Tapioca pearls

http://www.bubbleteasupply.com/index.php?page=recipes.html

Tapioca pearls: how to cook them for bubble tea.

nonbeard 2010-01-21 12:37:11

UK Border Agency | UK ancestry

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/uk-ancestry/

This looks promising.

nonbeard 2010-01-21 01:22:26

SpamAssassin 2010 bug | Mike Cardwell

https://secure.grepular.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/01/spamassassin-2010-bug/

This bit me, I misplaced a bunch of email, and this bug is just a bit too stupid for me to be able to justify using SpamAssassin any more.

nonbeard 2010-01-18 13:42:49

The weird and wonderful CIC

http://hackmii.com/2010/01/the-weird-and-wonderful-cic/

The NES lockout chip: "To save chip area, “incrementing” works by shifting the PC by one bit to the right, and setting the the top bit to 1 if and only if the bottom two bits were the same." A sequential path goes 0, 0x40, 0x60, 0x70, 0x78... aargh, my brain!

nonbeard 2010-01-18 05:04:24

Flattery Will Get You Far: Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=flattery-will-get-you-far

Of course, you already knew this, because you're smart.

nonbeard 2010-01-16 02:37:53

Wolbachia Resources

http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/wolbachia/resources.html

Wolbachia is a bacteria that is very common in insects. Among other things, it can allow females to reproduce without males, can kill all infected males of a species, and can (through "cytoplasmic incompatibility") prevent infected males from successfully fertilising uninfected females -- thus conferring a reproductive advantage to infected females, because only infected females can mate with all males. Offspring of infected females are themselves infected. Clever! (ars technica)

nonbeard 2010-01-15 16:36:43

Platform

http://kafkaskoffee.com/junk/Platform.html

Collect the coins! (via Bryn)

nonbeard 2010-01-15 03:48:10

Download Bergensbanen in HD

http://nrkbeta.no/2009/12/18/bergensbanen-eng/

Via Catie, the trip from Bergen to Oslo. All 6 hours and 23GB of it. It's very pretty and relaxing.

nonbeard 2010-01-06 09:01:25

Nationaltheatret to Bergen, Norway - Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Nationaltheatret&daddr=bergen&hl=en&geocode=FeI5kgMdJrujACnL2Ks-fm5BRjEZU0b7XBydeA%3BFehymQMdi1tRACmr3sBxv_g8RjEgKbMoJncBBA&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=59.894448,8.591309&sspn=4.178922,6.624756&ie=UTF8&ll=59.778522,9.645996&spn=8.397812,13.249512&z=6

Walking directions from Oslo to Bergen. 4 ferries (cheating?) and 1 day, 4 hours.

nonbeard 2010-01-06 08:54:50

Vertex Buffer Objects - OpenGL.org

http://www.opengl.org/wiki/Vertex_Buffer_Objects

Helpful VBO tutorial

nonbeard 2010-01-05 13:48:41

dilettante: The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word "Belgium" in a Serious Screenplay.

http://oaklanddilettante.blogspot.com/2007/08/most-gratuitous-use-of-word-belgium-in.html

I had to explain to Catie why "Belgium" is the most horrifying word in the known Universe.

nonbeard 2010-01-04 09:35:44

Palladio's Italian Villas-Home

http://www.boglewood.com/palladio/

It's Palladio's Italian villas.

nonbeard 2010-01-03 22:08:56

Lightning prods shiitake to multiply | The Japan Times Online

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100101f3.html

'Inspired by the saying "lots of lightning gives a good harvest of mushrooms," the high-voltage experts in the city of Morioka developed a device...' I love this saying. Lots of lightning gives a good harvest of mushrooms. As they say in Japan.

nonbeard 2010-01-02 12:37:25

Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes | blasphemy.ie

http://blasphemy.ie/2010/01/01/atheist-ireland-publishes-25-blasphemous-quotes/

Bjork, 1995: “I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer to men… I’ve been reading about reincarnation, and the Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren’t lesser beings, they’re just like us. So I say fuck the Buddhists.”

nonbeard 2010-01-01 12:44:27

'The Inferno' for iPhone shows how to adapt Dante's Inferno

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/29/the-inferno-for-iphone-shows-how-to-adapt-dantes-inferno/#continued

"They made the timeless classic into Frogger. How enlightened."

