Nelson's Linkblog 2003-12

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Cosmic microwave background

APOD: 2003 December 31 - A Year of Resolving Cosmology

2003-12-31 age • apod • cosmology • nasa • resolving • universe

All sorts of 80s video game style mixes

2003-12-31 8bit • art • audio • culture • electronic • free • games • mp3 • music • netlabel • retro

Harvest Moon LemonNut

Jason likes virtual farming

Poor Halliburton

After rampant overcharging, they lose oil delivery contract

NGage: the good

More review from Mobilewhack

Stories from the OS with a lot of heart

2003-12-30 computer • computers • computing • geek • history • multics • os • retro • software • tl • unix

No more sick cow

In the 'duh' category of food safety

Debian installers

A bunch of different options for installing Debian

2003-12-30 .imported • autoinstall • debian • distros • installers • linux • server • software • sysadmin • techy-stuff • usb

Diary of a disaster

2003-12-30 apple • business • computers • failure • generalmagic • history • magiccap • misc • os • tech • tl

Mars dust devils

APOD: 2003 December 30 - A Dust Devil Crater on Mars

The sky's gone out

Our Tiny Universe: What's Really Visible at Night

2003-12-30 galaxy • space • stargazing • stars

Goofy Spaniards

In a bag, no-less

Senior ice splits

Hope he doesn't stick

Seventeen or bust

Distributed computing project

2003-12-29 computers • computing • distributedcomputing • math • mathematics • numbers • primes • research • software • windows • wonderful

AnandTech: new PCI bus on the horizon. More of a switched network, really.

Atari 2600 guide for programming

Huge amount of apocrypha in old hardware

2003-12-28 6502 • assembly • atari2600 • computers • languages • oldschool • programming

Amazing web site of Atari game trivia

2003-12-28 atari • classic • console • downloads • emulation • emulator • games • gaming • retro • roms • videogames

Nicely thoughtful book reviews from Mike Bostock

Sony's new PSX high-end electronics device opened up and exposed - lots of pictures inside

2003-12-28 gaming • sony

MeFi. Even uglier modelling!

Unflattering photo, or does he really look like this?

Out4Blood's Rise of Nations Strategy

2003-12-28 games • imported • nations • of • rise • ron • rts • strategies • strategy

MobileWhack, Rael's NGage thoughts

Commands the XBox EvolutionX ftp and telnet server understands

wacky biofeedback game

2003-12-27 biofeedback • brain • computers • game • games • health • lifehacks • meditation • mind • neurotech • software

Populous: Reincarnated

Keeping an old game alive

Finding and understanding vintage charts

Yahoo! News - Sniper's skills keep buddies alive

Frozen seagulls

2003-12-26 dvd • free • freeware • media • software • svcd • tech • tools • vcd • video • windows

Vidmoi DVD/XviD

encode DVDs conveniently

2003-12-26 .imported • avi • divx • dvd • encode • encoder • encoding • mpeg • software • video • xvid

419 scam victim

Heartbreaking story

FTP Windows client with GUI

2003-12-25 applications • client • clone • ftp • gtk • internet • opensource • python • sftp • software • tool

EvolutionX README

explains all config settings

Wired News: Clark Campaign Going Open Source

2003-12-25 .imported • hhill • politics

Reindeer assault

Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - AP

2003-12-24 animal • christmas • funny

Funky stratification: APOD

Josh Nimoy @ ITP - BallDroppings

2003-12-24 art • fun • game • games • netgames • osx • toys

Satellite photo censorship

Nader not Green

Yahoo! News - Ralph Nader Rules Out Green Party Run

Antarctica blog

Seems like a guy having a lot of fun in AQ

2003-12-23 antarctica • blog • blogs • internet • jealousy • random • readthis • researchblogger • travel • unsorted • weblogs

Windows app to turn whatever is in the clipboard into plain text

2003-12-23 text • windows

Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - AP

XPort Emulation

::welcome to Xport - XBox emulator ports::

2003-12-23 console • emulation • emulator • emulators • games • gaming • geek • hack • software • xbmc • xbox

Copy DVDs, CDs, etc to XBox hard drive

2003-12-23 apps • consoles • dvd • gadget.xbox • games • hacks • informatique • rip • software • xbmc • xbox

FTP MP3 of 8 bit Christmas music. Amazing chiptune stuff.

