The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is going to be ugly.
Category: Interesting
Reading Material
- Anatomy of the recent 64-bit Linux exploit.
- Good selection of minimalist wallpapers, though this one might become mine soon.
- In case you didn’t notice, full half-hour newscasts are back on KOHD after they killed them off earlier this year.
- Speaking of local media, KTVZ’s experimenting with their own social network (I keep telling them that I’ll sell them — or anybody else — bendforum(s).com for stuff like this).
- Speaking of social networks, Facebook is secretly building a phone.
- What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republicans? I’ll tell you what they did ….
- Intel’s plan to put anti-virus vendors out of business.
- Maps of Europe according to stereotype.
- Satellites orbiting earth by country and it also shows how many are dead and how many are still functional.
- The stories of the Unicorn Pegasus Kitten emerge.
- Want to kill some time? Play astroids and blast any Web page.
- Apparently Jesus plays for the Lakers.
- Good collection of typographic sins (the PDF is really handy).
- ISPConfig looks like a pretty good open source control panel software.
- Google Voice comes to iPhone.
- Those anti-vaccine folks need to get beaten senseless: 9th baby in California dies from whooping cough.
- Great interview from 1986 with early programming pioneer Grace Hopper on David Letterman.
- I’m done building Facebook apps for clients.
- jQuery plugin for radical Web typography.
- How to crack a forgotten Windows password (though most of the it’s easier to just reset it using something like Ultimate Boot CD).
- It’s amazing (and disgusting) what can be done in Photoshop.
- Free real-time continuous backup software using Genie-soft Free Timeline.
- Looking for a Groupon for Bend? ZingDealz is about as close as you’re going to get.
- Why I’m starting to not trust banks: Lauderdale man’s home sold out from under him in foreclosure mistake.
- If you’re a fan of Dexter (I don’t have cable, let alone Showtime), you’ll probably like this reddit thread started by Masuka (aka C. S. Lee). I thought the guy was awesome in Chuck.
- Why? No idea…A web server written in PostScript.
- Simple way to have an automatic e-mail reminder.
- AMD’s retiring the ATI brand, so here are 20 important moments in ATI’s history.
- Need a simple business card idea? How about a simple “Google Me” card (with template)?
- A bunch of designers redesign American currency
- 100 Best First Lines from Novels.
- In case you needed to kill off many hours of time, here’s an Open Source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
- Good to know they’re being productive with their time: UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens.
- The words Google Instant doesn’t like.
OK, that’s enough for now.
Good Question
What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider stream? It would probably sting just a bit.
Speaking of the LHC, here’s a pretty cool picture tour.
What’s Google Been Up To?
With the speed that Google releases new products and features on their existing products, it’s a pain to keep track of everything. Or at least it was.
Now what the page really needs? An RSS feed so it’ll be even easier to keep track.
GoDaddy.com Up For Sale
I have a bunch of domains through GoDaddy, and I wonder what’s going to happen to them if they sell? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that GoDaddy.com is putting themselves up for auction. Which I find odd, as they had revenue between $750-800 million last year, which seems like they’re a stable company — why sell? I manage probably several dozen domains between a few accounts over there, and might consider moving them now.
In Case You Missed It…
Unless you’ve been in a hole the last 48 hours (I haven’t been feeling well, so I didn’t post this yesterday), you already know that Google debuted Instant Search (here’s Google’s announcement). However, what you may not have known is that there are some keyboard shortcuts that will make it even more useful.
Reading Material
- Missle Command in 1KB of JavaScript.
- How to automatically upload pictures to the ‘net as you take them (great for journalists).
- I’m building a HTPC and am probably going to cancel my cable, and this wood computer case is going on my (never going to happen with my budget) wish list.
- Set Bing backgrounds as automatically updating wallpaper.
- Is Android surging only because Apple is letting it?
- When you’ve done everything you can with Ruby On Rails, it’s time to meet the MVC web framework to end all MVC web frameworks: DOS on Dope, a modern MVC framework built on the awesome power of Batch scripts.
- Charles Darwin’s ecological experiment on Ascension isle was probably his best-kept secret.
- For you old-timers out there (like me): A big list of still functioning BBSs, mostly accessible via Telnet (though there are a few dial-in nodes there).
- For fun weather graphs, pictures and tracking this hurricane/tornado/winter season, StormPulse is a fun little toy.
- Didn’t know this: Google has a bunch of online classes, lectures and tutorials for a bunch of programming languages.
- Wesley Snipes could have been Geordi, a part that ultimately went to LeVar Burton.
- AMD has gotten rid of the ATI brand, making Radeon its own.
- Gmail makes it easier to get through your inbox with priority inbox (somebody needs to make this a Thunderbird extension — or I just need to funnel all my accounts into Gmail).
- Handy ways to make your USB sticks and Flash Cards easier to recognize in Windows.
- Simplicity is highly overrated.
Where Americans Are Moving
While this is a few months old, this interactive map is a really fun toy to play with. Click on a county in the US, and it will show (based on 2008 IRS data) where people are coming from that are moving to that county, and where they’re going if they’re leaving, and more stats about the type of people that are moving. Deschutes County has by far the most activity in Oregon east of the Cascades, but it’s fun the click on the massive population areas like Los Angeles and New York to see the country light up. It’s also interesting to see the large amount of folks leaving areas like Detroit and the huge amounts of folks moving to areas like Portland.
Reading Material
- If you gave a pan handler a free credit card, how would they use it?
- Logic and thinking is hard for some people.
- Eight Clever Ways To Take Advantage of Free Calling in Gmail.
- SpongeBob dubs the classics.
- Why are people in the IT field so insecure and territorial? Read up.
- MonaVie Blackmails Me?
- How do you search for back doors from previous IT staff?
- An SNL Set is Built in Seconds.
- Free WordPress 3.0 theme for educational websites.
- Should you use that jQuery plugin or roll your own solution?
- Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium (I’ve always been for this kind of research).
- I’m looking into getting a new wallet, and these look interesting.
Reading Material
- Where’s my red turtle shell for that guy that just cut me off? Mario Kart Symbols appearing on bike lanes in Portland.
- If you have an iPhone 4, here’s a pretty good collection of wallpapers.
- I’m doing a bit of research on creating a iPhone-friendly version of a site for my day job and the UiUIKit CSS and HTML framework is going to help out quite a bit, I think. PhoneGap, Appcelerator and Sencha Touch also look interesting as well. Booking marking that all for my reference.
- I’m terried of older web developers because I’m becoming one.
- Introducing JITB. a Java-based Flash player that runs pretty dang fast.
- Because you never know when it will come in handy: File I/O in Every Programming Language.
- Looking for a way to compress JS and CSS? Convert it to a PNG.
- Great list of Lifehacker’s best Android apps.
- What’s my computer doing? is a simple way to figure out what programs are thrashing your CPU and hard drive.
- A graphic illustration of music industry licensing madness. That flowchart makes my head hurt.
- How to disable Facebook’s new “Places” feature.
- 12 Great Ways to Customize Your Facebook pages.
- Need to see if a site is safe for work before visiting? Variably Safe For Work might help.
- 100 Quality WordPress Themes.
- That’s going to sting a bit.