Algorithmically sad
Banned books
Helpful robots for creation of: rebuses, animated cursors, hula dancers, poems, jokes, snowglobes...
Excerpt from their review of Google Calendar:
APRIL 12 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 13 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 14 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 15 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 16 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 17 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 18 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 19 - Watch TV without being able to concentrate.
APRIL 20 - Die in wanking accident.
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JUNE 17, 2012 - Council Tax bailiffs discover decomposed body.
The Pirate Bay
"World's larget Bittorrent tracker." Still up!
"World's larget Bittorrent tracker." Still up!
Bruce Schneier
Best existing writer on security and related policy and technology.
Best existing writer on security and related policy and technology.
free ideas
ShouldExist
Why Not?
Publically submitted ideas for things that should exist. Some of the ideas are good. Just add perspiration, lots of it.
ShouldExist
Why Not?
Publically submitted ideas for things that should exist. Some of the ideas are good. Just add perspiration, lots of it.
PDF Creator
Print to PDF from any app.
Print to PDF from any app.
David Mazières
Daniel works with him.
Daniel works with him.
USMC after-action gear assessment
Serious Tom Clancy stuff. Should this really be on the net?
(Amusing: use of "Catch-22")
Serious Tom Clancy stuff. Should this really be on the net?
(Amusing: use of "Catch-22")
Unix-Haters Handbook
"Welcome, New User! Like Russian Roulette with Six Bullets Loaded"
"Welcome, New User! Like Russian Roulette with Six Bullets Loaded"
PCs for Everyone
Local shop.
Local shop.
log parser
Query text files with SQL.
Query text files with SQL.
Seth Schoen
Staff technologist at the EFF.
Staff technologist at the EFF.
chemical wine
"The only problem was, his 'wine' tasted horrible."
"The only problem was, his 'wine' tasted horrible."
From now on, I will only trust tech specs that say things like "who knows how it really all works" and "whatever that means".
OE Quotefix
"Put an end to Outlook Express's messy quotes"
"Put an end to Outlook Express's messy quotes"
ZIGZAG
Ted Nelson is mad. Also, brilliant - even his tossed-off emails (1, 2) are a blast to read (it's rare to get the thoughts of a first-rate mind raw, before they've been massaged into untouchable perfection for publication). He invented the concept of hypertext, although he thinks we're doing it all wrong (see what I mean about being mad?)
Oh: ZigZag is a system he's trying to build to enable building, visualizing and navigating n-dimensional information spaces. I'm not entirely sure what advantage it holds over databases, but playing with it could be a nice headfuck.
Ted Nelson is mad. Also, brilliant - even his tossed-off emails (1, 2) are a blast to read (it's rare to get the thoughts of a first-rate mind raw, before they've been massaged into untouchable perfection for publication). He invented the concept of hypertext, although he thinks we're doing it all wrong (see what I mean about being mad?)
Oh: ZigZag is a system he's trying to build to enable building, visualizing and navigating n-dimensional information spaces. I'm not entirely sure what advantage it holds over databases, but playing with it could be a nice headfuck.
So I'm not getting a spiffy new Playstation 2, whatever, by the end of the week I'm gonna be playing Metroid on my Dreamcast. (Which means this will become useful soon. God bless the digital age.)
