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Facebook outage
I've been impressed with how they've had no downtime. Oops today.
2007-07-31
facebook • downtime • web • outage
Sun had a profit!
Wow, never thought that'd happen again
2007-07-30
sun • computer • stock • profit • earnings
SF to LA, no highways
Google Maps will let you route anything
2007-07-30
maps • google • highways • california
ReMaze
nice casual puzzle game, runner up in Jay's competition
2007-07-30
games • casual • puzzle • flash
Solar eclipse map
Awesome visualization of totality for 25 years
2007-07-30
map • visualization • infographics • via:digg • eclipse • sun • travel
Screenscraping tips
Some comments I made about liberating data from websites
2007-07-30
screenscraping • python • beautifulsoup • web • robot
templatemaker
Advanced Python screenscraping; tries to infer document structure from multiple examples
2007-07-30
python • screenscraping • template • django • parser • beautifulsoup
Marvin Zindler RIP
Houston TV legend passes on.
2007-07-30
obituary • marvinzindler • whorehouse • chickenranch • consumer • toupee • rip
Google Earth / topo maps
Easily installed overlay with isoaltitude USGS maps
2007-07-28
topographic • map • google • googleearth • isoaltitude
Solaris 255 maxfiles
All Unices suck in some way. Solaris STDIO is limited to 255 files / process
2007-07-28
solaris • stdio • fdopen • file • ulimit • kernel • badtech • bug
iPhone resources
Good roundup of the first few weeks' of Internet churn on iPhone
2007-07-27
iphone • hacks • blogs • guide • resources • reference
K/S
Kirk and Spock as Lone Ranger and Tonto in love
2007-07-27
fandom • slash • photoshop • startrek • loneranger • tv
Paris bicycle culture
How casual bike rentals are altering Paris life
2007-07-27
paris • france • bicycle • bike • urbanplanning
Poker legend
Jason writes well about poker
2007-07-27
poker • goldman • goldtoe • jason • bluff
Was Tillman murdered?
Wow, this looks awful; some reason to think his death was more than just a friendly fire accident
2007-07-27
tillman • iraq • war • soldier • military • coverup • scandal
baby baby *luvya girl*
The song's main, and sole, lyrics, "Baby, baby, Luvya girl," are sung in a breathy male voice that alternates between a grunt and a falsetto.
2007-07-26
satire • music • theonion • onion • pop
Rails vs MySQL
Amazingly detailed technical article about how Ruby on Rails design choices can interact badly with MySQL's limitations
2007-07-26
mysql • rubyonrails • rails • ruby • orm • database • webapp • optimization • performance
Crates and Barrels
images of ubiquitous video game objects
2007-07-26
via:anildash • games • crates • barrels • culture
Space Invader / Second Life
There's a nice full circle aspect to this
2007-07-26
spaceinvader • streetart • graffiti • paris • france • secondlife • games
Space Invader / MySpace
French street artist shows up with a MySpace web page
2007-07-26
spaceinvader • streetart • graffiti • paris • france • myspace
Apache on iPhone
Also Python. The toolchain is working, how long until Apple breaks it?
2007-07-26
iphone • gcc • apache • python • hack
Predictor or cause?
Elderly people the cat sits near die two hours later
2007-07-26
cat • bizarre • health
Wesabe API
Marc waxes about the implications of their opening access to bank data
2007-07-25
wesabe • api • finance • marc
I <3 JWZ
Lovely little jwz rant; beware if you comment on his blog
2007-07-22
jwz • alt.fan.jwz • mpeg • video • rant
Efficient XML
A binary XML format, very fiddly bitwise encoding
2007-07-22
w3c • xml • encoding • via:gregorio • compression
Poker AI
Update on how the Alberta group is doing
2007-07-22
poker • computer • ai • chess • games
Entrecote secret #2
Followup to the other article, in English with the basics of a recipe
2007-07-21
food • entrecote • steak • sauce • paris • france • restaurant • recipe
Le secret de l'Entrecote
Chicken livers, maybe
2007-07-21
via:wikipedia • food • dining • paris • france • steak • sauce
99 Problems
an infovisualization
2007-07-21
via:goldman • graph • 99problems • infographics
Ask: search privacy
AskEraser will let a user tell ask.com not to log their searches
2007-07-20
privacy • search • ask • askjeeves
Google gambit 2
I'm really impressed with their public play for open wireless
2007-07-20
politics • spectrum • internet • google • auction • open • fcc
GameFAQs leadership
One of the best and simplest online content sites is about to lose its leader
2007-07-20
via:digg • games • gamefaqs • media • cnet
Google wireless gambit
Offers to bid on spectrum, but only if there are openness requirements
2007-07-20
google • network • freedom • wireless • fcc • spectrum • auction
Constitutional crisis
Good Harper's essay explaining the danger of the extension of executive privilege
2007-07-20
coup • politics • usa • bush • executive • president • court • contempt • ruleoflaw
Fat Wonder Woman
A loving reimagination. I always liked how big Lynda Carter was, she's hot.
