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Friday, February 28, 2003
American workers in photos.
Lost Labor is an absolutely beautiful gallery of vintage photos of American laborers from the eary part of the 20th century. Link Discuss (Thanks, May!)
[Boing Boing Blog]
Dead telescopes in full-screen QTVR panoramic glory.
Australian photographer and QTVR enthusiast Peter Murphy sends BoingBoing these links to eerie, beautiful full-screen panoramic shots of "one of the massive telescope destroyed by forest fires in Canberra some weeks ago." View one, view two, view three. Discuss
[Boing Boing Blog]
Dr. Seuss, ad-man.
UCSD has published an archive of fanciful advertising graphics created by Dr. Seuss -- the copy is fantastic, full of Seuss humor, and the pictures are just perfect. Link Discuss (Thanks, why!)
[Boing Boing Blog]
Still more ready.gov parodies -- lots of 'em -- plus t-shirts..
Following on the heels of Cory's earlier post on ready.gov parodies:
(1) More of 'em are here.
(2) Still more of 'em are here.
(3) And in the event of a chemical or biological attack: sorry, you are fux0r3d -- but stylin', if you're wearing one of these t-shirts. Update: More t-shirts and bbq aprons here.
(Thanks, Hugh, Thanks Vlad!) Discuss
[Boing Boing Blog]
A directory of Manila hosting services. [Scripting News]
Greg Reinacker's NewsGator.
Greg Reinacker's NewsGator is a fabulous hack: an Outlook plug-in (based on the .NET CLR, by the way) that reads RSS newsfeads. It supports Outlook 2000 or 2002; I'm using 2000. I pointed it at my OPML subscriptions list and it scooped everything into a set of subfolders. Very NetNewsWire-like! ... [Jon's Radio]
:::Today's Pick:::
This is truly mind-blowing....
P2P files. The first P2P Web portal. Here's the FAQ. It was built by a classmate of mine from Yale. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
Timelines.info. Interesting site with lots of historical timelines. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
Henry Kissinger. "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." [Quotes of the Day]
Powers of Ten squared. This Java app recreates the Powers of Ten movie on an even grander scale, beginning with the galaxy and zooming down to an invidual quark, with stops on the way at the Milky Way, Earth, Florida, an oak tree, a leaf, DNA, and an individual carbon atom Link Discuss (Thanks, Dav!) [Boing Boing Blog]
Model Rocket Inflight Video Camera link via 2.4GHz Microwave.
K-rad video clips of a model rocket flight transmitted live to a ground station via 2.4GHz microwave. Site offers videos in QT, WMV formats. Link Discuss (Thanks, Adam!)
[Boing Boing Blog]
If you've written an article about RSS recently, please suggest a link in the section of the RSS directory. I included JD Lasica's article because, imho, RSS is not just for geeks anymore. But it is still for geeks too. I'm working this morning on the developer evangelism I promised yesterday. [Scripting News]
How to prevent data loss. Avoid the “I told you so” syndrome by following these data recovery tips from Bill Margeson, president of CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. [Computerworld News]
On the Web--Watch This Year's Super Bowl Ads [The ResourceShelf]
CNET's guide to wireless access.
Representations and URIs. Jon Udell references a discussion that has been raging on what a URI represents. Jon summarizes is, succinctly, as follows: [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog]
Slovenian caves in full-screen QTVR: BoingBoing exclusive!.
Yummy. Denmark-based QTVR evangelist Hans Nyberg sends us a link to this sumptuous full-screen vista, shot deep inside a rarely-seen cave in Slovenia. He writes: "This weeks panorama is one you have to see. It's an exclusive visit into a world that feels like something you'd find in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth -- only this is the real world. You're entering a giant cave that has been experienced in person by less than 30 people, including the photographer Bostjan Burger. The colors and the view are unbelievable!" Link Discuss
[Boing Boing Blog]
Online sci-fi short stories. Don't miss the good stuff in the archives....
