Nelson's Linkblog 2004-12

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Browser security test

Automated suite of various attacks (via Slashdot)

2004-12-31 browsers • web • firefox • windows • computer • internet • test • security • software • tools • browser • nelson:autotagged

The shadow Internet

Nice Wired article about how pirate groups work (via Waxy)

2004-12-31 web • copyright • piracy • media • culture • wired • p2p • internet • article • security • technology • nelson:autotagged

Fake tsunami panic

This is horrifying

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Three projects funded

2004-12-30 python • programming • scientists • nelson:autotagged

End of eBay/Passport

Only major site to support Passport is stopping

2004-12-30 futuretech • microsoft • ebay • nelson:autotagged

Max AMD CPU temps

I had no idea that 85 degrees C was OK!

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NYT year in pictures

2004-12-29 nytimes • photo • photography • journalism • nyt • photos • 2004 • listing • images • news • lagg • nelson:autotagged

Fixing Mom's computer

Great list of things to repair Windows boxes (via Waxy)

2004-12-29 reference • windows • computers • howto • spyware • pc • computer • tech • tips • security • software • nelson:autotagged

Clay's Flickr notes

Worth a read (via Waxy)

2004-12-29 socialsoftware • web • shirky • media • photography • social-software • nyu • webservices • flickr • folksonomy • itp • nelson:autotagged

Whole airline shuts down because of a 15 bit counter

2004-12-28 logistics • devzero • computing • programming • travel • computers • #geeks • airlines • computer • anecdote • bug • nelson:autotagged

My neighbourhood

Nice little article

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Invader Sneaker

I love this guy's thing

2004-12-28 games • cool • nelson:autotagged

R.I.P. Susan Sontag

2004-12-28 obituary • sontag • nelson:autotagged

N379P: torture plane

Mystery airplane the US uses to whisk off high value prisoners

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Nice to have a red ribbon, but is a staple the best idea? (via Waxy)

2004-12-28 funny • humor • web-heads • roflmaopmp • sex • stupid • condom • nifty • fun • ukq:irc • pos-homina • nelson:autotagged

Surveys 330,000 players in World of Warcraft

2004-12-27 mmorpg • warcraft • games • nelson:autotagged

Coming up in March

2004-12-27 google • webservice • soap • api • ws • webservices • powerpoint • nelson:autotagged

WoW time to level

It's like a job!

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Crazy shots of water coming in and leaving (via Waxy)

2004-12-27 phuket • toread • photo • photography • india • <nic0> • photos • tsunami • hashcunts • ukq:irc • earthquake • nelson:autotagged

dot dot is dead

Photoblog of a friend of mine, haunting

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Scheduling virus scan

How to change when Norton Antivirus does its full scan. Friday 8pm is a dumb default.

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Yet another WoW UI customization

2004-12-26 mods • games:wow:mod • wow • customui • add_ons • worldofwarcraft • safari_export • warcraft • firefox:bookmarks • games • games:wow • nelson:autotagged

More WoW UI customization

2004-12-26 -imported • wow • shallow • computer • worldofwarcraft • @inbox • mod • nelson:autotagged

WoW Interface Customization

2004-12-26 wow • mods • worldofwarcraft • nelson:autotagged

HDTV in Plain English

Explains the basic concepts

2004-12-26 articles • bit200f06 • information • tv • interesting • edtv • geek • hdtv • video • tech • dtv • nelson:autotagged

This article gets it right

2004-12-26 work • bayarea • google • food • nelson:autotagged

Panasonic plasma

Professional displays

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Advertisement for an old computer (via Metafilter)

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Massive tsunami, thousands dead

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Little Windows utility to manage what's run at boot time. Like msconfig, only better.

2004-12-24 windowssystem • windows • startup • system • utilities • sysadmin • bin/tools • freeware • xp • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Guide to small PC software (via Ask Metafilter)

2004-12-24 portable • windows • apps • utilities • free • applications • download • freeware • software • tools • usb • nelson:autotagged

Macquarie location

Really is middle of nowhere

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Macquarie webcam

Middle of nowhere and you get live pictures

2004-12-24 aq.foto • nelson:autotagged

Macquarie Island

1000 miles of Australia, where the earthquake was.

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South of Australia

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Davey and Goliath

Classics for download (via Metafilter)

2004-12-24 video • project2 • nelson:autotagged

WoW: BitTorrent

Blizzard is using BitTorrent to distributed World of Warcraft stuff! (via Jeffrey)

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Less airport groping

What has the US come to?

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eharmony.com $110M

That's a lot of money

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Cell phone Python

Official release of Python for Series 60. Woohoo!

2004-12-22 development • cellphone • python • series60 • nokia • programming • symbian • mobile • opensource • s60 • software • nelson:autotagged

Second life contagion

Viruses are part of the real world, so why not the virtual? (via Waxy)

2004-12-22 funny • cyberculture • via:waxy • virtuality • nelson:autotagged

More kayak trip

2004-12-22 crazy • nelson:autotagged

2200 mile kayak trip

California to Hawaii (via Ask MetaFilter)

2004-12-22 story • interesting • travel • kayaking • crazy • hawaii • kayak • california • adventure • nelson:autotagged

Web site of the woman who was murdered and had her baby cut out

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Yorkshire pudding

Great photos (via Ask Metafilter)

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Game $ vs Movie $

Grumpy Gamer debunks the myth (via shellen)

2004-12-21 gaming • business • movie.industry • movies • debunk • games • 2004-12 • 2004 • videogames • pop.culture • film • nelson:autotagged

Wrong side of the road

Cameron learns his memory edits itself

2004-12-20 weird • mindhack • psych • travel • psychology • nelson:autotagged

"A caring fellow"

You know it's bad when your best defense is being called "a caring fellow"

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slimp3 on Debian

Useful user notes

2004-12-19 slimserver • debian • nelson:autotagged

R.I.P. Suprnova

Biggest BitTorrent site goes down

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President cowboy

Real people in Texas do not dress this way

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Bittorrent analysis

Some good metrics (via Slashdot)

2004-12-19 bittorent • sharing • bittorrent • analysis • research • bt • tech • p2p • internet • news • torrent • nelson:autotagged

Fake Santa photos

Very Blade Runner (via Metafilter)

2004-12-19 photoshop • photo • photography • photos • santa • beforeafter • nelson:autotagged

The people who search your bags steal things (via Ask Metafilter)

2004-12-19 multiple • travel • webdesign • infographics • table • data • nelson:autotagged

Michael Jackson Xmas

Fun for all the boys and girls. Well, boys at least. And not fun.

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Sir Bruce's graphs now have a proper home

2004-12-19 gaming • statistics • reference • chart • research • mmog • game • mmo • games • internet • mmorpg • nelson:autotagged

Man, jwz finds the best images

2004-12-19 heh • nelson:autotagged

WinXP autologin

Dumb that this isn't the default

2004-12-18 windowsxp • winxp • windows • xp • administration • pc • tricks • login • logon • tips • software • nelson:autotagged

Scared of Santa

Happy childhood photos (via Metafilter)

2004-12-18 funny • kids • humor • photo • photography • christmas • photos • santa • images • fun • xmas • nelson:autotagged

Theme Park Maps

2004-12-18 themeparks • reference • mapping • disney • geek • maps • design • retro • fun • themepark • resources • nelson:autotagged

Nice analysis by a small time trader (via lots of places)

2004-12-18 mmorpg • commerce • economics • games • installed • nelson:autotagged

Nice images (via MetaFilter)

2004-12-17 photoshop • art • logos • culture • photo • photography • photos • design • advertising • logo • cool • nelson:autotagged

Nice photo of lenticular clouds in Antarctica

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GameSpy PC awards

GameSpy.com - Game of the Year - 2004

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Ask Google Images questions, see the answers

2004-12-16 funny • search • google • humor • image • quiz • project • ask • hobbies • test • .imported • nelson:autotagged

Web service impls

Useful list of various implementations

2004-12-16 development • soa • webservice • technical • programming • catalog • tech • webservices • internet • soap • toolkits • nelson:autotagged

Amazing video of people jumping off high spots

2004-12-16 insane • nelson:autotagged

Python subprocess

New 2.4 module replaces spawn, popen etc

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1-800-201-7575 again

According to Google Amazon.com has their own number on their site six times, but it's all member comments

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Amazon's customer service number (via Metafilter)

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Yahoo! News - Top Stories World Photos - AFP

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Because after the rousing success of .aero and .museum, we need more TLDs

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Pierced eyeglasses

Who needs earpieces? (via BoingBoing)

2004-12-15 eyeglasses • art • bodymod • piercing • geek • fashion • design • fun • weird • glasses • cool • nelson:autotagged

EA/NFL deal: $300M!

EA now has an exclusive license to publish NFL games, basically killing the competition in computer football games. But $300 million!

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Coledridge poem

2004-12-14 xanadu • art • poetry • spirituality • poems • nelson:autotagged

2004-12-13 photo • humor • nelson:autotagged

2004-12-13 spooky • sign • schild • wacky • goodies • nelson:autotagged

The evil counterpart to Saint Nick. Awesome Xmas.

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Finger over ring

I wonder what his wife thinks? Lovely irony, too, they lost the ring.

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MacOSX CD ripper. Now how do I stop iTunes from launching?

2004-12-11 podcastresources • videopalooza • itunes • pc • mac • ripper • mp3 • x • macintosh • os • audioresources • nelson:autotagged

Nice Risk clone / expansion

2004-12-11 osx • risk • windows • mac • strategy • indie • game • games • online • shareware • software • nelson:autotagged

Willy Wonka trailer

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, brought to you by Burton / Elfman / Depp. This could rock. (via BoingBoing)

2004-12-11 web • pop_culture • *temp • trailers • movies • stuff • booradley • film • charlie_and_the_chocolate_factory • trailer • tim_burton • nelson:autotagged

Independent games

Roundup of this year's festival submissions

2004-12-11 independent • game • games • nelson:autotagged

Dioxin poisoning

Yuschenko's mystery illness explained

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Upload a file, someone else can download it later.

2004-12-10 files • web • storage • upload • free • file • internet • download • filesharing • tools • email • nelson:autotagged

Bush / umbrella

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Isometric skyscraper

World's tallest virtual building, collaborative art (via Metafilter)

2004-12-10 building • web • art • pixelart • community • design • architecture • graphics • fun • pixel • cool • nelson:autotagged

Calendar design

Nicely explained (via Metafilter, I think)

2004-12-09 wheel • image • moon • design • lunar • visualisation • time • 2006 • calendar • astronomy • cool • nelson:autotagged

Awesome story of a guy winning an online duel against a racist jerk (via Metafilter)

2004-12-09 gaming • journalism • ngj • writing • culture • game • race • games • social • videogames • article • nelson:autotagged

Daikatana history

Romero speaks on the development of one of PC gaming's biggest flops (via VoodooExtreme)

2004-12-09 t-1000 • gaming • games • geekery • nelson:autotagged

Just doesn't belong

Soldiers vs AWOL guardsman

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KOTOR II review

Sequel to the best game of last year looks good

2004-12-07 kotor • starwars • review • games • xbox • nelson:autotagged

Dukes of Hazzard

Photos from the upcoming film (via MetaFilter)

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Mall instructions

Lovely little pictorial (via jwz)

2004-12-06 funny • consumerism • revolution • humor • comics • activism • illustration • culture • fun • art • cartoon • nelson:autotagged

curator image gallery

Simple software to make Web image galleries

2004-12-05 web • python • photo • photography • via-nelson • photos • imaging • images • webapp • gallery • software • nelson:autotagged

MacOSX Java plugin

Java Embedding Plugin allows Firefox to run Java 1.4 on the Mac. Feels hacky, but works for me.

2004-12-05 osx • mozilla • java • plugin • macosx • mac • web • plug-in • firefox • software • browser • nelson:autotagged

Nice interactive Java applet

2004-12-05 gta • andreas • java • san • map • sanandreas • maps • game • games • videogames • gaming • nelson:autotagged

Reffy: spam tool

So this is where all the referer spam is coming from. Urgh.

2004-12-05 blog_comment_spam • nelson:autotagged

Python is not Java

I like his comments about XML (via Daily Python URL)

2004-12-03 xml • comparison • java • toread • python • programming • dev • blog • development • article • tips • nelson:autotagged

Admission of responsibility was a fake

2004-12-03 politics • nelson:autotagged

Subway fire account

Plainly told (via Waxy)

2004-12-03 urban • story • anecdotes • fire • blogs • matt • blog • subway • news • nyc • mta • nelson:autotagged

US: more torture

Nevermind that torture produces notoriously unreliable information

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Did he really intend to put himself in this position?!

2004-12-03 george.w..bush • war • nelson:autotagged

Call here to get no more credit card offers

2004-12-02 useful • finance • reference • spam • money • optout • howto • privacy • credit • creditcards • card • nelson:autotagged

Stopping junk mail

FTC hints on ways to get less junk mail

2004-12-02 junk • privacy • finance • reference • spam • optout • credit • mail • tools • email • opt-out • nelson:autotagged

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