Nelson's Linkblog 2005-01

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Very hard to find this online, but here are the actual updated docs

2005-01-31 documentation • reference • database • python • docs • devel/python • programming • devel • mysql • relational • document • nelson:autotagged

Screenshots from a gnome warrior uprising

2005-01-30 sociology • games • people • wow • game • mmog • culture • protest • worldofwarcraft • amusing • politics • nelson:autotagged

Lots of righteous anger in the comments

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Profile of the psychoactive researcher (via Metafilter)

2005-01-30 subcultures • drugs • science • nyt • shulgin • health • interview • nelson:autotagged

Venster: Py GUI

win32 + ctypes + small wrapper = tight little Windows apps

2005-01-30 win32 • python • gui • programming • toolkit • to_evaluate • windows • api • ctypes • lightweight • native • nelson:autotagged

Python single .exe

Combine py2exe and NSIS to make a single small .exe for a Python program

2005-01-30 executable • toread • python • programming • win32 • windows • wxpython • ctypes • singlefileexe • installer • py2exe • nelson:autotagged

Software workaround for flaky memory

2005-01-29 linux • kernel • testing • computers • ram • patch • hardware • memory • hacking • .imported • software • nelson:autotagged

What Mono is written in. Basic combined with fancy DirectX libraries

2005-01-29 development • darkbasic • programming • dev • jogos • game • gamedev • games • 3d • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Mono shooter game

Clever and beautiful little free game

2005-01-29 gaming • shmup • art • windows • free • videogames • game • games • fun • freeware • cool • nelson:autotagged

High school sex graph

Visualization of the recent study. But why is it almost exclusively heterosexual? (via BoingBoing)

2005-01-29 visualization • graphic • humor • science • sexuality • sex • culture • sociology • health • images • math • nelson:autotagged

Great idea - cherry pick the beautiful random photos (via Eric Case)

2005-01-29 a9 • photos • flickr • candy • nelson:autotagged

XPath visualizer

Looks like a nice little tool

2005-01-28 xpath • xmlprogramming • code • xml • misc • programmingsystems • development • sidebar • nelson:autotagged

Cheney warddrobe malfunction

Decides to dress cazh for Auschwitz

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Spongebob ain't queer!

Surprisingly enough, the talking sponge isn't straight either.

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AoE III designer intvw

Not only does it look great, they've got some good game ideas too

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Disgruntled SOAP user

Funniest email ever. www-ws is a very dry web services standards discussion list

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Conference spam

I still get invited to third tier conferences, four year after I left The Academy

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Bosch action figures

Man, these are better than Kubricks (via jwz, boingboing)

2005-01-27 shopping • artist • bosch • gifts • toys • fun • art • weird • sculpture • wishlist • cool • nelson:autotagged

Rag Doll Kung Fu

trailer video (via Gametab)

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Astroturfing Ashlee

You think they'd be smart enough to use a different post in each forum

2005-01-25 web • business • humour • spam • marketing • ashleysimpson • music • ashleesimpson • dog-eared • simpson • astroturf • nelson:autotagged

Firefox clone window

Fixes an obnoxious misfeature in Firefox

2005-01-25 fodder • firefox • extension • webdesign • plugins • webdev • firefox.extensions • software • nelson:autotagged

he.net torrent tracker

Nice ISP service (via mathowie)

2005-01-25 web • podcasting • bittorrent • via:mathowie • isp • hosting • hostingproviders/he • webhosting • p2p • nelson:autotagged

Comments from the folks fighting the fires

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Very funky game, neat aesthetic (via Waxy)

2005-01-24 windows • mac • games • retro • innovative • software • nelson:autotagged

Habbo Hotel: $23M

From Benchmark, no less

2005-01-24 vc • business • community • quicklink • tech • virtualworld • webapp • software • nelson:autotagged

Clever hack for making movies of your computer screen (via evanm)

2005-01-24 vnc • python • screen • flash • swf • screencast • video • linux • recorder • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Someone bows out of the UO gold farming game, tells some stories. Follow the "farewell confessional" link too.

