Matt Nelsen

Developed a little app on Yahoo Pipes that brings up my last week worth of del.icio.us posts. Used to use the del.icio.us utility that allowed for automatic daily posts, but it quickly turned out that the autopost was writing most of my entries. Now once a week I can review the links that I have seen fit to save.

So here goes, my first weekly del.icio.us review:

• FARK.com: (2955809) Senator Ted Steves (R- Internet Tubes) and Representative Don Young (R- Bridge to Nowhere) may face charges for bribery

  
  Dammit, should have re-read before posting.

Yep, been busy this week writing snarky comments on FARK.

• FARK.com: (2955574) Gas plant explodes in downtown Dallas. “We don’t know what caused it but we know it’s not terrorists”

  Seems like most of the people here missed the obvious Python reference.

And more FARKing going on. Used to live near to where this all went down.

• The download pot

  Many tutorials

Sometimes it’s hard to find good Blender tutorials.

• 33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity - Volume 2

• 33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity

I like bookmarking stuff to read later about increasing productivity. Once I get over my procrastination I may actually read it.

• Petits espaces, Inspirations par styles : 41 m², tout le confort sur deux niveaux - Marie Claire Maison

  How to utilize small interior spaces

Hey, I’m an apartment dweller, need to know this kind of stuff.

• Programming: How to build a Firefox extension - Lifehacker

This is another one of those future type projects. But finally I have found a good, concise explanation of how to go about this.

• [daily dose of imagery] crystal and light streaks

• Features : Radar Online

  Some tools for finding information online.

The kind of stuff you might want to know if you are a PI.

• Energy efficient cat camera - Hack a Day

  Something like this modified for people use would be interesting.

I’m interested in building a system that would be inconspicuous that could take a picture every 30 seconds or so as a way to log what I do through the day.

• Mark Coleran Visual Designer

  Need to check out this showreel.

• tag2find - better than searching | tag everything on your desktop

  Small utility for adding tagging data to files.

Tried this out this week. Not really what I wanted though. The initial setup took way too long. But I still need some way to organize my files better than what I have going on now.

• all about agile software development

  2×2 grid with importance and difficulty for deciding what to do.

This sort of thing is kind of obvious and natural, but helpful for making decisions.

• iTag - IPTC Photo Tagging Software

  Software that can be used to add tagging data to photos.

• FRANK BUCHWALD MACHINE LIGHTS | Design of lamps and light objects

  Some cool designs for lamps. Might be a good source for texture.

The original link to this described it as “Steampunk”. I’m having a bit of a personal backlash against the concept of steampunk right now, so I almost hate linking to it. However these lamps are really pretty cool. In some ways I might think of them as Art Deco instead.

• gWiggle Script at BlenderNation

  Adds extra motion to an object in Blender.

One of the problems I have with Blender animations is that the camerawork is way to smooth to be anything but CGI. I’ve been looking for a way to add some noise to camera movements to give a more natural feel.

• Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less - New York Times

  Some of these look OK. Maybe for ideas.

• magicwheel: 20 mph on a single wheel on [technabob]

  Kind of like the bastard child of a skateboard and a unicycle

Just happened to note that I am pushing 1000 entries on my del.icio.us account. Del.icio.us is one of the most valuable tools that I’ve found on the intarwebs in the last couple of years.

NOTE: future project: now that I have so many links in del.icio.us, I need to set up some sort of system that will select one at random every so often so that I can confirm it’s still useful and add to its tags. Maybe someone out there already has something like this?