Nelson's Linkblog 2004-05

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OASIS Extensible Resource Identifier TC

2004-05-31 xml • protocol • business • reference • tags • uri • standards • oasis • xri • identifier • identity • nelson:autotagged

Toolkit for building XML web services

2004-05-31 java • python • 1060 • javascript • rest • soap • platform • opensource • messaging • http • @todo • nelson:autotagged

dspam, spamassassin

Comparison of two open source spam filters

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Joi Ito, web star

I hope this isn't all of your 15 minutes :-)

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Get your Times on

Get your war on takes on the NYT retraction (via Metafilter)

2004-05-31 humor • usa • ~.domain:mnftiu.cc • comics • :-d • ~.year:2004 • mnftiu • ~.tld:cc • politics • comic • war • nelson:autotagged

Bush campaign lies

Washington Post on the vile stuff coming out of the Bush campaign

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Nice interview with a guy who writes for computer games

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Like Python's whitespace rules but you program in Perl? No problem! (via Daily Python URL)

2004-05-31 python • funny • perl • nelson:autotagged

Pacific Crest Trail Map

via Matt Haughey

2004-05-31 map • backpacking • trails • jmt • pct • trip_planning • thru-hiking • mapofpct • nelson:autotagged

Spam detectives

It's about time: someone realizes following the money trail is the way to bust spammers

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4096 color wheel

Usable colour picker, although weirdly restricted to 12 bits

2004-05-30 web • reference • color • colour • webdesign • html • design • webdev • tools • tool • css • nelson:autotagged

Proof of Perl insanity

Periodic table of Perl operators. Can it be any more complex? (via Slashdot)

2004-05-30 funny • code • humor • reference • language • programming • perl • geek • maps • perl6 • fun • nelson:autotagged

Halliburton / Cheney

Army Corps of Engineer contract awarded to Halliburton in 2003 in coordination with Cheney

2004-05-30 politics • people_cheney • nelson:autotagged

Simple search interface into Sun's online javadoc (via Tim Bray)

2004-05-30 development • search • code • java • javadocs • reference • docs • documentation • programming • javadoc • api • nelson:autotagged

NYT Ombud on Iraq

Independent followup to the NYT massive retraction this week (via Gillmor)

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Cruising diary blog

Man's adventures hunting for easy sex with truckers, etc (via MetaFilter)

2004-05-30 blogs:flesh • nelson:autotagged

New river gorge bridge

Another super-high bridge

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Twin prime proof?

Amazing thing is the mathematician is in his 70s

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Viaduc de Millau

Crazy French highway bridge, about 1000 feet high

2004-05-29 bridge • millau • europa • reference • pont • travel • viaduc • france • engineering • design • architecture • nelson:autotagged

Ion Storm shakeup?

Wow - release Deus Ex 2 and Thief 3, then reorg the company (via Waxy)

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Fun daily blog about anti-usability

2004-05-28 funny • humor • web • blogs • blog • broken • design • fun • ui • interface • usability • nelson:autotagged

Cory finally reads Red Mars. I agree, it's a fantastic novel.

2004-05-28 arts • literature • read • review • books/scifi • books • critique • sf • nelson:autotagged

Manhattan stonehenge

Today's the day the sunset is aligned with the Manhattan street grid

2004-05-28 apod • newyork • photo • travel • holidays • photos • science • fun • nyc • astronomy • manhattan • nelson:autotagged

Telephone etiquette

scans of a 1940s booklet (via ?)

2004-05-27 book • howto • telephone • nelson:autotagged

Times retraction fallout

How other newspapers are dealing with carrying the massive retraction

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2000+ racial slurs, with etymology (via Metafilter)

2004-05-27 funny • humor • reference • language • slur • interesting • racism • dictionary • culture • words • english • nelson:autotagged

Cat scratching post

Postmodern Pets - Scratching Swirl (via BoingBoing)

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Congratulations! I really should switch to this, I hate Perl.

2004-05-27 web • python • cms • blogs • tools • blosxom • nelson:autotagged

Shifts in web traffic

Alexa graphs reveal that there's more diversification in site readership (via Waxy)

2004-05-27 webstuff • nelson:autotagged

Mini vs F150 crash

Giant Ford truck crumples more than tiny mini (via Anil Dash)

2004-05-27 mini • crash • automotive • cars • fun • engineering • design • car • test • safety • news • nelson:autotagged

Low-carb donuts

What would that be - fried sawdust?

