Nelson's Linkblog 2011-09

about • archive • mastodon • feed

A Google Earth-like app fully in HTML

2011-09-30 webgl • html • browser • maps

Goonswarrm vs Eve economy

Player alliance threatens to shut down all fuel production in the game

2011-09-30 mmos • eve • eveonline • goonswarm • economy

Kelihos takedown details

How to subvert the command and control of a botnet

2011-09-30 botnet • badtech • kelihos • microsoft

The *other* Python webapp framwork

2011-09-30 Python • pyramid • django • webapp • web • development • code

Lambda Literary

Source for reviews of gay, lesbian, etc literature

2011-09-30 gay • lgbt • writing • book • reviews • reading

Waxy's PDX geek guide

Great suggestions for food, geek sights, etc in Portland

2011-09-30 portland • travel • food • guide • waxy

Jemiah on her new book

College friend just published a new book

2011-09-30 vampires • books • novels • jemiah • reedcollege

US assassination politics

It's difficult to murder people around the world

2011-09-30 yemen • us • civilrights • assassination • terrorism

github's workflow

A simple way to use git in a group

2011-09-29 git • github • development • workflow

Python micro-web framework

2011-09-29 python • web • http • html

Raffi's famous, in The Economist!

2011-09-29 twitter • tweet • raffi • economist

Visualization of people swearing on Twitter

2011-09-29 d3 • javascript • twitter • visualization • swearing • language

node.js syntax proposal

Clever little syntactic sugar to hide some callbacks

2011-09-29 syntax • javascript • c# • callback • async • nodejs

PostGIS nearest search

Database can now efficiently search for N nearest things

2011-09-28 search • index • gist • postgis • postgres

Student airplane crash

Friend of mine had an engine quit on takeoff

2011-09-28 flying • aviation • accident • musketeer • beech

All about pearls

Detailed guide from a random Metafilter user

2011-09-28 pearls • jewelry • guide

Kelihos botnet killed

Microsoft is doing amazing work prosecuting organized crime

2011-09-27 internet • security • badtech • microsoft • botnet

Glitch is live!

Some of the original Flickr team made an online game

2011-09-27 games • mmos • glitch • flickr • stewartbutterfield

Browser versions

The graphs of IE vs Chrome and Firefox upgrades are great

2011-09-27 browsers • web • statistics • html5

Reflections on the Netflix / Kwikster split

2011-09-27 focus • startups • netflix • business

All sorts of fun GPS health info

2011-09-27 gps • navigation • aviation • waas • flying

How accurate is your GPS altitude today?

2011-09-27 gps • waas • aviation • flying • map

Remaking classic visualizations for the Web with D3

2011-09-26 visualization • d3 • javascript

Excellent documentation

2011-09-26 databases • nosql • mongo • mongodb • opensource • manual

The streaming video game service actually works

2011-09-26 games • gaming • streaming • mac • onlive

A research tool from before the computer era

2011-09-26 books • index • bible

Bread & Circuses

Photos from the Spotify party

2011-09-26 spotify • decadence • party • sanfrancisco • startups • seanparker

Newspaper on Folsom

SFW: our annual fetish / S&M street festival was yesterday

2011-09-26 folsomstreetfair • folsom • bondage • fetish • kink • journalism

Piecemeal geodata

Migurski's thoughts on making OpenStreetMap more accessible

2011-09-26 data • mapping • osm • openstreetmap • usability • maps

MacOS command line tool for web page screenshots

2011-09-25 screenshot • macos • mac • webkit • safari

It's too hard to use Google's fast HTTP replacement

2011-09-25 http • spdy • via:hackernews • google • servers • optimization

Project T-B.A.C

High school kid's balloon photography project

2011-09-25 school • photography • aerial • mapping • via:metafilter

Dispelling a bit of FUD

2011-09-24 google • chrome • privacy

Chrome AppleScript

Google's browser is sort of scriptable on MacOS

2011-09-24 macos • apple • applescript • chrome • google • browser

A clock for robots.