XP Startup Tweak Guide. This is a nice little tutorial that explains how to speed up Windows XP boot time. I followed the instructions and was able to shave 10 seconds off of my boot, not too shabby. YMMV of course. On a similar note, this article details the Windows XP boot process. Enjoy.... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
If you want to be updated on practical legal information then bookmark this site - beSpacific is your one-stop source. Well, okay it doesn't have everything, but it is an amazing resource. Check it out. [Ernie the Attorney]
Programming Tutorials. This is very self explanatory, so if you have any interest in learning programming or very seeing what it is about, here is your chance.... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
DSL/Cable Webserver Tutorial. Actually more than just a tutorial, this website is dedicated to teaching people how to run a webserver off of a DSL or cable line. This place covers everything, from step-by-step setup lists to discussions of appropriate server hardware, networking info, etc. If you are interested in doing this, start... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
Another sf novel online for free. Roger Williams has put his unpublished sf novel, "The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect," online under a share-freely license. I've just read the first chapter, and it looks pretty good! Link Discuss (Thanks, Rusty!) [Boing Boing Blog]
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Website size checker. Search Engine World has released a simple website size checker. Put in your website URL, and it will tell you: Total web page size Visible text size Size of HTML tags Text to HTML ratio Number of images Largest image... [Column Two]
What is RSS?. Mark Pilgrim (well known in the blogging community) has just written an introductory article on RSS. This walks through the various different versions of RSS, and provides XML examples. To quote: RSS is a format for syndicating news and the... [Column Two]
News.Com has a new page describing their RSS feeds. [Scripting News]
Study: content management tools fail. Erin Joyce has written about a study that highlights the high failure rate of CMS projects. To quote: "Today, more than 60 percent of companies that have deployed Web content management solutions still find themselves manually updating their sites," wrote... [Column Two]
"What can you do in ten seconds?". Ten Second Films [via JCD < MetaFilter] [jenett.radio]
How to block spambots, ban spybots, and tell unwanted robots to go to hell. I fight back against telemarketers who abuse my phone, and now I'm fighting back against robots who abuse my web site. (1723 words) [dive into mark]
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Just how easy is it to email a HD movie?. The FCC closed its reply comments period for the dreaded braodcast flag mandate last night. This is the proposal that argued that digital television would immediately "Napsterize" any movie broadcast over DTV, since everyone knows that digital files can be copied instanteously. In fact, the MPAA and its allies argued just that in the initial comments on the docket, and asked to therefore be put in charge of the designs of all DTV devices. So Raffi Krikorian, an MIT Media Lab student, undertook a series of empirical experiments to determine the plausibility of the MPAA's claims about the ease with which 30GB files can be emailed to your pals. The results were filed with the FCC last night, and they're high-larious. Don't miss it. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Aggregator Overload - Good Stuff - Some Explored - Some Not
Friday, February 28, 2003American workers in photos.
Lost Labor is an absolutely beautiful gallery of vintage photos of American laborers from the eary part of the 20th century. Link Discuss (Thanks, May!) [Boing Boing Blog]
Dead telescopes in full-screen QTVR panoramic glory.
Australian photographer and QTVR enthusiast Peter Murphy sends BoingBoing these links to eerie, beautiful full-screen panoramic shots of "one of the massive telescope destroyed by forest fires in Canberra some weeks ago." View one, view two, view three. Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
Dr. Seuss, ad-man.
UCSD has published an archive of fanciful advertising graphics created by Dr. Seuss -- the copy is fantastic, full of Seuss humor, and the pictures are just perfect. Link Discuss (Thanks, why!) [Boing Boing Blog]
Still more ready.gov parodies -- lots of 'em -- plus t-shirts..
Following on the heels of Cory's earlier post on ready.gov parodies:(1) More of 'em are here.
(2) Still more of 'em are here.
(3) And in the event of a chemical or biological attack: sorry, you are fux0r3d -- but stylin', if you're wearing one of these t-shirts. Update: More t-shirts and bbq aprons here.
(Thanks, Hugh, Thanks Vlad!) Discuss
[Boing Boing Blog]
A directory of Manila hosting services. [Scripting News]
Greg Reinacker's NewsGator.
