Nelson's Linkblog 2005-12

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Eve Online corps

MMOG players work together to create complex social structures

2005-12-31 gaming • business • money • economics • eve • game • eve-online • internet • mmorpg • games • article • nelson:autotagged

Reflective travelogue, very grim (via Metafilter)

2005-12-31 story • holiday • toread • libya • read • travel • gwot • blog • lathrop • nelson:autotagged

Coffee economics

Why running a cafe is a bad idea

2005-12-31 coffee • business • restaurant • food • advice • work • startup • entrepreneurship • entrepreneur • biz • article • nelson:autotagged

HS Thompson RIP

Most tasteless The Onion headline ever

2005-12-30 nelson:autotagged

War of the hell

2005-12-30 web • processing • java • flash • fun • game • games • processing.org • videogames • japan • cool • nelson:autotagged

Pimp my Nutcracker

2005-12-30 funny • humor • pimp • nutcracker • flash • christmas • game • fun • holiday • tools • xmas • nelson:autotagged

Spy scandal inquiry

Only they're investigating the wrong people

2005-12-30 nelson:autotagged

Christmas spirit

Santa loves the Second Amendment (via Metafilter)

2005-12-29 humor • wtf • argument • christmas • arab • anti-xtian • stupid • santa • christianity • propaganda • card • nelson:autotagged

Top pixel ad sites

This has got to be the dumbest Internet trend ever

2005-12-29 webdesign • advertising • pixel • nelson:autotagged

2005-12-29 tv • toilet • nelson:autotagged

Watch someone else play video games so you don't have to

2005-12-28 gaming • videos • reference • howto • walkthrough • game • video • videogames • games • guides • tutorial • nelson:autotagged

GameSpy 2005 list

All on a single page

2005-12-28 top10 • 2005 • lists • pc • game • video • special • gamespy • videogames • games • resources • nelson:autotagged

Photos from Mute*

I consistently like this guy's work

2005-12-28 toronto • blog.photo • retrato • reference • invitcpf0 • photography • face • smokeimg • images • category:photography • inspiration • nelson:autotagged

"Baby Jesus cry"

Funny Google images search

2005-12-27 nelson:autotagged

Indigo Prophecy notes

Nice comments from Eric Tilton. I'm playing this myself and am liking it.

2005-12-27 fahrenheit • 2005-12 • play • lectern • 2005 • nelson:autotagged

Bamford on Bush/NSA

America's foremost historian on NSA gives a bit of background to the current illegal monitoring program

2005-12-26 truman • toread • privacy • nsa • crossings • society • bush • interesting • politics • law • nelson:autotagged

Tackiest online card

"My Hump" and the Three Wise Men (Flash, via Metafilter)

2005-12-26 funny • humor • flash • religion • animation • video • wtf • music • weird • christmas • parody • nelson:autotagged

Japanese gay porn game, only without the porn

2005-12-25 nelson:autotagged

Ffox enhanced history

Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info:Enhanced History Manager - All Releases

2005-12-25 search • firefox.extensions • firefox • extension • plugin • software • bit200f06 • group41 • extensions • history • browser • nelson:autotagged

Second Life map

Scrolling realtime view

2005-12-25 secondlife • maps • make • nelson:autotagged

Weird Worlds review

This is a great little casual game

2005-12-25 indie • gaming • review • games • strategy • nelson:autotagged

Wikipedia 2005 budget

They're raising money and disclosing their finances.

2005-12-24 web2.0 • budget • wikipedia • hosting • businessplan • nelson:autotagged

But no damage (via Daily Rotten, I'm ashamed to admit)

2005-12-24 gross • via:hotlinks • pfadfinder • messer • news • weird • odd • nelson:autotagged

lighttpd aka Lighty

Another lightweight web server, emphasis on fast and light

2005-12-24 httpd • http • web • lighttpd • server • webserver • opensource • linux • apache • webdev • software • nelson:autotagged

Someone's building a business out of Jef's simple tiny web server

2005-12-24 web_tech • httpd • daemon • servers • software • nelson:autotagged

Charity navigator

Good database of US charities, easy free no-nonsense access (unlike Guidestar)

2005-12-24 search • finance • reference • activism • charities • research • reviews • philanthropy • nonprofit • tools • charity • nelson:autotagged

Amazon's operations

Tour of the Fernley shipping plant (via Kedrosky)

2005-12-24 operations • web • nevada • shop • amazon • jeffwilke • tour • fulfillment • online • fernley • holiday • nelson:autotagged

NSA traffic analysis

Surprise! Wasn't just directed wiretaps.

