Audi V8 travels 800 miles on 1 tank of gas!

A great segment where Top Gear attempts to drive 800 miles on a single 19 gallon tank of gas in an Audi A8 with a diesel V8 Twin turbo. This absolutley defies the laws of physics.

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Complete introduction to CSS

This article will take you through the beginning stages of picking up CSS. Covering; where to put your style sheet, creating a class, common CSS attributes, applying CSS to a HTML attribute, redefining a tag, shorthand CSS, pseudo elements and media-dependent style sheets.

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HOWTO: Be more productive

"With all the time you spend watching TV," he tells me, "you could have written a novel by now." Sadly, that's just not the case....

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The Truth Behind Bananas

After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

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The most artistic puzzle yet.

You've all seen the lame Xbox360 web puzzle. Well, try this extremly fun and artistic flash puzzle!

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Comic books on Itunes

12-Gauge Comics has started putting issues of it's series Body Bags up as a free download on Itunes as a "comicast" with voice actors.

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A better OS X screensaver than Flurry?

A very cool looking screensaver that resembles Flurry and reacts to sounds picked up through your computer's mic.

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Vertical Farming

At humankind's current rate of growth, it is estimated that by the year 2050, the planet will be host to three billion more people than it is today. Yet at present, over 80% of the planet's arable land is already in use, which leaves one to wonder how such a large number of people will be fed.

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Nintendo Zelda Twilight Princess (Revolution/GameCube) Gameplay Footage

Finally, there's some footage of regular gameplay of Nintendo's Zelda Twilight princess. Cowboy up, Zelda.

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How Fiber Optics are Made

Excellent video on how fiber optics are made(via make)

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100 usd laptop pic roundup

You can see $100 laptop's whole story.

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"AFTERGLOW" Is this how we will interact with a Future OS?

(Click on the Movie Link) You've got to see this to believe it! A Japanese guy uses a Laser Pointer to interact with the GUI to manipulate elements, bring up the tool bars, draws directly on the screen. Initially a Presentation Application, which may evolve into something more...

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Jet Pack Video Clips......."The Rocketman" in Action!

.....Makes you want to get your own Jet Pack!

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Bender Prototype ships in Tokyo?

This home robot can do all sorts of tasks, but owners say he is sometimes irritating. He interrupts conversations and ignores demands to be quiet. "One day I found him watching TV, which we never anticipated. Then sometimes he would start dancing..."

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Create dynamic images using PHP

This tutorial shows you how to create a little man holding a sign that displays various messages. (You know, like those you see on a lot of forum signatures.)

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Intel developing next-generation Power Mac for Apple

In a move that may surprise some Apple watchers, reliable sources tell AppleInsider the Mac maker has contracted the design duties for its next-generation Power Mac motherboard over to industry heavyweight Intel Corp.

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HandBrake Lite: DVD to iPod in 2 clicks...

The title says it all, kids...(mac only btw)...

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CSS Menu Generator

"CSS Menu Generator will generate both the CSS and the HTML code required to produce a text-based yet appealing set of navigation buttons"

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Top 50 Inventions - Scientific & Technological

In the past half-century, scientific and technological advances have transformed our world. PM convened a panel of 25 experts to identify innovations that have made the biggest impact, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen. Here, then, are the breakthroughs of our time.

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High Quality Luminous Powders and Paints

Think of the many posibilties.

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Trigonometry explained

Here you can find trigonometry explained in a easy way, with lots of examples and applets so you can "see" what's all about.

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Spherical Perspective - a brief tutorial

Fascinating re-analysis of how perspective can be created. It's amazing really how we can think about so many complex things, and leave the really simple ones behind...

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The ultimate educational notebook iBook mod

Really easy and fun educational style iBook mod, for those of you who use the iBook for school and education. Really easy.

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Micro Dwellings

"Low cost movable housing modules that can form different configurations on land, on water and under water. The Micro Dwellings can expand and grow together with other systems into small communities. They can be built onto rooftops of existing buildings or be suspended from a bridge or a wall."

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Mac OS X 10.4.4 Nearly Ready for Release

The development of Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update appears to be in the final stages at Apple Computer, as tipsters say the latest developer builds of the software are accompanied by only a few outstanding issues. According to sources and reports already present on the Web, Mac OS X 10.4.4 stands to deliver over 120 bug fixes to "Tiger" operating system.

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HBO ready to make deal with Apple for video.

Time Warner's HBO is interested in making a deal with Apple to offer programing for the video iPod, the cable network's chief executive said on Thursday.

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Own Steve Wozniak's home--only $8 Million

Steve Wozniak's home in Los Gatos California has been completely remodeled and is up for sale. Ever wanted a unique home? This could be your chance!

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New Apple PowerBooks 68% Faster using 28% less battery

If New Apple PowerBooks use the Intel Napa Platform that uses the new Yonah chips, that have two processing brains on a single chip. Then the New PowerBooks can be expected to run 30 percent to 68 percent faster on software programs compared with single-core chips.

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Make a Macro Lens from a Pringles Can

So, you like the idea of doing macro photography, but you think you can't afford it? Think again - with less than £1 worth of equipment, and a little bit of sweat and tears, you can build yourself a surprisingly good macro lens.

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Alogrithms Dictionary Online

This is a dictionary of algorithms, algorithmic techniques, data structures, archetypical problems, and related definitions. Algorithms include common functions, such as Ackermann's function.

