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MySQLdb docs
Very hard to find this online, but here are the actual updated docs
2005-01-31
documentation • reference • database • python • docs • devel/python • programming • devel • mysql • relational • document • nelson:autotagged
WoW protest
Screenshots from a gnome warrior uprising
2005-01-30
sociology • games • people • wow • game • mmog • culture • protest • worldofwarcraft • amusing • politics • nelson:autotagged
Steam failure
Lots of righteous anger in the comments
2005-01-30
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Sasha Shulgin
Profile of the psychoactive researcher (via Metafilter)
2005-01-30
subcultures • drugs • science • nyt • shulgin • health • interview • nelson:autotagged
Venster: Py GUI
win32 + ctypes + small wrapper = tight little Windows apps
2005-01-30
win32 • python • gui • programming • toolkit • to_evaluate • windows • api • ctypes • lightweight • native • nelson:autotagged
Python single .exe
Combine py2exe and NSIS to make a single small .exe for a Python program
2005-01-30
executable • toread • python • programming • win32 • windows • wxpython • ctypes • singlefileexe • installer • py2exe • nelson:autotagged
Linux BadRAM
Software workaround for flaky memory
2005-01-29
linux • kernel • testing • computers • ram • patch • hardware • memory • hacking • .imported • software • nelson:autotagged
DarkBASIC Pro
What Mono is written in. Basic combined with fancy DirectX libraries
2005-01-29
development • darkbasic • programming • dev • jogos • game • gamedev • games • 3d • tools • software • nelson:autotagged
Mono shooter game
Clever and beautiful little free game
2005-01-29
gaming • shmup • art • windows • free • videogames • game • games • fun • freeware • cool • nelson:autotagged
High school sex graph
Visualization of the recent study. But why is it almost exclusively heterosexual? (via BoingBoing)
2005-01-29
visualization • graphic • humor • science • sexuality • sex • culture • sociology • health • images • math • nelson:autotagged
A9 found art
Great idea - cherry pick the beautiful random photos (via Eric Case)
2005-01-29
a9 • photos • flickr • candy • nelson:autotagged
XPath visualizer
Looks like a nice little tool
2005-01-28
xpath • xmlprogramming • code • xml • misc • programmingsystems • development • sidebar • nelson:autotagged
Cheney warddrobe malfunction
Decides to dress cazh for Auschwitz
2005-01-28
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Spongebob ain't queer!
Surprisingly enough, the talking sponge isn't straight either.
2005-01-28
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AoE III designer intvw
Not only does it look great, they've got some good game ideas too
2005-01-28
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Disgruntled SOAP user
Funniest email ever. www-ws is a very dry web services standards discussion list
2005-01-28
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Conference spam
I still get invited to third tier conferences, four year after I left The Academy
2005-01-27
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Bosch action figures
Man, these are better than Kubricks (via jwz, boingboing)
2005-01-27
shopping • artist • bosch • gifts • toys • fun • art • weird • sculpture • wishlist • cool • nelson:autotagged
Rag Doll Kung Fu
trailer video (via Gametab)
2005-01-26
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Astroturfing Ashlee
You think they'd be smart enough to use a different post in each forum
2005-01-25
web • business • humour • spam • marketing • ashleysimpson • music • ashleesimpson • dog-eared • simpson • astroturf • nelson:autotagged
Firefox clone window
Fixes an obnoxious misfeature in Firefox
2005-01-25
fodder • firefox • extension • webdesign • plugins • webdev • firefox.extensions • software • nelson:autotagged
he.net torrent tracker
Nice ISP service (via mathowie)
2005-01-25
web • podcasting • bittorrent • via:mathowie • isp • hosting • hostingproviders/he • webhosting • p2p • nelson:autotagged
WoW operations
Comments from the folks fighting the fires
2005-01-24
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Darwinia
Very funky game, neat aesthetic (via Waxy)
2005-01-24
windows • mac • games • retro • innovative • software • nelson:autotagged
Habbo Hotel: $23M
From Benchmark, no less
2005-01-24
vc • business • community • quicklink • tech • virtualworld • webapp • software • nelson:autotagged
vnc2swf
Clever hack for making movies of your computer screen (via evanm)
2005-01-24
vnc • python • screen • flash • swf • screencast • video • linux • recorder • tools • software • nelson:autotagged
UO gold farmer
Someone bows out of the UO gold farming game, tells some stories. Follow the "farewell confessional" link too.