2005-12-24 nelson:autotagged

Les Sims stamps

France issues a videogame stamp

2005-12-23 nelson:autotagged

Veil of Latex story

Jesuit editor says "I don't think you could have found anyone in the editors' room who has seen a condom". That's kind of the whole problem with the priesthood, isn't it?

2005-12-23 nelson:autotagged

Artist slips the Jesuits a sacriligeous joke

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Merlin's wedding

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Ultima V remake

Ambitious project!

2005-12-23 windows • freeware • mac • hacks • gaming • nelson:autotagged

Rumsfeld / Cheney

Slash fanfic, NSFW text (via BoingBoing)

2005-12-23 wtf • funny • cheney/rumsfeld • no • slash • slashfic • politics • erotica • weird • nelson:autotagged

Bush wiretap lie

Wow, an outright lie in 2004

2005-12-22 1984 • government • hypocrisy • surveillance • privacy • bush • video • president • terrorism • law • war • nelson:autotagged

Alastair Cooke's bones. I'm speechless

2005-12-22 news • ew • uk • squick • nelson:autotagged

Thunderbird 1.5 RC2

The new autoupgrader picked this up for me

2005-12-22 candidate • collection:default • mozilla • thunderbird • email • geek • release • software • soft • 新闻 • browser • nelson:autotagged

funky Moldovan dessert wine

2005-12-22 nelson:autotagged

Installer for good MP3 codec for Windows, needed for VirtualDub

2005-12-22 wmp-mp3 • free • codec • music • mp3 • encode • freeware • nelson:autotagged

Gamespy spyware?

Wow, Norton Antivirus flagged this as a threat!

2005-12-22 nelson:autotagged

3007WFP looking like a reality

2005-12-21 via:whatdoiknow • monitor • ukq:irc • dell • <nic0> • wishlist • hardware • lcd • @jobb • quick_post • display • nelson:autotagged

Gilgamesh in Klingon

2005-12-21 nelson:autotagged

Epic of Gilgamesh

A fairly literal translation

2005-12-21 story • literature • toread • reference • study • research • religion • mythology • gilgamesh • writing • history • nelson:autotagged

matplotlib guide

Simple starting instructions for scripting matplotlib

2005-12-21 oo • visualization • python • programming • manual • matplotlib • graphing • plots • tips • plotting • tutorial • nelson:autotagged

Single best program for identifying the mainboard hardware on your Windows box

2005-12-21 hardware • windows • tool • utilities • free • sysadmin • computer • freeware • tools • cpu • software • nelson:autotagged

Gay gaming roundup

List of some recent articles

2005-12-21 nelson:autotagged

Flash your PC BIOS from an ftp server. Freaky.

2005-12-21 nelson:autotagged

Rent a Linux cluster

As cheap as $0.15/hour for CPU time

2005-12-20 cluster • linux • money • business • computing • nelson:autotagged

realtime view of what people are linking to on Digg

2005-12-20 web2.0 • spy • links • tags • javascript • ajax • web • social • news • digg • rss • nelson:autotagged

sloncek's story of police, equiment seizure, etc (via Waxy)

2005-12-20 toread • bittorrent • piracy • legal • riaa • suprnova • torrents • internet • article • law • p2p • nelson:autotagged

Session saver Firefox

Extension to keep browser state in case of crash

2005-12-19 web • firefox • extension • sessionsaver • saver • plugin • session • extensions • software • tools • browser • nelson:autotagged

Nuke anything Firefox

Extension to remove objects from HTML pages

2005-12-19 web • firefox • extension • mozilla • free • html • extensions • internet • software • tools • browser • nelson:autotagged

San Francisco snow

List of when it's snowed in SF (via Ask Metafilter)

