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GPS Visualizer
Handy set of geographic tools, all hosted on the site
2009-12-31
gps • geocoding • software • mapping • googleearth • geo
NMEA data
Guide to the GPS data format standard
2009-12-31
gps • nmea • geolocation • geotagging
Blizzard violates customer privacy
Outrageous: Blizzard turned over a customer's private data to an unauthorized law enforcement agency
2009-12-31
games • privacy • civilliberties • blizzard • warcraft • mmos
HDR Plea
Good summary of how HDR can be for good
2009-12-30
photos • photography • via:metafilter • hdr • technique
The Necronomicon
Promotional video, it could change your life!
2009-12-20
parody • lovecraft • necronomicon • funny
Merlin's 10 year anniversary
Really sweet love story
2009-12-19
merlinmann • merlin • love
Browser Pong
Ridiculously awesome javascript hack
2009-12-19
via:waxy • games • pong • browser • chrome • javascript • hack
Facebook demographics
Great analysis by the company of the race of their users
2009-12-17
demographics • ethnographics • race • facebook • via:waxy
The worst run big city in the US
A bit ranty, but good summary of SF's dysfunction
2009-12-17
sanfrancisco • politics • government • newsom
ForeFlight v3 review
Popular aviation iPhone app. Used to be $75 in the app store, now it's a $60 / year subscription but includes data downloads
2009-12-17
aviation • foreflight • iphone • flying • pilot
EC2 spot prices
Graph of Amazon pricing
2009-12-17
ec2 • pricing • computing • cloud • amazon
1 billion spams analyzed
Nice stats on 5 years of spam collection. Fraud is on the upswing
2009-12-16
spam • fraud • crime • internet • badtech • botnets
Boeing 787 flight track
Maiden flight of the new Boeing plane today, if the weather cooperates
2009-12-15
planes • aviation • boeing
EC2 CPU open for bid
Great idea: put unused EC2 power up for auction. Dying to see where the price settles
2009-12-15
amazon • cloud • auction • computing • cpu
Bush history unforgotten
Amazingly, the Democratic administration was able to find the missing emails!
2009-12-14
politics • corruption • bush
CIA disappearances
Interesting, detailed investigative journalism about Aafia Siddiqui, a woman who may or may not have been detained by the CIA in Pakistan.
2009-12-14
terrorism • investigation • humanrights • journalism • news • via:metafilter • pakistan
Y-Wing in the snow
Awesome lightbox photo of a miniature
2009-12-13
legos • starwars • via:mathowie • photos • photography • technique
Pentatonic hardwiring
Great demonstration of innate music scales
2009-12-13
music • musictheory • scale • pentatonic • neuroscience • cognitive • bobbymcferrin
Snuggie vs. Slanket
Fight!
2009-12-13
snuggie • slanket • blanket • asseenontv • fashion • via:metafilter
Planet M.U.L.E.
Remake of the popular classic Atari game
2009-12-12
games • mule • atari
Drunk steals plane at airshow
Fantastic, funny aerobatics
2009-12-12
flying • aviation • airplanes • franklinsflyingcircus
PVRblog for sale
One of the first AdSense-supported tech blogs, mathowie's side project when not doing Metafilter
2009-12-11
pvr • tivo • mathowie • metafilter • adsense
Assassin's Creed 2 apocrypha
Detailed analysis of all the hidden stories and puzzles within The Truth segments. Massive spoilers.
