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GPS Visualizer
Handy set of geographic tools, all hosted on the site
2009-12-31 geo • geocoding • googleearth • gps • mapping • software
NMEA data
Guide to the GPS data format standard
2009-12-31 geolocation • geotagging • gps • nmea
Blizzard violates customer privacy
Outrageous: Blizzard turned over a customer's private data to an unauthorized law enforcement agency
2009-12-31 blizzard • civilliberties • games • mmos • privacy • warcraft
HDR Plea
Good summary of how HDR can be for good
2009-12-30 hdr • photography • photos • technique • via:metafilter
The Necronomicon
Promotional video, it could change your life!
2009-12-20 funny • lovecraft • necronomicon • parody
Merlin's 10 year anniversary
Really sweet love story
2009-12-19 love • merlin • merlinmann
Browser Pong
Ridiculously awesome javascript hack
2009-12-19 browser • chrome • games • hack • javascript • pong • via:waxy
Facebook demographics
Great analysis by the company of the race of their users
2009-12-17 demographics • ethnographics • facebook • race • via:waxy
The worst run big city in the US
A bit ranty, but good summary of SF's dysfunction
2009-12-17 government • newsom • politics • sanfrancisco
ForeFlight v3 review
Popular aviation iPhone app. Used to be $75 in the app store, now it's a $60 / year subscription but includes data downloads
2009-12-17 aviation • flying • foreflight • iphone • pilot
EC2 spot prices
Graph of Amazon pricing
2009-12-17 amazon • cloud • computing • ec2 • pricing
1 billion spams analyzed
Nice stats on 5 years of spam collection. Fraud is on the upswing
2009-12-16 badtech • botnets • crime • fraud • internet • spam
Boeing 787 flight track
Maiden flight of the new Boeing plane today, if the weather cooperates
2009-12-15 aviation • boeing • planes
EC2 CPU open for bid
Great idea: put unused EC2 power up for auction. Dying to see where the price settles
2009-12-15 amazon • auction • cloud • computing • cpu
Bush history unforgotten
Amazingly, the Democratic administration was able to find the missing emails!
2009-12-14 bush • corruption • politics
CIA disappearances
Interesting, detailed investigative journalism about Aafia Siddiqui, a woman who may or may not have been detained by the CIA in Pakistan.
2009-12-14 humanrights • investigation • journalism • news • pakistan • terrorism • via:metafilter
Y-Wing in the snow
Awesome lightbox photo of a miniature
2009-12-13 legos • photography • photos • starwars • technique • via:mathowie
Pentatonic hardwiring
Great demonstration of innate music scales
2009-12-13 bobbymcferrin • cognitive • music • musictheory • neuroscience • pentatonic • scale
Snuggie vs. Slanket
Fight!
2009-12-13 asseenontv • blanket • fashion • slanket • snuggie • via:metafilter
Planet M.U.L.E.
Remake of the popular classic Atari game
2009-12-12 atari • games • mule
Drunk steals plane at airshow
Fantastic, funny aerobatics
2009-12-12 airplanes • aviation • flying • franklinsflyingcircus
PVRblog for sale
One of the first AdSense-supported tech blogs, mathowie's side project when not doing Metafilter
2009-12-11 adsense • mathowie • metafilter • pvr • tivo
Assassin's Creed 2 apocrypha
Detailed analysis of all the hidden stories and puzzles within The Truth segments. Massive spoilers.
