Nelson's Linkblog 2006-01

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Uninstall StarForce

This piece of crap installed itself by surprise; here's how to remove it. Not clear this site is legitimate, but I think it is.

2006-01-31 copyright • starforce • tool • spyware • removal • game • drm • games • utility • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Wikipedia vs. politics

RFC to ban US Congress IP addresses from editing Wikipedia entries (via Digg)

2006-01-30 wiki • funny • usa • congress • government • wikipedia • abuse • web • internet • politics • technology • nelson:autotagged

PhilG: early retirement

Reports from his life

2006-01-30 life • retirement • productivity • toread • money • work • early • lifehacks • article • happiness • finance • nelson:autotagged

The World of TaB soda

Every product has a fan website

2006-01-30 wom • soda • tab • drinks • nelson:autotagged

Hamachi: P2P VPN

Tunnels a network via UDP, can mediate NAT on both ends

2006-01-29 networking • network • windows • free • p2p • internet • freeware • security • vpn • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Great images (via Digg)

2006-01-29 funny • humor • humour • movies • starwars • movie • blogs • blog • fun • chewy • chewbacca • nelson:autotagged

Phoenix Wright, Ace Anime Attorney

2006-01-29 gaming • phoenix • culture • gyakuten • summary • wright • nintendods • saiban • adventure • gameboyadvance • nelson:autotagged

Face transplant photo

You were wondering, here it is (via Digg)

2006-01-29 business-sport • interesting • photography • face • personals-place • health • photo • medicine • weird • transplant • science • nelson:autotagged

Wikipedia: bong

I don't think Britannica's entry is as detailed

2006-01-28 ster • flix • nelson:autotagged

WikiProject photos

Guidelines for making Wikipedia better with your camera

2006-01-28 photography • wikipedia • nelson:autotagged

Paris zoomable map

Google Maps-like UI for Paris, good map.

2006-01-28 information • reference • map • paris • travel • flash • mapping • france • maps • city • geography • nelson:autotagged

WoW zoomable map

Google Maps-style UI for World of Warcraft

2006-01-28 map • google • googlemaps • reference • gaming • wow • maps • game • worldofwarcraft • warcraft • games • nelson:autotagged

Game developer blogs

2006-01-28 blog_post • development • top10 • joelik • blogs • later • blog • games • www.gamergod.com • design • developers • nelson:autotagged

Fan-made parody of videogame art

2006-01-28 nelson:autotagged

Google in China

Good explanation of a difficult compromise

2006-01-28 search • google • freespeech • rights • privacy • blog • china • censorship • internet • politics • news • nelson:autotagged

Tiananmen images US

Example of Google results in US (assuming your IP is in the US)

2006-01-28 search • google • usa • photo • tiananmen • cnnet:censorship • apac • censorship • googleimagesearch • politics • fromirc • nelson:autotagged

Tiananmen images CN

Example of Google results in China

2006-01-28 comparison • search • google • by__az • apac • linklog • china • 30-1-06 • censorship • images • politics • nelson:autotagged

Tamron lens rebates

Popular 3rd party lens cmopany has good rebates

2006-01-27 nelson:autotagged

World GSM coverage

2006-01-27 map • coverage • reference • phone • mobile • maps • favorites • posters • world • gsm • network • nelson:autotagged

Space Oddity video

1969 music video! David Bowie was so nerdy... (via Metafilter)

2006-01-27 david-bowie • oddity • bowie • youtube • space • david • movies • video • favorites • music • friends • nelson:autotagged

Bush through a bush

Weird photo; is this the best they could get?

2006-01-26 nelson:autotagged

Free Steve Chung!

Random bit from Transmetropolitan

2006-01-26 nelson:autotagged

Reversu pandaba

2006-01-25 nelson:autotagged

Great photographer on Flickr

2006-01-25 toronto • art • photoblogs • photo • photography • photoblog-posts • photoblog • blog • photos • daily • blogs • nelson:autotagged

Daniel Humm to NYC

Damn, I really liked him

2006-01-25 nelson:autotagged

Campton Place chef

Daniel Humm, one of my favourite chefs, has moved on?

