Decided to check through all of /usr/bin/girl since I was last there. Wow, it’s amazing how many links to amusing things this girl can dig up. Well here’s a collection of ones I found amusing. Historic Tale Construction Kit The Urban Dictionary Adventure the game as a Java Applet (Yes THAT old Adventure game) Battle […]
This is really cool. Only need a web browser.
I got curious about what the channel allocation plan for 802.11 (Wi-Fi) is. After alway choosing a random channel that is not the same as any other nearby WiFi point I beacme curious to see what the channel plan is. After some googling around I dug up a channel plan on the net. If you […]
This is a little old but I think it’s worth a read. O’ReillyNet interviews Cory Doctorow. I found this quote rather poignant and to the point: But one thing you discover in the technology world, especially in free software, is that being a good programmer and being a good person are not necessarily correlated, or […]
“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the Women” -Conan the Barbarian Just click on the picture for the link to the thread. It’s pretty funny if you ask me.
I saw a thread on ArsTechnica‘s bulletin board about What are You Learning Now. I thought it was a neat thread and a nice break from all of the language wars, how do I…, choose a devel. environment for me, etc threads that show up on their Programmer Section. Here’s the link: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=6330927813&m=91300815633&p=1
I’ve heard of Using CVS for versioning your homedir however in the comments I noticed there was mention of using Plone as your data store. That’s rather interesting. Plone is a Content Management System built on top of Zope. From what I’ve seen it’s very impressive for open source software. I’ve done some Zope work […]
Looking at the Blender site again I stumbled upon this: A 3d CG Martial Arts action flick. This looks very cool and it seems the movie was done by a one man animation team.. wow! Link to Ghost Warrior
Someone recreates the Disney Haunted Mansion in their own home. THat’s very cool Link to Story I haven’t mentioned it but kudos to BoingBoing for the past couple of posts
This is quite neat: CSS Fisheye Ink
Ace’s Hardware has a story titled Game Consoles: A Look Ahead. However, on looking through the article it is mainly from the hardware vantage rather than any overarching game industry or software perspective. For you hardware junkies out there this is a good overview of the current Game Console Hardware specs as well as a […]
I might as well see what type of D & D character I end up as…. I Am A: Chaotic Good Elf Ranger Bard Alignment:Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their […]
Lemonodor points out an article on the CMU team’s entry to the Grand DARPA Challenge. All I can say is good luck RPI dudes I hope you waste ’em.
This is great!
Got this Article from a friend of mine on cold brewed coffee. It was an interesting read so I’m posting the link up for everyone else to look at. One thing that’s interesting about cold brewing coffee (a long process by the way. We’re talking about half a day or longer) is that supposedly it […]