July 31, 2006

Paul Dorn's Bike Commuting Tips

http://www.runmuki.com/commute/ lots of good suggestions
Posted by jzawodn at 09:48 PM

Yahoo! Finance Charts, Now in Flash

http://justin.everett-church.com/index.php/2006/07/31/yahoo-finance-charts-now-in-flash/ "Rather than going down the hiring route for getting Flash expertise, they trained themselves and really knocked everyone’s socks off here."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

What’s new in the world of Aviation

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2006/07/28/whats-new-in-the-world-of-aviation/ some highlights from eaa airventure at oshkosh
Posted by jzawodn at 06:30 PM

Google AdSense vs. AdBrite.

http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/07/28/google-adsense-vs-adbrite/ "The results are clear: Over the same period, and on the same sites, AdSense is generating 3 times the revenue that AdBrite is."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:28 PM

On Ruby

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/07/24/Ruby Tim's progress on learnign Ruby to do work with Atom
Posted by jzawodn at 06:26 PM

Highlighting form fields with unobtrusive JavaScript

http://kalsey.com/blog/2006/07/highlighting_form_fields_with_unobtrusive_javascript/ "Using the principles of unobtrusive JavaScript I put together a short script, that when included on a page, will automatically add onFocus and onBlur handlers to all text and password fields on that page."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:25 PM

Why Dell.com Still Feels Like Buying a Used Car

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/07/31.html 'This business about creating "greater value" is a bit of a whitewash. We all know exactly what's going on. They're trying to charge business customers more.'
Posted by jzawodn at 06:23 PM

July 28, 2006

Deep Cycle Battery FAQ

http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm some great info on deep cycle (and related) batteries
Posted by jzawodn at 03:32 PM

Getting Rich with PHP 5

http://talks.php.net/show/oscon06/ a good talk from Rasmus at OSCON 2006 on PHP optimization
Posted by jzawodn at 03:30 PM

Go Power! 80 Watt Solar "Weekender" 12VDC / 120VAC

http://store.sundancesolar.com/gopow1212.html a decent (but expensive) RV solar kit (without battery)
Posted by jzawodn at 03:28 PM

Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder for Demos, Presentations and Training

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp good screencasting software
Posted by jzawodn at 03:27 PM

The Shade

http://www.dashdesigns.com/sun-shades.cfm a funky car shad that you glue to the window
Posted by jzawodn at 03:25 PM

One-Winged F-15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg3sKtPTWPQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpassionateamerica.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F07%2Ff-15-flying-on-only-one-wing.html amazing landing of an F-15 with a wing ripped off
Posted by jzawodn at 03:23 PM

July 27, 2006

Wayne Deviney - A Bad Experience

http://www.dronamraju.com/blog/2006/07/wayne-deviney-a-bad-experience.html you screw someone in a contract job and they might just blog it
Posted by jzawodn at 10:48 PM

Port 25: OSCON Interview #1: Tim O'Reilly

http://port25.technet.com/archive/2006/07/27/OSCON-Interview-_2300_1_3A00_--Tim-O_2700_Reilly.aspx the Port 25 guys did a good interview with Tim
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

http://www.nps.gov/cave/ "the park contains more than 100 known caves, including Lechuguilla Cave—the nation's deepest limestone cave at 1,567 feet (478m) and fourth longest."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:48 PM

Big Bend National Park

http://www.nps.gov/bibe/ "Big Bend is one of the largest and least visited of America’s national parks. Over 801,000 acres await your exploration and enjoyment."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:46 PM

Zillow's "Open" API

http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2006/07/zillows_open_ap.html "...the term open is so overloaded, but saying 'email us for access to our open API' gives me the sense that someone is really missing the point. If you're going to call it open, it needs to be, you know, open."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

July 26, 2006

Youth lands glider after dad blacks out at 3,000 feet

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/voices/story.html?id=39c92b1a-9a38-4635-b974-c98588f6e9a7 it's a good thing the kid kept a cool head and asked for help when he needed it!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

July 25, 2006

PornoTube.com

http://www.pornotube.com/ It's exactly what you think it is.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Police: UCF Student Set Dorm Fire To Meet Women

http://www.local6.com/news/9546222/detail.html "A student at the University of Central Florida is accused of setting a fire on campus as a way to meet women..." Uh, Dipshit!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

July 24, 2006

Instant Messaging and Trashing Google

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/24/instant-messaging-and-trashing-google/ "Where does Google go from here? I suggest they roll some heads and figure out a real product strategy."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

Disabling PDF Display in Firefox

http://www.orbeon.com/blog/2006/07/14/disabling-pdf-display-in-firefox/ put an end to the madness
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

The High Cost of Being Poor

http://www.alternet.org/story/39273/ "If you're rich, you might want to stay that way. It's a whole lot cheaper than being poor."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:53 PM

Top 7 Things I’ve Learned at Yahoo!

