- Oblivion: Make it Pretty
A collection of tweaks and mods from GameSpot for Oblivion.
Tags: video, games, oblivion, elderscrolls, mods, howto, tweaks, guide - CS Tidbits #16: Add A Mirrored Blog Screencast
How to set up a blog under Community Server that simply mirrors the content of an RSS feed.
Tags: howto, community, server, mirror, blog, rss, feed - IE7 Standalone (Updated for IE7 RC1)
Hacked version of IE7 to run in standalone mode.
Tags: microsoft, windows, xp, vista, internet, explorer, ie7, standalone - IE December Security Update
Microsoft does not support stand-alone installations of Internet Explorer.
Tags: microsoft, windows, xp, vista, internet, explorer, ie7, standalone - Sizing memory for virtual machines appropriately
Ben Armstrong shows us how to calculate the appropriate amount of memory for our virtual machines.
Tags: microsoft, windows, xp, virtualization, virtualpc, memory - Creating Smaller Virtual Machines
Jeff Atwood shows us how to create a 641 megabyte virtual machine image of a clean, fully patched Windows XP install.
Tags: microsoft, windows, xp, virtualization, virtualpc, howto, minimal - Photo journal: Inside a Bolivian jail, Introduction
In San Pedro prison, the biggest in Bolivia’s main city, La Paz, is a small city contained entirely within the prison walls. (via IfElse Log)
Tags: photography, prison, culture, bolivia, jail - Scotty, Beam Us Up… NOW!
CBS will syndicate the CGI-enhanced episodes of the original series of Star Trek, starting as early as September 16th!
Tags: star, trek, syndication, cbs, cgi, enhanced, tos - Episode IV: What Has Changed?
Excellent changelog showing everything that’s been updated since the original 1977 release. (via BinaryBonsai)
Tags: starwars, star, wars, scifi, movies, reference, comparision - Video: Voice Activation in Windows Vista
This looks pretty hot, I have to admit - though I also can’t imagine using it much.
Tags: video, windows, vista, voice, activation - Conservative Desperation
Keith Olbermann’s response to Donald Rumsfeld’s speech reminding us that disagreeing with the administration is a constitutional right, and not a sign of disloyalty or a lack of patriotism.
Tags: politics, war, keith, olbermann, donald, rumsfeld, facism, disloyalty, dissent - A styleguide for people who don’t like styleguides
MTV’s one-page styleguide.
Tags: styleguide, design, logo, branding, identity, mtv - Complain productively.
Why you need to vote.
Tags: cartoons, vote, politics - ZOMBO-COM
Welcome to you, who have come to Zombo-Com! You can do anything at Zombo-Com! (I had forgotten all about this site until rocketboom linked to it)
Tags: zombo - CodeWeavers - CrossOver Mac
"Your Windows Applications, Seamlessly Integrated on Mac OS X" - This is pretty much a dream come true - install windows apps on your intel Mac without dual-booting or running a virtual PC.
Tags: codeweavers, macintosh, microsoft, windows, apple, crossover, emulation, virtual, intel, pc, osx, wine - Video: Female Streaker Scores An Amazing Goal
A female streaker at an Italian soccer match scores a goal - obviously, NSFW (via Miles)
Tags: video, streaker, soccer, football, goal - Video: Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces
Great music video for Smiley Faces starring Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell.
Tags: video, music, gnarls, barkley, smiley, faces, dean, stockwell, dennis, hopper, history, classic, rock, hendrix, marley, idol - Volkswagen Eos Factory Tour
Good article with great photos from a tour of the Volkswagon Eos factory.
Tags: photography, volkswagon, eos, factory, tour - The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
Excellent - Dead Gentlemen productions have created a sequel to my favorite parody of role-playing!
Tags: rpg, roleplaying, gamers, dorkness, rising, dead, gentlemen, movies - World of Warcraft Needs to Grow-Up
Fascinating idea here about letting your MMO characters age and die - passing on their attributes to their offspring. Imagine playing a fourth-generation warrior…
Tags: video, games, world, warcraft, mmorpg, mmo, rpg, aging, death - Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work
This is legendary in the comic industry, and it’s nice to finally find a good copy of it online.
