Nelson's Linkblog 2005-12

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Eve Online corps

MMOG players work together to create complex social structures

2005-12-31 article • business • economics • eve • eve-online • game • games • gaming • internet • mmorpg • money

Reflective travelogue, very grim (via Metafilter)

2005-12-31 blog • gwot • holiday • lathrop • libya • read • story • toread • travel

Coffee economics

Why running a cafe is a bad idea

2005-12-31 advice • article • biz • business • coffee • entrepreneur • entrepreneurship • food • restaurant • startup • work

HS Thompson RIP

Most tasteless The Onion headline ever

War of the hell

2005-12-30 cool • flash • fun • game • games • japan • java • processing • processing.org • videogames • web

Pimp my Nutcracker

2005-12-30 christmas • flash • fun • funny • game • holiday • humor • nutcracker • pimp • tools • xmas

Spy scandal inquiry

Only they're investigating the wrong people

Christmas spirit

Santa loves the Second Amendment (via Metafilter)

2005-12-29 anti-xtian • arab • argument • card • christianity • christmas • humor • propaganda • santa • stupid • wtf

Top pixel ad sites

This has got to be the dumbest Internet trend ever

2005-12-29 advertising • pixel • webdesign

2005-12-29 toilet • tv

Watch someone else play video games so you don't have to

2005-12-28 game • games • gaming • guides • howto • reference • tutorial • video • videogames • videos • walkthrough

GameSpy 2005 list

All on a single page

2005-12-28 2005 • game • games • gamespy • lists • pc • resources • special • top10 • video • videogames

Photos from Mute*

I consistently like this guy's work

2005-12-28 blog.photo • face • images • inspiration • invitcpf0 • photography • reference • retrato • smokeimg • toronto

"Baby Jesus cry"

Funny Google images search

Indigo Prophecy notes

Nice comments from Eric Tilton. I'm playing this myself and am liking it.

2005-12-27 2005 • 2005-12 • fahrenheit • lectern • play

Bamford on Bush/NSA

America's foremost historian on NSA gives a bit of background to the current illegal monitoring program

2005-12-26 bush • crossings • interesting • law • nsa • politics • privacy • society • toread • truman

Tackiest online card

"My Hump" and the Three Wise Men (Flash, via Metafilter)

2005-12-26 animation • christmas • flash • funny • humor • music • parody • religion • video • weird • wtf

Japanese gay porn game, only without the porn

Ffox enhanced history

Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info:Enhanced History Manager - All Releases

2005-12-25 bit200f06 • browser • extension • extensions • firefox • firefox.extensions • group41 • history • plugin • search • software

Second Life map

Scrolling realtime view

2005-12-25 make • maps • secondlife

Weird Worlds review

This is a great little casual game

2005-12-25 games • gaming • indie • review • strategy

Wikipedia 2005 budget

They're raising money and disclosing their finances.

2005-12-24 budget • businessplan • hosting • web2.0 • wikipedia

But no damage (via Daily Rotten, I'm ashamed to admit)

2005-12-24 gross • messer • news • odd • pfadfinder • via:hotlinks • weird

lighttpd aka Lighty

Another lightweight web server, emphasis on fast and light

2005-12-24 apache • http • httpd • lighttpd • linux • opensource • server • software • web • webdev • webserver

Someone's building a business out of Jef's simple tiny web server

2005-12-24 daemon • httpd • servers • software • web_tech

Charity navigator

Good database of US charities, easy free no-nonsense access (unlike Guidestar)

2005-12-24 activism • charities • charity • finance • nonprofit • philanthropy • reference • research • reviews • search • tools

Amazon's operations

Tour of the Fernley shipping plant (via Kedrosky)

2005-12-24 nevada • amazon • fernley • fulfillment • holiday • jeffwilke • online • operations • shop • tour • web

NSA traffic analysis

Surprise! Wasn't just directed wiretaps.

Les Sims stamps

France issues a videogame stamp

Veil of Latex story

Jesuit editor says "I don't think you could have found anyone in the editors' room who has seen a condom". That's kind of the whole problem with the priesthood, isn't it?

Artist slips the Jesuits a sacriligeous joke

Merlin's wedding

Ultima V remake

Ambitious project!