2006-01-25 nelson:autotagged

Comic Sans apologia

It's all MS Bob's fault. (via Kottke)

2006-01-25 sans • fonts • typography • design • comicsans • article • comic • font • technology • microsoft • history • nelson:autotagged

Oblivion interview

Enormous detail about the highly anticipated game

2006-01-25 morrowind • gaming • scrolls • elder • faq • pc • oblivion • video_games • interview • microsoft • xbox_360 • nelson:autotagged

Atari ET music video

Cute video about the worst-ever licensed game (via Joystiq)

2006-01-25 funny • music • geek • fun • video • atari • blog • videogames • games • cool • history • nelson:autotagged

NintendoDS homebrew

How to run your own software on the DS. Run your own WiFi ROM server.

2006-01-25 development • reference • nintendo • programming • games • diy • hack • homebrew • nds • ds • tutorial • nelson:autotagged

Ragdoll Masters

2d ragdoll game, fun as heck

2006-01-25 ragdolls • osx • gaming • cool • mac • free • game • games • download • shareware • software • nelson:autotagged

Web authoring stats

Google's analysis of 1 billion web pages' HTML

2006-01-25 development • web • statistics • stats • reference • html • webdesign • google • webdev • xhtml • css • nelson:autotagged

Looks like they went after some primary distribution ftp servers? (via Digg)

2006-01-24 warez • p • piracy • downloads • privacy • pc • games • hack • security • blocked • software • nelson:autotagged

Loompanics closing

Coolest publisher ever closes its doors. Internet victim?

2006-01-24 nelson:autotagged

This Thyssen earth mover actually exists (via Ask Metafilter)

2006-01-24 machine • wow • hardware • holyshit • crane • tools • cool • nelson:autotagged

Konfabulator widgets

Rated by # of downloads (via Populicious)

2006-01-23 widget • windows • konfabulator • list • yahoo • desktop • popular • widgets • download • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Cry Engine 2 movie

Beautiful new game engine from the Far Cry company

2006-01-23 nelson:autotagged

Monkeys open bananas from the other side

2006-01-22 info • useful • food • interesting • ztf • howto • sundayroast • transparency • boingboing • weird • banana • nelson:autotagged

Vaguely Kirby Canvas Curse gameplay, cute falling dogs

2006-01-22 toblog • puzzle • dlsq • timewaster • game • betty • nelson:autotagged

Ball Revamped IV

Little Flash dexterity game (via Jay is Games)

2006-01-22 ball • timewaster • managing • flash • action • game • games • webgames • fun • addictive • cool • nelson:autotagged

Shatner LSD video

Amazing fan-made vide of Shatner's infamous Beatles cover (via UMMO)

2006-01-21 funny • shatner • google • humor • humour • tv • startrek • beatles • video • fun • music • nelson:autotagged

Virtual currency chart

Handy display, updated regularly

2006-01-21 gaming • forex • virtual_money • secondlife • chart • special_study • virtualmoney • currency • mmo • virtual • tom • nelson:autotagged

2006-01-21 blog • personal • nelson:autotagged

Survivor Scandal!

Richard Hatch claims people were sneaking food

2006-01-21 nelson:autotagged

Eve Online hardware

Details from the MMOG guys; whole game runs on 70 dual Opteron systems

2006-01-21 mmog • blade • hardware • cluster • eve-online • architecture • nelson:autotagged

Eve Online database

Interesting; this MMOG makes most of the game data available for download

2006-01-21 development • map • reference • database • data • eve • eve-online • sql • export • tools • nelson:autotagged

Delicious beef spines

Japan's not taking US beef again

2006-01-20 nelson:autotagged

Plane crash video

NASA test footage, eerie (via Metafilter)

2006-01-20 crash • pyrotechnics • videos • movies • films • nasa • video • test • airplane • weird • cool • nelson:autotagged

This was a lovely bottle of wine

2006-01-20 nelson:autotagged

Too long, but the tribulations of a mom and pop operation in EQ

2006-01-20 gaming • goldfarming • economics • virtualworlds • mmorpg • mmo • games • everquest • videogames • article • farming • nelson:autotagged

Flash game vaguely sokoban-like (via Metafilter)

2006-01-19 flash • cubeoban • puzzle • online • free • puzzles • game • games • webgames • fun • juegos • nelson:autotagged