2009-12-11
games • assassinscreed • templars • eden
LZO + Hadoop
Great article about using compression to make distributed computation faster
2009-12-11
twitter • lzo • hadoop • mapreduce • systems • software • architecture
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Nice appraisal of a classic uncomfortable Japanese film
2009-12-11
japan • tetsuo • cyberpunk • movies
Afghan refugees in Paris
Amazing bit of blog journalism
2009-12-11
afghanistan • paris • sdf • homeless • refugees • france
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives map
Map of all the places reviewed on the TV show
2009-12-10
flying • aviation • airplanes • lunch • pilot • tv • television • fieri
Adventure Pilot
Database of things to do near airports
2009-12-10
flying • aviation • airplanes • lunch • pilot
Fly2Lunch
Database of restaurants near airports
2009-12-10
flying • aviation • airplanes • lunch • pilot
Xbox achievement hunting
Interesting interview with a woman who plays awful Xbox games just for the achievements
2009-12-10
games • achievements • skinnerbox • xbox • addiction
1888 ascii map
Newspaper typeset map of Michigan, quite beautiful
2009-12-10
typesetting • printing • newspaper • maps • michigan • via:metafilter
BrightLine Bags
Great little hand luggage for pilots. A zillion outside zipper pockets might make it useful for other folks, too.
2009-12-10
luggage • suitcase • pilot • aviation • bag
Santa, NO!
Funny set of photos
2009-12-10
christmas • santa • funny • photos
Mystery blue spiral light
Crazy lights in the Norweigan sky
2009-12-10
via:metafilter • astronomy • norway • sky • night • lighting
Droid jailbroken
Folks got rewt, now the fun begins
2009-12-09
android • droid • phones • google • security
OpenCellID
Open source project to build a public database of cell tower locations
2009-12-08
phone • geolocation • geotagging • iphone • mobile • gsm • cellular • cellphone
Surveillance stats
Great analysis of wire taps, pen registers, etc. GPS logs from mobile phones are very popular.
2009-12-07
privacy • government • spying • surveillance • security
Yahoo's subpoena policy
Yahoo has a specific legal compliance document detailing what data they can turn over to law enforcement, at what cost. Flickr account? About $40
2009-12-07
yahoo • flickr • privacy • subpoena • leak
Polynomial roots
Nice visualization of an accidental mathematical structure
2009-12-07
algebra • math • visualization • database
Javascript game library
Looks interesting
2009-12-07
games • via:waxy • javascript • code • programming
URL regex match
For when you need to use a spoon as a screwdriver
2009-12-06
url • regexp • programming • code • parsing
Level Up!
Interesting Flash game
2009-12-06
via:metafilter • flash • games • platformer
Captain Forever
OMG totally awesome Flash game; build a modular spaceship and pew pew, picking up new modules as you go
2009-12-04
games • flash • legos • spaceships • asteroids • for:amitp@cs.stanford.edu
Translated search
Phenomenal feature: automatically translate your English searches into other languages, then read the results translated back into English
2009-12-04
google • search • language • babelfish • translation
Google Public DNS
Google now runs a public DNS server at 8.8.8.8
2009-12-03
google • dns • opendns
NACOmatic
Free aviation charts, approach plates, etc. PDF.
2009-12-03
aviation • flying • charts • iphone • pilot • pdf
PDFPlates
Free PDF downloads of airport approach plates, etc.
2009-12-03
aviation • flying • charts • iphone • pilot • pdf
Vincent v. Maximilian
Climactic scene from The Black Hole
2009-12-03
robots • movies • disney • blackhole • shlock
Dubai photos
Great journalism, somewhat negative
2009-12-02
dubai • economy • photos • photography • via:kottke
Continuity
Clever Flash game: sort of a puzzle thing
2009-12-02
games • via:metafilter • flash • platform • puzzle
Async Google Analytics
Defer the execution of the Google Analytics tracking script
2009-12-02
google • analytics • urchin • asynchronous • javascript • async • optimization
Tiger Woods: the real story
Awesome "re-enactment" from a Chinese TV station
2009-12-02
tigerwoods • china • scandal • celebrity • stupid
Sex Offender shuffle
1988 PSA video from Miami. Or a reasonable imitation of same
2009-12-02
parody • funny • sexoffender • miami • florida
FlightAware
Live, free tracking of US flights; gives you access to air traffic control data. The KML tracks of historical flights are fun.
2009-12-01
aviation • flying • pilot • googleearth • kml • atc • airtraffic
Architectural Kufic
Amazing collection of geometric Arabic calligraphy
2009-12-01
calligraphy • arabic • architecture • art • kufic • qufic