Greg Reinacker's NewsGator is a fabulous hack: an Outlook plug-in (based on the .NET CLR, by the way) that reads RSS newsfeads. It supports Outlook 2000 or 2002; I'm using 2000. I pointed it at my OPML subscriptions list and it scooped everything into a set of subfolders. Very NetNewsWire-like! ... [Jon's Radio] :::Today's Pick:::
"The cool guys" behind today's pick, Lex, Tristan, and Stefan, hope to offer a large database of highresolution images for free*. Excuse me, guys, but I see you already have over 4,000 images in the database, which seems pretty large to me, and there's plenty of tasty images to choose from. Okay, so they must mean they want to get really large, "so almost everyone should be able to find what they're looking for." They're adding 5 to 10 new images daily, so just do the math, baby! This well-designed resource for creatives is on the move...
Free is big buzzword on the web, so please be sure to read the terms and be fair to this generous trio if you plan to download any of the big images in their database. "Because we know how hard it is to find good material to use for your work, we offer everybody who wants to, our highresolution pictures for free through this website. Keep in mind though that these are NOT meant to be stock-photos or stand-alone pieces of work - they are raw material, to be used and/or edited for whatever purpose you see fit." Fair enough, if you ask me... [via weblog wannabe]
[Coolstop Daily Pick] Free is big buzzword on the web, so please be sure to read the terms and be fair to this generous trio if you plan to download any of the big images in their database. "Because we know how hard it is to find good material to use for your work, we offer everybody who wants to, our highresolution pictures for free through this website. Keep in mind though that these are NOT meant to be stock-photos or stand-alone pieces of work - they are raw material, to be used and/or edited for whatever purpose you see fit." Fair enough, if you ask me... [via weblog wannabe]
12:21:44 AM
categories: Items To Review
This is truly mind-blowing....
The Infant Universe, in Detail [Scientific American] [Ye Olde Phart]
12:17:42 AM
categories: Items To Review
"The long awaited (at least for me) king of spyware detectors is now available for download." [MetaFilter]
This is a great program for detecting spyware and adware on your computer - highly recommended!
[The Shifted Librarian]12:17:05 AM
categories: Items To Review
P2P files. The first P2P Web portal. Here's the FAQ. It was built by a classmate of mine from Yale. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
12:16:07 AM
categories: Items To Review
Timelines.info. Interesting site with lots of historical timelines. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
12:15:27 AM
categories: Items To Review
Henry Kissinger. "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." [Quotes of the Day]
Powers of Ten squared. This Java app recreates the Powers of Ten movie on an even grander scale, beginning with the galaxy and zooming down to an invidual quark, with stops on the way at the Milky Way, Earth, Florida, an oak tree, a leaf, DNA, and an individual carbon atom Link Discuss (Thanks, Dav!) [Boing Boing Blog]
Model Rocket Inflight Video Camera link via 2.4GHz Microwave.
K-rad video clips of a model rocket flight transmitted live to a ground station via 2.4GHz microwave. Site offers videos in QT, WMV formats. Link Discuss (Thanks, Adam!)[Boing Boing Blog]
If you've written an article about RSS recently, please suggest a link in the section of the RSS directory. I included JD Lasica's article because, imho, RSS is not just for geeks anymore. But it is still for geeks too. I'm working this morning on the developer evangelism I promised yesterday. [Scripting News]
How to prevent data loss. Avoid the “I told you so” syndrome by following these data recovery tips from Bill Margeson, president of CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. [Computerworld News]
12:11:35 AM
categories: Items To Review
On the Web--Watch This Year's Super Bowl Ads [The ResourceShelf]
12:10:32 AM
categories: Items To Review
CNET's guide to wireless access.
For the serious wardriver: CNET's guide to how to find wireless Internet access points just about anywhere.
Read
12:09:19 AM
categories: Items To Review
Representations and URIs. Jon Udell references a discussion that has been raging on what a URI represents. Jon summarizes is, succinctly, as follows: [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog]
Slovenian caves in full-screen QTVR: BoingBoing exclusive!.
