Nelson's Linkblog 2004-10

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Votes from the grave

Do votes count after someone dies?

Getting planet via arch

Ugh, yet another SCM system

Kerry: 283 Bush: 246

That's quite a switch

2004-10-31 politics • usa

This is certainly perplexing

Cory's righteous rant about iTunes breaking iPod download

2004-10-31 apple • digital_life • drm • gadgets • ip • ipod • itunes • mac • mp3 • music • osx

Rogue taxidermy

2004-10-31 art • awesome • photo • strange • taxidermy • weird

Rogue taxidermy

Photos (via jwz)

Moon eclipse timelapse

Nice photo (via Slashdot)

2004-10-31 cool • eclipse • images • lunar • sci

Whorf hypothesis

Experiment involving Amazon people with no words for numbers bigger than five (via Metafilter)

2004-10-31 anthropology • article • cognitive • language • math • number-theory • numbers • south_america

Perl 6 critique

Editorial claims Perl 6 will be a failure.

2004-10-30 bad-ideas • java • language • perl • perl6 • programming • programming-languages • programming/perl • python • rant • swsu

GTA: SA tag map

Amazing how fast people do this

2004-10-30 <pixie> • cheats • games • gaming • gta • ps2 • technerd • ukquake

Simple lossless animation format, old but still good

Bush campaign ad lie

Nice image of the photoshop work

PyDecorator: memoize

Clever use of decorators

2004-10-29 aypwip • blogmarks • cache • caching • decorators • design-pattern • memoization • patterns • programming • python • recipe

Tron: the Rock Opera

Great find by Waxy

2004-10-29 tron • film • fun • mp3 • music • random • sf • whatever

Thoughtful essay on the implications of CJ watching his weight

2004-10-29 body • culture • funny • games • gaming • geeky • image • quotes • req'd_reading • social • technerd

One of the funniest things in GTA, he has his own web site

2004-10-29 games • grand_theft_auto • gta • media • people • production • radio • recording • technofile • technology • tv

Hello Kitty has a blog!

Kawaii (via Joi Ito)

2004-10-29 blog • blogs • cuteness • hello • hellokitty • kitty • photos • weblog

Spidering radio

Raffi does a bit of bitscraping

2004-10-29 data • hacks • media • music • playlist • python • radio

3 foot tall, 20,000 year old, fire-lighting group hunting primates

How humiliating; paper sticking to your sweaty bald head

This is cute (via BoingBoing)

2004-10-27 adaptive_design • communication • games • mmorpgs • modding • toread

Gameboy accessory for diabetics

2004-10-26 diabetes • gadgets • game • gameboy • gaming • goodies • health • med • seriousgames • toys • videogames

Nice clear explanation

2004-10-26 closures • code • compsci • computing • java • language • lisp • martinfowler • programming • ruby • toread

380 tons of GYWO

I love this comic

2004-10-26 bush • cartoons • comic • comics • fun • funny • gywo • humor • humour • politics • war

Felt this one, it's online in two minutes.

Wolfpacks for Truth

Setting the record straight (via MetaFilter)

2004-10-24 ads • bush • election • fun • funny • humor • humour • kerry • left • political • politics

SNL lipsync gaffe

Ashlee Simpson blows the lip sync on live TV

2004-10-24 goodies • mefi • music

Tokyo fall leaves

Gay New Zealand

2004-10-24 gay • newzealand

Bush owns the sky

It's a real pain in the ass to fly in a private plane when Bush is out campaigning

History of Electro Funk- JahSonic

Reasons for war

So many to choose from! (via MeFi)

2004-10-23 bush • datavis • infographics • iraq • issues • politics • reference • terrorism • usa • uspolitics • war

NES Bowdlerization

Changes in Nintendo games for the non-Japanese market (via Waxy)

2004-10-23 censorship • culture • funny • games • gaming • history • histroy • nes • nintendo • psychology • videogames

Socks the Cat SNES

Unmade game, but check out the cover art! (via Waxy)

2004-10-23 gaming

still works; 3 out of 4 Bush supports believe in Iraq WMD or Iraq/Al Qaeda

Blu-Ray will win

Gizmodo analysis (via Slashdot)

2004-10-22 blu-ray • bluray • cd-dvd • dvd • gadgets • hddvd • hdtv • media • review • standard • tech

Morrowind sequel

Preview of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Life before widespread tcp/ip

Every pore revealed

Using a debugger

I'm still a caveman, but I'm impressed with this new technology called 'breakpoint'

2004-10-21 debug • debugger • debugging • eclipse • heuristics • ide • java • programming • software.debugging • tips

Yes is the clear winner!

