Nelson's Linkblog 2005-02

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46 best freeware

Nice list (via AxMe)

2005-02-28 reference • windows • downloads • utilities • free • computer • download • freeware • tools • best • software • nelson:autotagged

The African cliff

What happens to a society where 40% of the adults die? (via Marc)

2005-02-28 statistics • hiv • interesting • economics • africa • sex • lifeexpectancy • death • health • aids • politics • nelson:autotagged

Iraqi street cleaning

Streets are literally running with blood

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Waiter rant on Numa

Nicely explains what's great about Numa Numa

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Sims 2: Nightlife

Rumour about the next Sims 2 expansion, a scan of the box for University

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BTK reused a floppy?

Rumour that he was caught because someone undeleted some files on a disc he mailed

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Creepy message board posts from someone trying to get BTK to contact him

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16 colour tapestry

Beautiful pixel art

2005-02-27 design • safari_export • nelson:autotagged

If you're into djb's way of building Unix tools, this site is for you

2005-02-27 qmail • networking • howto • sysadmin • unix • djb • dns • linux • tools • email • software • nelson:autotagged

"Jamie Zawodny"

Should crossbreed two bloggers

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Miniplug/RCA adapter

Why is this cable so hard to find?

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Flash game (via amitp)

2005-02-27 funny • crash • gaming • flash • japanese • game • games • anime • fun • japan • nanaca • nelson:autotagged

Demoscene nominees

Cutting edge computer art (via Waxy)

2005-02-27 media • gaming • demo • scene • @toreview • upload • fuji • pc • graphics • towatch • cool • nelson:autotagged

BTK suspect page

Google cache of a web page about Dennis Rader

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Sad interview! Then again, both ToEE and Vampire were really buggy on release.

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Mr, Mrs Roger Ebert

I always assumed he was gay

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Condy Rice fashion

She looks *hot* (via Bo)

2005-02-25 condirice • people • media • society • fashion • politics • nelson:autotagged

Roller derby uniforms

At least, that's what I thought at first

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Michael Jackson frightens children

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We are a group of bacon/pork enthusiasts, who firmly believe that bacon and affiliated eats are way underrepresented on-line. (via Marc)

2005-02-24 funny • pork • humor • food • blogs • cooking • bacon • blog • fun • friends • cool • nelson:autotagged

Photos from a dead couple (via Metafilter)

2005-02-24 photography • #geeks • alexandru • amazing • photos • tsunami • news • neg-sad • nelson:autotagged

Robot Wisdom is back

I missed Jorn. (via Waxy)

2005-02-23 links • read • blogs • daily • blog • culture • weblog • news • politics • technology • history • nelson:autotagged

The Progress Quest of falling block games (via Grumdrig)

2005-02-23 funny • flash • humor • web • javascript • geek • game • games • 1d • fun • tetris • nelson:autotagged

This is beautiful: someone hand transcribed some encoding gibberish

2005-02-22 humor • uiclass • charset • character • typography • mojibake • i18n • transcode • encodings • russian • postal • nelson:autotagged

the result of trying to display text in character encodings which a piece of software is not configured to deal with

2005-02-22 wiki • humor • language • wikipedia • character • japanese • mojibake • utf-8 • unicode • english • character-encoding • nelson:autotagged

RIP Dr. Gene Scott

Dr. Gene Scott and Hunter S Thompson in some sort of cosmic duality

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99.999 is five minutes a year

2005-02-22 it • nelson:autotagged

Ericsson s700i/s710a

First cell phone with a decent camera

2005-02-22 710a • sonyericsson • phone • mobile • gadget • telephone • gadgets • reviews • want • mobile:devices • spouse • nelson:autotagged

Goban: MacOS IGS

Looks like a beautiful client (via Marc)

2005-02-22 go • application • game • games • osx • nelson:autotagged

$500 for the 2001FP or 2005FPW

2005-02-21 corp:dell • computers • lcd • monitors • nelson:autotagged

The classic Internet Go Server

2005-02-21 gaming • igs • entertainment • server • go • game • games • online • fun • tutorial • software • nelson:autotagged

Katamaridamashi

Done for real, in play-doh (via BoingBoing)

2005-02-21 funny • art • katamaridamacy • play-doh • wierd • games • videogames • humor • katamari • via:boingboing • cool • nelson:autotagged

Baby name voyager

Cool visualization

2005-02-20 visualization • statistics • java • name • reference • flash • fun • names • baby • tools • cool • nelson:autotagged

Anti-Grain Geometry

Rendering library; like gd, but not ugly

2005-02-20 2d • svg • image • programming • c++ • library • libraries • rendering • opensource • graphics • software • nelson:autotagged

make a favicon.ico with transparency

2005-02-19 web • ico • icons • windows • favicon • design • graphics • software • tools • png • icon • nelson:autotagged

Bathroom attendants

Guerilla theater in a McDonalds (via Metafilter)

2005-02-18 funny • art • humor • humour • interesting • bathroom • improv • fun • nyc • mcdonalds • pranks • nelson:autotagged

Koko's nipple fetish

Talking gorilla named in lawsuit

2005-02-18 funny • web-heads • science • lawsuits • paulfear • breasts • sex • news • weird • freakingweird • greyfaced • nelson:autotagged

Unicode script mixing

Mashing Greek with Roman is an abomination. But it can be useful, too.

