Links » May 2005
A Gamers' Manifesto. # (in Culture)
Breaking Firewalls with OpenSSH and PuTTY. # (in Tech)
Get Yer Own Budweiser Email Address. # (in Miscellany)
Get Rich Slowly! # A good compendium of financial advice. (in Resource)
A CSS Framework. # (in Web Development)
Gosh, Darn, Golly! A 50's Guide to XBox Live Smack Talk. # Hilarious. (in Culture)
Jeopardy Archive. # extensive archive of Jeopardy games. (in Culture)
Beyond Relational Databases. # (in Code)
Hacking Your TiVo. # Ryan has some excellent resources on this as well. (in Resource)
Enterprise Ruby On Rails. # The beginnings of the book are posted online. (in Code)
A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. # (in Resource)
How to Become an Early Riser. # (in Resource)
Everything You Thought You Knew About Grilling Is Wrong. # (in Resource)
Minimizing Your Telephone Bill. # (in Resource)
How To Crack Wireless Networks, Part 1. # And Part Deux. (in Code)
Top 100 American Speeches. # With transcription and audio where available. (in Resource)
A Ruthless Review of Revenge of the Sith. # The general opinion... seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes.. but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion. (in Miscellany)
Unsung Hero Of The Xbox: Steve Jobs. # (in Mac)
38 ways to win an argument. # By Schopenhauer. I'm sure an "ad hominem" attack is in there somewhere. (in Miscellany)
Weapons Respawn Times in Halo 2 Multiplayer Maps. # (in Resource)
Well-Read. # “Many professional readers apply the 50-page rule. If the book hasn’t grabbed them by then, they give it the heave-ho.” (in Miscellany)
Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough. # This is a very detailed and interesting website (if you like Halo 2). Expect to see a great deal of the plasma pistol / battle rifle combo. And videos accompany every tactical maneuver, which is much more helpful than you would expect. (in Resource)
Victorian and Edwardian Photographs. # (in Culture)
Can't Talk? Try moving your hands. # Hand gestures seem to be linked to better speaking. (in )
Sets in Javascript. # This is an interesting syntactical trick in Javascript using the in operator.
(in Code)
Cracking the Google Code. # This article discusses the new methodologies and practices Google is implementing in their search crawler based on analysis of their recent patents. (in Web Development)
The Physics of 4 wheel drive and snow. # My favorite line: Here's the physics of the situation: 4 wheel drive is your method of locomotion. It's how you go. But here's the -- apparently -- unknown secret: It has absolutely nothing to do with how you stop. (in Humor)
The Chronicles of Narnia. # *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe's* first teaser trailer is out, and it looks **very good**. Coming out this Christmas. (in News)
I hates Lucas! I hates it forever! # Rant against all things Lucas and *Star Wars.* (in Culture)
How to develop a stable, pre-forking HTTP daemon in Perl. # (in Code)
How a Bookmaker and a Whiz Kid Took On an Extortionist — and Won. # This is a well-written and fascinating article. (in Code)
The string tripod. # Nice alternative to the big one. (in Miscellany)
Titles of Sermons to Which Congregants Might Actually Pay Attention. # How Much Good Would the Good Book Book If the Good Book Could Book Good? (in Oddball)
How to start a blog. # This had a lot of useful information. (in Resource)
BackpackIt. # The latest web app from 37signals is out - easy content management. (in Web Development)
Oberkampf. # Flickr Tools for local custom galleries. (in Code)
The Time Traveler Convention. # Technically, you only need one time traveler convention. (in Miscellany)
Mad Physics. # Physics experiments. (in Resource)
The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster # This blog by Darth Vader is hilarious. (in Culture)