links for 2006-05-05

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson : Now your Xbox 360 can blog It is pretty creepy – definitely qualifies for uncanny valley (tags: xbox360 blogging technology weird) WSJ.com – Hollywood’s Take on the Internet Often Favors Fun Over Facts A nice collection of bloopers made by Hollywood as far as the …

Reflections on trashing my computer

So now that I finally have managed to restore my PC to more or less where it was before the crash, it’s time to reflect on the error of my ways. Lesson #1: The Windows XP default look is fine..really. Stop messing with it, when you know you are going …

Swanson’s rules are a ripoff

So after my original post and then the warning, it’s official – the CEO of Raytheon admits that some of the rules in his 30 unwritten rules were in fact written, and by someone else – namely a california engineering professor some six decades ago. Full story and comments here. …

links for 2006-05-02

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Critters (Saved the Whale) A story to make you go awww (tags: animals urban-legends interesting) Wired News: Committing MySpacecide On the internet. you never die (tags: networking social funny web2.0) Chernobyl’s shield is cracking This is one piece of infrastructure that no-one can afford to have …

del.icio.us redesign

It looks like del.icio.us has gone through a small redesign – the top header is now a gray background and the fonts for the entire site have changed (looks like a common serif font, but I can’t place it). I personally think the new look is easier on the eyes. …

Trashed my computer

In case anyone was wondering why my blog has been very quiet these last few days, it’s because I trashed my XP installation. I was playing around with a Vista Transformation Pack, a collection of hacks to skin your Windows XP to look like Vista. I didn’t wait long enough …

links for 2006-04-24

The evolution of the NetFlix envelope – Apr. 21, 2006 A nice design review (tags: design) Defense Tech: Air Force’s Secret Drone Program Revealed A new UAV program is in the works for the US Air Force (tags: military tech future cool secrets) VC Confidential: Leisure Class A study of …

links for 2006-04-22

Rolling Stone : The Worst President in History? A passionate, well written and thought-provoking criticism of of GW Bush’s presidency (tags: politics op-ed usa) Web 2.1 server-side blink tag demonstration The hated blink tag returns – thanks to the majic of AJAX! (tags: webdesign web2.0 funny) The SSGN Cruise Missile …