November 2011
58 posts
48 years ago today, the BBC televised a daft...
I can’t help it…
‘Almost half a decade ago’ = less than five years? :D
(But seriously Doctor Who is awesome.)
Watchputthison:
Donegal Tweed at Molloy & Sons
I just got back from a visit to the UK and Ireland, and one of the highlights was a sidetrip to Donegal, and the two-man woolen mill operated by Shaun Molloy and his son Kieran. Donegal’s in the northwest corner of the Emerald Isle, and it’s known for its distinctive tweed. Donegal tweed is easy to pick out from other styles - its hallmark is the...
fbff →
onethingwell:
A small ffmpeg-based framebuffer media player.
I use mplayer -vo fbdev on those rare occasions when I want to watch a video and haven’t launched X, but if you spend most of your time at the console this is a great lightweight alternative.
sniffy →
onethingwell:
sniffy monitors network traffic for media hosting websites and streams them in your favourite media player. It aims to keep out of your way and help rid the world of Flash. It works in conjunction with any web browser, even Lynx.
It works with a fair few sites, too, thanks to libquvi.
Most ExeRent bRog: On Quoting Shakespeare →
mostexerent:
If you cannot understand my argument, and declare “It’s Greek to me”, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is…
spark →
onethingwell:
A little shell script that lets you generate sparklines at the command line:
spark 0 30 55 80 33 150
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You can also pipe stuff to spark—see this wiki page for some clever examples.
rosalarian:
ohblainers:
Obama has already said he will uphold net neutrality, meaning SOPA will be vetoed if it makes it to his desk
jam-the-fish:
blainesundapperthoughts:
princekarkat:
good president, best friend
#Obama doesn’t wanna lose his blog
He’s finally Tumblr famous. He doesn’t want to lose that status now.
“Guys, you don’t get it. I finally got my theme how I want it.”
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STOP SOPA, SAVE THE INTERNET →
wilwheaton:
Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know it. BoingBoing knows it. But, the Internet hasn’t been told yet — we’re going to get blown away by the end of the year. The worst bill in Internet history is about to become law. Law is very real here in the United States and legal language is often different than stated intentions —...
“When someone says “Kids won’t understand how two men can be married” what they...”
– Somebody Please Think For The Children (via sexisnottheenemy)
I mean, if anything, kids are gonna be told ‘that’s the way it is’ and accept it. That’s how kids work. Do these people even know any children?