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/07/22/top-7-things-ive-learned-at-yahoo/ "Being surrounded by technical genius at work everyday, I was bound to pick up a few pieces of wisdom."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:51 PM

Pulling the cable plug

http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2006/07/20/pulling-the-cable-plug welcome to the non-TV club
Posted by jzawodn at 12:50 PM

headless gymnist

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060721/photos_us_rank_afp/246a46a43f82cace98034f25f8cc04f7;_ylt=Ao_i6J9L9x8BGPkNZPu2AmcDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4Y20zOW1jBHNlYwNtZXBo freaky! (via nelson)
Posted by jzawodn at 12:48 PM

The new JotSpot 2.0

http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2006/07/the_new_jotspot.html congrats! It's cool. I got to play with it a couple weeks ago
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

July 23, 2006

Yahoo and MSN cannot compete?

http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/07/yahoo-and-msn-cannot-compete.html#comments "What is the problem at Yahoo and MSN? After four years of trying, they just seem to be slipping further and further behind."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

July 21, 2006

Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition

http://regex.info/blog/2006-07-21/218 "I've finally finished the writing and production of the Third Edition of my book, Mastering Regular Expressions" Congrats!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:47 PM

Magical ant potion of death

http://marc.abramowitz.info/archives/2006/07/20/magical-ant-potion-of-death/ "Typically, the sugar will attract zillions of ants and the problem will appear to get much, much worse for a day or two. Then you will find lots of dead ants to wipe up. Then no more ants."
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

July 20, 2006

Google Q2-2006 sequential growth slows down to single-digit

http://www.awadallah.com/blog/2006/07/20/google-q2-2006-sequential-growth-slows-down-to-single-digit/ "we now have to wait and see whether wallstreet will get tricked into believing this 9% growth is natural and sustained, the stock price tomorrow will tell us that..."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

CHP Traffic Incident Information Page

http://cad.chp.ca.gov/ I wonder how one might get this as an RSS feed...
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 AM

Google Video Adds in-Stream Permalinks

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/07/google_video_ad.html nice job, Google
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 AM

July 19, 2006

Renkoo me

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=7224 "With Renkoo, you send a query by e-mail, instant message or cell-phone text message to invite friends to coffee, a movie or a hike and then engage in a lively bit of back-and-forth all recorded on one Web page..."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:47 PM

Google Mountain View Access Points and Coverage Holes

http://wifi.google.com/city/mv/apmap.html maybe they'll cover San Jose someday. And Truckee too. :-)
Posted by jzawodn at 04:47 PM

now that's an ice storm

http://selfdestruct.net/misc/geneve.jpg everything was covered in ice
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

Movable Python

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/ "Movable Python is a distribution of Python for Windows that doesn't need to be installed. It easily fits onto a USB memory stick. Python on a stick."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

Storytelling, not journalism, spurs most blogs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060719/wr_nm/media_blogs_survey_dc_3 well, duh...
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Yahoo to Delay Ad Platform Upgrade

http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3620976 I saw this coming a mile away...
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 AM

Teach Yourself book series

http://hellnet.perverz.hu/ebookz/Teach%20Yourself%20series/ get 'em while they're hot
Posted by jzawodn at 12:24 AM

Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time.

http://weirdtechnewshub.blogspot.com/2006/07/top-10-dumbest-online-business-ideas.html I need to try more of my dumb ideas!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 AM

July 18, 2006

There's No Way I'm Saving That Guy (by Jesus Christ)

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/49844 "He can go rot in Hell for all I care." I love the Onion
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

July 17, 2006

Tax Dollars at War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJUul70DOLA scary, isn't it?
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

flickrInspector

http://netomer.de/flickrtools/inspector/ it's flickr data porn
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

TripDiary.com

http://www.tripdiary.com/ make your own on-line travel/photo blog thingy
Posted by jzawodn at 05:23 PM

