October 31, 2005
Will Wal-Mart sell $398 notebooks, desktops?
http://news.com.com/Will+Wal-Mart+sell+398+notebooks%2C+desktops/2100-1041_3-5924640.html?tag=nefd.top
probably will
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
Unlimited Printable Calendars
http://www.printable-calendar.com/create/
kick ass!
Posted by jzawodn at
05:40 PM
ABC News: Silicon Insider: MSM, Meet the Blogosphere
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/print?id=750595
a write-up on the conference I was at last week
Posted by jzawodn at
11:40 AM
October 30, 2005
Bullshit Bingo
http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/
for your next meeting
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
Mysteries of the Earth-Bound Human
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/humanmysteries
I like the part on Sports
Posted by jzawodn at
07:40 AM
Burning Man 2005
http://www.scottlondon.com/photo/burningman2005/
A Photoessay by Scott London
Posted by jzawodn at
07:40 AM
October 29, 2005
Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/firefox_internet_explorer/
if you wanna trick your friends into using a better browser, I guess
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 PM
Strange lights reported all across state
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/27/BAG7VFEOC81.DTL
the UFOs have arrived!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:40 AM
Something Rotten in AdSense
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/10/24.html
Joel looks at click fraud
Posted by jzawodn at
11:40 AM
October 26, 2005
Akismet
http://akismet.com/
Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam
Posted by jzawodn at
08:42 PM
Airliners.net
http://www.airliners.net/info/
Aircraft info and history
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 PM
October 25, 2005
FEMA chart becomes brunt of joke.
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/10/fema_chart_beco.html
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance
http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/the_google_web_accelerator_is_back_with_a_vengeance.php
Profanity is a tool reserved for special occasions. This is one such: WHAT THE FUCK!?!
Posted by jzawodn at
12:20 PM
Did the Jedi Have It Coming?
http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/dismantling_jedi_order_000418.html
yes, they did
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 AM
October 24, 2005
del.icio.us/search
http://del.icio.us/search/
yay! it's about time
Posted by jzawodn at
01:00 PM
Download - Standalone QuickTime Player
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
thank you, apple
Posted by jzawodn at
12:40 PM
VMware player modification
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000153064739/
heh, looks like fun
Posted by jzawodn at
09:20 AM
Wall Street is buying the Google Growth Lie.
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/amr?p=167
The revenue increase Google saw yesterday is not natural growth, and frankly I am totally surprised at how Wall Street re-acted.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:20 AM
Google spam suite primer
http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2005/10/google_spam_suite_primer.html
Google provides a full suite of services for the entry-level blog spammer.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 AM
October 23, 2005
Las Vegas monorail route
http://www.pubcon.com/images/monorail.jpg
a helpful reference if you wanna know
Posted by jzawodn at
02:20 PM
October 22, 2005
Eagle Industries - Small Travel Bag
http://www.eagleindustries.com/MainProd.asp?scv=0
a nice bag I'd like to get for my flying crap
Posted by jzawodn at
11:20 PM
Emergency Go Bag
http://www.thegallos.com/gobag.htm
some ideas for an emergency bag
Posted by jzawodn at
10:20 PM
Nvu
http://www.nvu.com/index.html
Free Web Authoring System for Linux, Macintosh and Windows
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 AM
Instantly create Restore Points in Windows XP
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-5728564.html
a two-line script
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 AM
October 21, 2005
How do you have sex in weightlessness?
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8195&feedId=online-news_rss20
New Scientist reports on this important issue...
Posted by jzawodn at
06:00 PM
Race hazard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_condition
A race hazard (or race condition) is a flaw in a system or process where the output exhibits unexpected critical dependence on the relative timing of events.
