del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since April 3, 2006 at 09:27 AM:

• Joel on Software: Eric Sink on the Business of Software
  Eric Sink has a great entreprenurial story: identify a need and find a way to serve it.
  Tags: blog, business, software, book
• { Pixilate } Pixel Fonts, Handwriting Fonts, Icons and more
  Great little fonts for things like LJ usericons and stuff. Some free, some cheap.
  Tags: resource, fonts, icons, graphics
• CookingByNumbers.com
  Select what ingredients you have and the site provides you a list of recipes you can cook. Great idea, but I tried the “I feel lucky” checkbox and it threw me some broken error. If someone does this right, it could be huge.
  Tags: food, cooking, recipes
• Typing lessons for Dvorak keyboard, online free typing tutorial for Dvorak
  Javascript-based Dvorak keyboard layout typing lesson. I managed to get up to 30 WPM on it. Gotta keep practicing and get my speed up.
  Tags: javascript, dvorak, typing, tutorial
• ABCD: A Basic Course in Dvorak
  Simple “how to learn Dvorak” keyboard layout web page.
  Tags: howto, typing, dvorak, keyboard, tutorial
• Otaku, Cedric’s weblog: Why Ruby on Rails won’t become mainstream
  An incredibly thoughtful and objective answer from a RoR fan as to why it won’t cross the chasm. Does AOLserver suffer the same problems? What can I do to address those …
  Tags: blog, article, web, framework, ruby, rails, software, chasm
• Dan Simmons – April 2006 Message from Dan
  Great science-fiction writing, eerily prophetic, warning us about the stupidity that our country has become, and how in-fighting is weakening us as the nation of Islam grows stronger every day. (via Eric S. Raymond)
  Tags: blog, scifi, writing, story, politics, religion, islam, essay
• Ted’s Take – Publishing 2.0
  Ted Leonsis writes a ten-list on the future of publishing. Great observations with a clear focus. I sure hope AOL is listening, too.
  Tags: aol, publishing, media
• SourceForge.net: 2006 Community Choice Awards
  I’m somewhat disappointed that ]project-open[ didn’t win in either the Enterprise or the Financial categories.
  Tags: opensource, software, community, awards, sourceforge
• Striking Home – Dvorak International Newsletter – Spring 96 – Page 1
  Allegedly: “Mrs. Barbara Blackburn […] can maintain 150 wpm for 50 min […] using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) system. Her top speed was recorded at 212 wpm. (The Guiness Book of World Records, 23/e)”
  Tags: news, typing, dvorak, keyboard, worldrecord
• The Lenovo Tapes
  Even if these are fake, they’re still cool concepts. And, if they’re real prototypes? Wow, I can’t wait …
  Tags: video, ibm, lenovo, research
• Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly – New York Times
  NYT article with Chevy’s response to the whole anti-ad viral this past weekend.
  Tags: nytimes, business, chevy, viral, marketing, videos
• Timbuk2 Bags: Zip Briefcase
  Very likely my next laptop bag. Finally. In navy or silver, natch.
  Tags: product, timbuk2, laptop, briefcase
• SQL on Rails
  I love teh Intarweb: “Rails is a short-stack framework for developing database-contained web applications according to the Model-Model-Model pattern.”
  Tags: ajax, database, framework, programming, rails, funny
• America Online Changes Name to AOL: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
  *sirens* Newsflash: America Online, Inc. == AOL, LLC. This not the marketing genius that made AOL #1 in the 1990s. Sigh.
  Tags: news, business, aol, marketing

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 27, 2006 at 09:00 AM:

