Nelson's Linkblog 2005-07

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Nintendo Database

Like IMDB, but for Nintendo

2005-07-31 reference • classic • computer • games • retro • nintendo • videogames • oldschool • nelson:autotagged

Sprite scaling algorithm

2005-07-31 image • programming • . • scaling • vis • game • games • opensource • graphics • images • algorithms • nelson:autotagged

Coolest shoe ad ever

Soccer in the Thunderdome

2005-07-30 fussball • werbung • ads • mov • nelson:autotagged

Skype: $3 billion?!

Sure wish Cringely sourced his rumour

2005-07-30 skype • business • cringely • ebay • dinheiro • phone • internet • newscorp • murdoch • voip • software • nelson:autotagged

PS: Torment full install

Some tweaks for modern systems

2005-07-30 the.nine.hells • full • games • install • planescape • nelson:autotagged

NYT: Cats on the Web

2005-07-30 internet • nelson:autotagged

Handy tool for managing your ssh-agent

2005-07-29 ssh-agent • keychain • gentoo • howto • unix • sysadmin • authentication • ssh • linux • security • software • nelson:autotagged

Liberality for All

Turns conservatives and liberals into comic book characters (via Metafilter)

2005-07-29 funny • art • culture • comics • liebrial • paranoid • stupid • bin-laden • politics • comic • sean-hannity • nelson:autotagged

Dad 'n Me Flash game

Great new game from the folks behind Alien Hominid

2005-07-29 funny • webgame • humor • web • flash • game • free • gaming • games • webgames • fun • nelson:autotagged

6 yr old game designer

David helps his son program in Python

2005-07-29 funny • kids • python • programming • parenting • game • games • learning • education • children • tutorial • nelson:autotagged

Adventure update

Atari 2600 classic, now with 3d graphics!

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Beats the alternative

Shuttle "OK to fly home"

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Swiss survival book

How to do basic stuff in Switzerland

2005-07-28 switzerland • via-nelson • travel • nelson:autotagged

Lovely photo (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-28 travel • irc • africa • gnaa • finance • nelson:autotagged

36,750 yen, wow! (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-27 kawaii • *wishlist • kids • "hello • japanese • *drool • games • chess • hello.kitty • hello_kitty • katg • nelson:autotagged

Think of the children!

Grandma sues Rockstar

2005-07-27 gaming • stoopid • nelson:autotagged

Shuttle bird strike

I'm in total fear of this everytime I land at KPAO

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Pocketheaven/releases

Another comprehensive list of ROM pirate releases

2005-07-27 roms • releases • gba • release • gameboy • games • emulation • nintendo • videogames • nds • ds • nelson:autotagged

Clever condom ads

About 2% of these could run in the US (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-26 humor • condoms • photography • commercial • sex • design • advertising • condom • durex • fun • art • nelson:autotagged

Windows lockdown

MS working to enforce licenses

2005-07-26 nelson:autotagged

Konfabulator Komic

All startups should do an illustrated history of themselves

2005-07-26 art • apple • comics • konfabulator • yahoo • widgets • comic • software • tools • drawing • history • nelson:autotagged

Unicode character DB

Canonical list of all characters in all writing systems

2005-07-25 development • unicode • ascii • reference • categories • nelson:autotagged

Alternative to VNC, but more like an efficient X protocol

2005-07-25 vnc • network • x11 • desktop • nx • proxy • thinclient • linux • remote • terminalserver • software • nelson:autotagged

Minitru in action

US military mixes up quotes, raising questions on their credibility (via Metafilter)

2005-07-25 iraq • media • middle-east • war • political • military • govt • politics • news • nwo • propaganda • nelson:autotagged

Top 50 game songs

Focussing on end-of-game songs. (via Waxy)

2005-07-25 gaming • list • lists • game • games • mp3 • nintendo • videogames • music • audio • retro • nelson:autotagged

Colorimetric intent 2

There's always a second take on things

2005-07-24 photoshop • colormanagement • nelson:autotagged

Colorimetric intent

Making your print look like what's on screen

2005-07-24 photoshop • design-resources • color • photography • color-management • tutorials • resources • nelson:autotagged

Canon i80 ICC profiles

Who knew what SP2 or PR3 meant?