Help the government! (via Battelle)

2006-01-19 funny • search • google • humor • government • privacy • satire • bush • web • fun • politics • nelson:autotagged

More on Fed hoover

Better article, lots of detail

2006-01-19 web • search • google • rights • government • privacy • bush • internet • politics • news • law • nelson:autotagged

Animal Crossing auction site

Uses the DS WiFi to let players trade items for virtual currency

2006-01-19 nelson:autotagged

Grim meathook future

This mini-essay makes me ashamed

2006-01-19 web • life • sociology • culture • activism • economics • society • future • politics • technology • grim-meathook-future • nelson:autotagged

Scary nipple wall

jwz always finds the freakiest photos. Vaguely NSFW.

2006-01-19 images • funny • weird • picture • toblog • nelson:autotagged

DOJ Internet hoovering

Broad reaching subpoena for Internet search records

2006-01-19 nelson:autotagged

memepool / Nelson

Before there was del.icio.us and Metafilter there was memepool

2006-01-19 nelson:autotagged

Lovely tiny Windows client

2006-01-18 p2p • bittorrent • windows • free • torrents • internet • download • freeware • tools • torrent • software • nelson:autotagged

BitTorrent without torrent files. Interesting idea.

2006-01-18 nelson:autotagged

Work / life balance

Thoughtful reflections from Jeremy

2006-01-18 life • worklife • success • work • job • alire • work/life_balance • nelson:autotagged

Mac universal binaries

Early app gone dual-processor went smoothly (via kottke)

2006-01-18 nelson:autotagged

Ted: Tivo for Bittorrent

Automated TV show downloads (via Waxy)

2006-01-18 p2p • bittorrent • windows • ted • utilities • bt • tv • torrents • tools • torrent • software • nelson:autotagged

Laos unicycle tour

A friend of mine is riding hundreds of miles around Laos on a single wh eel

2006-01-18 unicycle • weird • touring • nelson:autotagged

Canon 1Ds pinhole

Better article about DIY pinhole photography

2006-01-17 howto • photoshop • pinhole • photo • photography • hack • canon • lens • camera • diy • digital • nelson:autotagged

Canon 350d pinhole

Lovely soft effects

2006-01-17 foto • photography • howto • safari_export • digital_pinhole • diy • nelson:autotagged

Canon's new camera. Not sure, but could be a hoax.

2006-01-17 images • humor • nelson:autotagged

Moore's Wall on games

Raph Koster with a very thoughtful piece on the future of games (via Metafilter)

2006-01-14 development • gaming • gamedev • toread • creativity • programming • mmog • future • games • design • technology • nelson:autotagged

Lots of types of exploits I didn't know about (via Slashdot)

2006-01-13 jcantero • multiplayer • games • rpg • online • mmorpg • juegos • nelson:autotagged

Trinidad's Pitch Lake

95 acres of tar (via Metafilter)

2006-01-13 tar • nature • interesting • travel • pitch • photos • science • pictures • weird • geography • cool • nelson:autotagged

Ads in CounterStrike?!

In-game ads are sadly inevitable

2006-01-13 by_myrdin • spam • media • games • advertising • marketing • fromirc • nelson:autotagged

Personal annual report

Clever idea (via kottke)

2006-01-12 visualization • art • interesting • creativity • ideas • blog • design • 2005 • report • cool • inspiration • nelson:autotagged

Rumstud / Geisha

Fantastic photo (via Metafilter)

2006-01-12 funny • picture • literature • toread • geisha • pictures • photography • news • politics • rumsfeld • nelson:autotagged

Google Earth-like UI entirely in Flash. Very nicely done. (via jayisgames)

2006-01-11 web2.0 • map • google • reference • flash • maps • googlemaps • earth • geography • tools • cool • nelson:autotagged

Diamonds are bad

Lots of interesting stuff in the comments

2006-01-11 diamond • shopping • toread • thread • metafilter • scam • africa • culture • diamonds • politics • issues • nelson:autotagged

Something that is more desireable the more expensive it is

2006-01-11 archangel • consumption • reference • psicologia • economics • wikipedia • ideas • business • trends • words • bigend • nelson:autotagged

Tire specifications

All those random bits on the side of your tire mean something!

