5/31/11 Gil's LotD: Stuxnet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOwMW6agpTI#t=6m50s A lecture on reverse engineering Stuxnet, a very sophisticated virus. This video is very entertaining and informative.
5/31/11 Gil's LotD crap: 9/11
http://www.theonion.com/articles/cheney-waits-until-last-minute-again-to-buy-sept-1,2521/ "Cheney Waits Until Last Minute Again To Buy Sept. 11 Gifts"
5/30/11 Gil's LotD: 6502
http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html This is a 6502 CPU simulated at the transistor level in your browser!
5/30/11 Gil's LotD crap: Git
http://tartley.com/?p=1267 Git is simple!
5/29/11 Gil's LotD: Pixel art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art_scaling_algorithms Multiple algorithms are available to upsample pixel art (frequently found in old video games). Wikipedia's article compares several algorithms and shows some impressive results. This paper was also recently released and also gives excellent results. The supplementary material link lets you visually compare different algorithms.
5/29/11 Gil's LotD crap: UNIX
http://sysadvent.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-15-down-ls-rabbit-hole.html Tracing the steps needed to run ls.
5/28/11 Gil's LotD: Lady Gaga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4L4M8m4d0 A parody of Bad Romance by the graduate student staff of a research lab.
5/27/11 Gil's LotD: Pia Fraus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1MyVZEKbew Pia Fraus - Moon Like A Pearl
5/26/11 Gil's LotD: Line-crossing ceremony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony The Line-crossing ceremony is an ancient naval tradition.