2005-12-19 sanfrancisco • reference • nelson:autotagged

Photo retouching

Or how to make a Barbie doll out of a real girl (via Shellen)

2005-12-19 photoshop • retouch • art • interesting • photography • flash • retouching • design • advertising • photo • women • nelson:autotagged

Chronic of Narnia Rap

SNL short segment, fairly funny (via Waxy)

2005-12-19 funny • narnia • humor • tv • snl • movies • video • rap • fun • music • comedy • nelson:autotagged

Dr. Germ, no charges

"High value detainees" released with no charges in Iraq

2005-12-19 nelson:autotagged

Cats' Christmas

Fluffy kitties doing funny things

2005-12-19 funny • humor • humour • cute • tree • christmas • cats • fun • animals • cat • xmas • nelson:autotagged

Webcam paedophiles

Detailed NYT investigative piece on a very creepy story (via Metafilter)

2005-12-19 web • mefi • creepy • abuse • internet • article • children • pedophiles • nelson:autotagged

Satellite image (via Wikipedia)

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CD ripping services

Wow, this isn't so expensive. (via Slashdot)

2005-12-16 conversion • media • ipod • storage • rip • cd • music • mp3 • services • audio • ripping • nelson:autotagged

NYT breaks story that Bush decided to let NSA spy on Americans in the US

2005-12-16 spy • usa • government • nsa • spyware • wiretap • bush • caff • fear • america • terrorism • nelson:autotagged

Robin Williams / BF2

Williams is great at being a regular guy.

2005-12-14 actor • celeb • game • robinwilliams • games • quickbits • nelson:autotagged

Vacqueyras hotel

Lovely little place in Provence, stayed there a few years ago

2005-12-14 nelson:autotagged

12 Entrepreneuring

Final fire sale (via Kedrosky)

2005-12-14 xml • grandcentral • on_demand • 12 • central • halseyminor • oxlo • grand_central • grand • swvl • nelson:autotagged

Simple barcode format (via Joel)

2005-12-14 barcode • leeanna • archiving • work • dev • telecommute • imaging • records_management • code.39 • ksl • 411 • nelson:autotagged

Google Homepage API

Build your own content modules; includes a bit of Javascript programmability

2005-12-14 web2.0 • web • google • reference • howto • programming • ajax • api • development • widgets • homepage • nelson:autotagged

Civ4 Python library

Various useful functions for modders

2005-12-14 nelson:autotagged

Asymmetric plane

Odd WW2 design (via Ask Metafilter)

2005-12-14 design • nelson:autotagged

Filipino snack food: duck embryo

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Humans overimitate

Fascinating cognitive study (via Metafilter)

2005-12-13 development • evolution • animals • psychology • nature • science • monkeys • brain • learning • article • children • nelson:autotagged

On the risks of taking too much VC

2005-12-13 web2.0 • web • vc • finance • business • startup • blog • entrepreneur • venture • internet • technology • nelson:autotagged

Lumix FZ30 review

Site also has the FZ5 review. Looks like shutter lag is still an issue.

2005-12-13 photoshop • hardware • buy • photography • cameras • reviews • digitalcameras • camera • photo.tech • digital • wishlist • nelson:autotagged

Cheap digital camera with good glass

2005-12-13 reviews • shopping • photo • photography • cameras • gadgets • camera • digital • lumix • review • cooltools • nelson:autotagged

Computer monitor with 200,000:1 contrast ratio. Individually modulated LED backlight.

2005-12-12 television • hdr • tv • photo • photography • hardware • video • brightside • cool • wishlist • monitor • nelson:autotagged

No clemency from governator

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Google video "parkour"

Wow, a lot of stuff here. Much of it is crappy, but some is cool.

2005-12-12 parkour • videos • free • sports • culture • gymnastics • video • social • ninja • meditation • cool • nelson:autotagged

Russian parkour

Nice video (via Boodman)

2005-12-12 stunts • google • parkour • movies • movie • fun • video • russian • climbing • urban • cool • nelson:autotagged

Gamma calibration

Best explanation and test images I've seen

2005-12-12 photoshop • monitor • calibration • color • photography • graphics • hardware • colors • digital • display • gamma • nelson:autotagged

5.0 server supports a strict mode where bad input generates errors, not silent conversions

2005-12-11 5.0 • mysql5 • reference • database • mysql • databases • dev • strict • mode • sql • sql-mode • nelson:autotagged

MySQL archive engine

Compressed table that supports inserts, but not indices

2005-12-11 commands • reference • database • mysql • storage • rubimportado • sysadmin • linux • readme • backup • archive • nelson:autotagged

WoW bot, teleport

Various cheats for the game

2005-12-11 wow • nelson:autotagged

I hate my stepdad

Funny old forum post (via Metafilter)

2005-12-11 nelson:autotagged

JSON data format

Thinner XML alternative for program data; basically Javascript syntax

2005-12-10 xml • web • java • reference • python • javascript • programming • ajax • json • development • webdev • nelson:autotagged

5 monitor stand

Wow, crazy. It's like a tree of monitors.

2005-12-10 nelson:autotagged

Widescreen gaming

Just the site for my new 2405FPW

2005-12-10 gaming • forum • technology • widescreen • howto • hardware • games • graphics • videogames • forums • software • nelson:autotagged

2405FPW drivers

Dell makes it impossible to find these!

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610,000@1 instead of 1@610,000; and this got through?!

2005-12-09 nelson:autotagged

Civ 4 memory fix

Some game fan hacks in a DLL to give 20% memory savings in the new game. Hire this guy!

2005-12-09 civilization4 • leak • patch • tweaks • civ4 • civilization • games • civ • memory • games_civ4 • software • nelson:autotagged

My House / Bird's Eye

Windows live local has a lot of bugs, but this new data feature is cool

2005-12-09 nelson:autotagged

Helpful AskMe thread for new spam filtering techniques

2005-12-09 nelson:autotagged

EA buys Jamdat 680M

EA is trying to be the only giant. Now it's mobile games.

2005-12-09 nelson:autotagged

Painless DOM manipulation for Javascript

2005-12-09 dom • javascript • library • dombuilder • mochikit • scripts • webdev • prototype • jart • scripting • jslib • nelson:autotagged

Random goofy Internet forum images

2005-12-08 funny • humor • forum • humour • photoshop • pictures • free • fun • graphics • images • forums • nelson:autotagged

Choosing a tripod

Good introductory article

2005-12-08 ballhead • photography • tripods • tips • tripod • nelson:autotagged

A picture of the controversial wrapping paper. Love the upskirt.

2005-12-08 nelson:autotagged

Game ratings matter?

To me it looks like there is a correlation; note upper right

2005-12-08 toread • joystiq • nelson:autotagged

Hot Air flash game

Cute little twist on platformers

2005-12-08 nelson:autotagged

mathowie in the NYT

Small review of Firefox 1.5

2005-12-08 dec05 • media • nytimes • firefox • article • nelson:autotagged

David Lynch weather

He does a videocast of him talking about the weather every day. Weird.

2005-12-08 funny • humor • daily • movies • weather • video • lynch • report • weird • davidlynch • film • nelson:autotagged

Nice list of Gamespot selections (via Kottke)

2005-12-08 gaming • bestof • interesting • list • lists • geek • game • games • miscellany • videogames • history • nelson:autotagged

2005-12-07 nelson:autotagged

Nice Flash isometric building editor (via Metafilter)

2005-12-07 web • isometric • art • pixelart • tool • flash • design • graphics • fun • tools • pixel • nelson:autotagged

Google Talk: Partychat

bot that adds group functionality to Google Talk

2005-12-07 google • talk • chat • hacks • nelson:autotagged

WoW Insider blog

New blog just for the game; we are a truly decadent society

2005-12-07 gaming • games • blogs • daily • blog • game • warcraft • news • mmorpg • worldofwarcraft • wow • nelson:autotagged

Etching Powerbooks

Nice "how it's done" article

2005-12-07 laser • etching • anleitung • make • powerbook • diy • design • gravur • customization • cool • apple • nelson:autotagged

