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Doctypes vs browsers
Browsers layout pages based on the declared doctype
2006-08-31 web • reference • doctype • standards • webdesign • html • design • webdev • xhtml • css • browser • nelson:autotagged
RoboGeo
Could this be the turnkey geotagging software I've been looking for?
2006-08-31 flickr • geotagging • exif • maps • photo • photography • photos • tools • gps • geo • software • nelson:autotagged
FuzzyOCR spam sw
Scan the images embedded in spam; nuts! (via Cray)
2006-08-31 picture • spam • spamassassin • amavis • fuzzy • ocr • nelson:autotagged
Image spam surge
Everyone I know is getting way more stock pumping image spam lately
2006-08-30 gmail • spam • nelson:autotagged
Takei roasts Shatner
NSFW: This is pretty intense, even for the genre
2006-08-30 nelson:autotagged
Exploring Amazon EC2
notes from an early user
2006-08-30 howto • hosting • rails • server • amazon • api • grid • virtualization • linux • tutorial • ec2 • nelson:autotagged
Comcast mail disaster
Randomly throwing away email from major sites
2006-08-30 nelson:autotagged
Flickr Geotag API
Official announcement
2006-08-30 search • geotagging • geoip • photography • mapping • yahoo • api • webservices • flickr • geo • geocode • nelson:autotagged
Fear the Swiss cows
Hiking mishaps abound
2006-08-29 europe • funny • humor • entertainment • travel • offbeat • moos • pets • news • swiss • animals • nelson:autotagged
Danny Sullivan leaves
Moving on from SEW. Too bad, he's given many years of great coverage.
2006-08-29 sew • search • google • media • blogs • search.engine.watch • blog • conversational+media • seo • sem • dannysullivan • nelson:autotagged
Ev on web metrics
No easy way to measure how popular a site is
2006-08-29 web2.0 • web • statistics • stats • business • myspace • metrics • ajax • advertising • internet • pageviews • nelson:autotagged
Housing bubble graph
This is so extreme it must be lying
2006-08-29 visualization • statistics • house • housing • economics • money • home • economy • bubble • realestate • history • nelson:autotagged
Andy Kaufman SNL: Mighty Mouse
Still gives me chills
2006-08-29 funny • videos • interesting • video • fun • history • nelson:autotagged
Sony geotag device
No interface, just makes GPS tracks
2006-08-29 hardware • geotagging • photo • photography • mapping • gadgets • photos • camera • sony • review • gps • nelson:autotagged
Poultry killer
Old-timey and horrifying, all at once!
2006-08-29 nelson:autotagged
Eve Online bugs
Of interest even if you don't care about games; random list of bugs in the latest patch
2006-08-29 nelson:autotagged
Flickr Geotagging
Mainstream feature now!
2006-08-28 web2.0 • geotagging • maps • photo • photography • mapping • blog • photos • flickr • geo • tagging • nelson:autotagged
Amazon computing
Rent Amazon's servers for $72/month. Useful, but how does it really help Amazon?
2006-08-27 web2.0 • web • programming • hosting • ec2 • amazon • virtualization • linux • webdev • technology • architecture • nelson:autotagged
Fluffy soapy mouse
Put a mouse in a sock, make an untethered pointing device
2006-08-27 nelson:autotagged
Foo Camp schedule
Not there this year
2006-08-26 foocamp • nelson:autotagged
Man!festo Games live
Congratulations, Greg!
