p1k3-wala/pages/LinkDumpArchiveEight

A LinkDumpArchive

= mid 2010 =

[http://www.mrdestructo.com/2010/08/53-things-to-know-do-or-not-do-at-small_23.html Surprisingly good advice about college] which I am of course reading nearly 10 years too late. ([http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/most-of-this-seems-right/ via])

[http://tal.forum2.org/hofstadter_interview A pretty fascinating interview with Douglas Hofstadter]

[http://www.christoph-moder.de/texte/unix-koans.html#mcse Master Foo and the MCSE]

[http://wiki.php.net/rfc/horizontalreuse Horizontal Reuse for PHP]

[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1956 "May I see your work?"]

[http://vimeo.com/5228616 Making a new edition of the 1898 Pictorial Webster's by hand]. Incredible.

[http://stilldavid.com/blog/2010/07/high-altitude-weather-balloon-project/ Dave writes up his high-altitude balloon project]

[http://intentionallyblunderingabout.blogspot.com/2010/07/epic-skies-of-home.html heather does more science]

[http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2010/07/abd-el-kader-and-massacre-of-damascus.html Abd el-Kader and the Massacre of Damascus] ([http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012506.html via])

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_wire Barbed wire]

CharlieParr

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_the_Millennium ''The Pursuit of the Millennium'']

WareLogging: [http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ coffeescript] - I rather like this syntax.

[http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2010/07/dont-parse-that-string.html Don't Parse That String!]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement ACTA]

[http://paperpools.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html on narrative]

[http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-american-life-completes-documentation-of-libe,2188/ 'This American Life' Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence]

[http://bookshelfporn.com/ Bookshelf Porn] (via [http://stilldavid.com/ Dave])

[http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002937.php more translation wars]

[http://www.stateradio.com/album/let-it-go LET IT GO]

[http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=29747 The Myth of "Non-Violent Buddhism"]

[http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/24/100524crat_atlarge_gopnik?currentPage=all What did Jesus Do? - Reading and unreading the Gospels] (via [http://www.metafilter.com/93242/Get-down-off-your-cross this predictable flamewar], but well worth a read)

http://www.dotdeb.org - PHP 5.3 .debs for Lenny, among other things

[http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv186.html Father Knox's Decalogue] ([http://www.metafilter.com/93211/Mother-isnt-quite-herself-today#3154965 via])

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qb5G3glJ-0 Nate's talk at Google]

[http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4690160716_e6775315ed_b.jpg The Problem]

[http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/cr/9.htm#Rimbaud,%20Poems Rexroth on Rimbaud]

[http://bloodandtreasure.typepad.com/blood_treasure/2010/06/sane-and-insane-britons-a-guide-for-americans.html sane and insane Britons: a guide for Americans] ([http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/exactly-right/ via])

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes C0 and C1 control codes]

http://sharism.cc

[http://michaelshannon.us/makeabook/index.html Make Your Own Moleskine-Like Notebook] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2010-05-30 via])

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireworld Wireworld]

vim: [http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Alternative_tab_navigation Alternative tab navigation]

http://www.geonames.org

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/743/ Do you see this?]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhsoQvOQ058 A handheld video of Wilco playing "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" in 2006]. I still love pretty much every line in this song.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YK_XPZ_Xhg Phish & Neil Young doing "Down By the River" in 1998]

[http://www.robertsinclair.net/comic/asshole.html?repost=true Christ, It Works for Everything]

dc: [http://dresdencodak.com/2010/02/09/the-process/ The Process]

= early 2010 =

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera Lepidoptera]

[http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.html photos from the Gulf oil spill]

[http://www.rickconner.net/penspotters/ a field guide to fountain pens]

[http://www.rickconner.net/penspotters/troubleshooting.html troubleshooting fountain pens]

VimEditor: [http://code.google.com/p/conque/ conque] - a plugin to run interactive commands inside a buffer

[http://www.buttercupfestival.com/2-60.htm a fish out of water]

[http://believermag.com/issues/201005/?read=article_grossman The Death of a Civil Servant]

[http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/ my new favorite subreddit]

npr: [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126173168 ''So Runs the World Away''], new JoshRitter

[http://wiki.hedgehogcentral.com/tiki-index.php The Hedgehog Wiki]

[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/feb/11/the-chess-master-and-the-computer/ Gary Kasparov on computers, the human brain, and chess]

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04222010 on home]

[http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/117 Creating logfile archives with logrotate]

harkavagrant: [http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=259 Great Gatsbys]

sparkfun: [http://www.flickr.com/groups/avc2010/ AVC 2010 photos]

sparkfun: we make [http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/004321.php Cool Tools].

[http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.0/pod/perl5120delta.pod Perl 5.12.0 delta]

[http://wondermark.com/606/  SO I WIN]

[http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/bexm4/top_ten_oneliners_from_commandlinefu_explained/c0mhfhm About that Vim one-liner]

reddit: Pretty much the [http://www.reddit.com/r/Favors/comments/be3on/offer_lets_have_a_drawing_thread/ best reddit thread ever].

[http://github.com/brennen/p1k3-wala contents of this wiki in a git repo]

Ebert on [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100310/REVIEWS08/100319989 ''The Big Lebowski'']

JaronLanier: [http://www.jaronlanier.com/gadgetwebresources.html You Are Not a Gadget]

BenFry [http://benfry.com/writing/archives/608 on the iPad]

[http://www.buzzfeed.com/reddit/the-big-lebowski-alignment-chart Big Lebowski alignment chart]

[http://www.projectallusion.com/1/post/2010/03/snake-in-processing.html Rojas makes a snake game]

[http://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm Scott and Scurvy] ([http://twitter.com/jwz/status/10161280079 via])

[http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.html Why Functional Programming Matters] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/b8ob9/whats_one_thing_you_wish_you_knew_when_starting/c0ljlzg via])

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=03032010 Sometimes Onstad is the voice of a previous generation, full of justified reproof]

npr: [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124114812&ft=1&f=1039 stream the new Gorillaz album]

Those darned homosexuals, always [http://blog.usni.org/2010/02/07/repeal-of-dadt-amplifying-instructions/ running roughshod over the rights of straight religious people].

