August 31, 2006

The Black Rock City Airport

http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/airport/airport.html The Black Rock Desert is on the Klamath Falls Sectional. The runway is placed shortly before the event begins and may differ from preliminary plans. Black Rock City is approximately 10 nautical miles on a magnetic heading of 10 degrees from Empire. Field
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

Fear, Uncertain, and Doubt by Joel Spolsky

http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000596.html "I did enjoy his latest piece on one level. It's one of the purest forms of FUD I've ever seen against Ruby and Rails."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 PM

TV FREE BURNING MAN

http://www.current.tv/burningman/ check out the daily videos from burning man
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

C64 USB keyboard

http://symlink.dk/electro/c64key/ that's just awesome.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Transponders in Sailplanes

http://www.soaringsafety.org/prevention/transponders.pdf a good writeup by Eric Greenwell
Posted by jzawodn at 05:23 PM

Random Sampling from a Search Engine's Index

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4192658505848850559&q=Google+engEDU this video looks interesting...
Posted by jzawodn at 05:00 PM

Flickr: Explore photos tagged with jeremyzawodny on a Map

http://www.flickr.com/map/?tag=jeremyzawodny that's pretty damned cool. I need to geotag my shit.
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

Firefox 2 Beta 2 milestone released

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/08/31/firefox-2-beta-2-milestone-released/ let the fun begin
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

HOWTO batch encode video for iPod under Linux

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/08/30/ipod-video-howto Marks lays it out.
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

RoboGeo: Geocode Photos and Create Google Maps or Export KML and KMZ Files to Google Earth

http://www.robogeo.com/home/ "You need RoboGEO, a "software only" solution for geocoding photos with latitude and longitude information." Oooh!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 AM

Evangelist drowns trying to walk on water

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51760 "An evangelist who tried replicating Jesus' miracle of walking on water has reportedly drowned off the western coast of Africa." Awesome!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

Church condemns abortion performed on raped girl, 11

http://www.guardian.co.uk/colombia/story/0,,1861532,00.html "the Catholic church will excommunicate a medical team who performed Colombia's first legal abortion on an 11-year-old girl, who was eight weeks pregnant after being raped by her stepfather." WWJD?
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

August 30, 2006

RC Battery Watt Meter & Power Analyzer

http://www.rc-cars-planes.com/rc-battery-watt-meter.html a useful toy when you're dealing with DC power sources, batteries, and solar stuff
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

PWRbrite LED Light Stick

http://westmountainradio.com/PWRbrite.htm "The PWRbrite is a low current, high output LED light designed to be mounted to any flat surface."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

French military victories (practical joke)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_military_victories_(practical_joke) heh. fake google bombs are funny too, especially when they're about the french
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Google maps vs. Yahoo! maps. Side by side comparison tool by Sergey Chernyshev

http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/maps.html#38.89761287129639,-77.04038143157959%7C3%7C0 nice implementation, but what's with the sleazy adsense?
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Earth’s Ozone Shield Shows Signs of Recovery

http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1113 woohoo! ozone.
Posted by jzawodn at 11:23 AM

Electric Mini: 0-60 in 4 Seconds: It Has Motors In Its Wheels

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_hybrid_mini.php I want me one of those
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 AM

Ten Commandments Interview - Colbert Report

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GiE_xq-2-n8 classic!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

Disco Pirates

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=af2533de687059f0dce14880e5ed20e5.601451&vback=Profile&vdone=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fprofile%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26yid%3Dsleyes2000 how distrubing!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

which is better, window live QnA or Yahoo Answers?

http://qna.live.com/ShowQuestion.aspx?qid=A8A060957EB94F93A59837D0E82CD26F WTF is "window live" anyway?
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

I don’t want your Koo-Aid Bitch!

http://benkruger.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/i-dont-want-your-koo-aid-bitch/ uhm, okay.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:00 AM

August 29, 2006

use recorded audio loop to annoy telemarketers

http://creativebastard.com/archives/2006/08/168/ heh
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

The War on Terror as viewed from the Bourne shell

http://blogs.sun.com/ThinGuy/entry/the_war_on_terror_as excellent geek humor
Posted by jzawodn at 05:47 PM

