Someone asked me today what my favorite tech blog was. I had to think about it a bit, but I eventually decided that HackThePlanet is hands-down the best thing since sliced silicon. I’ve been reading it since 2000, and I still enjoy every post. It’s a hardcore tech geek blog that’s avoided whoring itself, posting hardcore nerd things semi-regularly. Kudos.

I have a new favorite pencil,¹ almost as dark as charcoal (but without the mess). Great for UI design, comic design, and random sketches.

1. A General’s Extra Black No. 555 ↩

Some analysis of HTTP header oddities out in the wild. A longish list of interesting HTTP header fields and guesses at their purpose. My favorite pseudo-header?

X-Subliminal: You want to buy as many games as you can afford

Which is even based on RFC1097.

Here’s a strange, somehow inspiring French artist. You may also want to check out the interesting site and photoblog navigation style, it’s useful in an artsy sort of way. (Found on one of my favorite hip illustration sites, Drawn!.)

An Ask Reddit about people’s favorite Firefox extensions.

A large set of 200 calorie food portions pictures. My favorite mass:calorie ratio is Canola oil at 23g/200 calories.

My favorite web comic of 2006: What the duck, a wacky commentary about digital photography and nerd life.

A list of old MPW C error messages. Favorite?

“You are comparing two structures that have holes in them”

Some Saturday AM AtariST nostalgia, including my favorite Basic toolkit STOS. Fun, fun stuff.

A Deeper Look at Signals and Slots, a paper about my favorite eventing pattern.