Yahoo! Men's Club ? on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/t3rmin4t0r/102498792/ uhm, WHAT?!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:24 PM

Integrating Digg Within Your Website

http://diggtheblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/integrating-digg-within-your-website.html finally something you don't have to reverse engineer
Posted by jzawodn at 02:24 PM

Aaron Sims' RV-10 Construction Log

http://canopyroad.org/rv10/ apparently all RV builders have web sites
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

July 16, 2006

Perl is dying

http://www.perlmonks.com/?node_id=561229 I have much to say about this... maybe.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

July 14, 2006

Best DRM cracking software for iTunes/iPod on Windows?

http://www.calacanis.com/2006/07/09/best-drm-cracking-software-for-itunes-ipod-on-windows/ I've recently wondered this as well
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Perplexing Amazon logistics

http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/perplexing-amazon-logistics/1130 order 16 towels and get... 16 boxes!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

Why am i so tired??

http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/42153 I like how people give one of the same 3-4 answers over and over. Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 PM

July 13, 2006

Application UI goes back to basics

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/12/29OPstrategic_1.html "I’m reminded yet again how cruelly oxymoronic the phrase “productivity software” can be."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Google Talk fails to find an audience

http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2006/07/google_talk_fai.html uhm, duh...
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

CORVUS-AIRCRAFT

http://www.corvus-aircraft.com/ they make a cool little composite light sport plane that could be very, very interesting if priced right
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

July 12, 2006

PlayPumps

http://www.playpumps.org/ "This innovative water pump that doubles as a children’s merry-go-round is bringing clean water – and a better life – to hundreds of thousands of families in Africa."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Twist Cafe Restaurant and Catering in Campbell, CA

http://www.twist-cafe.com/ a new place nearby that appears to have good food
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Review: FeedLounge

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/05/20/review-feedlounge/ Paul reviews FeedLounge
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Ken's RV-8

http://www.n526kb.com/wiki/Main_Page "I'm building a Van's Aircraft RV-8. It is a two person, tandem seat fixed gear aluminum aircraft that will be able to go 200 MPH. I'm hoping to be flying within 4 years, but that isn't really important. I fully expect to enjoy this project as much as I'l
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

Dan Checkoway's RV-7 Project

http://www.rvproject.com/ "I built a Van's RV-7, a two-place side-by-side experimental kit plane manufactured by Van's Aircraft. Yep, I built it in my garage."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

July 11, 2006

Yahoo! Looking for PHP Talent

http://www.gravitonic.com/blog/archives/000148.html we be needin PHP folks
Posted by jzawodn at 06:23 PM

The Vanishing Bees

http://www.nrdc.org/OnEarth/06sum/bees1.asp "With the accelerating decline of native bees, honeybees are becoming ever more critical to farmers."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

Up, up and Away in Montague

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/articles/2006/07/10/news/doc44b2b6cf2b8bf252156691.txt "When the rest of Siskiyou County residents were heating up their grills, readying fireworks and waving flags on July 4, the 15 Meter Nationals got under way at the Siskiyou County Airport in Montague."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 AM

July 10, 2006

News: Change of Scenery

http://upcoming.org/news/archives/2006/07/10/change_o/ upcoming.org has lots of improvements now!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

July 09, 2006

TheOpenCD

http://www.theopencd.org/ open source software for windows on a single convenient cd
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 PM

R.C. Herrera

http://www.prunevada.com/rcherrera/default.aspx Nevada Realtor
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Discover the West on thePacific Crest Trail

http://www.pcta.org/ "From desert to glacier-flanked mountain, meadow to forest, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) symbolizes everything there is to love - and protect - in the Western United States. Join us as we celebrate, enjoy and safeguard this unique American treasure."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Top Ten Tax Deductions for Landlords

http://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/catId/8F8C3C1A-2347-419A-9C65B0B8C7762E3B/objectId/03E7A8D4-EB53-4711-97F91991D9A8468B/213/ART/ a good article from Nolo.com about what is and is not deductible on your taxes if you rent property to someone
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

David "The Hoff" Hasselhoff - Jump In My Car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgX-hiQdfFw hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

They Defined the Catfight

http://gibreel.net/2006/07/07/they-defined-the-catfight/ "Joan Collins vs Linda Evans: the most famous fight scene in modern history." (via nelson)
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 AM

