Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog aboutarchivemastodonfeed
Eye Prefer Paris Tours
English walking tours of Paris, the guy has a good blog
2008-06-30 paris • tourism • tours
Vista file sharing
Remarkably clear article about how to make Windows do its file sharing thing
2008-06-30 windows • vista • documentation • filesharing • samba • smb
Obama pride
gay outreach
2008-06-29 obama • politics • gay • pride
DNS name stupidity
Does the world need a .pepsi TLD?
2008-06-27 dns • domains • batshitinsane • internet • computers • tlds • registrars
Markus Notter
funny politician's website, very humane design
2008-06-26 switzerland • swiss • politics • design • markusnotter
Albanian sworn virgin
Interesting old European custom of women becoming virtual men
2008-06-26 gender • politics • via:metafilter • culture • albania
Adventures in stock photography
Funny snark
2008-06-25 via:metafilter • funny • photography • snark • stockphotography • photos
Snap-on faces
Creepy, but also impressive
2008-06-24 medical • prosthesis
DNS is 25 years old
Happy birthday!
2008-06-23 dns • internet • postel
Firefox 3 color management
Firefox defaults to off for color profiles, but that's dumb
2008-06-21 firefox • color
The Big Picture
Andy does a great interview with the guy behind the awesome Boston Globe photo site. Why did it take 15 years for a newspaper to publish 1000 pixel wide images?
2008-06-21 photojournalism • images • photos
hwmonitor
simple, no nonsense temperature / fan speed reporter
2008-06-20 windows • intel • hardware • program • temperature • fan
"nuke the fridge"
a new snark criticism; the moment of absurdity in a Lucas production
2008-06-19 movies • indianajones • jumptheshark
Sorry I missed your party
Found photographs with snarky comments
2008-06-19 photos • photography • party • via:metafilter
Zawodny to Craigslist
Congratulations, Jeremy! Good luck with the sucky commute though
2008-06-19 craigslist • yahoo
Add Gadget
tasteful, simple cpu and network meters for vista's silly sidebar
2008-06-19 vista • windows • microsoft • gadgets
Choosing BOINC projects
Very thoughtful collection of distributed computing projects
2008-06-19 boinc • computing • seti@home • distributed • internet • distributedcomputing
LHOOQ
I never knew Duchamp's Mona Lisa thing had a naughty french pun in the title
2008-06-17 french • monalisa • duchamp • art • dada • pun
Gay cowboy wedding
Awesome photo
2008-06-17 gay • wedding • civilrights • yolocounty • california
Deletionist morons
Tim Bray goes righteous. Why don't the deletionist nerds just invent a metadata system that lets them tag stuff as irrelevant?
2008-06-16 wikipedia • editwars • editing • deletionism
Asset allocation
Interesting disclosure from Leonard Lin about how he's invested. Sensible design.
2008-06-16 investment • finance • money • leonardlin • via:mathowie
Spore megathread
Good ol' something awful plays with the new creature tool from Spore. Lots of cartoon penises with sharp teeth
2008-06-16 games • spore • via:waxy
Google Browser Sync dead?
Ugh, what a shame
2008-06-14 google • browsersync • mozilla • firefox
Chinese popcorn
Explosive; sounds like it all pops at once
2008-06-14 popcorn • china • travel • food • via:metafilter
No, really, no anti-trust issues!
Omid takes great pains to frame the Yahoo/Google deal to avoid anti-trust issues
2008-06-13 google • yahoo • advertising • cpc • ads
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
interesting details on a pre-1500 printed book with remarkable design
2008-06-13 books • typography • fonts • design • benbo
Stabilized video collages
Interesting experiment in video and photostitching
2008-06-12 video • collage • flickr
Obfuscated TCP
Interesting opportunistic encryption
2008-06-12 via:zawodny • code • tcp • crypography • cypherpunks • internet • privacy
Gummi bear anatomy
scifi art
2008-06-12 bear • candy • gummi • via:mathowie • art
Kozinski context
In case you've missed the silliness
2008-06-12 kozinski • scandal
Kozinski: hottie
Hysterical bit written by judge embroiled in stupid controversy
2008-06-12 kozinski • scandal • via:metafilter
Alex Kozinski stuff
tempest in a teapot judge scandal: here's some info on the site
2008-06-12 scandal • via:metafilter • kozinski
Derrie-Air
A new airline fare concept
2008-06-12 airplanes • travel • airlines • via:metafilter • parody
Phone sex operators
Sweet portraits with a little text
2008-06-11 phonesex • sex • photos • photography
Sound of Switzerland
Simple video of cows with bells
2008-06-11 switzerland • swiss • cowbell • sound • cows
SF kiteboarding regatta
Looks like fine; kiteboarding near Crissy Field all week
2008-06-11 sanfrancisco • california • kiteboarding • sailing • kites • regatta
Car warranty scam
Just got an aggressive junk phone call like this
2008-06-10 scam • fraud • spam
No casino in Plymouth
A competing view of local politics
2008-06-08 plymouth • california • miwok • ione • casino
Plymouth, Indian casino
Local political dispute about a small California gold country town and the plan for an indian casino
2008-06-08 politics • california • miwok • casino
cpushare.com
P2P cycle sharing. Why didn't I think of that? Note the open order book with the lack of buy orders
2008-06-07 computing • popularpower • distributed • internet
Anil Dash: Blogger
amazing tribute
2008-06-07 anil • anildash • blogger • mj • michaeljackson
LoFi Radiohead / Nude
deeply fucked; give it to 1:30 before giving up
2008-06-06 via:waxy • music • radiohead
Yahtzee on Oblivion
Hysterical review
2008-06-06 games • oblivion • yahtzee • review
Obama at the beach
Cute photo of presidential candidate as a child
2008-06-04 politics • obama • beach
Car hits a group of cyclists
It's horrifying, but the picture is amazing
2008-06-03 photography • cycling • cars • accident
SF polling places
Sure would be nice if it was the same place every election
2008-06-03 vote • democracy • california • sanfrancisco • election
Marilyn Manson in sign
ASL interpreter performs Manson song
2008-06-02 sign • language • music • marilynmanson • asl
Polyhedral maps
Beautiful set of projections
2008-06-01 maps • cartography • via:metafilter • geometry