2019 November
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I'm trying out this "recent links" series where I highlight some stuff I've bookmarked. I used to just share them via Pocket, which get fed into the links list on this blog, but the problem with that approach was that I don't get to comment on each link about why I shared or bookmarked it. Writing them into a blog post gives me a chance to highlight them too. I've seen some other blogs where they have something like a weekly list of recent links, let's see if that works out for me. Firefox announced a replay feature that will
2019 April
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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. This article on the advantages of stealth wealth reminds me how my mom always gets on my case for wearing old and ratty shirts when
2008 December
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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. Blogged with the Flock Browser Tags: internet-quiz
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HOWTO: Be more productive (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) (tags: lifehacks productivity)
2006 October
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I'md reading a new one: Rob and Elliot: A webcomic updated Mondays and Fridays. Via Shortpacked.
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I don't really read a lot of webcomics. Well, at least not as many as some people. I generally prefer the ones with feeds. Here are the ones I follow that don't have feeds. That is, I like them well enough to bother hitting their website to check for new comics. Sinfest -- awesome. It's like a mature Calvin and Hobbes. Only with a talking pig instead of a tiger. And ninjas. And God! Real Life -- gaming-related webcomic. Despite it's title, has nothing to do with Real Life at all. 8-bit Theatre -- gaming-related webcomic. I think this was
2006 September
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Today's Dilbert Comic amuses me because I didn't think the term "guest chair" existed outside of our office.
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Google Trends: world domination, world peace People need to take world domination more seriously. I'd guess that at most 10% of the population have even seriously considered world domination!
2006 February
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Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user roytang on 2006-02-15 Yahoo! UI Library — Tagged as: coding web * Online test based on Jung -- Myers-Briggs typology — Tagged as: myers-briggs psychology tools * Japanese Wallpaper Site — Tagged as: wallpapers * TTCS OSSWIN CD -- open source software for Windows — Tagged as: freeware software * Video of a Real Transformer — Tagged as: cool tech transformers
2004 November
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Interesting read: There's this spouse of an EA developer who's taking it to EA's supposedly unfair labor practices on livejournal. Cool thing: A chess program that shows you the computer's train of thought! Interesting English Trivia -- yes it's geeky 😀 Tech news: Winamp is dead, long live Winamp! I actually like Winamp, especially version 5. There are quite a number of things I'd like to change with it, but it's a lot better than WMP. I wonder if there are any other, better (or at least promising) alternatives? People who have too much time on their hands: ‘King of
2004 September
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Something random found today: Some guy's gallery of comic-book (and other genre) characters as lego people And, for those three people who haven't seen this before: The Fight Crime! The guy who made the above javascript thingy (website: black-ink.org) had a link to some sort of online ‘zine about comics. I don't follow comics much anymore, but apparently, Peter David is writing something X-Factor again. And according to a friend of mine, he's also writing Hulk again! Now if only I had the money and patience to start collecting comics again...
2004 August
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It's been a while, I got a lot to say, some personal things, some random stuff from the internet. Let's start with the easy stuff, random linkage: First up, the Kingdom of Loathing, it's an online Stickman RPG! It's MMO (well, not really massive), it's wacky, and you can be a pastamancer! It currently amuses me... and I hate waiting to get more turns! My account there is "hungry roy" It's Quentin Tarantino's diary! Or is it? You be the judge! I was bored, and wanted something to happen with this blog, so I decided to submit it to Rice
2004 July
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Found this on kuro5hin: it's a fairly well-written science fiction piece. Link