del.icio.us links for 2006-08-31

• Bloggermann: Feeling morally, intellectually confused?: Dissent and disagreement with government is the life’s blood of human freedom; and not merely because it is the first roadblock against the kind of tyranny the men Mr. Rumsfeld likes to think of as “his” troops still fight, this very evening, in Ira (media news politics rant war iraq)
• eWeek | Django: Python on a Plane: Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him? (django python web programming framework)
• udk: oood.py - a simple daemon for OpenOffice.org: oood.py is a daemon, which controls a pool of 'anonymous' office instances (workers). The workers can be used as backend for Java/python/C++ batch processes for document conversion, mail merges, etc. (openoffice python)
• Python isn't just Java without the compile | 2006-08-30 | BitWorking: One of the advantages of a dynamic language is the ability to drop the compile from the edit/compile/run cycle, but there is much more to it than that. (python java django productivity programming)
• ACTION COMICS NO. 1: The original golden age comic. Interesting if only for some of the techniques. Even then, Superman was kind of a dick, pretending to be a pussy. (art comic history design superman)
• anders.com: djbdns / tinydns Record Builder: Some newer data types such as SRV and NAPTR records aren't nativly supported by tinydns but can be represented through the generic record syntax. These tools create standard djbdns records for these record types. (djb dns tool web tinydns djbdns spf)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-26

• freenigma gmbh: freenigma adds privacy technology (with strong e-mail encryption) to your favourite webmail service. (web2.0 google firefox privacy security cryptography email)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-25

• LDAP Authentication In Linux | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials: This howto will show you howto store your users in LDAP and authenticate some of the services against it. (authentication howto linux security pam ldap)
• Nude teens raise eyebrows | Oddly Enough | Reuters.com: Some have appeared naked in a downtown parking lot. Others rode their bicycles or simply strolled the streets in the nude. Teenagers in the quaint Vermont town of Brattleboro are raising eyebrows this summer with brazen displays of nudity. (us vermont news weird nude)
• Field & Stream - Photo Gallery - Make a Survival Kit out of an Altoids Tin: This is ideal for anyone who wants to have the essential survival gear along each time they head into the field. Everything fits in the Altoids tin. It fulfills all the component groups except for shelter and protection. (cool howto reference travel altoids survival)
• List of ethnic slurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Ethic slurs from 51st-Stater to Zulu. (culture reference howto insult funny weird)
• Offensive terms per nationality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: How to insult people from nearly any country. (racism insult howto reference funny)
• New And Improved: Enable XGL/Compiz On Ubuntu Dapper Drake: Still trying to figure out how to get gdm to start the Xgl server automatically. (linux ubuntu opengl xgl X)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-24

• Swastika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism and Jainism. However, in the Western world, it is most widely known and used as a symbol of Nazism. (anthropology culture history india reference religion germany nazi politics media)
• Under fire, Indian eatery drops Hitler from name | Oddly Enough | Reuters.com: A restaurant in India's financial hub has agreed to change its name from "Hitler's Cross" following strong protests. "Our intention was not to glorify Hitler or his atrocities or ideology in any way and we regret the anguish caused by the use of this name (india hitler history nazi germany restaurant weird news politics)
• CNN.com - Pluto gets the boot - Aug 24, 2006: Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. Instead, it will be reclassified in a new category of "dwarf planets". (Let's blow it up, just (news astronomy pluto)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-23

• Is the United States Bankrupt?: Many would scoff at this notion. Others would argue that financial implosion is just around the corner. This paper explores these views from both partial and general equilibrium perspectives. (us economics politics)
• CSS cheat sheet: (css reference design web)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-22

• The Secret Effort to Influence the US Public to enter WW2: Staring at what they thought was an imminent invasion, and needing the US assistance, the UK embarked on a massive spy operation, one that used psyops in a big way and media manipulation in order to try and change public opinion in the US. (wwii history propaganda uk us nazi germany)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-21

