Links » February 2005
Ouch! # Ouch, ouch, and ouch. (in Humor)
My Dinner at Applebee's With White Supremacists! # (in Culture)
Four days on Rails # A useful tutorial on this web development platform that bridges the ever-existing programming gap between ignorance and experience. (in Code)
Technorati tags: an introduction. # A useful introduction to this blogging tool. (in Web Development)
Romance Novels, Reloaded. # This is absolutely hilarious. A must see. (in Humor)
MoCo Loco: Magnetic Timer # Sleek retro analog kitchen timer. (in Oddball)
Useful Household Tips. # Scotch tape to ferret out splinters, spray non-stick into Tupperware before adding tomato-based products, and many other words of wisdom. (in Resource)
Clang! # A great analysis of what is wrong with the NBA. (in Culture)
New Yorkers' Problem with the Iraqi Elections. # ...my disingenuousness alarm went off. When people are deeply invested in any set of analyses and predictions, do they ever sincerely hope they’re wrong? (in Politick)
Ten Things Your Real Estate Broker Won't Tell You. # (in Resource)
100 Funniest Jokes of All Time. # (in Humor)
Classic Cat. # The free classical music directory (in Resource)
What's a weblog? # Several well known bloggers chime in. (in Culture)
Players test limits of World of Warcraft. # Lance, this one's for you. (in Miscellany)
Napoleon Dynamite Sound Board # Short soundbytes of the major characters. (in Humor)
Cultural divide in IM: presence vs. communication # I have fallen on both sides of this divide at some point. (in Culture)
R.I.P. Microsoft? # (in Tech)
Mapping Google Maps. # A well-written explanation of the Javascript techniques used. (in Web Development)
Another Neal Stephenson Interview. # (in Miscellany)
Move over Mapquest. # There's a new map guy in town. (in Resource)
NameVoyager. # A fantastic Java applet that allows you to search for baby names and visualize trends. (in Resource)
Augmented Reality: A New Way of Seeing. # Computer scientists are developing systems that can enhance and enrich a user's view of the world. (in Tech)
URL hacking exploits in non-IE browsers. # You can exploit the lack of UTF-8 domain matching to spoof websites, as in this example which uses paypal.com. (in Web Development)
Super Bowl Ads. # The AmeriQuest "Don't judge too quickly" ads are my favorites. (in Humor)
The art of seeing without sight. # A blind man from birth possesses extraordinary artistic abilities, challenging our conventional perceptions of what it means to "see." (in Miscellany)
Memorable Quotes from Napoleon Dynamite. # Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh! (in Humor)
An introduction to mod_security. # (in Web Development)
ESUVEE. # A great flash site for an awareness promotion campaign regarding S.U.V.'s. (in Miscellany)
Singing in the Rain. # This is the version that didn't make it into the original. (in Miscellany)
Drag n' Drop Shopping. # This is a interesting yet intuitive way to shop on the web. (in Web Development)
How to Cut. # Onions, Tomatoes, et. al. (in Resource)
Why Apple Makes a One Buttoned Mouse. # Short answer: because most computer users are still idiots. (in Tech)