2007-07-20
wonderwoman • comics • fan • fat • obese • diet • lyndacarter
Internet health report
Useful general web page; shows major North American network problems
2007-07-20
network • tcpip • report • internet • problem
Level3 network problems
Massive packet loss in one of the big North American Internet carriers
2007-07-20
badtech • level3 • tcpip • internet • outage
War on Clutter
How to get rid of crap; if I buy Merlin beer maybe he'll help me declutter?
2007-07-20
clutter • organize • trash • dump
"Security theater"
TSA head calls some of their own procedures a sham
2007-07-20
security • tsa • orwell • schneier
Twitter / jennyholzer
Even if fake, this is genius
2007-07-20
via:boingboing • art • jennyholzer • holzer
Hardcore CAPTCHA
funny because it's true
2007-07-20
captcha • funny • math
iPhone hello world
Unauthorized iPhone toolchain is on its way
2007-07-20
hack • code • iphone • software • gcc
Joel hates blog comments
I mostly agree with what he's saying
2007-07-20
blog • culture • weblog • comments • via:ryan
NYT Harry Potter review
The bastards broke the embargo
2007-07-19
book • review • harrypotter • nyt • embargo
FBI spyware
Court documents reveal new law enforcement techniques
2007-07-19
via:digg • fbi • wiretap • penregister • spyware • police • government
iPhone webapp storage
Work around stupid iPhone limitations by using data: urls
2007-07-18
hack • iphone • application
3D Mailbox
the trailer video is breathtaking
2007-07-18
email • mailbox • 3d • productivity
Murloc death metal video
Awesome bit of machinima
2007-07-18
warcraft • murloc • machinima • wow • games • video • music
Padding search stats
Outrageous; Microsoft is counting automated searches from a game towards their market share. Good luck with that, guys.
2007-07-17
microsoft • scam • search • chicktionary
Stock spam charts
Someone's graphing spam volume vs. stock activity
2007-07-17
spam • stock • badtech • markets • finance
iPhone ARP bug
Duke's wireless network being flooded with 18000 ARP requests / second
2007-07-17
arp • network • tcpip • iphone • bug • wifi
Metafilter comic
Awesomely hysterical if you're a mefi user. Otherwise, skip.
2007-07-17
mefi • metafilter • comic • cartoon • parody
Harry Potter leak
The book is out on bittorrent; and the thief left his camera's serial number in the release
2007-07-17
pirate • harrypotter • bittorrent • torrent • leak • via:digg
DSLR Remote Pro
Recommended software for driving a Canon Rebel via PC
2007-07-17
photography • photos • camera • software • remote • robot • automatic
Secure RSS syndication
Encryption + greasemonkey + RSS, wonder if anyone really uses it?
2007-07-17
encryption • rss • security • atom
Homer vs. Rude Man
Clever marketing
2007-07-17
simpsons • marketing • rudeman • earthworks • art • advertising
Open Library
sort of like wikipedia, a page for every book. Congrats, Aaron!
2007-07-17
aaronswartz • books • wiki • amazon • library
Luxury submarines
For when your yacht and jet aren't enough
2007-07-17
luxury • affluenza • via:metafilter • submarine • poverty
Hood River day
I had a lovely Saturday outing with some friends from college
2007-07-16
portland • reed • oregon • gorge • hoodriver • mthood • travel
PDX airport free wifi
Portland gets a lot of things right
2007-07-15
wifi • airport • service • pdx • free • internet
iPhone apps
Good roundup of webapps in an iPhone friendly format
2007-07-15
iphone • applications • webapp • safari
Ground effect planes
Didn't know this was ever in service
2007-07-15
aeronautics • plane • groundeffect • via:metafilter • lift • wing
iPhone ringtones
Slowly but surely, the hackers are figuring it out
2007-07-14
iphone • hack • jailbreak • ringtone • apple
Gut feeling threat level
The quote in the paper today was outrageous
2007-07-12
homelandsecurity • homesec • security • theater • parody • funny • via:boingboing • hotdog
Choose your own adventure graffiti
Clever street art
2007-07-12
streetart • graffiti • storytelling
Wesabe API
Major new feature of Wesabe lets you get at your transaction data easily
2007-07-12
api • wesabe • money • finance
Eve Online API
CCP has always been supportive of third party stuff, now they've got more API to get personal data out of the game
2007-07-12
eveonline • games • mmog • api • rest
WoW teleport hacks
A great example of the challenge of distributed systems and predictive synchronization
2007-07-12
games • design • warcraft • wow • synchronization
New Les Halles
Design contest winner unveiled
2007-07-12
paris • leshalles • urbanism • france
How to visit SF
Acerbic and funny
2007-07-12
via:anildash • sanfrancisco • visit • satire
Bad Bush photo day
The article is digusting, and the photos were chosen to illustrate
2007-07-12
bush • politics • libby • photo • editing
reading iPhone backups
you can get data back out of the phone, sorta
2007-07-12
hacks • iphone • via:digg
Digg iPhone UI
They did a really nice job on adapting this to the iPhone
2007-07-11
digg • iphone • ui • mobile • design
iPhone dev wiki
Center of the folks hacking open the iPhone. In theory I'm not supposed to link to them.
