic license thrown around. A private hobby made public. Dedicated to Koji Kondo."
#funny #gaming #music #nifty
archive.org #5256

EZTV: RSS over IRC

http://eztv.atw.hu/?atw_referer=http://www.tvtorrent.info/eztv/&atw_referer=http://users.atw.hu/eztv/?site=eztv.atw.hu/&atw_referer=http://www.tvtorrent.info/eztv/&site=eztv.atw.hu/&site=eztv.atw.hu
mIRC plugin which generates an RSS feed from IRC channel traffic, intended for use with a Bittorrent broadcatcher like Azureus.
#bittorrent #irc #nifty #rss #syndication #xml
archive.org #5158

TextExtras

http://www.lorax.com/FreeStuff/TextExtras.html
"TextExtras is a bundle that gets loaded into all Cocoa applications. It adds cool features to the text handling of all Cocoa applications."
#hacks #nifty #osx
archive.org #4923

Under construction - CPU fan PC case

http://www.peteredge.orcon.net.nz/casepics.htm
"What you are looking at is a case made of case fans, Dexian (there's probably a trademark in there somewhere) shelving, nylon cable ties, terminal blocks, nylon motherboard mounts, backplane blanks, screws and wire. Oh, and PC hardware."
#hardware #nifty #pc
archive.org #4807

EarthLink IPv6 in the Home

http://www.research.earthlink.net/ipv6
"The firmware rework enables the WRT54G to a) acquire a publicly routeable /64 IPv6 prefix, b) provide IPv6 addresses from that prefix to hosts on the home network, and c) route IPv6 home network traffic to the greater IPv6 Internet."
#ipv6 #networking #nifty
archive.org #4596

Carlo's Firefox Extension(s) - McSearchPreview

http://docs.g-blog.net/code/mozilla_extensions
"An extension for Firefox which enhances Google (all international flavours, too), MSN Search, Yahoo Search, A9, AllTheWeb and del.icio.us bookmarks by adding previews (thumbnails) and Amazon product images as well as "Open in New Window" and "Site Info"
#nifty #web
archive.org #3363

Voice recognition for dashboard

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dashboard-hackers/2004-September/msg00015.html
"It would be very cool if dashboard could create cluepackets from the speechrecognition software and dig up info on what whatever you are talking about." Wow, that would be kinda eerie if it worked well :)
#gadgets #nifty #programming
archive.org #3284

Tiny Tag

http://www.bgamers.com/tinytag.htm
"Hi, My name is Sean. I accidentally invented TinyTag when I was in kindergarten. My dad helped me build it. My neighbor Matthew wrote the software. His uncle Bob from NASA helped with the electrical stuff."
#nifty #toys
archive.org #2883

Orn

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~tjh8300/Orn
"Orn is my "Capstone Project" for the Masters in Multidisciplinary Studies degree offered at RIT. It is side-scrolling action game demo for the Game Boy Advance, unofficially based on the first area (Brinstar) of the original NES Metroid released by Nin
#gaming #gba #nifty #oldschool
archive.org #2279

Soul Calimeter

http://homepage.mac.com/mschrag/SoulCalimeter
"We tossed around a couple ideas but decided to try out a system based on video capture to see if it would be able to analyze the video feed from the GameCube and look for certain key events to occur..."
#gaming #nifty
archive.org #2208

I/O Brush

http://tangible.media.mit.edu/projects/iobrush/iobrush.htm
"Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface."
#cool #neat #nifty
archive.org #2188

Kempa.com: Vinyl Data

http://www.kempa.com/blog/archives/000053.html
".. there were a handful of records released in the late 70's and early 80's that contained computer programs as part of the audio." I had a lot of fun using a C64 and a 300 baud modem to decode the Information Society track when it came out
#music #nifty #oldschool
archive.org #2076