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Ground Control 2 demo

The original was an excellent, if overlooked tactical combat game. Like an RTS without resource management. GC2 looks ambitious.

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LuPy: Lucene ported

An alternative to the SWIG stuff

2004-05-26 search • database • python • programming • proxyproject • indexing • lucene • api • aypwip • software • nelson:autotagged

SWIGged interfaces from Lucene to Python! via Daily Python URL

2004-05-26 web • search • python • proxyproject • indexing • lucene • nelson:autotagged

Laugh away George, laugh away

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Gish: innovative game

Slashdot | Gish Shows Odd Physics-Based Indie Platforming Flair

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Olympus Mons caldera

APOD: 2004 May 26 - At the Summit of Olympus Mons

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Bangkok traffic ballet

Amazing video of motorcycles threading traffic in Bangkok

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Desktop background design art based on food

2004-05-26 foto • desktops • art • img • visuals • visualiseringer • desktop • design • graphics • nelson:autotagged

bypass web site registrations

2004-05-26 web • passwords • useful • privacy • internet • free • registration • news • security • password • tools • nelson:autotagged

E3 roundup roundup

Various game sites 'best of E3' pages

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Futurama panoramas

This is pretty geeky. (via BoingBoing)

2004-05-24 television • fotos • art • panorama • tv • fun • futurama • panoramas • images • humor • animation • nelson:autotagged

Slow Earthquake

Every 14 months there's a month-long earth movement

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Atari homebrew scene

O'Reilly Network: Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene (via Slashdot)

2004-05-23 gaming • 2600 • entertainment • work • programming • games • atari • import • videogames • homebrew • retrogaming • nelson:autotagged

More on Powell minder

Remember when Powell's press aide knocked the camera away on TV? Some of the backstory.

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120,000 terrorists

Flagging 120,000 people as potential terrorists is not helpful.

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Naked rollercoaster

Finally, a photo

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Impossible objects

Cool photos (via Waxy)

2004-05-22 art • interesting • toys • puzzles • culture • design • photo • impossible • weird • cool • history • nelson:autotagged

goofy photo effect (via kottke)

2004-05-22 coolstuff • art • hypnosis • flash • misc • wacky • optical_illusions • design • fun • weird • cool • nelson:autotagged

E3 XBox best-of

Only 2 of 14 of these games are original

2004-05-22 games • e3 • xbox • nelson:autotagged

Gamer demographics

Interesting analyis about age and gender correlation to 1st person vs. 3rd person graphics

2004-05-22 gaming • graphic • virtual_environments • immersiveness • games • women • nelson:autotagged

There retrenches

I never got There, it was like a boring bad MMORPG. Now it sounds like the company is doomed

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Costikyan E3 notes

Greg's particularly grouchy today :-)

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Fun worth1000 photoshop contest (via BoingBoing)

2004-05-22 humor • links • photo • photography • graphics • images • fotos • interestingwebsites • nelson:autotagged

I normally hate movie web sites, but this one is pretty good. Plus, it's a great film. (via Slashdot)

2004-05-21 art • entertainment • george-lucas • movie • flash • by:chef • movies • 2 • design • technology • film • nelson:autotagged

MIT notes, looking closely at JUnit's design. Turns out it's so bizarre for good reasons.

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I didn't know these were real! A cargo cult in Vanuatu. (via MetaFilter)

2004-05-21 faith • christian • misc • news • world • odd • nelson:autotagged

Tanenbaum on Linux

Andy Tanenbaum's take on the history of Unix and Linux, motivated by SCO nonsense

2004-05-20 people • programming • unix • legal • minix • fud • linux • tanenbaum • software • os • history • nelson:autotagged

Blog by a game developer

2004-05-20 gamedev • programming/blogs • programming/gamedesign • industry • dev • blog • game.dev • game • games • gamedesign • design • nelson:autotagged

Going back to the old slideshow technology

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Foie gras CA ban

I'm so glad the California legislature has nothing better to do than destroy one family's business

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This is one of the crueler things The Onion writes, but it's also the funniest. Read to the end.