• extremeprogramming : Message: Re: [XP] Socratic Method
  Keith Ray quoting Allan Watts: “[…] But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.”
  Tags: yahoo, groups, extremeprogramming, quote, faith, god
• extremeprogramming : Message: “That’s okay, we don’t automate tests anyway.”
  Tags: yahoo, groups, extremeprogramming, tests
• extremeprogramming : Message: RE: [XP] Paradoxes in agile
  Awesome quote: “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” — Vernon Sanders Law
  Tags: yahoo, groups, extremeprogramming, test-first, quotes
• Yahoo! Maps – New York NY 10018
  Y! has an office in NYC? Didn’t know that … cool.
  Tags: yahoo, mapping, address
• Hive7
  AJAX/DHTML version of The Palace. Interesting, but doesn’t look scalable (at the client end, especially).
  Tags: community, chat, avatars, palace, dhtml, ajax
• Tontie_____EYEZMAZE
  Cute Whack-a-mole-themed Flash game. Those Japanese people are just SO clever.
  Tags: flash, games, japanese
• New Chevy commercial
  Contains links to other funny Chevy/Apprentice ads.
  Tags: digg, flash, video, viral, marketing, chevy, apprentice, funny
• Chevy Tahoe: The Apprentice ®
  “Apparently this is a cross-promotion between The Apprentice and Chevy to “make your own ad”. It’s a good bet that this is NOT what they had in mind.” (via David W. Jacobsen)
  Tags: flash, video, viral, marketing, chevy, apprentice, funny
• Dub Wheels – Custom Wheels and Performance Tires at Customwheel.com
  “PimpStar” Dub custom wheels. Good, if you have $12K to burn …
  Tags: livejournal, blog, automobile, bling, funny
• YouTube – Broadcast Yourself – 10 minute clip limit
  YouTube implements a 10 minute clip limit to try and stem the copyright infringement that’s going on. Good move.
  Tags: blog, youtube, video, copyright, legal
• Schneier on Security: Chameleon Weapons
  A faux credit card with a lethally sharp edge made from G10 laminate, etc. Physical security is just a hoax.
  Tags: blog, security, weapons, safety
• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Regulations
  Tags: reference, legal, law, federal, vehicle, transportation, standards
• NJ Legislature: 39:3-76.2. Safety belts or restraining devices
  TITLE 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
  Tags: reference, newjersey, legal, law, legislature, statutes
• Traffic Regulations, State of New Jersey Department of Transportation
  Has link to New Jersey Statutes Title 39.
  Tags: reference, newjersey, legal, law, traffic, automobile
• Village of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey – Traffic Bureau
  “A state law in effect December 1, 2001 sets the following rules for children riding in motor vehicles other than school buses […]”
  Tags: reference, newjersey, law, legal, automobile, safety, seatbelts
• NJ L&PS: Highway Traffic Safety: Seat Belt Safety
  New Jersey’s Seat Belt Law (NJS 39:3-76.2f)
  Tags: reference, legal, law, automobile, seatbelt, safety
• OpenSPARC: Sun’s initiative to create a community and participation in processor architecture development and application design by making cutting-edge hardware IP freely available
  UltraSPARC T1 design now available as OpenSPARC T1, under GPL. (via Larry Lessig)
  Tags: opensource, sun, sparc, hardware
• Elf M. Sternberg – Geek amusement of the day.
  How to encode video for the video iPod: ffmpeg -i “$1” -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -maxrate 1000 -b 700 -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -g 300 -acodec aac -ar 44100 -ab 192 -s 320×240 -aspect 4:3 $2.mp4
  Tags: livejournal, howto, video, ipod, ffmpeg

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 20, 2006 at 09:00 AM:

• IMDb: Call Center (2005)
  Tags: imdb
• CALL CENTER: The Movie
  Tom L. writes: “I didn’t laugh at this movie. I hired someone in India to laugh for a few dollars less than it would have cost here in the U.S.” (via yesthattom)
  Tags: livejournal, blog, flash, movie, funny, outsourcing, india
• YouTube – How to peel cooked potato skin in one shot.
  Ah those wacky Japanese … first it was Shirtagami, now it’s Potato Peeling-fu. The trick? Circumcise the potato before boiling, then ten seconds in ice water … then just slip the skin off. Disposing of the skin wrapped in Kleenex is optional.
  Tags: youtube, video, japanese, cooking, howto, potato
• Iron Sudoku: Free Daily Sudoku Puzzles and a Friendly Community
  Sudoku meets social software: everyone plays the same puzzle and there’s realtime chat next to it. Even better: it’s DHTML/AJAX, not Flash. Awesome. (via tyrus)
  Tags: games, puzzle, sudoku, free, web2.0, social, software
• Ringfo — comparison shopping on the go
  Call toll free number, enter UPC or ISBN of product, get Amazon’s pricing — great for comparison shopping while at a brick-and-mortar store.
  Tags: amazon, mobile, shopping, tools
• Whatever: The Money Entry
  John Scalzi is a six-figure writer: “So: In 2005, from writing and editing, I made $100,600. And as it happens that is pretty much dead-on average for my writing income since 1998, which is the year I became a freelance writer.”
  Tags: blog, author, writing, money
• Flickr Related Tag Browser
  Tags: web, ria, flash, swf, flickr, tagging
• Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E” (by Ernest Vincent Wright)
  Tags: book, literature, language
• Chocolate and Vodka :: Quote of the Week, or possibly, of the Year
  “I really am trying to see things from your point of view, but I just can’t stick my head that far up my ass.”
  Tags: blog, quote, funny
• AOL People Connection: AOL Member Directory
  Tags: aol, member, directory, search
• THE RAW FEED: gadgets, games and geeks
  CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapons Systems) … Quote: In the most remote mountain top in the world, youu’ll faintly hear, “BOOM HEADSHOT, BI**H! Can’t blame it on lag now!”
  Tags: blog, military, tech, games, gadgets, war
• The Dilbert Blog: Victim or Lucky Bastard?
  Scott Adams reminds us of huge sexual biases in our legal system. But then, what 14-year old boy isn’t hot for their 25-year-old blonde teacher? I obviously went to the wrong school …
  Tags: blog, humor, sex, law, blonde

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 13, 2006 at 09:00 AM:

• brad’s life – Brackup — encrypted, over-the-net, multi-versioned backup
  Brad renames “wsbackup” to “Brackup” and code is now available in SVN.
  Tags: backup, distributed, free, livejournal, opensource, secure, software
• brad’s life – wsbackup — encrypted, over-the-net, multi-versioned backup
  Brad hacks on the coolest stuff. I just hope this isn’t another Perl script. :-)
  Tags: backup, distributed, livejournal, recovery, secure, tech
• “that right there is how serial killers are born” : Joe Grossberg
  Whowever was holding the video camera should be really ashamed of themselves … it’s a funny prank to play on a grown adult, but not a child. I hope that kid has nightmares that keeps his parents up all night for weeks. They deserve it.
  Tags: abuse, blog, child, prank, video, youtube
• Google Groups : talk.bizarre — Ronan Waide’s St. Patrick’s Day PSA
  Tags: funny, holiday, humor, irish, usenet
• US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-075A — Adobe Macromedia Flash Products Contain Vulnerabilities
  Yet another reason to hate on Flash. Yay.
  Tags: adobe, cert, flash, macromedia, security, swf
• Alive and Well in Silicon Alley – New York Times
  Looks like things might be picking up on the east coast, after all. Now, if only we could start growing some Web 2.0 in the wonderful Garden State (New Jersey).
  Tags: article, meetup, newyork, nytimes, silliconalley, tech
• jwz – Treo: Ringtone need to be in AMR narrow band format
  How to create a ringtone from an MP3: convert MP3 to AMR using sox, then encode to AMR-NB format using 3GPP provided reference implementation of the codec. Awesome.
  Tags: amr, audio, codec, jwz, livejournal, mp3, palm, ringtones, treo
• Dilbert’s Ultimate Cubicle
  Now this is a cubicle worthy of Dilbert, alright.
  Tags: dilbert, funny, furniture, futuristic
• jwz: ppmcaption
  I love netpbm — why wasn’t ppmcaption part of it already? Anyhow, very glad jwz created this.
  Tags: images, jwz, netpbm, opensource
• Penny Arcade! – True Story!
  CompUSA. “Special offer.” “Customer Appreciation Bat.” ROFL.
  Tags: abuse, comic, compusa, funny, retail

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 6, 2006 at 09:00 AM:

• RRDtool – About RRDtool
  Great set of tools for time-series data. Makes metrics collection and graphing a trivial problem to solve.
  Tags: free, opensource, programming, software, sysadmin, tools
• Oh baby ( Funny) – Google Video
  This is why your infant shouldn’t sleep in the same room as you, if you still have an active sex life. :-)
  Tags: baby, doll, funny, google, squick, video
• Linux-Kernel Archive: dirty md raid5 slab bio leak
  This explains my large bio and biovec-1 slabs in slabtop — there’s a bio leak in md. One-line fix in drivers/md/md.c. According to kernel.org and git, the fix should have made it into 2.6.13.
  Tags: bio, kernel, leak, linux, memory, slab
• Spore
  Just a lame Flash placeholder site, but I can’t wait until this game is released!
  Tags: computer, game, maxis, spore
• Spore Gameplay Video – Google Video
  “Will Wright talking at the 2005 Game Developer’s Conference about ‘Spore’, which looks like it could possibly be the best video game ever.”
  Tags: computer, game, google, maxis, spore, video
• A (Re)-Introduction to JavaScript
  Simon Willison puts together a great deck on JavaScript. It’s like the Cliff’s Notes of JavaScript, really. (via Joe Grossberg)
  Tags: deck, javascript, programming, slides, tutorial
• Re: Mergic VPN client on Treo 650 does not connect – PalmOne – Cingular Customer Forums
  How to configure the Treo 650 for Cingular isp.cingular connection rather than wap.cingular to not go through their NAT.
  Tags: cingular, palm, treo
• Zend Framework
  Web framework for PHP. Maybe there’s some good ideas here for AOLserver. Or, maybe not.
  Tags: framework, php, programming, web

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 27, 2006 at 09:05 AM:

• Whatever: Post-Oscar Thoughts
  John Scalzi writes a great summary of the Academy Awards 2006. I actually watched it this year, and now I know why I never watch the Oscars …
  Tags: awards, blog, movie, oscars, show
• 911 Loose Change 2nd Edition with extra footage – Google Video
  As I’ve said, 9/11 was not a terrorist attack. Time will prove me right.
  Tags: 9/11, conspiracy, coverup, government, terrorism, theory
• Codec Installation Packages for IT Professionals
  Additional codecs for Windows Media Player — includes MPEG-4.
  Tags: audio, codec, microsoft, software, video, windows
• Plogit – An Open-Source PalmOS Blogging Client
  Decent looking app., but the last release (0.22) was back in October 2004. The SF project page mentions a maintenance release dated 12/30/2005, but no files have been posted to the project yet.
  Tags: blogging, client, mobile, opensource, palm, software
• graphicallyspeaking: Legal Security: OCP and Apple’s Intel Macs
  Sree Kotay shares the “OCP Haiku” — a vehicle for AOL to leverage copyright protections. Using it to protect source code is one thing, but to prevent third parties from creating unauthorized clients? That is the path to the Dark Side.
  Tags: aol, blog, copyright, haiku, law, ocp, poem
• Ajaxian » Attack of the Ajax form builders
  Robust web forms are now trivial to design and implement. Yay.
  Tags: ajax, blog, dhtml, reference
• GeekPhilosopher: Free Stock Photos
  More completely free stock photos.
  Tags: free, images, photography, webdesign
• Free Images – Free Stock Photos
  Free stock photos. Not just royalty-free, but completely free.
  Tags: free, images, photography, webdesign
• mezzoblue – revised image replacement
  CSS tips on image replacement. I keep forgetting this, so it’s about time I del.icio.us’ed it.
  Tags: article, css, howto, reference, webdesign
• Dungeon Masters in Cyberspace – New York Times
  Turbine and Hasbro are launching their Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG. When will the madness end? (via sidruid)
  Tags: article, d&d, mmorpg, nytimes

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 13, 2006 at 09:05 AM:

• Elf M. Sternberg – Special Management Meal
  “[…] Special Management Loaf, the official food of toublemakers in U.S. Federal Prisons.”
  Tags: blog, food, livejournal, prison, recipe
• TuSSH: Palm ssh for PalmOs 4 and Above
  Could be a better version than “pssh” which is what I’m currently using now.
  Tags: free, mobile, palm, palmos, security, software, ssh
• Immortal Beloved – A Little Less Conversation
  Cowboys. On ice. In tight blue jeans. Believe it.
  Tags: blog, cowboy, iceskating, livejournal
• DreamHost Blog » They missed the “is”.
  Josh over at DreamHost gets it right on. “Buzz Marketing With Blogs For Dummies” — Naked Conversations, watch out! The dummies are on the loose!
  Tags: blog, blogging, dummies, funny
• Palm OS® 68K SDK Documentation
  Links to various PalmOS 68K developer documentation.
  Tags: palm, palmos, programming, reference
• (68K) Table of Contents | Palm OS® Programmer’s API Reference
  Tags: api, palm, palmos, programming, reference
• Initial Cryptanalysis of the RSA SecurID Algorithm (initial_securid_analysis.pdf)
  Back in 2001, Mudge and Kingpin reverse engineer the algorithm used inside RSA SecurID tokens. I want a software implementation so I can stop carrying around the stupid thing, already.
  Tags: authentication, cryptography, paper, reference, security
• Guy Kawasaki: Bona tempora volvant (The Name Game)
  Some tips on choosing names for your business. Funny, but there’s definitely some truth to the advice.
  Tags: blog, business, naming
• Rich and Leyla: What’s New?
  Rich and Leyla’s blog. No feeds, though. Poo.
  Tags: blog, friend
• Lawyer Gift – The Billable Hour? – Clever Timepieces for Lawyers
  Analog clocks with the face drawn in six minute increments, which is how a lawyer bills (an hour contains ten 6-minute increments, which makes billing math easier). Great gift for a lawyer friend, if you’ve got one. (via Seth Godin)
  Tags: analog, billing, clock, gift, law, product, time
• gapingvoid: happy valentine’s day etc.
  “I choose this Life with Death at the End / With all the pain and suffering that falls in between / So much shit that a’body goes through / I choose this Life because I’m / sharing it with you.” My sentiments exactly.
  Tags: art, blog, poem
• Willie Nelson Releases Gay Cowboy Song – Yahoo! News
  “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)” […] “Available exclusively through iTunes, […]” Okay, I guess I know what I need to buy from the iTunes Music Store next. This is priceless.
  Tags: cowboy, gay, music, news, song
• Jörg Schilling is damage; the community should route around him
  I missed this whole drama back in 2004, but apparently it’s still going on today? Hmm.
  Tags: cdrecord, debian, linux, opensource
• D-Link TechSupport – Revisions – DBT-120
  Tags: bluetooth, drivers, product, support, usb
• dbt120_InstallationGuide_winxpsp2.pdf
  D-Link DBT-120 Installation Guide for WinXP SP2
  Tags: bluetooth, pdf, reference, usb
• Metastar :: Jabra BT250 with Windows XP – a thing of beauty
  Perfect! I also have a D-Link DBT-120 Bluetooth 1.1 USB adapter, this is exactly what I was looking for.
  Tags: blog, bluetooth, hardware, reference, usb
• Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Creating a Community
  Great tips on building a community around a product. I need to do more work for the AOLserver community …
  Tags: blog, community, marketing, social
• Color Blender
  Eric Myer’s DHTML color blender page. Very slick.
  Tags: color, design, web
• AOL Employee BlogRoll
  Justin Uberti has started an AOL Employee Blogroll page. As of right now (2006-02-14), I’m not on it. Heh.
  Tags: aol, blogging
• Kernel Korner – Why and How to Use Netlink Socket | Linux Journal
  Great explanation of Linux netlink sockets, including sample code to demonstrate basics.
  Tags: linux, netlink, network, programming

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 6, 2006 at 09:05 AM:

• smallraven: More from The Finishing School Drop Out Handbook
  Deb shares some interesting recipes. Good inspiratiion … maybe I’ll try a few.
  Tags: food, livejournal, recipes
• Blogdigger Dev Blog: FeedFlare API
  “To add Blogdigger Link Search counts to your FeedBurner feed, add the URL

  http://www.blogdigger.com/bd-linkflare.xml

  as a custom FeedFlare unit on your FeedBurner FeedFlare page”