2006-08-26 development • gaming • games • business • indie • free • game • computer • design • videogames • gamedev • nelson:autotagged
I am not a terrorist
A protest t-shirt
2006-08-26 funny • shopping • activism • tshirt • design • politics • fun • humor • terrorism • clothing • travel • nelson:autotagged
Troitsky Church fire
Looks bad
2006-08-26 disaster • todescribe • fire • photography • daily • architecture • news • church • • churches • russia • nelson:autotagged
RAZR V3 hacking
looks like a good collection
2006-08-24 cellphone • motorola • mobile • razr • howto • hacks • phone • v3 • hack • hacking • software • nelson:autotagged
Tarot deck scans
Hundreds of tarot design samples (via Metafilter)
2006-08-24 nacho • art • reference • image • illustration • tarot • design-research • images • archetype • gallery • history • nelson:autotagged
Vista DRM failure
Microsoft drops support for BluRay and HD-DVD DRM
2006-08-24 media • vista • copyright • windows • money • ms.vista • hdtv • tech • :-( • dvd • drm • nelson:autotagged
Big new Eve scam
The Eve Investment bank was a scam afterall
2006-08-24 funny • wizzel • • scam • thread • forum • imported • eveonline • inventions • gaming • online • mmorpg • nelson:autotagged
Math personalities
Long New Yorker, but great story about Perelman
2006-08-24 newyorker • toread • perelman • culture • china • poincare • mathematics • politics • article • news • math • nelson:autotagged
Steal browse history
Very clever CSS tomfoolery lets a server learn whether a user has visited some set of URLs before
2006-08-24 web • tracking • privacy • javascript • hacks • ajax • hack • security • browser • css • usability • nelson:autotagged
Semantic Web: 1.7M
OK, so I was wrong about 10,000.
2006-08-23 nelson:autotagged
Search 10,000 docs!
No, really, this semantic web thing is gonna take off any day now
2006-08-23 web2.0 • owl • search • semantic • web • searchengine • rdf • ontology • tools • semanticweb • metadata • nelson:autotagged
Six horrifying parasites
Gross out science (via BoingBoing)
2006-08-23 gross • biology • animals • interesting • medical • parasites • health • science • weird • horror • cool • nelson:autotagged
More on AOL firings
What a mess
2006-08-22 nelson:autotagged
Ryanair protest
This is extraordinary, it'd be like Southwest airlines publically criticizing the TSA
2006-08-22 funny • humor • humour • ryanair • travel • satire • airlines • naked • airport • fun • security • nelson:autotagged
Goldman's legacy
If anything, Evan's understating the amount Jason has done for Blogger in Google
2006-08-22 entrepreneurship • nelson:autotagged
WoW 1.12 patch
Finally a download that's not awful
2006-08-22 nelson:autotagged
Percent encoding
Detailed Wikipedia article may have an answer to my URL question (via Greg)
2006-08-22 web • www • http • reference • url • wikipedia • uri • internet • encode • percent-encoding • url-encoding-percent-encoding • nelson:autotagged
Cab Calloway / tap
From the movie Stormy Weather (via Metafilter)
2006-08-22 nelson:autotagged
AOL CTO fired
Fallout from data release (via P)
2006-08-21 aol • privacy • nelson:autotagged
Apostate Scientologist
the Free Zone
2006-08-21 magie • hubbard • scientology • free • religion • fz.scientology • freezone • alternative • nelson:autotagged
AllowEncodedSlashes
for some reason Apache doesn't let you have an escaped slash in the path by default
2006-08-20 apache • gotchas • nelson:autotagged
Lunatic Python
lua/python integration
2006-08-20 python • lua • odd • nelson:autotagged
Lessons from Kiko
Good run, guys, good luck in next projects
2006-08-19 web2.0 • toread • business • startup • strategy • blog • failure • kiko • calendar • entrepreneurship • tips • nelson:autotagged
Skatefall
Space bar is your ollie
2006-08-19 awesome • flash • free • game • games • retro • atari • online • fun • pitfall • cool • nelson:autotagged
Goldman's moving on
Jason leaves Blogger and Google.
2006-08-19 google_employees • toread • blogs • back • blog • ajax • backbutton • nelson:autotagged
Making crayons
Awesome short video documentary (via kottke)
2006-08-19 crayons • art • sesamestreet • tv • howto • awesome • youtube • video • fun • music • children • nelson:autotagged
Pancakes are tasty
Clever little video (via Flickr)
2006-08-19 funny • short • videos • cute • food • youtube • pancakes • video • fun • music • audio • nelson:autotagged
URL length limits
Practical limits of browsers. Spec says 1024 bytes.
2006-08-17 development • limitation • http • get • asp.net • uri • standards • url • length • limit • post • nelson:autotagged
Terrorists for Democratic Party
Hatch says terrorists "waiting for the Democrats here to take control, let things cool off and then strike again."
