Archive for March, 2006

Debit-card fraud underscores legal loopholes

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

After reading some of the background article, can anyone tell me why there should be any support for H.R. 3997?

Flying cars spotted in Australia

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

A secondHyperdrive-driven vehicle has been spotted down under…

Q – free PC emulation for your Mac

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Q the free PC emulator for your Mac. Runs Windows Linux and more…

Life expectancy calculator

Monday, March 20th, 2006

Ok, my life expectancy is 99+. No freakin way…
Life expectancy calculator

Make Your Own Light Bulb

Monday, March 20th, 2006

Ok, everybody with kids out there, here is a really cool idea for a science project.

Collaboradate

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Beta site Collaboradate, is a compiler for other online dating service sites. Allowing for one stop shopping, with some added features.

Kung Fu Clowns

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Quite frankly one of the funniest commercials I think I’ve seen, and coming from the Yellow Pages?

Clik the pic to check out the Kung Fu Clowns

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Google Video of the Day

Hot peppers kill prostate cancer

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Hmmmm. I wonder how long it will take the herbal supplements industry to get the results from this study on their bottles…

YouOS – A collaborative web operating system.

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Nice effort. YouOS. Down for maint at the moment, but check them out tomorrow.

Bush Reaffirms Pre-Emptive Use of Force

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Ahhh yes premptive punishment. Maybe we should make a modified Brady bill for bush. Require say a 15 day waiting (cooling off) period before he can perform illegal wiretaps, or invade a country.

Greased Lightbox makes linked image browsing fun

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Greased Lightbox is a sweet script to enhance browsing websites that link to images (Google Image Search, Flickr, Gmail, Facebook, MySpace, and deviantART).
If you run FireFox you will need the greasemonkey extension
If you run Safari for your browser you will need the CreamMonkey extension.

Learn how to program in PHP

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

PHP for Beginners, a great reference for anyone wanting to start out with PHP programming.

VoIP encryption

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Thanks to Philip Zimmerman (The father of encryption for the masses) there is now a VoIP encryption standard proposed to the IETF. Zfone, if you run Mac OSX or linux you can get it now

Two drug trial men critically ill

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

I’m sure this is all over the news, but I thought I’d post it just in case…
Two men have fallen critically ill immediately after starting a drug trial.

LEGO(c) Building Instructions and Catalogs

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Ok, all you LEGO freaks out there. Here is a huge database of instruction scans and catalogs.

Just because you never bought that Dodge Charger – General Lee lego model does not mean you cannot build it yourself.

Curious, Sad, Typical…

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

‘South Park’ loses Chef in spat about religion

By RICHARD L. ELDREDGE | Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 01:40 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Former Atlantan Isaac Hayes has quit “South Park,” where he voices Chef,
saying he no longer can stomach its take on religion.

Hayes, who has played the ladies’ man/school cook in the animated Comedy
Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line
has been crossed.

“There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire
ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins,”
the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

“Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected
and honored,” he continued. “As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years,
I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.”

“South Park” co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The
Associated Press Monday, saying, “This is 100 percent having to do with his
faith of Scientology…. He has no problem — and he’s cashed plenty of checks —
with our show making fun of Christians.”

Last November, “South Park” targeted the Church of Scientology and its
celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a
top-rated episode called “Trapped in the Closet.” In the episode, Stan, one
of the show’s four mischievous fourth-graders, is hailed as a reluctant
savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a
closet and won’t come out.

Stone told the AP he and co-creator Trey Parker “never heard a peep out of
Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for
religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and
bigotry begin.”

ThinkVision 21-Inch Moniton $80 after rebate

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

I usually refrain from posting adds, but rooster was looking for a big ass monitor on the cheap…

Computer virus simulation

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

No silly, not a simulation of a computer, a computer simulation of a virus.

Interesting article.

Former Sex Workers Find New Life Caring For The Aged

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

I’m trying to remember a story a year or two ago talking about a strangely worded German unemployment rule, that could prevent compensation if the person in question did not accept work (including work in the “entertainment” industry).

Now I guess they have to many “entertainers” so they are converting them to elder care workers.

Ratings of the 10 Best Security Live CD Linux Distros

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

10 Best Security Live CD Distros (Pen-Test, Forensics & Recovery) �