2005-07-24 nelson:autotagged

Debian and Ubuntu

Simple statement of the differences

2005-07-24 .imported • debian • software • nelson:autotagged

Sandstorm patrol

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Delicious Library

Physical to virtual bridge: scan books, DVDs, etc

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100 oldest .com names

Registry records (via robotwisdom)

2005-07-24 web • domain • network • whois • interesting • lists • .com • internet • history • technology • domainnames • nelson:autotagged

Must be fun being a sports photographer

2005-07-23 crash • diving • sport • kunstspringen • nelson:autotagged

KAWF: PHP forum

I think audiworld.com uses this. Very light weight and clean UI.

2005-07-23 nelson:autotagged

Top selling games

Of all time.. different list than you expect (via VGO)

2005-07-23 business • list • computers • wikipedia • game • computer • games • game_sales • salesfigures • videogames • technology • nelson:autotagged

Wikipedia charts

Various statistics on database growth

2005-07-22 wiki • web • statistics • stats • ads • reference • wikipedia • charts • metrics • graphs • usage • nelson:autotagged

Bob the Millionaire becomes a pirate

Scroll down to the comic

2005-07-22 web • lost • copyright • bittorrent • piracy • media • comics • p2p • tv • fun • download • nelson:autotagged

arty shoot-em-up by the guy who did QQQ (via Costik)

2005-07-22 art • indie • review • programming • free • download • game • games • shmup • news • cool • nelson:autotagged

Nice images (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-21 art • photo • photography • competition • photos • design • science • images • pictures • gallery • cool • nelson:autotagged

Hire contractors cheap. I keep hearing success stories here.

2005-07-21 coder • jobs • business • career • freelance • programming • outsourcing • dev • job • webdev • resources • nelson:autotagged

The guy behind Hot Links makes a fancy social bookmarks site

2005-07-21 web2.0 • web • tags • bookmark • blog • bookmarking • del.icio.us • social • bookmarks • folksonomy • tagging • nelson:autotagged

Complete with pictures

2005-07-20 funny • own • humor • wikipedia • geek • games • words • pwn • word • irc • leetspeak • nelson:autotagged

Source, not a target

Ho ho ho, that Rove sure is funny

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Seen, not heard

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Top games in Korea

Survey of PC-bangs. So different from popular US games!

2005-07-20 models • money • design • games • nelson:autotagged

Tour de France Cuisine

What a great way to tour the culinary country! (via Marc)

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Jython 2.2a1 release

New Jython is finally out! Well, an alpha.

2005-07-19 python • java • nelson:autotagged

freenode irc channels

Where the cool geeks hang out

2005-07-19 sysadmin • irc • linux • nelson:autotagged

Cleaning a dSLR

ways to clean the sensor

2005-07-19 photo • photography • howto • camera • diy • digital • ccd • tips • sensor • tutorial • cleaning • nelson:autotagged

Free Culture, phree!

Lessig's book available for download

2005-07-19 free_culture • copyright • ebook • creativity • free • books • drm • opensource • teaching • law • book • nelson:autotagged

GreaseMonkey hole

Whee! Greasemonkey lets anyone download files from your hard drive (via HotLinks)

2005-07-19 web • javascript • firefox • mozilla • extensions • news • security • software • ukq:irc • greasemonkey • browser • nelson:autotagged

Some notes from actual hands on usage. Momentum is building fast!