2006-08-17 nelson:autotagged
NSA loses in Detroit
Not much info yet
2006-08-17 nelson:autotagged
Bling Bling kitty
Disturbing, but it's a funny picture
2006-08-17 nelson:autotagged
Google and privacy
Thoughtful Guardian editorial
2006-08-17 web • search • google • privacy • guardian • reads • clusty • security • antigoogle • data • browser • nelson:autotagged
BizDev 2.0
Flickr API enabled QOOP to do their thing without bizdev overhead
2006-08-17 web2.0 • bizdev • bizdev2.0 • business • caterina • mashup • ideas • api • enterprise • businessdevelopment • flickr • nelson:autotagged
Eve Economics
Developer shows some basic financial data about inflation
2006-08-16 mmorpg • eveonline • economics • eve • nelson:autotagged
Crazy baleen whales
A little view of evolution (via Metafilter)
2006-08-16 zeitgeist • biology • animals • toread • paleontology • whales • science • nature • evolution • research • article • nelson:autotagged
Poincare conjecture
NYT on a proof (via Peter)
2006-08-16 nelson:autotagged
Satie Gnossiennes
Insightful article
2006-08-15 nelson:autotagged
Synthesis Studios blog
My old friend Raffi is up to some good new stuff
2006-08-14 project • code • ipod • programming • engineering • hacks • geek • hardware • blog • nerd • subscription • nelson:autotagged
Countries by cash
Japan has 165B dollars. US has -829B. (via Metafilter)
2006-08-14 statistics • money • reference • government • interesting • economics • world • politics • news • debt • history • nelson:autotagged
ExpoDisc colour temp
White balance device; or you could use a $3 grey card
2006-08-14 nelson:autotagged
Nintendo DS emulation
no$gba has NDS emulation good enough to be useful
2006-08-14 gba • emulation • gameboy • games • emulator • nintendo • videogames • freeware • nds • ds • software • nelson:autotagged
Counterstrike crates
From virtual world to real (via Digg)
2006-08-14 funny • design • art • gaming • interesting • game • games • counterstrike • fun • humor • inspiration • nelson:autotagged
Heathrow untenable
Demand that airlines reduce traffic 20% right now. Security has gotten ridiculous.
2006-08-13 nelson:autotagged
Project workflow
Marc has a nice software development system where checkins, server pushes, bug reports, and chats all integrate in one common human readable log
2006-08-13 api • 37signals • campfire • nelson:autotagged
Practical Subversion
Best quick-start guide I've found
2006-08-13 svn • reference • howto • programming • cvs • subversion • opensource • linux • tutorials • tools • tutorial • nelson:autotagged
Debian python 2.4
Yay, the transition is happening. Having to change the way all Debian Python packages work though.
2006-08-13 nelson:autotagged
Adobe / RawShooter
Adobe bought pixmantec, I wonder why
2006-08-12 nelson:autotagged
Lebanon/Iraq disaster
This oped makes me ill to even think about
2006-08-12 iran • usa • diplomacy • bush • mideast • news • politics • terrorism • iraq • war • history • nelson:autotagged
Bike messenger race
Helmetcam in NYC (via Populicious)
2006-08-12 bike • crazy • bicycle • cycling • newyork • youtube • bikes • video • fun • nyc • cool • nelson:autotagged
RIAA sues the dead
Even the grim reaper doesn't keep you from being sued
2006-08-12 sharing • rdodd • itbwmain2 • legal • parasites • riaa • stupid • music • p2p • file • law • nelson:autotagged
Assisting in death
Heartbreaking story of a man helping his wife die
2006-08-12 life • suicide • psychology • euthanasia • society • death • health • uk • article • politics • ethics • nelson:autotagged
Kinetic harpoons
Rods from God
2006-08-10 weapons • kinetic • futuretech • nelson:autotagged
Top AOL searches
With counts; the first non-navigational query is "weather"
2006-08-09 nelson:autotagged
Top 10 AOL searches
Navigational queries FTW
2006-08-09 nelson:autotagged
AOL user 4417749
NYT reporter chases down one of the people AOL betrayed
2006-08-09 web • search • google • humor • privacy • identidad • work • internet • privacidad • ba215 • aol • nelson:autotagged
Cat in a bottle
America's funniest home pet videos!