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Modesty is the new pride

Nick Denton: no, really, I don't want the attention

2004-05-19 blog • gawker • business • nelson:autotagged

Reuters Iraq abuse

US soldiers abused reporters months ago

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Vacuum tube agonizer

Cause pain to music (via Waxy)

2004-05-18 foo • to-be-cleaned • music/instruments • guitar • insult • silly • effects • owmybrane • music • audio • technology • nelson:autotagged

Seattle library photos

New architecture (via Kottke)

2004-05-18 en • art • postmodernism • photo • badassness • libraries • etc • books • design • architecture • images • nelson:autotagged

Malreported rectify

Boing Boing: Powell forces press aide to let him answer Meet the Press question

2004-05-18 politics • nelson:autotagged

Katamaridamacy FAQ

Walkthrough, details of game

2004-05-17 playstation • randomamusements • damacy • games • ps2 • katamari • nelson:autotagged

One of the oddball E3 games, looks really fun and innovative

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Cameron does some research into press coverage of the beginnings of weblogs

2004-05-17 blog • blogosfæren • cyberstudier • friend • nelson:autotagged

E3 oddball roundup

Waxy comes through with a fresh take on E3

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Kerry with puppy

Maybe we'll be seeing some war photos of Bush soon. Oh, wait.

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Iraq assassination

It's ok, this puppet government probably wasn't going to be the puppet government after June 30 anyway.

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Boxing Squirrels

anthropomorphic - a case of curiosities

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GTA3: SA details

New Grand Theft Auto game looking pretty interesting. Home come EuroGamer gets the scoop?

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Gentoox blog (XBox)

Blog from the guy behind the XBox port of Gentoo Linux. Alas, right now it's drama.

2004-05-16 gentoo • kdehl • software.distributions • xbox • gentoox • gnu/linux • linux • dsdev • irc • os • software • nelson:autotagged

Cartoon bunnies getting it on, on a watchface, on a billboard, in Times Square

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Photo of a fireman on a wooden bike

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Nick Berg conspiracy

Google Search: a lot of theories out there

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Sad roundup of the man-flesh on display at E3 (via BoingBoing)

2004-05-15 funny • gender • e3 • gaming • nelson:autotagged

Pitcairn Island

Fun Metafilter post

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Opera/RSS integration

Looks like it's tied to their mail client

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ScanSSH proxy scan

Useful little tool to hunt for open proxies, etc

2004-05-15 networking • scan • programming • ssh • security • tools • opensource • software • nelson:autotagged

Cell phone / gas fire

I always thought this was a hoax

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Firefox screenshots

nice alternative to khtml? (via Zawodny)

2004-05-15 development • web • firefox • screenshot • screenshots • mozilla • interweb • ~.year:2004 • design • tools • thumbnail • nelson:autotagged

I'm with Matt; I think having Internet at the ballpark is hideous

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Red Cross abuse rpt.

The full thing, bless you Cryptome. (via Joi Ito)

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annotations for Java code

2004-05-15 development • xdoclet • java • reference • programming • j2ee • ant • framework • opensource • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Basic computer games

Ah, my childhood (via Metafilter)

2004-05-15 gaming • computing • programming • retro • game • games • geekery • basic • oldschool • oblink • history • nelson:autotagged

whois toblog.org

Someone is republishing my linkblog without my permission on nelson.toblog.org

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Average IQ scores are going up 3% per decade

2004-05-13 wiki • flynneffect • psychology • iq • intelligence • wikipedia • effect • society • storyideas • ai/psychology • sf • nelson:autotagged

It just gets worse and worse

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Star Wars fraud

SDI doesn't work, why are we spending money on it?

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links screenshots

Did you know that links, the text browser, also has a GUI mode?!