2005-07-19 development • web • frameworks • python • programming • coding • django • mobile • framework • webdev • webapp • nelson:autotagged

Shop the States

Maildrop service to get stuff shipped outside the US (via Ask Metafilter)

2005-07-18 shop • web • shopping • usa • shipping • ebay • states • online • international • forwarding • tools • nelson:autotagged

Flickr meta HTML

I was wondering where that text came from in Google searches

2005-07-18 nelson:autotagged

Harry Potter on NES

Fan-made game, looks awful (via Waxy)

2005-07-18 videogame • via:waxy • cinema • review • harrypotter • blog • game • games • 8bit • snes • videogames • nelson:autotagged

Hooter Shooters NSFW

Prosthetic booze breasts (via jwz)

2005-07-18 shopping • alcohol • humour • drugs • smut • sex • fun • nelson:autotagged

Playing an Xbox 360

There are lots of 360s in the wild, particularly dev kits

2005-07-18 videogame • relations • xbox • hoax • public • games • xbox360 • videogames • technology • microsoft • alisdair • nelson:autotagged

First adult games for PSP (via robotwisdom, via Waxy)

2005-07-17 funny • toread • porn • sex • reviews • phone • sony • videogames • japan • weird • psp • nelson:autotagged

Funny story, nice photo. Terro.

2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged

Photo editing software that corrects various common distortions

2005-07-17 photoshop • plugin • photo • photography • distortion • photos • camera • tutorials • freeware • correction • software • nelson:autotagged

UFRaw Gimp plugin

Said to be the best way to work with RAW images in Gimp

2005-07-17 plugin • photo • photography • nikon • raw • camera • opensource • linux • software • tools • gimp • nelson:autotagged

Funny debate on dpreview

2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged

Rumoured to be best Exif parser for Unix (Perl)

2005-07-17 exif • photo • photography • programming • metadata • perl • opensource • gps • tools • tool • software • nelson:autotagged

Gimp preview sizes

Default is 150x150, but you can edit it

2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged

Photo exposure intro

Simple explanation of f-stop, shutter, ISO

2005-07-17 reference • photo • photography • technique • howto • slr • digital_photography • recommendations • tips • camera • review • nelson:autotagged

Nikon D70 under Linux

Useful notes on using Gimp to work with RAW images

2005-07-17 d70 • photo • photography • howto • nikon • raw • d70s • linux • gimp • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

"Learn Real Magick"

Witches recruit children via Amazon and Harry Potter

2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged

NAV activation bugs

AntiVirus software's online activation system is b0rked

2005-07-17 nelson:autotagged

Harry Potter e-book

Scanned and audio copies already available (via kottke)

2005-07-17 web • sharing • copyright • piracy • ebook • literature • harry_potter • books • p2p • news • law • nelson:autotagged

Open source software for RAW images

2005-07-17 graphics • photo • photography • digital • raw • camera • opensource • linux • tools • image • software • nelson:autotagged

Surveillance photo (via robotwisdom)

2005-07-17 photo • photography • surveillance • 77 • bombings • london • london_terrorists • terror • news • war • bombing • nelson:autotagged

CompactFlash perf DB

Someone's done careful timings of CF speeds in actual cameras

2005-07-16 hardware • reference • photo • photography • memory • cf • reviews • camera • digital • performance • compactflash • nelson:autotagged

Django: PyWeb code

Maybe this will be The One? Python has really needed a better webapp framework.

2005-07-16 development • web • framework • python • programming • rails • django • webdesign • opensource • webdev • cms • nelson:autotagged

Trinity test site

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Eiffel tower fireworks

Bastille Day photo

2005-07-16 paris • photo • foto • eiffel • eiffel_turm • nelson:autotagged

GTA/PS2 Hot Coffee

Cheat code unlocks the content

2005-07-16 video • hacks • games • tutorial • gta3 • nelson:autotagged

Monitor based DRM

Longhorn to support "secure displays". Serious bullshit. (via /.)

