Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog aboutarchivemastodonfeed
Hitman review...
.. as seen via the device of the 10 commandments
2006-05-31 nelson:autotagged
MMOGchart update
New data published (via Slashdot)
2006-05-31 gaming • statistics • stats • reference • game • research • mmog • mmo • games • online • mmorpg • nelson:autotagged
Laundry hieroglyphics
Those little symbols mean something? (via Populicious)
2006-05-30 useful • reference • icons • howto • misc • symbols • hieroglyphics • cleaning • laundry • guide • usability • nelson:autotagged
Sinking a carrier
Photo series (via Digg)
2006-05-30 nature • interesting • photography • pictures • photos • photo • images • military • ship • cool • history • nelson:autotagged
Mutant baby
Three arms are better than two
2006-05-30 nelson:autotagged
Private phone records
Someone bombs an ATT billboard
2006-05-29 minilinks • surveillance • nelson:autotagged
Travel time maps
Fantastic transportation visualization (via Kottke)
2006-05-28 visualization • gis • uk • map • travel • mapping • maps • london • visualisation • time • transport • nelson:autotagged
Language maps
Detailed data from Ethnologue database (via Kottke)
2006-05-28 linguistics • gis • reference • language • visualization • mapping • languages • maps • map • world • geography • nelson:autotagged
Pat Robertson insane
Claims he can lift an impossible amount of weight (via Daily Rotten)
2006-05-28 funny • weight • articles • idiot • dick • religion • health • patrobertson • legpress • exercise • nelson:autotagged
10,000 sheep
Amazon MTurk art (via Waxy or Kottke, ya know)
2006-05-24 sheep • funny • humor • collaboration • flash • amazon • design • fun • art • drawing • cool • nelson:autotagged
TYPOTOPO
Peter Cho's experimental typography and design
2006-05-23 conceptional • art • visualization • text • programming • typography • newmedia • design • interactive • experimental • cool • nelson:autotagged
Oblivion dominoes
Silly physics demonstration in the game
2006-05-23 funny • humor • physics • domino • game • oblivion • games • fun • video • machinima • cool • nelson:autotagged
Stripper polaroids
Collection of 60s/70s photos (via Merlin)
2006-05-23 photography • flickr • nelson:autotagged
Keyword arbitrage
Buy ads on Google to sell ads for Google
2006-05-21 web • google • business • spam • money • howto • strategy • adsense • advertising • seo • tips • nelson:autotagged
HDR explanation
Nice detailss, an entreaty to not abuse the technology
2006-05-21 photoshop • art • hdr • photo • photography • graphics • howto • photos • digital • tutorials • tutorial • nelson:autotagged
NDS homebrew
The kit you need to run unauthorized software (via Waxy)
2006-05-20 nintendo • howto • dslite • hacks • hardware • game • games • emulation • hack • homebrew • ds • nelson:autotagged
Eve corporate scandal
Friendly-sounding newbie fleeces her investors two months later
2006-05-20 nelson:autotagged
Eve Intergalactic Bank
Everytime I think I understand this game, I find some new amazing thing someone's created
2006-05-20 nelson:autotagged
Howto play the spoons
look simpler than it must be
2006-05-19 toread • entertainment • instruments • howto • spoons • music • fun • lifehacks • history • tutorial • cool • nelson:autotagged
Hot gay soldiers
Freaky old advertising (via BoingBoing)
2006-05-19 triton • funny • interesting • subj-gay_issues • propaganda • retro • fun • usados • kitsch • war • homoerotic • nelson:autotagged
Console prices
Inflation adjusted, nice data view (via Waxy)
2006-05-19 gaming • statistics • console • business • economics • hardware • prices • consoles • games • videogames • history • nelson:autotagged
US vs Euro VCs
Performance gap
2006-05-19 europe • performance • vc • ir • usa • nelson:autotagged
SF Scar Tissue
Remnants of a railroad track as seen in overhead photos
2006-05-19 urban • cities • aerial • maps • photography • photos • design • architecture • sanfrancisco • history • cool • nelson:autotagged
Typesetting PDF
Designer's notes on creating humane Acrobat files
2006-05-19 graphic • layout • toread • ease • fonts • typography • design • online • planb • tips • publishing • nelson:autotagged
AYD'S Diet pills 1982
You have to hope this naming was unintentional
2006-05-19 google • humor • humour • tv • media • commercials • commercial • video • retro • fun • health • nelson:autotagged
Reading WoW for race
Complex, subtle issues
2006-05-19 articles • omginternets • colonialism • wow • research • culture • gaming • race • games • article • kultur • nelson:autotagged
Eve developer update
All the projects they're working on; ambitious company
2006-05-19 nelson:autotagged
Eve Online stories
Nice MeFi wrapup of some game writing
2006-05-15 toread • nelson:autotagged
Govt vs. ABC News
Investigative reporter told that their phone records are being spied on
2006-05-15 cia • government • spying • nsa • privacy • journalism • bush • media • politics • security • news • nelson:autotagged
No Snap stats
Snap said they'd put their financial results online, but they've been offline for weeks now.
2006-05-15 nelson:autotagged
Not your computer
Schneier breaks down all the people trying to control your machine
2006-05-15 rights • secutiry • computing • economics • legal • drm • ownership • lore • security • schneier • issues • nelson:autotagged
Seeing in the dark
Two photos, one without flash, one with. Then combine.