2006-08-09 funny • videos • cats • video • wtf • weird • nelson:autotagged
AOL search database
Easy access to AOL's massive data leak (via Digg)
2006-08-09 web • search • google • database • aol • research • privacy • user • security • data • resources • nelson:autotagged
AOL user profiles
What you can learn about people based on their search logs
2006-08-08 profile • funny • search • google • privacy • information • aol_search_data • aol • searchengine • surveillance • record • nelson:autotagged
Why no pig butter?
jwz explains it
2006-08-08 nelson:autotagged
Good luck Jeffrey
Moving out on his own
2006-08-08 ! • yahoo • nelson:autotagged
Omega the crazy #
Complexity theory yields some weird numbers
2006-08-08 toread • reference • interesting • programming • blog • computer • science • maths • mathematics • math • theory • nelson:autotagged
AOL data release
Stupid, stupid, stupid
2006-08-08 search • database • technology • aol • news • privacy • stupid • internet • article • security • data • nelson:autotagged
Ago.NET timestamps
Jeffrey ported my little javascript library to .NET for servers
2006-08-07 .net • library • nelson:autotagged
Global warming chart
The linked PDF graph is astounding
2006-08-06 environment • visualization • nelson:autotagged
Big Lies work
Half of Americans still believe there were WMD in Iraq
2006-08-06 nelson:autotagged
Blink of an Eye results
5 winners; I only like two though
2006-08-06 exhibit • flickr • eye • color • of • photography • blink • photos • images • an • inspiration • nelson:autotagged
Giant girl doll
Crazy beautiful
2006-08-06 art • cool • nelson:autotagged
Tonypa Flash games
Great aesthetics (via Metafilter)
2006-08-06 web • flash • entertainment • online • free • game • games • webgames • fun • design • cool • nelson:autotagged
Starry Lego Night
Van Gogh in Duplo (via kottke) (yes, not really Duplo)
2006-08-05 toys • art • lego • legos • vangogh • design • mosaic • crafts • cool • projects • inspiration • nelson:autotagged
Google Maps flight sim
Amazing way to browse a map
2006-08-05 map • google • flight • mashup • flash • maps • game • games • googlemaps • fun • cool • nelson:autotagged
TECO
The editor more arcane than Emacs
2006-08-02 programming • emacs • editor • reference • nelson:autotagged
Consolas screenshot
I don't care much for the style
2006-08-02 code • console • programming • fonts • fontography • monospaced • blog • font • cleartype • software • nelson:autotagged
Consolas fixed font
ClearType hinted
2006-08-02 fonts • windows • .net • programming • typography • consolas • vs2005 • download • visualstudio • font • microsoft • nelson:autotagged
Hosting disasters
DreamHost's cascade of problems (via EvanM)
2006-08-02 datacenter • disaster • business • web • marketing • outage • hosting • blog • power • internet • dreamhost • nelson:autotagged
Long Experiments
100+ year scientific installations (via kottke)
2006-08-02 reference • clock • science • drop • research • experiments • pitch • fun • history • physics • cool • nelson:autotagged
Thinkpad key beep
Stupid misfeature, how to fix it
2006-08-02 ibm • thinkpads • fix • t40 • beep • problem • nelson:autotagged
Internet Timeline
Summary of growth of the net (via kottke)
2006-08-02 web • reference • timeline • computers • research • computer • tech • internet • education • technology • history • nelson:autotagged
Safe for work
Proxy reformats web pages to look like Office (via Digg)
2006-08-02 funny • office • web • work • privacy • proxy • internet • fun • cool • tools • browser • nelson:autotagged
Freedom fries gone
Childish tantrum ends after three years
2006-08-02 funny • bscr • humor • congress • food • freedom • fries • france • stupid • fun • politics • nelson:autotagged
Fresh Thinkpad install
How to wipe the drive and start over.
2006-08-01 ibm • windows • laptop • computers • howto • hardware • install • thinkpad • xp • reinstall • recovery • nelson:autotagged
Thinkpad T60 forum
Got my new laptop, now to hack it
2006-08-01 ibm • laptop • hardware • computer • thinkpad • t60p • nelson:autotagged
Asteroids as RPG
Clever blend of two game genres
2006-08-01 games • nelson:autotagged