2005-07-15 downwardslide • ukquake • media • dlsq • hardware • hdcp • stupid • drm • longhorn • ukq:irc • microsoft • nelson:autotagged

rms takes on rowling

Extreme orthodoxy vs. fun (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-15 canada • rms • stallman • rowling • rights • potter • harrypotter • books • free_speech • commentary • harry_potter • nelson:autotagged

Bring back the couch

Yes, the new Daily Show set is awful (via mathowie)

2005-07-15 funny • mybookmarks • humor • dailyshow • tv • talkshow • blogs • blog • blogger-new&interesting • comedy • furniture • nelson:autotagged

Sokoban JVM shootout

Implementing the same game in 9 JVM targeted languages

2005-07-15 groovy • comparison • jython • java • language • python • programming • languages • jvm • ruby • scripting • nelson:autotagged

RSS 2.0 vs Atom 1.0

Tim breaks it down

2005-07-15 xml • comparison • reference • web • programming • syndication • standards • atom • webdev • feeds • rss • nelson:autotagged

Awesome music machine (via Waxy, via BoingBoing)

2005-07-15 sound • art • music • flash • shockwave • game • design • fun • games • audio • cool • nelson:autotagged

Santorum nuttiness

His communication director is gay. (via Metafilter)

2005-07-15 politics • gay • nelson:autotagged

Choices for the EOS cameras

2005-07-14 reviews • lens • photo • photography • canon • eos • camera • digital • 350d • review • lenses • nelson:autotagged

London bomber images

Wearing a large backpack

2005-07-14 photo • london • nelson:autotagged

Emulator / refresh for Total Annhilation

2005-07-14 gaming • windows • free • game • games • opensource • rts • linux • freeware • 3d • software • nelson:autotagged

The Fountain (2005)

Aronofsky's current project

2005-07-14 drama • watched2006 • usa • movies • movie • romance • action • films • towatch • todo • film • nelson:autotagged

Justin Frankel's latest code: make music online with friends

2005-07-13 ninjam • network • collaboration • internet • community • music • p2p • social • audio • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Wayback lawsuit

Excellent article; I had no idea robots.txt was retroactive

2005-07-13 web • law • lawyers • copyright • privacy • internetarchive • idiocy • wayback.machine • internet • fucked • internet.archive • nelson:autotagged

Rockstar statement

Addressing the GTA sex controversy, they weasel out

2005-07-13 nelson:autotagged

Sweet story of a found photograph (mildly NSFW, duh)

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Astronomy is cool

2005-07-13 apod • science! • space • science • photography • wallpaper • moon • spam • nasa • astronomy • analemma • nelson:autotagged

DoJ publishes list of groups busted

2005-07-12 nelson:autotagged

GTA sex perspective

Someone finally points out how stupid worrying about sex in GTA is

2005-07-12 gta • usa • freedom • banned • sex • moral • guardian • nelson:autotagged

KeyGhost keylogger

PS/2 dongle that records keystrokes

2005-07-12 logger • keystroke • keylogger • surveillance • hardware • placid • timeseries • security • hacks • tools • hacking • nelson:autotagged

Nice luxury place in Ticino

2005-07-11 nelson:autotagged

Nice luxury place in Ticino

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Nice luxury place in Ticino

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2005-07-11 ciagate • media • plameaffair • bush • newmedia • bastards • rove • news • press • politics • whitehouse • nelson:autotagged

Reasonable freeware burner, works better than Nero

2005-07-10 burning • windows • dvd • utilities • free • cd • opensource • download • freeware • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

WinXP: DMA mode

How to force Windows to not use PIO mode

2005-07-10 annoyances • imported • windows • howto • hardware • xpsp2 • firefox:bookmarks • xp • nelson:autotagged

Miss World 96 Nude

Very freaky adult video game

2005-07-10 chipmark • archive • aug10 • nelson:autotagged

ilovebees: buzzmakers

Article on the team who made the game. His June 2005 Game Developer interview is really great, but not online.

2005-07-10 scott_b • nelson:autotagged

GTA: Hot Coffee

Home of the controversial GTA sex mod

2005-07-10 games • personal/patrickw • nelson:autotagged

GTA: SA tracker

Track where people are playing Grand Theft Auto

2005-07-10 gta • sa • nelson:autotagged

View your photos on your (hacked) Xbox

2005-07-10 gaming • flickr • plugin • python • media • hacks • tech • hack • freeware • xbox • xbmc • nelson:autotagged

Now open to the public

2005-07-10 web2.0 • web • podcast • podcasting • ipod • podcasts • blog • odeo • music • mp3 • audio • nelson:autotagged

A lovely Steve, don't eat it!

