October 2008
35 posts
PSOUG Oracle Morgan's Library SQL PL/SQL →
Giant Crystals Create an Alien Landscape [Mega... →
This photo looks like it could have been taken on another planet - miners harvesting dilithium, perhaps. But this cave full of monstrous crystals is located in Mexico, and the crystals themselves…
Vintage Japanese movie-monster anatomical... →
Modern Fred’s scans of vintage Japanese movie-monster posters include some spectacular pieces, none moreso than the anatomical cutaways of Godzilla, Gamera and co. I always wondered about their…
Vintage Japanese movie-monster anatomical... →
Modern Fred’s scans of vintage Japanese movie-monster posters include some spectacular pieces, none moreso than the anatomical cutaways of Godzilla, Gamera and co. I always wondered about their…
Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic... →
Tardate 11.1: Code Like a Rocket Scientist →
Mobile Firefox Alpha 1 Released →
An anonymous reader writes “Today Mozilla released development builds of its next mobile browser, Fennec 1.0 Alpha 1. ‘The last eight milestones were building up to getting a stable browser with an…
Shine on Sutro Moon →
guest post by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics)
As a card-carrying member of the Sutro Tower Fan Club, I enjoyed the view this morning as the full moon aligned perfectly with the tower…
Developing Web Applications with PL/SQL →
Full Review of the T-Mobile G1 Android Device →
palmsolo writes “Want to see the biggest and most in-depth review of the T-Mobile G1 Google Android device from a person who has been using it for a week? Check out over 260 photos and 5 videos of…
Keynesian economics - Wikipedia, the free... →
Keynesian economics
Marcelo Ochoa's personal blog: Is Oracle 11g REST... →
Introduction to WAI ARIA - Opera Developer... →
Why How Matters →
In the financial-services boom, bubble and bust, we got away from the basics from the fundamentals of prudent lending and borrowing.
5 Dioramas That Actually Tell A Story [Dioramas] →
Last week, we featured a full-scale scene of zombie mayhem made entirely out of lego, from the 2008 BrickCon. There’s something amazing about an artist creating such a detailed scene, especially…
hudson: an extensible continuous integration... →
The Post-Binge World →
The market is re-evaluating and re-pricing every asset in the world, without mercy. It is going to do whatever it’s going to do whichever way greed and fear tug it.
Geek Apparel of the Week: Star Wars '08 →
Since the economy is screwed and we’re all going to hell in a handbasket anyways, there’s only one election that really matters—the Rebel Party or the Imperial Party. Zazzle has these…
Creating Robots & Monsters For A Good Cause →
Robots and Monsters is a project started by Joe Alterio where he will create a custom drawn robot or monster of your choice for $50 based on the words and phrases you provide him….
Everybody Poops, A Bipartisan T-Shirt by... →
“Everybody Poops”, a bipartisan Threadless t-shirt design by Chris Lee Jones.
via Tcritic
illustration by Chris Lee Jones
Related Posts Threadless Prints Featuring…
js.io: client library for networking →
Michael Carter et al have been working on js.io, a client library that gives you networking, including Comet like support, via JavaScript.
The low level work can sit upon Comet APIs, and in…
Best javascript syntactic sugar - Stack Overflow →
Molly Porkshanks’s Clockwork Fetus →
In this current atmosphere of fear where every day people “in the know” are gnashing their teeth, pulling their hair, and babbling in tongues about mortgage backed securities and credit…
Shyamalan On UNBREAKABLE II: ‘I Want To Write It... →
Death Star?
Last week’s column noted the strange stellar object SCP 06F6 — the focus of 100 days of intense energy that appeared from nowhere and then vanished, corresponding with no known natural phenomenon. I wondered if these were the muzzle flashes of ancient combat, since the light came from more than a billion years in the past. Reader Curtis Silver of Sarasota, Fla., notes, “So it was...
Bracketed USB Japanese desk lamp - Boing Boing... →
The Zombie Apocalypse -- in Legos [Toys] →
This past weekend, the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall played host to BrickCon 2008, an annual convention of adult Lego hobbyists. The best part? Lego enthusiasts Brothers Brick sponsored a…
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Some typography . →
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Practical Functional JavaScript →
Oliver Steele gave a great talk at The Ajax Experience this week on Practical Functional JavaScript.
For his talk, he ended up creating a samples application where you can run the code…
Osprey Gatling Gun Uses Xbox 360-like Controller... →
Christian from Defense Tech is at the Modern Day Marine Expo, where instead of having girls in mini-bikinis caressing speedboats and yachts, they have girls in mini-bikinis caressing torpedoes and…
SPLITREASON.COM :: Zombie Pwnage t-shirt →
The Midnight LOL Society: Awesome →
Spaced Episode number one →
Rescue the Rescue →
Our leaders have gotten so out of practice of working together that even in the face of this meltdown they could not agree on a rescue package.
What Does 'Cloud Computing' Mean, Exactly? →
A lot of people aren’t sure, but one thing is for certain: Dislike for the phrase has brought together some strange bedfellows.
September 2008
25 posts
Green the Bailout →
America doesn’t just need a bailout. We need a buildup. We need to get back to making stuff, based on real engineering not just financial engineering.
Everything You've Ever Wanted To See About Iron... →
Want to know every single little detail to the Iron Man suit, from the boot to inside the face plate? A ton of Iron Man concept art images showed up online, and they give you the in-depth view of…
100 Hulks Smash For Charity [Hulks Smash] →
This particularly angry rendition of the Hulk by Ron Garney is part of a collection of 100 pieces (What is the collective term for multiple gamma-irradiated monsters, anyway? A gaggle? A smash?)… …
Etsy :: Your place to buy and sell all things... →
Massawyrm says THE BURROWERS is the one of the... →
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Dear Iraqi Friends →
As Americans lose their homes and sink into debt, they no longer understand why we are spending $1 billion a day to make Iraqis feel more secure in their homes.
bugatti veyron v eurofighter →
ADF Faces Rich Client Demos →
ADF Faces Rich Client Demos
The Best Worst Science Fiction Movies Of All Time... →
Not every movie gets to be the Oscar darling of its time, but sometimes we love the bad movies the most. These movies exist to be found in the bottom of bargain DVD bins and are met with squeals…
Secrets of JavaScript Closures →
Stuart Langridge gave what looks like a great talk on the secrets of JavaScript closures.
I had to chortle a little when I saw this slide:
And the follow up slide, showing that Stuart…
Keep It in Vegas →
Government’s job is to police that fine line between the risk-taking that drives innovation and gambling with other people’s savings in ways that threaten us all.
Star Control 2 & The Ur-Quan Masters (walkthrough)... →
Spacewar! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
I personally owe these guys so much.
Hurricane Ike as Seen from the International Space... →
Here is the outer edge of Hurricane Ike, as seen from the International Space Station. The hurricane hit Texas yesterday, and news stories are claiming a fairly low death toll compared to the…
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On the small easel today →