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