2005-07-09 funny • humor • alcohol • humour • food • howto • blog • diy • prison • reference • wine • nelson:autotagged

WoW: 10% are lvl 60

That's amazing, 10% of the characters in the game have maxed out

2005-07-09 nelson:autotagged

Males get spyware

more than females. "recreational surfing", no doubt

2005-07-07 web • surveys • via:hotlinks • daily • research • spyware • adware • security • nelson:autotagged

LJ moods: drunk

Friday, Saturday night (via Waxy)

2005-07-07 statistics • humour • journal • livejournal • blog • sociology • weird • blogosphere • blogging • cool • nelson:autotagged

Aerial shot of nude sunbathers (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-07 art • photo • photography • nsfw • strange • boingboing • images • aerial • weird • beach • nude • nelson:autotagged

Emma: Java code tool

Measure your test coverage, works great

2005-07-07 development • code • java • tool • testing • programming • coverage • test • tools • junit • software • nelson:autotagged

1UP actually talks to third world game labour (via Metafilter)

2005-07-06 gaming • business • culture • money • wow • economics • mmorpg • games • videogames • news • technology • nelson:autotagged

Maps transparency

Google Maps API app that shows both views at once (via Kedrosky)

2005-07-05 map • google • reference • hacks • maps • ajax • api • googlemaps • hack • tools • cool • nelson:autotagged

2005-07-04 art • found • vintage • photography • blog • photos • retro • photo • fun • humor • blogs • nelson:autotagged

Amazing 1957 photo (via Metafilter)

2005-07-04 nelson:autotagged

Rollergirl names

(via Ask Metafilter)

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Icy Hot Stuntaz

Wikipedia says they were sincere?!

2005-07-04 stuff • jason • memexmas • nelson:autotagged

Land lines only

Stories from people who don't pay their phone company for anything

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FireLite portable drives

Tiny portable hard drive, powered directly from USB/FireWire

2005-07-03 backup • portable • storage • photography • ilifezone16 • harddrive • drive • reel-stream • hardware • mac • os • nelson:autotagged

Jorn Barger's life

Creative guy, but sounds like he found himself in a mess (via Metafilter)

2005-07-03 jornbarger • google • people • blogs • blogging • blog • weblog • wired • homeless • robotwisdom • history • nelson:autotagged

Howto GPS tag photos

It'd be nice for cameras to have GPS built in, but I think that may be impractical

2005-07-03 map • google • geotagging • maps • photo • photography • howto • photos • googlemaps • flickr • gps • nelson:autotagged

Politics in network names

2005-07-03 mydailycommute • storyideas • boingboing • humour • wifi • goodmagazine • wireless • protest • politics • propoganda • war • nelson:autotagged

Karl Rove is caught

Newsweek reporting he helped leake the Plame thing (via Metafilter)

2005-07-03 via.nelson.monkey.org/linkblog • media • boo • political • politics • american • rove • hiss • rl • disturbing • news • nelson:autotagged

explore2fs for MSWin

Read ext2fs disks on a Windows box (does it work with USB drives?)

2005-07-02 partition • ext3 • ext2 • windows • linux • fs • file • filesystem • freeware • .imported • software • nelson:autotagged

Iraqi resistance report

Insurgents have their own website (via Wikipedia)

2005-07-02 iraq • resource • usa • insurgency • resistance • middle • vietnam • news • politics • east • war • nelson:autotagged

Iraqi insurgency

Remarkably good Wikipedia article, more background than the NYT ever gave me.

2005-07-02 nelson:autotagged

Nice Google maps hack

2005-07-01 maps • google • nelson:autotagged

Weird collection of octopus images, some NSFW. (via jwz)

2005-07-01 art • nature • photo • photography • livejournal • photos • strange • animals • weird • octopus • blogs • nelson:autotagged