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EverQuest II - /pizza

Any respect I had for this game is lost (via BoingBoing)

2005-02-18 funny • business • gaming • food • geek • mmorpg • game • games • everquest • videogames • pizza • nelson:autotagged

The C10K problem

How to build a server that can handle 10,000 clients

2005-02-17 web • networking • network • programming • scalability • server • unix • architecture • concurrency • linux • performance • nelson:autotagged

Portable freeware

Software you can run off a USB thumb drive

2005-02-17 usb • windows • downloads • apps • free • opensource • download • freeware • software • tools • portable • nelson:autotagged

SCO to be delisted?

They're late with their 10-K. Couldn't happen to nicer people.

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Make Python operators

It is an abomination (via Daily Python URL)

2005-02-17 development • infix • language • python • recipe • operators • programming • hacks • hack • cookbook • cool • nelson:autotagged

l33tspeak guide

Hysterically earnest primer for parnets (via Waxy, or a search on microsoft.com for 'l33t')

2005-02-17 funny • leet • humor • reference • language • 1337 • computer • internet • fun • microsoft • slang • nelson:autotagged

Wikipedia goatse.cx

Amazingly thorough accounting

2005-02-17 wiki • web • photo • goatse • wikipedia • internet • sex • culture • goatse.cx • fun • disturbing • nelson:autotagged

Thottbot is IGE?

Interesting rumour, would explain how Thottbot affords 40 servers

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Sunset metamorphosis

Nice astronomy picture of the day

2005-02-16 goatse • astronomy • slashdot • amusing • nelson:autotagged

SHA-1 compromised

Collisions take 2^69, not 2^80. This is significant.

2005-02-16 web • sha1 • hash • sha-1 • cryptography • encryption • crypto • tech • news • security • schneier • nelson:autotagged

Dell 1920x1200 LCD

$1100 is a lot, but I bet it's nice

2005-02-16 hardware • buy • shopping • monitor • advice • dell • geek • lcd • peripherals • wishlist • cool • nelson:autotagged

Bush from both ends

Why is that man smiling?

2005-02-16 funny • american • heh • humour • politics • nelson:autotagged

jwz groupware rant

Most insightful thing I've read about product design in a long time (via HotLinks)

2005-02-16 socialsoftware • jwz • groupware • hula • collaboration • programming • design • calendaring • calendar • software • opensource • nelson:autotagged

Michael Jackson "flu"

Mysterious illness

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wacky tabletop game console: features holograms!

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Purge the gene pool

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Now available for subscription. Congratulations!

2005-02-15 blog • make • hacks • geek • magazine • tech • diy • hack • magazines • hacking • technology • nelson:autotagged

English tailor blog

I love blogs like this (via BoingBoing)

2005-02-15 fashion • blogs • suits • blog • tailor • design • english • london • clothing • bespoke • clothes • nelson:autotagged

Security workaround

Great photo (via RISKS)

2005-02-14 duh • funny • humor • driving • photo • photos • pictures • images • security • fun • hacking • nelson:autotagged

diskpart: WinXP fdisk

For some dumb reason they removed fdisk from WinXP, so you use diskpart instead

2005-02-14 windows • disk • cli • nelson:autotagged

Formatting a USB drive

Not as easy as you think if it's not partitioned

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Looks like an awesome hack

2005-02-13 web/tech • hacks • nintendo • cool • nelson:autotagged

"Family values"

Alan Keyes disowns lesbian daughter. Lovely. (via Metafilter)

2005-02-13 mike • washpost • gay • entertainment • activism • lgbtq • sexuality • conservatism • politics • alankeyes • angry_neurotic_isms_and_ists • nelson:autotagged

= failure. So much for my new router :-(

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Getting MTU size

Test what your MTU by pinging with do-not-fragment

2005-02-12 wrt54g • troubleshooting • mtu • nelson:autotagged

Recovering a wrt54g

What to do if you flash a bad ROM (I didn't!)

