ArtLung Semidaily Links

June 2004

• RealPlayer 10 for Linux having a player that supports Real is a necessary evil
• Chris Adams' notes from USENIX (Day 2) more interesting stuff
• Extremists bully moderates Eggs provide an apt metaphor for the level of political discourse in the nation
• Can a customer take their IP addresses with them? (Court says yes!) via interesting-people.org
• Web Comics Examiner I like the magazine-ish format
• Chris Adams' notes from USENIX some interesting stuff here
• Costs of the Iraq War I wonder if these numbers are right via popdex.com
• Burning man tips and tricks from lifestudent nee cockybastard aka halcyon I've been invited several times, and have never been. I like reading about it though.
• US Weather Service XML Services Wicked cool, and free and open via canarie.ca
• Grover is Bitter reminds me of the old 'Bert is Evil'
• Ebert references 'The Uncanny Valley' in White Chicks review Mori's study is getting around
• Christina Aguilera has had plastic surgery I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! /Your winnings, sir/ via defamer.com
• Book Drive for San Diego very worthy cause
• The Reader does RSS more local media involved with syndication
• Blog software breakdown Semi-useful chart via foltzwerk.com
• Friendster getting desperate Social software has a hidden flaw: people don't do what you want them to via corante.com
• Snopes covers San Diego amazing facts
• iChat AV at 35000 feet nifty! via interesting-people.org
• Spinning like crazy that Clinton book not a hit No Spin Zone via oliverwillis.com
• Interviewing San Diego: Brian Dear San Diego Blogger
• Bruce Schneier editorial: unchecked police and military power is a security threat Civilians must exert control over both, liberty demands it via boingboing.net
• Fight Club and Calvin & Hobbes compare and contrast (I remember reading this a long time ago, it's pretty funny)
• WordPress Plugin: Posts by Category plugin architectures rawk
• Latest Halloween Documents Microsoft and open source. Can't we all just get along?
• The Location Field is the New Command Line nice follow-on to JoelOnSoftware's essay last week
• What's a quine? A quine is a program whose output produces the source code of the program. Yes, it's recursive. via j-walkblog.com
• Stew audio interview (too short, but very cool) on WNYC out of New York City
• All about message threading geeky and fascinating via diveintomark.org
• WordPress Hacks very darn useful to San Diego Blog!
• Being a superhero rocks fun story about game play of (City of Heroes)
• Nerdiness sounds about right
• DRM and Velvet Revolver the music business is stupid
• The Daily Show rocks funny news, serious as cancer via waxy.org
• MD5 Hash Calculator I used this a few times recently
• Bruce Sterling and Bruce Schneier Just a couple of brilliant guys named Bruce sittin' around talking
• Draft Bruce very entertaining pitch to Bruce Springsteen, and, not entirely impossible
• Cory Doctorow's talk on Digital Rights Management I pay this talk my highest compliment -- It reminds me of Bruce Sterling
• No matter if you have Paul McCartney play your wedding... your relationship is not secure.
• Pray for Reason and more freaky freaky stuff
• Presidential Prayer Team that is some freaky freaky stuff
• Bush the elder and Bush the younger disagree on Iraq War but only in private
• Roger Ebert on 911 and 'documentaries' The movie is sounding better and better all the time
• Bush and whole Administration has misled USA Lying liars; dissembling dissemblers.
• Comment spammer gig for $8/hour Local entreprenuership! (Kids, don't try this at home!) via leahpeah.com
• In 1978 a plane crashed in North Park San Diego was never the same
• Latest Joel on Software Web applications erode the appeal of traditional Windows development
• When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails? ...wonderfully detailed via jwz.livejournal.com
• new lab item: ColdFusion TitleCase function something I worked on at an old gig
• Greens for Kerry "Register Green, Vote Kerry, Beat Bush"
• FoxNews likes Fahrenheit 9/11? the world is getting stranger
• California's slave history I had no idea. A column by Kynn.
• Amazing Nickelback audio-mash one is a crib of the other
• new lab item: Image hover css effects can be quite powerful
• Change the document background color old-school
• The Web Is Not A Screenshot kicking it 2000-style.
• new lab item: Navigation function in PHP and ASP Old code, repurposed.
• Defining characteristics of fascism We're not there yet
• Sudden Closure of Weblogs.com Strands Blogger the end of free via waxy.org
• Christopher Hitchens on torture no really, it's bad. via rc3.org
• William Pfaff on torture it's bad. via rc3.org
• Very Happy lyrics by Stew
• Reeling lyrics by Stew
• The Smile lyrics by Stew
• Mechanical voting has less accountability than mechanical gambling If we are to do electronic voting, we must meet Vegas Standards via interesting-people.org
• You're Fired SanDiego Blog chatters about Neil Morgan a few months late
• Phrase of the day 'Chuck E. Cheese for adults'
• Major revamp to san diego blog continues Improving, slowly.
• FoxRox (local music tv show) has a blog well, sort of. last post was in May.
• Clean Sweep Life Assessment I don't think much of the scoring, but it's a good set of questions for reflection. via diveintomark.org
• The San Diego County Fair began Friday Who loves grease and sugar and rickety rides? We do!!!
• Tony explains what's up with the Lakers. Hollywood baby.
• Hersh lecture: Abu Ghraib: it's even worse than it appears I'm scared too. via boingboing.net
• Horrible Conservative Christians saying Reagan is in Hell not cool.
• Wikipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources? Metrics for evaluating collaborative media as a news resource [pdf] fascinating article I just got around to reading. Worth a read for you social-software types.
• Andy Warhol show in town through the 19th of June
• Halfling for hire Don't submit your halfassed fantasy fiction as a writing sample to a web dev firm
• Don't try and make your own hyperbaric chamber 'The remains were taken away in plastic bags. It was horrific. It was like scraping leaves together in your garden and putting them in plastic bags.'
• 10 foods you should never eat my grandparents love those doughnuts though via popdex.com
• Slate has a piece on The Uncanny Valley a strange phenomenon I've remarked on before
• Kerry's Reagan problem, and opportunity Interesting points there
• Avatar Creator neat Flash tool via sashimigirl.net
• iMap - an OS X mapping tool Interesting shareware mapper. Testing and downloading it are low-hassle, not crippleware.
• Against my better judgement, I laughed at this Bush/Zombie Reagan in 2004 via kottke.org
• Nisus Writer 2.0 is coming I like Nisus. It's a good word processor.
• lastRSS.php: a class to parse RSS in PHP I may be looking at this
• More Nick Denton Q&A always interesting to read his ideas, even if I disagree with them
• Metaphorical fireworks for computer languages suitably geekilicious
• The Way We Eat Now Ancient bodies collide with modern technology to produce a flabby, disease-ridden populace
• Sterling writes about Lysenkoism an apt comparison to our current administration's Science policies
• Upgrade Wordpress from 1.02 to 1.2? Lost your password? Do this
• How long has geourl been down? Useful service -- I had linked to it from San Diego Bloggers
• Fifty coolest song parts some good examples, and some samples via j-walkblog.com
• When Michael Jackson was Cool touching eulogy for someone who was a great music sensation via dashes.com
• Experiences using PHP on large websites valid criticisms, but PHP still rocks for smaller scale projects
• AirTunes looks sweet I've been streaming music in the house more-labor intensively than this.
• There are non secret surf spots in San Diego okay.
• Tony Pierce with a nice commentary on Reagan's death [warning: uses harsh language] '10 out of 10 for style, but minus several million for good thinking'
• Hank Shocklee & Chuck D on sampling and how it evolved, legally, financially via waxy.org
• Krassy hilariously experiences In Cahoots a semi-yuppified honky tonk in Mission Valley
• Tragedy in Bird Rock Horrible accident
• Bradbury, Schmadbury Great point from Brian Dear about Ray's 'outrage' at Moore over 9/11 title
• Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer looking like a good film via waxy.org
• Blogs and revenue Interestingly detailed via dashes.com
• Christina Aguilera on the cover of Elle Not a bad look
• Comics for Sale! Buy them now and support the purchase of an engagement ring for Leah
• No thanks, We mean it! Krassy @ Olive Garden
• Digerotic Art Event featuring a new book by Tiger Lee
• Tomcat tips 'n tricks Using the Tomcat Java Application server via rc3.org
• More JBX experiences I like following the spreading of the word of JBX
• Mathowie interviewed by LeahPeah you can blame Matt Haughey for my blogging via leahpeah.com
• Army seeking mechanisms for assessing wisdom a potentially hopeful sign
• XML to Nested Array Parser in PHP, I've used it successfully.
• Creationism in San Diego I had no idea
• Marvel Directory my favorite Marvel Characters are Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk via metafilter.com
• Backgrounder on SpiritOfAmerica.Net Astronishingly cool use of the web for good
• Alexandra Polier's story she was the subject of an untrue sex scandal involving Kerry. she tells her story: frightening. via waxy.org
• Mission Cliff Gardens, San Diego I had never heard of this either via sandiegobloggers.com
• Lee Barken from SDWUG briefly profiled by the SDUT
• Requirement to submit thumbprint to buy ammunition in California I don't think that's cool via politechbot.com
• Thumbprint to buy ammunition in California I'm no fan of the NRA, but what's the rationale for the invasion of liberties here?