  Tags: blog, feed, programming, search, syndication
• AutoStitch
  “Autostitch is the world’s first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view panoramas without any user input whatsoever, […]”
  Tags: ai, computer, photography, research, software, tools
• The Jyllands-Posten Danish Cartoons by Elliott Back
  Elliott Back reposts the Danish cartoons that created such a ruckus around the world. Hope he doesn’t get accosted by Islamist extremists at school …
  Tags: comic, fanatic, islam, religion, satire, zealots
• Coupons, Grocery Coupons – TheGroceryGame.com
  Gaming the supermarket sale/coupon system, one receipt at a time. Rock the system.
  Tags: finance, food, groceries, lifehack, money
• Common Query Language (SRU: Search and Retrieve via URL – Standards, Library of Congress)
  Tags: library, search, standard
• CLucene
  “CLucene is a C++ port of the popular Apache Lucene search engine […]” — well, it’s a pity it’s not pure C, especially thread-safe C, but it’s still a far cry better than Java, I guess.
  Tags: apache, opensource, search
• Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?
  “C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a book in the early 1960’ies [… about] how you can […] get approval for building a […] atomic power plant, but if you want to build a bike shed you will be tangled up in endless discussions.”
  Tags: humor, management, programming
• jQuery: Blog: » More Documentation
  Tags: documentation, javascript, jquery, programming, web
• NPR : The Links Between the Dalai Lama and Neuroscience
  The Dalai Lama at the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience says: “If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false,” he says, “then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.”
  Tags: buddhism, dalailama, neuroscience, npr, philosophy, religion, science
• Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group
  Ah, the human need to classify things must be so overwhelming for some people. No wonder there’s people who go to school for “Library Science” — heh.
  Tags: classification, humor, reference, science, tagging, taxonomy

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since January 30, 2006 at 09:05 AM:

• jwz – I, for one, welcome our new zombie-roach mind-controlling wasp overlords.
  Ampulex compressa wasp uses roaches as a host for its egg. It stings the roaches *brain* in order to make it controllable, yikes! Roach cattle …
  Tags: eww, parasite, reference, science
• nothings: physics for artists: center of mass
  “[…] some summarizing principles of some useful bits of physics that should be useful to artists.”
  Tags: art, howto, physics, reference
• O RRY?
  Tags: fark, funny, owl
• Photoshop Tutorial — Performancing Banners | Performancing.com
  Great step-by-step walk-through on how to create a nice button/logo.
  Tags: design, howto, photoshop, tutorial
• MPAA admits to unauthorized movie copying
  MPAA: Busted! Exactly who benefits from this organization’s existence, again? Dismantle them, already.
  Tags: failure, legal, movie, news
• Inhabitat – Temperature–sensitive bathroom fixtures
  Scalding water burning your kids? Check out these fixtures from the German company Hansa: “they also feature temperature sensitive LEDs lining the walls of the canyon, which illuminate the water in different colors depending on the temperature of the wat
  Tags: art, design, gadgets, lights, water
• DreamHost Blog » Jackets of Pain
  Priceless: “Shortly after you begin working at DreamHost you quickly develop an uneasy relationship with Ted. Ted is a 12 inch lead pipe that the boss keeps in the top drawer of his desk. If you screw up, you get a “Ted to the head”. It hurts. A lot.”
  Tags: blog, comedy, humor, satire, violence
• iTech Bluetooth Virtual Laser Keyboard (BTVKB)
  Alternate keyboard solution for handheld PDAs that projects a keyboard onto your desk with a “frickin’ laser beam” — now, fully wireless using Bluetooth!
  Tags: bluetooth, gadget, keyboard, mobile, product
• Letter Frequency and Word Frequency in the English Language
  Tags: cryptography, english, language, reference
• Welcome to the LifeGem Home – www.LifeGem.com Memorial Diamond
  “The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.” As of Jan 2006, 0.5 carat of your loved one will run you $7,899. (via Chris Pirillo, 2006-01-30)
  Tags: bling, business, death
• Copper – Step-by-Step
  Kazu Kibuishi writes a step-by-step pictorial on how he draws his Copper comic strip. (via Elf Sternberg, 2006-01-27)
  Tags: art, comic, howto, tutorial
• mendel: Business casual
  Very good essay on the difficulties of “business casual” dress for men in IT and how to avoid slipping into wearing “just any old crap” — mendel knows his clothes!
  Tags: blog, business, clothing, livejournal, reference
• Dvorak Keyboard Layouts
  ASCII renditions of the left-, right- and two-handed Dvorak keyboard layouts.
  Tags: computer, dvorak, keyboard
• lj_dev: the XSS security challenge
  Brad’s giving out permanent accounts to people who produce minimal reproducible cases of XSS attacks on LJ.
  Tags: hacks, livejournal, security
• rsnapshot: a remote filesystem snapshot utility, based on rsync
  Tags: backups, free, rsync, software, sysadmin
• Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Rsync
  In my quest to implement free D2D backup, it looks like someone’s already figured out what I’ve been thinking about. Cool!
  Tags: article, backups, free, howto, rsync, software, sysadmin
• Amazon.com: Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset: Cell Phones
  Tags: amazon, bluetooth, headset, mobile, product
• Amazon.com: Plantronics Voyager 510 Bluetooth Headset with Multipoint Technology: Cell Phones
  Tags: amazon, bluetooth, headset, mobile, product
• Amazon.com: JABRA COMMUNICATIONS BT250v Bluetooth Headset with Vibrating Alert: Electronics
  “Unidirectional microphone reduces background noise while amplifying your voice to provide great sound quality”
  Tags: amazon, bluetooth, headset, mobile, product
• Amazon.com: Cardo Systems scala-500 Bluetooth Headset – Silver: Cell Phones
  “The unit comes equipped with all the high-end features and functionalities you would expect from a leading headset, with the addition of revolutionary technology that is designed to cut wind noise.”
  Tags: amazon, bluetooth, headset, mobile, product
• Plantronics Voyager 510S
  Rich Tehrani reviews the Plantronics Voyager 510S Bluetooth headset. Foam “sock” approach is used for wind noise cancellation, darn.
  Tags: blog, bluetooth, headset, mobile, product, review
• trifinite.org – the home of the trifinite.group
  Lots of good information on Bluetooth security weaknesses along with proof-of-concept exploits. Some of them sound really fun, too. :-)
  Tags: bluetooth, hacking, mobile, research, security, software