2011-09-24 via:waxy • time • qrcode • qrtime • clock

Follow the Money video

Well produced 5 minute summary

2011-09-24 money • mobility • us • maps

Follow the bill

Mapping US mobility via Where's George

2011-09-24 money • mobility • us • maps • wheresgeorge

It's not as simple as just typing "pip install"

2011-09-24 python • macos • lion • badtech • compile • gcc • fortran

First World Gripes

Cartoons for petty vexations

2011-09-24 cartoon • comic • reddit • firstworldproblems

Groupon fiascos

COO out, forced to restate their revenue to less than half

2011-09-23 groupon • fraud • ipo • internet • coupon

Mister Rogers 1967-2000

Lovely little montage, also a poem on aging

2011-09-23 misterrogers • tv • children • via:kottke • kids

Abandoned airfields

Great historical resource for the US

2011-09-23 airports • aviation • history • landuse

Deleting Klout account

Not clear if they keep tracking you

2011-09-23 klout • privacy • advertising • ads

Voice controlled ATC game

2011-09-22 games • aviation • atc

uninstall homebrew

The current mechanism for removing HomeBrew

2011-09-22 homebrew • macos • unix

Homebrew and Python

So many gotchas for doing dev on MacOS

2011-09-22 macos • lion • python • homebrew • brew

Ordered by tweets

2011-09-22 maps • ericfisher • twitter • world • treemap

Bookmarklet to turn a web page into an HTML5 offline page

2011-09-22 html5 • bookmarklet • javascript • offline • appcache

D3 force directed layout

Crazy set of talk slides from Mike, really beautiful

2011-09-22 d3 • layout • forcedirected • visualization

Some basic tips for building Google-friendly pages

2011-09-21 seo • web • publishing

Laws don't make sense in the age of rapid fabrication

2011-09-21 legal • politics • guns • 3dprinting • fab

Santorum and Google

Detailed analysis of the politician's SEO problem

2011-09-21 google • santorum • controversy • politics

storm: Rationale

Simple explanation for the new real time distributed computing system

2011-09-20 twitter • storm • distributed • hadoop • realtime

A fast Python WSGI server

2011-09-20 server • python • wsgi • nonblocking

Debian backports

Solution for installing a few new packages on a mostly-stable Debian system

2011-09-20 debian • packages • software • opensource

Website assholes

Anil's very useful essay on community management

2011-09-20 community • web • standards • online • culture

Flip-side of the placebo effect

2011-09-20 nocebo • placebo • medicine • health • death • via:metafilter • hmong

Comic on Cherokee

Great illustration of the writing system

2011-09-20 writing • cherokee • unicode • via:metafilter • comic

2011 MacArthur Fellows

Annual "genius grant"

2011-09-20 macarthur • fellow • grant

Mac OS security hole

Any logged in user can change any other user's password. D'oh.

2011-09-19 security • macos • lion • badtech

Submarine Cable Map

Details of data links between continents

2011-09-19 maps • internet • telecomm • cables

Thief rendering

Notes from a 1998 PC game

2011-09-19 games • thief • lookingglass • graphics

Homesick Texan blog

It's a great cooking blog

2011-09-19 food • cookbook • cooking • texmex • texas

Homesick Texan Cookbook

New cookbook from a blogger, looks great

2011-09-19 food • cooking • cookbook • texas • texmex

Melt any cheese

Secret is starch + water

2011-09-19 cheese • food • melt • chileconqueso

Oktoberfest 2011

Only in Europe can tens of thousands of people getting drunk together work out OK

2011-09-19 oktoberfest • octoberfest • beer • munich • germany • party

A replacement for Xlib for Unix graphics programming

2011-09-19 xlib • x11 • optimization

BotNet mines BitCoins

Yet more thievery on the Internet

2011-09-19 bitcoin • botnet • badtech • virus • tdss • tdl4

PostGIS in Action

Solid book on the spatial database

2011-09-18 postgis • postgres • postgresql • gis • database • book

OS designed to be host to VMs

2011-09-18 virtualization • vm • linux • os • cloud • opensource • joyent

Alternative to plutil for command line hacking with Mac preferences

2011-09-18 mac • software • apple • macos • preferences • plutil

Simple way to have a central repo for git

2011-09-18 git • dropbox • versioncontrol

Windows app passwords

How various programs store passwords

2011-09-18 windows • security • badtech • passwords

autofs on MacOS

Apple's doc for how to use the automounter

2011-09-18 autofs • automounter • network • filesystem • nfs • samba • smb • afs

Library for writing roguelike games

2011-09-18 via:amitp • games • roguelikes • goblincamp

Crazy CT scan of 1kg of drugs in the GI tract

2011-09-18 smuggling • cocaine • health • ctscan • catscan • via:metafilter

Amazing video from space

2011-09-18 via:metafilter • space • iss • earth

Denver demon horse

Truly amazing sculpture

2011-09-17 denver • sculpture • art • airport • horse

Le Mans disaster

Terrible crash at a car race in 1955

2011-09-17 tragedy • carcrash • accident • lemans • racing

EFF on DigiNotar

The way we do web security is fundamentally broken

2011-09-17 security • badtech • ssl • diginotar • iran

node.js based server for image tiles with mapnik

2011-09-16 mapnik • server • rendering • tiles • nodejs • maps

Helicopter video shot from the spinning blade

2011-09-16 helicopter • video • aviation • flying

Voynich Manuscript Voyager

Slippy map interface to scans of the mysterious manuscript

2011-09-16 voynich • polymaps • manuscript

Google manages leap seconds with clock slewing

2011-09-16 time • google • ntp • hack

Persistent connections between web server and browser, cross-platform

2011-09-15 websockets • node.js • http • web

Time series database for making dashboards, from the Protovis / Polymaps / D3 author