2004-05-13 web • software • opensource • browser • nelson:autotagged

Classic Life in Hell quote

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Simpson's paradox

Interesting statistics quirk

2004-05-12 statistics • paradox • ebm • wikipedia • metaanalysis • paradoxes • interesting • mathematics • averages • math • science • nelson:autotagged

Rectangle nebula

Wacky space image

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Suprnova interview

Slovenia is the secret (via Cameron)

2004-05-12 bittorrent • piracy • ts • suprnova • p2p • torrent • nelson:autotagged

FF XI economics

Lack of information yields interesting arbitrage opportunities

2004-05-12 geeky • ffxi • economics • mmogs • econ • badassness • research • economy • nelson:autotagged

slang from the past

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An automatic form generator for Web Services

2004-05-12 xml • web • generator • dev • forms • safari_export • xml/www • wsdl • nelson:autotagged

Network visualizations

cool collection of various tools, with screenshots (via muxway)

2004-05-11 visualization • java • reference • information • technology • programming • vis • design • graph • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Chrono Trigger remake

Really great old SNES RPG, now being remade in 3d without authorization

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Python switch stmt

Clever use of anonymous dictionaries

2004-05-10 php • python • programming • coding • idiom • switch • программирование • prog • tips • comp.lang.python • snippets • nelson:autotagged

Half Life 2 preview

IGN has a good hands-on look (via Waxy)

2004-05-10 pcgames • nelson:autotagged

2004-05-10 map • ancient • gis • classical • sites • geek • maps • cartography • geography • geo • history • nelson:autotagged

Turn images into giant posters

2004-05-10 art • photo • photography • poster • photos • design • graphics • images • software • tools • cool • nelson:autotagged

Anil Dash with an amusing reflection

2004-05-10 blogs-i-frequent • about • blogs • blog • music • mp3 • nerdalert • songs • nelson:autotagged

Everquest economics

The exchange rate for virtual to real money varies 2x on different EQ servers

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Bad PayPal policy

PayPal's aggressive chargeback rules backfire when virtual goods are involved

2004-05-10 goods • paypal • virtual • payment • ige • kate • nelson:autotagged

People sure do spend a lot of time figuring out drug slang

2004-05-09 reference • drugs • dope • wikipedia • drug • culture • 420 • history • cool • nelson:autotagged

Lovely little bit of Flash despair art

2004-05-09 godspeed • flash • movies • fun • smile • deviantart • animaţie • nelson:autotagged

Rape rooms chronolog

Bush doublespeak about torture in Iraq (via Anil Dash)

2004-05-09 heyurl • media • foreignpolicy • linklog • bush • fbush • politics • nelson:autotagged

Space station spotting

It's a sky blue sky, the satellites are out tonight

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Iraq dissension

Folks talkin out of school. The war is going from bad to worse.

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XBox freeze fixes

Things to try if an XBox game doesn't work right

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XBox 1.6 now modded

Major redesign of XBox, mod community figured it out in about a week

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Poker starting hand

Stats for how your starting hand is likely to go

2004-05-08 poker • texasholdem • entertainment • howto • strategy • games • fun • poker_odds • card.games • aypwip • *toread • nelson:autotagged

Dictionary domains

Waxy has a list of english words available as DNS names. 18 months old, but still cool.

2004-05-08 domain • useful • reference • domainname • hosting • blog • tech • webservices • internet • domains • internet/domains • nelson:autotagged

Easy Mac upgrade

Zawodny moves to a new Mac, finds it easy to move his application state.

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new group acting as a watchdog on US conservative media

2004-05-07 liberal • progressive • media • blogs • journalism • daily • blog • watchdog • politics • news • activism • nelson:autotagged

Floppy RAID striping

The wonders of MacOS make this easy (via Metafilter)

2004-05-07 funny • humor • apple • osx • floppy • mac • hacks • geek • hardware • fun • raid • nelson:autotagged

Castronova is free

Funny rant from a professor who really just wants to study virtual worlds, not economics

2004-05-07 mathematics • economics • games • ludology • commonrefs • nelson:autotagged

Mildly amusing music video made from classic video games

2004-05-07 flash • nelson:autotagged

This pose looks like he's just about to grab someone's throat from behind

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Persistent holes

Watch the movie in this page: a freaky fluid - make a hole in it and the hole persists, or even grows and writhes.