2006-05-14 photoshop • algorithm • photo • photography • flash • research • digital_photography • design • digital • lighting • microsoft • nelson:autotagged
Arrested for dancing
Crazy tourist story (via Zawodny)
2006-05-11 funny • humor • dance • travel • blog • project • society • greece • police • trouble • holycrap • nelson:autotagged
Banding in Canon 5d?
Apparently a CMOS noise problem
2006-05-11 nelson:autotagged
Secret CIA prisons
Our polity is sick (via Metafilter)
2006-05-11 cia • torture • usa • prisons • impeachment • prison • terror • politics • news • 911 • war • nelson:autotagged
subLYMONal
As seen on Lost. I eat this crap up, whatever it is. Spoilers?
2006-05-11 funny • television • lost • tv • marketing • flash • game • advertising • interesting • sublymonal • hanso • nelson:autotagged
419 victims
Amazingly detailed example of gullibility (via Metafilter)
2006-05-10 newyorker • scam • toread • spam • money • 419 • nigerian • internet • article • nigeria • email • nelson:autotagged
Tournament brackets
Pre-generated double elimination tournament arrangements
2006-05-09 work • brackets • ya • tournament • library • sports • tez • bracket • games • programs • tournaments • nelson:autotagged
CIA gay hookers
Lots of whispers that CIA resignations have to do wtih Cunningham's taste for boys (via RobotWisdom)
2006-05-09 blog • politics • washington • gay • nelson:autotagged
Google candygate
Snack scandal, leaked memos! (via an anonymous source)
2006-05-09 google • m&ms • google_speciali • nelson:autotagged
Backup dilemma
Hard drives have oustripped archival media
2006-05-09 sysadmin • backup • storage • advice • howto • blog • hardware • tips • data • security • software • nelson:autotagged
Sploid
This blog continues to be awesome
2006-05-09 tabloid • humor • gawker • media • blogs • journalism • daily • blog • gossip • politics • news • nelson:autotagged
Fedex arrivals..
..during a thunderstorm (via mathowie)
2006-05-09 funny • visualization • interesting • fedex • radar • weather • video • airline • fun • aviation • cool • nelson:autotagged
Game media torrents
E3 videos here (via Digg)
2006-05-09 gaming • videos • bittorrent • game • video • torrents • videogames • games • torrent • e3 • p2p • nelson:autotagged
Very close pass
Crazy aviation stunt
2006-05-09 nelson:autotagged
Google Maps w/tanks
Military operation caught on photo
2006-05-09 google • googleearth • intelligence • blog • maps • googlemaps • interesting • politics • iraq • war • cool • nelson:autotagged
Search ad technology
This article is good
2006-05-08 search • google • advertising • yahoo • panama • nelson:autotagged
First Fuel Bank
Gas hoarders save money
2006-05-07 nelson:autotagged
Galacticsimpsons
Battlestar Galactica characters drawn in Simpsons style (via Metafilter)
2006-05-07 funny • humor • comics • illustration • simpsons • tv • cartoons • battlestargalactica • art • bsg • scifi • nelson:autotagged
Pretty pixel fonts
Tiny but with style (via Digg)
2006-05-06 web • flash • fonts • typography • free • webdesign • design • download • font • pixelfonts • pixel • nelson:autotagged
Search spider test
If I understand right, the best crawlers would crawl no pages here
2006-05-06 visualization • search • statistics • web • yahoo • searchengine • research • msn • google • seo • bots • nelson:autotagged
Airplane routing
Interesting way to deal with a moving Internet node
2006-05-06 holycrap • terrorism • networking • crazy • internet • nelson:autotagged
Edelman sues Yahoo
Spyware investigator gets formal
2006-05-05 web2.0 • google • yahoo • syndication • fraud • portal • spyware • news • nelson:autotagged
Vladislav Delay album
Glitch with a Creative Commons license
2006-05-05 dub • music • experimental • ambient • nelson:autotagged
Teenage websites
Where 30somethings think teenagers go online
2006-05-05 nelson:autotagged
Intense probe display
Amazing visualization of lots of data as a probe heads to Titan
2006-05-05 visualization • space • science • titan • nasa • video • movie • design • astronomy • huygens • cool • nelson:autotagged
Hookworm healing
Insane self-doctoring (via Metafilter)
2006-05-05 hayfever • hookworm • asthma • science • medical • disease • health • diy • medicine • weird • travel • nelson:autotagged
Real Star Wars DVDs
Without the abominable extra material from the past few years. No need to steal laserdisc rips anymore.
2006-05-05 starwars • shopping • culture • dvd • movies • video • scifi • star_wars • news • film • cool • nelson:autotagged
Oblivion now M
In part because of a third party unlock; lame!
2006-05-05 ranking • ratings • game • controversy • oblivion • games • news • esrb • nelson:autotagged
Customize "Send To"
easy Windows modification lets you open any file in notepad, etc
2006-05-01 productivity • windows • lifehack • lifehacker • howto • hacks • computer • sendto • lifehacks • tips • tutorial • nelson:autotagged
GalCiv2 developer
Lead programmer is a woman! May be the only modern game headed by a woman.
2006-05-01 gaming • plymouth • michigan • nelson:autotagged
#1 nothing bummer
Some stupid content site bug results in mathowie getting outrage spam
2006-05-01 web • search • weblogs • fox • matthaughey • html • dumb • dos • friends • nelson:autotagged
[nothing]: Google
mathowie is the #1 nothing
2006-05-01 nelson:autotagged