Peter Suber, Nomic

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/nomic.htm

A better nomic site

nonbeard 2007-07-16 14:37:03

nomic.net: home of nomic stuff

http://www.nomic.net/

Frustrating that a game that should be so interesting sounds so terribly dull

nonbeard 2007-07-16 14:10:53

Questions for Douglas Hofstadter - The Mind Reader - Deborah Solomon - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/magazine/01wwlnQ4.t.html?ex=1184731200&en=89600bfb4ec75efe&ei=5070

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don’t have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I’m a little more respectful of ants.

nonbeard 2007-07-16 14:08:02

Dolphin voyeurs kill the mood for saucy submariners

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=278856

Install curtains in private submarine. Got it. (fark)

nonbeard 2007-07-16 10:17:44

Dock Connector - wikiPodLinux

http://www.ipodlinux.org/Dock_Connector

iPod dock connector pinout

nonbeard 2007-07-15 17:34:27

YouTube - zZz is playing Grip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfmJ6m97HqQ

Awesome

nonbeard 2007-07-14 02:32:35

YouTube - Shatner on Esperanto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhEbOUzDl_I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kirchersociety.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F03%2F27%2Fincubus-the-esperanto-film%2F

"I think a Bushman version of Incubus would be a very interesting picture to see"

nonbeard 2007-07-08 06:15:22

Life-sized Gigantor memorial to be erected

http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/25/life-sized-gigantor-memorial-to-be-erected/

The trains run on time, and they're spending millions of yen on a giant robot! "Popular tags: architecture robots awesome" indeed!

nonbeard 2007-07-03 12:20:52

Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts- Chrome CSS Drop Down Menu

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/chrome/index.htm

JS dropdown menus

nonbeard 2007-07-02 15:09:45

when ph.d.s get frustrated

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/06/03/when-phds-get-frustrated/

It warms my heart that there is a site called passiveaggressivenotes.com (thanks jaqx0r)

nonbeard 2007-06-27 18:07:48

Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace

http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html

Terrible poorly-researched tripe

nonbeard 2007-06-27 08:36:16

Mind Hacks: Why don't ethics professors behave better?

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2007/06/why_dont_ethics_pro.html

Catie! Think before you microwave that cup of water!

nonbeard 2007-06-26 10:17:53

Marbles Adding Machine :: Awesome

http://funhouse.bubble.ro/951/Marbles_Adding_Machine/

I agree with this "awesome"!

nonbeard 2007-06-24 03:15:19

JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html

Why JavaScript is evil (via benjl ;)

nonbeard 2007-06-22 11:43:38

Daring Fireball: Highly Selective

http://daringfireball.net/2006/08/highly_selective

Aargh god yes this is my most-hated OS X gui wart

nonbeard 2007-06-22 09:21:10

bartek:bargiel : iGTD

http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/

It's very important that Mothra integrate with this or a similar system

nonbeard 2007-06-22 01:52:50

ca03-454

http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/2004a/20040407/ca03-454.html

The Court: As a grown man, what is his middle name? Dot Com Chanel Fourcast?

nonbeard 2007-06-21 14:54:21

PhD candidate presents thesis in her underwear

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/06/sexdrive_0615

I definitely picked the wrong topic :(

nonbeard 2007-06-15 15:11:02

Share Hat by Jordi Canudas

http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/share_hat_by_jordi_canudas_6570.asp

I'm want to make one for the next sodfest-related activity!

nonbeard 2007-06-15 14:42:49

Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World

http://user.bahnhof.se/~secutor/ukiyo-e/

So that's where Suzy's flickr name comes from? How romantic.

nonbeard 2007-06-14 19:09:44

Tenser, said the Tensor: Blogging the 2007 Bee

http://tenser.typepad.com/tenser_said_the_tensor/2007/06/blogging_the_20.html

I knew exactly one of these words. Way to make me feel dumb, spelling bee!

nonbeard 2007-06-13 06:55:41

NESVideos / Game Resources

http://tasvideos.org/GameResources.html

Elite! Thanks Bryn

nonbeard 2007-06-08 14:03:15

Panic - Coda - One-Window Web Development for Mac OS X

http://www.panic.com/coda/

Don't want to pay that much for the product but what a great way to pitch it.

nonbeard 2007-06-08 05:48:28

Assessing the Health of Open Source Communities

http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.5d61c1d591162e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1_article&TheCat=1040&path=computer/homepage/0506&file=itsys.xml&xsl=article.xsl

Release early, release often, release with bugs

nonbeard 2007-06-06 03:16:13

jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library

http://jquery.com/

This might be a better idea if Mochikit isn't so well-supported any more.

nonbeard 2007-06-06 03:09:49

Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference - MDC

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference

There are so many JS references and they all blow chunks! But not this one!

nonbeard 2007-06-05 12:09:10

Threeseas.net

http://www.threeseas.net/

"Programming is the act of automating complexity in order to make the use and reuse of the complexity easy for the user of the complexity."

nonbeard 2007-06-05 05:47:15

YouTube - Grinderman - No Pussy Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_TjpoHOJc

Nick Cave with a handlebar moustache. Awesome.

nonbeard 2007-06-01 15:59:44

Magnatune: license music and MP3 download

http://magnatune.com/

What an interesting idea. I wonder if it's working?

nonbeard 2007-06-01 11:26:50

Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Call for Papers

http://osdc.com.au/papers/cfp.html

Hmmm.

nonbeard 2007-06-01 01:26:16

ConTagged -- CosmoCode GmbH

http://www.cosmocode.de/en/loesungen/system/ldapab/

Maybe use this to keep my multiple address books synchronised

nonbeard 2007-06-01 01:25:37

Eurovision: bloc voting or cultural clusters

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/05/eurovision_and.html
nonbeard 2007-05-30 15:37:40

Recycled Knowledge: A quick tutorial on ergativity, by way of the Squid-Headed One

http://recycledknowledge.blogspot.com/2005/05/quick-tutorial-on-ergativity-by-way-of.html

"Cthulu-based tutorial on ergativity", via Language Log

nonbeard 2007-05-29 00:07:27

Faqs.it » GMail as an anti-spam filter

http://blog.faqs.it/?p=8

good idea, thanks jaq

nonbeard 2007-05-28 14:27:32

YouTube - Guitar Hero 2 Custom - Queen - Innuendo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lIDlbsDtV-Q
nonbeard 2007-05-28 14:17:05

YouTube - Guitar Hero II - Highway to Hell

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mpVDTM7OIhc

If I try custom songs again this is definitely on the list

nonbeard 2007-05-28 13:58:52

Mind Hacks: The irrational guide to gaming the system

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2007/05/the_irrational_guide.html

lousy

nonbeard 2007-05-23 11:09:43

The Prosecutor’s Fallacy

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/05/the_prosecutors.html

I keep forgetting this, then coming back and re-learning it.

nonbeard 2007-05-23 01:17:30

A Mean Chocolate Chip Cookie -- megnut.com

http://www.megnut.com/2007/05/a-mean-chocolate-chip-cookie

This is relevant because half of Joel's friends are mean.

nonbeard 2007-05-17 16:55:37

OMG Hack!

http://lardcave.net/~wzdd/omghack/

Needs scenery, robots, lasers...

nonbeard 2007-05-16 16:00:14

Main Page - RogueBasin

http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

I saw this site and within hours was writing a roguelike myself! (Thanks Bryn)

nonbeard 2007-05-16 15:59:37

Z-order (curve) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton-order

Cute

nonbeard 2007-05-15 07:02:33

Command-line Backup Solutions on Mac OS X

http://developer.apple.com/macosx/backuponmacosx.html

summary: use asr

nonbeard 2007-05-14 09:49:09

Lost Garden: Danc's Miraculously Flexible Game Prototyping Tiles

http://lostgarden.com/2007/05/dancs-miraculously-flexible-game.html

Looks cool

nonbeard 2007-05-14 05:09:38

Second Life: Incredible innovator, but probably not sustainable « Susan Wu - Venture Capital

http://reality.org/2006/11/29/second-life-incredible-innovator-but-probably-not-sustainable/

"today’s social networking services like MySpace and Flickr already incorporate some smart game design principles, such as levelling up, collecting virtual objects, and homesteading in the form of customization"

nonbeard 2007-05-09 07:21:05