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02022010 on Whole Foods]

[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100215/scahill Blackwater's Youngest Victim]

[http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d Bunch of phonies].

[http://tomayko.com/writings/the-thing-about-git The Thing About Git]

[http://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/32-georgia-stomp-by-andrew-jim-baxter/ on black string-band musicians]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/technology/personaltech/22sfbriefs.html?scp=1&sq=beat%20poet&st=cse Gary Snyder on his Macintosh]

harkavagrant: [http://beatonna.livejournal.com/128512.html Mystery Solving Teens]

[http://www.educationrevolution.org/commonground.html ''Common Ground in a Liquid City'']

[http://joshreads.com/?p=206 Best. ''For Better Or For Worse''. Ever.]

VimEditor: [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2540 snipMate]

[http://www.xach.com/naggum/articles/index.html Erik Naggum comp.lang.lisp archive] (via [http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2010-01-15 Trivium])

[http://www.marxists.org/archive/james-clr/works/1939/12/negro-revolution.htm CLR James, "Revolution and the Negro"]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur_Ray James Arthur Ray]

[http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1573#more-1573 ESR is pretty experienced with god-forms for specified purposes]

[http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm?repost=yep Dabblers and Blowhards]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalosaurus Megalosaurus]

qwantz: [http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsspect.com%2Frss%2Fqwantz.xml on naming children]

h-net reviews: [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25755 Herbert W. Basser. The Mind behind the Gospels: A Commentary to Matthew 1-14]

= december 2009 & before? =

Well, this looks [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/who-will-pay-for-amazons-chernobyl-1863284.html horrifying].

[http://freenode.net/channel_guidelines.shtml freenode channel guidelines] - much good advice here.

[http://boulder.craigslist.org/eng/1543819366.html Anybody want to come work at SFE?]

AssHattery and [http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2832 Bono].

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/685/ G-Spot]

[http://www.intentionallyblunderingabout.blogspot.com/ heather has a blog]

[http://www.penciltalk.org/2009/12/the-year-in-pencils-and-a-few-thoughts the year in pencils]

[http://www.slate.com/id/2240341/pagenum/all Stephen Metcalf on ''A Separate Peace'']

npr: [http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2009/12/sustainable_aliens_great_ideas.html Sustainable Aliens], [http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0906.0568 the  Haqq-Misra & Baum paper], [http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ajrer/sustainable_aliens_a_new_theory_on_why_et_hasnt/ reddit thread]

[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1567 the shame orb]

man [http://riotclitshave.livejournal.com riotclitshave] is awesome

[http://infotrope.net/blog/2009/12/18/cpan-fail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Infotropism+(Infotropism)&utm_content=Google+Reader CPAN FAIL] - yep.

[http://www.rubyinside.com/holiday-fun-how-programming-language-fanboys-see-each-others-languages-2911.html How Programming Language Fanboys See Each Others' Languages]

[http://blog.julien-oster.de/2009/04/errnoh.html errno.h]

mcsweeneys: [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/18willen.html AN OPEN LETTER TO THE INANIMATE OBJECTS IN MY APARTMENT THAT JUST SAT THERE WHILE I WAS HEARTBROKEN.]

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=12182009 Onstad is right about everything]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotep Nyarlathotep]

flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/ Ape Lad's photo stream]

[http://apelad.blogspot.com/ Hobotopia and the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats]

dy: [http://dannyreviews.com/h/Holy_Cow.html ''The Myth of the Holy Cow'']

http://antipolygraph.org

[http://shetterly.blogspot.com/2009/12/confessions-of-detected-liar.html on "lie detectors"]

[http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/12/gangsters_discharged_police_officers_athletes_gone_astray.php There's always been civil war...]

[http://corte.si/posts/code/devsurvey/index.html The impact of language choice on github projects] (interesting numbers, iffy analysis)

WareLogging: [http://github.com/sandal/prawn prawn] - Ruby PDF generation, lots of good examples

[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=232 advent calendar]

[http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/f7e1d30e0b41efa0 Getting current colorscheme in a vim script]

[http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_13741349 List of Boulder County medical-marijuana dispensaries, pot growers and herbal shops]

[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler Raymond Chandler quotes]

achewood: [http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/week-ago-saturday-night-i-went-out-to.html GO ONLINE?]

[http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/week-ago-saturday-night-i-went-out-to.html on Arlo Guthrie]

[http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/12/quote_mining_code.php Quote mining code]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/opinion/03mehta.html?_r=1&ref=opinion Dow, Union Carbide, and Bhopal]

[http://downlode.org/Etext/Patterns/index.html Summary of ''A Pattern Language'']

[http://www.avantadirect.com/supplies-typewriters-olivetti-typewriters.html A new Olivetti manual typewriter for $83.95]

[http://www.viruscomix.com/page502.html The Date From Hell]

WareLogging: [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2158 diffchanges.vim]

[http://www.projectallusion.com/1/post/2009/11/iphone-controlled-solar-powered-arduino-tank.html Rojas makes an iPhone-driven tank]

WareLogging: [http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ tmux]

CU Boulder [http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/circulation/patrons/public.htm library access info]

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/665/ Prudence]

WareLogging: OpinelKnife

[http://www.onthedash.com/docs/obama.html on Barack Obama's watches]

[http://avdi.org/devblog/2009/11/13/why-go-matters/ Why Go Matters]

AssHattery: ESR on how [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1404 ego is for little people]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger effect]

[http://code.google.com/p/go/ The Go programming language]

[http://articlesandtexticles.co.uk/imgs/0609/fedex02x.gif It's an arrow.]

