Nelson's Linkblog 2004-09

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Slave Leia costume

Obsession with outre costume (via Memepool)

2004-09-30 <bagronken> • ukquake • ukq:irc • nelson:autotagged

"When NULL is not NULL" (via Eric Case)

2004-09-30 development • web • reference • database • mysql • programming • sql • db • gotchas • databases • tips • nelson:autotagged

West Coast trail

Hike the entire length of the US

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Kleptones interview

Took only five weeks to build the album! (via BoingBoing)

2004-09-29 kleptones • remix • dj • mashup • bootleg • music • interview • art • nelson:autotagged

Bloglines - is it REST?

Sam Ruby points out that GETs shouldn't be state transforming.

2004-09-29 xml • web • bloglines • flames • programming • rest • samruby • webservices • fun • http • soap • nelson:autotagged

2006 Olympic mascots

Man, these are ugly

2004-09-28 nelson:autotagged

Language popularity

Data mining Google and Craigslist to see what languages are popular (via Daily Python URL)

2004-09-28 development • comparison • statistics • java • language • python • programming • popularity • coding • languages • ruby • nelson:autotagged

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Marc on Bloglines API

Including Groovy samples. Cool stuff!

2004-09-28 groovy • web • java • programming • rest • blog • api • webservices • bloglines • syndication • rss • nelson:autotagged

Men's fashion site (via NYT)

2004-09-28 fashion • imported • forum • nelson:autotagged

Andy about clothes

Men's fashion site (via NYT)

2004-09-28 style • fashion • shopping • reference • blogs • men • wardrobe • imported • tips • clothing • clothes • nelson:autotagged

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

Demo is out today!

2004-09-28 games • free • nelson:autotagged

Finally, a reason to have a stupid photomosaic (via BoingBoing)

2004-09-27 politics • comedy • wbs • nelson:autotagged

Flickr investment

Esther ponies up. Her reasons are good.

2004-09-25 digital_life • vc • business • privacy • photo • photography • esther • social-net • social • flickr • dyson • nelson:autotagged

Interesting spin on the Bush/Halo meme

2004-09-25 bush • lol • w • nelson:autotagged

Unsolicited love story

Following a woman from Stockphotopia through her spam journey (via mathowie)

2004-09-25 funny • humor • humour • web • humorous • marketing • photography • spam • advertising • internet • storytime • nelson:autotagged

Hiphopera dismantled

Waxy collecting sources for the Kleptones new album. I just ordered the Detroit Grand Pubahs albums.

2004-09-25 kleptones • copyright • ip • mashup • queen • free • mashups • music • mp3 • audio • cool • nelson:autotagged

Sequel lookin good (via Anil Dash)

2004-09-24 warioware • games • nelson:autotagged

Christine Linnenbach

She's running for supervisor in my district in SF. Met her campaigning, she's quite forthright.

2004-09-24 nelson:autotagged

Very sad story about how they can't release a new version of Watson after Sun bought it

2004-09-24 sun_d • karelia • rich-client • xblog • watson • sun • alameda • nelson:autotagged

Python 2.4 highlights

Summary of the summary (via Daily Python URL)

2004-09-23 python • programming • nelson:autotagged

Abu Ghraib torture

First hand account from a female victim

2004-09-23 torture • civil • us • blogmarks • bush • abughraib • prisoner • politics • iraq • rumsfeld • war • nelson:autotagged

Bay area traffic

More data than TANN (via Zawodny)

2004-09-23 bayarea • useful • traffic • news • nelson:autotagged

Transformers history

Mythology behind the awesome TV cartoon (via memepool)

2004-09-23 television • transformers • reference • comics • geek • tv • animation • cartoons • toys • fun • history • nelson:autotagged

free software to split your copy of the Kleptones into multiple mp3s

2004-09-23 software • windows • license/gpl • unix • music • mp3 • linux • freeware • audio • tools • opensource • nelson:autotagged

R.I.P. Russ Meyer

Faster, Pussycat is one of my favourite movies. (via Metafilter)

2004-09-23 obit • nelson:autotagged

Really awesome mix / mash / plunderphonic. Seriously, it's good.

2004-09-23 kleptones • mashup • queen • free • mashups • culture • hiphop • music • mp3 • download • audio • nelson:autotagged

Cheap kite photos

Old camera, 555 timer chip (via Slashdot)

2004-09-21 kite • photo • photography • hacks • hardware • photos • tech • diy • hack • technology • projects • nelson:autotagged

Easily invoke shared libraries from Python

2004-09-21 development • c • wrapper • python • programming • c++ • library • windows • ctypes • opensource • software • nelson:autotagged

MSNBC - Are poker %u2018bots%u2019 raking online pots?

