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Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.

Blog Archives

Month: August 2009

  • Disney to Buy Marvel Entertainment

    A million voices crying out in terror, etc. The fanboys of the world just work up to a pretty lame Monday.

    Warren Ellis:

    so I got this phone call from Joe Quesada and it was just the sound of him rubbing himself with money and now I am confused

  • Mac Clone Maker Psystar sues Apple for Snow Leopard

    [You have to admire either their balls or their total disconnection from reality][link].

    [link]: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/28/psystar_sues_apple_for_snow_leopard_exploding_iphones_update.html “AppleInsider | Psystar sues Apple for Snow Leopard; “exploding” iPhones update”

  • Weekly World News on Google Books

    [The venerable American institution in what looks to be a complete archive][link] on Google Books, going back to [January 6th, 1981][first].

    [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=4PQDAAAAMBAJ “Weekly World News – Google Books”
    [first]: http://books.google.com/books?id=b-8DAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1 “Weekly World News from January 6th 1981”

  • Hitchcock

    [A mobile storyboarding application for iPhone][link]. Looks great, and is a prime example of a wide category of iPhone applications: Stuff I want but will never have any practical use for.

    [link]: http://www.cinemek.com/hitchcock/ “Hitchcock – Mobile storyboarding for your iphone”

  • First Close-Up Image of a Single Molecule

    >As part of a greater effort to someday build computing elements at an atomic scale, IBM scientists in Zurich have taken the highest-resolution image ever of an individual molecule using non-contact atomic force microscopy.

    [The picture is giving me a headache][link].

    [link]: http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-08/ibm-scientists-take-first-atom-atom-image-molecule “IBM Scientists Take First Close-Up Image of a Single Molecule | Popular Science”

  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List

    [Probably a good idea to consult this][link] before you take the plunge tomorrow.

    [link]: http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ “Snow Leopard Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List”

  • TIGSource on Indie Brawl’s First Public Release

    [The independent games answer to Super Smash Brothers][link]. Featuring 16-bit art, beautiful chiptune music and your favorite indie games characters.

    [link]: http://tigsource.com/articles/2009/08/26/indie-brawl-first-public-release “The Independent Gaming Source”

  • Tile Drawer

    [Crazy-simple and robust-looking solution][link] for hosting your own [OpenStreetMap][osm] instance on EC2, with custom overlays. via [Andy Baio][andy].

    [link]: http://tiledrawer.com/ “Tile Drawer”
    [andy]: http://waxy.org “Waxy.org”
    [osm]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ “OpenStreetMap”

  • “At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry”

    [Bruce Sterling’s keynote][link], given at the launch of [Layar’s Layer Reality Browser][layar], is fun, smart, and full of a genuine excitement from Bruce that I really enjoy.

    [link]: http://www.vimeo.com/6189763?pg=embed&sec=6189763 “Video: Bruce Sterling’s Keynote – At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry on Vimeo”
    [layar]: http://layar.com/ “Layar.com”

  • Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad

    [An absolutely astonishing demonstration of a vector drawing application from 1962][link].

    [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg “YouTube – Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad”