Archive for November, 2007
links for 2007-11-05
Zipskinny - Census data based on zip code
(tags: codes stats zip location research data maps census reference statistics demographics)
Port Forwarding Tester
The port forwarding tester is a utility used to identify your external IP address and detect open ports on your connection. This tool is useful for finding out if your port forwarding is setup correctly [...]
links for 2007-11-03
How to Play Guitar for Newbies
(tags: le learning music tutorial guitar)
The Truth About Mortgage Markets
(tags: humor video mortgage finance panic)
Hacking Amazon Images
Amazon implements REST-full web services, and I think it’s cool, but on the other hand, they don’t realize how dangerous they can be.
For example, they have an (undocumented!) web service for the book cover [...]
links for 2007-11-02
helvetica a documentary
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type
(tags: art design font history independent film typography documentary)
Lynch documentary
(tags: documentary film independent art [...]
One Last Song review at Atomic Avenue
Atomic Avenue has some nice things to say about One Last Song #1
The future One Last Song paints is bleak, though perhaps not completely unrealistic given the current political climate of the United States, and the interesting artistic choices by creators CJ Hurtt and Shawn Richter, especially in the way of panel layout and scene [...]
Yahtzee’s review of Medal of Honor Airborne
All I can say is the review is friggen brilliant.
Zero Punctuation [Escapist Magazine]