[http://avinashv.net/2009/10/the-auto-rickshaw/ The Auto Rickshaw]

WareLogging: [Slipbox]

Taking Note: [http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/2009/10/darnton-on-commonplace-books.html Darnton on Commonplace Books]

IdeaLogging: TheBuxtonIndex

Dijkstra: [http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD11xx/EWD1175.html The strengths of the academic enterprise]

[http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/11/02/why-do-we-have-an-img-element Why do we have an IMG element?]

[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all Malcom Gladwell on football and dogfighting] - not for the first time, I'm glad I sucked at sports.

[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MLXFXcbMy4Q/SsX25Q-0xCI/AAAAAAAACtk/PdZZCMBOB68/s1600-h/VennDiagram_jesus.gif best Venn diagram ever?]

[http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2009/10/14/on-logical-fallacies/ On Logical Fallacies]

[http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/3663 Literate Programming: Retrospect and Prospects]

[http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/9xxpd/victor_grimm_kailia_lisa_shaba/ Casey & Brennan's new record]

[http://www.vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ photographs by Vivian Maier] - some really beautiful work here

[http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_23.html "men must change or die"]

[http://www.primitiveways.com/ice-fire.html starting fire with an ice lens]

[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=882#comic on soul mates]

[http://www.theonion.com/content/news/6_year_old_stares_down_bottomless 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss of Formal Schooling]

[http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=10172009 Onstad], we love you, you know?

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/10/12/ A Premonition]

WareLogging: [http://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive fugitive.vim] - Exposes a ton of git stuff

WareLogging: RiteInTheRain

[http://butdoesitfloat.com/109832/Morphologically-disturbed Morphologically disturbed] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9to1k/for_nearly_25_years_scienceillustrator_cornelia/ reddit])

[http://www.hatfulofhollow.com/posts/code/farewell-to-orms.html A Farewell to ORMs]

[http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpdos.csail.mit.edu%2F~rsc%2Fpike85hideous.pdf The Hideous Name]

[http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7569/1.html Everything is Unix]

[http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm Bicycling Street Smarts]

achewood: [http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05112007 "Fuck along, now."]

[http://landscape.blogspot.com/2009/10/social-engineering-race-nd-geography-in.html Social Engineering, Race, and Geography in the 1970s]

WareLogging: [http://code.google.com/p/zimbu/ Zimbu], BramMoolenaar's programming language.

[http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/10/the-bacon-hamburger-fatty-melt-a-bacon-burger-with-two-baconstuffed-grilled-cheese-sandwiches-as-bun.html Or this].

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQmexmOrAs&feature=player_embedded#at=177 I can't think of a title hyperbolic enough for this].

[http://colobikelaw.com/law.php Colorado Bike Law]

[http://jacobian.org/writing/star-is-unix/ * is Unix]

[http://tomayko.com/writings/unicorn-is-unix Unicorn is Unix]

[http://www.hopluia.com/ My favorite beer from outside of the Czech Republic].

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/9/25/ The Distinction]

[http://beatonna.livejournal.com/117543.html Kate is still awesome]

[http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html Bloom's "Western Canon"]

[http://fabien.potencier.org/article/34/templating-engines-in-php Templating Engines in PHP]

= September 2009 =

[http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2009/09/22/you-know-who-i-blame-the-lurkers/ you know who i blame? the lurkers]

[http://www.deskstore.se/epages/deskstore.sf/en_GB/ Deskstore]

WareLogging: LeuchtturmNotebook

[http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html git-log(1)]

The classic Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/review/R2VDKZ4X1F992Q/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm review of ''The Story About Ping'']

[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Crops_Kansas_AST_20010624.jpg?crop Kansas from outer space]

[http://myapokalips.com/show/54 If you could go back in time...]

http://github.com/brennen/learning-haskell

BookLogging: [http://book.realworldhaskell.org/ Real World Haskell]

[http://learnyouahaskell.com/ Learn You a Haskell For Great Good]

WareLogging: [http://awesome.naquadah.org/ awesome window manager]

My current (incomplete) [http://github.com/brennen/dotxmonad xmonad config].

[http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/stations.txt UCAR list of weather stations]

WareLogging: [http://code.haskell.org/~arossato/xmobar/ xmobar]

[http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/03/17/introduction-to-the-xmonad-tiling-window-manager/ Introduction to the xmonad Tiling Window Manager] (seriously, just try it)

kr: [http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/essays/twain.htm Mark Twain]

How to [http://www.vintagecannondale.com/info.html find a date for your vintage Cannondale].

[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/03/columns/fl.sebok.IBM.holocaust.03.15/ Did IBM aid the Holocaust?]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust ''IBM and the Holocaust'']

[http://www.jmooneyham.com/ultimate-science-fiction-novel-for-geeks.html Probably the most fascinating web page I have seen this year].