2005-01-23
gaming • gold • hackery • uo • virtualworlds • blog.entry • ultima • geekery • nelson:autotagged
fkiwers
I love typos
2005-01-23
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NetLimiter
Traffic shaper and bandwidth monitor for Windows, nice per-app control
2005-01-23
monitoring • network • windows • utilities • bandwidth • computer • traffic • internet • networking • tools • software • nelson:autotagged
Firefox: 5848 bugs
These are the ones marked as verified / assigned
2005-01-23
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Firefox: bookmarklet window on top
Bookmarklet windows are hidden in Firefox.. this is a three year old bug!
2005-01-23
del.icio.us • meta • firefox • foss • nelson:autotagged
Firefox search width
Default box is too narrow; how to make it bigger.
2005-01-23
mozilla • firefox • nelson:autotagged
Sprite sets
Classic pixel art extracted and greenscreened for your convenience
2005-01-21
img • pixelart • cg • miscellaneous • free • games:rpg • games • graphics • design • sprites • resources • nelson:autotagged
Bunny suicides
worth the scroll (via Metafilter)
2005-01-21
funny • suicide • humor • humour • comics • cartoon • bunnies • cartoons • fun • comic • bunny • nelson:autotagged
Fox malreported
Poor Fox, they accidentally let someone criticize Bush (via Metafilter)
2005-01-21
tv • media • inauguration • fox • foxnews • bush • video • news • politics • iraq • war • nelson:autotagged
Dell 2001FP: $570
Great price on a good LCD
2005-01-21
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Perils of using XHTML
Boy this is complicated. Can someone write "advantages of using XHTML"? I'm skeptical.
2005-01-21
xml • web • reference • standards • webdesign • html • design • development • webdev • xhtml • css • nelson:autotagged
Cheney snowballed
Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - Reuters
2005-01-21
politics • photos • republicans • j20 • funny • nelson:autotagged
Buy the Wish server
Shut down your MMOG, sell your 88 way blade system on eBay (via Terra Nova)
2005-01-21
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What is she wearing?
Laura Bush still fits into the bridesmaid dress from her cousin's wedding!
2005-01-21
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PHP/SWF Charts
Dynamically draw beautiful charts for web pages
2005-01-20
web • graph • flash • programming • chart • swf • webdesign • charts • graphics • webdev • php • nelson:autotagged
DC3 Cafe
I forgot to get a photo of this in NZ; glad Gen did!
2005-01-20
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Election 2004 video
Nice edit agitprop (via Metafilter)
2005-01-20
vote-fraud • usa • music • bush-still-sucks • video • politics • nelson:autotagged
Europe darts
Cute geography quiz (via Metafilter)
2005-01-20
europe • funny • map • travel • flash • maps • game • games • darts • fun • geography • nelson:autotagged
Dubai air golf
Nice photos (via Metafilter)
2005-01-20
dubai • golf • photo • sports • tiger • photos • woods • tigerwoods • fun • whoa • cool • nelson:autotagged
Skype protocol
Nice analysis, including details of NAT traversal (via Slashdot)
2005-01-20
protocol • network • sw • research • messenger • p2p • skype • pdf • net • voip • software • nelson:autotagged
Martian meteorite
On Mars
2005-01-20
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Jonathan's business
Who would think such an awful aggressive nasty man would peddle new age spa crap?
2005-01-20
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About Victoria
She's posed for Playboy, and she's an artist!
2005-01-20
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Jonathan and Victoria
The worst couple of all time on reality TV has a web site! Awesome!
