How's this for a new Blogdex feature? The Social Network Explorer! Does a good job of catching who's linked to who, mutual-linkage and the like. And the recommended list seems cool though I'm not sure how it's generated. You'd think it would be based on who'd linked to the same content, but who knows?
I hope this get's on Blogdex, that would be self-referential-icious. :)
An Ice Cream for the rest of us. I didn't know this existed, (sorry if its old news to you), my favorite Ice Cream makers do a special edition in honour of one of my favorite sitcom episodes! Frank Costanza would most definately not approve.
I like this, a Xmas tree as interactive webserver. Click on the pics and the tree plays festive music to whoever's in the WPI computer lab.
Oxblood Ruffin "Foreign Minister" of cDc has written a piece for the Register entitled, "Microsoft, terrorism, and computer security". In it he argues that Microsoft's "security through obscurity" policy is grossly irresponsible in the light of September 11th and that, in the world we find ourselves living today, Microsoft can no longer afford to put it's marketing goals ahead of real concerns about the security of it's products.
This week has brought us a couple of moveable retro-gaming feasts to whet your appetite.
After the success of the PSp and VCSp, the DIY portable console guy now brings us SNESp. A portable SNES masterpiece complete with comedy photo-story walkthrough.
To top that we have not one but two GBA spectrum emulators! The Foon site doesn't give much away, but the screenshots on the Zxadvance one look amazing. Just grab a few .Z80s off World of Spectrum and give them a whirl.
By staring at this perplexingly puzzle-icious flash game over at input-entertainment.de. Use a variety of differently shaped mirrors and lenses to direct a laserbeam around a maze lighting up bulbs as it goes. Several of the levels took me a good half hour to figure out, but I'm up to level 18 so far. Beat that if you can!
MIT's Technology Review has an interesting feature by Claire Tristram on how our current notions of computer interface are in need of a re-think. [ It really is a lot more interesting than I just made it sound ]. via onlineblog
This article has to be read it's so funny. Read the original piece and then move onto the posts below, witness as war breaks out between those who understand the meaning of the word "satire" and those who don't. I found myself laughing out loud as people start taking the piss out of the h4x0rs and concerned parents who, even then, couldn't see the error of their ways.
Space-Invaders are back and this time they're out for a global graphical take-over.
Looks like those flat panel iMacs might finally be on their way. Kind of casts a shadow over the recent G5 rumours though, unless Apple are planning a realignment of the entire desktop range?
If you're as sick of the "How xxxxxx Are You" quiz meme as I am already, you might like to try this humorous twist on the theme, "Which Online Personality Test Am I". If however you find these things more than mildly amusing you might like to try the "Am I As Interesting As My Weblog" quiz.
Forget Linux on PS2 and DC, Adrian O'Grady is trying to program a webserver for Gameboy Advance.
The Register has a good round up of all the rumours surounding Apple's G5 machines and next month's San Fransisco Macworld Expo.
Amstrad's new range of mobile phones are reported to have in built ZX Spectrum emulation.
Everyone must surely be fed up of those Alice Deejay ringtones by now. Well, lucky people living in Japan now have the Metal Gear Solid 2 ringtones to choose from. You can download the Codec ring, the Discovery sound and another one. Game spoilers not included.
Visit the archive if you wish to skip merrily through time in a devil may care fashion.