Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog aboutarchivemastodonfeed
Nintendo Database
Like IMDB, but for Nintendo
2005-07-31 reference • classic • computer • games • retro • nintendo • videogames • oldschool • nelson:autotagged
Scale2x
Sprite scaling algorithm
2005-07-31 image • programming • . • scaling • vis • game • games • opensource • graphics • images • algorithms • nelson:autotagged
Coolest shoe ad ever
Soccer in the Thunderdome
2005-07-30 fussball • werbung • ads • mov • nelson:autotagged
Skype: $3 billion?!
Sure wish Cringely sourced his rumour
2005-07-30 skype • business • cringely • ebay • dinheiro • phone • internet • newscorp • murdoch • voip • software • nelson:autotagged
PS: Torment full install
Some tweaks for modern systems
2005-07-30 the.nine.hells • full • games • install • planescape • nelson:autotagged
NYT: Cats on the Web
Slow news day
2005-07-30 internet • nelson:autotagged
ssh keychain
Handy tool for managing your ssh-agent
2005-07-29 ssh-agent • keychain • gentoo • howto • unix • sysadmin • authentication • ssh • linux • security • software • nelson:autotagged
Liberality for All
Turns conservatives and liberals into comic book characters (via Metafilter)
2005-07-29 funny • art • culture • comics • liebrial • paranoid • stupid • bin-laden • politics • comic • sean-hannity • nelson:autotagged
Dad 'n Me Flash game
Great new game from the folks behind Alien Hominid
2005-07-29 funny • webgame • humor • web • flash • game • free • gaming • games • webgames • fun • nelson:autotagged
6 yr old game designer
David helps his son program in Python
2005-07-29 funny • kids • python • programming • parenting • game • games • learning • education • children • tutorial • nelson:autotagged
Adventure update
Atari 2600 classic, now with 3d graphics!
2005-07-28 nelson:autotagged
Beats the alternative
Shuttle "OK to fly home"
2005-07-28 nelson:autotagged
Swiss survival book
How to do basic stuff in Switzerland
2005-07-28 switzerland • via-nelson • travel • nelson:autotagged
Bad-ass hyena
Lovely photo (via BoingBoing)
2005-07-28 travel • irc • africa • gnaa • finance • nelson:autotagged
Sanrio chess
36,750 yen, wow! (via BoingBoing)
2005-07-27 kawaii • *wishlist • kids • "hello • japanese • *drool • games • chess • hello.kitty • hello_kitty • katg • nelson:autotagged
Think of the children!
Grandma sues Rockstar
2005-07-27 gaming • stoopid • nelson:autotagged
Shuttle bird strike
I'm in total fear of this everytime I land at KPAO
2005-07-27 nelson:autotagged
Pocketheaven/releases
Another comprehensive list of ROM pirate releases
2005-07-27 roms • releases • gba • release • gameboy • games • emulation • nintendo • videogames • nds • ds • nelson:autotagged
Clever condom ads
About 2% of these could run in the US (via BoingBoing)
2005-07-26 humor • condoms • photography • commercial • sex • design • advertising • condom • durex • fun • art • nelson:autotagged
Windows lockdown
MS working to enforce licenses
2005-07-26 nelson:autotagged
Konfabulator Komic
All startups should do an illustrated history of themselves
2005-07-26 art • apple • comics • konfabulator • yahoo • widgets • comic • software • tools • drawing • history • nelson:autotagged
Unicode character DB
Canonical list of all characters in all writing systems
2005-07-25 development • unicode • ascii • reference • categories • nelson:autotagged
NoMachine NX
Alternative to VNC, but more like an efficient X protocol
2005-07-25 vnc • network • x11 • desktop • nx • proxy • thinclient • linux • remote • terminalserver • software • nelson:autotagged
Minitru in action
US military mixes up quotes, raising questions on their credibility (via Metafilter)
2005-07-25 iraq • media • middle-east • war • political • military • govt • politics • news • nwo • propaganda • nelson:autotagged
Top 50 game songs
Focussing on end-of-game songs. (via Waxy)
2005-07-25 gaming • list • lists • game • games • mp3 • nintendo • videogames • music • audio • retro • nelson:autotagged
Colorimetric intent 2
There's always a second take on things
2005-07-24 photoshop • colormanagement • nelson:autotagged
Colorimetric intent
Making your print look like what's on screen
2005-07-24 photoshop • design-resources • color • photography • color-management • tutorials • resources • nelson:autotagged
Canon i80 ICC profiles
Who knew what SP2 or PR3 meant?