Posted by jzawodn at
02:20 PM
Flock off to a bloody impressive start
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051021/2520/
one of many flock reviews, I'm sure
Posted by jzawodn at
12:01 PM
REVIEW: Flock Browser (Mozilla) - The RSS Weblog - rss.weblogsinc.com
http://rss.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000590064493/
another of the many flock reviews, I'm sure
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 PM
October 20, 2005
Changes at the Top at Yahoo! Search and Ad Sales Units
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3558011
minor org shifts at Yahoo
Posted by jzawodn at
07:20 PM
UPX: the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
http://upx.sourceforge.net/
UPX is a free, portable, extendable, high-performance executable packer for several different executable formats
Posted by jzawodn at
11:20 AM
List of Printers Which Do or Don't Print Tracking Dots
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/list.php
good stuff from the EFF
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 AM
October 19, 2005
21 Named Storms From the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/2005_hurricane_season.html
The visualization that can be viewed by clicking on either the image of Katrina on the right or Rita on the left shows all 21 named storms during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, from Arlene to Wilma.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:20 PM
San Francisco Flying Bay Area Tour Bay Tour Map
http://sjflight.com/BayTour.htm
I'll need this once I get my license
Posted by jzawodn at
05:20 PM
Brad's Open Source Talk
http://bradfitz.com/words/2005-10-open-source/
given at SixApart
Posted by jzawodn at
05:20 PM
Blogs only option for Yahoo! News Search
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/greasemonkey/greasemonkey-blogs-only-option-for-yahoo-news-search-131978.php
nice greasemonkey hack for yahoo news search
Posted by jzawodn at
04:40 PM
Geek to Live: The Usable Home
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/household/geek-to-live-the-usable-home-131718.php
good home organizing tips from Lifehacker
Posted by jzawodn at
03:20 PM
Flash-enabled feeds at Yahoo!
http://justin.everett-church.com/index.php/2005/10/14/flash-enabled-feeds-at-yahoo/
thanks to justin for making this happen
Posted by jzawodn at
09:00 AM
Multiplicity
http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/
Multiplicity is a new program that lets you control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 AM
Western Regional Climate Center
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/
useful resource for geting historical climate info
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 AM
October 18, 2005
Animated Boobs
http://www.animatedboobs.com/
it's just what you think it is
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 PM
Building BRC 2005
http://traces.burningman.com/bbrc/bbrc05/
Weblog about building Black Rock City for the 2005 event.
Posted by jzawodn at
01:20 PM
Father of Wiki Quits Microsoft; Moves to Open-Source Foundation
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1872348,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
an interesting development
Posted by jzawodn at
01:00 PM
October 17, 2005
How many feeds matter?
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-many-feeds-matter.html
At Findory, our experience has been that 95% or more of weblogs are fake.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:21 PM
Where Have All the Make-Out Spots Gone?
http://www.freelancenews.com/lifestyles/contentview.asp?c=170391&siteID=33
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
08:21 PM
Landmark New Orleans cafe getting ready to reopen
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/14/new.orleans.beignets.ap/index.html
I ate there earlier this year. Good stuff.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 PM
My Outsourced Life
http://www.smartmoney.com/esquire/index.cfm?Story=20050909-outsource&pgnum=1
this story makes me want to outsource part of my life too
Posted by jzawodn at
06:40 PM
HP-14 Bailout
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Stories/Bailout.htm
the story of a glider pilot bailing out and surviving
Posted by jzawodn at
06:40 PM
Ergodex
http://www.ergodex.com/mainpage.htm
make your own keyboard
Posted by jzawodn at
12:20 PM
Big Media, Little Blogosphere
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_43/b3956060.htm
advertises want more sites and pageviews before advertising on blogs
Posted by jzawodn at
12:20 PM
Healthline
http://www.healthline.com/
health search engine
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 AM
October 16, 2005
Yahoo seeks 1 million sq. ft.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/10/17/story2.html?from_rss=1
that's a lot of foots
Posted by jzawodn at
10:20 PM
Get Your Blogspot Shit Together Google
http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000717063627/
Mark Cuban pissed at Blogger
Posted by jzawodn at
09:40 PM
October 14, 2005
Yahoo Eyes Stake in AOL, Joins Long List of Suitors
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB112931424600568983-lMyQjAxMDE1MjE5NDMxMTQ0Wj.html
you've got yodel!
