Nelson's Linkblog 2004-11

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Handy slang list

2004-11-30 culture • dictionaries • dictionary • funny • language • music • rap • reference • resources • slang • social-science

Shake that big onion

Video from a Detroit Grand Pubahs song, haven't seen it yet

2004-11-30 musicvideo

Didn't realize this had come back

2004-11-30 blog • blogs • feeds • lit • mafia

Kitty for Yuschenko

Valve surveys their user's hardware. Note the 50/50 Intel/AMD split! (via Slashdot)

2004-11-30 computer • game • games • gaming • hardware • reference • statistics • stats • steam • survey • valve

US: nation of torture

2004-11-30 opensource • perl • php • programming • python • ruby • scripting • software

Supremes refuse gay marriage case

Looks like the Mass. gay marriage ruling will stand?!

Sushi Eating HOWTO

A bit pretentious, but useful (via Marc)

2004-11-29 cooking • culture • dining • food • howto • japan • japanese • reference • sushi • tips • tutorial

Now *you* can be the assassin. This is fucked up.

2004-11-29 games • gaming • jfk • jfk-reloaded • pcgame • reloaded

There for the downloading

2004-11-29 downloads • music • rez

Music remix culture becomes video

2004-11-28 commons • fun • general • greyvideo • internet • mix • music • net • ridiculous • video • viral

Creepy billboard

Sex and Second Life

Interesting comments on virtual sex (via Waxy)

2004-11-12 .toread • games • second-life • secondlife • sex • social • tech • web

Magic propaganda mill

Hypnotic (via Metafilter)

2004-11-12 activism • art • design

Gonzales, new AG

He supported torturing prisoners in Iraq. Great nomination.

Ashcroft resigns!

First good political news in awhile

Website of the hermit living on Los Alamos land (via BoingBoing)

2004-11-09 eccentric • physics

Election fraud?

Slashdot roundup of discrepancies in the vote

2004-11-09 (s)election • blackboxvoting • e-voting • election • event.2004.11.02 • expose • fallout • forecasting • politics • usa • watch

'Hopeful and decent'

Bastard Bush wants to outlaw gay marriage.

Florida vote fraud 2

Article analyzing evidence (via Gillmor)

2004-11-07 e-voting • election • election_fraud • elections • fraud • political • politics • reading • safari_export • tech • voting

Florida vote fraud

Strong statistical evidence

2004-11-07 <mattski> • bush • election • kerry • left • news • political • politics • statistics • table • voting

Good SF breakfast (via Marc)

Web design payback

He-Man says "Never try to screw your web designer" (via Waxy)

2004-11-07 business • design • fun • funny • geek • humor • irc • joiito • schadenfreude • tech • web

Nice TV viewing software for Windows

2004-11-06 capturing • card • freeware • media • nog_te_loggen • pvr • software • tv • windows

Interlacing explained

Analog video is complex

2004-11-06 deinterlacing • divx • encoding • howto • reference • technology • tips • tutorial • tutorials • tv • video

GTA:SA mini guide

Nice little tips for the game, not a walkthrough

2004-11-06 article • games • gta • gtasa • ps2 • reference • sanandreas • strategy • tips • tutorial • walkthroughs

GTA: SA architecture

Comparisons from the game and the real world

2004-11-06 architecture • fun • games • geek • gta • images • las_vegas • los_angeles • photos • tech • videogames

CoH costume contest

Photos of people dressed like their characters (via Metafilter)

2004-11-05 cincy • coh • costumes • dorks • games • insane • losers • photos • plagarism • suicide

in a handy list

2004-11-05 audio • culture • daily • feed • feeds • internet • media • news • npr • radio • rss

Sleeping salarymen

Photos of Japanese men sleeping in public places (via memepool)

2004-11-05 blog • culture • fun • funny • humor • japan • japanese • photo • photography • sleep • weird

3893 fake Ohio votes

Voting machines are evil.

2004-11-05 art-bell • big-brother • e-voting • politics • tech

I hear the Grand Moff Tarkin is in the running to replace him

Places to get torrents

Other than suprnova (via Marc)

2004-11-04 bittorrent • bt • download • downloads • filesharing • internet • p2p • search • torrent • torrents • web

CNN webmaster joke

Joi Ito finds an inlined image of Bush has the name "asshole.jpg"

2004-11-04 blogit • bush • fun • funny • humor • humour • itra • people • politics • visual • web

Helps you find home contractors and other services (via NYT)

2004-11-04 contractor • contractors • diy • home • homeimprovement • house • realestate • reference • repair • service • services

Now you can be Hello Kitty. Or Bad Badtz Maru, I hope. (via Slashdot)

2004-11-04 cute • fun • funny • games • gaming • internet • japanese • kawai • mmorpg • online • sanrio

Historical vote turnout

Almost 60% of eligible people voted. Argh!

2004-11-03 election • politics • via:nelson.monkey.org/~nelson/linkblog/ • voting

I feel this way too

...the sound of freedom

2004-11-02 fun • game • games • gaming • gta • guide • map • maps • ps2 • sanandreas

So *that*'s what those things are in Los Santos

Interesting data (via Waxy)

2004-11-02 2004 • dvr • general • lists • pop.culture • popular • pvr • research • television • tivo • tv

Sims voting machine

Complete with ways to steal the vote! (via BoingBoing)

2004-11-02 activism • diebold • election • games • play • politics • sims • vgames/general • vgames/politics • virtual_geographic • why_we_fight

Andy Tannenbaum!

The guy behind electoral-vote.com is one of the most famous computer scientists in academia. Wow!

2004-11-01 election • geekery • kerry • minix • netherlands • people • politics • poll • polls • statistics • us

Voting machine failure

Bad UI causes Texans to vote for Bush when they didn't mean to

2004-11-01 2004 • election • evoting • hashcunts • irc • myths • politics • texas • urban • usa • votetheft

New Archos firmware released last week, includes an audio interface.