2009-12-11 assassinscreed • eden • games • templars
LZO + Hadoop
Great article about using compression to make distributed computation faster
2009-12-11 architecture • hadoop • lzo • mapreduce • software • systems • twitter
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Nice appraisal of a classic uncomfortable Japanese film
2009-12-11 cyberpunk • japan • movies • tetsuo
Afghan refugees in Paris
Amazing bit of blog journalism
2009-12-11 afghanistan • france • homeless • paris • refugees • sdf
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives map
Map of all the places reviewed on the TV show
2009-12-10 airplanes • aviation • fieri • flying • lunch • pilot • television • tv
Adventure Pilot
Database of things to do near airports
2009-12-10 airplanes • aviation • flying • lunch • pilot
Fly2Lunch
Database of restaurants near airports
2009-12-10 airplanes • aviation • flying • lunch • pilot
Xbox achievement hunting
Interesting interview with a woman who plays awful Xbox games just for the achievements
2009-12-10 achievements • addiction • games • skinnerbox • xbox
1888 ascii map
Newspaper typeset map of Michigan, quite beautiful
2009-12-10 maps • michigan • newspaper • printing • typesetting • via:metafilter
BrightLine Bags
Great little hand luggage for pilots. A zillion outside zipper pockets might make it useful for other folks, too.
2009-12-10 aviation • bag • luggage • pilot • suitcase
Santa, NO!
Funny set of photos
2009-12-10 christmas • funny • photos • santa
Mystery blue spiral light
Crazy lights in the Norweigan sky
2009-12-10 astronomy • lighting • night • norway • sky • via:metafilter
Droid jailbroken
Folks got rewt, now the fun begins
2009-12-09 android • droid • google • phones • security
OpenCellID
Open source project to build a public database of cell tower locations
2009-12-08 cellphone • cellular • geolocation • geotagging • gsm • iphone • mobile • phone
Surveillance stats
Great analysis of wire taps, pen registers, etc. GPS logs from mobile phones are very popular.
2009-12-07 government • privacy • security • spying • surveillance
Yahoo's subpoena policy
Yahoo has a specific legal compliance document detailing what data they can turn over to law enforcement, at what cost. Flickr account? About $40
2009-12-07 flickr • leak • privacy • subpoena • yahoo
Polynomial roots
Nice visualization of an accidental mathematical structure
2009-12-07 algebra • database • math • visualization
Javascript game library
Looks interesting
2009-12-07 code • games • javascript • programming • via:waxy
URL regex match
For when you need to use a spoon as a screwdriver
2009-12-06 code • parsing • programming • regexp • url
Level Up!
Interesting Flash game
2009-12-06 flash • games • platformer • via:metafilter
Captain Forever
OMG totally awesome Flash game; build a modular spaceship and pew pew, picking up new modules as you go
2009-12-04 asteroids • flash • games • legos • spaceships
Translated search
Phenomenal feature: automatically translate your English searches into other languages, then read the results translated back into English
2009-12-04 babelfish • google • language • search • translation
Google Public DNS
Google now runs a public DNS server at 8.8.8.8
2009-12-03 dns • google • opendns
NACOmatic
Free aviation charts, approach plates, etc. PDF.
2009-12-03 aviation • charts • flying • iphone • pdf • pilot
PDFPlates
Free PDF downloads of airport approach plates, etc.
2009-12-03 aviation • charts • flying • iphone • pdf • pilot
Vincent v. Maximilian
Climactic scene from The Black Hole
2009-12-03 blackhole • disney • movies • robots • shlock
Dubai photos
Great journalism, somewhat negative
2009-12-02 dubai • economy • photography • photos • via:kottke
Continuity
Clever Flash game: sort of a puzzle thing
2009-12-02 flash • games • platform • puzzle • via:metafilter
Async Google Analytics
Defer the execution of the Google Analytics tracking script
2009-12-02 analytics • async • asynchronous • google • javascript • optimization • urchin
Tiger Woods: the real story
Awesome "re-enactment" from a Chinese TV station
2009-12-02 celebrity • china • scandal • stupid • tigerwoods
Sex Offender shuffle
1988 PSA video from Miami. Or a reasonable imitation of same
2009-12-02 florida • funny • miami • parody • sexoffender
FlightAware
Live, free tracking of US flights; gives you access to air traffic control data. The KML tracks of historical flights are fun.
2009-12-01 airtraffic • atc • aviation • flying • googleearth • kml • pilot
Architectural Kufic
Amazing collection of geometric Arabic calligraphy
2009-12-01 arabic • architecture • art • calligraphy • kufic • qufic