2005-02-12 wifi • linksys • firmware • howto • hacks • wireless • wrt54g • 2005 • router • hacking • openwrt • nelson:autotagged

default passwords

Awesome list of the default logins for a bunch of network equipment

2005-02-12 passwords • networking • network • reference • routers • computers • wifi • hardware • router • security • hacking • nelson:autotagged

Best info site I've found

2005-02-12 hardware • wifi • linksys • linux • hacks • wireless • wrt54g • hack • router • hacking • networking • nelson:autotagged

Amazing interactive toy (via Metafilter)

2005-02-10 science • draw • toy • vid • interesting • awesome • video • toys • post • technology • car • nelson:autotagged

Fake reporter is gay?

Amazing story; Bush-friendly reporter turns out to also run gay porn sites (via Metafilter)

2005-02-10 watch.press • blogs • grassrootsmedia • daily • watch • npr.heardithere • media • politics • npr • nelson:autotagged

Handy little standalone distributed in-memory cache (via Titus Brown)

2005-02-10 web • database • distributed • cache • programming • memory • caching • performance • php • memcached • software • nelson:autotagged

This seemed hysterical to me

2005-02-09 wow • humor • hack • nelson:autotagged

Unofficial site for hacking the mostly-open wireless router

2005-02-09 hardware • wifi • linksys • network • firmware • hacks • wireless • wrt54g • linux • router • networking • nelson:autotagged

Disabling XP Services

simple instructions

2005-02-09 useful • reference • winxp • windows • geek • services • xp • nelson:autotagged

Marc on Bloglines

Thoughtful piece on the Ask Jeeves acquisition

2005-02-08 acquisitions • web • search • bloglines • business • askjeeves • blog • corporate_strategy • ask • rss • nelson:autotagged

Ashcroft's troops

jwz - freedom is on the march

2005-02-08 starwars • irc • government • politics • law • film • macintosh • nelson:autotagged

Essential 50 games

Nice list from 1up (via Joystiq)

2005-02-06 articles • gaming • list • lists • reviews • culture • game • computer • games • videogames • history • nelson:autotagged

Mark Fletcher's cat

I know how he feels (via ...)

2005-02-06 blogging • ideas • nelson:autotagged

The Cuddly Menace

Nicely recaptioned child's picture book (via BoingBoing)

2005-02-05 funny • remix • humor • humour • zogg • religion • books • fun • art • weird • book • nelson:autotagged

Just now listening to Hiphopera again (via BoingBoing)

2005-02-05 kleptones • bittorrent • media • mashup • free • mashups • music • mp3 • download • torrent • cool • nelson:autotagged

Athlon 64 drivers

Various chip features

2005-02-05 athlon • drivers • driver • utilities • amd • hardware • download • utility • tools • cpu • software • nelson:autotagged

Suicide bomber vest

2005-02-05 photograph/article • vest • suicide • bomb • palestinian • photo • news • article • terrorism • nelson:autotagged

Spheres of Chaos

Funky psychedelic shooter game (via Cedric)

2005-02-04 rez • gaming • windows • asteroids • pagerank5 • game • games • linux • software • psychedelic • cool • nelson:autotagged

Microserf's iPods

Foolishness; managers are criticising iPods on the Microsoft campus (via Waxy)

2005-02-04 apple • irony • ipod • free • music • msft • microsoft • market • nelson:autotagged

Zappos.com growth

$300M is a lot of shoes. (via Eric Case)

2005-02-04 zappos • business • nelson:autotagged

Torture A.G. OK!

Hey, what's a little human rights abuses between Republicans?

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Firefox vs AdSubtract

Marc's notes on how AdSubtract is screwing their own customers

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Dispatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body

MOTM: Flash Gordon Sounds

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Amazing, a journalist actually reported

2005-02-03 politics • news • nelson:autotagged

IGE pres. interview

IGE is a secondary market for MMOG items

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Yes, more Amazing Race washouts have web sites (via Jonathan and Victoria, naturally)

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Distributed systems job

Best job description ever (via Steve J)

2005-02-03 development • jobs • network • distributed-systems • programming • system • scalability • distributed • job • amazon • entry • nelson:autotagged

Didn't know Python could do this. Work with large data efficiently.

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How to cut things

Kitchen prep notes (via Metafilter)

2005-02-02 cut • reference • food • cooking • howto • cutting • knives • tutorial • tips • knife • kitchen • nelson:autotagged

North Korea collapse?

Hints that things are falling apart (via Metafilter)

2005-02-02 korea • north • foreign • international • article • policy • politics • nelson:autotagged

Action figure hostage

Pathos (via Mark)

2005-02-02 humor • nelson:autotagged

Thinking with type

Beautiful site and book about good typography

2005-02-01 web • art • reference • fonts • typography • webdesign • books • design • graphics • font • type • nelson:autotagged