Target Women // Current
http://current.com/topics/88813968/target_women/new/0.htmPoking fun at the way women are portrayed in advertising (crummy.com)
High Assurance (for Security or Safety) and Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS)... with Lots on Formal Methods / Software Verification
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/high-assurance-floss.htmlThe interesting part of this tedious license-focussed rant, for me, is the list of OSS theorem provers and SMT solvers at the end, for constraint checking in Currawong.
The Chronicle. » Blog Archive » people will talk.
http://vanderbiltrepublic.com/chronicle/2008/12/17/people-will-talk/The Indian woman has scars and blemishes, the Caucasian woman has perfect skin. Good job. (via daringfireball)
LiveLeak.com - The Hillbilly Hot-Tub!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0bf_1229840897Fantastic, though the ecstatic groaning is kind of NSFW
Age 10 to 60 - through Make-up & Photography « Gems Sty
http://gemssty.com/2008/11/22/age-10-to-60-through-make-up-photography/Or as I like to think of it, "About 16 to early 50s". Still very impressive
Twitter / kickbee
http://twitter.com/kickbee"Wow I'm being very active! I kicked Mommy 258 times at 03:44AM on Thu, Dec 11!" I hope this is a test post.
List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptionsHahaha. "This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it". Presumably either by contributing to the article directly, or just by spreading more misinformation.
Wearable toy piano makes music, looks good doing it - Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/wearable-toy-piano-makes-music-looks-good-doing-it/This is a piano on a shirt. I really like the design! The guy has skills. I'd play him.
Talking heads | HIV / AIDS, science, sex, drugs
http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/11/25/talking-heads/"We say 'We need more AIDS funding because otherwise the epidemic could get a whole lot bigger and affect women and children' and policy-makers hear 'Blah blah blah AIDS blah blah blah women and children'". Funny, clever talk from (inspiring) epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani.
Inside ELF Symbol Tables : Ali Bahrami
http://blogs.sun.com/ali/entry/inside_elf_symbol_tablesOkay, .dynsym is small and contains global symbols only, for dynamic linking; .symtab is large (superset of .dynsym) and contains all symbols, for debugging. Got it.
The new Cicero
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/26/barack-obama-usa1"In English, when we use the word "rhetoric", it is generally preceded by the word "empty". Rhetoric has a bad reputation." Seriously interesting opinion on Obama's speaking style from the perspective of classic Greek oratory.
Cooks.com - Recipe - Fluffy Eggless Pancakes
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,165,133179-255194,00.htmlConsensus was: don't omit the baking powder; don't add artificial strawberry essence. Ooh, I also have mint essence. I wonder what mint pancakes would taste like?
CIA.vc
http://cia.vc/Tell it about your repos and it broadcasts that information to various places. Nice idea. Ideas for Mothra
Financial crisis an act of God, says James Bidgood | The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24750280-26103,00.htmlnonbeard 2008-12-04 04:28:41
Wiley::Building Self-Confidence for Dummies
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470016698.htmlTeehee (via mind hacks)
RSC Press Release: £1,000,000 for 100% chemical free material?
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2008/ChemicalFree.aspWoohoo. This bugs me.
Exploring multiple execution paths for malware analysis - CiteSeerX
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.72.5497Symbolic execution research reference
Compiler Optimization Correctness by Temporal Logic | UMSEC
http://www.umsec.umn.edu/publications/Compiler-Optimization-Correctness-Temporal-LogicSimilar but different
YouTube - Nicole Kidman on Late Show w/ David Letterman Nov 24 2008 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HC1yHNexx8Dude spends 5 minutes talking about her husband.
Schneier on Security: <i>Here Comes Everybody</i> Review
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/11/here_comes_ever.htmlThis book suggests that organisations exist to amortise transaction costs (Coase's theorem), but will a) collapse if the internal bureaucracy gets too cumbersome (Coase's ceiling) and b) (this is the new bit) not even form if the transaction costs of individual interactions are sufficiently low (Coase's floor).
