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Bookmarks for February 26th

These are my links for February 23rd through February 26th:

• Technology Review: Open Up and Say Eureka
  open source hardware.
• Future Pinball
  Future Pinball is a real time Pinball Development System. It allows you to design and play your very own pinball simulation in True real time 3D. It uses Advanced Physics to provide the best possible Simulation of a true to life pinball machine.
• Powermat | The Powermat System
  Utilizing principles of magnetic induction, Powermat pairs an ultra-thin mat with a receiver that connects to your device. The two parts of the Powermat system – mats and receivers – all work together.
• Powermat | Powermat Technology
  But Powermat technology is a scalable solution that can be incorporated into surfaces such as walls, tables and desks. No more searching for an electrical outlet – Powermat technology will revolutionize the way we use power.
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid ::: by Jeff Kinney
• Recruiting Hawk – About Us
• $100 Linux wall-wart launches
  A ver small arm9-like linux box for $100 with ethernet and usb2. Could make a nice little nas or media streamer.
• Rocio Romero, modern design and prefab architecture
  Cool ideas on houses
• Armed and Dangerous » Blog Archive » Why GPSes suck, and what to do about it
  But it’s not — oh, it’s decidedly not — and thereby hangs an entertaining tale of hacker ingenuity versus multiple layers of suck.
• Rocio Romero, modern design and prefab architecture
  The LV Home Series

Bookmarks for February 22nd

These are my links for February 19th through February 22nd:

• Longer is not always better – Renesys Blog
  In summary, we have a situation where a single careless operator in the Czech Republic tickled one bug (i.e., lack of bounds checking in the MikroTik router) that in turn tickled another bug (i.e., a problem with long AS paths on a Cisco).
• Slashdot | How a Router's Missed Range Check Nearly Crashed the Internet
  Chuck's company makes slashdot.
• Wide Awake Developers: Fast Iteration versus Elegant Design
  Iteration is one of the fundamental dynamics. Iteration facilitates adaptation, and adaptation wins competition. History is littered with the carcasses of "superior" contenders that simply didn't adapt as fast as their victorious challengers.
• Alphabettr
  G is for GitHub
  g is also for google, bill gates, gigaom, geek dad
• Unitech Toys:: Welcome to the Realm of Magic and Science!
  I met Olga and Victor from Unitech Toys. I stopped by on the last day, just as they were packing up and Olga gave me one of the demo wands from the show, and two refill packs of foil shapes. I'll write a GeekDad post in a couple days.
• Toy Fair 2009: Vex Walker Inspired By Terrifyingly Beautiful Beach Walkers
• Skynet Collaboration » NYC Resistor » Electronics, Hacking, Classes, and Workspace.
• TwitPic – Share photos on twitter
  WTF for Dummies: What The Heck.
• Beard-second – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• "The Laughing One!" T-Shirt Design by Reece Ward [2608540-1] – RedBubble
  why so serious
• NOBU

Amazon Link Marklet

Just a quick post for anyone using Amazon’s affiliate program.  Since it’s a pain to use Amazon’s own link maker, and the amazon associates toolbar creates links that are too log to easily paste in email of IM, I’ve created a bookmarklet to solve the problem.

This little marklet will take the current amazon URL, chop off the unneccesary arguments, and add your affiliate tag to the end.

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Hyena-Droid-Bomber/dp/B001GN3FXY/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1235341996&sr=8-16

Becomes:

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Hyena-Droid-Bomber/dp/B001GN3FXY/?tag=geekdad84-20

We could probably omit the ?tag= but I have seen instances where Amazon didn’t count the short urls and prefer this method of adding the affiliate tag.

To use this marklet, drag the following URL to your bookmark toolbar, then edit the properties and change geekdad84-20 to your affiliate id.  Or don’t edit it so I get the commission, it’s up to you.