2005-12-23 freeware • gaming • hacks • mac • windows

Rumsfeld / Cheney

Slash fanfic, NSFW text (via BoingBoing)

2005-12-23 cheney/rumsfeld • erotica • funny • no • politics • slash • slashfic • weird • wtf

Bush wiretap lie

Wow, an outright lie in 2004

2005-12-22 1984 • bush • government • hypocrisy • law • president • privacy • surveillance • terrorism • video • war

Alastair Cooke's bones. I'm speechless

2005-12-22 ew • news • squick • uk

Thunderbird 1.5 RC2

The new autoupgrader picked this up for me

2005-12-22 browser • candidate • email • geek • mozilla • release • soft • software • thunderbird • 新闻

funky Moldovan dessert wine

Installer for good MP3 codec for Windows, needed for VirtualDub

2005-12-22 codec • encode • free • freeware • mp3 • music • wmp-mp3

Gamespy spyware?

Wow, Norton Antivirus flagged this as a threat!

3007WFP looking like a reality

2005-12-21 <nic0> • @jobb • dell • display • hardware • lcd • monitor • quick_post • via:whatdoiknow • wishlist

Gilgamesh in Klingon

Epic of Gilgamesh

A fairly literal translation

2005-12-21 gilgamesh • history • literature • mythology • reference • religion • research • story • study • toread • writing

matplotlib guide

Simple starting instructions for scripting matplotlib

2005-12-21 graphing • manual • matplotlib • oo • plots • plotting • programming • python • tips • tutorial • visualization

Single best program for identifying the mainboard hardware on your Windows box

2005-12-21 computer • cpu • free • freeware • hardware • software • sysadmin • tool • tools • utilities • windows

Gay gaming roundup

List of some recent articles

Flash your PC BIOS from an ftp server. Freaky.

Rent a Linux cluster

As cheap as $0.15/hour for CPU time

2005-12-20 business • cluster • computing • linux • money

realtime view of what people are linking to on Digg

2005-12-20 ajax • digg • javascript • links • news • rss • social • spy • tags • web • web2.0

sloncek's story of police, equiment seizure, etc (via Waxy)

2005-12-20 article • bittorrent • internet • law • legal • p2p • piracy • riaa • suprnova • toread • torrents

Session saver Firefox

Extension to keep browser state in case of crash

2005-12-19 browser • extension • extensions • firefox • plugin • saver • session • sessionsaver • software • tools • web

Nuke anything Firefox

Extension to remove objects from HTML pages

2005-12-19 browser • extension • extensions • firefox • free • html • internet • mozilla • software • tools • web

San Francisco snow

List of when it's snowed in SF (via Ask Metafilter)

2005-12-19 reference • sanfrancisco

Photo retouching

Or how to make a Barbie doll out of a real girl (via Shellen)

2005-12-19 advertising • art • design • flash • interesting • photo • photography • photoshop • retouch • retouching • women

Chronic of Narnia Rap

SNL short segment, fairly funny (via Waxy)

2005-12-19 comedy • fun • funny • humor • movies • music • narnia • rap • snl • tv • video

Dr. Germ, no charges

"High value detainees" released with no charges in Iraq

Cats' Christmas

Fluffy kitties doing funny things

2005-12-19 animals • cat • cats • christmas • cute • fun • funny • humor • humour • tree • xmas

Webcam paedophiles

Detailed NYT investigative piece on a very creepy story (via Metafilter)

2005-12-19 abuse • article • children • creepy • internet • mefi • pedophiles • web

Satellite image (via Wikipedia)

CD ripping services

Wow, this isn't so expensive. (via Slashdot)

2005-12-16 audio • cd • conversion • ipod • media • mp3 • music • rip • ripping • services • storage

NYT breaks story that Bush decided to let NSA spy on Americans in the US

2005-12-16 america • bush • caff • fear • government • nsa • spy • spyware • terrorism • usa • wiretap

Robin Williams / BF2

Williams is great at being a regular guy.