2005-07-24 nelson:autotagged
Debian and Ubuntu
Simple statement of the differences
2005-07-24 .imported • debian • software • nelson:autotagged
Sandstorm patrol
Nice lighting
2005-07-24 nelson:autotagged
Delicious Library
Physical to virtual bridge: scan books, DVDs, etc
2005-07-24 nelson:autotagged
100 oldest .com names
Registry records (via robotwisdom)
2005-07-24 web • domain • network • whois • interesting • lists • .com • internet • history • technology • domainnames • nelson:autotagged
Smack!
Must be fun being a sports photographer
2005-07-23 crash • diving • sport • kunstspringen • nelson:autotagged
KAWF: PHP forum
I think audiworld.com uses this. Very light weight and clean UI.
2005-07-23 nelson:autotagged
Top selling games
Of all time.. different list than you expect (via VGO)
2005-07-23 business • list • computers • wikipedia • game • computer • games • game_sales • salesfigures • videogames • technology • nelson:autotagged
Wikipedia charts
Various statistics on database growth
2005-07-22 wiki • web • statistics • stats • ads • reference • wikipedia • charts • metrics • graphs • usage • nelson:autotagged
Bob the Millionaire becomes a pirate
Scroll down to the comic
2005-07-22 web • lost • copyright • bittorrent • piracy • media • comics • p2p • tv • fun • download • nelson:autotagged
Endless Fire
arty shoot-em-up by the guy who did QQQ (via Costik)
2005-07-22 art • indie • review • programming • free • download • game • games • shmup • news • cool • nelson:autotagged
Art of Science
Nice images (via BoingBoing)
2005-07-21 art • photo • photography • competition • photos • design • science • images • pictures • gallery • cool • nelson:autotagged
Rent-a-Coder
Hire contractors cheap. I keep hearing success stories here.
2005-07-21 coder • jobs • business • career • freelance • programming • outsourcing • dev • job • webdev • resources • nelson:autotagged
BlogMarks.net
The guy behind Hot Links makes a fancy social bookmarks site
2005-07-21 web2.0 • web • tags • bookmark • blog • bookmarking • del.icio.us • social • bookmarks • folksonomy • tagging • nelson:autotagged
Wikipedia: Pwn
Complete with pictures
2005-07-20 funny • own • humor • wikipedia • geek • games • words • pwn • word • irc • leetspeak • nelson:autotagged
Source, not a target
Ho ho ho, that Rove sure is funny
2005-07-20 nelson:autotagged
Seen, not heard
Great photo
2005-07-20 nelson:autotagged
Top games in Korea
Survey of PC-bangs. So different from popular US games!
2005-07-20 models • money • design • games • nelson:autotagged
Tour de France Cuisine
What a great way to tour the culinary country! (via Marc)
2005-07-20 nelson:autotagged
Jython 2.2a1 release
New Jython is finally out! Well, an alpha.
2005-07-19 python • java • nelson:autotagged
freenode irc channels
Where the cool geeks hang out
2005-07-19 sysadmin • irc • linux • nelson:autotagged
Cleaning a dSLR
ways to clean the sensor
2005-07-19 photo • photography • howto • camera • diy • digital • ccd • tips • sensor • tutorial • cleaning • nelson:autotagged
Free Culture, phree!
Lessig's book available for download
2005-07-19 free_culture • copyright • ebook • creativity • free • books • drm • opensource • teaching • law • book • nelson:autotagged
GreaseMonkey hole
Whee! Greasemonkey lets anyone download files from your hard drive (via HotLinks)
2005-07-19 web • javascript • firefox • mozilla • extensions • news • security • software • ukq:irc • greasemonkey • browser • nelson:autotagged
Django Gotchas
Some notes from actual hands on usage. Momentum is building fast!