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/636/ Brontosaurus]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_control Numerical control]

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwelloneunit dwell & one unit on flickr]

[http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html Sheldon Brown on tires]

[http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=424382 perl performance vs egrep]

kr: [http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/essays/counterculture.htm The Making of the Counterculture]

[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=54869 TNH re-reads ''Sandman'']

MichaelPollan: [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1 Big Food vs. Big Insurance]

[http://perlbuzz.com/2009/09/ack-190-released.html ack 1.90]

PaulGraham: [http://paulgraham.com/nthings.html The List of N Things]

[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1156/ all that really needs to be said about Nickelback]

[http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/97_Things_Every_Programmer_Should_Know 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know]

* [http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Read_the_Humanities Read the Humanities]

[http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/ HTML 5: The Markup Language]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_memory Conventional memory]

[http://imgur.com/6BoZw.jpg a morning of awkwardness]

[http://www.skineart.com/art/9399/the-final-page-in-the-abandonedtrash-mo/ sketch of an abandoned combine or gleaner]

[http://kmkeen.com/tiny-code/index.html Tiny Code] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9gdop/tiny_code_list_of_small_compilersinterpreters/ reddit])

[http://twitpic.com/fgoob star trek]

WareLogging: [http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Synergy] - Share mouse, keyboard, and clipboard between computers. Works across X, MacOS, and Windows.

WareLogging: [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2572 ack.vim], [http://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim/tree/master on github] - use :Ack like :grep in vim.

[http://www.recordingcopyright.org/what.html HRCAP copyright recommendations] ([http://twitter.com/EFF via])

[http://www.longestpoemintheworld.com/ The Longest Poem in the World]

[http://www.renovobikes.com/ Renovo Hardwood Bicycles]

[http://aeroeducation.org/2009/08/24/good-stuff-an-open-letter-to-arne-duncan-from-herbert-kohl/ An open letter to Arne Duncan from Herbert Kohl]

WareLogging: [http://www.rubbermallet.org/software/rockircd.html rockIRCd]

[http://diveintohtml5.org/ Dive Into HTML 5]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube Nixie tube]

dy: [http://dannyreviews.com/h/Dirt.html ''Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations'']

[http://aymanh.com/how-debug-bash-scripts How to Debug Bash Scripts]

[http://brentnewhall.com/blogs/role-playing/20-Aug-09-weaselly-role-playin.php Weasels!]

[http://doc.cat-v.org/unix/pipes/ pipes]

[http://www.south20th.com/index.php?date=2009-07-17 a thousand paper cranes]

WolfParade

kr: [http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/essays/victorians.htm The Victorian Conspiracy of Cant]

[http://vimeo.com/6061834 "co workers"], Eric's latest short film.

[http://catandgirl.com/?p=2061 Hipsters]

[http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/povertykills Poverty Kills]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_operandi modus operandi]

[http://www.leadpaintcomics.com/2009/05/21/pointcounterpoint/ point/counterpoint]

[http://twitpicwall.com/?boulder twitpic wall - "boulder"]

[http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/2009/07/nature-is-statans-church-lars-von.asp nature is satan's church: lars von trier's antichrist] (file this under "films I have pretty much no personal need to see")

[http://laundrylist.org/ Project Laundry List]

[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1608 Fucking shut the fuck up]

Some pretty solid [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001226.html thoughts on expertise]

[http://www.slate.com/id/2223287 on scrapping the F-22]

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/610/ Sheeple]

[http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/wolfram-alpha-and-hubristic-user.html Wolfram Alpha and hubristic user interfaces] (must read)

[http://www.hulu.com/watch/1404/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-natalie-raps#s-p1-st-i1 Natalie Raps]

[http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/web_standards.html web standards, noun]

[http://www.sliderulemuseum.com International Slide Rule Museum]

[http://brentnewhall.com/blogs/reviews/30-Jun-09-what-s-to-love-about.php Brent writes about Gundam Wing]

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=06282009 Michael Jackson died, Philippe]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU I'm On A Boat]

= June 2009 =


[http://open.salon.com/blog/kent_pitman/2009/06/24/erik_naggum_rip Erik Naggum, R.I.P.] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8v8c1/kent_pitmans_obituary_to_erik_naggum/ reddit])

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/601/ Game Theory]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade List of fatal bear attacks in North America by decade]

[http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl5i/lib/perl5i.pm perl5i]

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/iri5/3636705137/sizes/o/ London Calling]

ct: [http://crookedtimber.org/2009/06/12/the-bnp-and-the-egging-laffer-curve/ The BNP and the Egging Laffer Curve]

[http://markdoty.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-and-wondrous-life.html Mark Doty on ''The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'']

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloysius_Snuffleupagus Aloysius Snuffleupagus]

WareLogging: [socat]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html The Case for Working With Your Hands], [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/06/22/090622crat_atlarge_sanneh Out of the Office]

mjd: [http://blog.plover.com/prog/haskell/logo.html Haskell logo fail]

[http://www.goats.com/store/item/tshirt_neverforget-aawomen-1.html Never Forget]

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/6/12/automata/ Automata]

[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1503 GLOWS IN THE DARK!]

[http://www.linusakesson.net/programming/tty/index.php The TTY Demystified]

[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1503 He doesn't know what the active voice is either]

ppk: [http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/making_time_saf.html Making <time> safe for historians] (hey nerds: read this)

[http://www.gcbrewery.com/ Golden City Brewery]

ParkerVector

[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=270 we've isolated a single atom]

[http://paperpools.blogspot.com/2009/06/verbs.html on spanish in cormac mccarthy]

Sheldon Brown [http://www.sheldonbrown.com/biopace.html on Biopace chainwheels]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Brown_(bicycle_mechanic) Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic)]

http://github.com/runpaint/vim-recipes

[http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2009/06/yagni-badvocacy-and-the-perlian-knot.html YAGNI Badvocacy and the Perlian Knot]

[http://blogs.thegotonerd.com/twht/archives/000711.html go clean your heart]

[http://www.vcarrer.com/2009/06/1-line-css-grid-framework.html 1-line CSS grid framework] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-06-02 via Trivium])