Amazon URL

Bookmarks for February 19th

These are my links for February 14th through February 19th:

• Life Is a Feast: Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
• Hackintosh – The Next Generation Part 2 « Bassheadtech.com
• InsanelyMac Forum > Dell mini 9 OSX 4 Dummies
• Run Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) on a Dell Mini 9
• Hacks: Dell Inspiron Mini 9, Now Running OS X Leopard
• Boobs Will Give Your Kid's Nightmares. – Community
  A nice article on the over endowed Miss Forcible in Coraline.
• MAKE: Blog: Make heart shaped cupcakes without a special pan
  Clever way to make heart shaped cupcakes.
• Newton's Reflecting Telescope Kit
  This looks like great way to introduce the kids to astronomy
• Craftzine.com blog: CRAFT Valentine's Day Project Contest Winners
  Cool craft ideas for Vday.
• Old Fashioned — The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess — Small Screen Network
  A good history and techniques of the Old Fashioned Cocktail.
• LIGHTS ‎(artmarcovici‎)
  An interesting idea for using old film and movie trailers for lamp shades. I expect you'd need very bright lights to cast a significant image on the wall. I'll blog about it when I get time to try it out.
• Amazon.com: Shine On: 100 Years of Shiner Beer: Mike Renfro: Books
  A well written and interesting book about the history of one of my favorite Texas breweries. The Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner Texas is celebrating 100 years of beer.

YouTube – Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

YouTube – Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie.

Bookmarks for February 12th

These are my links for February 10th through February 12th:

• Steamcon: A Steampunk Convention. Seattle, WA, October 23-25, 2009.
  Tweeted by codinghorror: Cory Doctorow just had a steam-gasm
• pypcap – Google Code
  Packet capture lib
• dpkt – Google Code
• dpkt – Google Code
• TuxMobil: Wireless LAN Sniffer Applications and Scanners for Linux
• CAMSWITCH Quad 5-port network switch [Camswitch-Quad] : IP Phones, Cisco IP Phones, IP PBX, Analog Adapters, VoIP Networking equipment store – AddVant.com
• Veracity CAMSWITCH Quad 4 Port PoE Switch — VoIP Supply
• Newegg.com – NETGEAR ProSafe FS108P 10/100Mbps Switch with 4 Port POE 8 x RJ45 1000 MAC Address Table 96KB Buffer Memory – Switches
• myMix: Playing the DM again (part 2)
• Do the Stupidest Thing that Could Possibly Work — Global Nerdy
  Let’s suppose that once you’ve told your past self to avoid doing those things that you now regret, s/he asks “Hey, Future Self, what interesting changes happened — er, I mean, are going to happen — in the tech world?”
• Jenga – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The definitive source of Jenga history.
• Amazon.com: Milton Bradley: Toys & Games
  Milton Bradley on Amazon
• Amazon.com: USAopoly Donkey Kong Jenga: Toys & Games
  The Donkey Kong version of Jenga. Reviews are iffy, making it sound fun, but low quality.
• Amazon.com: NY Yankees Jenga: Toys & Games
  The NY Yankees themed version of Jenga
• Amazon.com: Jenga Truth or Dare Game: Toys & Games
  Jenga Truth or Dare. A promising grown-up themed version of Jenga.
• Amazon.com: Jenga: Video Games
  Jenga for the Nintendo Wii
• Amazon.com: Jenga: Video Games
  Jenga for the Nintendo DS
• Free Download: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference — Ubuntu Geek

Bookmarks for February 10th

These are my links for February 7th through February 10th:

• Axis IP network cameras – Product guide: Fixed network cameras
  Fixed network cameras
• Axis Communications – Network Camera Developer pages
  VAPIX® Version 3 (Firmware version 5.xx)
• Experiences with Magento at mydeco.com » Trusted Shops – The safe way to web shopping
  mydeco.com’s experience with magento
• Magento Themes – Magento eCommerce
  Another magento theme blog.
• Magento Showcase
  Nice looking magento sites and themes.
• Hottest “magento” Questions – Stack Overflow
• Magento – Blog – eCommerce Software for Growth
• Elias
• How to duplicate magento installation
  Copying a running magento store. Useful for setting up a dev instance, or moving test to production
• Override a Magento Core Module – Magento Custom Module – Magento Development | Explore Magento
  The proper method of over-riding a magento core block.
• How To Create A Module in Magento | Team Schogini
  Steps for creating a magento module
• Magento: Add Custom Module For Custom Admin Config Options | Pratthost Developer Zone
  short howto on adding admin config options.
• Packaging Magento Theme
  Another concise article on packaging a theme as a magento extension.
• How To Write Magento Custom Module: Cash On Delivery Payment Method | Elias
  Concise howto on writing a magento module.
• Affiliate Programs Directory – Make Money Online With Affiliate Programs And WhichAffiliate.com
  A directory of affiliate programs.
• So You Want to Make Money Online: An Extensive Guide to T-Shirt Affiliate Marketing
  A large list of t-shirt sites with affiliate programs.
• ShareASale
• Writing a custom module in Magento, detailed walktrough | ActiveCodeline
  Good overview of writing a custom module for Magento.
• 15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009 – Yahoo! Finance
  Rite Aid, Claires, Chrysler, Sbarro, Six Flags, Blockbuster, Krispy Kreme, Landry’s, Sirius, and a few others that I haven’t heard of or care about.
• Proxy Firefox through a SSH tunnel “how to” @ Calomel.org – Open Source Research and Reference
• BIGAVR Development Board | mikroElektronika
  The most over-the-top AVR development board. This thing has it all, buttons, sensors, LEDs and an LCD.
• Language Learning with Livemocha | Learn Foreign Language Free!
  This is awesome. Free language lessons.
• Amazon.com: Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras: Camera & Photo
  This, or the 400mm prime, would be great lenses for wildlife photography.
• Google Reader (1000+)
  After that it was not possible for me to think of my own religious tradition in exclusive ways. I just can’t do it. As a human being, I tell you that I can’t think that way. Emotionally, I just don’t have it in me. I’m always amused when a more conservative Christian wants to argue about this with me. Like some quote from the Bible or a theological argument is going to change me. I don’t care what you think the Bible says or doesn’t say. I’m not going to think like that ever again.
• Economy Size Geek » Blog Archive » Another Reason I Like InfoMania (NSFW)
  A nice look at Michael Phelp’s now infamous bong hit. NSFW solely for the liberal use of language.

Seth Meyer's take on Michael Phelps' drug use.

YouTube – The Se.th Me.yers S.NL Week.end Upd.ate ‘Re.ally’ Segment on Michael Phelps Drug Use.

If you’re at a party and you see Michael Phelps smoking a bong, and your first thought isn’t: “wow, I get to party with Michael Phelps”, and instead you take a picture and sell it to a tabloid, you should take a long look in the mirror because you’re a dick.

Bookmarks for February 7th

These are my links for February 3rd through February 7th:

• G’MIC, next-gen GREYCstoration « Linux Photography
  A free noise filter for gimp that appears to work nearly as well as noise ninja.
• American Science & Surplus : Excellent Small Motor Skills
  A possible replacement motor for the nerf vulcan.
• American Science & Surplus : Hobby Motors
  A possible replacement motor for the nerf vulcan.
• American Science & Surplus : Hobby Motors
  A possible replacement motor for the nerf vulcan.
• iphone-wireless – Google Code
  Wifi libs for the iphone?
• Arlington author tells Shiner's story
  A reasonably priced coffee table book on Shiner history.
• Flipside Wallet™- The Wallet Has Evolved
  Might have to investigate this someday.
• Oldest Animal Fossils Discovered | Wired Science from Wired.com
• Spotlight Gadget – HEXBUG — The Gadgeteer
  A short humorous review of the hexbug crab.
• Amazon.com: Game Downloads: Video Games
  Amazon's released their game download Beta

YouTube – Beer Time Stories hosted by Randy Peterson – Shiner Beer

YouTube – Beer Time Stories hosted by Randy Peterson – Shiner Beer.

Take a tour of the Shiner brewery without leaving your desk.