2005-07-19 development • web • frameworks • python • programming • coding • django • mobile • framework • webdev • webapp • nelson:autotagged
Shop the States
Maildrop service to get stuff shipped outside the US (via Ask Metafilter)
2005-07-18 shop • web • shopping • usa • shipping • ebay • states • online • international • forwarding • tools • nelson:autotagged
Flickr meta HTML
I was wondering where that text came from in Google searches
2005-07-18 nelson:autotagged
Harry Potter on NES
Fan-made game, looks awful (via Waxy)
2005-07-18 videogame • via:waxy • cinema • review • harrypotter • blog • game • games • 8bit • snes • videogames • nelson:autotagged
Hooter Shooters NSFW
Prosthetic booze breasts (via jwz)
2005-07-18 shopping • alcohol • humour • drugs • smut • sex • fun • nelson:autotagged
Playing an Xbox 360
There are lots of 360s in the wild, particularly dev kits
2005-07-18 videogame • relations • xbox • hoax • public • games • xbox360 • videogames • technology • microsoft • alisdair • nelson:autotagged
PSP Porn
First adult games for PSP (via robotwisdom, via Waxy)
2005-07-17 funny • toread • porn • sex • reviews • phone • sony • videogames • japan • weird • psp • nelson:autotagged
Poisoning ants
Funny story, nice photo. Terro.
2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged
PTLens
Photo editing software that corrects various common distortions
2005-07-17 photoshop • plugin • photo • photography • distortion • photos • camera • tutorials • freeware • correction • software • nelson:autotagged
UFRaw Gimp plugin
Said to be the best way to work with RAW images in Gimp
2005-07-17 plugin • photo • photography • nikon • raw • camera • opensource • linux • software • tools • gimp • nelson:autotagged
RAW vs JPG
Funny debate on dpreview
2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged
ExifTool
Rumoured to be best Exif parser for Unix (Perl)
2005-07-17 exif • photo • photography • programming • metadata • perl • opensource • gps • tools • tool • software • nelson:autotagged
Gimp preview sizes
Default is 150x150, but you can edit it
2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged
Photo exposure intro
Simple explanation of f-stop, shutter, ISO
2005-07-17 reference • photo • photography • technique • howto • slr • digital_photography • recommendations • tips • camera • review • nelson:autotagged
Nikon D70 under Linux
Useful notes on using Gimp to work with RAW images
2005-07-17 d70 • photo • photography • howto • nikon • raw • d70s • linux • gimp • tools • software • nelson:autotagged
"Learn Real Magick"
Witches recruit children via Amazon and Harry Potter
2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged
NAV activation bugs
AntiVirus software's online activation system is b0rked
2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged
Harry Potter e-book
Scanned and audio copies already available (via kottke)
2005-07-17 web • sharing • copyright • piracy • ebook • literature • harry_potter • books • p2p • news • law • nelson:autotagged
dcraw
Open source software for RAW images
2005-07-17 graphics • photo • photography • digital • raw • camera • opensource • linux • tools • image • software • nelson:autotagged
The 4 bombers
Surveillance photo (via robotwisdom)
2005-07-17 photo • photography • surveillance • 77 • bombings • london • london_terrorists • terror • news • war • bombing • nelson:autotagged
CompactFlash perf DB
Someone's done careful timings of CF speeds in actual cameras
2005-07-16 hardware • reference • photo • photography • memory • cf • reviews • camera • digital • performance • compactflash • nelson:autotagged
Django: PyWeb code
Maybe this will be The One? Python has really needed a better webapp framework.
2005-07-16 development • web • framework • python • programming • rails • django • webdesign • opensource • webdev • cms • nelson:autotagged
Trinity test site
On Google maps
2005-07-16 nelson:autotagged
Eiffel tower fireworks
Bastille Day photo
2005-07-16 paris • photo • foto • eiffel • eiffel_turm • nelson:autotagged
GTA/PS2 Hot Coffee
Cheat code unlocks the content
2005-07-16 video • hacks • games • tutorial • gta3 • nelson:autotagged
Monitor based DRM
Longhorn to support "secure displays". Serious bullshit. (via /.)