• Newly Reclassified Top Secret Well-Known Public Information: The Bush administration has taken to re-classifying as secret very well-known and public information about the number of nuclear weapons and historical facts about the development of the U.S. nuclear program. (bush security evil dod)
• Wired 14.08: Batteries Included: The world's first lithium-ion supercar is here. Zero emissions never looked so hot. (car cool environment energy)
• Sebastian the cat gets 'grilled' - Yahoo! News: If that isn't the face of evil, I don't know what is. (evil cat photo culture)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-19

• Joel Johnson: Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work: Unlimited Edition: (art comic cool design drawing howto illustration layout reference)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-18

• Oh My God It’s Django!: Guido just pronounced: Django is *the* web framework. (django python web framework)
• The Onion | Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But Murder All Day: (humor cute kitten photo murder theonion)
• The FBI's Upgrade That Wasn't: $170 Million Bought an Unusable Computer System (fbi us news disaster software evil)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-17

• How To Make Firefox Over 40% Faster: Or at least, 40% faster on Ubuntu by changing your CPU frequency scalling governor. (firefox howto linux ubuntu)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-16

• Cromartie High School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: This might be my favorite anime series. (anime japan weird funny humor)
• loc.alize.us - Explore your world through everyone's eyes: A smart way to browse and locate Flickr images on large map of the world. Filter photos by selecting a specific tag or searching for your buddy's user name. All navigation is done without any page refresh. An app that may save your boring afternoons. (ajax flickr google del.icio.us culture photography social web2.0 web mashup)
• Sploid: Goodbye Forever: I am very sorry to see Sploid going away, as they were one of my main sources of hard-hitting, crazy bullshit. What will I post about now? (sploid)
• U.S. Dedicates $64 Billion To Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: The Bush Administration unveiled a new $64 billion spending package Monday for a joint CIA–Pentagon program aimed at neutralizing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's global humanitarian network. (bush evil cia pentagon disaster health africa microsoft humor us news theonion)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-15

• ACME product catalog - a photoset on Flickr: DVD screen captures of ACME (and other) products as seen in the Looney Tunes "Golden Collection" (cartoon funny history)
• Iron Systems, Inc.: Inexpensive rack-mount servers (Intel and AMD) with pre-installed Linux (several distros). (amd bsd centos debian fedora freebsd gentoo hardware intel linux netbsd openbsd redhat suse)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-14

• Sploid: 'Lock up everybody!': Michael Chertoff -- who many say looks just like an undead version of Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin -- says the United States needs more constant surveillance of everybody so he can lock up more "possible terrorists." (dhs evil liberty news security surveillance terrorism us)
• US accused of jumping the gun in blaming al-Qaeda - Britain - Times Online: There is suspicion that the speed with which the US linked al-Qaeda to the plot was motivated by political considerations because, before the November mid-term Congressional elections. (airline bush evil fraud liberty news security terrorism uk us)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-12

• Free Menu Designs - e-lusion.com: Need a block menu fast? Some simple CSS menu designs for you to download and use any way you see fit. (css design free html menu)
• Stu Nicholls | CSSplay | A css only dropdown menu: The ULTIMATE CSS only drop-down menu (css design html menu)
• Suckerfish Dropdowns - HTML Dog: (css design html javascript menu)
• August 22: Does Iran have something in store?: Good news everyone! Christians and Muslims have something in common: They're both hoping for the End of the World by nuclear apocalypse so they can go to heaven! Wait, that's not good news. That's not good news at all. (evil iran israel nuke religion war weird)

Bats, man!

My house seems to attract all sorts of strange critters. I count at least four in this picture, but the actual number is closer to 20. Guess I should put up that bat house that's been sitting on my workbench for too long to mention.

