Panic’s lost 1982 artwork. Found. « Panic Blog
december 2009 by ulrichp
As you probably know, in the late 70’s Panic was writing VAX/VMS automation code for the textile industry. Cotton attenuators, zipper sublimation, loom dynamics, that sort of thing. What you might not know is that, once the early 80’s arrived, Panic got hit hard with two things: unkempt mutton chops, and Pac-Man Fever.
retro
art
videogames
panic
software
mac
awesome
from twitter
december 2009 by ulrichp
NYT_Transformer: Overview
june 2009 by ulrichp
NYT_Transformer is an open-source project based on a framework developed at The New York Times. Originally used to load XML into a MySQL database, it’s now a generic transformer that can be customized to suit various input and output types.
tools
software
webdev
opensource
programming
xml
php
database
mysql
nytimes
june 2009 by ulrichp
BBC NEWS | Technology | The end of an era - Windows 3.x
november 2008 by ulrichp
Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life. On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US.
software
news
windows
technology
computers
history
hardware
microsoft
os
november 2008 by ulrichp
Wordpress Theme Generator
october 2008 by ulrichp
Generates a widget-compatible WordPress theme by picking and choosing from menus and dropdowns, created largely using the Yahoo! UI for layout. This is pretty sweet; I think next time I go to change layouts I'll be looking at this.
development
tools
software
webdev
blogging
css
web2.0
cms
web
design
wordpress
wow
todo
october 2008 by ulrichp
Google Chrome
september 2008 by ulrichp
The comic explaining the ideas behind the browser.
interesting
software
internet
opensource
freeware
google
javascript
web2.0
comics
firefox
web
design
safari
webkit
september 2008 by ulrichp
Windows: Disable Windows Update restart nag
august 2008 by ulrichp
Windows installed another round of updates and now it's asking you to restart. Again. One simple command line entry can disable this obnoxious reminder.
howto
useful
software
windows
hacks
lifehacks
productivity
computers
microsoft
august 2008 by ulrichp
fish
august 2008 by ulrichp
fish is a new, extremely friendly shell for *nix-like operating systems.
development
tools
cli
osxcli
software
opensource
linux
unix
productivity
freeware
programming
august 2008 by ulrichp
Redmond Path 1.0
april 2008 by ulrichp
The Windows system variables window is absolute ass for editing your system path. Redmond Path makes it better.
freeware
software
tools
windows
interesting
april 2008 by ulrichp
Phun - 2D physics sandbox
february 2008 by ulrichp
A fantastic little physics sandbox. Create simple shapes, change their properties, watch them interact. A great way to lose a lot of time.
education
physics
science
freeware
games
interesting
software
videogames
february 2008 by ulrichp
Moonk! > Home
february 2008 by ulrichp
Turn your photos, videos, and mp3s into embeddable Flash applications with Moonk.
flash
freeware
web
interesting
software
february 2008 by ulrichp
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X Leopard
february 2008 by ulrichp
Creates native OS X applications for a single site, or "single site browsers." Has a JavaScript API for creating dock badges, Growl notifications, and the like from a website.
development
freeware
safari
interesting
internet
javascript
mac
osx
software
tools
useful
webdev
february 2008 by ulrichp
perl.com: Data Munging with Sprog
october 2007 by ulrichp
Sort of an interesting GUI way to do Perl scripting without ever actually writing any Perl.
development
programming
howto
interesting
linux
opensource
perl
software
tools
useful
october 2007 by ulrichp
StaticMatic
october 2007 by ulrichp
Static pages, Ruby and YAML style.
cms
css
development
interesting
programming
ruby
software
tools
useful
webdev
xhtml
yaml
october 2007 by ulrichp
xu4 - Ultima IV
october 2007 by ulrichp
This is so gotten. A multi-platform remake of Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, my personal favorite in the series.
freeware
games
opensource
linux
mac
windows
pc
rpg
software
october 2007 by ulrichp
Programming Nu
october 2007 by ulrichp
Nu: it's like Lisp and Objective-C had a baby. A highly parenthetical baby.
apple
cocoa
development
lisp
mac
osx
programming
software
technology
tools
interesting
todo
october 2007 by ulrichp
Daring Fireball: The Amazon MP3 Store and Amazon MP3 Downloader
september 2007 by ulrichp
The Amazon MP3 store might be the first real, serious competitor to the iTunes Store - it's DRM free, encoded at a higher bitrate, AND has variable pricing that starts LOWER than the iTMS. Hmmmmmm.
ipod
music
osx
shopping
software
amazon
todo
september 2007 by ulrichp
Joey Gibson's Blog - Export iPhoto photos to one archive
september 2007 by ulrichp
A plugin for iPhoto that exports a bunch of photos to a .zip, .tar.gz, or .tar.bz2 archive file.
mac
osx
software
freeware
interesting
september 2007 by ulrichp
err.the_blog.find_by_title('Full of Ambition')
august 2007 by ulrichp
Ambition is to Rails what Mnesia is to Erlang: awesome.
database
development
hacks
rubyonrails
software
august 2007 by ulrichp
Inform 7
august 2007 by ulrichp
Inform is a design system for interactive fiction, a new medium for writers which began with adventure games in the late 1970s and is now used for everything from literary narrative fiction through to plotless conceptual art.
art
books
computers
development
fiction
games
history
if
interesting
internet
literature
mac
opensource
programming
project
software
todo
tools
useful
videogames
windows
writing
august 2007 by ulrichp
Transforming a Shell Script into an Automator Action
july 2007 by ulrichp
Automator is a powerful technology for building custom workflows. But sometimes you need functionality that the existing actions don't provide—functionality that could be easily accomplished using the shell with a scripting language.
apple
automator
geekery
howto
mac
osx
perl
php
python
ruby
software
todo
interesting
july 2007 by ulrichp
Kempa.com: Vinyl Data
june 2007 by ulrichp
Adding digital content to music isn't a new thing - in fact, some musicians added Spectrum ZX code to vinyl recordings! Jawdroppingly weird. Includes some versions ready for emulation.
art
computers
emulation
games
geekery
hardware
history
humor
interesting
music
nostalgia
programming
software
technology
trivia
video
videogames
todo
howto
june 2007 by ulrichp
Mongrel: Apache
june 2007 by ulrichp
Apache + Mongrel Cluster deployment best practices
apache
rubyonrails
development
mongrel
howto
ruby
software
webdev
work
june 2007 by ulrichp
Mizuno's Super Airbrush PP Tutorial! (56K Warning) - Canon Digital Photography Forums
may 2007 by ulrichp
How to airbrush photos of people for that overdone lad-mag-style look.
art
computers
howto
photoshop
software
technology
may 2007 by ulrichp
nClass Software - Corripio
may 2007 by ulrichp
Software that works alongside iTunes.
music
opensource
mac
osx
software
may 2007 by ulrichp
Really easy field validation * Dexagogo
may 2007 by ulrichp
Exactly what it says.
ajax
javascript
development
internet
howto
webdev
web2.0
programming
opensource
software
work
todo
css
may 2007 by ulrichp
Official Google Mac Blog: Google data APIs connect Cocoa developers to Google
april 2007 by ulrichp
The native language for Mac OS X applications is Objective-C, and it's our preferred language for Mac application development. To make it simpler for us to write Mac software that interacts with Google services, I created a framework to use Google data AP
cocoa
google
mac
programming
software
todo
april 2007 by ulrichp
id-design, inc. | WhatSize
april 2007 by ulrichp
Note to self: download this when you get home.
mac
freeware
hardware
software
tools
april 2007 by ulrichp
How to Write a Spelling Corrector
april 2007 by ulrichp
...in 20 lines of Python 2.5 code, using a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories as your 'good word' corpus.