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3-dimensional murals

There is a man by the name of Eric Grohe who paint's Murals so realistic that birds fly into it. He was replicated the greatest stone entry ways using only paint, on flat walls. you have to check out these pictures

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PHOTO: Slide Show of Laptops with "Transparent" Screens.

Pretty cool. I tried this, but it didn't work too well. These guys must have LOTS of time. I mean, getting the contrast, and color just right. Tough.

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Alarm clock wakes you with a noisy hovering chopper

This alarm clock launches a small, noisy helicopter to hover over your bed when it goes off.

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Download Google Earth For Mac OS X!

Ok, so you know there is a beta of Google Earth floating on the net. I'm sure you would love to play with it. Wait no longer my children. A VERY MYSTERIOUS person sent an email to UNEASYsilence's tipline with the download link.

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Steve Jobs Named Best Leader of 2005

No one in techland had a better year-or a broader impact-than Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs. Apple continued to set tech's fashion agenda in 2005 with...

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How to Mod Your PowerBooks Apple Logo.

Step by step guide to changing the colour of your PowerBooks Apple logo.

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BTSeasonPass.com : The best TV Torrent site out there.

BTSeasonPass is a new, simple site that allows users to define custom rules regarding what TV Series are shown in their torrent lists, filtering down the thousands of torrents that appear daily to just their preferred few. Shows are automatically grouped and sorted by Season and Episode number, making finding torrents simple.

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NBC iTUNES TV Ad

Well this was just posted on the Apple website. Its the NBC TV commercial for iTUNES + NBC

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HOW TO: Make Ballistics Gel

Here's a How-to on making your own Ballistics Gel

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Why Apple moved to Intel: IBM decided not to make the G5 for portable

Neat interview explaining how Jobs wanted to switch to Intel a long time ago, among other things.
"I've seen both sides of the Apple story because I sold the G5 to Steve (Jobs) the first time he wanted to move to Intel."

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How to Avoid a Wiretap - Wiretapping Counter Measures

Telephone wiretap and dialed number recoding systems are used by law enforcement and national security agencies to collect investigative intelligence and legal evidence. In this paper, we show that many of these systems are vulnerable to simple, unilateral countermeasures that allow wiretap targets to prevent their call audio from being recorded

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Coloring Black and White Photos

This is horrendously cool. You draw a bit of color on objects, and it colors them for you.

NEAT.

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Google Calendar expected 12/6

As the title says!

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Steve Jobs Anime T-Shirts

Skwat is a Belgian T-Shirt designer who sells a range of Apple-themed "Wear Different" t-shirts featuring Japanese anime-style characters. The shirts depict chibi iPod users giving the thumbs up, and Steve Jobs holding an iMac. There's even Jobs and Steve Wozniak holding an early Mac.

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9/11 Re-Evaluated

A look back at 9/11 and issues with the report. Semi-conspiracy theory

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Will the future reduce everything (including art) to an algorithm?

Automated scripts harvest source images from the Internet and run 24/7 creating artwork from the artist's algorithms. The art is dematerialized into 0's and 1's and once the cron job is set, the artist is no longer needed.

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Bored? Find Out What's Hot on the Net

"There are so many things to read on the internet that we need some sites and tools that read them all then hand pick the most interesting sites so we don’t have to."

Beat Boredom

Make An Ioniser - A Negative Ion Generator

Most technical wisdom suggests that while negative ions make you feel good, positive ions can cause headaches and nausea. This is why a negative ion generator can improve the perceived atmosphere in an office that has an unaturally high positive ion balance.

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Safe hydrogen storage breakthrough: catalyze it from ammonia bound in salt

Danish scientists at the Technical university of Denmark have developed a method to safely and inexpensively store hydrogen in solid form, using sea salt to store ammonia, which is then catalyzed to release hydrogen used to power clean and efficient fuel cells.

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Mac and a New Media Content Distribution System?

Think Secret claims that Apple is set to unveil a new media content delivery system, which will include feature-length content, expanded television offerings, and more...

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Fuel Up With Banana Peels

Mad scientist Doc Brown powers his time machine by feeding coffee grounds and other biowaste into the DeLorean in Back to the Future...

Now, What if we could double the energy efficiency of coal and reduce the United States' dependence on foreign oil? Carbon fuel cells, derived from biowaste and bananas, may do the trick. By Cyrus Farivar.

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Convert any image into ASCII art

Ever wanted to convert a picture to colored/black & white ASCII art? Now you can instantly with text-image.com's online converter!

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ASCII-O-Matic

Create ASCII images from their stock collection or upload your own!

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Toogle does mad ASCII art

Check this site out - it converts images related to word searches into ASCII art :)

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ASCII Generator

This is a fun text generator, just type in any text and hit "Do it" and there you go!

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Potential Full Spectrum Solar Cell

The realization that potentially indium gallium nitride can absorb most of the visible light from the spectrum could reduce the cost of solar cells several order of magnitudes, while increasing the efficiency dramatically. Could be revolutionary..

(nice...my first digg!)

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How the unusual symbol for the Apple "Command Key" came to be

Ever wonder where that weird flower-ish symbol on Apple Computer keyboards came from? Pretty interesting story in here about how Steve Jobs and his designers came to this Swedish symbol.

