Category: Stupid

Stupidly Massive Link Dump

So obviously my life is far too chaotic at the moment to post here much, but that doesn’t mean I’m not collecting links to share. To keep everybody occupied for a bit, enjoy;

July 12, 2012

Craigslist Sues Man, Wins $1.2 Million Default Judgement, All Without Him Knowing

Does anybody else find craiglist’s tactics a little psychotic here?

The guy started a reddit thread that discusses this whole idiotic mess as well, but craigslist is basically trying to destroy the life of a man who created software (which he’s since pulled) that made posting to craigslist easier.

September 28, 2011

Reading Material

Ben Heck creates another masterpiece: A Xbox 360 Slim Portable.
CC&Rs are really obnoxious. This is a great way to fight back.
In case you hadn’t seen it (watch here or here), the Banksy-created Simpsons opening http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/the-simpsons-explains-its-button-pushing-banksy-opening/.
TechSpaceBend is running an UnConference this week and it looks like a load of fun.
Why I love Reddit: A little girl who has a terminal disease is picked on by jackass neighbors. 4Chan makes the neighbor’s life a living hell (which I support, as the folks were jerks), but Reddit responds by spoiling the little girl rotten for which the girl was grateful.
Apple trademarks “There’s an App For That.” I guess to avoid getting sued, I should put ™ when printing that here. Or not.
Entitifier will quickly convert and escape any nasty characters that should be entities.
If you need to create a quick-and-dirty 16×16 icon, here’s a simple site to help you do it.
Subway.com had some hideous code that amazingly rendered (see the ugly HTML source here). Subway fixed the problem, thanked Reddit. It’s still ugly code, but not nearly as much as before.
Finally, a use for all those unneeded phone books: walls for a shed.
Thanks to the Army and a bunch of scientists, we may have found out why honeybees are dying.
gmapcatcher is a great little tool for offline map reading.
Do-it-Yourself Doodler produces some interesting results.
Using Photoshop channels to remove backgrounds from images.
Put this on the list of things I didn’t know Photoshop could do: Multi-object editing with Smart Objects.
A breakdown of all the various fees that airlines charge.
A site dedicated to Web Apps and how to use them: NothingToInstall.
How many computing cores is too many?
VideoEgg acquires Six Apart and creates SAY Media. Six Apart created MovableType, the software running this site. Despite this news, the product is not dead and here’s a great several part write-up as to why you should use Movable Type.
Modern gamers are pansies compared to classic hardcore gamers.
If a file exists, there’s a torrent of it. If not, Burnbit will create it.
Everything you wanted to know about computer keyboards but were afraid to ask.
I was playing with Fedora on a laptop the other day, and this installation guide came in handy.
I wasn’t aware such an event existed, but a local windshield repair guy won the Windshield Repair Olympics.
Use dropbox to trigger torrent downloads.
AES Encryption explained with simple animations.
Before Michael J. Fox was in Back to the Future, Eric Stoltz was Marty McFly.
Line Rider done entirely in HTML5.

October 12, 2010

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.

September 29, 2010

Reading Material

A group of influential conservative members of the behemoth social media site Digg.com have just been caught red-handed in a widespread campaign of censorship, having multiple accounts, upvote padding, and deliberately trying to ban progressives.
An interesting way to look at the world: Google Maps without the Maps.
Need special paper (like line/graph paper) but don’t want to buy it? Print it up here or here.
He was touting family values during the Clinton impeachment, but Newt Gingrinch likes to play around, too.
More songs are covers than you might think.
40+ billionaires pledge to donate half of wealth via the Giving Pledge.
Now this is stupid: Man who gives free rides home to drunks was arrested for operating a taxi service without a license (related: watching your neighbors’ kids before they go to school could get you fined for running an unauthorized day care).
Want to generate a URL that will failover automatically to a mirror should the original site go down? I Can Has Mirror might be able to help.
10 free web UI kits and resources for designers.
Everybody acts like photo tampering is a new thing, but it’s been around for over 100 years.
A hilarious visual diary documenting a flight from New York to Berlin.
Want to be notified when a web site is sending data to Google? Here’s a nice obnoxious alarm for you (please note: many sites out there, including this one, will trip the alarm, because they use either Google Adsense for ads or Google Analytics for web stats).
CCleaner Enhancer makes the best system cleaner even better.
If you’re the exercising/fitness type, here are a bunch of great mobile fitness apps for your phone.
That’s gratitude for you: The man who made iPhone 4 has been ousted at Apple.
It’s amazing what you can do with 1KB of Javascript or 10KB and some libraries.
A stupid-simple way to ~~hack~~ change a Windows XP password.