[http://philip.greenspun.com/writing/changed-by-web-and-weblog How the Web and the Weblog have changed Writing] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-06-02 via Trivium])

[http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/konservative_koans/ Konservative Koans]

= May 2009 =

nyt: [http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/20/arts/taking-jokes-by-duchamp-to-another-level-of-art.html Taking Jokes By Duchamp To Another Level of Art] ([http://www.metafilter.com/82093/I-attach-even-more-importance-to-the-spectator-than-to-the-artist mefi])

[http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=428860 Google Answers: Thinking in the shower]

[http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/post/106760473/the-moment-a-man-begins-to-talk-about-technique the moment a man begins to talk about technique]

[http://www.viruscomix.com/page483.html Trolls]

[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=183 trek]

mjd on [http://blog.plover.com/math/dog-bites.html dog bites].

http://github.com/chneukirchen/challis

http://github.com/saalon/Planet-Refi

[http://blog.plover.com/misc/sunspots.html Periodicity]

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleversimon/3540162028/ Josh Ritter & ampersands]

perl: [http://www.catalyzed.org/2009/05/dawn-of-a-new-age-in-perl-how-develdeclare-extends-perls-syntax.html Interesting bit on Devel::Declare]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicalism Physicalism] ([http://twitter.com/apag/status/1818205584 via])

http://github.com/brennen/dotvim

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Kircher Athanasius Kircher]

WareLogging: [http://lab.guilhermemartins.net/?p=817 PAPERduino]

dn: [http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/11/conservative_historian_andrew_bacevich_warns_against Bacevich on escalation in Afghanistan]

[Music]: ChipTaylor, CarrieRodriguez

WareLogging: [ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/web/random/index.html ent]

[http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011275.html Ruining it for the rest of us.] (Read the comments.)

[http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ Haskell Platform]

http://github.com/brennen/p1k3 - now relatively canonical

[git]

[http://scienceagainstevolution.org/ Science Against Evolution Official Home Page]

[http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2009/05/peeve-of-day.html Linus on homeopathy]

WareLogging: [http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/ iotop]

WareLogging: http://betterthangrep.com

= April 2009 =

 _why: [http://hackety.org/2009/04/29/aSelectionOfThoughtsFromActualWomen.html A selection of thoughts from actual women.]

[http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/transparencybunk Transparency is Bunk]

[http://brentnewhall.com/blogs/reviews/30-Apr-09-why-you-should-watch.php Why You Should Watch ''Mobile Suit Gundam'']

[http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2009/04/29/of-space-nazis-gundam-sequels?blog=1 Of Space Nazis, Gundam Sequels and the Horribly Underrated MS Igloo] ([http://brentnewhall.com/blogs/reviews/30-Apr-09-why-you-should-watch.php via])

[http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/03/torture/index.html On torture scandals]

dn: [http://www.democracynow.org/2006/5/1/the_origins_of_may_day_a The Origins of May Day]

[http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/2/21701757/ The Biology of B-Movie Monsters] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/8gqpm/why_giant_monsters_couldnt_really_exist/ reddit])

npr: [http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid/ Visualizing the Grid]

[http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com/2009/04/resistance-through-surveillance.html Resistance through surveillance?]

WareLogging: [Timbuk2]

[http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/happy-birthday-strunk-and-white/ Ripping on Strunk & White]

[http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-other-half-writes-in-defense-of.html How The Other Half Writes: In Defense of Twitter] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-04-24 via])

irc.freenode.net / #sparkfun

[http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/04/why_dont_we_all_focus_on_looking_forward.php Why Don't We All Focus on "Looking Forward"]

I don't know from economics, but Krugman does have a way of being [http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/grand-unified-scandal/ right] now and again.

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04232009 Hey, man! Do you want to smoke?]

[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1162 Cancer]

[http://proudtouseperl.com/2009/04/dealing-with-duplicate-person-data.html Dealing with Duplicate Person Data]

[http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/04/21/fuck-the-foundries Fuck the foundries] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8ea6s/fuck_the_foundries/ reddit])

[http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/38837 Perl on the JVM]

[http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/dhcp_library_for_arduino_ethernet_s.html DHCP library for Arduino ethernet shield] ([http://twitter.com/littlebirdceo/status/1574313173 via])

[http://twitpic.com/3oabq prom?]

http://github.com/brennen/display/

[http://briancarper.net/blog/vim-regexes-are-awesome Vim regexes are awesome] ([http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8dknx/vim_regexes_are_awesome/ via]) - Much here I didn't know.

[http://book.git-scm.com/ Git Community Book]

[http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/post/97485789/mistakes-dont-make-it-art-via-square-america Mistakes don't make it art]

[http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/ The Nietzsche Family Circus]

[http://plasmasturm.org/log/539/ Aristotle is right again].

JoGuldi: [http://landscape.blogspot.com/2009/04/age-of-digital-citation.html The Age of Digital Citation]:

:It was never enough to self-train; it was hardly enough merely to read, and visiting bookshops was a way to error rather than fruition. The canon has, until now, been secret, and it has been a matter of personal socialization to even find out what the important names were. And all of this suddenly promises to fold.

WareLogging: [http://code.google.com/p/mitter/ mitter]

[http://www.tweenbots.com/ tweenbots]

[http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i32/32b01501.htm 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice]

[http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2009/04/10/what-ill-be-drinking/ Eric makes a solid decision.]

[http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/tucker/tucker35.html The Attitude of Anarchism Toward Industrial Combinations], BenjaminTucker

sparkfun: [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=256 Nate throws some chum in the shark-infested water].