Failing to teach them how to handle real life

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2014198,00.html "The intelligence of 11-year-olds has fallen by three years’ worth in the past two decades."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Python MyWeb to del.icio.us Exporter

http://www.theurer.cc/blog/2006/08/29/python-myweb-to-delicious-exporter/ "Last week I put together a Python script that takes MyWeb bookmarks and imports them into del.icio.us. The source is linked to below."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

Like to Hack?

http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2006/08/29/like-to-hack/ "Like to hack? Come to Yahoo! Hack Day! Yahoo! is opening up its campus to all hackers to come and hack for a whole day (24 straight hours!)."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Collision with glider forces jet's crash-landing; none hurt

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/NEWS15/608290365/1144/NEWS a bit more info in this story
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

Sporty's GPS Buyer's Guide

http://www.sportys.com/gps/ a useful comparison of various Garmin and Lowrance aviation gps units
Posted by jzawodn at 01:46 PM

Windows Live QnA

http://qna.live.com/ It's like Yahoo! Answers, but from Microsoft
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

Wired News: Is Ubuntu Linux for You, Too?

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,71660-0.html?tw=rss.index sort of a fluff piece, but it's semi-mainstream... so yay!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:48 AM

Cool Tool: Golden Eagle Bike Engine

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001377.php "I eventually found a 4-stroke motor and belt drive kit from Golden Eagle Bike Engines that weighs very little, operates quietly, and gets me to work and back for about 45 cents a day in fuel." Kick Ass!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:47 AM

Glider and Private Jet Collide Mid-Air

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/3754767.html DOH!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:47 AM

Leaving Search Engine Watch

http://daggle.com/060829-112950.html Danny Sullivan is leaving SEW. Holy Crap!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

August 28, 2006

Google Office: Google Apps for Your Domain (Anil Dash)

http://www.dashes.com/anil/2006/08/28/google_office_g "Don't ever count the Yahoos out. They've got versions of each of these applications that are at least the equal of Google's offerings."
Posted by jzawodn at 02:01 PM

The Myth About Homework

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1376208,00.html?internalid=AOT_h_08-27-2006_the_myth_about_ "homework does not measurably improve academic achievement for kids in grade school"
Posted by jzawodn at 08:24 AM

sudo make me a sandwich

http://xkcd.com/c149.html hahahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

Unofficial Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) Starter Guide

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper Good for new Ubuntu users
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 AM

New York to L.A. in Two Hours

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71665-0.html?tw=rss.technology "A new generation of supersonic private jets could trigger a boom in luxury high-speed flight -- without the sonic boom normally associated with breaking the sound barrier."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:46 AM

August 27, 2006

DC Power

http://www.dcpwr.com/ another source for powerpole gear
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

Backwoods Solar Electric Systems

http://www.backwoodssolar.com/CatalogIndex2/Catalog2.htm lights, panels, and various solar stuff
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

F-Spot

http://f-spot.org/Main_Page "F-Spot is a full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop"
Posted by jzawodn at 02:00 PM

I played WoW, I became a terrorist (story!)

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=32DA4C09BEB07855088A6F20EBB8C4DE?topicId=11211166&sid=1 that is so fucked up
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 AM

Fly a Hatz Bantam Biplane

http://www.hatzbantam.com/ holy shit! an LSA biplane. I so want to fly one someday. :-)
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

August 26, 2006

Yahoo Kills Blog Search, New Feed Platform May Be Coming

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/08/yahoo_kills_blo.html "To me this is a sure sign that Yahoo is gearing up to launch an integrated feed reader/search engine the way Ask.com/Bloglines did in June. This is the second piece of evidence in the puzzle."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

Garmin: GPSMAP 96C

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap96c/# a nice low-end handheld GPS for aviation use
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 PM

Afternoon's Toy, memcache as an engine

http://krow.livejournal.com/445642.html a memcached storage engine for mysql
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

Yahoo Blog Search - Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated

http://www.feedblog.org/2006/08/yahoo_blog_sear.html "This is the elephant in the blog search corner that Technorati doesn't want to talk about. Most consumers just want to search." Well, duh.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