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Apple Files Patent for New Digital Camera

Apple patent references a digital camera. Will Apple surprise us at Macworld?

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Defrag and optimize your brain...

Here and I was trying to cram as much in there as I could...

Who would have thought that the idea of reading too much could actually hinder your thought processes. Hopefully, I have been ignoring the correct data all along.

Enjoy.

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Maze Algorithms

A cool page that shows all the theory and concept behind how various algorithms both create and solve mazes, with picture examples of everything. A fun read.

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Using a Robot to Win Online Poker

I've made a new friend to help me with my online poker, and he's making me decent money - at five tables simultaneously. So far we're averaging £20 profit an hour - and my friend doesn't take breaks.

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Our body's alarm clock

Ever wake up five minutes before your alarm rings? This mysterious phenomenon isn't just bizarre coincidence.

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Reactive cubes

"The Reactive Cube is an acrylic cube filled with water and light. It was designed to transform digital images into apparently physical objects. A 2D image is projected through a mass of water mixed with a specially formulated emulsion of oil."

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Aerogel: Remarkable Solid Compound

Once considered a novelty, now sought as the greatest thing since H20.

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Mac OS X Services (the menu you never go to)

There's a whole hidden side of text modification that is stashed away, yet right at your fingertips.

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Collection of cool Google Maps you would have never thought of

This blog is dedicated to interesting and cool google maps/mashups!

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How to Detect Lies: Eye Direction and Lying

Talks about how "Visual Accessing Cues" can help in detecting a lie by looking at the person's eyes and which direction they move, depending if they are right or left handed, among other things...you decide if it works or not.

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Apple release the Broadband Tuner - Speed up your broadband!

The Broadband Tuner allows you to take full advantage of very high speed Internet connections that have a high latency (5 Mbps or greater). The installer tweaks some system parameters.

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Hacking 101

Becoming Productive Quickly in the UNIX World

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How To Force an Elevator to Go Straight to Your Floor Without Picking Anyo

In 5 simple steps =)

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Picasso Van Gogh and Beyond

Some of the more interesting bits of Art History, a short piece.

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Hundreds of Free Textbooks on one website

This is a collection of free textbooks from around the web. The site is non-commercial, easy to browse or search, and has links to hundreds of free books and educational sites in a variety of subjects. Users can leave reviews of the books in the registration-free comment fields.

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Great Blender 3D wikibook / tutorial.

Blender 3D: Noob to Pro .. all you need to get started using opensource Blender!

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5 Image masking techniques

5 different ways you can mask the background out of an image. Page uses Photoshop, but applicable to any decent image proggy. Possibly as exciting as sharing dinner with Superman's pony.

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kick ass coffee table

Coffee table with integrated bookshelves like hanging files.

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Go To Harvard With Your iPod

Did you ever want to take a course at Harvard? Now you can, via your iPod. You don't have to be a registered student to download free podcasts of Harvard University.

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Physics, Math and Engineering concepts using Java Applets.

These are some cool java applets that demonstrate: Oscillations and Waves, Acoustics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics and much more. LOTS of fun to play around with!

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TUAW reader video of Simpsons playing on an iPod nano via iPod linux

One of our readers, flowolf, sent in this cool video of an AVI of the Simpsons playing on his iPod nano rocking iPod Linux.

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Paper CD Case

These days when you buy CDs or DVDs, you'll usually get them in a spindle. These disks come with no covers. Enter the Origami CD Case.

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Dreamlines

Really fascinating experiment with Java.

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Physics for Next-Next Generation Consoles

I really don't see this kind of physics detail turning up on 360 or PS3, but will certainly be real-time on PCs in 5 or 6 years (with a dedicated physics board).

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1980 Games Online...

Games From the 80s and early 90s. Lots of ninentdo and arcade games run right on the site... Enjoy

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Surreal Photos of Hong Kong's Urban Architecture

'Architecture of Density', an exhibition of large scare color photographs by Michael Wolf, reveals the sheer density of living in Hong Kong.

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Keep Track of TV Torrents with TVTAD

"TVTAD is an RSS feed reader with support for unlimited feeds. It will automatically download newly released TV episodes that have been added to your favorites." It's free and It works with any BitTorrent client (like uTorrent).

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Possible Google-Killer?

Seek search engine could have some possible advantages over Google. Some features include a sidebar of sorts that further refines a search, say, if you were searching for "Gears of War" the sidebar would display "Previews" or "Movies" for that game. Also, each site comes with a thumbnail and the option to preview the website in a new frame.

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Free earbuds from Apple

Apple will give you free earbuds, here is how to get them.

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TiVo adds Apple iPod support to TiVoToGo

TiVo Inc. is expanding its video recording service so users will be able to transfer recorded TV shows onto Apple Computer's iPods, according to an Associated Press report. By adding support for the MPEG-4 video format, TiVo hopes to capitalize on the immense popularity of Apple iPods.

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Draw in 3D and Spin the Project (FLASH)

Too hard to describe how cool this looks....

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Google map of Sex Offenders Near you!

This is very scary but very useful. It is a very accurate listing of all sex offenders on a google map. It shows the address along with a picture. There is one literally a block from where I live. Very useful.

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How To: Safe Sleep (Hibernate) Your Mac

Awesome hack that enable "Safe Sleep" as found on new PowerBooks, which allows Macs to save the current session and hibernate without a power source.

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spinning LED

Here is a description of how to make a Spinning Marquee with a row of LEDs. It gives some details, and has more to come later.

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Yahoo! Pirate Map using Flash

cool example of customizing Yahoo maps with Flash

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Gallery Of Computation....

This website cannot be described. It must be experienced. He writes computer programs to create graphic images. Fascinating work...

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BitTorrent, TV, RSS and Web 2.0 marry!

A great new service is about to launch which allows you to subscribe to everything, shows what shows are coming up and generally solves a lot of problems when it comes to BitTorrenting TV. Screenshots included.

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Phases of drawing a human

Flash recording of an artist drawing a fully clothed person, starting with the skeleton.

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Amazing FREE streaming music service reads your mind!

Enter your favorite artist and Pandora creates a playlist of music that is eerily and accurately similar. Sound quality is great and it runs inside your browser...what more can you ask for? Been dug before, but it used to cost $$$. Now it's free!

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Apple Prepping WYSIWYG Widget-Maker

Apple expected to release new product "Dashcode" for making widgets, unknown when. Has javascript debugging (breakpoints), WYSIWYG editor, plus a heck of a lot more!

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Mac-Pro Podcast Now in iTunes Videocast

Macs Gone Wild!!!


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Old Navy SALE!!!

If you hate doing your laundry as much as I do, this is your lucky day. Now you can save up to 75% at Old Navy's Fall Sale. Get polo shirts for $7.99, Tee's for $4.99, Dress shirts for $5 bucks! Yay!

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32-foot Glass Cube to Lead to Underground 25,000-square-foot Apple Store

Construction workers last week began to assemble a giant glass cube, which will be set like a jumbo gemstone atop Apple Computer's upcoming flagship retail store in the underground concourse of the General Motors building in Midtown Manhattan.

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Color Perception Is Not In The Eye Of The Beholder: It's In The Brain

First-ever images of living human retinas have yielded a surprise about how we perceive our world. Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that the number of color-sensitive cones in the human retina differs dramatically among people - by up to 40 times - yet people appear to perceive colors the same way.

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Subscribe to lectures from major universities. (free academic podcasts)

A long list of podcasts and descriptions of lectures that are available to the public. A great way to stay productive during a boring commute.

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Patterns of Visual Math

"An Introduction to the fascinating patterns of Visual Math"

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Pot not a major cancer risk

Although both marijuana and tobacco smoke are packed with cancer-causing chemicals, other qualities of marijuana seem to keep it from promoting lung cancer, according to a new report.

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Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System: Look Back�No Wires!

If you've been wanting a surround-sound speaker system, but all those wires draping across the room have held you back, Logitech has your answer--wireless rear speakers!

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Frog secretions block HIV infections

A new weapon in the battle against HIV may come from an unusual source - tropical frogs. Investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered that compounds secreted by frog skin are potent blockers of HIV infection.

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Give your iPod a blue tooth

Bluetrip (good name) is available for pre order.

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TUAW Reader Video of Front Row running on a Mac mini

Our reader, Zeno, sent in this video of him getting Front Row running on his Mac mini. I love how totally stoked he sounds in the video. Check it out!

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Laser-etched Powerbooks and iPods

Self-explanatory. Cool concept and powerbook photo, original site is currently down. Linked to boingboing.

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Hack-A-Day How-To: Automatically download and convert TV for your iPod

Using Videora and BitTorrent plus Broadcatching, you can set up your computer to have all your favorite TV shows loaded and ready to go on your iPod Video when you wake up in the morning.

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Watch Quicktime movies in ASCII through MacOSX Terminal

For those of you that remember BBSes, this will really bring you back! This converts movies in to ASCII on the fly, pretty awesome!

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Alarm clocks are bad. How to wake up and feel better.

Nature didn't intend for you to jump out of bed at the sound of a buzzer. This article gives a simple and free (as in beer) system to waking up more naturally that will have you feeling better.

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Accidental Invention Points to End of Light Bulbs

The main light source of the future will almost surely not be a bulb. It might be a table, a wall, or even a fork. An accidental discovery announced this week has taken LED lighting to a new level, suggesting it could soon offer a cheaper, longer-lasting alternative to the traditional light bulb...

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Processor Equivalence Estimates

This is a great chart which shows which Mac , Pentium, Pentium M, and AMD chips are equivalent. This was great when I bought a new laptop.

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Physics Flash Animations

"We have been increasingly using Flash animations for illustrating Physics content. This page provides access to those animations which may be of general interest. The animations will appear in a separate window."

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Blockbuster Hack: One Month Free Code

Anyone can use the promotion code "bbstore" to get a free month trial of Blockbuster Online. It's a promotion code for employees, but they don't check to see if you are actually an employee or not. As a current employee, I have tried it, and it works. I have also had several friends, who are not employees, try it, and it works for them too.

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Apple allows product trade-ins

Apple released this site for any recent orders of iMacs, iPods, PowerBooks, or PowerMacs. You can trade in you recently purchased product for the new version of it.

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View Apple's "Pulled" Eminem iPod + iTunes Ad HERE!

Just hours after being on Apple's website--the new "dynamic silhouette" iPod Ad featuring Eminem was pulled. Why? No one knows. View it here, just clicked Banned Ad icon.

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Rip DVDs for the new iPod Video!

Apple has restricted the video content that can be shown on the new video iPod to 320x240 resolution. This sucks if you have DVDs that are not in that format. Here is a simple guide for Mac users wanting to transfer their DVDs to their new iPods. Is there a podtorrent.com yet?

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Watch NOVA programs online for free !

This is great. The Einstein piece on E=mc^2 isn't online yet, but for now you can watch "Elegant Universe", "Cracking the Code of Life", "Life's Greatest Miracle", "MARS - Dead or Alive?", among many others. . .

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Recharge Standard Alkaline Batteries!!!

I know I know...Afrotech has been submitted before, but this is specific. Check it out. I'm gonna try this as soon as I get my soldering station back.

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Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple

Put down the remote and get schooled on Quantum Physics by Hans Bethe, who was the head of the theoretical physics division on the Manhattan Project. 3 lectures, 45-50 minutes each. Respect.

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Procrastination Hack: �(10+2)*5�

A great system for tricking your mind into actually working. Great for all the bored cubicle workers out there.

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PSP control for ur PC

Have you ever been sitting on the pot and wished that you could be checking up on your downloads or maybe even to see if your friend wrote you back. Well wait no more, now you can use your PSP to access your computer completly wirelessly.

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Calculus? No Problem!

Are you stuck in the middle of calculus homework?

Are you deeply worried about your graded homework for your calculus class?

Here's an easy to way to check answer & solve calculus problems. (Both Differentiation and Integration!)

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HOWTO: Save nearly any multimedia file from the web to your hard drive

A helpful guide to make saving those pesky embedded movie files to your hard drive for future playing easier. Spoiler: Firefox's Page Info window

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Female Mannequin Physics Demo

A female mannequin falls through an infinite amount of floating bubbles. If she gets stuck use your mouse to move her.

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iTunes 4.9 is out!

Available via Software Update on your Mac, the latest version of iTunes has now been released. As rumored and demonstrated by Steve Jobs at this years WWDC, this version will include built-in PodCast support.

Polaroid-o-nize

Make any picture look like a Polaroid. This site is somewhat interesting the first or second time you use it, then it will lose any value.

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Google Blogger Allows 300MB of Photos NOW!!!

Blogger has updated their features, which allows posting of JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF or BMP images and stores up to 300 MB on Blogger's server. They have also created a new interface to upload your pix from your computer & the web. See the comments 4 links to more details...

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Apple On Top

Apple is #1 on the list of fastest growing brands. Brand value has increased by 38% and has an estimated overall brand value of $5.3 billion for 2005. Coming in second and third is the BlackBerry phone and Google. Then by descending order, Amazon, Yahoo, eBay, Red Bull, Starbucks, Pixar, Coach, Whole Foods, EA Sports/Games, MTV, Samsung, Victoria's Secret, Nike, Toyota, Formula One, ESPN, and Harley-Davidson.

iWon | first place

WebObjects is now free with Tiger

From $50,000 to free in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) developer tools. "The software has historical importance to Apple-watchers: it was originally released in March 1996 - but not by Apple. In fact, WebObjects was developed by NeXT Computer and became Apple's software only when that company acquired Steve Jobs' second computer company later that year."

"While not software on the tip of every Mac users tongue, WebObjects sits behind several significant implementations - the most famous current example being Apple's iTunes Music Store."

someone say free?

Wal-Mart Selling iPods

According to Morgan Stanley, the "Wal-Mart pact broader than some realize." Wow really, that's news to me. Meanwhile, Rebecca Runkle an analyst for Morgan Stanley says “While we don’t believe Apple iPod availability at Wal-Mart is completely new news..." Is there such a thing as new news? It seems that Apple and Wal-Mart have teamed up for a "test" in which Wal-Mart gets the privilege to sell iPods in select locations. Fellow iPod Loungers have spotted various iPod models in their local Florida, Indiana and Texas Wal-Mart.

Think Wal-Mart

Numbers in the iWork?

On June 8th Apple filed for a standard character mark for the word "Numbers." Could this mean that Apple is working on a spreadsheet application to later incorporate into the iWork Suite? Yes, that's exactly what it means!

iWork with #'s

Mactel?

Besides sounding horrible, Apple has applied to trademark the term "Mactel" with the US Trademark and Patent Office. No word yet on whether Apple plans on using what sounds like a derogatory term for future Mac's running on Intel processors. A speculation has been made, that it's an effort by Apple to prevent future PC userz from trying to formulate quick-witted insults.

I know you are...

Dell Can Go To Hell!

Michael Dell says he’d sell Apple’s Mac OS. Guess what Mikey, you can go to Hell! Be happy you got an iPod. Why would we need you, huh? You can keep your black boxes and we'll keep watch to see when you start your line of knock-off mini's. One last thing, STOP sending me your disgusting PC catalogs! You the reader might find this article to be good for a chuckle, enjoy.

ROTFL!

Congratulations! You're my 101th Guest

Congratulations! You are my 101th guest. WoOhoO! Post a comment to receive you're gift, an all expense paid gMail invitation.

A Chronicle of a Crazy Mom's eBay Addiction (with pics)

OMG! I thought I was bad. Found on DiGG:

This website is a son documenting in pictures how insane his mother is with ebay buying. She has every single room in their house stacked to the ceiling with crap. Look at all the pictures - this is creepy!

my eBay | digg story

Honey, I Shrunk the PC

Scientists at the University of Arizona have discovered how to use quantum mechanics to turn molecules into working transistors in the lab, a breakthrough that might one day lead to high-powered computers the size of a postage stamp.