nonbeard 2009-12-30 01:03:55

The Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements

http://periodictable.com/

Fascinating discussion of each element with reference to samples (click the elements)

nonbeard 2009-12-26 06:14:20

Gigabyte Ga-eg45m-ud2h Update working 10.6.2 - InsanelyMac Forum

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=189914&start=0&p=1338882&#entry1338882

Installing OS X on this motherboard, for theoreticians who are interested in the abstract implications of this sort of thing.

nonbeard 2009-12-24 15:31:03

Towards a grand unification of cutlery

http://gondaba.com/post/292668806/towards-a-grand-unification-of-cutlery

I'm actually a fan of chopstick string theory.

nonbeard 2009-12-21 07:24:11

Giles Bowkett: OS X: Disable Front Row Keyboard Shortcut

http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2008/03/os-x-disable-front-row-keyboard.html

' command-tilde WHOOPS command-esc "oh... hey front row..." *awkward pause* "ok, talk to you later." '

nonbeard 2009-12-20 03:07:46

Dobbs Code Talk - Explicit Structural Typing (Duck Typing)

http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Explicit-Structural-Typing-Duck-Typing-.html&Itemid=29

More on duck typing, structural typing, typing in general

nonbeard 2009-12-17 06:08:31

Clive Hamilton clarifies position on web filtering | News.com.au

http://www.news.com.au/technology/clive-hamilton-clarifies-position-on-web-filtering/story-e6frfro0-1225791578676

Clive Hamilton is after "transparency in the process" -- of a censorship system. Good luck with that?

nonbeard 2009-12-16 04:07:41

Structural type system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_type_system

"type safe duck typing" (via reddit flamewar about why go language sucks)

nonbeard 2009-12-15 06:31:42

Expect controversy when sex robots arrive | GazetteOnline.com

http://gazetteonline.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2009/12/13/expect-controversy-when-sex-robots-arrive

"If you just take a few minutes to think about it, robots are just not machines. Inadvertently, there is some internal mechanism that makes some robots more powerful than others that are built exactly the same." (fark)

nonbeard 2009-12-13 23:30:35

12.12.39 « THE ORWELL PRIZE

http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/12-12-39/

lol

nonbeard 2009-12-13 00:44:59

Americans consume 3.6 zettabytes of data, most of it pixels

http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/12/americans-consume-36-zettabytes-of-data-most-of-it-pixels.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

That's 34 gigabytes per American, per day, in 2008 -- but nobody knows what to make of that figure.

nonbeard 2009-12-09 21:18:09

Glögg

http://www.ling.su.se/staff/evali/glogg.htm

Glögg is the Scandinavian version of Glühwein. Looks delicious!

nonbeard 2009-12-08 20:54:30

Apple iPhone TechTalk 2009 Tricks.

http://fabiensanglard.net/appleTechTalk2009/index.php

OpenGL ES tricks. Somewhat reassuring to see that I was already familiar with them.

nonbeard 2009-12-07 20:03:34

Vincent van Gogh: Visitor Submissions

http://www.vggallery.com/visitors/poetry/ryan.htm

"so forever sorry / after losing you one starry starry / night / when you gave up the fight / when you turned out your light / when two wrongs / became right". Terrible poetry day continues

nonbeard 2009-12-07 15:22:14

The Poetry of Rosemary Winters Tracey

http://rwinte82.freeyellow.com/

"Once upon a time I had teeth / They were old and cracked / But, they were mine / And had been for over 40 years". It's terrible poetry day on delicious!

nonbeard 2009-12-07 15:20:55

Hot sex in Copenhagen | HIV / AIDS, science, sex, drugs

http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2009/12/07/hot-sex-in-copenhagen/

'"The UN institutions are professional beggars, and beggars go where the money is,” he said. “So you get “culture and AIDS”, “kids and AIDS”, “fish and AIDS”. I’m just waiting for “climate change and AIDS". It wasn’t until months later that I saw the first headlines linking HIV to climate change.'

nonbeard 2009-12-07 15:11:47

Cortex-A8 module ships with baseboard, Linux BSP - News - Linux for Devices

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Direct-Insights-TritonTX51/?kc=rss