2005-12-14 actor • celeb • game • games • quickbits • robinwilliams

Vacqueyras hotel

Lovely little place in Provence, stayed there a few years ago

12 Entrepreneuring

Final fire sale (via Kedrosky)

2005-12-14 12 • central • grand • grand_central • grandcentral • halseyminor • on_demand • oxlo • swvl • xml

Simple barcode format (via Joel)

2005-12-14 411 • archiving • barcode • code.39 • dev • imaging • ksl • leeanna • records_management • telecommute • work

Google Homepage API

Build your own content modules; includes a bit of Javascript programmability

2005-12-14 ajax • api • development • google • homepage • howto • programming • reference • web • web2.0 • widgets

Civ4 Python library

Various useful functions for modders

Asymmetric plane

Odd WW2 design (via Ask Metafilter)

2005-12-14 design

Filipino snack food: duck embryo

Humans overimitate

Fascinating cognitive study (via Metafilter)

2005-12-13 animals • article • brain • children • development • evolution • learning • monkeys • nature • psychology • science

On the risks of taking too much VC

2005-12-13 blog • business • entrepreneur • finance • internet • startup • technology • vc • venture • web • web2.0

Lumix FZ30 review

Site also has the FZ5 review. Looks like shutter lag is still an issue.

2005-12-13 buy • camera • cameras • digital • digitalcameras • hardware • photo.tech • photography • photoshop • reviews • wishlist

Cheap digital camera with good glass

2005-12-13 camera • cameras • cooltools • digital • gadgets • lumix • photo • photography • review • reviews • shopping

Computer monitor with 200,000:1 contrast ratio. Individually modulated LED backlight.

2005-12-12 brightside • cool • hardware • hdr • monitor • photo • photography • television • tv • video • wishlist

No clemency from governator

Google video "parkour"

Wow, a lot of stuff here. Much of it is crappy, but some is cool.

2005-12-12 cool • culture • free • gymnastics • meditation • ninja • parkour • social • sports • video • videos

Russian parkour

Nice video (via Boodman)

2005-12-12 climbing • cool • fun • google • movie • movies • parkour • russian • stunts • urban • video

Gamma calibration

Best explanation and test images I've seen

2005-12-12 calibration • color • colors • digital • display • gamma • graphics • hardware • monitor • photography • photoshop

5.0 server supports a strict mode where bad input generates errors, not silent conversions

2005-12-11 5.0 • database • databases • dev • mode • mysql • mysql5 • reference • sql • sql-mode • strict

MySQL archive engine

Compressed table that supports inserts, but not indices

2005-12-11 archive • backup • commands • database • linux • mysql • readme • reference • rubimportado • storage • sysadmin

WoW bot, teleport

Various cheats for the game

I hate my stepdad

Funny old forum post (via Metafilter)

JSON data format

Thinner XML alternative for program data; basically Javascript syntax

2005-12-10 ajax • development • java • javascript • json • programming • python • reference • web • webdev • xml

5 monitor stand

Wow, crazy. It's like a tree of monitors.

Widescreen gaming

Just the site for my new 2405FPW

2005-12-10 forum • forums • games • gaming • graphics • hardware • howto • software • technology • videogames • widescreen

2405FPW drivers

Dell makes it impossible to find these!

610,000@1 instead of 1@610,000; and this got through?!

Civ 4 memory fix

Some game fan hacks in a DLL to give 20% memory savings in the new game. Hire this guy!

2005-12-09 civ • civ4 • civilization • civilization4 • games • games_civ4 • leak • memory • patch • software • tweaks

My House / Bird's Eye

Windows live local has a lot of bugs, but this new data feature is cool

Helpful AskMe thread for new spam filtering techniques

EA buys Jamdat 680M

EA is trying to be the only giant. Now it's mobile games.

Painless DOM manipulation for Javascript

2005-12-09 dom • dombuilder • jart • javascript • jslib • library • mochikit • prototype • scripting • scripts • webdev

Random goofy Internet forum images

2005-12-08 forum • forums • free • fun • funny • graphics • humor • humour • images • photoshop • pictures

Choosing a tripod

Good introductory article

2005-12-08 ballhead • photography • tips • tripod • tripods

A picture of the controversial wrapping paper. Love the upskirt.

Game ratings matter?

To me it looks like there is a correlation; note upper right

2005-12-08 joystiq • toread

Hot Air flash game

Cute little twist on platformers

mathowie in the NYT

Small review of Firefox 1.5

2005-12-08 article • dec05 • firefox • media • nytimes

David Lynch weather

He does a videocast of him talking about the weather every day. Weird.