Flickr: The Stick Figures in Peril

http://www.flickr.com/groups/stickfiguresinperil/pool/ all hail flickr
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

Microsoft Excel Web Queries Screencast

http://www.cantoni.org/2006/08/15/webqueryscreencast I didn't know you could do that with excel. Cool!
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

bunnies eating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9x5mUjbH8 people will make videos of just about anything these days
Posted by jzawodn at 03:24 PM

Blogs missing from Yahoo! News search results

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/26/blogs-missing-from-yahoo-news-search-results/#comments where "missing" means "quietly removed on purpose"
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

Brash Machine

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001753.html "My local ATM has become aggressively informal." Hahahaha!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

Star Trek Inspirational Posters

http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html classic!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

What the Terrorists Want

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/what_the_terror.html "The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act... And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want." Sadly, he's right.
Posted by jzawodn at 01:46 PM

cat watching birds

http://www.nvxd.com/forum_source/cat-and-birds.jpg I love this photo
Posted by jzawodn at 01:46 PM

Arabic T-Shirts Not Allowed on Jet Blue

http://www.parkerstudio.com/AAW/JFK_story.html 'you can't wear a t-shirt with Arabic script and come to an airport. It is like wearing a t-shirt that reads "I am a robber" and going to a bank'
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

Yahoo! Removes Blog Search from Yahoo! News Homepage

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/08/yahoo-removes-blog-search-from-yahoo.html yup, it's dead, Jim
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 PM

brad's brackup posts

http://brad.livejournal.com/tag/brackup a cool little backup system he's building
Posted by jzawodn at 11:24 AM

OpenVPN 2.0 HOWTO

http://openvpn.net/howto.html todo: play with OpenVPN
Posted by jzawodn at 11:24 AM

I AM NOT A TERRORIST

http://itsnotallbad.com/iamnotaterrorist/ a t-shirt you should wear to the airport
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 AM

Garmin GPSMAP 76S

http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap76s/ a great handheld GPS for gilder pilots
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 AM

August 25, 2006

Essential PC Software

http://photomatt.net/2006/08/25/essential-pc-software/ Matt has a pretty short list
Posted by jzawodn at 03:24 PM

Yahoo! Hack Day is Coming!

http://hackday.org/ a Yahoo! Hack Day open to the public. Sign up now!
Posted by jzawodn at 03:23 PM

Torrent Search - ScrapeTorrent.com - The Torrent Search Engine

http://www.scrapetorrent.com/index.php search for your torrents here
Posted by jzawodn at 11:23 AM

Yahoo! Maps Flash Maps API Version 3.03 is Live

http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2006/08/23/flash-maps-api-version-303-is-live/ "The latest version of the Maps API is now available and it’s one of the most exciting yet. Many of the features and updates in this release reflect on suggestions,"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:47 AM

ORS - Online Resource Scheduler Official Homepage

http://ors.sourceforge.net/ "The ORS web interface is an free online reservation system for aircrafts, boats, rooms, time-shares, office or lab equipment, or any other type of resource that your organization schedules!"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 AM

Slo-Mo Home Depot

http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=59 Improv Everywhere rocks
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

High-Resolution Widescreen Wallpaper

http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=ratings&w=1920&h=1200 some great background images, if you're into that sort of thing
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

August 24, 2006

Top 10 Ubuntu apps and tweaks

http://lifehacker.com/software/ubuntu/hack-attack-top-10-ubuntu-apps-and-tweaks-195437.php some of these are lame... firefox? isn't that installed by default?
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

Yahoo! Gains Share

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/08/yahoo_gains_sha.html Fred and his readers look at the Yahoo and Google stocks, search share numbers, etc.
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 PM

Byte of Python

http://swaroopch.info/text/Byte_of_Python:Main_Page learn python for free
Posted by jzawodn at 05:23 PM

IWoz Logs Leap From Geek to Icon

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/mac/0,71641-0.html?tw=rss.culture I've never read a woz interview I didn't like
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

Dapper: The Data Mapper

http://www.dappit.com/ dapper is way, way cool. my head is spinning with the possibilities!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Ubuntu xorg-server update breaks X: "no screens found"