2004-09-21 poker • cheating • ai • hack • robots • culture • games • internet • cards • gambling • bots • nelson:autotagged

Sims 2 hostile code

Yet another game refusing to run if you have a virtual CD installed

2004-09-21 nelson:autotagged

AOL time passwords

They're offering RSA tokens to their users!

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Google [nelson] images

Crazy diversity of pictures

2004-09-20 nelson:autotagged

Long look at Paul Crouch's Christian broadcasting empire

2004-09-20 words • via:mefi • media • religion • scams • news • nelson:autotagged

Hurrican Ivan surfing

Monster wave (via kraneland)

2004-09-19 surf • surfing • nature • v-cool • videoclip • whoa! • amazing • video • fun • sports • awesome • nelson:autotagged

Partial binding for a graphing package

2004-09-19 visualization • code • reference • python • driver • programlama • mouse • grace • software • nelson:autotagged

1954 home computer

Fortran will make it easy to use! (via Metafilter)

2004-09-19 funny • humor • computer • computers • geek • fun • hoax • future • images • technology • history • nelson:autotagged

Windward / leeward

Post-hurricane road destruction

2004-09-18 nelson:autotagged

Nice visualization of one user's spam (via Slashdot)

2004-09-18 web • spam • graph • geek • virus • tech • internet • fun • mail • email • history • nelson:autotagged

Macaulay Culkin 4:20

Arrested for marijuana!

2004-09-18 nelson:autotagged

X server for Windows, phree!

2004-09-17 x11 • windows • free • xwindows • unix • cygwin • linux • x • software • tools • opensource • nelson:autotagged

Safire says 'shiznit'

He's a right wing bastard, but his writing on language is fun.

2004-09-17 hiphop • square • humor • mainstream • language • dialects • safire • williamsafire • snoopdogg • izzle • onlanguage • nelson:autotagged

why does Apple insist on making this difficult?

2004-09-17 nelson:autotagged

Hypontizing (via pb)

2004-09-17 art • artist • media • movies • politics • technology • best • nelson:autotagged

Password software with lots of features. Could this be the one? (Thanks, Dave!)

2004-09-16 web • passwords • firefox • windows • tool • utilities • computer • security • password • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

The Jefferson portrait is creepy

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Marc Hedlund is blogging his experiences with Groovy, the Java oriented scripting language

2004-09-16 groovy • java • programming • 2read • article • 2do • work3 • nelson:autotagged

Tajik air safety card

Alien infodesign (via BoingBoing)

2004-09-16 funny • humor • foundimages • miscellania • cripes • safety • airline • interesting • aviation • terrorism • linkage • nelson:autotagged

Slapstick videos

Roundup of wince-inducing video snippets of people hurting themselves

2004-09-15 funny • ha • video • nelson:autotagged

OpenTable promos

Now you can see which SF restaurants are having trouble filling seats!

2004-09-15 nelson:autotagged

Kryptonite locks broke

Open a bike lock in 30 seconds (via Metafilter)

2004-09-15 bike • bicycle • toread • lock • locks • bikes • wtf • lockpicking • cycling • security • news • nelson:autotagged

This is a great little tool. Congrats on the new version!

2004-09-14 nelson:autotagged

Spam origin map

Cool data visualization (via Kottke)

2004-09-14 fun • web • image • spam • evil • maps • tech • internet • images • mail • email • nelson:autotagged

Inside look at writing the story for a computer RPG

2004-09-14 doktorat • earmark • writing • gamescrit • games • fable • nelson:autotagged

Me! At FOO Camp!

Great photo. But honestly, it's not that bad.

2004-09-14 nelson:autotagged

PhotoStamps retraction

Does someone really review every image submitted?! (via jwz)

2004-09-14 political • strange • tech • nelson:autotagged

Matt Drudge is gay?

2004-09-14 nelson:autotagged

Silent PC Review

aggregates info on quiet PCs

2004-09-13 hardware • silent • reference • review • computers • quiet • reviews • pc • computer • tech • htpc • nelson:autotagged

Homo Paul Crouch

What is it with televangelists with drag queen wives?