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-11

• Whiplash: Cowboy Monkey: Whiplash the Cowboy monkey is truly a fan favorite, he is an international star and a true cowboy. He is an 18 yr old Capuchin Monkey and he is one of the biggest little monkeys in the world. Whiplash has been riding since he was two yrs old. (cowboy dog funny monkey weird)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-10

• Seymour Cray -- An Appreciation: Engineers marvelled at Cray's uncanny ability to hold every tiny detail of a computer design in his head.He also got technical assistance from elves who lived in the tunnels that he dug underneath his house. (design hardware history weird)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-09

• For some evangelicals, Mideast war stirs hope: Believing the Mideast conflict is a sign that Christ will return soon, some evangelical groups have cheered Israel's military actions. (evil news religion sploid war weird)
• Sploid: Nature's Monsters: From coast to coast, a savage enemy is attacking Americans again and again ... from within. The menace is the common otter, a monstrous killer in the innocuous guise of a cute, harmless water critter. (animal cute florida news otter sploid terrorism us weird)
• Condoleezza Rice Holds Bathtime Talks With Undersea Representatives | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called developments "encouraging" on the first day of diplomatic talks with representatives from the underwater kingdom of Rubba Dubdub, which were held in the spacious bathtub of Rice's private D.C. residence on Monday (humor news photo politics theonion us washingtondc)
• New Oliver Stone 9/11 Film Introduces 'Single Plane' Theory | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone said Monday that his new film World Trade Center unveils "compelling and controversial" new evidence that a single plane was responsible for all four collisions in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on (9/11 humor movie news theonion us)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-08

• the Figure Drawing LAB: This site is devoted to better understanding of the elements that make up the human figure and how to better portray them. It is intended as a resource for artists and art students who work with the human form. (art drawing howto reference)
• OSSEC HIDS - Open Source Security: OSSEC HIDS is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, rootkit detection, time-based alerting and active response. (administration gpl linux security software unix windows)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-07

• Boing Boing: Only traitors try to make us afraid of terrorists: The point of terrorism is to create terror, and by cynically convincing us that our very countries are at risk from terrorism, our politicians have delivered utter victory to the terrorists: we are terrified. (boingboing liberty politics rant security terrorism us)
• George W. Bush's Weekly Radio Address: Apocalypse Update (audio bush mp3 news oil politics scifi theonion war)
• Prohibitively High Rocket-Fuel Prices Bring Mideast Crisis To Standstill | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: As the cost of rocket fuel soared to $630 per gallon Monday, Middle Easterners who depend on the non-renewable propellant to power 10-kilogram rockets have been forced to severely restrict their daily bombing routines. (funny humor israel news politics theonion war)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-06

• Mel Gibson Launches Rocket Attack Into Israel: (audio humor israel melgibson mp3 news theonion war)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-04

• SCIFI.COM | The Amazing Screw-On Head: H.P. Lovecraft meets steampunk meets Abraham Lincoln. (cartoon humor scifi video weird)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-03

• Historic Preservation Ordinance - Bad Or Good?: One set of rules for government, another for citizens. (athensga georgia politics rant)
• Boing Boing: Steampunk cartoon from SciFi channel: Amazing Screw-On Head: SciFi.com is hosting the entire pilot of a proposed new animated steampunk toon called "The Amazing Screw-On Head," based on the comics of the same name. Mirrored on You Tube (sciffi is slammed). (boingboing cartoon cool scifi weird)
• Sploid: U.S. heroes bombed their gov't!: As World War II veterans returned home to Athens, TN,, shamelessly corrupt sleazebags ran the local "political machine." When the election of August 1946 was stolen, the tough veterans launched a mini-American Revolution and won. (crime evil history liberty politics tennessee us)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-02

• XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option: how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup. (administration howto recovery reference windows)

del.icio.us links for 2006-08-01

• Who Needs Congress or Courts With Bush?: The Congress writes the laws. The president executes them. The courts decide whether they violate the Constitution. When a president claims he can rewrite a law before executing it, he is acting as all three branches. (bush congress evil law politics rant us)
• Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: Bush: "I promise the American people that I will not abuse this new power, unless it becomes necessary to grant myself the power to do so at a later time." (bush evil humor news politics theonion us)