2005-01-20
television • reality_tv • amazingrace • reality • nelson:autotagged
WinAmp/NES plugin
NotSo Fatso plays the NSF music files from NES carts
2005-01-19
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Zophar NES music
Archive of ripped NES game soundtracks
2005-01-19
sound • nsf • games • 8bit • nintendo • download • music • audio • nes • chiptunes • emulation • nelson:autotagged
WinXP error reports
How to disable them.. This is a really smart feature, but I choose not to participate
2005-01-19
annoyances • workcomputerhacks • reference • annoyance • windows • format • reporting • winxp • computer • tech • error • nelson:autotagged
SF Sundial
I didn't know this was in San Francisco! (via Metafilter comment)
2005-01-19
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Inside iPod Shuffle
A disassembly pictorial (via Waxy)
2005-01-19
hardware • shuffle • apple • music • ipod • gadgets • mac • design • tech • ipodshuffle • technology • nelson:autotagged
WoW community mess
Employee of Blizzard gets too deeply into game, anti-gay statements
2005-01-19
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Gay gaming
Thoughtful essay on the presence of gay and lesbian characters in games
2005-01-19
gender • games • articles_and_random_stuff • nelson:autotagged
Cory doesn't go along
I wish more people were able to challenge the inanity of air travel today
2005-01-19
flight • security • usa • privacy • travel • airlines • tsa • news • politics • terrorism • weird • nelson:autotagged
Hasselhoff recursion
The goggles! They do nothing! (via MetaFilter)
2005-01-19
funny • humor • humour • scary • recursion • flash • animation • hasselhoff • fun • art • weird • nelson:autotagged
Justin's dark night
Justin Hall publishes video of him having a nervous break (via Sutter)
2005-01-18
emotion • heavy • literature • web • media • blogs • blog • video • justinhall • blogging • depression • nelson:autotagged
Hong Kong photos
Astonishing images of high rises in HK. (via jwz)
2005-01-18
urban • art • hongkong • photography • photos • design • architecture • photo • images • china • gallery • nelson:autotagged
Comics criticism
Josh Reads, funny blog (via MetaFilter)
2005-01-17
funny • art • comics • blogs • daily • reviews • cartoons • blog • fun • humor • comic • nelson:autotagged
Bush was AWOL
In case you lost this fact in the 60 minutes story (via Metafilter)
2005-01-17
intellectual-freedom • linktank • blogs • awol • bush • scandal • services • politics • war • nelson:autotagged
Bill Gates / Teen Beat
What an awesome find! (via BoingBoing)
2005-01-17
billgates • funny • humor • gates • windows • photo • computers • geek • photos • fun • microsoft • nelson:autotagged
WoW ministry
Landover baptist reaches out to the gamer geeks
2005-01-17
funny • humor • games • humour • gaming • wow • religion • mmo • ep14 • warcraft • crazies • nelson:autotagged
Iran is next
Sy Hersh gets the scoop, again
2005-01-16
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John Maeda blog
He finally succumbed! John's a great designer and excellent teacher.
2005-01-16
simplicity • art • maeda • media • blogs • blog • design • inspiration • technology • mit • usability • nelson:autotagged
Hard drive enclosures
USB enclosures to have external storage
2005-01-16
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Bad Day (Snopes)
Aw, it's a fake
2005-01-16
funny • humor • ukquake • steal • <nic0> • malis • photos • internet • fun • pictures • ukq:irc • nelson:autotagged
Bad Day
amazing photo series
2005-01-15
funny • web • random • photos • supplement • fun • weird • nelson:autotagged
Future of game design
Excellent piece of criticism about the future of game design. Lots of concrete examples. (via Joystiq)
2005-01-15
gaming • gamedev • writing • gamedev/design • computer • games • article • videogames • design • spiele • software • nelson:autotagged
Darth Tater
The end of shame at Lucasfilm
2005-01-15
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Prague taxi fraud
Same problem in Budapest
2005-01-14
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Albatross circumnavigation
I saw some of these in New Zealand, they're huge
2005-01-14
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Waxy's mom!
A very sweet story (via Waxy, naturally)
2005-01-14
followup • living • story • cute • newyork • sad • perspective • memory • nyc • nelson:autotagged
Rapid Share
Upload a file of up to 20 gigs, let anyone download it. Lots of ads.