Posted by jzawodn at
02:40 PM
October 13, 2005
Hanlon's Razor
http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/h/HanlonsRazor.html
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:01 PM
A "Sniff Test" for the Overly Company-Focused Blog
http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2005/10/t_i_.html
analysis of the google and yahoo search blogs
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
Yahoo! Mail Beta Review
http://www.unto.net/unto/work/yahoo-mail-beta-review/
DeWitt Clinton does a good job reviewing the new Yahoo! Mail
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
The Google Reader: What Happens When Whiz-Kids Get Rich and Spoiled
http://www.searchenginelowdown.com/2005/10/google-reader-what-happens-when-whiz.html
Andy Beal gives it a D. I'm a bit more optimistic than that.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
Google Maps + Ning.com = "mashup playground"
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2005/10/google-maps-ningcom-mashup-playground.html
cool
Posted by jzawodn at
03:20 PM
Tag Camp 2005
http://www.tagcamp.org/
haven't we beaten the Camp thing to death yet?
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 AM
Today is World Jeremy Day!
http://www.grayhatnews.com/node/215
and I had nothing to due with it, I swear
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 AM
October 12, 2005
The Airline Screening Playset
http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/10/the_airline_scr.html
Hours of Fun!
Posted by jzawodn at
01:40 PM
October 11, 2005
That's the Tooth
http://googletooth.blogspot.com/
google's on-site dentist has a blog
Posted by jzawodn at
11:20 PM
Google Wallet May Be Imminent InsideGoogle
http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/11/google-wallet-may-be-imminent/
more of the rampant speculation
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 PM
October 10, 2005
Yahoo puts news, blogs side by side on the Web
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051011/wr_nm/media_yahoo_news_dc_1
the Reuters take on this
Posted by jzawodn at
10:20 PM
Interview of Matt Cutts
http://www.search-marketing.info/newsletter/articles/matt-cutts.htm
wherein he discusses SEO and such
Posted by jzawodn at
09:40 PM
TV news is a disgrace
http://www.unix-girl.com/blog/archives/2005/10/tv_news_is_a_di.html
After watching tv news for a couple hours.. I'm glad most young people don't.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:00 PM
You the Media
http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000198.html
wherein we put blogs in news search results
Posted by jzawodn at
07:20 PM
Yahoo! Blog Search Engine Mentioned on Help Page
http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000473062662/
hmm
Posted by jzawodn at
03:00 PM
Yahoo! Podcasts
http://podcasts.yahoo.com/
it's live!
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 AM
October 09, 2005
Yahoo to launch podcast search site
http://news.com.com/Yahoo+to+launch+podcast+search+site/2100-1025_3-5892159.html?part=rss&tag=5892159&subj=news
cnet reports on it... site still not live yet
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 PM
GoogleBastards.com
http://www.googlebastards.com/
The Fate of Search is at Hand
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 PM
Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers
http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp
instead of installing the bloatware that is Microsoft Office
Posted by jzawodn at
09:40 PM
Yahoo tunes into podcasting craze
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9645653/
podcasts.yahoo.com is not yet live though
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 PM
Scientists Finding Out What Losing Sleep Does to a Body
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100801405.html?sub=AR
don't forget to sleep!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 PM
A Word on Email
http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001022.html
a formula for handling your email
Posted by jzawodn at
10:00 AM
October 08, 2005
Reaction To Google Reader
http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/08/reaction-to-google-reader/
various folks react to google's RSS reader
Posted by jzawodn at
10:20 PM
Is Web 2.0 Just a Google Affiliates Program?
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/001839.html
it sure seems that way sometimes, doesn't it?
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 PM
Google Reader: Big, blue, chunky water-wings
http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/07/google-reader-big-blue-chunky-water-wings
Les is not impressed.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:40 PM
Top Ten Way To Fail A Practical Glider Test
http://home.att.net/~jdburch/topten.htm
some good advice for getting stuff right
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 AM
JSAN
http://www.openjsan.org/
the JavaScript Archive Network. It's like CPAN but for JS
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 AM
October 07, 2005
iWay
http://www.ipodiway.com/
Use your iPod Photo or Nano as a Yahoo! Maps directions viewer!
Posted by jzawodn at
07:20 PM
I Disdain Top Blogging Lists...Unless I Or Someone I Know is On Them
http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/001023.html
heh, I suspect a lot of people feel that way
Posted by jzawodn at
02:00 PM
Oracle Acquires Innobase OY
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051007/oracle_acquisition.html?.v=1
what. the. fuck.