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since January 23, 2006 at 09:05 AM:

• ResponderInfo.com – Mailing Lists, Telemarketing Lists, Sales Leads
  Data mining of email click-through data — which sounds an awful lot like “people who are receptive and respond to spam emails sent to them.” Yikes. (via Greg Yardley)
  Tags: business, email, internet, marketing, privacy, sales, spam
• Alsoft – DiskWarrior
  “DiskWarrior is the safest, the most technologically advanced, and the most powerful utility to eliminate directory damage available for any computer.” Damn, why doesn’t an equivalent product exist for Linux ext3 filesystems? Argh!
  Tags: apple, disk, osx, repair, software, tools
• jwz – “and the worms eat into your brain”
  jwz links to a Straight Dope article about Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite lives in the guts of cats, which forms cysts throughout the host’s body, including the brain. Eww!
  Tags: blog, brain, health, parasite, science
• Brain Worms and Brain Amoebas: They Do Exist
  Pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) and brain-parasite amoeba (Naegleria fowleri). Yuck.
  Tags: article, brain, health, science
• The Return of the Puppet Masters. The Loom: A blog about life, past and future
  “Some scientists believe that Toxoplasma changes the personality of its human hosts, bringing different shifts to men and women. […] Those infected, he found, show a small, but statistically significant, tendency to be more self-reproaching and insecure
  Tags: blog, brain, cats, health, news, science, weird
• Discover AOL: AOL High Speed
  Broadband and AOL service for as low as $25.90 a month — this could be huge.
  Tags: aol, broadband, business, news
• Re: lvm2 (sid) and pvmove – device-mapper targets
  For this error message, “mirror: Required device-mapper target(s) not detected in your kernel”, use “modprobe dm-mirror”.
  Tags: linux, lvm, raid, reference
• Hitachi Global Storage Technologies: Support | Downloads
  Drive Fitness Test (v4.05): “The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick, reliable method to test SCSI and IDE hard disk drives, including Serial-ATA IDE drives.”
  Tags: computer, hardware, software, tools
• Hitachi Global Storage Technologies | Support | Knowledge Base
  “There are various noises that may indicate a failing hard drive.” Oh my god, these sounds used to haunt my nightmares! (via Digg)
  Tags: audio, computer, diagnostic, hardware