2005-07-15 downwardslide • ukquake • media • dlsq • hardware • hdcp • stupid • drm • longhorn • ukq:irc • microsoft • nelson:autotagged
rms takes on rowling
Extreme orthodoxy vs. fun (via BoingBoing)
2005-07-15 canada • rms • stallman • rowling • rights • potter • harrypotter • books • free_speech • commentary • harry_potter • nelson:autotagged
Bring back the couch
Yes, the new Daily Show set is awful (via mathowie)
2005-07-15 funny • mybookmarks • humor • dailyshow • tv • talkshow • blogs • blog • blogger-new&interesting • comedy • furniture • nelson:autotagged
Sokoban JVM shootout
Implementing the same game in 9 JVM targeted languages
2005-07-15 groovy • comparison • jython • java • language • python • programming • languages • jvm • ruby • scripting • nelson:autotagged
RSS 2.0 vs Atom 1.0
Tim breaks it down
2005-07-15 xml • comparison • reference • web • programming • syndication • standards • atom • webdev • feeds • rss • nelson:autotagged
la Pate a Son
Awesome music machine (via Waxy, via BoingBoing)
2005-07-15 sound • art • music • flash • shockwave • game • design • fun • games • audio • cool • nelson:autotagged
Santorum nuttiness
His communication director is gay. (via Metafilter)
2005-07-15 politics • gay • nelson:autotagged
Canon lenses
Choices for the EOS cameras
2005-07-14 reviews • lens • photo • photography • canon • eos • camera • digital • 350d • review • lenses • nelson:autotagged
London bomber images
Wearing a large backpack
2005-07-14 photo • london • nelson:autotagged
TA Spring
Emulator / refresh for Total Annhilation
2005-07-14 gaming • windows • free • game • games • opensource • rts • linux • freeware • 3d • software • nelson:autotagged
The Fountain (2005)
Aronofsky's current project
2005-07-14 drama • watched2006 • usa • movies • movie • romance • action • films • towatch • todo • film • nelson:autotagged
Ninjam
Justin Frankel's latest code: make music online with friends
2005-07-13 ninjam • network • collaboration • internet • community • music • p2p • social • audio • tools • software • nelson:autotagged
Wayback lawsuit
Excellent article; I had no idea robots.txt was retroactive
2005-07-13 web • law • lawyers • copyright • privacy • internetarchive • idiocy • wayback.machine • internet • fucked • internet.archive • nelson:autotagged
Rockstar statement
Addressing the GTA sex controversy, they weasel out
2005-07-13 nelson:autotagged
Upskirt photo
Sweet story of a found photograph (mildly NSFW, duh)
2005-07-13 nelson:autotagged
Lunar analemma
Astronomy is cool
2005-07-13 apod • science! • space • science • photography • wallpaper • moon • spam • nasa • astronomy • analemma • nelson:autotagged
Myth busted
DoJ publishes list of groups busted
2005-07-12 nelson:autotagged
GTA sex perspective
Someone finally points out how stupid worrying about sex in GTA is
2005-07-12 gta • usa • freedom • banned • sex • moral • guardian • nelson:autotagged
KeyGhost keylogger
PS/2 dongle that records keystrokes
2005-07-12 logger • keystroke • keylogger • surveillance • hardware • placid • timeseries • security • hacks • tools • hacking • nelson:autotagged
Cannero hotel
Nice luxury place in Ticino
2005-07-11 nelson:autotagged
Locarno hotel
Nice luxury place in Ticino
2005-07-11 nelson:autotagged
Lugano hotel
Nice luxury place in Ticino
2005-07-11 nelson:autotagged
Spinning Rove
and failing
2005-07-11 ciagate • media • plameaffair • bush • newmedia • bastards • rove • news • press • politics • whitehouse • nelson:autotagged
CDBurnerXP Pro
Reasonable freeware burner, works better than Nero
2005-07-10 burning • windows • dvd • utilities • free • cd • opensource • download • freeware • tools • software • nelson:autotagged
WinXP: DMA mode
How to force Windows to not use PIO mode
2005-07-10 annoyances • imported • windows • howto • hardware • xpsp2 • firefox:bookmarks • xp • nelson:autotagged
Miss World 96 Nude
Very freaky adult video game
2005-07-10 chipmark • archive • aug10 • nelson:autotagged
ilovebees: buzzmakers
Article on the team who made the game. His June 2005 Game Developer interview is really great, but not online.
2005-07-10 scott_b • nelson:autotagged
GTA: Hot Coffee
Home of the controversial GTA sex mod
2005-07-10 games • personal/patrickw • nelson:autotagged
GTA: SA tracker
Track where people are playing Grand Theft Auto
2005-07-10 gta • sa • nelson:autotagged
Flickr / XBMC
View your photos on your (hacked) Xbox
2005-07-10 gaming • flickr • plugin • python • media • hacks • tech • hack • freeware • xbox • xbmc • nelson:autotagged
Odeo podcasts
Now open to the public
2005-07-10 web2.0 • web • podcast • podcasting • ipod • podcasts • blog • odeo • music • mp3 • audio • nelson:autotagged
Making pruno
A lovely Steve, don't eat it!
