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links for 2007-04-19

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links for 2007-04-18

• Intel shows off ultraslim concept laptop at IDF

Gorgeous design concept – I would love to see something like this become more common – but only if it won’t kill my shoulder.

• Windows Media Player add-on for Firefox released

For those irritating websites that force you to switch to IE to watch WMV videos, deliverance is at hand

• How to win at rock-paper-scissors

Hey you never know when knowledge like this might be useful

• Strange Loops: Ken Thompson and the Self-referencing C Compiler

My head hurts =(

links for 2007-04-17

• Link to THQ turns its back on ports, embraces console-specific development

I do applaud THQ’s decision to focus on really pushing a game to the limit by tweaking it very specifically for a console – on the other hand, if that means games like Gears of War (not a THQ title) have no hope in hell of making it to the PC, that’s make a little sad.

• The wisdom of unhealthy crowds- Web 2.0 takes on the flu

It’s official – the Web2.0 madness has now reached it’s peak. We can only go down from here.

Did he just do that?

Yes I have succumbed, drunk the kool-aid whatever… Here are a couple of nice video clips that I found quite interesting:

glumbert.com – Supermarket 2.0 : If you have ever wanted to know what the world might be like if it was more like the Internet, this video is your answer. And with full Web2.0 goodness! Full of sly-digs at all sorts of Web 2.0 sites and trends, this one will put a smile on your face.

YouTube – Sachiko Kodama, Yasushi Miyajima “Morpho Towers — Two Stand : This one will bend your mind – it’s very creepy but incredibly fascinating. Some background info here.

Both links via BoingBoing

links for 28-02-2007

[ARTICLE] Wired 15.03: Snack Attack!

All the spoilers you could ever want – ruin someone’s life by forwarding it on [via Digg]

[GEEKINESS] Coding Horror: Why Does Vista Use All My Memory?

I have to say I am not thrilled with the SuperFetch concept, especially if it means my gaming will experience hitches initially. I get enough hitches as it is, TYVM. [via Digg]

[NEWS] Enough on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Flickr can’t seem to catch a break recently – first the flap over the Yahoo ID integration and now this. Though I have to admit, I went and changed my Y! password after reading this. [via Digg]

[NEWS] Hacker breaches T-Mobile systems, reads US Secret Service email | The Register

Hmm it appears no-one might be safe. [via Digg]

[ARTICLE] 11 Top Underground Transit Systems in the World – Highlights, Pictures and Video

What, no Singapore?? [via Kottke]

[GAMING] Opposable Thumbs: Shivering Isles marks the end of Oblivion content

I’m vaguely relieved there is not going to be some content for Oblivion that I install and then never find the time to play. But it’s extremely surprising, in today’s sequel-itis affected industry, that one of the most successful PC games of 2006 is getting just one expansion. Even Morrowind got 2 expansions! [via Ars Technica]

links for 27-02-2007

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links for 2007-02-23

• Phantom High Speed Movie Gallery
  It’s interesting to see real life slowed down [via]
  (tags: photography high-speed slow-motion cool)

links for 2007-02-08

• Pipes: Rewire the web
  A very interesting idea from Yahoo – mashup data from different machine readable sources, all in a visual editor. Mashups taken to the next level
  (tags: mashups web2.0 programming beta)
• Stefan Didak’s Home Office
  As far as I can tell, this really is NASA mission control
  (tags: geek-porn hardware extreme)

links for 2007-02-07

• Fogonazos: Hiroshima, the pictures they didn’t want us to see
  Photos taken just after the blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki – deeply moving images.
  (tags: history photography censorship war)
• Apple – Thoughts on Music
  It’s everywhere now but I still had to bookmark it – Steve Jobs open letter on DRM. While everyone is focusing on his call to abolish DRM (the best option no doubt), I am not 100% comfortable with the way shared DRM (or shared FairPlay) is dismissed in the article¹
  (tags: apple op-ed music copy-protection)
• Comments on 13606 | MetaTalk
  A blog post of the very highest order – fascinating read.
  (tags: mefi blog history computers)

1. 08/02/2007 9:48 AM : small edit for missing text – why oh why won’t delicious increase the description limit >_< [↩]