Entries for week beginning December 2, 2007
➠ December 8, 2007
“Ducky Wucky”
Best! Hall-of-famer player nickname! EVER!
The Bloody Sock
and Curt's "K ALS" shoes from the 2004 World Series.
Joy lurves Mike Lowell
No Hitters
Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe and Clay Buckholz are the last three Sox pitchers to record a no-hitter.
(Joy & I were there earlier this year when Curt Schilling came incredibly close to appearing in this display case)
Ted Williams infographic
Expected batting average by area of the strike zone.
Joy at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Turning 35 in style
Cy Young’s Red Sox jersey
NOTICE TO FIRST BASEMEN
"No Irish need apply"
When they said “Indoor Pool”…
...I didn't think they meant in every room.
Our hotel had a burst water main on the first night we were there, so we got bundled off to the Best Western next door!
➠ December 7, 2007
Sesame Workshop: Video
Massive collection of Sesame Street clips, all indexed and ready to play. The “Pinball Count”, “King of 8” and “Over and Under and Through” clips brought back memories. (Alas, no permalinks to videos)
➠ December 6, 2007
➠ December 5, 2007
Inside the 'Ron Paul' Spam Botnet - Research - SecureWorks
Interesting insight into the control interface for a spam-blasting botnet.
Edit your photos! On Flickr!
Flickr’s new Picnik integration is top-notch — Enough photo-tweaking power for about 80% of the population, I’d guess. And, effectively, a new implementation of “hohohohat”!
➠ December 4, 2007
OAuth Core 1.0
The OAuth spec is finalized. Let the mashing-up commence!
BBC NEWS | 'Kill switch' dropped from Vista
“Microsoft says its efforts have seen a drop in piracy of its software.” Alternatively, the fact that no-one *wants* Vista could be a factor.
➠ December 3, 2007
Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to Privacy: Tracking users who opt out or are not logged in. - CA Security Advisor Research Blog - CA
Even if you’re using Facebook’s privacy settings to opt-out of their new “Beacon” “service”, the info is still getting sent to Facebook who may or may not be gathering it. Thank gawd for Adblock.
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