Landmark Communities Breaks Ground on Cutting Edge Northern Nevada Development Called 'Traditions'

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-10-2005/0004213363&EDATE= I've seen this land from the air and am not surprised that it's being developed.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

Landmark Homes

http://www.landmarkhomes.com/ they're doing lots of building in Nevada
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

Velcro Being Pulled Apart on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artsyscience/51311029/in/set-72157594150554407/ cool
Posted by jzawodn at 06:46 AM

July 08, 2006

Dust Devil vs. Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGUEjruWs4&search=parapente Dust Devil wins
Posted by jzawodn at 11:23 AM

Yahoo building a Google FS clone?

http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/07/yahoo-building-google-fs-clone.html "It is interesting that Yahoo would choose to open source these tools."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 AM

Real Men of Genius (A-List Blogger Edition)

http://www.mguerrilla.com/media_guerrilla/2006/07/real_men_of_gen.html "You put the con back in conference." Hahahah! Excellent.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 AM

July 06, 2006

The Brew Brothers

http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=20325765&state=NV&city=Reno&stx=microbrew&csz=Reno%2C+NV&fr=&ed=q.qfTa131DzJFzToN7BpURj1efJt80i0XYWw39MygLAaYxeGRDEMavlRug--&lcscb=xbID2vuH2ym good beer and garlic fries in Reno, but not so good service
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Thinking EVDO

http://www.rds.com/blogs/doug/index.php/archives/2006/07/06/thinking-evdo/ Doug is wondering about Sprint vs. Verizon for EVDO service. I've been wondering the same.
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

July 02, 2006

Repave Periodically

http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2006/07/02/Repave-Periodically "My recommendation is that even if you don’t actually switch operating systems, it is still helpful to repave occasionally."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:46 PM

So Much Fanfare, So Few Hits

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992051.htm "An analysis of some two dozen new ventures launched over the past four years shows that Google has yet to establish a single market leader outside its core search business"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 AM

4 Contraptions All Geeks Should Have

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/07/02/4-contraptions-all-geeks-should-have/ I can't disagree with any of those
Posted by jzawodn at 07:48 AM

Technology and Programming related cheat sheets, quick reference guides

http://techcheatsheets.com/about "Tech Cheat Sheets is a collection of the best cheat sheets and quick reference guides on the web."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:48 AM

Vitriol, the attack mentality, critics and bitches

http://www.greghughes.net/rant/VitriolTheAttackMentalityCriticsAndBitches.aspx "the participants in this room sure do like to bitch" indeed!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Bitch Session with Jeremy Zawodny: Gnomedex 6.0

http://www.blogaholics.ca/archives/2006/07/bitch-session-with-jeremy-zawodny-gnomedex-60.html a set of running notes from my session
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Creating a Dual-Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Laptop

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/lpt/a/6554 in case you've ever wanted to do that
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Google Account Authentication: Account Authentication Proxy for Web-Based Applications

http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/AuthForWebApps.html I'm pretty sure we decscribed a similar scheme at ETech a few months ago.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Google Desktop Gadget Designer

http://desktop.google.com/designer.html they made an IDE
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

The WRT54G Revival Guide

http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=33 how to recover from a bad firmware flash
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Hack Attack: Turn your $60 router into a $600 router

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/router/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router-178132.php you know you want to
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

El Mirage OHV Recreation Area

http://www.blm.gov/ca/barstow/mirage.html Rules and notes regarding the El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area from the BLM Barstow Field Office
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

Where was Google [at Gnomedex]?

http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/02/where-was-google/ I was wondering the same thing...
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

July 01, 2006

Canaries in the Mac OS X and Red Hat Coal Mines?

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/06/ubuntu_linux_a_threat_to_mac_o.html Ubuntu Linux really is getting a lot of chatter these days
Posted by jzawodn at 02:00 PM

Apple Hates Grandmothers

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/07/01/Hating-Grandmothers "someone out there hates grandmothers too much" no doubt
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

Proven Scaling LLC

http://www.provenscaling.com/ Jeremy Cole's MySQL consulting company. Good luck, jcole!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 AM

How to Avoid being Arrested by Cops

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8520847761350501823 a useful video on Google Video
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 AM

oDesk

http://odesk.com/ "The On Demand Global Workforce" for your virtual company
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 AM