2011-09-15 javascript • dashboard • mongodb • rrd • node • code • opensource • metrics

Camera lens falls from sky

When aerial mapping goes bad

2011-09-15 maps • camers • aerial • mapping • aviation • accident

California Coastal Records

Generating aerial maps with overflights

2011-09-15 airplanes • flying • aviation • maps • photography • gis • foss4g

Broadband map developer

More REST APIs from FCC

2011-09-15 broadband • map • api • gis • fcc • foss4g

Simple, free REST APIs for geodata from FCC (and census etc)

2011-09-15 fcc • data • geo • gis • foss4g • api

Very well packaged map generator: code and data all turnkey

2011-09-14 maps • foss4g • opengeo • gis

Apache module for caching image tiles

2011-09-14 opensource • code • gis • geo • apache • cache

Flying while brown

Harrowing story of a woman detained off a flight

2011-09-14 Security • civilrights • dhs • tsa

interview with the producer on Das Racist's awesome new track "Girl"

2011-09-14 music • dasracist • via:anil

Olympic Salt Water Company

Odd bit of SF history

2011-09-14 sanfrancisco • sutro • ocean • olympicclub

Diablo 3 beta thoughts

Notes from a beta tester

2011-09-12 games • tobold • diablo • blizzard

Mintner's latest wacky iOS game

2011-09-12 games • ios • iphone

Historical topo maps

USGS releases 90,000 old maps

2011-09-12 maps • history • usgs • topo • topography

1912 tabletop wargame from HG Wells

2011-09-12 games • boardgames • wargames • miniatures • wells

Comodohacker profile

NYT email interview, research

2011-09-12 hacking • badtech • ssl • diginotar • comodohacker • iran

$2k a month, 15k users

2011-09-11 via:hackernews • startup • hosting • pinboard

Tape Generations

Stop motion art piece

2011-09-11 via:metafilter • movie • tape • stopmotion • animation

Another GPS tracking iPhone app, designed for runners

2011-09-11 iphone • gps • tracking • motionx

Emacs 24 preview

Scrollbars on the right! The innovation never ceases.

2011-09-11 emacs • editors • via:hackernews

When can I use...

support for modern HTML features in various browsers

2011-09-11 browser • web • html5 • html • javascript • css • reference

Healing through TragiCrafting

2011-09-10 etsy • funny • crafts

Google's Javascript plan

Details of the thinking behind the new Dash language

2011-09-10 javascript • google • chrome • dash • via:hackernews • harmony

Technical details on why Mac laptops get on the network so fast

2011-09-10 macos • mac • optimization • goodtech • dhcp

I want to retrieve

2011-09-10 lolcats • imagemacro • 4chan • dog

Windows 8 fast boot

Instead of restarting the kernel they hibernate it

2011-09-09 boot • optimization • windows • kernel

programming language comparison

2011-09-09 programming • languages • go • lua • concurrency • clu

Apple vs DigiNotar

12 days and still no security fix from Apple

2011-09-09 apple • security • ssl • diginotar • badtech

Tile maps for Processing

2011-09-09 java • processing • design • maps

True Javascript history

With Animal Planet analogies

2011-09-08 funny • languages • javascript

ComodoHacker boasting

The guy behind the SSL certificate exploits brags about what else he can do

2011-09-08 hacking • badtech • security • ssl

Chrome extension

2011-09-08 json • programming • code • jsonview

There's a new TLD.

2011-09-08 sex • porn • tld • dns

License redesign

Student makes a better iTunes license clickthrough. Charming that he thinks lawyers want you reading the document.