[http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/04/how_to_talk_to_a_girl.php What The Geese Are All Roaring About]

[http://twitpic.com/2xt9r Damien Jurado takes a picture of the Nebraska sign]

[http://hackaday.com/2009/04/05/simple-elegant-lemon-battery/ flower lemon battery]

PerlLanguage: [http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=755790 The value of declarations]

[http://www.google.com/search?q="the+road+to+hell+is+paved" "the road to hell is paved"]

mefi: [http://www.metafilter.com/80620/Wouldnt-You-Be-Couldnt-You-Be-WONT-You-Be-The-Narcissistic-Society-I-Give-Birth-To Fox News decides to take on Mr. Rogers]. Metafilter is not pleased.

EFF: [http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/05 Obama Administration Embraces Bush Position on Warrantless Wiretapping and Secrecy]

[http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/04/05/Al3x-meet-Ted Al3x, Meet Ted]

AlexPayne: [http://al3x.net/2009/04/04/reasoned-technical-discussion.html Mending the Bitter Absence of Reasoned Technical Discussion]

http://minima.soup.io/

[http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/2009/04/03/the-system-181/ The Future]

[http://www.theweek.com/article/index/94981/I_smoke_pot_and_I_like_it I smoke pot, and I like it]

[http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com/2009/04/their-spectacle-and-ours.html Their Spectacle and 'Ours']

[http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-ruckus-is-sponsored-by.html 'This Ruckus is Sponsored by Jobcentreplus']

[http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/2009/04/g20-protest-no-romance-in-finance.asp no romance in finance]

[http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/kernighan-interview/index.html An interview with Brian Kernighan] ([http://paperpools.blogspot.com/2009/04/h-is-silent-or-pandas-thumb.html via])

WareLogging: [http://code.google.com/p/webduino/ webduino]

= March 2009 =

[http://landscape.blogspot.com/2009/03/searching-for-historical-controversy.html Hunting for Controversy in the Archives: Wikipedia, Truthiness, and Historical Research on Dialectics in the Modern West]

[http://markdoty.blogspot.com/2009/03/pitch-of-harm.html The pitch of harm], which contains a pretty good poem about manatees.

[http://thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath/2009/03/king-on-collins.html King on Collins]

sparkfun: [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9016 Autonomous Vehicle Competition]

[Eee PC]: [http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/620 Booting Debian in 14 seconds]

[http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2009/03/in-praise-of-high-level-languages.html In Praise of High-Level Languages]

[http://www.netsplit.com/2009/03/26/the-fallacy-of-high-level-languages/ The Fallacy of High-Level Languages]

[http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20090323 Suck a Werther's Original and calm down.]

[http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whoreallyrules Who Really Rules?]

[http://search.twitter.com/search?q=fuckyourselffriday #fuckyourselffriday]

http://www.tropicos.org

[http://wondermark.com/499/ "I like your dress."]

[http://crookedtimber.org/2009/03/20/jonah-goldberg-asks-a-question/ Jonah Goldberg Asks a Question]

[http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/reviews/six-word_reviews_of_1302_sxsw_mp3s.php Six-Word Reviews of 1,302 SXSW mp3s] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-03-19 via])

[http://markdoty.blogspot.com/2009/03/even-though-you-are-who-you-are.html Even though you are who you are] ([http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/hate-crimes-in-north-beach-victims.html via])

WareLogging: [http://kegbot.org/wiki/Main_Page Kegbot]

[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/03/before-and-after-science.html Neil Gaiman on Colbert]

[http://www.meatsandfishes.com/apology/index.php?date=2006-03-15 The walrus has no friends.]

[http://www.fiendishdelights.com/raquel-welch-and-a-giant-prehistoric-spider/ Raquel Welch and a giant prehistoric spider]

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/556/ Alternative Energy Revolution]

[http://grapewrath.blogspot.com/2009/03/texas-gladden-ballad-legacy.html Texas Gladden - Ballad Legacy]:

:But part of the fascination that's particular to folk music is that you'll hear bits and pieces of one song that you could have sworn you heard in a completely different song. And you'd be right. Because folk music is an evolved music, and like humans & chimpanzees, there are uncanny similarities lurking just below the surface that point to some invisible, unknowable ancestral precedent.

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=03152009 Turns out people ain't things you can fix.]

[http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/this-is-just-to-say/ "This Is Just To Say"]

[http://www.shirky.com/writings/evolve.html In Praise of Evolvable Systems] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-03-14 via]) - Worth reading again.

[http://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/ The Old, Weird America] ([http://www.metafilter.com/79901/The-Anthology-notated via]) - FolkwaysAnthology

http://harkavagrant.com

[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1228 Abysmal writing] - On questionable assertions of subjective aesthetic judgment as self-evident fact.

[http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/against-self-polishing/ Against self-polishing] - History, methods, synthesis, detachment.

[http://www.pvponline.com/2009/03/02/ombudsmen/ Ombudsmen]

sparkfun: [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=243 Fun With Balloons]

Have I mentioned that [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91103 Chuck Norris] sucks?

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w Saturday Morning Watchmen]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSP8xm_gaK4 New Media Douchebags in Plain English]

[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249 catch a wave of flavor]

[http://progressiveboink.com/archive/peanuts-by-charles-bukowski/2.html "my dog is at it / again"]

mefi: [http://www.metafilter.com/79853/Zines Zines!]

[http://crookedtimber.org/2009/03/10/dead-to-your-brethren/ Dead to Your Brethren] - American business, unions, and Adam Smith.

[http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/periodic/ Periodic Table of the Operators]

GeoffBerner: ''[http://www.last.fm/music/Geoff+Berner/Light+Enough+to+Travel Light Enough to Travel]''

[http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/seed-mistrust-sow-misinformation/ Seed mistrust, sow misinformation] (On COINTELPRO.)