2005-12-08 daily • davidlynch • film • funny • humor • lynch • movies • report • video • weather • weird

Nice list of Gamespot selections (via Kottke)

2005-12-08 bestof • game • games • gaming • geek • history • interesting • list • lists • miscellany • videogames

Nice Flash isometric building editor (via Metafilter)

2005-12-07 art • design • flash • fun • graphics • isometric • pixel • pixelart • tool • tools • web

Google Talk: Partychat

bot that adds group functionality to Google Talk

2005-12-07 chat • google • hacks • talk

WoW Insider blog

New blog just for the game; we are a truly decadent society

2005-12-07 blog • blogs • daily • game • games • gaming • mmorpg • news • warcraft • worldofwarcraft • wow

Etching Powerbooks

Nice "how it's done" article

2005-12-07 anleitung • apple • cool • customization • design • diy • etching • gravur • laser • make • powerbook

Xbox 360 security

Various anti-mod measures; this is a dry run for Trusted Computing

2005-12-07 browsing • drm • free60 • funny • hacking • hacks • linux • microsoft • stripping • xbox • xbox360

S P 500 outliers

Simple statistical presentation

2005-12-07 blogposts • finance • investing

Django problems

The middle section of Aaron's essay makes me worried for Django

2005-12-07 blog • development • django • framework • frameworks • lisp • programming • python • reddit • web • web.py

Crazy little interpreted VM built into the Apple ][

2005-12-06 apple2 • apple][ • assembler • tech • woz

WoW PvP problems

Battlegrounds apparently twists PvP in a bad way

Apache mod_log_sql

Log web server hits to a database. Pain to set up, but seems to work.

2005-12-06 apache • development • log • logging • logs • module • mysql • sql • web • webalyzer • webdev

PhilG on Sigma lenses

Third party options; the 30mm sounds interesting

2005-12-05 cameras • canon • dslr • lens • lenses • photo • photography • review • reviews • shopping • sigma

Animated favicon

Didn't know this would work

2005-12-05 animated • animation • design • favicon • firefox • graphics • html • icons • web • webdesign • website

Apache 2.2 caching

mod_cache is now stable; caches dynamic page output?

2005-12-04 apache • apache2 • cache • caching • http • httpd • memcached • mod_cache • optimization • performance • server

P.K. Dick by R. Crumb

The Religions Experience of Philip K. Dick

2005-12-04 art • books • comics • crumb • esoteric • future • literature • pkd • religion • scifi • writing

Why is this flyer pink?

Funny culture jamming (via Metafilter)

2005-12-04 amusing • art • cool • culture • fun • funny • humor • humour • pink • web • wtf

The Urinal Game

Intuitive etiquette

2005-12-04 amusing • bathroom • bathrooms • flash • fun • funny • games • men • psychology • via/piratedan • web

Top 10 Javascript

Fixing the language (via kottke)

2005-12-04 ajax • code • css • development • functions • javascript • programming • reference • web • webdesign • webdev

Claymation Hello Kitty

Great little short (via BoingBoing)

2005-12-03 animation • film • fun • funny • hellokitty • humor • japan • movie • quicktime • video • voltron

Shulgin on Ecstasy

Pikhal was an amazing book; he's got a new one coming?!

PriceRitePhoto #2

Apology letter from business owner (via Zawodny)

2005-12-02 blog • blognews • blogs • commerce • disgusting • photo • rcrm_user_stories • reputation • shaming • shopping • web2.0

Airline security farce

Great Schneier essay (via BoingBoing)

2005-12-02 aerospace • culture • essays • legal • links • networld/security • policy • politics • security • travel

Methusalem Firefox

Alternative to Wayback extension that works in 1.5

2005-12-02 archive • coral • extension • firefox

There are some user mods to bring religion to The Sims

5 ways to del.icio.us

"Embrace recursion"

2005-12-01 43folders • 5ives • del.icio.us • delicious • fun • funny • howto • humor • lists • merlinmann • meta

Charming indie game

2005-12-01 0_todo_games • game • games • indie • osx • space • zedomax

Startup software

Useful business software (via Hotlinks)

2005-12-01 blog • business • entrepreneurship • productivity • reference • software • startup • startups • tips • tools • web

Sysadmin IF (Java)

Play the game online, no install

2005-12-01 games

Nick turns out an adventure game about being a histrionic sysadmin (via Waxy)

2005-12-01 books • fiction • fun • game • games • interactive • interactivefiction • linux • literature • sysadmin • text