This is just funny - Hackers got into an online game and ruined it - Hackers Put 'Bane' in Shadowbane
The population of an entire Shadowbane town was forcibly moved to the bottom of the sea, where they drowned. City guards turned feral and attacked town residents. Mobs of never-before-seen superpowerful creatures, seemingly spontaneously spawned from the ether, began to prowl the streets unchecked, killing characters in the most painful way possible.
As per usual, Cnet has some interesting things to say about digital music - State of the art: A medium reborn
I think I posted this before, but its still funny: The dullest blog in the world. For example:
Walking along at a steady pace - May 17
I needed to get somewhere and decided to walk there. I wasn't particularly early or particularly late, so I walked along at a steady pace.
Via Colin - you have to see Home Star Runner. Try these: Japanese Cartoon and the Intro. I feel bad for Strong Sad, though.
Oh, I also like the Trying to get a drink without actually getting a drink thing. Thats funny. This is funny here.
After seeing Matrix Reloaded last night, I'm feeling confused feelings. I'm going to do some spoiling, so don't read this if you haven't seen it. One question, what is the deal with Neo being able to use superpowers in the 'real world'? It seems to me that this means that where Zion is is actually still the Matrix. Like there is another Matrix for people who are not satisfied with the Matrix that was made to keep them occupied. Did that make sense? Anyway, I thought it was OK but not great. I agree with a lot of the things that Ain't it cool news said about it - for example, that the Burly Brawl scene with all of the Smiths was pretty much pointless. I mean, what did that accomplish? On the other hand, I do think the plot was pretty good if not a little too confusing. There is this corporate mofo guide that seems pretty cool (but even that confuses me. Plus, there are two other good discussions out there: here and here. In the end, I think the movie was good but obviously needs the third movie to make any real sense. Finally, one more site: Matrix Essays. Oh, and What's So Bad about Living in the Matrix?
Hivelogic has a really great piece about what it is like to not have a job - and to want/need one. I have a bit of experience with this thing, as I'm sure many college graduates do. I see it this way, either you get lucky, you look for a job for months upon months and enrol in a work-exchange program after working at an insurance company and move to a different country, or you go to grad school as soon as possible.
You have a single desire: find a good job or project as soon as possible.
When you drink coffee in the morning, you do so because this will heighten your response time, making you a more desirable candidate or project member and taking you one step closer to finding a good job or project as soon as possible.
When you consume food, you do so not to enjoy it, but rather because your physical body requires it to create the energy you need to talk to recruiters, potential employers, go on interviews, read and post to the job-boards, or perform the work which generates the money you need to pay bills.
css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design
Littering a dark and dreary road lay the past relics of browser-specific tags, incompatible DOMs, and broken CSS support.
Today, we must clear the mind of past practices. Web enlightenment has been achieved thanks to the tireless efforts of folk like the W3C, WaSP and the major browser creators.
The css Zen Garden invites you to relax and meditate on the important lessons of the masters. Begin to see with clarity. Learn to use the (yet to be) time-honored techniques in new and invigorating fashion. Become one with the web.
The Box Model Hack is a famous trick that fixes the broken 'box' model in Internet Explorer 5 for the PC (the Mac version worked fine). The idea is simple, but complicated: basically, there are "user agents which misinterpret the CSS1 box model by placing border and padding inside the specified width". The problem is that the CSS box model is complicated, and some programmers got it wrong in IE.
People take pictures of themselves in mirrors and post them to this site. This is the kind of thing that the internet is about, methinks. The Mirror Project.
Slashdot | Apple Introduces iTunes Music Store, iTunes 4, new iPod. This is big news to me, because I think the music companies are finally understanding how to do music biz online - you have to sell the mp3s, not license them.
If you like Donnie Darko and Domo-Kun, you'll love this: Domo Darko. (Via B3TA).
There is a conversation going around regarding the warranties that you assert when licensing stuff under the Creative Commons License, which is becoming increasingly popular. The thing is, I'm new to the law in this area - but I get the impression that the debate is somewhat understandable. As it stands, when you license something under the CC license, you are asserting that you grant permission for others to use it under whatever terms the CC license states. You are also providing some assurance that you have the authority to do so. Did that make sense?
I think what some people want is a license from CC that says only - I won't complain if you follow this license, but I can't say whether or not anybody else will. It seems to me that the purpose of the CC licenses is better served with the way they work now, and shouldn't be changed. Maybe made clearer, but not changed in meaning. If you have any thoughts, maybe you can read more at the Creative Commons Weblog: On Warranties.
So I've been thinking about going to law school, and I thought I would start a new category for that subject - maybe to encourage me to write about it. I'm going with Judge Dredd as the first entry here because I think the movie was great. So sue me. I am the law.