Japanese Infographic Video: Ensuring the Future of Food
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2008/11/japanese_infographic_video_ensuring_the_future_of_food.htmlGreat Röyksopp-style video on Japan's changing food requirements (via jaqx0r)
BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: 1 Corinthians 13;
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013;&version=9;As a rampant atheist it feels weird to bookmark the bible, but this couldn't be more pretty if I were remotely religious. Also, it's very funny to read all the translations except the KJV call it "love" rather than "charity"
jamesoff.net » Random Recipe Generator
http://jamesoff.net/site/fun/random-recipe-generator/nonbeard 2008-11-22 06:37:39
Anecdotes - Joel on Software
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/11/18.htmlI don't have room to explain here, so it will sound glib, but basically I think having someone to bitch at / with has vastly improved Joel's articles. Now I think he's awesome. :-)
Let's Bee Friends E-Card from Hallmark E-Cards
http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ecard|10001|10051|835347|147551;-102001;11443;-102034;182069|ecard|P1R1S|ecard?&categoryId=182069Bees, bees, I like bees
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
http://www.george-orwell.org/Keep_the_Aspidistra_Flying/index.htmlI'm reading this. But I might forget about it. So if you read this and then see me I would much appreciate it if you asked me where in the book I am up to. Update: I finished it! Recommended.
urban knitting: the world's most inoffensive graffiti
http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.htmlSubversive!
YouTube - Korean Trick or Treating GONE WRONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryc1IFFYt38This is so cute
The Amateur Gourmet - The Best Broccoli of Your Life
http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/11/the_best_brocco.htmlThis is a broccoli recipe. I dunno, I've had some pretty good broccoli.
Currawong swooping on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/479867824/Great action shot
The Sound Patterns and Oral Performance of Poetry and Their Acoustic Correlates
http://www.tau.ac.il/~tsurxx/papers.htmlMain page for the Kubla Khan notes in previous bookmark. Cool
Kubla1Empirical
http://www.tau.ac.il/~tsurxx/KublaEmpirical_folder/Kubla1Empirical.htmlA more detailed analysis than I ever could have expected of several readings of lines 3-5 of one of my favourite poems. Reader #2 (Richardson) sounds like Gandalf.
Specifying Performance - Unweary
http://unweary.com/2008/11/specifying-performance.html"What is performance?" mostly from an HCI perpsective
J & D's - Everything Should Taste Like Bacon: Our Story
http://www.jdfoods.net/ourstory.phpBlah blah 2-years-out-of-date bacon meme except they got this stuff certified as kosher.
Language Log » Fry on the pleasure of language
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=817Language is the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning light as you pluck from an old bookshelf a half-forgotten book of erotic memoirs.
Operating System Benchmarking in the Wake of Lmbench:
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/vino/perf/hbench/sigmetrics/sigmetrics97.hbench.htmlSome interesting stuff on benchmarking. Wow, worst description ever. "interesting stuff on"? What? Sheesh.
Google Code Blog: Usability Research on Federated Login
http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/09/usability-research-on-federated-login.htmlnonbeard 2008-10-30 12:40:53
Cursebird: What the f#@! is everyone swearing about?
http://cursebird.com/Real-time swearing on Twitter via daringfireball
YouTube - I proposed by hacking Chrono Trigger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HMLvLB7b0This is so awesome. I want to marry him too! *wipes tear from eye*
Medical Reviews of House
http://www.politedissent.com/house_pd.htmlVia Mary. Kind of nit-picky for a TV show, but then again I'm kind of nit-picky for a person
Close vim you left open remotely - Vim Tips Wiki - a Wikia wiki
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Close_vim_you_left_open_remotelynonbeard 2008-10-20 06:33:14
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!
http://learnyouahaskell.com/Fantastic, a non-annoying poignant guide. Not to Ruby however... (via Bryn)
Multiqueue networking [LWN.net]
http://lwn.net/Articles/289137/Ethernet approximates ATM? Linux support for cards with multiple transmit queues. What about multiple receive queues?
Debunking Linus's Latest
http://www.coyotos.org/docs/misc/linus-rebuttal.pdfShapiro has a talent for cutting through the crap. (but "latest" = "mid 2006")
Necrotic Erotic: Zombie Pin-Up Calendar Will Make Your Blood Race
http://io9.com/5063317/zombie-pin+up-calendar-will-make-your-blood-raceJamie! It's "Where beauty eats braaaains"!
THE ORWELL PRIZE
http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/Publishing Orwell's diaries in real time (mod 70 years :) as a blog. Nice idea (io9)
Bulk IPC transfer
https://www.systems.inf.ethz.ch/education/courses/fs08/aos/lectures/wk12-print.pdfIt's AB and Mothy's big fat guide to FBufs and friends!
The Spoony Experiment: Yor: Hunter From the Future Movie Review
http://spoonyexperiment.blogspot.com/2008/07/yor-hunter-from-future-movie-review.htmlNeeds more hemp
M/M/1 Queueing System
http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/CongestionControl/m_m_1_queue.htmYour standard joe six-pack queue. Queuing ghosts of ten years past!
John Travolta-style dancing is the way to a woman's heart - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3179332/John-Travolta-style-dancing-is-the-way-to-a-womans-heart.htmlThis guy is so freaking hot!