Posted by jzawodn at
12:20 PM
The Winner Is... Fake Dog Testicle Creator
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051007/ap_on_fe_st/ig_nobels
Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit cards to mass produce his invention — prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:00 AM
October 06, 2005
Trulia Real Estate Search
http://www.trulia.com/
a nice real estate aggregation site
Posted by jzawodn at
07:40 AM
October 05, 2005
Google, Sun to jointly develop better news conferences
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2005/10/google_sun_to_j.html
I link to this simply because of the headline
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 AM
October 04, 2005
What's Upcoming at Yahoo! Local
http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000193.html
the upcoming.org team joins yahoo!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:20 PM
Spam Stock Tracker
http://www.spamstocktracker.com/
Tracking penny stocks, hot stock tips and other stock scams coming from SPAM can be fun!
Posted by jzawodn at
06:20 PM
data: URI image encoder
http://www.scalora.org/projects/uriencoder/
This form will allow you to generate a valid data: URI from a file on your computer or from a web site.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:00 PM
UFO landing strip gets mayor's support
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/28/ufo.strip.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
06:00 PM
Google and Sun announce a yawn
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051004-5386.html
well said... yawn
Posted by jzawodn at
01:40 PM
Yahoo Blog/Feed Search Coming
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051004-130626
the rumors keep coming
Posted by jzawodn at
11:40 AM
NSLU2-Linux - HowTo / OverClockTheSlug
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/OverClockTheSlug
they ship it crippled for some reason
Posted by jzawodn at
08:20 AM
October 03, 2005
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/piperp18.htm
a good history of the cub from the Smitsonian Air and Space Museum
Posted by jzawodn at
10:41 PM
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
http://www.thetech.org/imax/filmdetail/?movie=MDES&ref=current
IMAX film at the Tech Museum that I want to see
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=299
a good summary of this classic plane from airliners.net
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
Reduce the risk, hire from open source
http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000505.html
some good arguments for considering open source hackers
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
The oldies continue to be goodies -- or rather, baddies -- in the list of design stupidities that irked users the most in 2005.
Posted by jzawodn at
05:20 PM
Gregarius
http://www.gregarius.net/
Gregarius is a web-based RSS/RDF/ATOM feed aggregator, designed to run on your web server, allowing you to access your news sources from wherever you want.
Posted by jzawodn at
03:00 PM
October 02, 2005
In Challenge To Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/03/business/03yahoo.html
An unusual alliance of corporations, nonprofit groups and universities plans to announce today an ambitious plan to digitize hundreds of thousands of books over the next several years and put them on the Internet, with the full text accessible to anyone.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:20 PM
Open Content Alliance (OCA)
http://opencontentalliance.org/
The Open Content Alliance (OCA) represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia
Posted by jzawodn at
09:20 PM
mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/
very handy when mucking about in htaccess files
Posted by jzawodn at
05:00 PM
Yahoo! Played a Key Role in McDonald's Fake Blog Campaign
http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/10/yahoo_played_a_.html
hey, let's piss away our credability for big evil company!
Posted by jzawodn at
05:00 PM
WindowsXP Tips
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm
a big list of XP tips
Posted by jzawodn at
12:20 PM
CSS Pseudo-classes
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_pseudo_classes.asp
this helped me solve a link coloring bug on my blog
Posted by jzawodn at
11:20 AM
Tip for using Word as a CMS data source: turn off smart quotes
http://weblogs.asp.net/jasonsalas/archive/2005/07/27/420677.aspx
excellent
Posted by jzawodn at
09:00 AM
October 01, 2005
The 10 Most Undervalued Airplanes
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/content/2003/aug/10undervalued.html
Take a look at our best picks in general-aviation airplanes that offer you the most value for your money
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
25 Bargain Birds For 2005
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/content/2005/oct/bargain_birds.html
The aircraft market continually changes, creating new low-cost airplanes for pilots who dream of owning their own plane
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
Aircraft Covers from Bruce's Custom Covers
http://www.aircraftcovers.com/
keep 'em protected when outside
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
How to wave your arms around a lot
http://www.tremble.com/scribblins/000595.html
looking busy and not getting anything done
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM