How MREs work

Surprisingly interesting article

2006-02-28 food • military • reference • stargate

PhilG on Canon 5D

He seems to like it

2006-02-27 camera • cameras • canon • daily • digital • digitalphotos • photo • photography • review • reviews • slr

SF WiFi cafes

I find the laptop scene odious, but may be convenient

2006-02-26 business • coffee • culture • food • mobile • office • sanfrancisco • startup • web2.0 • wifi • work

Top Flickr cameras

Based on upload stats; wish I'd thought of this! (via Populicious)

2006-02-25 camera • cameras • digital • flickr • hardware • list • photo • photography • shopping • statistics • top

Camp Records

early 60s homoculture (via Metafilter)

2006-02-25 comedy • culture • download • fun • funny • gay • history • mp3 • music • queer • retro

WinXP: UltraMon

System tweak software for multiple monitors

2006-02-25 desktop • hardware • monitor • monitors • productivity • software • tools • utilities • utility • video • windows

The Evolution of Link

Zelda graphics through time (via Joystiq)

2006-02-25 games • gaming • history • iumage • nintendo • tshirt • videogames • zelda

Scanner Darkly production problems

Apparently the animation process has been difficult (via Digg)

2006-02-25 animation • article • film • linklater • movie • movies • philipkdick • pkd • rotoscoping • scanner • wired

Legend of Zelda ad

embarassing 1987 rap

2006-02-24 funny • joystiq • nostalgia • video • video_games • zelda

Poke: game cheats

Generic memory modification engine

2006-02-23 cheat • cheats • free • game • games • gaming • hack • poke • software • tools • windows

Half Moon Bay tides

Unusually low tides this weekend

2006-02-23

Bad game controllers

Funny collection of failed HID

2006-02-22 funny • game_controllers • gaming • imported_from_blue_dot • the_80s • video_games

Two decades of Zelda

One of the most important console RPGs

2006-02-22 article • game • games • gaming • history • nes • nintendo • tech • video • videogames • zelda

Test game prototypes

Interesting window into an independent developer's process

2006-02-22 casualgames • prototype • speciale

LEGOd Video Games

Classic video game scenes recreated in lego (via Digg)

2006-02-21 art • flickr • games • gaming • humor • katamari • lego • legos • photography • photos • videogames

Python EasyInstall

Finally: one line command to download and install a Python package

2006-02-21 development • documentation • egg • install • installer • opensource • package • programming • python • software • tools

Canon 85mm f1.2L

Fancy new prime, freakin' huge 72mm filter

2006-02-21 camera • canon • gear • lens • photo • photography • photography/lenses/canon • photoreviews • portraiture

EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS

Interesting, but I still think EF-S is a dead end

2006-02-21 17 • 17-55 • canon • dslr • ef-s • eos • is • lens • mm • photography • review

Canon 30D #2

they've done a good job seeding the web sites

2006-02-21 30d • camera • canon • dslr • eos20d • photo • photography • review • shopping

Canon 30D

New camera, so far the buzz is it's disappointing

2006-02-21 30d • camera • cameras • canon • canoneos30d • eos • gear • photo • photography • review • reviews

Don't mess with Cory

He's got a blog of doom

2006-02-21 boingboing • bosh54 • crazy • crime • funny • humor • humour • internet • law • legal • web

Dogpatch photos

Funky old SF neighbourhood, fun images

2006-02-20 cityscape • landscape • photo • sanfrancisco

Scanner Darkly trailer

A new trailer! This looks so incredibly good.

2006-02-20

BotNet business

Interview with a young criminal (via Kedrosky)

2006-02-20 article • botnet • hacker • hackers • hacking • hacks • internet • malware • news • security • spyware

Six Apart: $12M more

they sure are spending a lot of money

2006-02-20 6a • blog • blogging • business • design • ommalik • rssnews • server • six-apart • sixapart • vc

Photomatix tutorial

Giant screenshots

2006-02-19

Wikipedia: Aborigines

Good article

2006-02-19 australia • history • wikipedia • wikipediapage

Neutrinos detected

Antarctica detector gets a hit

2006-02-19 antarctica • blackhole • science

yy-chr tile ripper

Extract graphics from old ROMs

2006-02-18 nes

Cheney shooting lies

Most of what we were told at first was false

2006-02-18

Block Fasterfox

Millions of users all pre-fetching links is bad

2006-02-18 apache • blog • extensions • fasterfox • firefox • hacks • howto • robots.txt • server • web • webhosting

Google DoJ response

I think it's amazing they're posting all these documents

2006-02-18 bush • doj • google • interesting • law • politics • privacy • response • search • surveillance • usa

Pics of shot by Cheney

Damage right by his eye

2006-02-18

DiggLicious

You got your AJAX in my API!

2006-02-17 ajax • bookmarks • cool • del.icio.us • delicious • digg • mashup • news • social • tools • web2.0

Firefox clipboard bug

This is driving me nuts!