2004-05-06 science • fluids • art • videos • interesting • chaos • research • video • waves • physics • cool • nelson:autotagged

Nice web form for detailed DNS queries

2004-05-06 web • networking • network • admin • tool • sysadmin • dns • internet • security • tools • utility • nelson:autotagged

Kataba functions

Java library that replaces Method.invoke with dynamically compiled code. Easier API, faster execution.

2004-05-06 java • reflection • java.reflection • nelson:autotagged

Redistricting the electoral college

Wacky proposal to treat presidential elections similar to House of Representatives. (via Waxy)

2004-05-06 gis • government • interesting • electoral_college • politics • voting • nelson:autotagged

XOP, binary XML

Someone's invented a more binary-friendly XML serialization. Why not just switch to length delimited data and be done with it? Or define an escape sequence for the CDATA-close mark?

2004-05-06 soa • binary • web.services • xop • 23 • service.orientation • mtom • webservices • services • nelson:autotagged

SQLite embedded DB

SQLite: An Embeddable SQL Database Engine

2004-05-05 development • sqlite • embedded • database • programming • db • c • library • opensource • sql • software • nelson:autotagged

Yahoo is just full of head puncture injury xrays

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Did you know SCO employed over 2750 people?

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Dirvish backups

Some sort of automated rsync backup system (via diveintomark)

2004-05-05 rsync • tech:linux:backup • backup • redo.omniweb • neteng • sysadmin • tech • from.omniweb • linux • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Reality is Corrosive

Fine Sam Ruby rant about how various abstractions in Internet programming don't really work

2004-05-05 xml • web • protocol • toread • encoding • programming • design • webservices • http • soap • architecture • nelson:autotagged

Eunuch beauties

Babi Darling and Lakshmi

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Iraq prison murders

It's not just sexual humiliation, it's outright murder?!

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Wachowski sex swap

Rumour that one of the Wachowski brothers is to become a woman

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Finger must die

Cameron discusses the risks of an obsolete protocol

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Photos of a boat caked in ice (via MetaFilter)

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No vote oversight

The federal commission whose job it is to verify that voting machines work right is underfunded. Result? No oversight on voting machines.

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An enhanced Interactive Python

2004-05-04 development • shell • python • programming • code • opensource • linux • ipython • ide • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Java VM tool interface

Java 1.5 has a new interface for doing profiling, debugging, etc. Looks powerful.

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Tim's paean to Jython

Great essay on the power of dynamic languages mixed with Java. It's very welcome to think this sort of idea may influence Sun.

2004-05-04 groovy • jython • 1r • java • python • programming • blogmarks • 1b • tech • etang • scripting • nelson:autotagged

Great x-ray photo of a shiv in the skull of an unfortunate prison guard

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Bush doesn't read the New Yorker, either, even when it has a report detailing abuses by his military

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Paul Rand's old books

Blogger finds used books that used to belong to the famous designer (via Kottke)

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Vintage Polish erotica

With an amazing page-turning Flash interface (via Zawodny)

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Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

This is looking better and better, check out the screenshots

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User friendly feeds

Mark plays with the info tag in Atom, unifies browsers and feed readers

2004-05-03 feed • web • xslt • blogs • xml • webdesign • design • atom • feeds • css • rss • nelson:autotagged

NoWords sat. photos

Beautiful art from satellite photos (via Eric Case)

2004-05-03 art • img • no • photography • wallpaper • space • photos • images • aerial • interesting-stuff • cool • nelson:autotagged

www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on | page thirty-three

2004-05-02 comics • gywo • mnftiu • humor • oblink • nelson:autotagged

NK explosion image

This photo from SPOT, good overview of whole area

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Iraq torture comments

Scathing criticism, both funny and painful (via BoingBoing)

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How do you know when to use who or whom? Easy: never use whom. It's a dead word. (via Eric Case)

2004-05-02 grammar • language • reference • who • journalism • writing • whom • english • nelson:autotagged

Xbox 1.6 new mobo

Looks like a radical change to the Xbox motherboard layout

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Methodist gay panic

Methodists Rule Aganist Homosexuality

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Botnets for rent

The illicit trade in compromised PCs (via Slashdot)

2004-05-01 security • nelson:autotagged

Tim Bray and Mark both pick up on this inexplicable new project

2004-05-01 xml • stupid • programming • webservices • wtf • nelson:autotagged