Archive for December, 2004

New York Times Link Generator

Friday, December 31st, 2004

Need to link to a New York Times article from your weblog? Enter your link here, and we’ll give you the weblog-safe link.

Karateka

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004

High a top a craggy cliff, guarded by an army of fierce warriors, stands the fortress of the evil warlord, Akuma…

So begins the game of Karateka from Broderbund Software. Written by Jordan Mechner, it was a favorite of mine back in 1984 on my Apple 2 Plus.

You can revisit those halcyon days via an online emulator at virtualappple.com.

Search Google Sponsored Links

Tuesday, December 28th, 2004

Enter your last name into the search box.

The general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

AKA Zeitgeist

Based on billions of searches conducted by Google users around the world, the 2004 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year’s major events and trends.

Popular Consumer Electronics, Popular Computer Goods and Popular Tech Stuff are just a few representative categories.

Recording Streaming Media

Tuesday, December 21st, 2004

MPlayer Free
Less user-friendly, but it can dump the original stream to disk.

Total Recorder $11.95
Captures the decoded audio signal and not the original stream, resulting in some loss of quality.

Stream Down $39.00
A more easy-to-use interface (Windows) that allows one to rip streams.

Free Web Photo Album Software – JALbum

Monday, December 20th, 2004

This photo gallery software makes web albums of your digital images. JAlbum aims to be the easiest to use and most powerful tool in this category – and free!

Yahoo Video Search

Thursday, December 16th, 2004

Search for videos across the web.