2007-07-11
iphone • hack • via:metafilter
Fish heads video
Freaky short film with an old favourite song
2007-07-11
via:boingboing • film • cult • fishheads • barnes
Component video cables
Very nerdy guide
2007-07-11
via:saladwithsteve • cable • av • component • rca
iPhone meta viewport
How to hint a web page to give the iPhone an idea how wide to display it
2007-07-10
html • iphone • safari • web • browser
Videora converter
Download for the iPod/iPhone video converter
2007-07-10
mpeg • ipod • iphone • converter • transcode • ffmpeg • avisynth
Videora FAQ
iPod video convertor app for Windows, seems to work for iphone too
2007-07-10
mpeg • ipod • iphone • converter • transcode • ffmpeg • avisynth
WebShell
Ajaxy terminal emulator via a web browser; iPhone optimized
2007-07-10
iphone • ssh • terminal • ajax • web • webapp
Dwarf Fortress story
This text game is insanely detailed but awfully difficult to play; read some other folks playing
2007-07-09
via:gamesetwatch • games • dwarffortress • simulation
Terrorist logos
From the design labs of violence
2007-07-09
via:waxy • design • terrorism • logo • politics
Cheap consumer routers
I'm not alone!
2007-07-08
badtech • router • internet • junk • hardware
Penis panic
Town freaks out that their traffic devices look phallic
2007-07-07
via:dailyrotten • keizer • penis • phallus • traffic
Geoghan killing video
Man killed in prison, his killer has allegedly posted police surveillance photos of the killing
2007-07-07
murder • geoghan • catholic • church • druce • news
iPhone shell
Someone figures out the serial port
2007-07-07
iphone • hack • via:digg • phone
Count Gottfried von Bismarck
Awesome obituary of a "louche German aristocrat"
2007-07-05
obituary • germany • gay • via:metafilter
tcptraceroute
Traceroute for a world where ICMP is blocked
2007-07-05
tcpip • internet • ping • traceroute • icmp • syn • network • code • tcp
Octapult
Beautiful kinetic sculpture
2007-07-04
via:metafilter • octapult • catapult • sculpture • kinetic • wood
Superhuman tetris
Turns out the game has some depth left in it
2007-07-04
via:digg • games • tetris • puzzle
Auto Assault failed
Such a shame, it was a great concept
2007-07-04
games • mmog • mmorpg • autoassault • ncsoft
iPhone unlock
Liberating the iPhone from AT&T. Now if only it were a GSM phone
2007-07-04
iphone • hack • att • nsa • dvdjon
New metro tickets
Paris changes to a one ticket for 90 minutes system
2007-07-04
paris • metro • transport • carnet • france • subway
iPhone root password
XUU7aqfpey51o = "dottie"
2007-07-03
apple • iphone • hack • root • rewt • r00t
Japanese custom vans
Stylin
2007-07-03
japan • via:metafilter • car • anime • art • japanese
Self Mummification 2
Also, a bit crazy
2007-07-02
via:metafilter • Sokushinbutsu • japan • buddhism • suicide • mummification • death
Self Mummification 1
Amazing story of extreme faith
2007-07-02
via:metafilter • Sokushinbutsu • japan • buddhism • suicide • mummification • death
Logdriver's Waltz
Sweet Canadiana
2007-07-01
canada • via:boingboing • logdriver • music
The Hall of Panflutists
It never stops
2007-07-01
music • turkey • flute • zamfir • panflute • via:metafilter
iPhone hates headphones
Nice, you build an MP3 player with a headphone jack that doesn't work
2007-07-01
apple • iphone • broken • lockin
Web proxy list
Easy list of proxies to browse from different countries
2007-07-01
web • proxy • anonymous • jurisdiction • http