Mac Tini

Fortune Cookie

This has got to be the best bit of advice I have ever received from any baked goods.

YOU TAKE CRITICISM AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW

Computers to Run 10GHz

Forget about Intel:

The scientists from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, at UC Irvine, said that they have demonstrated transmitting information at 10 GHz using new, carbon nanotube technology. Carbon nanotube technology removes the speed limitations that currently exist in copper and aluminum wiring.

nanowhat | digg story

Water Bottle Jetpack

Hilarious! Where do they come up with this stuff? If I had a Japanese game show I'd name it OddBallz!

A contestant on a Japanese gameshow gets shot over a lake with pressurized water bottles strapped to his back.

Super Mario Sunshine | digg story

Convert Sequences of Numbers Into Sounds

Homework never sounded so good:

A good site for music composers and also helpful for those who would like to try out their hand at creating music with ease.

groovy | digg story

A Pirate Shanty

Suport your independent Mac developers. I got this message today after trying to use what appears to be a wrong serial number:

A Pirate Shanty

I'm a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late - till half past three!
And that's a peg below me knee!

I've got no hand but that's me hook!
I pillage stuff but I'm no crook.
Me booty's in this chest I took.
They'll write about me in a book!

Apple's WWDC 2005 Keynote Address

Apple kicked off their Worldwide Developers Conference this Monday from San Francisco's Moscone West. I tuned in to see the keynote address from my home using a cable connection. My brother and I, both anxious to hear if the rumors were true. We patiently waited throught the whole statistics part that we have become familiar with before the good parts finally start. We're both looking forward to what seems to be a great decision (Intel).

Our problem is, why can't we download our own copy of the keynote address? Why is it that I have to sit through a streaming video when I am a faithful Mac user? The WWDC has become the annual pilgrimage all the loyal swarm to. Listen, Steve, from now on make the keynotes downloadable and in H.264 format, we deserve that much!

World's 1st Digital Disposable Video Camcorder

Save cheese:

For under $30, consumers can now purchase a disposable digital video camcorder and enjoy a DVD home video experience comparable to expensive DVD camcorders. The video camcorder's 1.4-inch color playback screen lets consumers instantly enjoy their home videos and even delete unwanted segments with the press of a button.

and...action! | digg story

Demonoid T-Shirt Contest

I submitted two designs for the t-shirt contest Demonoid was hosting. Two different color variations of the same shirt. I happen to like the black version a little more, it seems a little more underground. What do you think?

Google Maps Wallpapers / Posters

Now you never have to ask for directions:

gMerge is a python script that merges Google Maps satellite "tiles" in order to produce a wallpaper (or even a poster!) A wide range of sizes to choose from

never again | digg story

What Is Your IP?

Look down at the referered to this page by:

Quick diagnostics of your IP Address and other related information is available at this site.

find out | digg story

Apple IS GOING TO ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips

I believe this is VERY UNLIKELY since Tiger has just been released and might pose compatibility issues. DUH! It is still worth posting and letting you draw your own conclusion:

Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors, CNET News.com has learned. Apple has used IBM's PowerPC processors since 1994, but will begin a phased transition to Intel's chips, sources familiar with the situation said.

?!? | digg story

Help Add Digg to Google.com/ig !

I Love DiGG, as you can tell:

Send a suggestion that they should add a digg.com feed!

make it happen | digg story

Podcast Support in Next Version of iTunes

At the Wall Street Journal's D Conference, Steve Jobs tonight showed ipodder-like features in the next release of iTunes, supposedly available within about 60 days.

read more for now | digg story

Teacher Fired For Defending P2P

Ridiculous!

Jorge Cortell, a teacher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain, has lost his job after giving a conference over the legal aspects of P2P. The Dean at the university was "pressured by the Spanish Recording Industry Association" to make sure that Jorge never taught at the university again.

read more | digg story

Banksy: Graffiti Master

Keeping it real!

Banksy is one of the world's best graffiti masters. His stencil work is f*king amazing! Seriously.

the realness | digg story

Visible Human Browser

Try this, Color Cryosection, High Scan, Sagittal, then Fetch Image:

View the insides of a dissected human female body (it sounds sick, but its science), but its is really interesting move through the different slices. (Note: if you have a weak stomach, you may want to avoid this site.)

get the popcorn | digg story

Yahoo Music Unlimited Hacked Already?

What were you saying about the iTunes Music Store?

Nobody seems to be very forthcoming about how exactly this is done. Chapin Information Services, has discovered an exploit in the Yahoo website that allows an individual to download DRM-free tracks from the service without ever having paid for them.

free article | digg story

Apple Employees Taking Bets on Rise in Prices of Yahoo Music

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has cast doubt on Yahoo's new $60-per-year music subscription service, proclaiming that Apple employees have started a betting pool to see when the internet search giant will raise its monthly rates. Yahoo's $60 price-point is "substantially" below Yahoo's cost to run the service, Jobs said during his...