2003-12-22 8bit • christmas • cool • discography • download • electronic • free • geek • mp3 • music • xmas

Trying to bring Python web programming into modernity

Felt it in Mountain View

Using XBox Media Center

2003-12-22 gaming • python • scripting • xbox

Doom9 codec shootout

Compare DivX, XviD, 3ivx, etc

2003-12-22 .imported • codec • codec-glossary • divx • encoding • pvr • reference • review • video • xvid

Alternate software for Archos MP3 players

Saddam capture dispute

Aljazeera.Net - Saddam: Betrayed, drugged and traded

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Blosxom

Python WebProgramming

Giant roundup of python web application frameworks

2003-12-21 .imported • framework • frameworks • languages • programming • python • reference • web • webapp • webdev • www

Quixote PyWebapp

2003-12-21 application • development • framework • html • programming • python • quixote • software • template • web • webdev

Python Webapp shootout

The Web Framework Shootout

2003-12-21 article • cms • comparison • development • framework • frameworks • programming • python • review • web • webdev

Rename files to fit Xbox filesystem limits

2003-12-21 technique • xbox

The Complete Evox.ini Guide

2003-12-21 evox • games • hackz • mod • reference • tools • videogames • xbox

sculptures, kinda clever stuff

Xbox-Scene.com - Xbox Modchips Xecuter2.2 X-B.I.T Xodus Chameleon - Gamesave Dashboard exploit - Evolution-X Avalaunch MXM Dashboard - X2 & EvoX bios - Copy Xbox Hacks & Cracks tutorials - OpenXbox PC-BioXX Enigmah Cheapmod

2003-12-21 cli • freebsd • fuji • gaming • gnaa • howto • irc • mac • tools • upload • xbox

Fancy Windows FTP client

2003-12-20 .imported • apps • e • ftp • internet • software • utilities • web_design • widgets • win • windows

homebrew xbox bins

2003-12-20 emulation • games • hack • hacks • links • mod • nfo • software • tools • videogames • xbox

Gamespy 2003 PC roundup

GameSpy.com - Game of the Year - 2003

Linux 2.6 features

Wonderful World of Linux 2.6 - Joe Pranevich

2003-12-19 2.6 • article • fun • informatica • kernel • linux • linux/kernel • novità • opensource • read • w

House of representatives says naughty things

2003-12-19 import • law • politics • silly

Photo of ghost. Or hoax. Or possibly both.

WTC replacement

Kazaa clear in Holland

Copy protection lashback

yarbroughs dot org: An open letter to Atari/Infogrames

Guardian: 10% less sunlight over last 30 years?!

2003-12-18 article • climate-change • climatechange • environment • globaldimming • import • nature • news • science • weather • world

2003-12-18 design

Crappy present solution

What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice, Parents and Kids

2003-12-18 christmas • copyright • culture • fun • funny • humor • media • mp3 • music • p2p • politics

Flip off Hummers

I've been doing this for awhile now, didn't realize it was a movement!

2003-12-17 activism • cars • culture • environment • fun • funny • h2 • hummer • humor • photography • politics

BioWare growing

BioWare bulks up, moves out - News at GameSpot

Turbine gets $18M VC

Game developer now going on MMORPG spree

Pretty funny fan video

Fun projects with Gallium

How to stay rich

On Yahoo's most popular two days in a row

Retrograde Mars

APOD: 2003 December 16 - Retrograde Mars

2003-12-16 apod

2003-12-16 fun_stuff • main • misc

Gnome desktop apps - Python?

2003-12-16 desktop • gdesklets • gnome • gui • linux • opensource • software • themes • tools • ubuntu • widgets

Chinese sexuality museum

MSNBC - 6,000 years of sexat Chinese museum

2003-12-16 china • sex

Spain/Morocco tunnel

BBC NEWS | Africa | Europe-Africa rail tunnel agreed

Kick in the eye

Yahoo! News - AFP Top Photos

Football cell call

Gizmodo : Phoning it in

Disobedient virtual actors

Synthetic orcs flee battles in RotK filming

2003-12-15 code • emerging • film • import • tech

Microsoft to remove swastikas from fonts

LoTR: highest rated movie ever

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

Small form factor PCs

SFF Comparison Matrix

2003-12-14 gadgets • hardware • hometheater • smallsystems • systems

19 Python principles

2003-12-14 assumption • differentiation • python • valuation

Thurmond's mulatto love child

Strom Thurmond, renowned racist, has a mixed-race daughter

Opening an XBox

6 easy Torx screws

2003-12-13 games • gaming • guide • mods • openxbox • repair • xbox

Nokia beware: here comes the M-Gage (with 11 games, calculator and alarm clock built-in)

Eyesore of the Month

Unfortunate architecture

2003-12-13 architecture • art • blog • criticism • design • fun • funny • humor • photo • photography • urban

Yahoo! News - Sports Photos - Canadian Press

Losing Afghanistan

UN may leave Afghanistan, too.

jwz - The Cosmic Ray Deflection Society of South America

Clever, slightly silly.

2003-12-12 silly • underground

Make Tk less ugly

2003-12-11 cincy • doc • emulación • emuladores • emulation • emulators • gaming • mame • safari_export • software • xbox

Killing the wounded

"Hell yeah that was awesome, let's do it again"

2003-12-11 activism • iraq • media • military • movies • murder • politics • war • warfare

Xbox-Linux - Run Linux on your Xbox!

2003-12-11 distributions • free • fromfirefoxhome • games • games.xbox • hack • ingles • linux • old • software • xbox

Debunking worse is better

Good ol' Jim Waldo

2003-12-10 agileculture • design • development • fun • good-read • lisp • philosophy • programming • programming-languages • software • worseisbetter

Low election turnout

well less than half of SF eligible bothered to vote

Civilian deaths malreported rectify

Yahoo! News - AP: Iraq to Stop Counting Civilian Dead

Steering wheel laptop

Arkon Resources, Inc. - Laptop and Notebook Accessories

2003-12-10 del.icio.us • humor • it • photos • safari_export

XBox Media Player

Same as XBox Media Center? how confusing

2003-12-10 g5 • games • hardware • imac • imported • safari_export • tags • technology • video • xbox

XBox Media Center

streaming video, music, etc for your modded XBox

2003-12-10 games • hacks • howto • htpc • media • mediacenter • opensource • pvr • software • xbmc • xbox

6 more dead kids

NYT Military Says 6 Children Died in U.S. Raid in Afghanistan

Black Isle closing!

Slashdot | Black Isle Studios Shuts Down Development

CD Geiger counters

Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools

2003-12-09 chopin

Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - AP

Sex can wait, nerds!

jwz - truth in advertising

2003-12-09 interestingsites

Brazilian first flight

Alternate histories

Some random collection of good photos for the year

2003-12-08 fotoimport • import • interesting

First posts in five months!

2003-12-08 blog • blogs • code • feeds • geek • news • programming • soft • software • sw • techblog

python-dev Summary for 2003-10-16 through 2003-11-15

Linux FS in Python

2003-12-08 coding • computers • filesystem • filesystems • handy • linux • lufs • opensource • os • python • userspace

It's OK to kill thousands of Iraqi civilians, but not to say 'fuck'

2003-12-08 politics

Bittorrent sites

Bittorrent sites - the place where you can find all the torrents

2003-12-07 bittorrent • download • downloads • internet • music • p2p • reference • search • software • torrent • torrents

shellen.com / Atom Info Proposal

2003-12-07 atom • blogging • programming • site • xml

Cute little flash demo

2003-12-07 airplane • art • cool • design • experimental • flash • fly • fun • game • games • shockwave

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Soundtrack rerelease

2003-12-07 music

San Francisco breakfast

9 more dead kids

Yahoo! News - U.S. Airstrike Kills Nine Afghan Kids

Cthulhu Chick Tract

2003-12-07 blogmarks • comics • cthulhu • funny • geekery • humor • humour • interesting • literature