development
diy
programming
howto
interesting
linguistics
python
productivity
software
statistics
technology
april 2007 by ulrichp
Cocoa XML-RPC Client
april 2007 by ulrichp
XML-RPC Client is a free Cocoa-based developer tool for Mac OS X Tiger that allows you to access and debug XML-RPC web services from the comfort of your desktop.
cocoa
development
freeware
javascript
mac
programming
webdev
tools
software
todo
april 2007 by ulrichp
WTFPL - Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License
april 2007 by ulrichp
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE // TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION // 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
humor
software
opensource
programming
wtf
law
april 2007 by ulrichp
Leadwerks Software
march 2007 by ulrichp
Creators of 3D World Studio, a constructive solid geometry world maker.
videogames
interesting
software
windows
todo
march 2007 by ulrichp
Fun UNIX Commands
march 2007 by ulrichp
An interesting list. Most interesting to me is how to un-kill the OS X Dashboard, because I killed it on my Mac mini and couldn't remember how to bring it back on my MacBook. Whoops.
apple
mac
unix
linux
software
interesting
march 2007 by ulrichp
Hack Attack: Roll your own killer audio player with foobar2000 - Lifehacker
march 2007 by ulrichp
If you love to tweak and customize your software applications to work just the way you want, extensibility is key - and the free audio player for Windows, foobar2000, is the most extensible player on the market.
freeware
hacks
howto
lifehacks
music
software
windows
march 2007 by ulrichp
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
march 2007 by ulrichp
Customize the living hell out of your Windows install CD - add patches, remove unnecessary components, integrate install keys or SPs, and more.
computers
hacks
howto
security
software
useful
windows
march 2007 by ulrichp
Official Google Mac Blog: The Spotlight File System for MacFUSE
january 2007 by ulrichp
Tired of Apple's half-assed Smart Folders? Use MacFUSE to create Smart Folders that dynamically generate their queries from Spotlight data - Smarter Smart Folders!
apple
development
google
hacks
mac
software
interesting
tools
search
january 2007 by ulrichp
Mac OS X S3 Browser
january 2007 by ulrichp
A Cocoa-based administrative tool for the S3 application at Amazon. Requires an Amazon account.
cocoa
freeware
mac
opensource
software
technology
tools
webdev
january 2007 by ulrichp
Tweet = Twitter + QuickSilver | Archives | codablog | Coda Hale
january 2007 by ulrichp
Sweet! Coda Hale's glued together two great things, Quicksilver and Twitter.
mac
software
webdev
january 2007 by ulrichp
macfuse - Google Code
january 2007 by ulrichp
A FUSE-Compliant File System Implementation Mechanism for Mac OS X
mac
development
freeware
software
technology
tools
useful
interesting
opensource
google
january 2007 by ulrichp
BoxCloud: Dead-Simple File Sharing for Design and Media Professionals
january 2007 by ulrichp
"BoxCloud is a dead simple way for design and media professionals to share files with clients, vendors and colleagues."
p2p
software
tools
web2.0
mac
january 2007 by ulrichp
Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book
january 2007 by ulrichp
A book for learning Ruby. Sort of like Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby, but less obtuse.
books
internet
freeware
howto
opensource
ruby
software
todo
tools
webdev
interesting
development
january 2007 by ulrichp
Joe's Goals
january 2007 by ulrichp
A very simple goal-tracking system. I'm using it for various sorts of things.
health
lifehacks
interesting
exercise
internet
web2.0
tools
useful
work
software
productivity
january 2007 by ulrichp
Literature and Latte - Scrivener Gold
january 2007 by ulrichp
Scrivener is a new piece of software for the Mac aimed at writers who want to manage and organise projects large or small.
mac
fiction
freeware
productivity
software
writing
january 2007 by ulrichp
madvillainy blog: New logo for Mozilla Firefox browser.