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/137206 that sucks. I shall wait a while to upgrade since my notebook is quite happy as is
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

The Squaw Valley Hiking Center

http://www.squaw.com/summer/html/hiking.html if you're looking to hike in/around Squaw Valley
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

News feeds vs Data feeds (and Yahoo)

http://geekswithblogs.net/lance/archive/2006/08/21/88657.aspx we should make our feeds more useful
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

How to write in plain English

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/plainenglishguide.html I wish the entire business world could be forced to read this.
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

Open Source Flash - fc64

http://osflash.org/fc64/ "FC64 is a low level Commodore C64 emulator for Flash Player 9, written in AS3." Kick Ass!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

Pocket GPS World

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/ lots of gps news, but no RSS feed for it. :-(
Posted by jzawodn at 11:01 AM

Automatic warranties: little-known facts about your credit cards

http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/automatic-warranties-little-known-facts-about-your-credit-cards/1175 "Pretty much all American Express cards, Visa signature cards, and MasterCard Gold and Platinum cards are subject to automatically doubling up your warranty on electronic items purchased with them."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:01 AM

OSHKOSH 2006

http://silvairehair2.home.comcast.net/072806/ an amazing little photolog of a trip to Oshkosh this year
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

FreshBooks

http://www.freshbooks.com/ "FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service"
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

Don't Download This Song

http://www.dontdownloadthissong.com/DDTSecard.html Weird Al makes fun of the music industry's crackdown on downloaders
Posted by jzawodn at 07:24 AM

August 23, 2006

I hate email

http://krow.livejournal.com/444763.html "Do you think the NSA could provide a public interface to their email scanners? Have them tell me when my email looks interesting?
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

August 22, 2006

How To Provide A Web API

http://www.sourcelabs.com/blogs/ajb/2006/08/how_to_provide_a_web_api.html Alex Bosworth is on the right track with this stuff
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 AM

August 19, 2006

A Dress Made of Condoms

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/od_nm/aids_condoms_dc WTF?!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 AM

August 18, 2006

NYC in Lego!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102673 I love lego art.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:24 AM

The Kiko Affair

http://paulgraham.infogami.com/blog/kiko "The best solution for most startup founders would probably be to stay out of Google's way."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:24 AM

eBay: Kiko Calendar

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120021374185 with FREE shipping!
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 AM

Yahoo! Autos Feedback Center

http://feedback.yahoo.com/homepage/?prop=autos it's like digg, but useful
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 AM

August 17, 2006

Federal Aviation Administration - Airmen Practical Test Standards (PTS)

http://www.faa.gov/education_research/testing/airmen/test_standards/index.cfm?print=go this is where the FAA stashes all the PTS documents
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

dns_client.py

http://laurentszyster.be/blog/dns_client/ "The twenty-first module of Allegra implements a DNS client cache, with support for A, MX, NS and PTR record resolution. The dns_client module provides a ready-made and self-managed DNS facility that does the right thing for its applications with zero con
Posted by jzawodn at 04:00 PM

10 Cool Things About The New Yahoo! Photos

http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/08/17/the-new-yahoo-photos-10-cool-things/ "To make the new stuff work, we had to make browsers jump through some hoops. This post is the first of a few that will explore some of the big ideas behind the scenes."
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

August 15, 2006

Facebook Developers

http://developers.facebook.com/ this whole developer network thing is catching on
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

Carson Workshops Summit - The Future of Web Apps

http://www.carsonworkshops.com/summit/ looks like a killer lineup. I'm going this time.
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Web 2.0 Versus Web 1.0: Web 1.0 Sites Keep It Up

http://daggle.com/060815-221446.html "you want to know the real difference between a Web 2.0 site and a Web 1.0 site? Web 1.0 sites don't decide to take entire days off."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM

debbie and derek

http://www.debbieandderekgethitched.com/ they're getting married, you see...
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Commander Data Gets The Blue Screen

http://www.dusky.sk/pics/2006-07/2463_startrek-bluescreen.gif ha!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

ack

http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2006/08/12/ack "ack is like grep, but better. Especially if you’re using it for source code."
Posted by jzawodn at 03:23 PM

PycURL

http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/ "A Python interface to the cURL library"
Posted by jzawodn at 03:23 PM

Crazy Infographics

http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/ check out the detail!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

Marking of the Firefox Crop Circle

http://lug.oregonstate.edu/index.php/Projects/Firefox/Firefox_Circle kick ass!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:00 PM

Sugary drinks are piling on pounds

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14247852/wid/11915773?GT1=8404 "An extra can of soda a day can pile on 15 pounds (7 kilograms) in a single year, and the evidence strongly suggests that this sort of increased consumption is a key reason that more people have gained weight, the researchers say."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:38 PM

A Django website that took (a lot) more than 20 minutes.

http://lukeplant.me.uk/blog.php?id=1107301641 an interesting webdev story
Posted by jzawodn at 12:37 PM

30% of Americans don't remember what year the 9/11 attacks occurred

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060809/od_afp/usattackspolloffbeat_060809145351;_ylt=ArnrtaXH3JkyylylPgoybNSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc- I love our collectivite stupidity.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:37 PM

Science Foo Camp

http://www.nature.com/nature/meetings/scifoo/index.html sounds like a good time for science geeks
Posted by jzawodn at 12:37 PM

Lightweight data exploration in Excel

http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/?p=236 heh. neat excel hacks.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:37 PM

Airport Passenger Screening

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/03/airport_passeng.html "It seems like every time someone tests airport security, airport security fails. In tests between November 2001 and February 2002, screeners missed 70 percent of knives, 30 percent of guns and 60 percent of (fake) bombs."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:37 PM

Liquids On A Plane!

http://craphound.com/images/liquids-on-a-plane.jpg when the terror alert is severe
Posted by jzawodn at 12:36 PM

Left-handed men see better paychecks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060811/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_lefties woohoo! my awkwardness pays off (maybe)
Posted by jzawodn at 12:36 PM

Yahoo's Lost Bid Doesn't Spell Doom

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2006/tc20060808_969465.htm "Although Google won the deal to handle search for News Corp., Yahoo's focus and prospects are different."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:36 PM

Aviation Videos

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm a ton of aviation related videos... some are quite amusing!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:36 PM

If you are a boy and I am a girl, can you be my "homeboy" or are you only another guy's "homeboy"?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060810174658AANBsEs Y! Answers handled this much better than my python vs. ruby question
Posted by jzawodn at 12:36 PM

My Google bag

http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli/2006/08/my_google_bag.html "Google is what shows up on your screen when something doesn't work."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:35 PM

Sausage shaped like a beer bottle on Flickr

http://flickr.com/photos/jkottke/212644701/ that is so wrong!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:35 PM

Junkbusters Anti-Telemarketing Script

http://www.junkbusters.com/script.html "Telemarketers always use a script: why shouldn't you?"
Posted by jzawodn at 12:35 PM

Programmer Meet Designer

http://programmermeetdesigner.com/ "This site was created to unite programmers and designers because rarely is a person good at both programming and designing."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:35 PM

SEOmoz Blog | The Nasty Problem with Scraping Results from the Engines

http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1276 "I admit it. SEOmoz is a search engine scraper... Why? Because search engine APIs aren't accurate."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:35 PM

Review: Windows Live Writer Beta

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/14/review-windows-live-writer-beta/ "For an application that came out of no-where and accomplishes so much, I have to hand it to Microsoft."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:34 PM

Four Warning Signs You May Already Be A Yahoo!

http://www.mindsack.com/?p=49 "And Finally, You Have a Life" True for some. Others, not so much...
Posted by jzawodn at 12:34 PM

Jean Soaring

http://www.soaringcenter.net/ where to get a glider ride near vegas
Posted by jzawodn at 12:34 PM

EW Avionics IGC File Format

http://www.edavies.nildram.co.uk/ew/ewa-igc.htm too much complexity. my parser will likely be a partial implementation
Posted by jzawodn at 12:34 PM

One-Cup Coffee Maker

http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=438&parent_category_rn=4500495&vcat=REI_SSHP_CAMPING_TOC this thing works reasonably well... sure beats instant stuff
Posted by jzawodn at 12:34 PM

A Twinkie take on a wedding cake

http://www.twinkies.com/twinkiewedding.asp#more That is so wrong.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:33 PM

Robot 1968

http://www.robot1968.com/ Vintage robots for sale
Posted by jzawodn at 12:33 PM

BMW unveils 2007 MINI

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/14/bmw-unveils-2007-mini/ I've always wanted to test drive a Mini S. Too bad I don't need a new car.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:33 PM

youth and those crazy hormones

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/08/13/youth_and_those.html "i'm curious at what age one's judgment is really all that functional." Well said!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:33 PM

August 09, 2006

Technorati's Numbers are Wrong

http://www.feedblog.org/2006/08/technoratis_num.html Kevin calls bullshit on Dave's numbers
Posted by jzawodn at 12:24 AM

Never Check Your Email First Or Last

http://lifedev.net/2006/08/never-check-your-email-first-or-last/ that's a really good idea
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 AM

BossBitching.com - Bitch About Your Present or Past Boss

http://bossbitching.com/ it's like fucked company, but newer
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 AM

Wake Turbulence Photo

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1091105/L/ wow
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 AM

August 08, 2006

AOL Search Log Profiles

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-08-08-n53.html "28963 quickly amends the search query to read “freee porn sites”. (Two days later, 28963 shows a sudden interest in genital warts.)"
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Yahoo! Answers - How are Yahoo! and Google Searches different?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=Atmu2Lj8BYbzX2vOqsLHrxsjzKIX?qid=1006031314560 wow, I guess the rocket scientists found yahoo answers
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Open Source: Architecture or Goodwill?

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/08/open_source_architecture_or_go.html The debate continues...
Posted by jzawodn at 01:04 PM

Why Don't You Have a Yahoo! ID?

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/06/why-dont-you-have-a-yahoo-id/ Joe thinks the benefits outweight the costs. Do they?
Posted by jzawodn at 01:04 PM

1997-2006 Jeep Wrangler (TJ) Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.visi.com/~tam/tjfaq.html in case you ever wanted to know lots of stuff about the recent model Jeep Wrangler
Posted by jzawodn at 01:03 PM

The Best Business Books of our Paradigm

http://www.vinnylingham.com/2006/07/the-best-business-books-of-our-paradigm.html I've read most of the books on Vinny's list. All are worth reading for various reasons.
Posted by jzawodn at 01:03 PM

The Red Bank Stash Signing: A Day That Will Live in Infamy

http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=272 "In all those two thousand plus people, you’d imagine at least one couple would offer to put on a private fuck show for me."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:03 PM

Yahoo! Developer Network - Python Developer Center

http://developer.yahoo.com/python/ thanks to Simon for putting this together!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:03 PM

High-Priority Media Apps

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/08/08.html#a1502 "If you want to transfer this capability to friends and colleagues, what's the path of least resistance?"
Posted by jzawodn at 01:03 PM

Niall is Leaving Microsoft

http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/08/leaving-microsoft.html "Windows Live is under some heavy change, reorganization, pullback, and general paralysis and unfortunately my ability to perform, hire, and execute was completely frozen as well."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:02 PM

number games and social software

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/08/07/number_games_an.html "it's all about number games in the same way that people obsess over every pound on the scale or the calories in every bite"
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 AM

debbie and derek

http://www.debbieandderekgethitched.com/links.php they're getting married, you see...
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 AM

Go Power! RV50 Solar Kit

http://store.sundancesolar.com/goporvsokit2.html this may be what we need for the travel trailer
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 AM

August 07, 2006

Interview: Paul Stamatiou at Ekonoline

http://ekonoline.com/2006/08/07/interview-paul-stamatiou/ "I enjoy the unlimited caramel macchiatos." Hahahaha.
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

See the Future Again and Again and Again

http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2006/08/see_the_future_.html "I've left Yahoo!"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

Yahoo! Answers Sucking?

http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=COMPUTE-08-01-06 "It has turned into a chat room and doesn't come close to rivaling Google Answers. If they ever hire enough moderators, I will let you know. But in the meantime the site is a disaster."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

CO2 and the “Ornery Climate Beast”

http://www.technologyreview.com/articlefiles/climatechart.pdf who says that CO2 levels have little to do with the heat?
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

West Marine: SeaVolt 12V Deep-Cycle Batteries

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/10001/-1/10001/53262/10001/677/207/9 I need to get a DC27 sized battery, it seems
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Javascript Boot Camp Tutorial

http://www.slash7.com/articles/2006/07/26/javascript-boot-camp-tutorial "This talk is for everyone who feels their Javascript skills just aren't up to snuff."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

httplib2.py

http://bitworking.org/projects/httplib2/ A comprehensive HTTP client library, httplib2.py supports many features left out of other HTTP libraries.
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

LEI Extras

http://www.lei-extras.com/store/default.asp 'Your source for Lowrance, Eagle, and Sea accessories."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Alexa Site Thumbnail

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/102-7700940-5968134?redirect=true&node=236156011 "The Alexa Site Thumbnail web service provides developers with programmatic access to thumbnail images for the home pages of web sites. It offers access to Alexa's large and growing collection of images, gathered from its comprehensive web crawl."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:23 PM

August 06, 2006

Bill de hÓra: Django 0.95

http://www.dehora.net/journal/2006/07/django_095.html "The rest of the post are my personal notes on what's improved since magic-removal was merged into the main line last spring"
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

Introduction to Subversion Screencast

http://clickablebliss.com/blog/2006/04/26/introduction_to_subversion_screencast/ well done.
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

gone living: the packing list

http://www.goneliving.com/packing-list.html "Here is a list of the gear that I currently have with me in my backpack as I travel around the world."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

Bump keying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uv45y6vkcQ&search=bump%20key open 90% of locks with a set of 10 keys
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

A new way to get rich: Google, Yahoo ads

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Aug/06/bz/FP608060316.html depends on your definition of "rich", I guess
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

Movable Type is Free for Personal Bloggers

http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/news/2006/08/movable-type-free.html yay! time to upgrade!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Bikely

http://www.bikely.com/ Discover and share your favorite bicycle routes
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Matt Kutts: Gizmos, Googol, and SEO

http://www.mattkutts.com/ Heh. A Matt Cutts parody blog.
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

August 05, 2006

The deluded world of air conditioning.

http://www.slate.com/id/2147167/ "We're cooking our planet to refrigerate the diminishing part that's still habitable."
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

a lazy russian afternoon

http://www.goneliving.com/russia/a_lazy_russian_afternoon.html "i am proud to announce that i did almost nothing of any value whatsoever today"
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

August 04, 2006

Detours

http://research.microsoft.com/sn/detours/ "Detours is a library for instrumenting arbitrary Win32 functions on x86, x64, and IA64 machines. Detours intercepts Win32 functions by re-writing the in-memory code for target functions."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 PM

CUBEDOOR.COM

http://www.cubedoor.com/ a door for your cubicle
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 PM

Goggles :: The Google Maps flight sim

http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html a fun little flying game
Posted by jzawodn at 07:23 PM

USB2.0 to IDE Cable With Power Adapter

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812156101 I should get one of these for my toolbag
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

YUI Implementation Focus: SugarCRM

http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/08/04/sugarcrm/ "SugarCRM, the largest open-source CRM platform with more than 800 customers and 80,000+ downloads per month, became one of the first major web application vendors to deploy YUI"
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

lightning storm picture

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives/photos_skyscapes/060803_1637.shtml very nice
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

Pandora keyboard shortcuts

http://lifehacker.com/software/pandora/pandora-keyboard-shortcuts-191420.php I was trying out Pandora just yesterday and wondering if there were shrotcuts. Nice!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

CrunchBoard - The Job Board for the Tech Industry

http://www.crunchboard.com/ "It's the electronic version of the ultimate insider's network. Use CrunchBoard to connect with the most dynamic programmers, designers, entrepreneurs, executives, venture capitalists and others who are deeply interested in the new web, and looking for th
Posted by jzawodn at 04:24 PM

Absence Of America's Upper Classes From The Military

http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=2270473 "about 1 percent of U.S. representatives and senators have a child in uniform"
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

Corporate Lessons

http://www.monicaadjemian.com/mofomon/2006/07/27/corporate-lessons/ heh
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

TED Blog: Jeff Han

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/jeff_han_on_ted.html# great user interface demonstration
Posted by jzawodn at 04:23 PM

August 03, 2006

Levels of the Game: The Hierarchy of Web 2.0 Applications

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/07/levels_of_the_game.html 'a hierarchy of "Web 2.0-ness"'
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

Stompbox Networks

http://www.stompboxnetworks.com/index.html "A Stompbox is a home-brew WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) router. In more human terms, it's a compact little box that gets data from cellular towers and re-shares it for multiple computers to use."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:24 PM

Using Verizon Wireless EVDO, PC5740, and Linux

http://kenkinder.com/evdo-pc5740/ I didn't know those cards worked with Linux at all. Interesting...
Posted by jzawodn at 06:24 PM

VMWare Virtual Appliances

http://www.postneo.com/2006/07/29/vmware-virtual-appliances I had no idea there were so many virual machine appliance images available.
Posted by jzawodn at 06:24 PM

VMWare Virtual Appliances Directory

http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/ lots of them!
Posted by jzawodn at 06:24 PM

VMware Server

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ it's free!
Posted by jzawodn at 06:23 PM

Darth Vader parody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RZ_FCIFyo&NR hahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at 06:23 PM

August 02, 2006

Yodel Anecdotal

http://yodel.yahoo.com/ The Yahoo! Corporate blog has launched
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

VW Golf TDI Review, Long Term Road Test, Biodiesel Information

http://www.transmitmedia.com/golfTDI/ "The Volkswagen Golf TDI (Turbo Diesel) is one of the most fuel efficient cars sold in America and one of the most popular cars in Europe."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=STKGFAI0KVUKAQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=189400897 "Fred Langa shows you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

NutritionData's Nutrition Facts Calorie Counter

http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html "NutritionData (ND) provides a complete nutrient analysis for any food or recipe, and helps you select foods that best match your dietary needs."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

ActiveTrails

http://www.activetrails.com/ see walking trails online before you walk them
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

Introducing Yodel Anecdotal

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/02/introducing-yodel-anecdotal/ "I flew to California thinking I was just going to be a blogger intern, but then again Yahoo! is not your ordinary Internet company. I ended up having a huge effect on the blog’s current state."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

Sam Ruby: Python vs Ruby

http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2006/08/01/Python-vs-Ruby "Since I learned Ruby, my usage of Perl for new stuff has essentially been eliminated."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

Samuel L. Jackson on my motherfucking phone

http://mathowie.vox.com/library/post/samuel-l-jackson-on-my-motherfucking-phone.html funniest thing I've read all day!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

Teenagers on the go

http://intertwingly.net/slides/2006/npuc/ a great presentation by Sam Ruby. More of Yahoo needs to grok this.
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

August 01, 2006

Put your laptop to sleep

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/26/1641234 "The Ubuntu development team has devoted an immense amount of effort toward getting ACPI power management working properly." Perhaps it's time to try it out!
Posted by jzawodn at 05:53 PM

Involuntary Ubuntu

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/07/31/Ubuntu "Apt-get is just so unreasonably fucking great. Why aren’t we using it for Solaris updates?" I have been wondering that for YEARS!
Posted by jzawodn at 05:51 PM

Four Big Ideas About Open Source

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/07/four_big_ideas_about_open_sour.html good stuff from Tim, as always
Posted by jzawodn at 05:50 PM

pdftk - PDF toolkit

http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ "If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:48 PM

Ubuntu on IBM X40

http://www.noapparentmotive.org/topics/ubuntuX40.html I may need this soon...
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Django, Or why I chose it over turbogears and ruby on rails

http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/10/11/django-or-why-i-chose-it-over-turbogears-and-ruby-on-rails/ one guy's reasoning for using django
Posted by jzawodn at 04:49 PM

Motorola Listened, Made “Just a Phone”

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/ wow, imagine that!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:48 PM

Earth-Shattering Study Confirms Young People Dig New Technology

http://techdirt.com/articles/20060801/0756239.shtml "get this -- young people who are more inclined to use social networking sites, IM and SMS." Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at 04:46 PM