Remember these guys?
Congratulations to the Houston Astros — particularly Biggio and Bagwell — for finally making it to the first World Series in franchise history. I’m pulling for you.
ATTENTION HOUSTON ASTROS MANAGMENT: When we’re done with this World Series thing, do you suppose we can bring back those groovy Big Stick colored jerseys from the good old Nolan Ryan days? The Astros just haven’t been the same ball club since those were discarded.
“While the Houston Astros wore bright orange and yellow striped uniforms, Americans were experiencing an energy crisis.”
–Baseball Hall of Fame
Check out the recent Google Blog post from Paul, Gmail’s first engineer.
A reference for things worth remembering.
Web Development
http://www.webreference.com
http://www.webmonkey.com
http://www.bignosebird.com
http://www.dyn-web.com
http://www.flashkit.com
http://www.were-here.com
http://www.wavcentral.com
http://www.dhtmlcentral.com
http://www.soundrangers.com
coldFusion resources…
http://www.hotscripts.com
HTML Codes
DNS
http://www.networksolutions.com
http://www.register.com
http://www.domainsurfer.com
http://www.iana.org
http://www.zonedit.com
http://www.dnsstuff.com
http://www.dnsreport.com
dnsConcepts
Experts
http://www.techtv.com
http://www.thescreensavers.com
http://www.smartcomputing.com
http://www.overclockers.com
http://www.pcwebopedia.com
http://www.allnetdevices.com
http://www.astalavista.com
http://hotwired.lycos.com
http://www.earthweb.com
http://www.tek-tips.com
http://stein.csl.org/~lstein
Airport Wireless and general MAC/PC networking
Linux
http://www.linuxiso.org
http://www.ximian.com
http://www.slashdot.org
http://www.linuxdoc.org
http://www.linuxnewbies.org
http://www.proftpd.org
http://www.wu-ftpd.org
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com
http://www.apache.org
http://www.employees.org/~satch/ssh/faq/ssh-faq.html
http://www.plig.org/xwinman
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org
http://www.tuxfiles.org
more nix links…
Macintosh
The Ultimate Mac Software List: http://www.macrecon.com/the-ultimate-mac-software-list/
Mickey$oft
http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.asp101.com
http://www.asp.net
http://msdn.microsoft.com
http://search.support.microsoft.com
http://www.regedit.com
http://www.driverguide.com
http://www.iisfaq.com
Utilities
http://www.dslreports.com
pingUtility
sourceforge.net
MPlayer: plays any file format
Services
http://mail.yahoo.com
Worth Remembering
http://www.highfonts.com (not all free)
Fetch Book
Chambal
MyFonts.com
Portals:
http://www.aquent.com
http://www.aigalosangeles.org
The Creative Hotlist at http://www.commarts.com
Essential Nix Commands:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
scp root@server:/path/to/file /yourlocaldir/
o config daemons to Start@boot:
cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
ls
mv kxxhttpd sxxhttpd
(make xx unique to other sxx’s)
tar xfz file.tar.gz
cd file
perl Makefile.PL
make, make test, make install
mysql grant command:
mysql [ENTER]
grant all on nuke.* to yourname@localhost identified by ‘dog’;
Then, go to config.php and make uname yourname and pass dog
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/GRANT.html
UPDATE FOR JUNE 27, 2011: This one won’t go away. Just in this week, check out Let’s Make a Probablistic Deal, which includes a podcast.
Below is a post from 2005 that discusses this very subject. Note that the Monty Hall app we created has since been taken offline, as it was done in ColdFusion and I didn’t bother to keep up with the program’s server requirements.
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Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s been called the Monty Hall Scenario, the Monty Hall Problem, the Monty Hall Riddle, and the Monty Hall Puzzle. Persistent arguments over the years have transformed this initially harmless and entertaining logic exercise into a phenomenon known the world over as the Monty Hall Dilemma, the Monty Hall Dispute, the Monty Hall Debate, and the Monty Hall Controversy. Or my personal favorite, the Monty Hall War.
For those not familiar with it yet, it goes like this: [click to continue…]
Steven Wright. The undisputed genius master in the art of lateral thought. Here’s a collection of Wrightisms I’ve collected since the ’80s.
Steve’s material — particularly since the advent of the WWW — has taken on a life of its own over the years. While each joke is a masterpiece in its own right, it’s really the thought process itself that makes his humor so unique. Steve’s contagious technique of thinking has rubbed off on everybody who’s been exposed to it, and has clearly influenced the world as much as any revolutionary thinker in history. As a result, I’ve seen jokes posted on the WWW which are declared to be Steven Wright material, when in fact they’re not. Similarly, I’ve seen Steve’s stuff included in other joke collections which don’t give him credit.
It’s all good. At this point in history, it doesn’t really matter if the lines themselves are accurate word for word, or even if they’re technically composed by Steve himself. These lines, while mostly Steve’s brainchildren, are posted here as a celebration of the art form he created through his comedy. Let’s party. [click to continue…]
Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA, and Australia.
The pavement drawings have included both renderings of old masters plus a wealth of original inventive pieces of work. Anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint. The Portable Computer and the General Election drawings were commissioned by companies as part of a promotion and an event.
Client: Fandango
Logo Design for “Fandango Bucks” Gift Certificates
2005
Fandango needed a new logo for their gift certificates called “Fandango Bucks”. The logo needed to be separate from the Fandango mark, yet still reflect the Fandango identity. The original logo mark, which is an F created out of a ticket stub, was modified to include the two vertical lines from the US Dollar sign. Green was proposed as a replacement for the corporate orange in order to better separate it from the mother identity. The green suggests the idea of money, while the geometry is undeniably Fandango.
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