2005-01-23 gaming • gold • hackery • uo • virtualworlds • blog.entry • ultima • geekery • nelson:autotagged

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Traffic shaper and bandwidth monitor for Windows, nice per-app control

2005-01-23 monitoring • network • windows • utilities • bandwidth • computer • traffic • internet • networking • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Firefox: 5848 bugs

These are the ones marked as verified / assigned

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Firefox: bookmarklet window on top

Bookmarklet windows are hidden in Firefox.. this is a three year old bug!

2005-01-23 del.icio.us • meta • firefox • foss • nelson:autotagged

Firefox search width

Default box is too narrow; how to make it bigger.

2005-01-23 mozilla • firefox • nelson:autotagged

Classic pixel art extracted and greenscreened for your convenience

2005-01-21 img • pixelart • cg • miscellaneous • free • games:rpg • games • graphics • design • sprites • resources • nelson:autotagged

worth the scroll (via Metafilter)

2005-01-21 funny • suicide • humor • humour • comics • cartoon • bunnies • cartoons • fun • comic • bunny • nelson:autotagged

Fox malreported

Poor Fox, they accidentally let someone criticize Bush (via Metafilter)

2005-01-21 tv • media • inauguration • fox • foxnews • bush • video • news • politics • iraq • war • nelson:autotagged

Dell 2001FP: $570

Great price on a good LCD

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Perils of using XHTML

Boy this is complicated. Can someone write "advantages of using XHTML"? I'm skeptical.

2005-01-21 xml • web • reference • standards • webdesign • html • design • development • webdev • xhtml • css • nelson:autotagged

Cheney snowballed

Yahoo! News - Top Stories Photos - Reuters

2005-01-21 politics • photos • republicans • j20 • funny • nelson:autotagged

Buy the Wish server

Shut down your MMOG, sell your 88 way blade system on eBay (via Terra Nova)

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What is she wearing?

Laura Bush still fits into the bridesmaid dress from her cousin's wedding!

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Dynamically draw beautiful charts for web pages

2005-01-20 web • graph • flash • programming • chart • swf • webdesign • charts • graphics • webdev • php • nelson:autotagged

I forgot to get a photo of this in NZ; glad Gen did!

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Election 2004 video

Nice edit agitprop (via Metafilter)

2005-01-20 vote-fraud • usa • music • bush-still-sucks • video • politics • nelson:autotagged

Cute geography quiz (via Metafilter)

2005-01-20 europe • funny • map • travel • flash • maps • game • games • darts • fun • geography • nelson:autotagged

Nice photos (via Metafilter)

2005-01-20 dubai • golf • photo • sports • tiger • photos • woods • tigerwoods • fun • whoa • cool • nelson:autotagged

Nice analysis, including details of NAT traversal (via Slashdot)

2005-01-20 protocol • network • sw • research • messenger • p2p • skype • pdf • net • voip • software • nelson:autotagged

Martian meteorite

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Jonathan's business

Who would think such an awful aggressive nasty man would peddle new age spa crap?

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She's posed for Playboy, and she's an artist!

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Jonathan and Victoria

The worst couple of all time on reality TV has a web site! Awesome!

2005-01-20 television • reality_tv • amazingrace • reality • nelson:autotagged

WinAmp/NES plugin

NotSo Fatso plays the NSF music files from NES carts

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Zophar NES music

Archive of ripped NES game soundtracks

2005-01-19 sound • nsf • games • 8bit • nintendo • download • music • audio • nes • chiptunes • emulation • nelson:autotagged

WinXP error reports

How to disable them.. This is a really smart feature, but I choose not to participate

2005-01-19 annoyances • workcomputerhacks • reference • annoyance • windows • format • reporting • winxp • computer • tech • error • nelson:autotagged

I didn't know this was in San Francisco! (via Metafilter comment)

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Inside iPod Shuffle

A disassembly pictorial (via Waxy)

2005-01-19 hardware • shuffle • apple • music • ipod • gadgets • mac • design • tech • ipodshuffle • technology • nelson:autotagged

