Nelson's Linkblog 2005-04

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Luxury travel experience, looks lovely

2005-04-24 nelson:autotagged

Judicial sabotage

The extreme right's attempts to neuter the courts is really frightening

2005-04-23 funny • scary • politics • nelson:autotagged

Small Values of Cool: Windows system tray icons with Python (via Daily Python URL)

2005-04-22 systemtray • toread • python • gui • trayicon • programming • library • win32 • windows • coding.python • tips • nelson:autotagged

Uncooked finger

What's worse than finding a finger in your chili? A raw finger.

2005-04-22 nelson:autotagged

Kleiner Perkins hires Bill Joy.

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Next generation tiny digital Canon. I'm feeling envy.

2005-04-21 ixus • shopping • <darren_> • ukquake • canon+sd500 • photography • canon • digitalcameras • camera • ukq:irc • review • nelson:autotagged

New blog from the guys at O'Reilly. Looks really great so far. (via mathowie)

2005-04-21 web2.0 • web • blogs • programming • daily • blog • tech • news • technology • oreilly • software • nelson:autotagged

Hysterical read on the Adobe/Macromedia press release

2005-04-21 pr • funny • humor • business • blog • macromedia • design • news • fun • adobe • software • nelson:autotagged

Xybernaut meltdown

Wearable computer company fires its CEO and COO

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Best computer game ever is looking good on the PC

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"Titanic in Space"

Right there, sums up why the new Star Wars movie will suck (via Metafilter)

2005-04-19 nelson:autotagged

Snap stats page

Revenue graph shows about $200/day

2005-04-19 search • cpc • stats • adwords • reporting • eigenbedrijf • meta • advertising • transparency • clicks • statistik • nelson:autotagged

Crazy Zurich tradition (via Douwe, Ken)

2005-04-19 nelson:autotagged

Artificial languages

Game designers make up languages

2005-04-19 gaming • ludology • language • nelson:autotagged

GameStop + EBGames

The only two US retail game outlets are merging

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Adobe + Macromedia

Wow, huge news (via Niall)

2005-04-18 web • adobe • business • wow • flash • it • [en] • fusion • macromedia • news • software • nelson:autotagged

Dell 1900x1200 LCD

Matt likes his new monitor

2005-04-17 lcd • buy • monitors • awesome • dell • nelson:autotagged

Reprogram the car

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On building CodeZoo

Thoughtful essay about launching a new web site / service

2005-04-15 development • web • code • toread • business • programming • webdesign • design • webdev • article • software • nelson:autotagged

It's not always so simple

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Awesome comic from Half Life 2 screenshots (via BoingBoing)

2005-04-14 webcomic • toread • gaming • comics • blogs • writing • game • games • cartoons • comic • cool • nelson:autotagged

Bad marketing tie-ins

Lucasfilm has totally lost all shame (via BoingBoing)

2005-04-14 funny • superhero • marketing • endoresement • smacks • jedi • humor • cerealbox • marvel • @email • fantastic4 • nelson:autotagged

Binary Flow 64k demo

This is jawdropping

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Favourite demos

From someone who liked aether (via Waxy)

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Myoclonic twitch

One of the many things you'll learn reading Ask Metafilter

2005-04-14 body • science • words • nelson:autotagged

Planes in flight

Google Sightseeing » Blog Archive roundup of satellite images of flying planes

2005-04-14 map • google • misc • web • big_optics • travel • airplanes • maps • googlemaps • fun • aviation • nelson:autotagged

Flickr architecture

Slides from a talk last September

2005-04-14 development • web • flickr • database • tags • design • architecture • mysql • php • presentation • tagging • nelson:autotagged

More like a music video than a tech demo, but beautiful (via Waxy)

2005-04-13 demo • tosee • video • 3d • graphics • nelson:autotagged

iPod shuffle hack

Get rid of the need to use iTunes

2005-04-13 shuffle • apple • python • ipod • hacks • itunes • mac • music • mp3 • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Xbox Jade Empire

Looks like another winner from Bioware

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Trying to raise money? Leave the fingernail clipper at home.