AaronSwartz: [http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/proelections In Defense of Elections]. Hmm.

[http://www.south20th.com/ Hibernating]

[http://www.viruscomix.com/page476.html Eventually]

[http://www.stickmans.net/saddestbear/default.html the saddest bear of all]

[http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/cia_awkwardly_debriefs?utm_source=b-section CIA Awkwardly Debriefs Obama on Creation of Crack Cocaine]

[http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces Hackerspaces] ([http://www.flutterby.com/archives/comments/12015.html via])

[http://portsherry.balladcollection.com/?q=english.html&start=4 The Obsolete Add-on]

[http://www.abominable.cc/2009/03/04/a-quiet-mind/ A Quiet Mind]

[http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/whiskey_fire/2009/03/nationalize-atlas-shrugged.html Nationalize ''Atlas Shrugged'']

[http://beatonna.livejournal.com/85795.html Younger Self]

[http://www.believermag.com/issues/200604/?read=interview_brock Cooking with Isaac Brock]

[http://www.bemydemon.org/songs/mountainbed.htm Remember the Mountain Bed]

[http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour show list], downloads in various formats.

* [http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=516 Punch Brothers] ([http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-audio/517hi.wma WMA]) ([http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-audio/516hi.mp3 MP3])
* [http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=443 The Be Good Tanyas and Jake Shimabukuro] ([http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-audio/443hi.wma WMA]) ([http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-audio/443hi.mp3 mp3])

= February 2009 =


dy: [http://dannyreviews.com/h/Black_Swan.html ''The Black Swan'']

[http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/blackswanglossary.htm Black Swan Glossary]

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/2/25/straight-dome/ Straight Off the Dome]

I pretty much have to mention [http://www.flickr.com/photos/47595300@N00/3303461953/sizes/l/ How Internet Fanboys See Other Internet Fanboys], given that it incorporates my Clint Eastwood suggestion.

[http://www.reddit.com/user/Unicode_Unicorn/ Unicode Unicorn].

WareLogging: [http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/NEWS New stuff in Bash 4]

[http://www.bemydemon.org/songs/misunderstood.htm "you love her but you don't know why"]

[http://www.threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2008-12-09 Didn't we have a bottle of red wine?]

Oh good. ESR is [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=737 blogging] [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=757 again].

[Perl]: [http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2009/02/the-opposite-of-modern.html The Opposite of Modern]

[http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/abf_friday_selling_out_edition/ on selling out]

[http://daringfireball.net/2009/02/untitled_document_syndrome Untitled Document Syndrome]

[http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2009/02/20/the_dom_stigma/ The DOM Stigma]

[http://www.lucid-tv.com/174.html Gender dysphoria, huh?]

[http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010978.html Why We Immunize]

sparkfun: [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=236 Nate goes to China]

"[http://www.woolywoods.us/lyrics/We_Want_America_Back.html We Want America Back]"

LanguageLog: [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1156 Fasces and humanitas]

[http://www.fartparty.org/2009/02/18/phrases-and-such/ Phrases and Such]

WareLogging: [http://www.niteize.com/productdetail.php?category_id=29&product_id=152 The S-Biner]

[http://www.thesheepmarket.com/ The Sheep Market]

[http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/02/17/wanted-layout-system/ Wanted: Layout System]

[http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/fish-filet/ Fish Filet.]

[http://www.debian.net/News/2009/20090214.en.html Lenny goes stable]

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402460.html Michael Dirda not getting it].

R. Braithwaite has a [http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2009-02-12/a_question.md really good question].

mjd: [http://blog.plover.com/misc/duh.html Stupid crap]

[http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/02/amish_hackers_a.php Amish Hackers]

[http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/360-urban-villages-in-paris-1920/ Urban Villages in Paris (1920)]

A [http://blog.stereophile.com/fredkaplan/the_best_album_from_the_bad_plus/ review of ''For All I Care'']

BookLogging: [http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/ Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts]

The [http://nealstephenson.com/anathem/acknow.htm acknowledgments] for ''[Anathem]'', which seem to be the closest thing we're getting to footnotes.

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_pills Party pills]

[http://www.buttercupfestival.com/2-29.htm hot dogs]

[http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/paul/being-acquitted-versus-being-searched-yanal Being Acquitted Versus Being Searched]

[http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=613 The Dehumanization of Young Workers Producing Our Computer Keyboards] ([http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/09/ghastly-working-cond.html via])

[http://al3x.net/2009/02/08/the-problem-with-email-clients.html The Problem With Email Clients]

[http://ragbag.tumblr.com/post/76897886/the-saddest-invoice-i-ever-received the saddest invoice i ever received]

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02062009 You know what else don't smoke, drink, or tap ass on a lazy Tuesday mornin'?]

[http://www.platochan.com/ Plato Chan has a web site]. Complete with photo gallery and the requisite laughter audio.

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/540/ Base System]. Any way you look at this, I'm still pretty much batting last.

[Music]: [http://thespps.org/ The Steam Powered Preservation Society]

[Anathem]

WareLogging: [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify/README Why Not dnotify and Why inotify]

[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=235 we forgot to tell him]

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02022009 The Book of Genteel Wherewithal]

[Music]: NoDirectionHome

[http://klausler.com/cargo.html Principles of the American Cargo Cult] ([http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010999.html via])

[http://hometownblogs.blogspot.com/2009/02/hundreds-remember-john-breaux.html Hundreds remember John Breaux]

[http://www.coloradohometownnews.com/news-story-lafayette.asp?ID=3687 Louisville man killed in US 287 accident]

[http://www.hicksville.co.nz/Inventing%20Comics.htm Inventing Comics]

WareLogging: [units]

= January 2009 = 

[http://al3x.net/2009/01/31/against-everything-buckets.html The Case Against Everything Buckets]

[http://designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38831 26 years, 85 notebooks] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-01-31 via, as usual])

[http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/72957972/thelonius-monks-advice-to-saxophonist-steve-lacy Some advice from Thelonious Monk]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk Thelonious Monk] - "Melodious Thunk".

