- Reset TCP/IP networking stack in Windows 7 and Vista | L.A.M.N.K
I don’t know how my TCP/IP stack got corrupted, but it ended up being one of the most annoying Windows problems I’ve had to deal with.
- On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head – WSJ.com
Fantastic article on how a hairstylist from Baltimore performed some practical archaeology in her spare time, and introduced a new theory on ancient dress.
- ‘The Kidnappers Foil,’ a Local-Talent National Treasure – NYTimes.com
As scams go, this one was pretty bizarre. This director spent over 40 years, remaking the same movie year after year in location after location, as a way of scamming money out of parents who wanted to see their kids in the movies.
- Goats Yelling Like Humans – Super Cut Compilation – YouTube
Disturbing and hilarious at the same time
- Vokas Provision Co Chagrin Falls, OH, 44023 – YP.com
This nice lady called me Friday before last, explaining about how her company was offering a home-delivery organic food service, and that they were going to be doing demonstrations and samples in the area. She tried to get me to sign up to have someone drop by but something didn’t seem right. I managed to get the company’s number and looked them up, and what I found is a classic oversell con.
- Meteorite explosion over Russia injures hundreds | Science | guardian.co.uk
To wake up to a headline like this makes me realize that we’re actually living in the future.
- SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds
The Gollum & Smeagol double act of Baby It’s Cold Outside
- hms bounty hearings | gCaptain – Maritime & Offshore News
After the HMS Bounty sank last year during Hurricane Sandy, I wondered what had happened. I’d been aboard the Bounty a couple of years ago when it was here as part of the Tall Ships festival. I still have pictures on my cell phone of it docked behind the library – it was the guest of honor, displacing the Niagara away from it’s usual berth. This is a phenomenal series of reports about the hearings into the Bounty sinking, with enough detail to help even a non-sailor understand what was going on.
- Infographic: An Amazing, Invisible Truth About Wikipedia | Co.Design: business + innovation + design
Wow. This really is like a map of everything. With geo-tagging of articles you can see where we know what we know.
- Geocities-izer – Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996
I haven’t played with this enough to see if the backgrounds and GIFs are randomized, but it’s pretty fun nevertheless.
Category: x-personal
Random and intermittent postings about life, the universe, etc..
Protected: Lost…
Protected: Gralgbgrdlgbgrdg
Howto: Crosspost from Tumblr to LiveJournal
So there’s actually an easy way to crosspost your Tumblr posts to LiveJournal. It’s not automatic, but it’s not complicated either.
The first step is to copy the URL for the RSS feed of your Tumblog. Then, visit http://www.livejournal.com/syn to create a new LJ syndicated feed of your Tumblr. Note that creation of syndicated feeds is a paid account feature, but if you don’t have a paid account you can ask anyone who does to create the feed for you.
You’ll probably then be given the opportunity to name the new feed. If instead you go directly to the add feed page, that means that somebody else created the feed already. That person should be listed on the new-style profile page for the feed, so maybe get to know them.
Now take a look at the syndication page for your new feed. You’ll have to wait a little while before LJ grabs all of your Tumblr entries, but once it does everything you’ve posted or reblogged in the last couple of weeks will be listed here. You should only have to wait an hour or so, but if a whole day goes by without any of your Tumblr posts showing up, open up a Support request to ask about it.
When your entries show up, pick one from the list and visit its LJ home.
Once there you should click on the Share button at the top of the post, and then click on LiveJournal. If you’ve friended your own Tumblr feed, you should see a Share link when viewing your friends page.
After you’ve clicked on Share a new tab should open up with the Update Journal page, pre-filled with your Tumblr post. What’s pretty neat is that this keeps photosets together, keeps quote pyramids at the bottom of the post together, and properly links everything just as it did on Tumblr. On the downside, YouTube videos and sound files won’t work when you Share them inside of LJ.
Before you post your entry on LJ, you can delete the very first line, the one that says where on LJ you shared it from. Syndicated entries on LJ only stick around for a couple of weeks before they evaporate, so there’s not a lot of point to keeping that information. It’s also not necessary to get rid of it, I just think it’s tidier.
Protected: Owwies
Protected: What’s that saying about never meeting your heros?
Protected: So tired…
Protected: Three days in the bay
Protected: Weekend wrapup
Delicious Links for 2013-01-06
- The Web We Lost – Anil Dash
A brief reminiscence of the way the web used to be, when it truly was a realm of infinite possibilities.
- Grandmother faces up to her hair loss by getting her entire HEAD covered in a £700 tattoo | Mail Online
This is pretty awesome. If I ever lose my hair, I’m going to go with a horseshoe mohawk, like some kind of bird of prey.
- Daily Illuminator: The Incredible Plush Discworld
It looks like the elephants and turtle were pre-made, but I think the Disc itself was homemade. I so have to make one of these when we have kids.
- UChicago College Admissions, Mischief Managed For those of you who have…
How the university of Chicago ended up with a package addressed to Indiana Jones. The most interesting bit, from what I read, is that if you can put a package with what looks like canceled postage into the delivery stream, the post office will accept it and continue it on its way.
- 1982 volvo shihitbox left tire still has air – Ottawa Cars For Sale – Kijiji Ottawa Canada.
I don’t know if this is real, or an elaborate practical joke, but it’s absolutely hilarious.
- “I cant help it if some of the light goes across the road. Put something up in your window.”
A small spat between neighbors, with diagrams, over a security light.
- US Mint Testing New Metals To Make Coins Cheaper
Interesting, the way the various demands on and of coins determines how they’re made. My main thought, as I read the article, was the lengths some collectors would go to to get their hands on these test coins.
- 26 Moments That Restored Our Faith In Humanity This Year | Belle of Ravenclaw
I’ve been looking at this for a few days whenever I start to feel down on humanity.
- ‘Arrest us all’ | World news | The Guardian
Wow. A gang of over 200 women beat up and killed the rapist that had been terrorizing their community.
- Blink To The Future – A Doctor Who / BTTF Mashup – YouTube
Brilliant animated concept, not sure if it would work full time.
- Exclusive: Warm Bodies – The First 4 Minutes – YouTube
Looks like a promising movie, very dry humor.
- The real Bruce Wayne (morph between West / Keaton / Kilmer / Clooney / Bale) : batman
The idea is great, but the actual execution was wonderful. This same person has also done Jame Bond, the Doctor, and others.
- Skylab 4 Rang in the New Year with Mutiny in Orbit | Motherboard
I just love the sheer audacity of this. “Yeah boss, we’re not going to work today. What are you going to do about it?”
- Allow the import and sale of Kinder Surprise Eggs in the United States. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
The ban on Kinder Eggs in the U.S. is stupid. The reasoning is that you’re not supposed to have a food item with a non-edible object inside it, but that works on the idea that you might accidentally swallow the non-edible object. Have you ever seen a Kinder Egg? The egg with the toy is between one and two inches across. You’d have to shove the whole thing in your mouth, like some kind of stupid college-party stunt, to accidentally swallow the toy. Cracker-Jack toys are far more dangerous in that respect.
- 53 Terrible Jokes! – YouTube
Some of these are groaners, but by the end I kept having to go back because I was laughing over the next joke.
- House Naming guide – How to name your home.
Neat. I kind of wondered how some houses would get a name, and now I know.