WoW community mess

Employee of Blizzard gets too deeply into game, anti-gay statements

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Thoughtful essay on the presence of gay and lesbian characters in games

2005-01-19 gender • games • articles_and_random_stuff • nelson:autotagged

Cory doesn't go along

I wish more people were able to challenge the inanity of air travel today

2005-01-19 flight • security • usa • privacy • travel • airlines • tsa • news • politics • terrorism • weird • nelson:autotagged

Hasselhoff recursion

The goggles! They do nothing! (via MetaFilter)

2005-01-19 funny • humor • humour • scary • recursion • flash • animation • hasselhoff • fun • art • weird • nelson:autotagged

Justin's dark night

Justin Hall publishes video of him having a nervous break (via Sutter)

2005-01-18 emotion • heavy • literature • web • media • blogs • blog • video • justinhall • blogging • depression • nelson:autotagged

Hong Kong photos

Astonishing images of high rises in HK. (via jwz)

2005-01-18 urban • art • hongkong • photography • photos • design • architecture • photo • images • china • gallery • nelson:autotagged

Comics criticism

Josh Reads, funny blog (via MetaFilter)

2005-01-17 funny • art • comics • blogs • daily • reviews • cartoons • blog • fun • humor • comic • nelson:autotagged

In case you lost this fact in the 60 minutes story (via Metafilter)

2005-01-17 intellectual-freedom • linktank • blogs • awol • bush • scandal • services • politics • war • nelson:autotagged

Bill Gates / Teen Beat

What an awesome find! (via BoingBoing)

2005-01-17 billgates • funny • humor • gates • windows • photo • computers • geek • photos • fun • microsoft • nelson:autotagged

Landover baptist reaches out to the gamer geeks

2005-01-17 funny • humor • games • humour • gaming • wow • religion • mmo • ep14 • warcraft • crazies • nelson:autotagged

Sy Hersh gets the scoop, again

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John Maeda blog

He finally succumbed! John's a great designer and excellent teacher.

2005-01-16 simplicity • art • maeda • media • blogs • blog • design • inspiration • technology • mit • usability • nelson:autotagged

Hard drive enclosures

USB enclosures to have external storage

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Bad Day (Snopes)

Aw, it's a fake

2005-01-16 funny • humor • ukquake • steal • <nic0> • malis • photos • internet • fun • pictures • ukq:irc • nelson:autotagged

amazing photo series

2005-01-15 funny • web • random • photos • supplement • fun • weird • nelson:autotagged

Future of game design

Excellent piece of criticism about the future of game design. Lots of concrete examples. (via Joystiq)

2005-01-15 gaming • gamedev • writing • gamedev/design • computer • games • article • videogames • design • spiele • software • nelson:autotagged

The end of shame at Lucasfilm

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Prague taxi fraud

Same problem in Budapest

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Albatross circumnavigation

I saw some of these in New Zealand, they're huge

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A very sweet story (via Waxy, naturally)

2005-01-14 followup • living • story • cute • newyork • sad • perspective • memory • nyc • nelson:autotagged

Upload a file of up to 20 gigs, let anyone download it. Lots of ads.

2005-01-14 files • web • fee • file • hosting • sharing • 30kb • webspace • filesharing • net • tools • nelson:autotagged

Emulation details

Great Gamasutra article about faithfully emulating the Atari 2600 (via Waxy)

2005-01-14 emulator • 2600 • atari2600 • emulation • games • 8bit • atari • oldschool • document • gamasutra • retro • nelson:autotagged

iPod shuffle review

Apparently it really is just like a normal USB drive

2005-01-14 software • shuffle • apple • ipod • mac • tech • mp3 • music • .imported • review • blogged • nelson:autotagged

Blizzard pulls WoW

Rumour is they can't handle the load (via Waxy)

2005-01-14 via:joystiq • commerce • mike • rumors • gaming • wow • mmorpg • games • videogames • warcraft • odd • nelson:autotagged

I don't get it, is this a parody? (via MetaFilter)

2005-01-14 funny • fashion • humor • culture • hiphop • street • design • apparel • comedy • clothing • clothes • nelson:autotagged

Spyware investors

Reports on who is investing in user-hostile adware (via mathowie)

2005-01-13 computersecurity • business • privacy • investing • corporation • list • spyware • internet • politics • ethics • security • nelson:autotagged

Shocking prince

Prince Henry learns that dressing like a Nazi is not a good idea

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deepX quickrefs

Good single pagers for XML, etc

2005-01-12 xml • web • reference • xslt • programming • webdesign • development • css • webdev • cheatsheet • xsl • nelson:autotagged

iPod shuffle handson

Sounds like it might still be a music jail (via Waxy)

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.08 inches a year

That's how fast the sea is rising

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2005-01-11 hardware • shuffle • apple • ipod • gadgets • mac • design • mp3 • music • technology • wishlist • nelson:autotagged

$499, tiny, quiet

2005-01-11 mini • macmini • apple • computers • mac • gadgets • hardware • computer • tech • technology • wishlist • nelson:autotagged

Aaron's Iraq roundup

2005-01-11 iraq • world • us • aaronswartz • opinion • politics • america • war • nelson:autotagged

Call girl chatter

Guestbook chat between employees of a call girl service. (via BoingBoing)

2005-01-11 insane • jizz • boingboing • callgirl • prostitution • sex • abuse • fun • weird • conspiracy • toht • nelson:autotagged

Ascension mail mixup

No mail to the small island in three months

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WoW UI programming

What you need to know to write custom plugins for World of Warcraft

2005-01-08 ui • reference • lua • wow • documentation • programming • mmorpg • worldofwarcraft • interface • games • scripting • nelson:autotagged

Elder Scrolls IV

Screenshots. The next wave of games is going to have really artistic rendering.

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Get yer swerve on

Random phrase, awesome photo

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Commie copyleft

The Aeroflot log is now my background (via BoingBoing)

2005-01-07 graphics • creativecommies • art • copyright • cc • wallpaper • copyleft • creativecommons • logo • fun • politics • nelson:autotagged

Sharing Sims 2 objects can be unhealthy (via Slashdot)

2005-01-06 sims • funny • gaming • social • game • virus • games • hack • security • technology • hacking • nelson:autotagged

Tom Delay shame

Fundamentalist nutball quotes the Bible to explain the tsunami

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This is quite beautiful (via BoingBoing)

2005-01-06 design • art • humour • creativity • geek • mario • games • nintendo • fun • humor • cool • nelson:autotagged

Napster on NASDAQ

$300M. How did they go out?

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Pricing software

Joel on Software talks about how to set prices for software you sell.

2005-01-05 management • business • money • economics • sales • blog • pricing • marketing • article • software • economy • nelson:autotagged

Half Life re-creations

amazing work (via BoingBoing, Waxy)

2005-01-05 vgames/general • video_game_photography • subj-games • interesting • machinema • photos • vgames/psych • fun • pos-cool • projects • halflife2 • nelson:autotagged

2005-01-04 funny • 80s • humor • jenny • interesting • telephone • phone • 867-5309 • music • fun • weird • nelson:autotagged

Creative Muvo Micro

latest tiny flash player from Creative

2005-01-03 player • flash • mp3 • nelson:autotagged

Play classic games by email; this service is at least eight years old!

2005-01-03 gaming • network • boardgames • pbem • game • games • board • rpg • online • tools • email • nelson:autotagged

LCD dead pixel test

Images to help you spot dead pixels, very simple

2005-01-01 monitor • reference • dead • pixel • hardware • lcd • computer • video • test • tools • pixels • nelson:autotagged

Users are thieves

Feeddemon, my favourite RSS reader, had a 90% theft rate last week (via Eric)

2005-01-01 warez • feeddemon • piracy • internet • blogging • software • nelson:autotagged

Top 10 indie games

Nice list (via Slashdot)

2005-01-01 independent • indie • gaming • windows • list • fun • game • best-of • games • videogames • software • nelson:autotagged