december 2006 by ulrichp
"I think it's a good candidate for further versions of Firefox :)." (NSFW depending on your workplace, I guess.)
firefox
internet
humor
software
technology
december 2006 by ulrichp
The Duke Nukem Forever List
december 2006 by ulrichp
Daikatana began development 10 days before Duke Nukem Forever- Unfortunately no one was made John Romero's bitch when it hit retail shelves on May 23rd, 2000.
computers
games
history
humor
interesting
software
videogames
trivia
december 2006 by ulrichp
X-Entertainment - Dr. Sbaitso, From Creative Labs.
december 2006 by ulrichp
"...it's because of him that I found a temporary but much needed best friend. No, I'm not talking about my brother. I'm talking about the dude who lived in his computer. Doctor Sbaitso."
computers
humor
software
technology
todo
freeware
december 2006 by ulrichp
Geek to Live: Build your "PC on a stick" with MojoPac - Lifehacker
december 2006 by ulrichp
You're headed to your buddy's house and you want to play some World of Warcraft or watch a downloaded movie while you're there. You don't have to drag along your entire laptop to do so.
lifehacks
os
software
windows
december 2006 by ulrichp
SuperTux
december 2006 by ulrichp
"SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original SuperMario games."
games
linux
opensource
software
videogames
development
december 2006 by ulrichp
Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft
december 2006 by ulrichp
MultipleIE (Windows only) allows you to run, well, multiple versions of Internet Explorer - all the way back to 3.0, if you so desire. Great for testing websites, or abusing yourself.
software
tools
useful
internet
windows
december 2006 by ulrichp
Allen Riddle - OOP in the Enterprise
december 2006 by ulrichp
"But I fell in love once I started using OO design and learned from people who had been programming in Smalltalk. When done correctly and simply, you can't make programming business applications any easier."
development
java
software
technology
work
database
december 2006 by ulrichp
DadaDodo
december 2006 by ulrichp
"DadaDodo is a program that analyses texts for word probabilities, and then generates random sentences based on that. Sometimes these sentences are nonsense; but sometimes they cut right through to the heart of the matter, and reveal hidden meanings."
art
development
writing
hacks
tools
linguistics
interesting
literature
software
december 2006 by ulrichp
Picture Tile
december 2006 by ulrichp
"This program takes a bunch of images and randomly tiles them into one large image. The images need not be of the same size or aspect ratio. Images are chosen randomly, and no image will be used more than once."
art
development
freeware
photography
perl
software
tools
useful
december 2006 by ulrichp
DM's Esoteric Programming Languages - Chef
december 2006 by ulrichp
Chef is a programming language in which programs look like recipes.
cooking
development
food
humor
software
december 2006 by ulrichp
Monitor your Linux computer with machine-generated music
november 2006 by ulrichp
Use Perl and FluidSynth to create a real-time musical composition of your system status.
computers
lifehacks
linux
music
software
opensource
perl
november 2006 by ulrichp
defmacro - Writing A Lisp Interpreter In Haskell
november 2006 by ulrichp
Sounds crazy, right? But a Lisp interpreter written in Haskell is actually fairly simple, and this is a decent beginner's examination of Haskell.
computers
development
project
software
java
lisp
haskell
november 2006 by ulrichp
Seven habits of effective text editing
september 2006 by ulrichp
From the author of Gvim
computers
howto
lifehacks
opensource
software
technology
useful
writing
work
september 2006 by ulrichp
A gentle introduction to vim
september 2006 by ulrichp
I am forcing myself to learn to use vim/gvim, because my laptop chokes and dies on emacs (emacs is hueg).
linux
software
september 2006 by ulrichp
linmodems.org
july 2006 by ulrichp
Need to remember to get a Linux driver for my laptop's Winmodem before I head home this weekend. At least, I assume it's a winmodem...
computers
linux
software
freeware
opensource
internet
july 2006 by ulrichp
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