August 8, 2010

Apparently “The Liberal Agenda” Is The Cause For All Problems

The American Spectator is asking its subscribers to pony up some $26,000 in donations to help it offset increased printing costs. Their reasoning? The shortfall was “created by the perverse incentives of the liberal agenda.” Um…OK…

According to the conservatives, the liberals are to blame for everything, including rising costs of paper. Apparently costs for paper weren’t rising at all over the last decade, just during the last two years.

This is why I avoid political discussion, as this kind of crap is so prevalent on both sides of things.

May 3, 2010

Reading Material

Setup a whole-house speaker system using existing phone lines.
Cheap but powerful video card for HTPC use.
The thickness of napkins in the programming world.
SimpleFolio, a nice wordpress theme.
If you missed the Super Bowl commercials last night, they’ve all been posted here (and the story behind the Leno, Oprah, Letterman ad is over here). Vote for your favorite here.
According to teenagers, sites like mine aren’t cool anymore. Not that I’m losing sleep over losing the under-18 demo.
Another high school, another overzelous administration conficating newspapers that do some real reporting.
Always wear your seat belt.
The anti-vaccine autism paper had catastrophic effects.
Symbian Operating System is Now Open Source and Free — but will it matter?
Relatively Portal.
Netflix 28-Day Window Would Decimate Their Top Rental List.
Kwedit, a new completely unreliable payment network.
Calagator, open-source project for calendar aggregation (like Portland’s tech events).
Run your own URL Shortener, and hopefully have better luck with spammers than my failed attempt (Ken is using it here).
If you run a MovableType blog, this site might interest you.
Licensing Delay Complicates Decision Between Open Source and Proprietary Video Players.

February 8, 2010

Link Cleanup

What’s it like being on twitter’s suggested user list?
Comparison of TeX editors (as I’d really like to geek out someday and do my resume in LaTeX).
You have to love how photo editors will Photoshop the female figure: Body by Victoria and its follow-up provide an indepth look on how you can detect altered images. Demi Moore, on the other hand, is completely denying that she Photoshopped, even though it’s quite obvious. You have to love Photoshop Disasters.
If the Axis would’ve invaded American during WWII, how would they have done it? LIFE had a few ideas that probably scared a lot of people back in the day (it’s frightening me just looking at them).
Everybody Panic: The encryption algorithm that encrypes most of the world’s GSM phone calls has been cracked.
Crowdsourcing for the Conservatives, in response to the party’s request (in the UK).
20 years later, these guys still look the same.
Hidden phpMyAdmin features.
Using Nginx as a load balancer.
How to research real estate in Bend, Oregon (great tutorial on using local online government resources).
Top 5 Bend Blog Predeictions for 2010 — expect more “Thyme Killers” from me so I don’t put a hole in the space time continuum.
There’s a reason trains have plows on the front.
10 Words You Need To Stop Misspelling (that comic should be put on a poster in every high school english class).
Learn all about the real story behind fraud prevention at the credit card companies.

January 3, 2010

Kick Blount Off The Team

After the Ducks got beaten up by Boise State last night, Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount decided to sucker punch a Boise State player. While Blount apologized, it doesn’t matter — Blount is a punk, always has been, and new coach Chip Kelly needs to send a message that this kind of crap won’t be tolerated. Kick the guy off the team.

Update: He’s done. Good.

September 4, 2009