2006-02-17 bug • clipboard • firefox • problem

Jeeves is watching

Thank god humour is alive in Silicon Valley (via Waxy)

2006-02-17 by__az • fromirc • funny • mattcutts • seo

More American shame

Salon gets the full set of Abu Ghraib data, presumably via a leak (via Metafilter)

2006-02-16 abu • abughraib • abuse • ghraib • iraq • news • photos • politics • salon.com • torture • war

Blueprint flash game

Nice little puzzle (via Metafilter)

2006-02-16 blueprint • cool • flash • free • fun • game • games • online • physics • puzzle • puzzles

Shut down Gitmo

UN asks US to close down torture prison

2006-02-16

Can NSA read email?

Yahoo declines to answer (via Zawodny)

2006-02-16

Stupid nude calendars

Girls of curling! (via Kottke)

2006-02-16 advertising • calendar • cool • fun • humor • humour • nsfw • nude • photography • sex • stupidity

Earthquake prep

San Francisco city site for preparing for disasters

2006-02-16 disaster • earthquake • emergency • howto • kit • preparedness • reference • security • sf • survival • tips

LED throwies

1000 points of light, guerilla style

2006-02-15 art • cool • diy • electronics • fun • graffiti • hacks • howto • led • make • throwies

American shame

More snaps from Abu Ghraib

2006-02-15 abu • aclu • bush • evil • ghraib • gross • iraq • law • photos • rumsfeld • torture

John Frum cargo cult

In depth Smithsonian story (via BoingBoing)

2006-02-15 anthropology • articles • cargo • cargocult • cult • culture • history • interesting • religion • smithsonian • toread

Flickr: pillowfight

From yesterday's SF mob

2006-02-15

Valenswine's Day

Feb 13 is the day to take your mistress out for dinner

2006-02-15

Sunset Cafe

Merlin's office-away-from-home

2006-02-15 cafe • localstuff • sanfrancisco • wifi

Jeff Veen to Google

Good for him

2006-02-15 acquisition • adaptivepath • analytics • blog • blogs • google • measuremap • statistics • stats • veen • web

Gamespot spam leak

I think it's more likely Gamespot was hacked than they were giving out address

2006-02-15

10 best sci-fi films that never existed

Terrific bit of writing about current scifi films (via Populicious)

2006-02-14 article • film • funny • humor • interesting • list • movie • movies • sci-fi • scifi • sf

Near killing is funny!

White House Finds Humor in Hunting Mishap

2006-02-14

Nintendo DS Lite

Great article explaining all the changes

2006-02-14 dslite • gaming • news • nintendo • nintendods • videogames

Calculating exposure

The math behind f-stops, shutter speeds, and film ISO

2006-02-14 exposure • howto • looksee • mathematics • photo • photography • reference • technical • toread • tutorial • tutorials

Photoshop for photogs

Sample chapter on HDR is pretty useful

2006-02-14 graphics • hdr • photography • photoshop

High dynamic time range photography

Combining exposures taken across a day into a single image

2006-02-14 cool • dynamic • hdr • hdtr • howto • photo • photography • photos • photoshop • time • tutorial

Future of HDR?

In depth exploration of HDR tech

2006-02-14 article • digital • graphics • hdr • imaging • photo • photography • photoshop • reference • technology • tutorial

Flickr: Feb 12 2006

I'm famous, I'm famous! At least at the for the moment, my HDR experiment is the #1 interestingness photo today.

2006-02-13

Scout: Flickr Explorer

Helps you find your photos in interestingness on Flickr

2006-02-13 explore • flickr • interestingness • photo • photography • photos • scout • search • tool • tools • web

CodeCon 2006 notes

Ryan took some great notes, wish I'd gone to the event.

2006-02-13

More Iran war

No harm in being prepared, right? When do we hear about Al Qaeda in Iran?

2006-02-12 bush • diplomacy • iran • military • news • nuclear • nuke • politics • strategy • usa • war

Planning Iran war

"no no, it's just routine"

2006-02-12

Star Wars valentines

Super funny

2006-02-11 art • fun • funny • geek • humor • humour • photoshop • somethingawful • starwars • valentine • valentines

Web development 2.0

Insights into how software is written in contemporary Web companies

2006-02-11 2.0 • blog • business • development • oreilly • programming • software • toread • web • web2.0 • webdev

No single player games

Provocative and thoughtful essay on the social aspects of gaming

2006-02-11 blogs • games • gaming • psychology

dd_rescue

Unix tool to pull bits off a bad disk

2006-02-11 backup • dd • linux • opensource • recovery • rescue • software • sysadmin • tool • tools • unix

HL2 Rube Goldberg

Amazing little physics game video (via everyone)

2006-02-10 cool • funny • games • goldberg • halflife • halflife2 • hl2 • humor • physics • rube • video

Buying search traffic?

Yahoo considering offering incentives to its search users

2006-02-10 deals • free • google • imported_from_blue_dot • news • offer • reward • search • searchengine • seo • yahoo

Current web style

Great explication of good design trends (via Populicious)

2006-02-09 css • design • graphics • inspiration • reference • style • trends • web • web2.0 • webdesign • webdev

WoW: alone together

Preliminary social analysis of the MMOG

2006-02-09 alone • anthropology • games • gaming • mmorpg • social • socialsoftware • statistics • videogames • worldofwarcraft • wow

BreakQuest

Physics-Based Games: Reviews, Game Downloads, and Developer Interviews ? The Pinnacle of Breakout Games: BreakQuest

2006-02-06 breakout • downloadblog • flash • games • gaming • pc • physics • software

Celebrity manga

Beautifully done (via BoingBoing)

2006-02-06 anime • art • cool • fun • images • manga • photo • photography • photos • photoshop • weird

Great church photo

I aspire to take photos as good as this guy

2006-02-06 photoblog • photoblog-posts • visited

Canon focus system

The magic is polarization

2006-02-06 camera • canon • dslr • eos • focus • howto • lens • lenses • photo • photography • toread

Nerdy photo articles

Science as applied to photography (via Peter)

2006-02-06 article • articles • cours-photo • fromfox • lenses • optics • photo • photography • photoshop • technical • writing

ISPs vs BitTorrent

Traffic shapers are throttling BT, so BT will encrypt (via Digg)

2006-02-05 azureus • bittorrent • encryption • internet • isp • p2p • privacy • security • torrent • torrents • traffic

Robida on MySpace

Attempted anti-gay murderer's web site (via Waxy)

2006-02-05 attack • bar • boston • gay+bar • hate • homosexual • internetculture • juggalo • murder • myspace • rampage

Pretty pretty bang bang

Cute little Flash game, prototype for an Xbox Arcade

2006-02-05 arcade • elemental • flash • flashgames/action • fun • game • games • microsoft • online • ply • webgame

Mendocino weather

A little online weather station

2006-02-05 webcam

Share your game idea

Good general advice on why sharing your unique IP inventions is a good idea

2006-02-04 blog • business • design • games

Rise of Legends

Another preview. New word for the search engines: Cuotl

2006-02-04 legends • local • maryland

Jigglypuff! idol

This can't be real, can it? (via Joystiq)

2006-02-03 cool • music • silly

Mario Bros sound

Awesome little soundboard for Super Mario Bros (via kottke)

2006-02-03 flash • fun • funny • game • games • gaming • mario • music • nintendo • sound • soundboard

How to fund a startup

Nice breakdown of the options

2006-02-03 business • entrepreneur • entrepreneurship • finance • funding • howto • money • reference • startup • toread • vc

Google, human rights

Text of a statement to the Human Rights Caucus. This is a lot of detailed disclosure!

2006-02-03 censorship • china • google • google.cn • humanrights • internet • politics • search • technology • thesis • trade

Obsidian profile

Excellent game developer shop, weird article

2006-02-03 black_isle • games • games_companys • games_industry • obsidian • rpg • software

Diablo III hiring?

"The team behind Diablo I and II is looking..." (via just about every game site)

2006-02-03 business • game_jobs • games • gaming • geek • jobs • meaningful • trabajo • work.getting_it

Oblivion: Xbox360 / PC

Xbox version to be more capable than PC?!

2006-02-03

Canon 35D rumours

Nice roundup with pictures. Wheel on the left?!

2006-02-02 canon • defitalcamera • memo

Dave Orchard in Oz

Nice vacation writeup

2006-02-01 australia • travel

ExifPro image viewer

Looks like a very nice image review tool

2006-02-01 camera • desktop • exif • free • images • photo • photography • software • tools • windows • winxp

EXIF InfoTip WinXP

Shows EXIF data in mouseover tooltips (scroll down)

2006-02-01 exif • grafica • photo • photography • photography-tools • software • tool • tools • utilities • windows • 攝影

Browse the Earth

Insightful article on current map technologies on the Internet

2006-02-01 gis • lbs • mashups • media • mobile

Focus testing

Simple test chart to test calibration

2006-02-01 camera • cameras • canon • chart • focus • lens • lenses • photo • photography • test • testing

Spying on satellites

Amateur spotters vs. stealth satellites (via Mefi)

2006-02-01 article • astronomy • espionage • geek • satellite • satellites • science • space • spy • technology • wired

No more telegrams

Western Union quits the business (via jwz)

2006-02-01 article • business • communication • history • news • science • tech • technology • telegram • telegrams • westernunion

Founder equity splits

50/50 is not always the right idea

2006-02-01 article • blog • business • entrepreneur • entrepreneurship • equity • founders • split • startup • stock • vc

EFF vs ATT

First lawsuit about illegal domestic wiretaps

2006-02-01