- PC Gamer interview: Half-Life 2 – interesting interview w/ Valve’s Doug Lombardi on how various game elements emerged from user testing, derived behaviors (physics, ai)
- EOS 10D 2.0.0 Firmware – getcha firmware right heah
- Reboot an iPod
- Hercules USB DJ Console Reviewed – whoa, looks cool; wonder how well it’d work for video?
- Yahoo Groups: LAVA, Los Angeles area Video Artists – site soon @ la-va.org
- The Best Page in the Universe – via Intellectual Whores (hmm, Ladder Theory)
- Apple previews Java 3D, Advanced Imaging APIs
- Q: What’s a good halloween costume that will get lots of attention? – definitely NSFW, not for the prudish
- Zimran on Longhorn/WinFX
- check out rc3.org for continuing good stuff
- Sony news: 20,000 layoffs, including 7,000 in Japan, 25% 3rd quarter drops, not as bad as the 98% plunge last quarter
- Linux Media Arts – LMA is building its entire product line of broadcasting and film software and hardware products to be optimized on the AMD OPTERON and ATHLON 64 bit processor technologies.
- Cinelerra – will need to give it a spin sometime (see also Kino, etc)
- Voicemail: don’t phone home – from Telepocalypse, Telecom strategy in the age of end-to-end networks
- Everything in Moderation – Creative ways to manage online communities and user-generated content. Wow, times are good when you find a new blog dedicated to an area of interest
- 1-800-Annoy me now – 12 ways to get out of recorded-message hell and get a live customer service rep. A CNN/Money article that’s useful, wow, thanks boingboing
- Mac DVD software: iRipDVD, DVDibbler, D-Vision, OXEx
- Setting the Record Straight: An Analysis of the Justice Department’s PATRIOT Act Website
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