2005-01-14
files • web • fee • file • hosting • sharing • 30kb • webspace • filesharing • net • tools • nelson:autotagged
Emulation details
Great Gamasutra article about faithfully emulating the Atari 2600 (via Waxy)
2005-01-14
emulator • 2600 • atari2600 • emulation • games • 8bit • atari • oldschool • document • gamasutra • retro • nelson:autotagged
iPod shuffle review
Apparently it really is just like a normal USB drive
2005-01-14
software • shuffle • apple • ipod • mac • tech • mp3 • music • .imported • review • blogged • nelson:autotagged
Blizzard pulls WoW
Rumour is they can't handle the load (via Waxy)
2005-01-14
via:joystiq • commerce • mike • rumors • gaming • wow • mmorpg • games • videogames • warcraft • odd • nelson:autotagged
street style
I don't get it, is this a parody? (via MetaFilter)
2005-01-14
funny • fashion • humor • culture • hiphop • street • design • apparel • comedy • clothing • clothes • nelson:autotagged
Spyware investors
Reports on who is investing in user-hostile adware (via mathowie)
2005-01-13
computersecurity • business • privacy • investing • corporation • list • spyware • internet • politics • ethics • security • nelson:autotagged
Shocking prince
Prince Henry learns that dressing like a Nazi is not a good idea
2005-01-13
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deepX quickrefs
Good single pagers for XML, etc
2005-01-12
xml • web • reference • xslt • programming • webdesign • development • css • webdev • cheatsheet • xsl • nelson:autotagged
iPod shuffle handson
Sounds like it might still be a music jail (via Waxy)
2005-01-12
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.08 inches a year
That's how fast the sea is rising
2005-01-11
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iPod shuffle
$99 Flash iPod
2005-01-11
hardware • shuffle • apple • ipod • gadgets • mac • design • mp3 • music • technology • wishlist • nelson:autotagged
Mac mini
$499, tiny, quiet
2005-01-11
mini • macmini • apple • computers • mac • gadgets • hardware • computer • tech • technology • wishlist • nelson:autotagged
Aaron's Iraq roundup
Lotsa links
2005-01-11
iraq • world • us • aaronswartz • opinion • politics • america • war • nelson:autotagged
Call girl chatter
Guestbook chat between employees of a call girl service. (via BoingBoing)
2005-01-11
insane • jizz • boingboing • callgirl • prostitution • sex • abuse • fun • weird • conspiracy • toht • nelson:autotagged
Ascension mail mixup
No mail to the small island in three months
2005-01-10
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WoW UI programming
What you need to know to write custom plugins for World of Warcraft
2005-01-08
ui • reference • lua • wow • documentation • programming • mmorpg • worldofwarcraft • interface • games • scripting • nelson:autotagged
Elder Scrolls IV
Screenshots. The next wave of games is going to have really artistic rendering.
2005-01-08
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Get yer swerve on
Random phrase, awesome photo
2005-01-07
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Commie copyleft
The Aeroflot log is now my background (via BoingBoing)
2005-01-07
graphics • creativecommies • art • copyright • cc • wallpaper • copyleft • creativecommons • logo • fun • politics • nelson:autotagged
SimVirus
Sharing Sims 2 objects can be unhealthy (via Slashdot)
2005-01-06
sims • funny • gaming • social • game • virus • games • hack • security • technology • hacking • nelson:autotagged
Tom Delay shame
Fundamentalist nutball quotes the Bible to explain the tsunami
2005-01-06
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Mario Mosaic
This is quite beautiful (via BoingBoing)
2005-01-06
design • art • humour • creativity • geek • mario • games • nintendo • fun • humor • cool • nelson:autotagged
Napster on NASDAQ
$300M. How did they go out?
2005-01-05
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Pricing software
Joel on Software talks about how to set prices for software you sell.
2005-01-05
management • business • money • economics • sales • blog • pricing • marketing • article • software • economy • nelson:autotagged
Half Life re-creations
amazing work (via BoingBoing, Waxy)
2005-01-05
vgames/general • video_game_photography • subj-games • interesting • machinema • photos • vgames/psych • fun • pos-cool • projects • halflife2 • nelson:autotagged
867-5309
via Metafilter
2005-01-04
funny • 80s • humor • jenny • interesting • telephone • phone • 867-5309 • music • fun • weird • nelson:autotagged
Creative Muvo Micro
latest tiny flash player from Creative
2005-01-03
player • flash • mp3 • nelson:autotagged
PBeM server
Play classic games by email; this service is at least eight years old!
2005-01-03
gaming • network • boardgames • pbem • game • games • board • rpg • online • tools • email • nelson:autotagged
LCD dead pixel test
Images to help you spot dead pixels, very simple
2005-01-01
monitor • reference • dead • pixel • hardware • lcd • computer • video • test • tools • pixels • nelson:autotagged
Users are thieves
Feeddemon, my favourite RSS reader, had a 90% theft rate last week (via Eric)
2005-01-01
warez • feeddemon • piracy • internet • blogging • software • nelson:autotagged
Top 10 indie games
Nice list (via Slashdot)
2005-01-01
independent • indie • gaming • windows • list • fun • game • best-of • games • videogames • software • nelson:autotagged