APOD: 2003 December 6 - Jaipur Observatory Sundial

Moonwalker game

Ooh-Hoo! Moonwalker - The Michael Jackson Arcade Game - NinjaCulture

SQL join primer

Transact-SQL User's Guide

Web services are not distributed objects

Note: Simple Object Access Protocol has nothing to do with objects

2003-12-05 programming • rest • soap • tech • technology • toread • web • webservice • webservices • ws • xml

Python: module pyncl

Buzz Aldrin punch video. Astronaut fisticuffs!

2003-12-05 astronaut • awesome • fakelore • funny • punch • video • weblink

Lagrange points

WMAP Observatory_Lagrange Points

2003-12-05 astronomy • earth • import • l5 • lagrange • maths • nearearth • orbital • reference • science • space

He's not dead yet

Yahoo! News - Conservatives Want Reagan on Dimes

Michael Jackson Amazon recommends

Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - AP

Instant registration

Yahoo! News - Motorist Registers During Traffic Stop

Blosxom categories

raelity bytes :: /computers/internet/weblogs/blosxom/channel_z.html

2003-12-04 blogs • good • metadata • quicklink • weblogs

Igor Sysoev's site

2003-12-04 apache • http • network • nginx • performance • proxy • server • sysadmin • tools • web • webserver

Squeezebox review

Slashdot | Review of Squeezebox MP3 Player

Blood from turnip

Slashdot | Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System

Hustler zine (NSFW)

HOOK: E-zine By, For, and About Men in the Sex Industry

2003-12-04 about • and • by • e-zine • for • in • industry • men • sex • the

Was there anything genuine about Bush's visit to Iraq?

2003-12-04 politics

FSF, Gentoo hacked

Slashdot | Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated]

Yahoo! News - White House Changes Story on Bush Plane Incident

Japanese trivia

'Seldom Asked Questions' about Japan

2003-12-03 culture • faq • fun • history • humor • interesting • japan • japanese • reference • saq • travel

Cyberwarfare Today

Slashdot | Another Worm Targets Anti-Spam Sites

Miracle baby photo

Yahoo! News - World Photos - Reuters

bifurcated rivets

Fun little linkblog

2003-12-03 .imported • blog • blogs • daily • epopts • fun • funny • linklog • links • pals • uk

Cute marble game

MARBLE MAYHEM : spikything.com

RSS reader popularity

Stats from Mark Pilgrim's blog

LiveJournal community for people into scurvy

2003-12-03 blog • controversy • food • funny • intarweb

Jorn Barger missing | Metafilter

Rumsfeld casts spell

arial or helvetica?

arial or helvetica? | a quiz from iliveonyourvisits.com

2003-12-03 arial • design • font • fonts • fun • games • helvetica • quiz • typeface • typography • web

Haughey does the blogger cliche

2003-12-02 photography • technology

Philip K. Dick - Science Fiction Author - Official Site

2003-12-02 author • authors • books • fiction • literature • philipkdick • sci-fi • science • scifi • sf • writing

Yahoo! News - Build Your Own TiVo

Proprietor of RobotWisdom missing for two months

2003-12-02 friendly • general • personal

GSM phone source

Cheap unlocking options

2003-12-02 computing • fromsafari • hardware-cellphones • imported • imported_15/12/2005 • mobile • mobilephone • phone • shopping • store • telephone

New blog about cell phones, PDAs, etc

2003-12-02 blog • blogs • gadget • gadgets • mobile • news • pda • reviews • tech • technology • wireless

NetLogo Home Page

2003-12-02 ai • complexity • education • java • logo • modeling • netlogo • programming • simulation • software • visualization

Yahoo! News - AFP Top Photos

Linux sploit in brk(2)

Slashdot | Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise

burneye x86 obfuscator

burneye2 objobf - x86/Linux ELF object obfuscator

Python packet tools

.:: CORE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES ::.

2003-12-01 administration • hooking • network • ollydbg • plugin • programming • py • python • security • tools • win32