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Last login: 6 months agoMark Reid is a 28 year old guy in a relationship from Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Jan 12, 2005 4:17pm    (10 reviews)  http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iP...
"Apple iProduct. You'll buy it. And you'll like it."
http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/EquationService/
Jan 3, 2005 5:18pm    (1 review)  http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/EquationS...
A Mac OS X Service that allows you to convert LaTeX equations in any text area to embedded PDF.
Schneier on Security: How Not to Test Airport Security
Dec 20, 2004 2:24pm    (1 review)  http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/20...
Whoops! A security test at Charles de Gaulle airport placed some plastic explosives in an unsuspecting passenger's suitcase to see if sniffer dogs could find it. They didn't, now the authorities have no idea where the explosives are.

I pity the passenger if he or she tried to enter another country with that same suitcase.
One night of a train's life.: Photo by Photographer Eugene Ilchenko -...
Dec 16, 2004 2:36am    (3 reviews)  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo...
Beautiful lighting...
Vectorpark
Dec 8, 2004 9:54pm    (114 reviews)  http://www.vectorpark.com/
Some beautiful, contemplative but slightly surreal flash do-dads to play with. The first one has the same sort of gentle puzzle solving as Samorost.
The Oblique Strategies Web Site
Dec 8, 2004 9:50pm    (15 reviews)  http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/
I used to have a copy of "Oblique Strategies" on my Palm III many moons ago. They are a collection of small koan-like statements that Brian Eno thinks will help you come at a problem differently.

The one that I found most useful to repeat to myself when working on my PhD was "making a brick, not building a wall".
First Monday
Dec 7, 2004 12:24am    (7 reviews)  http://www.firstmonday.org/
An online-only peer-reviewed journal with some interesting and timely articles with a broad but technology oriented bent. It's been running since 1996 so there are a good number of articles to read.
Hack your way out of writer's block | 43 Folders
Dec 6, 2004 2:02am    (5 reviews)  http://www.43folders.com/2004/11/hack_yo...
Having to do a lot of writing myself right now, this list of things to try when stuck is pretty handy. It seems the more you need to write the easier it is to get stuck. I really need to follow the tip about "unplugging the router".
The SU Periodic Table - a collaborative photo project
Dec 5, 2004 6:55pm    (135 reviews)  http://www.at94.dial.pipex.com/Periodic/...
Another fun, frivilous and collaborative web thing. Send in snippets of photos for the various symbolic names for elements in the periodic table. Being able to see the images and stories the snippets are taken from is a nice touch.
iPhotoToGallery
Dec 5, 2004 3:48am    (3 reviews)  http://zwily.com/iphoto/
I like iPhoto. I like Gallery. This plugin for iPhoto lets me export pictures from iPhoto to Gallery. Very excellent.