Tags: comics, art, design, illustration, panels, howto, reference, drawing - Weta Originals - Rayguns
Rayguns designed by Weta. I want a Goliathon 83.
Tags: weta, rayguns, steampunk, props, models, guns, scifi - Video: Great "Hey Ya" Cover
Acoustic cover of "Hey Ya" by Outkast.
Tags: video, hey, ya, outkast, acoustic, cover - Video: Team Fortress 2 Trailer 2
The more I watch that gameplay, the more fun this game looks. (via Airbag)
Tags: video, games, team, fortress, trailer, valve, source, hl2 - Better Than Free Coffee
I might attend this if I’m there Sunday night.
Tags: event, apart, seattle, free, beer, coffee, tshirt, web, design, standards - Settlers on Xbox Live
Microsoft is going to release Settlers of Catan on Xbox Live. Hell yeah.
Tags: board, games, settlers, catan, xbox, live, video - Video: Eviscerate Zombies As Megaman
If you kill 60,000 zombies in Dead Rising, you get a megaman suit with a functional cannon. I cannot wait until I get this game.
Tags: video, games, megaman, zombies, dead, rising - Video: Yngwie Malmsteen - Concerto
In the same vein as that Canon Rock video, here’s a concerto for electric guitar that sounds awesome.
Tags: video, yngwie, malmsteen, concerto, electric, guitar - Video: Tracking down Canon Rock
"With all the lamentation about what YouTube is worth, this piece is one of those that reminds you that the real value of YouTube for users is how it’s opening up the world for amateur performers."
Tags: video, canon, rock, pachelbel, electric, guitar - The State of American Videogames
"But if I step into Electronics Boutique, these days I can pretty much only buy ‘Two Guys With Guns’."
Tags: american, video, games - Pluto mnemonic device contest results
"My! Very educated morons just screwed up numerous planetariums."
Tags: pluto, mnemonic, device, contest, results, kottke, astronomy, science - Rep. Harris: Church-state separation ‘a lie’
"Separation of church and state is ‘a lie we have been told,’ [Katherine] Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is ‘wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers.’"
Tags: politics, religion, church, state, katherine, harris - The Size Of Our World
Great set of infographics showing the relative scale of objects in the solar system and beyond.
Tags: astronomy, science, space, planets, infographic, visualization, reference - Video: Mario Twins
Old School: "It’s called Mairio Twins. They look the same! They look so goddamn like the same person. I would say to them, ‘You want ice cream cone?’ both of them say yes."
Tags: flash, video, mario, twins, groupx, nintendo, super, brothers - Video: Dad Raps MC Chris
Older gentleman raps "Fett’s Vette" by MC Chris.
Tags: video, mc, chris, boba, fette, vette, rap, star, wars - Jedi Archives Clones Long Room, Trinity Attacks
Appearently, Lucas is denying that the Jedi Archives are based on the Trinity College Library. "It is totally untrue that there is any connection between the scene in Attack of the Clones and Trinity College." (via Kottke)
Tags: library, architecture, star, wars, lucas, trinity, clone - Hail Storm, August 24, 2006
Ever wondered what a baseball-sized hailstorm looks like? (via Kottke)
Tags: weather, hail, photography, damage - How to read
Nick Hornby (author of High Fidelity) tells you to stop forcing yourself to finish reading books you don’t enjoy. "And please, please stop patronising those who are reading a book - The Da Vinci Code, maybe - because they are enjoying it." (via Kottke)
Tags: nick, hornby, books, reading, howto, read - Plastic: Trashing the Oceans
There is a ten-mile wide "island" of trash floating in the Pacific, trapped by ocean currents. Great article, but where are the photos? (via Kottke)
Tags: environment, garbage, trash, ecology, plastic, ocean
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