Yummy. Denmark-based QTVR evangelist Hans Nyberg sends us a link to this sumptuous full-screen vista, shot deep inside a rarely-seen cave in Slovenia. He writes: "This weeks panorama is one you have to see. It's an exclusive visit into a world that feels like something you'd find in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth -- only this is the real world. You're entering a giant cave that has been experienced in person by less than 30 people, including the photographer Bostjan Burger. The colors and the view are unbelievable!" Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
Online sci-fi short stories. Don't miss the good stuff in the archives....
12:08:25 AM
categories: Items To Review
News that comes to you? - I've subtly hinted several times that I thought this was actually possible. Who knew that there were already people who are doing it? Well there are, and J.D. Lasica has tracked them down and has the full story.
Later: I've now read JD's article closely enough to know that I need to print it out and read it all even more closely. His article has everything that you need to know about News Readers or News Aggregators, and includes opinions from people who use them extensively.
[Ernie the Attorney]12:07:10 AM
categories: Items To Review
XP Startup Tweak Guide. This is a nice little tutorial that explains how to speed up Windows XP boot time. I followed the instructions and was able to shave 10 seconds off of my boot, not too shabby. YMMV of course. On a similar note, this article details the Windows XP boot process. Enjoy.... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
If you want to be updated on practical legal information then bookmark this site - beSpacific is your one-stop source. Well, okay it doesn't have everything, but it is an amazing resource. Check it out. [Ernie the Attorney]
12:06:32 AM
categories: Items To Review
Programming Tutorials. This is very self explanatory, so if you have any interest in learning programming or very seeing what it is about, here is your chance.... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
DSL/Cable Webserver Tutorial. Actually more than just a tutorial, this website is dedicated to teaching people how to run a webserver off of a DSL or cable line. This place covers everything, from step-by-step setup lists to discussions of appropriate server hardware, networking info, etc. If you are interested in doing this, start... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
Another sf novel online for free. Roger Williams has put his unpublished sf novel, "The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect," online under a share-freely license. I've just read the first chapter, and it looks pretty good! Link Discuss (Thanks, Rusty!) [Boing Boing Blog]
"Here at the Playing With Time web site, unseen worlds of change will be revealed. You will see time sped up and slowed down, and behold the beauty of change. Time will be in your hands to witness, replay, and even create. You never know... you might not look at things quite the same way again." [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
I'm losing way too much time at this site tonight. My saving grace is that I know my Dad will follow suit....
[The Shifted Librarian]12:00:15 AM
categories: Items To Review
Thursday, February 27, 2003Website size checker. Search Engine World has released a simple website size checker. Put in your website URL, and it will tell you: Total web page size Visible text size Size of HTML tags Text to HTML ratio Number of images Largest image... [Column Two]
What is RSS?. Mark Pilgrim (well known in the blogging community) has just written an introductory article on RSS. This walks through the various different versions of RSS, and provides XML examples. To quote: RSS is a format for syndicating news and the... [Column Two]
News.Com has a new page describing their RSS feeds. [Scripting News]
Study: content management tools fail. Erin Joyce has written about a study that highlights the high failure rate of CMS projects. To quote: "Today, more than 60 percent of companies that have deployed Web content management solutions still find themselves manually updating their sites," wrote... [Column Two]
"What can you do in ten seconds?". Ten Second Films [via JCD < MetaFilter] [jenett.radio]
How to block spambots, ban spybots, and tell unwanted robots to go to hell. I fight back against telemarketers who abuse my phone, and now I'm fighting back against robots who abuse my web site. (1723 words) [dive into mark]
12:09:24 AM
categories: Items To Review
Wednesday, February 19, 2003Just how easy is it to email a HD movie?. The FCC closed its reply comments period for the dreaded braodcast flag mandate last night. This is the proposal that argued that digital television would immediately "Napsterize" any movie broadcast over DTV, since everyone knows that digital files can be copied instanteously. In fact, the MPAA and its allies argued just that in the initial comments on the docket, and asked to therefore be put in charge of the designs of all DTV devices. So Raffi Krikorian, an MIT Media Lab student, undertook a series of empirical experiments to determine the plausibility of the MPAA's claims about the ease with which 30GB files can be emailed to your pals. The results were filed with the FCC last night, and they're high-larious. Don't miss it. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
Tuesday, February 18, 2003