4 months | digg story

11 Steps To A Better Brain

Note to self, remember to read this article:

According to NewScientist.com, it doesn't matter how dumb I am , I can still improve my brain. Here are 11 steps to a healthier, sexier, brain. And it looks a lot less painful than that "brain roller" I saw on a infomercial last night.

first step | digg story

Build a Skype Phone

Can someone get that?

Here is a mod showing you how to turn a cheap cordless phone into a handset you can use with skype or any VOIP.

say what? | digg story

Diggdash Widget for Mac OS Tiger Dashboard

Get your daily fix from DiGG:

Keep up with digg.com news feeds with this RSS style widget. Updates every 15 minutes. Top 5 stories on digg.com. Clickable link for each story.

fix | digg story

Fantastic Resource for Open Source Flash Projects

This one's for my BRO:

Most flash developers rely heavily on forums and community portals such as this one to enhance their development work. You can get some excellent links for applications which you can use whily deploying flash on open source.


OSFlash.org | digg story

iPod Dock Pin-Out

I hope someone finds this useful:

Dreamed of making your own battery that the iPod can run directly from? Now you have the pin-outs to make that dream happen!

technical difficulties | digg story

Home Made PSP Docking Station

Become the official "cool kid" on your block:

Need a helpful docking station for your PSP?, look no further, here is a link that will give you a detailed HOW-TO on a tight budget.

read more | digg story

Apple's WWDC 2005 Approaching

It seems like everyday there's something new at Apple =O)

Traditional Apple News sources have been silent. New iBooks expected, a possible tablet laptop, and also many Mac Rumor sites have participated in Apple's developers Confrence Advertising Program where they recieve Apple products in return for not breaking stories prematurely.

read more | digg story

LEDs to Manipulate Mood, Health, Productivity

Lava lamps of the future:

In theory, solid-state devices (such as LEDs) with "perfect materials and designs" will dramatically reduce (11 percent by some estimates) overall electricity consumption. But it's the ability to control basic light properties (spectral content, emission pattern, polarization, color temperature, and intensity) that has the scientists...

read more | digg story

Infrared Viewer

Bring your own image intensifier tube:

DIY night vision scope.

read more | digg story

Download QuickTime Movies on Your Hard Disk

Exercise your right to "fair use" with this useful H4ck3r'5 Guide to Quicktime:

Excellent tutorial on how to download QuickTime movies on your hard disk. Allows you to save bandwidth by not downloading the movie each time you want to view it. Beware of the fact that you would need to expand hard disk space to continue downloading movies.

exercise fair use | digg story

Sony Develops a 25 GB Blu Ray Paper DVD

In a related story, Johnson & Johnson develops a new HD Band-Aid:

Sony has developed a 25 GB "Paper DVD," with 50 GB regular DVD's based on Sony's Blu Ray technology. That is just really cool and it can be destroyed with scisors! Bye bye shredders.

get your Blu Ray | digg story

Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kiosks Running on G5 Systems

Can Microsoft do anything right? You have to see this:

It seems that the Xbox 360 is not even plugged in and the demos we see here are running on a pair of G5's.

gotcha! | digg story

Hotmail Plugin for Apple's Mail Application

If you're like me, you got suckered into getting a hotmail account. Back in those days, Microsoft was still, kinda cool and for them to give away something for free, it's nothing short of a miracle. Then, I made the transition. I went from a regedit kinda guy - to an aqua interface OMG, I love my MAC! Then, I found out I couldn't configure my Mail app to work with hotmail. Damn you! I knew they had done it on purpose, why it's only obvious, it was free for a reason. They had me get cozy and settle in, my eBay account, Amazon, and PayPal, all of my important emails were going there. Ahh! I panicked, what am I going to do? It turns out we're not alone.

Thanks to Daniel Parnell, the genius behind Automagic Software, there is hope. He created the HTTPMail Plugin to support the HTTPMail protocol within Mail. It includes support for both hotmail and MSN. It is also, opensource (gotta love that) and it has recently been optimized to work with TIGER!

I don't know about you but I'm ready to forward all of my messages at once (something you cannot do at all in hotmail) to my new Gmail account and never have to see their horrible hotmail page again! I have invites to give, just post a comment with your request and current email.

save me!

Make Your Own Hovercraft

This story has the makings for a great episode of America's Funniest Home Videos:

Have you ever wanted your very own hovercraft? Here are step-by-step instructions for creating a DIY Ultra-Simple Hovercraft. It uses parts you probably already have laying around the house.

read more | digg story

$14 DIY Steadycam

Now all you need is the camera:

Build your own steadycam. Includes impressive demo movies!

say cheese | digg story

Making Your Own Power Over Ethernet Cable

Wi-Not?

Power over Ethernet allows you to run only a single ethernet cable to your access point, and run the power over the unused pairs of wires within the RJ-45 cable. This tutorial shows you how make your own POE cable.

read more | digg story

iChat on TV

Apple, please make iTivo:

Are you already using iChat? If yes, here are some additional tips on how you can configure it on your TV and chat with other friends watching TV at the same time. Real cool.

read more | digg story

Transmit Audio With a Laser Pen!

Hmmm. Ahh, my eyes!

Using a simple laser pen pointer, a few misc parts, and about 15 minutes, you can make a simple laser communicator that converts a sound source into light that travels across a room, and back into sound with very little quality loss.

read more | digg story

ShuffleHacks

Got an iPod Shuffe and way too much time on your hands? This blog has a collection of neat things you can do to your iPod Shuffle, like the clear shuffle mod. And after seeing the hand crank power iPod Shuffle charger, I want to see a hamster wheel powered iPod Shuffle charger. Why not?

