Link dump for Friday 2008/10/17 after the cut. Visit the wiki version, now including a tag cloud.
Links:
- A Place for Strangers and Beggars – The Day Job (Writing,Link,List,LiveJournal)
- apache friends – xampp for windows (OpenSource,WAMP,Ms.Windows,Apache,MySQL,PHP)
- atomkeep — your profile everywhere (SocialNetwork,Synchronization,Tool)
- Battlestar Galactica: The Savage Barbarians Of Battlestar Galactica (Art,SF)
- BBC NEWS | Health | Brain boost drugs ‘growing trend’ (Brain,Health,BBC,Study,Results)
- bergundy – FanFiction.Net (FanFiction,BackLink,Fritz)
- Best Young Adult SF | Science Fiction Fans | LibraryThing (SF,YA,YoungAdult,Reading,Recommendation,Forum,List)
- Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests (Brain,Archeology,Tech,Dinosaur)
- Brendan O’Connor’s Blog – AI and Social Science » It is accurate to determine a blog’s bias by what it links to (AI,Blog,Politics,News,Statistics)
- Broken Koans and other Zen debris (Koan,Humor)
- Broken Koans | MetaFilter (Koan,Humor,MetaFilter)
- ComiX: browse more than 150 comic strips in one small interface – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (Comic,Reader,Tool,FreeWare,Review)
- Daily Nexog » Blog Archive » Extra Credit on the Strange Web (Link,Interest,Blog)
- Dark Roasted Blend: Project “Orion”: Powered by an Atomic Bomb Machine Gun (Space,ProjectOrion,NASA,Atomic)
- Defining Our Genre at SF Novelists (Genre,Writing,SF,Fantasy,Romance)
- DoorQ.com [Paul Chitlik's Blog - www.doorq.com] (SF,Writing,Advice,Guidelines)
- Ed Diment finishes HMS Hood — in 20-foot-long minifig scale! | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog (Lego,Ship,Battleship)
- Editorial Anonymous: How to Write for Trends: <i>Don’t.</i> (Writing,Publishing,Advice)
- Effect Measure : A rant about science educators (Philosophy,Science,Education,Teaching,Knowledge,Truth,Rant)
- Experimental Firefox Extensions: Experimental Extensions We’d Like to Go Mainstream (Firefox,PlugIn,Extension,LifeHacker)
- Family Relationship Chart (Reference,Chart,English)
- FSI Language Courses (Language,Education,Free,Course)
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mnr/st/std118 (Superconductivity,Space,Propulsion)
- Iain Banks » Iain Banks email Q&A October 2008 (SF,Author,IainBanks,Interview)
- ianmcdonald: New dreams for old (SF,Reading,Writing,LiveJournal)
- Invasion of the Genre Snatchers | Poets & Writers (Reading,Writing,SF,Genre)
- Knowledge Cartography (Blog,Visualization,Map,Knowledge,Design,Information)
- Kung Fu Monkey: The Giant Pool of Money (Economics,Bailout,2008,Audio)
- Links: Wormholes to Useful Sites (SF,Reference,Writing,Link,List)
- Literary Rules – Miss Cellania – Miss Cellania (Writing,Humor,Literature,English,Grammar,List,Rule)
- Memeorandum Colors: Visualizing Political Bias with Greasemonkey – Waxy.org (Firefox,Politics,Visualization,Algorithm,GreaseMonkey)
- Merchant of Venus – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (MerchantOfVenus,Game.Board,Game,Wikipedia,Pick)
- Merchant of Venus Image | BoardGameGeek (Game,Game.Board,MerchantOfVenus,BoardGameGeek)
- Mp3splt-gtk: powerful MP3 and OGG file splitting utility – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (Audio,MP3,File,Utility,Tool,FreeWare,Review)
- Next Big Future: Superconductor with critical temperature over 200K (Watch,Tech,Superconductivity)
- nihilistic_kid: How the other half lives (Writing,Publishing)
- Of Two Minds: An Interview with Charles Hugh Smith – Boing Boing (Economics,Market,Economy,Interview,Politics,USA,BoingBoing)
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough | Education IT | ZDNet.com (OpenOffice,Release)
- Patricia C. Wrede’s Worldbuilder Questions: Index (WorldBuilding,SF,Fantasy,Writing,Reference,Guide,Question,List)
- PDF import and hybrid PDFs – OpenOffice.org Ninja (OpenOffice,PDF,Extension,Import)
- Polls may underestimate Obama’s support by 3 to 4 percent, researchers say (Watch,Politics,USA,Poll,Results)
- Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek (Game,Game.Board,Game.Card,BoardGameGeek,SF)
- Race for the Galaxy || playthisthing.com (Game,Game.Board,Game.Card,Review)
- Rich Horton’s Home Page (HomePage,SF,Review,Link,List)
- S’mythology: OpenOffice.org 3.0 – Quantum Leap or Bunny Hop? (OpenOffice,2008)
- Sci-Fi Lists – Top Science Fiction (List,SF,Book,Reference,Fantasy,Movie,TV,Literature,Media,Review)
- Sci-Fi-O-Rama (Art,SF,Blog,Vintage,Retro,Illustration,Fantasy)
- Scientists mostly don’t know what a “theory” is, nor should they? – Boing Boing (Science,Education,Philosphy,Teaching,Theory)
- Search: Kosmix Delivers “Haystack” Searches (Search,LifeHacker)
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing? (SF,Reading,Writing,MindMeld)
- SF Signal: REVIEW: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (Comic,GraphicNovel,Review)
- Single-pixel camera has multiple futures: Terahertz version adds new potential to unique invention (Watch,Tech,Physics,Optics,Electronics,Terahertz)
- Skiffy (Blog,SF,Fantasy,Art,Illustration)
- Study finds value in ‘junk’ DNA (Genetics,DNA)
