These are my links for September 8th through September 19th:

• Foldit – Solve Puzzles for Science
• Getting Started on the Google+ API – Google+ Platform Blog –
• Freetronics –
• HTML5 Rocks – A resource for open web HTML5 developers
• Shako Solenoid Valve for Water Drop Collision Photography –
• Secularism and Its Discontents : The New Yorker –
• CastingWords – Transcription services: Audio, Video, CD/DVDs… 
• Amazon Mechanical Turk –
• HiViz.com – Learn High Speed Photography. DIY kits
• David Scott Lewis, the mystery hacker who inspired the film "War Games" | VentureBeat –
• David Scott Lewis, the hacker who inspired WarGames –
• 1980s in film – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia –
• UT Painter Hall Telescope –
• Czech Heritage Society of Texas –
• The Algorithm: Idiom of Modern Science –

These are my links for August 14th through September 4th:

• Downloads (2010-2011 Fall) | CS 193P iPhone Application Development –
• UIPickerView – Creating a simple picker view | iPhone SDK Articles –
• Steve Jobs: Jerry Pournelle Reflects –
• Dreamstime – Stock Photography
• Fotolia.com – Royalty Free Stock Photos
• Evernote software company plans new studio, aggressive hiring in Austin –
• Five Ways to Speed Up Lightroom – O’Reilly Digital Media Blog –
• Does the 1796-97 Treaty with Tripoli Matter to Church/State Separation? –
• Python documentation –
• Why most people don’t finish video games –
• Tracking the Trackers: To Catch a History Thief | Stanford Center for Internet and Society –
• Violet Crown Trail | Hill Country Conservancy –
• South Austin Medical Clinic –
• World War II in Photos – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic –
• Understanding & Using Ansel Adam’s Zone System –

These are my links for July 25th through August 10th:

• Social Plugins – Facebook Developers –
• Matt Damon’s 5 Best Unscripted Political Moments | Pajiba: Reviews, News, Quotes & Cultural Commentary –
• WEB BROWSER COLOR MANAGEMENT Tutorial –
• Mizar – Self sufficient dental care –
• Magic Lantern Firmware Wiki –
• The Mission to Get Osama Bin Laden –
• Developer’s Guide – Google App Engine – Google Code –
• AMD OpenCL™ Coding Competition – zero copy buffers
• Bitcoin P2P Virtual Currency –
• Allied Star Police – Owain’s Wish – Owain Weinert designed this game with the help of Popcap and Make-Wish foundation.
• OSX Lion connection error with Time Machine fix –
• Telnet Console for netgear –
• The Hot Violinist –

These are my links for July 7th through July 21st:

• How To Test a Lens –
• How to give your cat a pill in 7 steps –
• Labwarehouse.com – Surplus lab supplies, equipment and goods:
• Old Soul –
• Old School Color Cycling with HTML5 –
• The Truth About Guns – Exploring the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns
• Plnnr – plan the perfect trip, automatically! –

These are my links for June 28th through July 5th:

• DreamHost : Login -
• Folkmusician -
• Rick Perry Was a Democrat and Al Gore’s Texas Campaign Chairman in 1988 – He also was elected and reelected as a Democrat in the Texas legislature.  President Bush referred to him as “Ozone Man”.
  This will be a fun campaign!
• Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothball Fleet -
• RAIDS Online – Free Public Crime Mapping and Analysis -
• HP Notebook Can Apparently Shield Soldiers From Enemy Fire -

These are my links for June 5th through June 13th:

• Zen Backpacking Stoves – Homemade/DIY Stove Links –
• Independent Video Games – Wolfire Games –
• How to Build an Upside-Down Fire: The Only Fireplace Method You’ll Ever Need –
• Ultra Light Backpacking Gear | Ultra Light Alcohol Backpacking Stoves –
• The Garlington WoodGas Stove –
• AllTrails.com – Discover Camping, Hiking, Mountain Biking & Other Outdoor Trails
• Cool Little Miniature Stove –

These are my links for December 23rd through January 4th:

• Best Buy Masters Computer Science & Information Technology | Ratings & Rankings | GetEducated.com –
• CSU CS Online Masters Degree –
• Portalarium – Game Developer in Austin (Richard Garriott has joined this team)
• Car2Go Sweeps Austin Off Its Wheels – Car2Go to hopefully expand its area, and definitely expand its fleet with new cars
• bunnie’s blog –
• TF2 Backpack Examiner – Blueprints –
• Musican killed in home burglary attempt, authorities say –
• James Jean | Home –
• Chumby Spare Parts at Sparkfun –
• The animal world has its junkies too – Animals that get high
• MakerBot Industries – Robots That Make Things. –
• chumby sphere forum –
• Chumby hacker board beta – ChumbyWiki –
• chumby hacker board wiki –
• Texas State History IMAX Theatre –

These are my links for October 12th through October 30th:

• GitHub – Secure source code hosting and collaborative development
• getdefensive.com – Texas Online Defensive Driving Courses

These are my links for October 10th through October 12th:

• Feeling chipper, the wood ant caught bringing science to life –
• Pinballz Arcade – Austin Pinball arcade
• dzone.com – developer links
• Baguette et Chocolat – French pastries in Austin

These are my links for August 21st through August 22nd:

• AppsAmuck – iPhone Development Tutorials and Examples
• Creating an iPhone Application – Tutorial One –
• Application Submission Feedback –
• Olivia Munn Interview on Collider – via Scott Wampler

These are my links for August 18th through August 19th:

• How to Interview a Programmer –
• Getting the Interview Phone Screen Right –
• Microsoft Interview Questions –
• Intel agrees to buy McAfee, decides that security matters –
• Steam Game Performance Improvements in Latest Mac OS X Update –

These are my links for August 16th through August 18th:

• Stanford on iTunes U –
• Apple’s App Store Director Sells His Own Fart Apps – Shoemaker, who has been frequently cited in news stories as one of the top decision makers enforcing rules when evaluating apps for approval or rejection, did not respond to a phone call or an e-mail requesting comment.
• The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing – th classic guide, although the author has a tendency to speak in absolutes
• iPhone Programming Tutorial –
• Your beautiful eyes – extremely sharp and detailed macro eye photography

This video is of a 7 year old back in 1982 talking about programming on some local access show. He demonstrates coding BASIC on an Apple ][.

This strikes a chord with me, because around the exact same time, at around the same age, I went to a summer camp for budding computer nerds in the deserts of southern California. It was the same scenario too, we were kids learning BASIC on Apple ][. Our imaginations were fueled by shows like Whiz Kids and movies like WarGames. Not to mention the explosion of science fiction novels at the time. I still have the binder I used to map out my programs and keep printouts of them some 25 years ago.

I’ve never shaken that love of computers and programming, and I’m glad I got to grow up with it. Now that computers are ubiquitous, “hackers” aren’t such special snowflakes, but I still feel the nostalgia of when it was a budding science and I was still a bud myself.

Man, this website really is turning into a blog. So be it.

A book I missed, it happens much more often than I would like. Luckily it is now posted in its entirety here. Interviews with creators of those old games that you always remember, even if you need a little reminder. Back when coding a game took only one person. Back when every programmer seemed to dabble in games. It even has a foreword by John Romero.

Choplifter, Battlezone, and M.U.L.E.?

yeah, bring it on…

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