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A hole in the Internet
Spring and Cogent are apparently having a squabble, and Internet routing suffers
2008-10-31 badtech • bgp • internet • network • peering
Delicate pipe cutting
Man's penis somehow caught in a pipe, has to be cut out
2008-10-30 funny • penis • via:dailyrotten
Simpsons v. Mad Men
Great spoof Simpsons intro
2008-10-30 madmen • simpsons • spoof
Anthony Bourdain in Bombay Beach
Famous food guy visits the apocalypse of the Salton Sea
2008-10-29 bombaybeach • bourdain • food • pattymelt • saltonsea
Yes we can (talk in the rain)
Great photo
2008-10-29 obama • politics • via:terry
Talking Points
Great video showing candidates going back repeatedly to their talking points during debates
2008-10-29 election • politics • talkingpoints • via:waxy
Olsen Twins
Great insight into their career
2008-10-28 career • olsen • olsens • olsentwins • via:kottke
Authors Guild on Google
The opinion of the folks who sued Google over books rights, talking about what they won. Including up front cash settlement.
2008-10-28 authors • books • copyright • fairuse • google
Google books agreement
Some settlement of copyright issues, can't tell yet if it's good or bad for the Big G
2008-10-28 books • copyright • fairuse • google
Jackass Googlers
OK actually this looks fun, but it's pretty silly too.
2008-10-28 google • lawsuit • liability • wetlands • zipline
HCI gone bad on TV
Great parody of all these silly interface gadgets TV stations are playing with
2008-10-28 chi • hci • multitouch • parody • touchscreen • tv • via:kottke • video
Uncle Ted unbowed
Heck, if Sarah can stay in the race after an ethics lapse why not him?
2008-10-28 alaska • politics • republicans
Fallout history
Nice retrospective on the video game franchies
2008-10-27 fallout • games
Stenographer code
Freaky list of abbreviations stenographers use
2008-10-26 code • dictionary • stenography
More Layeredtech disaster
Second security problem in a year with their customer support.
2008-10-24 badtech • hosting • layeredtech • security
Moneyball for medicine?
Argues that health care should be more statistics based. Um, duh?
2008-10-24 baseball • healthcare • medicine • moneyball • via:youngamerican
Jorg Haider was queer?
Wow, I had no idea
2008-10-23 austria • gay • hypocrisy • politics
Hayden Panettiere for John McCain
Bizarre, somewhat offensive parody ad
2008-10-23 heroes • mccain • politics
Wine manga
Interesting comic from Japan, "Drops of the Gods"
2008-10-23 comics • japan • manga • via:mbostock • wine
Xbox 360 piracy
Didn't realize this console had been pretty well cracked open
2008-10-22 drm • games • piracy • xbox
BSG / Palin
Amusing 30 second video
2008-10-22 battlestargalactica • bsg • mccain • palin • politics
zip file quine
A zip file that contains itself
2008-10-22 compression • hack • quine • via:waxy • zip
LatencyTOP
Shows you where user processes are waiting on the kernel
2008-10-22 linux • measurement • optimization • performance • via:stevej
The cake was not a lie
Easter Egg to get to the cake in portal (hoax)
2008-10-21 games • hoax • portal
Drill bits
So many options, some explanation
2008-10-21 drill • drillbits • hardware • tools
Romance cover winners
Interesting bit of design
2008-10-18 novels • romance • via:metafilter
Obama in-game ads
A first for a campaign?
2008-10-17 advertising • elections • games • obama • politics
You Betcha!
Obey
2008-10-17 elections • palin • politics • via:jwz
Palin as President
funny, if a bit mean
2008-10-16 election • palin • politics • via:metafilter
McCain vs. Obama
just a photo
2008-10-16 election • funny • politics
CPU Burn-in
Very simple program to stress a CPU
2008-10-10 burnin • cpu • linux • software • testing
55 seconds of crazy
A small snippet of a UFO prophecy video, I love the virtual actor
2008-10-10 batshitinsane • ufo
Commander Adama on financial collapse
But not the BSG Adama; revelation from the UFO contactee.
2008-10-10 ashtarcommand • batshitinsane • finance
Spaceships on Google Earth
A web researcher has found evidence of triangular "light ships" hovering over our planet. Screenshots from Google Earth.
2008-10-10 batshitinsane • cult • googleearth • ufo
Political link colouring
Interesting hack: categorize blogs by conservative / liberal, then colour links accordingly
2008-10-10 election • firefox • memeorandum • politics • waxy
Chromium metrics
Interesting example of how Google tracks performance
2008-10-09 browser • chrome • chromium • google • metrics • optimization
Left Handed Keyboards
Wondering if this is good for a righty, too: use the left hand for arrow keys, right hand for mouse
2008-10-08 ergonomics • gaming • keyboard • lefthanded
iPhone test mode
Shows the signal strength to every tower
2008-10-06 cell • gsm • hack • iphone
Bukkake stickup
"It was an inside job, because he came at the perfect time"
2008-10-04 bukkake • porn • robbery • via:dailyrotten
Twitter #ldsconf
Follow the Mormon conference on Twitter
2008-10-04 mormon • religion • twitter
Samsung 650 hacking
Folks trying to use their LCD TV as a more capable Internet terminal
2008-10-04 gpl • lcd • samsung • tv
Palin debate flowchart
She really was vapid
2008-10-03 debate • politics • sarahpalin
Mackerel currency
Federal prisoners in California now trade cans of mackeral instead of packs of cigarettes
2008-10-02 currency • economy • mackerel • money • prison • via:metafilter
Microsoft buying search
More garbage from MS trying to inflate usage of their anemic Live search service
2008-10-01 google • microsoft • search
Google datacenter efficiency
Interesting marketing site about how Google runs efficient datacenters
2008-10-01 cooling • datacenter • google • power • servers
Eve 64
Some more notes from Eve Online's server infrastructure. They support more people interacting in real time on one computer than any deployment I know
2008-10-01 eve • eveonline • games • mmo • mmog • servers