- swivet :: (noun) :: a state of extreme agitation: Guest blogger Courtney Summers on how rejections can be a positive thing. (Agent,LiteraryAgent,Rejection,Writing,Publishing)
- Take on Me: literal video version – Boing Boing (80s,Pop,Video,Remix,BoingBoing)
- TED: find and download your favorite TV shows – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (TV,Torrent,BitTorrent,Client,FreeWare,Review)
- TG Daily – Firefox 3.1 beta 1: Damn, this thing is fast! (Firefox,Preview)
- The Essence of the Rescue Plan – Boing Boing (Economy,Bailout,Analysis,BoingBoing)
- The Fix | The Day Job: Rookie Mistakes (Writing,Advice,Newbie,Error)
- theglen: 1,150 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG (Game.RPG,List,Hmmm,Humor,Satire,LiveJournal)
- Tip of My Tongue – Chirag Mehta : chir.ag (Writing,Word,Reference,Tool,Online,Dictionary,Thesa,Thesaurus,English)
- Topless Robot – The 10 Least Competent Time Travelers (SF,TimeTravel,Humor,List,TimeTraveler)
- Truth Invaders – Home (Game,Politics,Election,Flash,2008)
- TubeMaster Plus: download any media file from (almost) any site – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (Video,TV,Application,Tool,Utility,FreeWare,Review)
- Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » GM Advice:Gaming Systems (Game,Game.RPG)
- Wordwatchers (Watch,Word,Politics,USA)
- World-Building Resources for Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Writers (WorldBuilding,Link,List,Writing)
Tagged AI
Tagged Art
Tagged Author
Tagged Book+Review
Tagged Fantasy
- Defining Our Genre at SF Novelists
- Patricia C. Wrede’s Worldbuilder Questions: Index
- Sci-Fi Lists – Top Science Fiction
- Sci-Fi-O-Rama
- Skiffy
Tagged FreeWare
- ComiX: browse more than 150 comic strips in one small interface – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- Mp3splt-gtk: powerful MP3 and OGG file splitting utility – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- TED: find and download your favorite TV shows – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- TubeMaster Plus: download any media file from (almost) any site – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
Tagged Game.Board
- Merchant of Venus – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Merchant of Venus Image | BoardGameGeek
- Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek
- Race for the Galaxy || playthisthing.com
Tagged Game.RPG
- theglen: 1,150 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG
- Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » GM Advice:Gaming Systems
Tagged GraphicNovel
Tagged Genre
Tagged Movie
Tagged OpenSource
Tagged Pick
Tagged Reading
- Best Young Adult SF | Science Fiction Fans | LibraryThing
- ianmcdonald: New dreams for old
- Invasion of the Genre Snatchers | Poets & Writers
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing?
Tagged SF
- Battlestar Galactica: The Savage Barbarians Of Battlestar Galactica
- Best Young Adult SF | Science Fiction Fans | LibraryThing
- Defining Our Genre at SF Novelists
- DoorQ.com [Paul Chitlik's Blog - www.doorq.com]
- Iain Banks » Iain Banks email Q&A October 2008
- ianmcdonald: New dreams for old
- Invasion of the Genre Snatchers | Poets & Writers
- Links: Wormholes to Useful Sites
- Patricia C. Wrede’s Worldbuilder Questions: Index
- Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek
- Rich Horton’s Home Page
- Sci-Fi Lists – Top Science Fiction
- Sci-Fi-O-Rama
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing?
- Skiffy
- Topless Robot – The 10 Least Competent Time Travelers
Tagged Tech+Watch
- Next Big Future: Superconductor with critical temperature over 200K
- Single-pixel camera has multiple futures: Terahertz version adds new potential to unique invention
Tagged TV
- Sci-Fi Lists – Top Science Fiction
- TED: find and download your favorite TV shows – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- TubeMaster Plus: download any media file from (almost) any site – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
Tagged Video
- Take on Me: literal video version – Boing Boing
- TubeMaster Plus: download any media file from (almost) any site – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
Tagged WorldBuilding
- Patricia C. Wrede’s Worldbuilder Questions: Index
- World-Building Resources for Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Writers
Tagged Writing
- A Place for Strangers and Beggars – The Day Job
- Defining Our Genre at SF Novelists
- DoorQ.com [Paul Chitlik's Blog - www.doorq.com]
- Editorial Anonymous: How to Write for Trends: <i>Don’t.</i>
- ianmcdonald: New dreams for old
- Invasion of the Genre Snatchers | Poets & Writers
- Links: Wormholes to Useful Sites
- Literary Rules – Miss Cellania – Miss Cellania
- nihilistic_kid: How the other half lives
- Patricia C. Wrede’s Worldbuilder Questions: Index
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing?
- swivet :: (noun) :: a state of extreme agitation: Guest blogger Courtney Summers on how rejections can be a positive thing.
- The Fix | The Day Job: Rookie Mistakes
- Tip of My Tongue – Chirag Mehta : chir.ag
- World-Building Resources for Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Writers
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