2005-04-12 vc • omg • links • presentationskills • venturecapital • pitching • nelson:autotagged

First person account of being sent to a teen reeducation camp (via MeFi)

2005-04-11 story • interesting • blogs • youthcamps • read_later • daily • bootcamps • blog • storyblog • abuse • underholdning • nelson:autotagged

Finally someone's going to build a link

2005-04-11 cars • ipod • shopping • bmw • nelson:autotagged

Long Line Flickr

clever photo type (via Waxy)

2005-04-11 play • art • collaborative • photography • photos • fun • group • flickr • software • nelson:autotagged

Grove Street Flickr

GTA3 screenshots, plus a funny map (via mathowie)

2005-04-11 gta • grovestreet • humor • humour • cj • grandtheftauto • sanandreas • photos • games • flickr • nelson:autotagged

WinXP thumbnail size

You can tweak the size of the thumbnails in the folder view

2005-04-10 windows • pc • tips • todo • xp • nelson:autotagged

Richardson mag NSFW

Arty porn; associated with Terry Richardson

2005-04-09 fashion • art • photo • photography • flash • sex • culture • magazine • design • photographer • magazines • nelson:autotagged

Windows DPI setting

Override Windows' idea of your display's DPI

2005-04-09 xp • nelson • hacks • nelson:autotagged

Going to try this new place for delivery. The review cracks me up.

2005-04-09 quick_post • nelson:autotagged

KotOR2 restoration

Fan project to restore the missing content.

2005-04-08 nelson:autotagged

KotOR2 missing parts

Great game, shame they had to cut some bits at the end

2005-04-08 information • mods • missing • kotor • game • content • gaming • kotor2 • games • hidden • easter • nelson:autotagged

Py web programming

Argument that the Python community needs to step up and improve things (via Daily Python URL)

2005-04-08 development • web • toread • python • programming • rails • webdev • article • php • ruby • scripting • nelson:autotagged

Google sightseeing

Collecting interesting images from the satellite maps (via Waxy)

2005-04-07 map • satellite • google • maps • blogs • blog • photos • fun • travel • photography • cool • nelson:autotagged

Licks to get to center of a tootsie pop?

Google Search: how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

2005-04-07 nelson:autotagged

No need to read Tolkein's epic, this is all you need (via Metafilter)

2005-04-07 fandom.lord.of.the.rings • funny • humor • reference • tolkien • fantasy • books • fun • post • sf • nelson:autotagged

Giraffe confusion

How many are there? I guess giraffe colouring really is camoflauge

2005-04-07 nelson:autotagged

Google maps, in the real world

What you see from the ground when someone makes a map

2005-04-07 funny • google • humor • humour • photos • blogworthy • realworld • maps • tech • googlemaps • keyhole • nelson:autotagged

Cornering WoW market

Stuff like this is fascinating (via Slashdot)

2005-04-07 design • auction • money • wow • economics • games • mmorpg • world • economy • market • games:wow • nelson:autotagged

Complex electronica, etc. Onkyo movement.

2005-04-06 labels • imported • music • jazz • label • noise • static • mp3 • japan • improv • experimental • nelson:autotagged

Merlin Mann interview

Very insightful discussion

2005-04-06 gtd • toread • people • read • interviews • productivity • hacks • merlinmann • interview • lifehacks • 43folders • nelson:autotagged

Congratulations to Marc et al on the launch!

2005-04-06 free • development • search • code • java • reference • programming • dev • opensource • oreilly • software • nelson:autotagged

Not rumour, straight from the company

2005-04-06 vc • toread • business • ideas • statistics • atom • svw • feeds • rss • feedburner • ads • nelson:autotagged

go to McDonalds, blog about it.

2005-04-06 fastfood • restaurant • food • branding • blogs • planetfeedback • dinheiro • marketing • mcdonalds • blogging • restaurants • nelson:autotagged

America stand as one

A rock anthem (via Metafilter)

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mathowie's childhood

As seen on Google Maps, annotated in Flickr

2005-04-05 map • google • interesting • ideas • google_maps • maps • memory • memorymaps • flickr • annotation • cool • nelson:autotagged

Nasty sounding shareholder lawsuit (via ...)

2005-04-05 startingabusiness • rolandtanglao • groove • nelson:autotagged

Toothing was a hoax

The common sense test apparently no longer applies (via BoingBoing)

2005-04-05 funny • 26 • web • harhar • wasting.time • toothing • sex • hoax • culture • tech • bluetooth • nelson:autotagged

2005-04-04 humor • podcasting • nelson:autotagged

GTA:SA car speeds

Some nut took a stopwatch to all the cars in the game

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Everyone love pictures of cats. And squared circles.

2005-04-03 fun • photo • cat • nelson:autotagged

Republic of Minerva

Failed attempt at an artificial country

2005-04-03 wiki • minerva • imported • reference • micronation • wikipedia • micronations • politics • history • geography • nelson:autotagged

The Old Negro Space Program (via Another Word for Nerd)

2005-04-03 funny • humor • space • culture • movie • satire • movies • video • parody • film • history • nelson:autotagged

Don't flip the shot

Right arm, left arm, what's the difference? (via Marc)

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Copyright nonsense

Clay Shirky can't rip a DVD of his own talk

2005-04-01 copyright • rights • media • economics • content • stupid • drm • intellectualproperty • freeculture • politics • law • nelson:autotagged