Famous, but with the wrong name

2004-10-21 *adam • < • advertising • media • privacy • tech • via:mathowie

Firefox Slogger

Save every page you see in Firefox

2004-10-21 browser • extension • extensions • firefox • history • mozilla • search • slogger • software • tools • web

O'Reilly's new book

As conceived by Fark (via BoingBoing)

on terraserver; I can recognize my neighbour's car

Kyo-Ya does a formal Kaiseki

Looking into what it'd take to profit on a small indie game (via Slashdot)

2004-10-20 adventure • area/code • bigend • business • design • development • exchange_value • game • games • temp • vgames/general

Kerry: 291 Bush: 247

Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004

2004-10-20 bush • election • elections • kerry • maps • news • politics • statistics • us • vote • voting

Flickr: Zeitgeist

Random photos from Flickr

2004-10-20 blog • blogging • design • flash • flickr • photo • photography • photos • tools • web • zeitgeist

slang word d'year

2004-10-19 chav • chavs • culture • definitions • dictionary • etymology • language • linguistics • slang • toread • words

Temporal astronomy

LSST: imaging the whole night sky every three days (via Slashdot, Rob Pike interview)

2004-10-18 astronomia • astronomy • ciencia • corrector • google • imported • science • space • survey • telescope • web2.0

Free ISO 12233 chart

Good luck calibrating your printout

2004-10-18 .imported • art • camera • chart • digital • geek • iso • pdf • photo • photography • test

JVM / CLR benchmarks

Some synthetic benchmark results, kind of interesting

Live free, little copywriter! (via BoingBoing)

2004-10-18 ads • advertisement • advertisements • advertising • art • campaign • failure • funny • humor • humour • marketing

Prehistoric erotic imagery (via BoingBoing)

2004-10-12 archive • art • arte • design • erotic • history • illustration • inspiration • nylon • prehistoric • rupestre

Tony Hawk / Ghyslan

Star Wars Kid in a video game

2004-10-12 funny • games • gaming • humor • humour • nerd • popculture • starwars • technerd • videogame • web

I know how the baby feels

Microsoft MHT gaffe

MS tries to release required documents in a Microsoft-proprietary format.

Ron Jeremy / Goatse

Everyone's first time is special (via Metafilter)

2004-10-11 fun • funny • geek • goatse • humor • meme • photo • sex • strange • to-be-cleaned • via:mefi

Mac emulator scene

Zophar's Domain, beware the popups

2004-10-10 console • downloads • emulators • free • games • gaming • genesis • mac • nes • osx • sega

Spiritual successor to System Shock 2 (via Joystiq)

2004-10-09 <pixie> • foppery • game-system_shock • games • ukquake

Tiny plaid ninjas

Amusing flash with a clever effect (via Screenhead)

2004-10-09 animation • cartoons • comics • cool • entertainment • flash • flashimation • fun • funny • humour • online

Dejarik figures

The little holochess claymation bit is one of my favourite parts of Star Wars

2004-10-09 starwars

NYT on Is Bush Wired?

I never thought this story would get as far as the NYT

2004-10-09 election

60 CPUs per world! (via Slashdot)

2004-10-08 business • comics • gamedev • games • process • virtualworlds

$100 cheesesteak

Sounds kinda good

2004-10-07 food • ridiculous

The Straight Dope: What's a runcible spoon?

2004-10-07 poetry • utensils • words

The owl and the pussycat

I didn't know that this poem made up the word "runcible spoon"

2004-10-07 animals • bedtime • children • english • favourite • funny • good • literature • poetry • story • verse

Praising short games

I agree: don't make games long just for the sake of length (via Sutter)

2004-10-07 design • games • rant • short • too • video

Python SQL wrapper

Simple things you can do to make database access look like Python code (via Daily Python URL)

2004-10-06 database • example • mysql • programming • python • sql

This seems a bit crazy, but then again... (via BoingBoing)

2004-10-06 2004 • blog • bush • conspiracy • election • media • news • politics • tech • usa • wired

John Woo / He Man

2004-10-05 80'scartoons • he-man • nostalgia

Iraq / Al Qaeda flipflop

Rummy can't get the story straight

Parkour elements

Integer sequences

Online encyclopedia (via Metafilter)

2004-10-04 encyclopedia • geek • integer • math • mathematics • numbers • reference • science • search • sequence • sequences

Interrogation story

Detailed account from both sides about the interrogation of a North Vietnamese officer (via Cryptogram)

2004-10-04 @readit • cia • civil • coldwar • espionage • human • interrogation • politics • rights • usa • vietnam

Halsey Minor moolah

Going a bit nuts with the venture capital

Hey, boring game designers! Go back to the well! (via Kottke)

2004-10-04 books • design • game • games • gaming • literature • plot • plots • reference • rpg • writing

Hot Links screenshots

Hooray, the images are back

2004-10-04 aggregator • blog • blogs • bookmarks • cool • daily • links • news • rss • social • web

Builds custom PCs for you that are super quiet

2004-10-02 computer • computers • diy • hardware • htpc • pc • quiet • shopping • silent • silentpc • store

You Forgot Poland

how could you forget Poland? (via Metafilter)

2004-10-01 bush • debate • election • fun • funny • humor • humour • poland • political • politics • satire

Klingon death metal

For the Glory of Qo'Nos! (via Metafilter)

2004-10-01 music.metal

Berkeley parade

Funny critiques of stupid hippies

2004-10-01 berkeley • california • fun • funny • humor • humour • morfordesque • parade • photos • politics • society

Debate text analysis

Cameron does some simple syntactic analysis to see what noun phrases the candidates favour

2004-10-01 america • analysis • data • debate • election-2004 • fun • linguistics • perl • politics • propaganda • usa