2011-09-08 itunes • legal • lawyer • clickthrough • design

Duncan Riley on TechCrunch

former TechCrunch writer criticizes their editorial process

2011-09-08 techcrunch • scandal • crunchfund

Brewster on Michael

Brewster Kahle posts some email and rememberance of the Gutenberg founder

2011-09-08 gutenberg • obituary

Fake Patois lyrics

Grooving on Das Racist

2011-09-08 dasracist • music • patois • funny

RIP Michael Hart

Project Gutenberg founder, a visionary, dead at 64

2011-09-08 gutenberg • culture • ebooks • obituary

Handy chart of bigots with personal tragedies

2011-09-07 gay • homophobia • politics

More Arrington sleaze

Details explaining how he sells good coverage

2011-09-07 arrington • journalism • techcrunch

Iron Eagle: motorcycle vs plane

80s movie with some great stunt flying

2011-09-07 movies • aviation • flying • 80s

Sparks: Mickey Mouse

a half-remembered SNL performance

2011-09-07 music • sparks • punk • snl

system stats daemon, for use with rrd, etc

2011-09-07 rrd • mrtg • system • performance • monitoring

Facebook account recovery

You can use your friend network to get access back to a stolen account

2011-09-07 facebook • security • passwords

Apple and Reed calligraphy

Nice tracing of Jobs' personal history with lettering

2011-09-06 apple • reed • reedcollege • stevejobs • jobs • fonts • design

Replacement font renderer for Windows

2011-09-06 fonts • windows • typography

DigiNotar hacker

Notes from the guy who busts CAs.

2011-09-06 diginotar • ssl • badtech • hacker • iran

Diginotar & Iran: 2

Antivirus evidence the attack was aimed against Iranians

2011-09-06 ssl • security • badtech • diginotar • iran • mitm

DigiNotar and Iran: 1

Animated map shows revocation queries for the bogus SSL cert

2011-09-06 ssl • security • badtech • diginotar • iran • mitm

Linux on GitHub

Linus temporarily moves the kernel source to github

2011-09-05 linux • security • linus • kernel • git • github

Planescape: Torment novel

Great CRPG writing, text ripped from the game into a readable book.

2011-09-05 games • blackisle • torment • planescape • pst • rpgs

Arrington shakedown

Some notes on his journalistic method

2011-09-05 arrington • ethics • journalism

NYT on CrunchFund

Scathing exploration of what the conflict means

2011-09-05 evil • ethics • journalism • arrington • crunchfund • techcrunch

Open source word processor, spread sheet, etc. KDE spinoff?

2011-09-05 kde • software • opensource • linux • spreadsheet • wordprocessor • paint • draw

DigiNotar: 537+ certs

Latest tally of the damage the Dutch CA has done to the world's Internet security. A cert for *.*.com!

2011-09-04 security • badtech • diginotar • ssl

Mac app for putting basic text and image data on your desktop

2011-09-04 geektool • mac • macos • apple • monitoring • desktop

repositoryhosting

Cheap hosting for private git repositories

2011-09-03 git • github • hosting • code

DigiNotar detail

Mozilla engineer talks in detail about how badly the CA failed

2011-09-03 diginotar • badtech • hacks • firefox • ssl

Google Housecleaning

Can't just fail often; need to fail fast, too

2011-09-02 google • products • shutdown • management

Google Correlate

finds queries that match the trend you drew for the last seven years

2011-09-02 google • via:metafilter • search • trends

Kara Swisher on CrunchFund

pass the popcorn

2011-09-02 techcrunch • journalism • ethics • arrington

Huxtable Hotness

Detailed critique of Cosby Show fashion

2011-09-02 batshitinsane • fashion • tv • television • cosby • via:metafilter

Kaminsky on Bitcoin

Nice overview of some of the technical limitations

2011-09-02 bitcoin • payments • crypto • security

iOS vs Android dev

comparison of what it's like to write GUI apps

2011-09-02 via:tbray • android • iphone • ios • code • developers

Bitcoin swindle?

Over $800,000 is missing and a known con-man is a likely perpetrator

2011-09-01 bitcoin • currency • money • scam

Geofence details

How to do spatial queries without a spatial database

2011-09-01 geofence • flickr • mysql • postgis

Evolution of web

Fancy SVG graphic from Google

2011-09-01 raphael • google • svg • web • history • http • html5

Chromium OS builds

Regularly compiled and packaged for booting live or in a VM

2011-09-01 chrome • chromeos • chromiumos • vm • bootable • usb

From @jack to Twitter devs

sincere request for feedback, keyed to the iOS integration

2011-09-01 twitter • api • developer • ios • iphone

WikiLeaks leak #2

A different, anonymous account directly blames Domscheit-Berg

2011-09-01 wikileaks • stupid • security

WikiLeaks leak timeline

Simple explanation of how the unredacted cables got leaked.

2011-09-01 wikileaks • stupid • encryption • security • cablegate

WikiLeaks cables mess

not clear who's leaked what when, but apparently all the cables are public now

2011-09-01 wikileaks • cables • via:metafilter