ARM system on a SODIMM. Cool! (Engadget)

nonbeard 2009-12-05 17:44:12

MyLifeIsAverage - Life is pretty normal today

http://mylifeisaverage.com/

Another FML-derived site (mmastertheone)

nonbeard 2009-12-04 11:13:01

Nicole Dube : Knitting Mania | images | scaryideas.com

http://www.scaryideas.com/content/14924/

Fark: "Finally an iPhone game for your grandmother." For grandma Catie

nonbeard 2009-12-02 22:59:40

Visual C++ Team Blog : /GL and PGO

http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2009/12/01/gl-and-pgo.aspx

MSVC compiler saves about 16% benchmark execution time by using profile-guided optimisation. Is that good? I guess it's good. (reddit)

nonbeard 2009-12-02 09:09:14

Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist - washingtonpost.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071201883_pf.html

"Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then his work is much better than his sister's." Zing! (reddit)

nonbeard 2009-12-01 21:27:42

Home - My Life Is Twilight | I don't think I could be any more obsessed..

http://www.mylifeistwilight.com/

"Today I asked my boyfriend if he would hold ice to his lips for a minute before he kissed me, so I could pretend I was kissing Edward. He did. MLIT" (via /b/)

nonbeard 2009-12-01 16:59:34

Index of /pub/sinclair/books

http://wos.meulie.net/pub/sinclair/books/

It's the motherlode of old computer books, including my favourite, Computer Spacegames!

nonbeard 2009-12-01 14:13:14

Narrative Logic in the Annunciation to Mary

http://personal1.stthomas.edu/dtlandry/mary.html

Catie and I realised that the Catholic annunciation story didn't seem to make sense. Here is a very detailed page on it. Still doesn't seem to make sense.

nonbeard 2009-11-30 12:19:13

Candy Chang - Fine Art - Milk and Muffin

http://www.candychang.com/design/pages/milk_and_muffin.htm

Smoked Swiss cheese analogy as argument in favour of being a generalist (via reddit)

nonbeard 2009-11-30 10:15:38

The Mechanics of Morality: Why Moral Choices in Video Games Are No Longer Fun | Blasphemous Geometries | Futurismic

http://futurismic.com/2009/11/11/the-mechanics-of-morality-why-moral-choices-in-video-games-are-no-longer-fun/

"I would argue that any political or moral decision that can be reversed by a mass killing is in fact not a political or moral decision at all." (via emshort)

nonbeard 2009-11-28 12:38:00

Procrastination hack: '(10+2)*5' | 43 Folders

http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025

Work for 10 minutes, break for 2 minutes, repeat with the next thing on your to-do list. Via donkey hottie (more, it turns out, than just a cool name)

nonbeard 2009-11-25 23:37:36

jCquard: The Do Less, Punch More JavaScript Library

http://www.outstandingelephant.com/jcquard/
nonbeard 2009-11-24 22:15:04

The Burghers of Calais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burghers_of_Calais

I saw the Victoria Tower Gardens cast of this yesterday. Interesting story behind the burghers, but also just a damn good sculpture.

nonbeard 2009-11-24 21:19:31

Scratch | Project | Doodle

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Graham/21904

Draw a path to the exit

nonbeard 2009-11-19 13:09:13

Scratch | Project | Cube World

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Tanner-FBI/107478

Stupid boss

nonbeard 2009-11-19 13:04:55

Scratch | Project | Mr HappyMan ep 5

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/TheExplodingCheez/758640

Mr. Happy Man is happy.

nonbeard 2009-11-19 12:43:18

http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/scratch/scratch-cacm.pdf

Scratch is a programming language with a core audience primarily between the ages of 8 and 16. It is colourful, easy to understand, and tightly integrated with a Web site and forums. Looks really cool :) This is the most "nonbeard" of many recent bookmarks. (lambda the ultimate)

nonbeard 2009-11-19 12:33:47

Buy Bad Code Offsets | CodeOffsets.com

http://codeoffsets.com/Buy.aspx

(reddit)

nonbeard 2009-11-19 01:45:34

DISQUS Comments | Powering Discussion on the Web

http://disqus.com/

Prepackaged comment system (via deadprogrammerscafe)

nonbeard 2009-11-18 03:30:45

Donkey Hottie

http://www.1984produkts.com/donkeyhottie/

I am pretty much only bookmarking this for the Cervantes-referencing name.

nonbeard 2009-11-18 01:43:58