2005-07-09 funny • humor • alcohol • humour • food • howto • blog • diy • prison • reference • wine • nelson:autotagged
WoW: 10% are lvl 60
That's amazing, 10% of the characters in the game have maxed out
2005-07-09 nelson:autotagged
Males get spyware
more than females. "recreational surfing", no doubt
2005-07-07 web • surveys • via:hotlinks • daily • research • spyware • adware • security • nelson:autotagged
LJ moods: drunk
Friday, Saturday night (via Waxy)
2005-07-07 statistics • humour • journal • livejournal • blog • sociology • weird • blogosphere • blogging • cool • nelson:autotagged
Where's Waldo?
Aerial shot of nude sunbathers (via BoingBoing)
2005-07-07 art • photo • photography • nsfw • strange • boingboing • images • aerial • weird • beach • nude • nelson:autotagged
Emma: Java code tool
Measure your test coverage, works great
2005-07-07 development • code • java • tool • testing • programming • coverage • test • tools • junit • software • nelson:autotagged
MMOG farmers
1UP actually talks to third world game labour (via Metafilter)
2005-07-06 gaming • business • culture • money • wow • economics • mmorpg • games • videogames • news • technology • nelson:autotagged
Maps transparency
Google Maps API app that shows both views at once (via Kedrosky)
2005-07-05 map • google • reference • hacks • maps • ajax • api • googlemaps • hack • tools • cool • nelson:autotagged
Found photos
Fascinating
2005-07-04 art • found • vintage • photography • blog • photos • retro • photo • fun • humor • blogs • nelson:autotagged
Strato Lounger
Amazing 1957 photo (via Metafilter)
2005-07-04 nelson:autotagged
Rollergirl names
(via Ask Metafilter)
2005-07-04 nelson:autotagged
Icy Hot Stuntaz
Wikipedia says they were sincere?!
2005-07-04 stuff • jason • memexmas • nelson:autotagged
Land lines only
Stories from people who don't pay their phone company for anything
2005-07-04 nelson:autotagged
Comet flash
Direct hit
2005-07-04 nelson:autotagged
Kittycat photo
Awww
2005-07-03 nelson:autotagged
FireLite portable drives
Tiny portable hard drive, powered directly from USB/FireWire
2005-07-03 backup • portable • storage • photography • ilifezone16 • harddrive • drive • reel-stream • hardware • mac • os • nelson:autotagged
Jorn Barger's life
Creative guy, but sounds like he found himself in a mess (via Metafilter)
2005-07-03 jornbarger • google • people • blogs • blogging • blog • weblog • wired • homeless • robotwisdom • history • nelson:autotagged
Howto GPS tag photos
It'd be nice for cameras to have GPS built in, but I think that may be impractical
2005-07-03 map • google • geotagging • maps • photo • photography • howto • photos • googlemaps • flickr • gps • nelson:autotagged
Wi-Fi SSID war
Politics in network names
2005-07-03 mydailycommute • storyideas • boingboing • humour • wifi • goodmagazine • wireless • protest • politics • propoganda • war • nelson:autotagged
Karl Rove is caught
Newsweek reporting he helped leake the Plame thing (via Metafilter)
2005-07-03 via.nelson.monkey.org/linkblog • media • boo • political • politics • american • rove • hiss • rl • disturbing • news • nelson:autotagged
explore2fs for MSWin
Read ext2fs disks on a Windows box (does it work with USB drives?)
2005-07-02 partition • ext3 • ext2 • windows • linux • fs • file • filesystem • freeware • .imported • software • nelson:autotagged
Iraqi resistance report
Insurgents have their own website (via Wikipedia)
2005-07-02 iraq • resource • usa • insurgency • resistance • middle • vietnam • news • politics • east • war • nelson:autotagged
Iraqi insurgency
Remarkably good Wikipedia article, more background than the NYT ever gave me.
2005-07-02 nelson:autotagged
Weather maps
Nice Google maps hack
2005-07-01 maps • google • nelson:autotagged
LJ: octopus
Weird collection of octopus images, some NSFW. (via jwz)
2005-07-01 art • nature • photo • photography • livejournal • photos • strange • animals • weird • octopus • blogs • nelson:autotagged