2006-01-10 tire • asap • specifications • cars • tires • auto • nelson:autotagged

Nice online calendar, cool startup

2006-01-10 web2.0 • web • productivity • javascript • free • ajax • online • webapp • calendar • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

Odyssey2 emulator

Is K.C. Munchkin as good as you remember?

2006-01-09 video-games • emulate • howto • emulators • videogames • games • emulator • tutorials • odyssey2 • nelson:autotagged

Burning Man 2005

Photoalbum (via Metafilter)

2006-01-09 art • burningman • festival • photo • photography • pics • photos • diverse • 2005 • burning_man • event • nelson:autotagged

Oblivion tech interview

Lots of interesting details about a next-gen 3d game

2006-01-09 interview • oblivion • technology • rpg • nelson:autotagged

Feedster overturn

Good journalism from WebProNews

2006-01-09 feedster • search • blog • search+engine • syndicate • rss • nelson:autotagged

Harsh feedster update

An executive should never use the phrase "purged some personnel"

2006-01-09 feedster • technorati • failing • strategy • snw • rssnews • commentary • revisit • nelson:autotagged

Entrepreneurs' lies

Funny-but-true list (via Zawodny)

2006-01-09 vc • business • entrepreneur • blogs • startup • strategy • blog • lies • tips • entrepreneurship • kawasaki • nelson:autotagged

Windows RAW plugin

Makes thumbnails; and Microsoft has Firefox instructions!

2006-01-08 nelson:autotagged

Oblivion preview

The game is nearly finished

2006-01-08 es_oblivion • nelson:autotagged

Feedster pessimism

Hadn't realized Scott Rafer and Scott Johnson both left

2006-01-08 status • web2.0 • search • fee • jeremy • webservice • business • feedster • startup • blogging • rss • nelson:autotagged

My friend Mike has a new tech blog, good stuff

2006-01-07 xml • web • xslt • blogs • programming • blog • design • webdev • development • css • techniques • nelson:autotagged

Portable game history

Nice family tree (via Joystiq)

2006-01-07 hardware • gaming • handheld • gadgets • game • tech • retro • nintendo • videogames • games • history • nelson:autotagged

Sushi explained

Handy video etiquette guide (via Krane)

2006-01-07 funny • google • humor • food • sushi • japanese • culture • video • fun • japan • documentary • nelson:autotagged

IGN top 10 games

More eclectic than the usual lists

2006-01-05 nelson:autotagged

Best Fark photoshops

Funny even without context (via Waxy)

2006-01-05 funny • humor • reference • photoshop • photography • graphics • satire • photos • design • 2005 • .imported • nelson:autotagged

Congrats to Aaron for releasing yet another Python web framework!

2006-01-04 development • web • code • web.py • python • programming • framework • opensource • webdev • tools • software • nelson:autotagged

For bad Second Lifers. Spooky. (via Waxy)

2006-01-04 gaming • secondlife • internet • virtual • crime • geek • culture • game • games • prison • mmorpg • nelson:autotagged

Crazy chemical warfare experiments

2006-01-04 funny • humor • warfare • gay • bbc • sex • wierd • tech • news • military • war • nelson:autotagged

Third party site lists modules you can put into a personalized Google page

2006-01-03 web2.0 • web • google • homepage • modules • module • ajax • api • internet • widgets • tools • nelson:autotagged

WMF hole intentional

An image format designed to run arbitrary code. (via Hot Links)

2006-01-02 wmf_virus • web • windows • vulnerability • spyware • win32 • daily • internetexplorer • escape • security • wmf • nelson:autotagged

Rael quits Blosxom

Switches blog to Typo. Why do I feel a chill?

2006-01-02 blogtools • cms • blosxom • nelson:autotagged

Top 20 indie games

Jay is Games has a unique take on non-traditional games, great list of stuff here

2006-01-02 web • bestof • 2005 • list • lists • flash • game • games • free • online • fun • nelson:autotagged

Group figures out how to make a custom boot disc

2006-01-02 nelson:autotagged

Eve Online technology

They use Stackless Python!

2006-01-02 python • multiplayer • nelson:autotagged