2004-09-12 nelson:autotagged

Hysterical story of a sub-par marketing person mishandling some PR

2004-09-12 pr • disaster • business • marketing • trends • theory_x • tech • nelson:autotagged

Designer creation

Fashion for the ugly

2004-09-11 nelson:autotagged

Shadow president

Permanent snarl

2004-09-10 a • be • yup • an • he'd • fight. • in • earbiter • nelson:autotagged

Fantastic generator application (via Sutter)

2004-09-10 web • generator • color • colour • webdesign • colors • html • design • graphics • tools • css • nelson:autotagged

$3,000 for 20,000 PCs

Buy your zombie networks now! (via Slashdot)

2004-09-10 geek • news • nelson:autotagged

Planetary fact sheets

Want to know how big a planet is?

2004-09-09 info • fakten • reference • space • science • creativity • nasa • planets • fun • percents • astronomy • nelson:autotagged

1958 TV (via Waxy)

2004-09-09 funny • to-be-cleaned • nelson:autotagged

Getting things done 2

Simple Wiki summary of the system. The book tells you why to work this way.

2004-09-09 wiki • management • gtd • toread • reference • productivity • howto • organization • lifehacks • tips • tools • nelson:autotagged

Getting things done

Merlin on this self-help methodology. I've listened to the audiobook and found it helpful.

2004-09-09 management • gtd • organization • blogs • productivity • 43folders • blog • books • lifehacks • article • tips • nelson:autotagged

MySQL lost password

How to recover if you've lost the password

2004-09-08 phpbb2 • reset • rescue • softwareanddocumentation • mysql • root_password • linux • recoverpassword • webdev • password • weathercrap • nelson:autotagged

Cheney warns a vote for Kerry is a vote for the terrorists. These evil men must be stopped.

2004-09-08 usa • cheney • dumbfuck • election • news • politics • nelson:autotagged

Bush blowing bubbles

From the 1974 HBS yearbook

2004-09-07 nelson:autotagged

Nebraska State Fair

2004-09-06 nelson:autotagged

CoH teleport discuss

Helpful tips if you play the game

2004-09-05 nelson:autotagged

Quicken.com disaster

I can buy the software, but I won't be able to run it

2004-09-03 nelson:autotagged

Westwood Highlands

this is my neighbourhood

2004-09-03 nelson:autotagged

Handy Windows gadget to see where your system spends all its time when booting

2004-09-03 howto • windows • boot • startup • utilities • system • tweaks • xp • diagnostic • bootvis • software • nelson:autotagged

Table tennis collage

Clever assortment (via Kottke)

2004-09-02 humor • photography • pingpong • olympics • amusing • 2004 • nelson:autotagged

Give in to your hate

Lovely stills from the RNC (via Zawodny)

2004-09-02 nelson:autotagged

5 Things / Burning Man

2004-09-02 funny • clever • devzero • burningman • bman • #geeks • lists • culture • snark • humor • man • nelson:autotagged

Bush's fake ribbons

Smug mug posed for a photo wearing decorations he didn't earn (via MetaFilter)

2004-09-02 usa • ukquake • jenn.j • <nic0_o> • political • bush • military • politics • ukq:irc • gop • nelson:autotagged

Python datetime

I didn't realize Python had a standard library for temporal information

2004-09-01 nelson:autotagged

Swift boat lies

Amazing - people's names were used without permission to support the attack on Kerry (via MetaFilter)

2004-09-01 politics • swiftvets • nelson:autotagged

Python ClientForm

Client side library for working with forms

2004-09-01 web • parser • http • form • python • testing • programming • html • forms • client • opensource • nelson:autotagged

Eye milk snort squirt

This is what the Internet is all about

2004-09-01 nelson:autotagged

Fantastic RNC photo of your overlords

2004-09-01 nelson:autotagged

Hooters in India

American cultural imperialism at its finest. (via Fucked Company)

2004-09-01 india • humour • nelson:autotagged

Free Java based MMOG

2004-09-01 gaming • java • runescape • community • mmorpg • game • games • free • rpg • online • fun • nelson:autotagged

IKEA stampede deaths

"IKEA is known for simple, reasonably priced products"

2004-09-01 nelson:autotagged

Python/XML HOWTO

Handy little resource

2004-09-01 xml • development • code • reference • python • coding • documentation • programming • howto • tutorial • metadata • nelson:autotagged

Guido on decorators

The great @ debate is now officially over

2004-09-01 nelson:autotagged