Roy Tang

I usually log links to interesting articles that I read over on Pocket, which get fed into the links list on this blog, but that page only shows the most recent ones, so I thought I’d highlight some in a post as well. Recent science news: scientists have managed to image the event horizon of a black hole! Here’s a nice article about why that’s a big deal and some interesting science stuff behind it.

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I came across a website that provided an online Speed Reading Test. Most people I know generally know me to be a fast reader so I decided to take the test. My results: 472 words per minute screen reading, at 82% comprehension, which the website says classifies me as a “good reader”. Apparently the best readers can read at 700wpm at 85% comprehension, sounds tough =/ Try the quiz and post your results here.

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HOWTO: Be more productive (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) (tags: lifehacks productivity)

Darths & Droids (tags: webcomics funny starwars)

Fictitious Nonsense » Overriding a Widget in the Django Admin Site (tags: programming django widget)

Simple Search -- Gatherer -- Magic: The Gathering Beta version of the new Gatherer (tags: magicthegathering) BrowserPlus™ (tags: programming javascript web framework) Snackr: an RSS ticker for Windows/Mac/Linux built using Adobe AIR and Flex. (tags: flash software cool)

The eyeballing game Flash game to check how good you are eyeballing geometry. I got a score of 6.62. (tags: games flash)

83 free D&D adventures -- Dungeon Mastering -- Dungeons and Dragons blog -- DM tips, D&D books, RPG fun (tags: games)

NOOP.NL: Managing Software Development: Top 100 Blogs for Development Managers (Q3 2008) (tags: blogs programming)

Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering I'm bookmarking this because the www.magicthegathering.com redirect doesn't seem to work anymore. (tags: games articles)

fairleads: Rails 2.0 and Scaffolding Step by Step (tags: ruby programming howto rubyonrails)  

diesel sweeties: free, creative commons licensed webcomics ebooks The first 2000 strips of Diesel Sweeties have been released as cc-licensed ebooks. (tags: comics web)  

NASA Code Metrics (tags: software metrics)  

Video -- Earl Nightingale: The Strangest Secret | Creating a Better Life (tags: lifehacksvideo )  

HOWTO Juggle | Geekdad from Wired.com (tags: howto)  

Yahoo UI Library (tags: javascript framework web) YUI: Rich Text Editor for WordPress Plugin (tags: wordpress plugin yui)  

30 Websites to follow if you’re into Web Development -- Six Revisions (tags: articles webdesign) blueprintcss -- Google Code (tags: css framework) YouTube -- Developing and deploying an application on Google App Engine (tags: framework web cool)  

Gamasutra -- An Achievement-Centered Online CCG? Designing Kongai Nice game design article by David Sirlin. (tags: gamedev GameDesign)  

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU on Vimeo Wow. The actual animation is a bit creepy, but the delivery medium is awesome. Click and be enriched. (tags:animation video art stopmotion)  

YouTube -- Utada Hikaru -- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (tags: videos)  

Must Watch: I Am Legend's Original Ending -- This is Amazing « FirstShowing.net (tags: movies )  

Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes (tags: funny blogs quotes )  

Project Euler -- Computational Problems I think this can be used as a source for tech interview problems. Haven't gone through many of them though. (tags: puzzles programming)  

Flash Preview of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (tags: flash games) Kotaku -- Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest I like looking at shots of people's desktops. It feeds my geek envy. (tags: games industry screenshots)  

YouTube -- ?Can't Beat Air Man?????????????????? (tags: games)  

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test | PerthNow This is awesome. It's not a trick, and if you concentrate enough you can make the test go either way. (tags: cool psychology)  

STREET FIGHTER WORLD Wow, Street Fighter IV. That probably determines my next console... (tags: games)  

FMAHQ.com Full Metal Alchemist scans (tags: manga) Null -- This website doesn't exist! One Piece scans (tags: manga) Step By Step: Share a Printer on Your Home Network -- Lifehacker (tags: howto)  

VML -- the Vector Markup Language -- path element Just need to note this for work. 🙂 (tags: tech)  

Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3) (tags: programming windows)  

SlideRocket (tags: flex) Demo of Virtual Ubiquity's Buzzword web word processor recorded by Dan Bricklin (tags: flex) Picnik -- Photo Editing Webapp (tags: flex)  

YouTube -- Algorithm March with Prisoners The inmates at a prison in Cebu perform the Algorithm March from Pythagoras Switch (tags: music weird pinoy) YouTube -- "Thriller" The inmates at a prison in Cebu perform the "Thriller" video. This has got to be a really entertaining prison. (tags: music weird pinoy) Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date -- Gizmodo

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The Official GS Manga! This page has Fan-translated Phoenix Wright manga (tags: games manga)  

Blogging Ultima A blog about playing through each one of the Ultima games, in sequence. I should do this. For Final Fantasy. When I retire or something. (tags: games) jmonkeyengine.com -- About Java game engine (tags: java programming gamedev)  

Yawgatog.com -- Resources -- Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules Changes from Set to Set (tags: magicthegathering) Yawgatog.com -- Resources -- Magic: The Gathering Oracle Changes from Set to Set (tags: magicthegathering)  

Scott H Young » 29 Happiness Hacks to Feel Better Now (tags: lifehacks)  

Amazon.com: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich: Books: Timothy Ferriss (tags: books-to-look-for)  

50 Tools that can Increase your Writing Skills Dumb Little Man (tags: articles writing)  

Tech Life Most start-ups fail -- Rands In Repose: 1.0 (tags: entrepreneurship articles software) Rands In Repose: Free Electron (tags: hackers productivity software) Rands In Repose: Taking Time to Think (tags: articles productivity software) quixoticals: The Most Frustrating Super Mario Mod Ever What an unspeakably cruel pair of stages. (tags: games funny)  

Nikon | Universcale A flash webapp that shows you a scale of everything in the universe. Gives a nice sense of perspective. (tags: flash cool)

Create a Linux Desktop App In 14 Minutes Using QDevelop and QT4 (tags: linux programming)  

Desktop Tower Defense Okay, I wasted about an hour of my time playing this. On easy mode. And I couldn't finish it. I suck on tower defense. (tags: flash games web-games) How-to: Installing Ubuntu Linux on a usb pendrive | Debian/Ubuntu Tips & Tricks (tags: howto linux usb)  

Chiz Escudero Real Ultimate Facts!!! (tags: politics ) Coding Horror: Top 6 List of Programming Top 10 Lists (tags: programming )  

Understanding Your Intelligence -- The Best Resources | steve-olson.com I want to read all of those... (tags: lifehacks)  

DS Fanboy (tags: games blogs) papafuji's DS Adventures Page (tags: games)  

Pinoy Vote -- Philippine Election 2007 (tags: politics pinoy )  

Independent Gaming -- Top 20 Free Adventure Games I'm dreaming that I have the time to play adventure games (tags: games indie)  

YouTube -- The Simpsons Movie 3rd trailer sw33t  

GameProducer.Net » Carnival of Game Production -- Second Edition (tags: gamedev)  

Software is hard | Salon Books (tags: articles software-development) Super Mario Bros 3 | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation Cool and very geeky SMB3 theme for Firefox. Unfortunately, it takes up far too much screen real-estate. (tags: firefox themes) Convince Me -- Debate Online I love it that the internet gets a dedicates debating website and the #1 item is "

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