September 30, 2006

and the prize for most misleading headline of the day goes to...

http://www.dynamicobjects.com/d2r/archives/003388.html "Yahoo is opening up its authentication API, and probably other APIs to be able, to, well, do something useful with the Yahoo auth API aside from signing on. This isn't peanuts, it's definitely interesting"
Posted by jzawodn at 11:01 PM

quantum tracking

http://brad.livejournal.com/2254300.html "If I look at that tab, does it change where my package is?" Heh!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 PM

Yahoo! Hack Day, with Beck -- and special hacked video

http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/09/30/yahoo-hack-day-with-beck-and-special-hacked-video/ "Thank you, Beck. You’re an awesome hacker."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:25 PM

Google Q3 2006 Changes

http://www.awadallah.com/blog/2006/09/29/google-q3-2006-changes/ "This is just a quick note about some changes that I saw Google do this quarter, and how I think it might impact their revenues."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:25 PM

Feed reader bonanza - FeedDemon, Google Reader, Bloglines all update

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/09/29/feed-reader-bonanza-feeddemon-google-reader-bloglines-all-up/ look atl all the aggregator upgrades
Posted by jzawodn at 10:25 PM

OpenSSH 4.4 released - Download Squad

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/09/29/openssh-4-4-released/ looks like some handy new features
Posted by jzawodn at 10:24 PM

Laughing Squidd: Yahoo! Hack Day

http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/29/yahoo-hack-day/ Scott takes great pics, as always
Posted by jzawodn at 10:24 PM

Laughing Squid: Beck at Yahoo! Hack Day

http://laughingsquid.com/2006/09/30/beck-at-yahoo-hack-day/ more great pics
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Open Hack Day & Beck

http://www.scottgatz.com/blog/2006/09/30/open-hack-day-beck/ "I definately felt that spirit in the air. After a day of amazing sessions about our APIs and UI framework, everyone gathered in URLs (our cafe) to have pizza, meet each other and start hacking."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:25 PM

Most interesting boring photos on Flickr

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/boring/interesting/ as "discovered' by Kevin Burton
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Hell Yes

http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2006/09/30/hell-yes/ "For an event that’s all about mashups, it was a very appropriate."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Beck at Yahoo! Hack Day

http://www.itsbeach.com/blog/2006/09/beck_at_yahoo_h.html "If you want to understand where the medium is going and who is leading the way, look no further than Yahoo Hack Day."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:47 PM

Yahoo! Hackday Sketches

http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2006/09/30/yahoo-hackday-sketches/ "David Newman of dnsf.com has created some beautiful sketches of the Hack Day event. Very cool." Indeed!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

The hackers are here

http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/09/30/the-hackers-are-here/ "Who better to inspire cleverness and creativity among 500 developers for their all-night journey toward creating the coolest hack? Beck and his band put on quite a show."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:24 AM

Yahoo! Hack Day vs. eBay DevCon

http://www.skypejournal.com/blog/archives/2006/09/yahoo_hack_day_vs_ebay_devcon.php "Just got home from the opening day of Yahoo!'s first open Hack Day. I thought it might be useful to contrast it with eBay's DevCon." Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 AM

September 29, 2006

Monkey Bites

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/ Wired is live blogging Hack Day
Posted by jzawodn at 02:47 PM

Monkey Bites

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/index.blog?entry_id=1565127 "Beck is Playing Hack Day" :-)
Posted by jzawodn at 02:47 PM

Yahoo’s BBAuth Will Allow Better Mashups

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/29/yahoos-bbauth-will-allow-better-mashups/ TechCrunch on Yahoo's BBAuth
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

Yahoo Hack Day Starts Today

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060929-084534 Thanks to Barry at SEW for mentioning us.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

September 28, 2006

Yahoo! Open Hack Day Starts Tomorrow

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/007555.html The big day has arrived!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

Sprint Ambassador program

http://www.squarefree.com/2006/09/26/sprint-ambassador-program/ Jesse's experience was a lot like mine, it seems
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

Announcement: Flickr now supports JSON and serialized PHP

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yws-flickr/message/2342 kick ass!
Posted by jzawodn at 05:25 PM

Why You Shouldn't Buy iTunes Shows or Movies

http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2006/09/28/why-you-shouldnt-buy-itunes-shows-or-movies "I will now give you some very good reasons for not buying those videos. This isn’t a ploy to confuse you, but to inform you. To make you aware of the issues that surround digital media."
Posted by jzawodn at 03:47 PM

Flickr: Hack Day 2006

http://www.flickr.com/groups/hackday06/ we have a Flickr group for event photos now, please tag with hackday06
Posted by jzawodn at 02:24 PM

Salary Search

http://www.indeed.com/salary now you can mash this up with zillow to see what sort of house various jobs can get you :-)
Posted by jzawodn at 12:02 PM

Management and incentives at Google

http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/09/management-and-incentives-at-google.html there's a lot of be said for gaining the respect of your peers
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

Stupid Linux Swap Tricks with "swappiness"

http://www.feedblog.org/2006/09/stupid_linux_sw.html echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 AM

Yahoo! Shopping Blog : Solar-Powered Security Light

http://shopping.yahoo.com/blog/yshoppingblog/280/solar-powered-security-light The shopping blog found my review. I forgot we had a shopping blog!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 AM

September 27, 2006

AOL Pictures goes social and it’s not pretty

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/27/aol-pictures-goes-social-and-its-not-pretty/ "The new version of AOL Pictures came out of beta today and it’s thoroughly underwhelming." Ouch!
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Go For It!

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001773.html "a motivational poster based on a video game or pinball machine"
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Ask the Readers: Laptop case must-haves?

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/laptop/ask-the-readers-laptop-case-musthaves-203292.php must read this later
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

Feed Icons

http://feedicons.com/ Home of the standard web feed icon
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

Jumpcut Joins the Yahoo! Video Family

http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000358.html welcoem to Yahoo!
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 AM

50 Axioms of Web Application Development

http://www.itsbeach.com/blog/2006/09/50_axioms_of_we.html some good stuff in there
Posted by jzawodn at 08:01 AM

Interesting pages on Forbes.com

http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/interesting-pages-on-forbescom/1244 "mesothelioma attorneys, debt consolidation loans, credit card processing and student loans" Can you say SPAM?!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Photos from Space Explorer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceexplorer/ space tourism on flickr!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

September 26, 2006

The 10 occupations with the largest job growth, 2004-14

http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t06.htm some surprising data in there
Posted by jzawodn at 11:24 PM

Heading to Califormia to hack

http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/issues06/095106/news/095106nn3.html "there's nothing average about Ellis and his partners Jason Barnes and Peter Sawka getting the golden ticket to attend Yahoo!'s first open Hack Days in Sunnyvale, California."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:01 PM

Movable Type 3.33/MT Enterprise 1.03 released

http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/news/2006/09/mt_333-mte_103_updates.html I'm getting farther and farther behind
Posted by jzawodn at 10:26 PM

A Brief Interview with Google's Matt Cutts

http://battellemedia.com/archives/002917.php Battelle has a good littler interview with Matt
Posted by jzawodn at 10:25 PM

Hack Day Preview and Notes

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/007530.html Lots of good stuff coming this weekend
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

AirCombat Flying Adventures

http://www.aircombatusa.com/ be a fighter pilot for a day
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

AOL lawsuit over data release and, more importantly, storage of search database of intentions

http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/aol-lawsuit-over-data-release-and-more-importantly-storage-of-search-database-of-intentions/ "Google, Yahoo, MSN cannot reasonably claim they have implied permission for the search storage identified to individual computer level when very few people are even aware they are doing it!"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

Logomatic Serial SD Datalogger

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=752 This looks like it'd be fun to hack with
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

Yahoo! shuts! for! Christmas! | The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/yahoo_shuts_for_christmas/ heh. I love the register.
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

Yahoo Answers API Example

http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm/2006/9/26/Yahoo-Answers-API-Example using ColdFusion, no less!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

Analyzing More Ad Market Data Points

http://www.internetoutsider.com/2006/09/analyzing_more_.html "I still think the Yahoo! news is a canary in a coalmine--one that the market has, so far, largely ignored."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:48 AM

My new role at Yahoo!

http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2006/09/26/97/my-new-role-at-yahoo/ "I found myself looking at an opportunity to join Chad Dickerson’s Yahoo! Developer Network team as a Product Manager..." Welcome, Matt!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

September 25, 2006

Struggling Blockbuster Eliminates Rental Fees

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/53239 "the flagging video-store giant that has recently resorted to eliminating late fees and waiving replacement fines for lost or damaged movies, announced Monday that it would also be doing away with its long-standing rental charges..."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

List of films that most frequently use the word fuck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_ordered_by_uses_of_the_word_%22fuck%22 man, the wikipedia really does know everything!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:04 PM

Yahoo Paid Directory: Should You Buy In

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtalk/wpn-58-20060925YahooPaidDirectoryShouldYouBuyIn.html the article is a little skimpy, but makes decent points
Posted by jzawodn at 04:29 PM

Secrets to Beating the Sandbox 2.0 REVEALED: The Ultimate Guide

http://www.linkbuildingblog.com/2006/09/secrets_to_beat.html heh. gotta love the hype in the title
Posted by jzawodn at 04:28 PM

Zmanda

http://www.zmanda.com/ Open Source Backup and Recovery for MySQL
Posted by jzawodn at 04:26 PM

Has Yahoo Been Behind the Door When Ads Handed Out?

http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/09/25/has_yahoo_been.html some useful stats on on-line advertising
Posted by jzawodn at 11:51 AM

September 24, 2006

Results of New Influencers blogger survey

http://www.gillin.com/NISurvey.htm "Here are the results of the survey titled The New Influencers blogging survey. The results analysis includes answers from all respondents who took the survey in the 97 day period..."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 PM

Save Icon

http://brad.livejournal.com/2253090.html "I like how the "Save" toolbar icon is still a 3.5" floppy disk. Does this make any sense to the younger generation(s) of computer users?" Heh. Good point.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 PM

Yahoo says "Mash up or shut up"

http://news.com.com/2061-10811_3-6118784.html?part=rss&tag=6118784&subj=news "One that hasn't but tickles Yahoo executives nonetheless involves photocopy machines."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

Google and Yahoo! activity tracking

http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/google-and-yahoo-activity-tracking/1241 An interesting comparison of two Yahoo/Google features that I hadn't noticed before.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

Project Luscombe: N72004

http://vintage-air.home.comcast.net/luscombe/index.html "On August 12, 2003 I purchased Vintage Air Restoration's first project and in two trips over the course of the week I managed to get it and all it's associated parts and pieces transported to the VAR facility (my back yard) and set up in a temporary shel
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

Why Search Sucks & You Won't Fix It The Way You Think

http://daggle.com/060919-204304.html "I have a big dose of skepticism when anyone tells me how search is going to radically change in terms of presentation."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM

Yahoo pulls a Scrooge with forced unpaid holiday vacation

http://www.valleywag.com/tech/yahoo/yahoo-pulls-a-scrooge-with-forced-unpaid-holiday-vacation-202752.php#more "Maybe we'll finally get some goddamn PHP programmers back on the market." Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

September 23, 2006

Steve Ballmer: developers, developers, developers, developers, developers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwtokgNcONg heh. a classic video.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:24 PM

CheckInstall

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ "CheckInstall will run make install (or whatever you tell it to run) and keep track of every file modified by this installation, using the excelent installwatch utility"
Posted by jzawodn at 07:24 PM

Funny Mathematics Video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cRWGsOeV9FQ Heh. Gotta love the YouTube
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Solar/Wind Powered Home

http://www.citlink.net/~wmbjk/solar30.htm "This web site describes all the fun my wife and I have had building a sun and wind-powered off-grid home on remote property."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

High Performance Two Seater Sailplane Reviews

http://www.canberragliding.org/Gliding/Addition.html comparisons of the DG-505, DG-1000, and Duo Discus
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 PM

September 22, 2006

A Froogle-Less Google

http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/09/22/a_froogleless_g.html "I still applaud the company for apparently deciding to wind down the lamentable, underpowered, slow, under-featured Froogle."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

Microsoft Plans Web-based Works Suite

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_plans_web-based_works_suite.php It sounds like Microsoft isn't thinking big enough
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 PM

Is Facebook Worth $1bn?

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/09/is_facebook_wor.html Fred's musing on the Yahoo/Facebook rumor
Posted by jzawodn at 02:01 PM

When Understanding means Rewriting

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000684.html "It's not that developers want to rewrite everything; it's that very few developers are smart enough to understand code without rewriting it."
Posted by jzawodn at 02:01 PM

How to give a 90-second demo

http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2006/09/22/96/how-to-give-a-90-second-demo/ Matt's tips for presenting a hack
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

mysqld Option/Variable Reference

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqld-option-tables.html all in one place now!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 AM

Paparazzi!

http://www.derailer.org/paparazzi/ "Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that makes screenshots of webpages."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:24 AM

September 21, 2006

White & Nerdy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw people really seem to like the new Weird Al video, but I'm not that impressed
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

Five Tips to Increase Your Likeability

http://www.prometheusinstitute.net/opinion/jh92006.htm some of this is pretty common sense...
Posted by jzawodn at 03:01 PM

Yahoo! Ruby Developer Center Launches

http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2006/09/announcing_the_1.html Woohoo!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:27 PM

Hack Day shirt (attendee) on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlaaker/248826493/ come to hack day, get shirt
Posted by jzawodn at 02:24 PM

Yahoo! Flash Developer Center Launches

http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2006/09/flash_developer.html woohoo for flash geeks
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

Zip codes database

http://www.civicspacelabs.org/home/zipcodedb "The ZIP code database contains 43191 ZIP codes for the continetal United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Geo-Names downloadable ZIP data

http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/ more good data
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Why Top Employees Quit

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-top-employees-quit.html "we reviewed notes from exit interviews, cross referenced annual reviews and ultimately came up with 178 voluntary terminations from people that would have been considered in the top 20%"
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 AM

Facebook in talks to sell to Yahoo for up to $1Billion

http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=274 oh dear... here we go again.
Posted by jzawodn at 08:24 AM

Side Effects of Anonymous Attack Blogging

http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=281 dead2.0 not so anonymous anymore!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

September 20, 2006

EarthLink blog: Handling Dead Domains

http://blogs.earthlink.net/2006/08/handling_dead_domains_1.php Earthlink isn't learning from the past mistakes of Verisign here. Bad idea.
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

PBwiki Developer API

http://api.pbwiki.com/ nice... a decent wiki with a good API on it
Posted by jzawodn at 09:01 PM

The Tacobell Canon

http://kasima.org/creations/acappella/media/amazinblue_tacobell.mp3 heh.
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Malcolm Gladwell on TEDTalks

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/09/malcolm_gladwel.html# wherein he explains why we have so many types of tomatoe sauce
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 PM

YHOOuch (continued)

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/09/yhoouch_continu.html "internal Yahoo product development and management on the search engine ad side is in a shambles, and they can't find their way. You can bet that Panama will be delayed again." Ouch!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

Steven Levitt on TEDTalks

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/09/steven_levitt_o.html# Even though I've read the book, this talk was very enjoyable
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

USBCELL: Batteries That Recharge Through USB

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=3448 good idea
Posted by jzawodn at 06:47 PM

Video - Truth in Advertising

http://www.scaryideas.com/Videos/TruthInAdvertising/ I haven't seen these videos in years. But they're still incredibly funny.
Posted by jzawodn at 06:46 PM

Yahoo! AJAX Maps Version 3.4 Is Here

http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2006/09/20/ajax-maps-version-34-is-here/ "The latest version of the Yahoo! AJAX Maps API includes performance improvements, numerous new features, bug fixes and a smaller footprint."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

USA vs Japan in the open a beer bottle with a helicopter contest

http://www.glumbert.com/media/beerbottle this is fucking insane... but very cool
Posted by jzawodn at 05:47 PM

Dell battery explodes at Yahoo HQ, hundreds evacuate

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/dell-battery-explodes-at-yahoo-hq-hundreds-evacuat/ "We just got word that a Yahoo employee's laptop went up in flames today at their Mission College campus down in Silicon Valley, causing hundreds of Yahoo employees to be evacuated from an 8-story building."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

YHOOuch

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/09/yhoouch.html "So I think Yahoo! is fairly valued, and possibly cheap, at $25/share. I am going to join my friend and buy some more."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

Getting MarkDown and SmartyPants working with EditPad Pro

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/19.html this might be useful one day...
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Licensing Modes

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/09/19/Licensing-Modes "I have strong negative feelings about other people making money from my words or pictures without involving me."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Why I hate Evite

http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2006/09/19/why-i-hate-evite/ there's venom in them thar comments...
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Side-by-side Windows and Mac OS with Parallels

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-sidebyside-windows-and-mac-os-with-parallels-201451.php if I ever end up with a Mac again, this will be quite useful
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

September 19, 2006

Mailbox Locator

http://www.payphone-project.com/mailboxes/ what a simple idea.. and pretty well done!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:24 PM

Spaceflight on the cheap

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/09/spaceflight-on-cheap.html "Three engineering students reckon they'll be able to do it for just £1000 ($1879). And they've just sent a lunchbox-sized aircraft, called Nova 1, into the stratosphere where it captured some very nice pictures of the Earth and the upper atmosphere."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

Slimming photos with HP digital cameras

http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/tours/slimming/index_f.html or you could just eat less!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 PM

Yahoo! stock plummets as CEO says ad sales are slowing

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/19/yahoo-stock-plummets-as-cfo-says-ad-sales-are-slowing/ oh, the pain! (mental note: sell stock when price is high, not low!)
Posted by jzawodn at 08:47 PM

Yahoo Warns Of A Bad Quarter

http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/19/yahoo-warns-of-a-bad-quarter/ DOH!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

GFS Forecast of 500mb Heights and Vorticity

http://wxmaps.org/pix/avnmr.vort.html A very handy site for looking ahead at soaring weather conditions
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Highlights: Python 2.5

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/highlights/ Python 2.5 is out. It's faster, better, and more snake.
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

Why Bicycle Shorts are always Black?

http://www.funnycoolstuff.com/2006/09/18/why-bicycle-shorts-are-always-black/ hahahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

Flickr MiniCards

http://www.moo.com/flickr/ these are very cool
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

September 18, 2006

Auxiliary-powered Sailplane Association (ASA)

http://mysite.verizon.net/engreenwell/ASA/index.html motorgliders and powered sailplanes
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

child drummer 4 years old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE_PFpWPQ5Y damn, the kid is good... really good.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

LabJack -- USB/Ethernet based data acquisition and control

http://www.labjack.com/ "LabJacks are USB/Ethernet based measurement and automation devices which provide analog inputs/outputs, digital inputs/outputs, and more. They serve as an inexpensive and easy to use interface between computers and the physical world."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

Why Paris Hilton Is Famous (Or Understanding Value In A Post-Madonna World)

http://chartreuse.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/why-paris-hilton-is-famous-or-understanding-value-in-a-post-madonna-world/ "Whenever she tries to promote herself, it falls flat. Books, records, movies, etc. don’t work for Paris. Because she’s actually a platform. Like Digg and YouTube."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

GRAFFITI ON GIRLS

http://www.shriiimp.com/im/thumbnails.php?album=3 NSFW and kinda weird
Posted by jzawodn at 09:24 PM

15 ways to get more out of Pandora

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/pandora/technophilia-15-ways-to-get-more-out-of-pandora-201072.php I'm becoming more and more of a Pandora fan
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

TheDataLoggerStore.com

http://www.microdaq.com/ "...is an authorized distributor of over 25 manufacturers of data logging, data acquisition, and weather station products."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:24 AM

Mrs Chips takes orders for the school dinners run

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/16/nmeals16.xml "A group of mothers has started delivering fast food through a school's fence in protest at the campaign for healthier school meals." Ha! Classic.
Posted by jzawodn at 08:24 AM

Soar Minden instructor, student in glider crash

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/RC/20060915/News/109150035/-1/REGION The article doesn't say *who* pulled the release. You'd think they'd want to know that!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:01 AM

September 17, 2006

Google Trends on the Real Estate Crash

http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/09/17/google_trends_o.html "Google has back-doored its way into a reasonable cross-section of the most over-priced real estate markets in North America."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

MIT dean takes aim at admissions anxiety

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_he_me/the_admissions_game_1 "The thing we see over and over again is how tired (students) feel, the extent to which they don't enjoy their senior year, which is supposed to be the big payoff of the high school experience,"
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

Cheap ass sword breaks and stabs a Home Shopping Nework host.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5243836417224631021 hahahahaha.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

Hotel Bed Jumping HQ

http://www.bedjump.com/ I should jump on the bed next time I'm in a hotel
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo "...is a grammatically valid sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs."
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

Hip hop music fans have more sex: study

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2006-09-14T013132Z_01_L13904437_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-MUSIC.xml&src=rss&rpc=22 "Fans of hip hop music are likely to have had more sexual partners in the last five years while many of those who prefer classical strains will have tried cannabis, according to a study released on Thursday."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

Can I Buy Green Power in My State?

http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/buying/buying_power.shtml?state=CA "The table shown here summarizes green power products available in California and nationally available renewable energy certificate products."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:02 AM

Live Solar Network

http://livesolar.net/ "The Live Solar Network embraces a group of solar energy enthusiasts whose common goal is the presentation of operating data for their systems. Using software available to anyone, this data is presented on internet pages in real time."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:02 AM

September 15, 2006

Relay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay "A relay is an electrical switch that opens and closes under control of another electrical circuit." Many different kinds exist...
Posted by jzawodn at 11:24 PM

Yahoo Builds Brickhouse Around Talent

http://software.gigaom.com/2006/09/15/yahoo-brickhouse/ "Yahoo is in the process of setting up an in-house incubator in an attempt to hold onto its expensive talent, sources say." Caterina is so outted! :-)
Posted by jzawodn at 11:24 PM

Wikipedia: Resistance is Absent

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/09/15/Wikipedia "if you want to have authority on the Web, you have to show up on the Web" I wish more companies understood that--really understood it.
Posted by jzawodn at 11:23 PM

Polar bears drown, islands appear in Arctic thaw

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/enviroment_arctic_dc;_ylt=ArvNDGtdnjK67_xZTKyn2tgDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhcmljNmVhBHNlYwNtcm5ld3M- "Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:01 PM

12 Volt DC 11 Watts Compact Fluorescent Bulb

http://store.sundancesolar.com/12voldc11wat.html low power bulbs. yum.
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

Essential Yahoo Search Shortcuts from A to Z

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/09/essential_yahoo.html if you wanna pimp out your yahoo search
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield on continuing to innovate

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/VideoPosts.aspx?id=17374 a video interview with stewart, in which he's all about the music
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

ModSecurity for Apache User Guide

http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/modsecurity-apache/1.9.3/html-multipage/ a handy little apache module
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Amazon Unbox is evil

http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2006/09/amazon_unbox_is.html "Jeff Bezos: do the right thing and start over."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

Media ownership study ordered destroyed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14836500/ "The FCC ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage"
Posted by jzawodn at 08:01 AM

Cheapest cars to own for 5 years

http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/cheapest-cars-to-own-for-5-years/1231 not including acquisition costs
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

September 14, 2006

Wattsun Solar Trackers

http://www.wattsun.com/ get one of these and your panels track the sun for more power
Posted by jzawodn at 08:47 PM

Air Hogs R/C Rush Airplane

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2316788 probably a fun toy for $25
Posted by jzawodn at 08:47 PM

Solar Installation Pictures

http://www.spiceisle.com/brian/personal/2006/solar/ a fairly simple install to offset the costs of power
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Yahoo! Mail Screencast

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&vid=23e448e0e7cd3818dfa755c10a523b67.845840 Ethan does a nice job. A bit too scripted, but will really help new users out.
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

Yahoo's excellent Mail Beta now open to everyone

http://news.com.com/2061-12572_3-6115936.html?part=rss&tag=6115936&subj=news "It doesn't take very much time with it to come to a simple conclusion: It is a fantastic email application."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:00 PM

The road to Google Calendar

http://rake.sh/blog/2006/09/14/the-road-to-google-calendar/ a lot of common sense in there
Posted by jzawodn at 03:47 PM

Coding Nightmares

http://www.feedblog.org/2006/09/coding_nightmar.html "I'll probably have to spend a few hours away from Emacs this weekend." You think?
Posted by jzawodn at 03:47 PM

September 13, 2006

A Lawyer's Advice: How to deal with Cops

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/09/lawyer-miranda-rights-defense.html "an actual script that you can use if you ever get in trouble"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:47 PM

How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days.

http://www.gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2005/12/25.html Gus's story of how he went independent
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

A Flickr Engagement

http://www.flickr.com/groups/central/discuss/72157594274074651/ score one for Flickr... and the happy couple!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 PM

ATM reprogrammed to deliver more cash

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_fe_st/atm_fraud "No one noticed until nine days later, when a customer told the clerk that the machine was giving out more money than it should." Hahaha.
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

"Borat" the year's most offensive masterpiece

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/film_nm/film_borat_dc "This year you are not going to find a more appalling, tasteless, grotesque, politically incorrect or slanderous film..."
Posted by jzawodn at 03:24 PM

Exercise = Weight Loss, Except When It Doesn’t

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/health/nutrition/12brody.html?ei=5090&en=21c700c50308b12b&ex=1315713600&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all the most disorienting fitness article I've ever read!
Posted by jzawodn at 03:23 PM

September 12, 2006

Cat Smack on Flickr

http://flickr.com/photos/catandgirl/237682841/in/photostream/ eat your food or I'll smack you!
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Flickr Services (APIs)

http://flickr.com/services/api/ the Flickr API documentation lives here
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide: Other Comparison Operators

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/comparison-ops.html#STRTEST I don't use these often enough to actually remember them.
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

The Best Time to Buy Everything

http://www.smartmoney.com/dealoftheday/index.cfm?story=20060905&pgnum=1 tips on when to buy stuff to get good deals
Posted by jzawodn at 11:48 AM

Suicide Jumper (Improv Everywhere)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vsdtCuXS_I Improv Everywhere rocks
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Good bye Microsoft; Pete has now left the building!

http://peterwright.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-bye-microsoft-pete-has-now-left.html "Today, I've resigned to leave that world behind forever, and I couldn't be happier. "
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 AM

What Slows Windows Down?

http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/1 Yahoo! Messenger made the top 3! Woohoo! Oh, wait.... DOH!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:00 AM

September 11, 2006

Please save Pluto | A petition to help Pluto

http://pleasesavepluto.org/ "We, the signatories herein, comprising of concerned citizens of the world strongly object to the decision and seek the IMMEDIATE REVERSAL of the Result of the IAU Resolution votes to demote Pluto from a planet to a ‘dwarf planet’."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 PM

Video of the Week: Cars vs. 747 Thrust

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/12_37a/votw/VideoOfTheWeek_747ThrustTest_193168-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS awesome! who would have thought to use a 747 at full thrust to blow cars off a runway?!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 PM

SingleMalt.tv

http://www.singlemalt.tv/main.html scotch tv on the web!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

Markdown Syntax Documentation

http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax I should play around with Markdown one of these days.
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

The Pizza Man Always Rings Twice

http://citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12991.asp some great pizza delivery stories
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

Downtown Willow Glen - News Archives

http://downtownwillowglen.org/news.php this needs an RSS feed
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

I’m tired of September 11th

http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/?p=88 Me too.
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Unix - The Hole Hawg

http://www.team.net/mjb/hawg.html "The danger lies not in the machine itself but in the user's failure to envision the full consequences of the instructions he gives to it."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

The game of Java

http://troutgirl.com/blog/index.php?/archives/175_The_game_of_Java.html "everybody loses with that one" Ha!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

Movable Type 3.3x Documentation

http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/docs/ I needs to do me some upgradin'
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Changes to the Movable Type Platform for v3.3

http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/docs/3.3/mt33_platform_changes.html "Order of template tag attributes matters" WTF?!?!?!?!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Nationwide Insures Your Music

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/11/nationwide-insures-your-music/ "Nationwide Insurance will be the first company to insure your digital music." Nice!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:23 PM

Solar Direct

http://www.solardirect.com/ another place that sells lots of solar gear
Posted by jzawodn at 12:47 PM

My fight with Amazon Unbox

http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6636289.html?subj=blog&part=rss&tag=6636289 "So, in summary, to be allowed the privilege of purchasing a video that I can't burn to DVD and can't watch on my iPod, I have to allow a program to hijack my start-up and force me to login to uninstall it? No way."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:25 PM

PowerPals

http://www.qsradio.com/PowerPals.htm "PowerPal DC Power Cables let you connect just about anything to anything "
Posted by jzawodn at 12:25 PM

L Sharp .NET

http://www.lsharp.org/ A powerful lisp-based scripting language for .NET
Posted by jzawodn at 12:24 PM

It's time to reconsider Google

http://news.com.com/2061-12572_3-6114238.html?part=rss&tag=6114238&subj=news "If you're devoted to Google out of force of habit or some affinity to the brand, I submit that it's time you re-examine your habits. Google is good, but it's not worth unyielding devotion."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 PM

September 09, 2006

The Culture of the New Capitalism

http://www.dervala.net/archives/000855.html "We’re human beings. Our stories matter. Grown-ups have more to contribute than babies."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:01 PM

Ten major news stories the media is ignoring

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BEE56F111-430E-449C-B95C-01F50D963103%7D&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo "Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran" Is it any wonder this isn't in the news?
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 PM

The Massage Chair. From Hell.

http://www.kungfooo.com/2006/09/09/the-massage-chair-from-hell/ oh my god. so. damned. funny. I love Japan.
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 PM

South Bay Hikes

http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/southbaythumbnails.html a whole mess of them!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:02 PM

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Amateur_Civil_Emergency_Service "RACES is an organization of amateur radio operators who volunteer to provide radio communications for State and local governments in times of emergency."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

Adding Borders to Photos

http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-09/241 how Jeffrey puts his borders on pictures
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

WVARA

http://www.wvara.org/ West Valley Amateur Radio Association
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

Automatic Position Reporting System - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Position_Reporting_System "Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) is an amateur radio based automatic position reporting system for tracking and digital communications, and was developed by Bob Bruninga, callsign WB4APR, at the United States Naval Academy."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

Amateur Radio Emergency Service - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Emergency_Service "In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

Santa Clara County Ares/Races

http://www.scc-ares-races.org/aresraces.htm "Welcome to the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) "
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

EchoLink

http://www.echolink.org/ "EchoLink allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate over the Internet, using voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology. It allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's communic
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

UsRepeaters.Com

http://www.usrepeaters.com/ "up-to-date repeater information for Ham radio operators. Updated daily from submissions sent in by Ham radio operators, verified by frequency cordinators."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 AM

Emergency Supply List

http://www.ocraces.org/bags.html these guys are hard-code
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

SKYWARN National Home Page

http://www.skywarn.org/ "The emphasis of the effort is often focused on the storm spotter, an individual who takes a position near their community and reports wind gusts, hail size, rainfall, and cloud formations that could signal a developing tornado."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

How AOL Ruined Email

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/09/how_aol_ruined_.html "My kids check their email at best once a week. And it's a chore. Because its mostly an exercise in deleting spam. Email is for old farts. And they wonder why we use it."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 AM

Anderson Powperpole IDEAS

http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/app.htm a metric assload of powerpole links
Posted by jzawodn at 12:00 AM

September 08, 2006

Single-sideband modulation - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-sideband_modulation It all makes sense until you hit the equations!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 PM

Packet radio - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio "Packet radio is a form of digital data transmission used in amateur radio to construct wireless computer networks."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 PM

OSCAR - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR "OSCAR is an acronym for Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. OSCAR series satellites use amateur radio frequencies to communicate with earth. They are conceived, designed, and built by amateur radio operators."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

DX communication - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DX_communication "DX communication is radio communication over great distances using the ionosphere to refract the transmitted beam."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

Internet Radio Linking Project - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Radio_Linking_Project "The project links radio repeaters around the world through the internet by using Voice over IP."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 PM

Amateur radio operator - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_operator a little bit about hams
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 PM

Hobby Engineering

http://www.hobbyengineering.com/ "A supply store for people who want to build robots, electronic gadgets, kinetic art or anything else that moves, beeps or flashes."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

Amateur radio - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio an amazingly comprehensive overview of ham radio
Posted by jzawodn at 10:46 PM

Why windows takes so long to start up.

http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/why-windows-takes-so-long-to-start-up.html here is where I learned of the prefetch cache... and how to adjust it
Posted by jzawodn at 06:23 PM

Why I invested in Photobucket

http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2006/09/why_i_invested_.html "Photobucket is wonderfully simple - People immediately understand Photobucket. The simplicity of its core application is the cornerstone of its growth and approachability."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:46 PM

Kyocera KR1 Mobile Router

http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr1-router/ basically a wifi hotspot that can use an EVDO card. Kick ass!
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

Snake Eats Sheep!

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20372915-5006003,00.html holy crap (with picture)
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

Installing Vista RC1 in VMWare Workstation

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/08b.html I should give this a whirl someday... assuming I care about Windows.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:24 PM

Attention Artists: Brushes and Paint are now Free

http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2006/09/attention_artis.html "The tools to deliver your creations are finally free. I am already seeing profound changes in how students can create and share their work but I bet in a couple years from now it'll be even more dramatic."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 PM

Terrorists could attack aircraft with gel-filled bras

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/08/gel_filled_bras/ oh, no!
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

No flying for fake breasts

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=19183&in_page_id=2 "Humiliated cancer survivor Jean Hand claims a travel company told her she could not fly wearing her fake breast – because it posed a security risk."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

The Most Beautiful Periodic Table Poster in the World

http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Posters/ Wow. Very well done.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

September 07, 2006

SimpleSeating.com

http://www.simpleseating.com/ "SimpleSeating.com is the fastest and easiest way to make seating charts online."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:47 PM

Sexual urges of men and women

http://www.kolumbus.fi/antti.brax/FUN/SEX.html "I figure that I won't be having sex again until some time after the Spring of 2008 but godammit it was worth it."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Ford Delivers Mariner Hybrid Presidential Edition to President Clinton

http://www.hybridcar.com/news/in-the-news/ford-delivers-mariner-hybrid-presidential-edition-to-president-clinton.html "Bill Clinton is promoting the greener mile in the latest of a string of environmental initiative being undertaken by the Former President. Gone is the secret service-issued SUV, to be replaced by the more fuel efficient Ford Mercury Mariner Hybrid SUV."
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Three American boys see a woman's obituary photo, buy condoms and go and dig her up

http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/15447475.htm Cops say grave robbers had sex on their minds
Posted by jzawodn at 05:24 PM

Did We Just Lose?

http://donklephant.com/2006/09/06/did-we-just-lose/ "In other words, Al Qaeda and the Taliban have traded Afghanistan for Waziristan, and gained this huge advantage: we dare not attack them there for fear of bringing Musharraf down."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

TurnHere

http://turnhere.com/ "Free video guides for travel, restaurants, hotels, local events & music" Very cool!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

SEO for Talent, Oregon? Google this shouldn’t be so hard.

http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2006/09/07/seo-for-talent-oregon-google-this-shouldnt-be-so-hard/ "Maybe I’m expecting too much from Google, but what seems to be happening is that my blog posts are rising to the top for this term rather than Star Properties (more appropriate) Talent Oregon real estate site." Ha. Making the problem worse...
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 AM

A Folding Foldable Portable Fishing Boat

http://www.porta-bote.com/ well, I'll be damned. cool idea.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:47 AM

September 06, 2006

Kitten and his box (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQj2ohqCBk what would the web be without cat videos?!
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

Deep thinkers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,989714,00.html "This behaviour is interesting because it shows that Kelly [a dolphin] has a sense of the future and delays gratification."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 PM

2nd Annual All Grass All Day Delaware-Maryland Tour

http://www.pilotbill.com/Citabria/AllGrass_DeMd_4Sep06/AllGrass_DeMd_4Sep06.html this is what happens when tailwheel pilots decide to go visit grass strips
Posted by jzawodn at 08:46 PM

Contest Traffic Tickets with the Ticket Assassin

http://ticketassassin.com/ "To encourage and empower citizens to fight traffic tickets through knowledge of their legal rights under the California Vehicle Code."
Posted by jzawodn at 03:01 PM

confidential "do not distribute" - Google Search

http://www.google.com/search?q=confidential+%22do+not+distribute%22&hl=en&lr=&start=0&sa=N heh. find "secret" stuff in google
Posted by jzawodn at 02:46 PM

Yahoo! Developer Network: Security Best Practices

http://developer.yahoo.com/security/ "Yahoo! treats the security of our users' personal data very seriously, and we hope that our developers will do the same. Here are some guidelines to help you protect your users' trust in your application"
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

Myriad Aviation (Dave Morss) Rates

http://www.ksql.com/myriad/rates.htm I need to schedule a checkride with Dave one of these days...
Posted by jzawodn at 12:24 PM

GPLIGC and openGLIGCexplorer

http://pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php open source igc tools
Posted by jzawodn at 12:24 PM

ORS - Online Resource Scheduler

http://ors.sourceforge.net/demo.html "The ORS web interface is a 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 12:23 PM

Lessons In Electric Circuits -- Volume I (DC)

http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/DC/index.html a free on-line book for learning about DC power
Posted by jzawodn at 12:23 PM

Holux GPSlim240 review

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/holux-gr240.php neat little toy!
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

MorningStar SunGuard Product Summary

http://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/SunGuard/index.shtml a great little soar charge controller
Posted by jzawodn at 12:00 PM

XCSoar

http://www.xcsoar.org/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page free soaring software for your PDA
Posted by jzawodn at 11:48 AM

Promote This! Plugin for Movable Type

http://www.majordojo.com/movable_type/promote_this.php "Promote This provides a set of super-simple template tags that make it crazy-easy to compose links to your favorite social bookmarking, and social news services like del.icio.us, digg (my favorite), reddit and Newsvine URLs."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

XML Notepad 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72d6aa49-787d-4118-ba5f-4f30fe913628&DisplayLang=en "XML Notepad 2006 provides a simple intuitive User Interface for browsing and editing XML documents."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

gpsPhoto.pl

http://www.carto.net/projects/photoTools/gpsPhoto/ "A commandline tool to synchronize a gps (gpx) tracklog with the date/time stamps of the image exif-data"
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

Bob's Solar Project

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bgoodsel/solar/blog.htm "This blog documents my solar-power project. Hopefully it will inspire others to undertake similar projects and provide enough detail to help them get started." Excellent!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:47 AM

September 05, 2006

Calculating distance with latitude/longitude in MySQL

http://ben.milleare.com/2006/09/03/calculating-distance-with-latitude-and-longitude/ MySQL should make this easier
Posted by jzawodn at 09:46 PM

Finding Great Developers

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FindingGreatDevelopers.html good stuff and he's mostly right--except for the part about employee referrals
Posted by jzawodn at 08:23 PM

Powerset, Inc.

http://powerset.com/index.html "Powerset is leading the next generation of internet search."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:24 PM

How To Put On A Bra 101

http://www.thevideoawards.com/details/?id=d3fc09d0-dfd0-417f-9644-4f841e964a37 well, that's one way to do it!
Posted by jzawodn at 06:23 PM

Asking the Internet

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/09/asking-internet.html "a site that mines the web, libraries and other resources might be a better and more scalable idea."
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

Making location simple

http://www.veen.com/jeff/archives/000919.html Jeff digs the new Flickr geotagging stuff
Posted by jzawodn at 05:23 PM

Flickr GPS geocoding made simple

http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/photo/geocodingForDummies.html "Thanks to Flickr it's finally easy to use geotagged photos. Alas, the workflow is still very clumsy for using a GPS to geotag. Here's what I came up with for Windows."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:23 AM

September 01, 2006

Fans | All Electronics Corp

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category/220/Fans.html lots of DC electic fans. I may need a few of these.
Posted by jzawodn at 02:23 PM

Silent Wings Airshows

http://www.silentwingsairshows.com/video.html 2006 Jet Sailplane videos are now online
Posted by jzawodn at 11:46 AM

The Hell of Flying

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14569998/site/newsweek/ "Airline security needs to be based on common sense, not policies that will turn citizens into inmates of their own countries"
Posted by jzawodn at 10:23 AM

Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/flying_toilet_terror_labs/ probably not
Posted by jzawodn at 07:47 AM