GoodDesign: [http://www.bigcontrarian.com/2009/01/30/follow-you-follow-me/ Follow you, follow me.]

SEK [http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/must_we_still_pretend_to_like_john_updike/ briefly defends John Updike].

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roky_Erickson Roky Erickson]

DannyYee: [http://dannyreviews.com/h/Conifers.html ''A Natural History of Conifers'']

[http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/its_always_a_bad_time_for_poet_1.html It's always a bad time for poetry.] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-01-28 via])

pa: [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/1/28/further-songs-sorcelation-part-six/ I'm going to play this thing by ear.]

[Music]: Iron & Wine, "Jezebel"

[http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/juan_williams_is_a_gangsta_rapper.php This brief piece] pretty much owns. Read all the way to the end.

ct: [http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/27/thank-god-its-friday/ Thank God it's ''Friday'' that Charlie chose as his late-Heinlein legacy text for ''Saturn's Children''] - This really makes me want to read some Stross. (Part of [http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/27/charles-stross-book-event/ a whole book event], with posts from Stross, Paul Krugman, etc.)

[http://paperpools.blogspot.com/2009/01/nowhere-to-go.html nowhere to go] (US visas, Nazis, Gaza, the urge to transcend. Read this.)

ct: [http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/27/the-cossacks-well-they-work-for-the-czar/ The Cossacks, well, they work for the Czar]:

:Producing more or less mendacious intellectual smokescreens for policies which favour the interests of very rich men is not an incidental side effect of Chicago School libertarianism. It isn’t some sort of industrial pollution – it’s the product.

I think [http://www.buttercupfestival.com/ this] is the best ButtercupFestival strip in quite a while.

[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/01/insert-amazed-and-delighted-swearing.html Neil Gaiman wins a Newbery]

wordnet: [http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=topography topography]

[http://harpers.org/archive/2009/01/0082319 The ''Harpers'' Index does the Bush years] ([http://chneukirchen.org/trivium/2009-01-21 via])

[Music]: [Deerhoof]

[Music]: CharlieParr

[http://www.dekorte.com/blog/blog.cgi?do=item&id=3830 Design Note]

The stupid, it knows [http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjlmNThiMTYxZmVhMDY3ODA2OTRmYTUwNTQ0YzNlODI= no bounds].

[http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/hello_to_all_that/ Well, this is worrisome.]

[http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010956.html But on the back side it didn't say nothing]

[http://www.metageek.net/products/chanalyzer-3 Investigating wireless interference.]

[http://www.viruscomix.com/page470.html Everything's Better With Cheese!]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre Gratis versus Libre]

[http://www.nypress.com/article-19271-flat-n-all-that.html Matt Taibbi on T. Friedman, again]

mefi: [http://www.metafilter.com/78343/A-New-Creation-Resurrected-from-Obscurity A New Creation Resurrected from Obscurity]

[http://brandonbird.com/signifier_signified.html Signifier and Signified]

WareLogging: [http://code.google.com/p/simile-widgets/ simile-widgets]

flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/laraboudreaux/ Lara Boudreaux]

LanguageLog: [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1016 Consider the X]

ragbag: [http://ragbag.tumblr.com/post/70201200/if-jos-canceso-can-be-featured-on-a-baseball concerning foxes]

[Music]: [Bedhead]

Ursula K. Le Guin: [http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/02/0081907 Staying awake: Notes on the alleged decline of reading]

[Music]: [http://www.bemydemon.org/ A Sea Black with Ink: The Wilco Lyrics archive]

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara Chiune Sugihara]



[http://www.akimbocomics.com/comics?storyLine=Eat_Shit_And_Die&page=28 Uh huh].

[Music]: BoardsOfCanada

wp: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti Thomas Ligotti]

[http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library.html Art Garfunkel's reading list]

A pretty damned thoughtful [http://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2008/07/brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-by.html piece on ''The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao''] (but read the book first).

[http://www.pmla.org/altsource.html Alternative Source Citation Rules] ([http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/07/example-head-you-wouldnt-believe-call-555-3278/ via])

xkcd: [http://xkcd.com/526/ Converting to metric]

An [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Lynne-t.html NYT piece about Shelby Lynne], who is amazing.

Kate Beaton visits that whole [http://beatonna.livejournal.com/77755.html talking to your younger self] theme. (Previously: [http://thepaincomics.com/weekly081203.htm I'm from the future, asshole.])

ml: [http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010921.html Strictly Morris]

achewood: [http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01062009 Coming in 2009]

IdeaLogging: [http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/i-dont-get-around-how-you-get-around/ "This work fills a much needed gap in the literature."]

[http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/black-people-cant-swim-c/ Black people can't swim, &c.]

[http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/1411412.html?thread=22196052 Apparently memories are long over at Dennis the Menace]

[http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/2008books Aaron Swartz's 2008 review of books]

[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=222 pictures for sad children does C.S. Lewis?]

mefi: [http://www.metafilter.com/77965/You-and-Your-Research You and Your Research]

Penny Arcade on [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/1/2/patently-ridiculous/ patent trolls].

[http://community.livejournal.com/history_time/17655.html Samurai at the Sphinx]

[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123033369595836301.html Why Does Hollywood Hate the Suburbs?] ([http://tomayko.com/ via])