Xbox 360 security

Various anti-mod measures; this is a dry run for Trusted Computing

2005-12-07 linux • funny • xbox360 • free60 • hacks • stripping • drm • browsing • hacking • xbox • microsoft • nelson:autotagged

S P 500 outliers

Simple statistical presentation

2005-12-07 investing • blogposts • finance • nelson:autotagged

Django problems

The middle section of Aaron's essay makes me worried for Django

2005-12-07 development • web • reddit • web.py • python • programming • django • blog • frameworks • framework • lisp • nelson:autotagged

Crazy little interpreted VM built into the Apple ][

2005-12-06 apple][ • apple2 • assembler • tech • woz • nelson:autotagged

WoW PvP problems

Battlegrounds apparently twists PvP in a bad way

2005-12-06 nelson:autotagged

Apache mod_log_sql

Log web server hits to a database. Pain to set up, but seems to work.

2005-12-06 development • web • logging • logs • mysql • module • webalyzer • sql • apache • webdev • log • nelson:autotagged

PhilG on Sigma lenses

Third party options; the 30mm sounds interesting

2005-12-05 lens • shopping • dslr • photo • photography • cameras • canon • reviews • sigma • review • lenses • nelson:autotagged

Animated favicon

Didn't know this would work

2005-12-05 website • web • firefox • icons • favicon • webdesign • html • design • graphics • animated • animation • nelson:autotagged

Apache 2.2 caching

mod_cache is now stable; caches dynamic page output?

2005-12-04 httpd • http • cache • apache2 • caching • mod_cache • optimization • apache • performance • server • memcached • nelson:autotagged

P.K. Dick by R. Crumb

The Religions Experience of Philip K. Dick

2005-12-04 literature • art • comics • esoteric • writing • religion • books • scifi • pkd • crumb • future • nelson:autotagged

Why is this flyer pink?

Funny culture jamming (via Metafilter)

2005-12-04 pink • funny • humor • humour • web • culture • amusing • wtf • fun • art • cool • nelson:autotagged

The Urinal Game

Intuitive etiquette

2005-12-04 funny • bathroom • flash • bathrooms • psychology • web • men • via/piratedan • games • amusing • fun • nelson:autotagged

Top 10 Javascript

Fixing the language (via kottke)

2005-12-04 development • web • functions • code • reference • javascript • programming • webdesign • ajax • webdev • css • nelson:autotagged

Claymation Hello Kitty

Great little short (via BoingBoing)

2005-12-03 funny • hellokitty • humor • movie • quicktime • voltron • animation • video • fun • japan • film • nelson:autotagged

Shulgin on Ecstasy

Pikhal was an amazing book; he's got a new one coming?!

2005-12-03 nelson:autotagged

PriceRitePhoto #2

Apology letter from business owner (via Zawodny)

2005-12-02 web2.0 • commerce • shopping • photo • blogs • disgusting • blog • blognews • shaming • reputation • rcrm_user_stories • nelson:autotagged

Airline security farce

Great Schneier essay (via BoingBoing)

2005-12-02 links • travel • networld/security • legal • culture • aerospace • policy • politics • essays • security • nelson:autotagged

Methusalem Firefox

Alternative to Wayback extension that works in 1.5

2005-12-02 coral • firefox • archive • extension • nelson:autotagged

There are some user mods to bring religion to The Sims

2005-12-01 nelson:autotagged

5 ways to del.icio.us

"Embrace recursion"

2005-12-01 funny • humor • howto • lists • 43folders • meta • del.icio.us • merlinmann • delicious • fun • 5ives • nelson:autotagged

Charming indie game

2005-12-01 osx • space • indie • zedomax • game • games • 0_todo_games • nelson:autotagged

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Startup software

Useful business software (via Hotlinks)

2005-12-01 web • productivity • business • reference • startup • entrepreneurship • blog • tips • tools • startups • software • nelson:autotagged

Sysadmin IF (Java)

Play the game online, no install

2005-12-01 games • nelson:autotagged

Nick turns out an adventure game about being a histrionic sysadmin (via Waxy)

2005-12-01 literature • text • fiction • sysadmin • game • books • games • interactivefiction • linux • fun • interactive • nelson:autotagged