del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since April 7, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• Planning for Ubuntu 8.10ish – The Intrepid Ibex
  The next release of Ubuntu after Hardy Heron will be Intrepid Ibex. Seriously, WTF?
  Tags: news, linux, ubuntu
• Bug 439858: swf mozilla plugin – no youtube
  Linus files a bug about Gnash, looking to enable his wife to get Rick-rolled. Awesome.
  Tags: bug, funny, gnash, flash, youtube, linus-torvalds
• the exploding newsroom > Blog Archive > 5,000 reasons to build a New Jersey Facebook app
  Star Ledger offering $5K bounty for the “best” New Jersey-oriented Facebook app. Interesting idea, not sure if I’m interested, though.
  Tags: blog, media, news, newjersey, facebook
• Shoot the Rainbow – a photoset on Flickr
  Skittles vodka. Mmm. Tasty! Shoot the rainbow.
  Tags: flickr, images, vodka, skittles, rainbow

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 24, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• NewsGang Live 03.31.08
  Passing mention of Twitter Karma around 15 minutes in. (via @phoopee3)
  Tags: audio, podcast, twitter, karma
• Porn For Girls By Girls.com – The Internet Now In Handy Book Form! by David McCandless
  LOLz. (via @doshdosh)
  Tags: funny, parody, gender, humor
• Install proper virtual mouse support when running Gutsy as a VMware guest virtual machine | Ubuntu Tips (beta)
  Getting VMware mouse working right with Ubuntu Gutsy as guest, install xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse.
  Tags: blog, howto, vmware, ubuntu, mouse
• Microsoft Communications Protocol Program
  “The Microsoft Communications Protocol Program (MCPP) provides access to protocols [… and the] documentation for the MCPP protocols is published on MSDN and can be used without restrictions.”
  Tags: microsoft, reference, documentation, programming, networking

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 17, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• Amazon.com: How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?: Hiroyuki Nishigaki: Books
  Mining USENET for gold like this has got to be fun! Profiteering on Engrish makes my heart a-flutter. I might have to get myself a copy of this book.
  Tags: product, usenet, funny, engrish, health
• Hostess Twinkies scented body mist, WTF?!
  Finally! A scented body mist to perfectly compliment my Eau du Trailer Home.
  Tags: product, wtf, twinkies
• BD: Musical SpongeBob Digital Thermometer
  The vision of SpongeBob sticking out of some kid’s poor butt, playing the theme song, is just wrong. Really, really wrong.
  Tags: product, funny, spongebob, thermometer

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 10, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• ShareThis Raises $15 Million – GigaOM
  Nextumi, who I consulted for in January 2007, seems to have found some success in their ShareThis widget. Congrats, guys!
  Tags: business, startup, money, nextumi
• ImgSource v3.0 Rowstride
  Useful notes about Windows GDI DIB’s.
  Tags: reference, win32, graphics, programming
• Strongly Typed Enums (revision 3) – ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 – Papers 2007
  Bjarne makes C++ even worse (breaks backward compatibility) by promoting enum’s to first-class citizens. People wonder why I dislike C++ so much?
  Tags: programming, c++, standards, pdf, stupid
• Vatican lists new sinful behaviors – CNN.com
  Dear Vatican: Please add UCE/spam to your list of sinful behaviors. kthxbai.
  Tags: news, religion, politics, catholicism
• Plutarch – The Internet Classics Archive | Browse
  Plutarch was a badass proto-blogger in 75 BCE.
  Tags: literature, archive, philosophy, books, free, mit
• Amazon.com: Playmobil Security Check Point: Toys & Games
  This is a glimpse of a future I do not want to be a part of. Scary.
  Tags: product, amazon, security, theater, toy

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 3, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• DORK TOWER: Thanks for the worldbuilding rules …
  John Kovalic’s tribute to Gary Gygax in comic form.
  Tags: comic, d&d, gary-gygax
• Gnash beta release, 0.8.2 – gnu.announce | Google Groups
  Gnash is the GNU Flash player. I’ve been contributing the Win32 builds since 0.8.0.
  Tags: news, programming, gnu, flash, software
• Dungeons & Dragons co-creator dies at 69 – Yahoo! News
  Official obituary for Gary Gygax. May you roll 20’s wherever you may be, now.
  Tags: news, obituary, d&d, gary-gygax
• Troll Lord Games :: View topic – Gary Gygax
  The figurehead of the entire pencil-and-paper gaming generation passes away on March 4, 2008.
  Tags: news, obituary, d&d, gary-gygax
• Timing in Win32
  Ryan Geiss documents the pain of getting a high-precision sleep function on Win32. Seriously, this is madness.
  Tags: article, programming, win32

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 25, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• No text messages or calls for NJ drivers – Yahoo! News
  Bah, no more using Twitter while driving, I guess. Mobile phones need better speech recognition software built into them, now.
  Tags: news, nj, legal, cars, mobile, law
• Project Euler
  “Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. […]” May be good fodder for the hackfest meetup.
  Tags: reference, math, puzzles, programming
• Underground Value: Notes From Buffett Meeting 2/15/2008
  Warren Buffet is genius. Why is he not president? Srsly. (via LJ: jesus_jeff)
  Tags: blog, article, interview, warren-buffet
• Text + Image + CSS3 = Crazy Delicious
  Erik Kastner’s very cool “encode image as text with CSS” trick.
  Tags: software, css, image, hack

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 18, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• Epic bumper sticker: My other ride IS your honor student
  Elf Sternberg’s bumper sticker of epic win. I must have one for my car.
  Tags: image, funny
• A Layman’s Guide to a Subset of ASN.1, BER, and DER (Burton S. Kaliski, Jr.)
  Great primer on ASN.1, if you’re implementing your own encoder/decoder.
  Tags: article, reference, programming, networking, asn1
• Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan – CNN.com
  Japanese launching satellite network with bandwidth in the area of 1.2 Gbps? Remind me why we fund NASA again? Americans are epic fail, again. Japan FTW.
  Tags: news, networking, japan, satellite
• Hinsdale How-to TiVo upgrade
  Tags: howto, tutorial, tivo, hardware, hack

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 4, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• Schneier on Security: Unshredding
  It’s only a matter of time. Nothing is safe. Nothing is secure. Nothing is private.
  Tags: software, privacy, security
• Bug 238360: SELinux targetted policy blocks VMWare-hgfsmounter from mounting shared disks.
  Can’t get VMware Linux guests to mount shares from the host via hgfs? Could be SELinux getting in the way.
  Tags: reference, redhat, selinux, vmware, hgfs
• LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION(R) > Blog Archive > Not so Scrabulous
  Is there any actual legal merit behind Mattel/Hasbro’s accusations of Scrabulous infringing their intellectual property? Is this just more legal bullying?
  Tags: blog, legal, facebook, scrabble
• Stevey’s Blog Rants: Portrait of a N00b
  Steve gets it right: “5 to 10 years of experience” on a resume does not translate to “experienced”; it means “crazy invincible-feeling teenager […]”
  Tags: blog, programming, philosophy, essay
• Liquid Rescale GIMP plugin: Welcome
  GIMP frontend for seam carving algorithm implementation.
  Tags: software, gimp, plugin, free, image
• gSyncit – Sync Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook
  Outlook add-on (also requires .NET Framework 2.0) that syncs Outlook to Google Calendar. $10 nagware.
  Tags: software, microsoft, google, calendar, sync
• Courier News Online – Teacher Salaries
  New Jersey public school teacher salaries.
  Tags: nj, school, salary, data
• BlackBerry Software Development for Beginners – PinStack.com
  Tags: reference, blackberry, java, mobile, programming
• BlackBerry – BlackBerry Developer Program | BlackBerry Java Development Environment Downloads
  Tags: software, blackberry, java, tools
• New Jersey Statewide Test Scores: 2007
  Tags: 2007, nj, education, data
• New Jersey Statewide Assessment Reports
  Tags: 2007, nj, education, data
• Wii Video 9 – Wii Video Converter
  Free software to convert popular video formats for playback on the Wii. Yet another reason why the Wii is awesome.
  Tags: software, free, nintendo, video, tools

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since January 28, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• Disable Save Desktop Configuration on Exit
  “Default behavior for XP is to save the desktop configuration on exiting the operating system. To prevent saving the desktop configuration, implement the following registry edit.” HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer …
  Tags: microsoft, windows, registry, hacks
• Desklocker
  “This program offers many ways for you to prevent changes to the Windows desktop. You can, for example, make the desktop icons immovable and also prevent deleting, renaming and copying. […]”
  Tags: software, windows, parental-controls
• Debian New Maintainers’ Guide
  Everything you wanted to know about creating a Debian package, but were too afraid to ask.
  Tags: reference, documentation, debian, dpkg, howto
• The Hundred-Year Language
  Paul Graham hits the nail right on the head: “Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code.”
  Tags: article, essay, programming, paul-graham, oop
• Windows XP: Remote Desktop Connection Software Download
  Official download location for msrdpcli.exe, for Windows prior to WinXP which included it as part of the regular install.
  Tags: software, microsoft, windows, rdp

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since January 21, 2008 at 09:00 AM:

• Welcome – Sixteen Colors ANSI Art and ASCII Art Archive
  Oh, childhood memories all flooding back … wow, nostalgia city.
  Tags: art, archive, bbs, 1980s, 1990s
• Colin Charles Agenda > Blog Archive > WordPress returning an RSS feed from a search result
  Colin reminds us how to get an RSS feed of search results from WordPress. I know I’ll forget this again, so here’s the link.
  Tags: blog, wordpress, rss, search
• 100% Apache-Compliant REQUEST_URI for IIS and Windows! — The NeoSmart Files
  Tags: article, software, windows, iis
• Twitter / Ed Yourdon: Finally got around to tryin…
  Woo! Twitter Karma got Ed Yourdon’s seal of approval. I’m giddy.
  Tags: twitter, karma