Dedicated to hacking, modding, and pimping the hoo-ha out of the iPod shuffle.



Shuffle me timbers | digg story

DIY Electric Truck

Finally! An electric vehicle that won't embarrass you:

Tim Nolan takes an old gas powered truck, rips the guts out and runs it from a few batteries and an electric motor.
Last updated 2004 but worth a look all the same.

hand me my wrench | digg story

C.I.A World Fact book

Alright, so you're not Bond, James Bond. So what? Take that first step towards becoming a little more Bondish:

An amazing and thorough world fact book published by the C.I.A. Find info on any country in the world.

Bond me! | digg story

Free Audio Books

Shhh! This is the good part:

Free audiobooks provided by the County of Los Angeles Public Library. Just go to the bottom of the page and click net library. Then you will have access to free audio books and ebooks.

visit library | digg story

Pentagon Strike Video

Found on Digg.com, beware of conspiracies, it never hurts to be skeptical even when it comes to believing another skeptic:

Video that asks some questions about the Pentagon Strike. Conspiracy theories?

see the video | digg story

Threadless Tees $10 till June 6th (An Open Source Tshirt Company)

Threadless.com is having a $10.00 on all shirts sale till June 6th. Threadless is a site where designers can go and submit designs, get voted on and get their tshirt printed. Best independent tshirt company around!

visit site | digg story

Bittorrent search is a GO, GO; site is up!

The official BitTorrent search has debuted. The search engine was built by BT inventor Bram Cohen. The question? Will he get sued? The BT search seems to be down right now. (It'll really be down after this story is posted...) Spiegel has more (En): "Naturally other sites such as Bitoogle, Isohunt, SuprNova or Torrentspy... (slashdot)

visit site | digg story

TIGER + BLOGS + WIDGETS = F*KiNG COOL! =O)

This is my first attempt at using the new DashBlog widget. If all goes well and you find yourself reading this, it works and it is awesome! Dashboard works perfectly and as of today, there are #245 WiDgeTS available for download, like WOAH!

They cover just about anything, from tracking packages to your favorite TV shows to an FTP widget and a Magic 8 Ball widgy!

Here are some of my fav's:
WEATHER - STICKIES - PICKER - PACKAGE TRACKER - RSS BEAN - TV TRACKER - DAISY TRACKER and now DASHBLOG!

Here are some others I just came across:
Fetch - 8Ball - Snap Shots - Sunlit Earth - Widget Garden - Slashdash (slashdot) and of course a DIGG Widget that you can find on the entry below.

How f*king awesome! How else would I know that sudoriferous means: Sweaty or sweat producing? or that "Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience." - Blaise Pascal. or that the joke "You know you're a redneck when ... You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree." was voted the funniest for 05-26-2005 if it wasn't for MonkeyLabs Daisy Tracker widget! I LOVE MY MAC!


what you talkin' bout Willis?

Digg Widget Redesigned

Check out this widget, as found on Digg.com and be sure to click the see widget on this story to view complexfellow blog:

"The widget has been redesigned by a true designer and looks much nicer now. Credit for the redesign goes to http://www.futurawebdesign.com"


see widget | digg story

Graffiti Analysis

Graffiti artists are captured on video and then the images are processed on a computer. Then, the animations are projected onto buildings for viewers to encounter as they would graffiti art. The beauty of graffiti without the destruction of our architecture!

see the video | digg story

CIA Overseeing 3-Day War Game on Internet

The CIA is conducting a war game this week to simulate an unprecedented, Sept. 11-like electronic assault against the United States. The three-day exercise, known as "Silent Horizon," is meant to test the ability of government and industry to respond to escalating Internet disruptions over many months, according to participants.

read more | digg story

Unlocking the GeForce 6800

Firingsquad is running a story on how to unlock all 16 pipelines in nVidia's GeForce 6800. By default the card only ships with 12 pixel pipelines enabled, but with a tool and a few mouse clicks, the card can be unlocked to run with all 16 pipes. Performance improvements are seen everywhere, so it's a pretty nice free upgrade. These cards are...

read more | digg story

Top Ten Code-Names for Window's LongHorn

10. Windows Kra P
9. Revenge of the Soft
8. Windows OS .exe
7. Kill Bill
6. Window's of Mass Destruction (WMD)
5. I'm Ritch Biatch!
4. LameHorn
3. I Can't Believe It's Not Better
2. Doom 4
1. Bull$#!T

Get your FREE Gmail invitation <-<-<-

Once again folks, I have Gmail invites I want to share. Is anyone interested? I'm serious, I'm not joking. Post a comment, I need your email address for me to send it to you. You can't join yet, you have to be invited for now, come on, I want to give em to those who want em'.

Yahoo! Tech Buzz Game

Yahoo! is currently hosting an online game called Tech Buzz. Think of it as a virtual stock market, where you buy stock in tech related markets. So you think the iPod is HOT, well your right it is currently at $24.72 a share. Sony PSP is due to be released in North America in late March, buy soon. But I have a secret stock tip. Think of it as a sleeper waiting to BLOW! Are you ready? It's MACTIGER! Steve Jobs and the geniuses at Apple Computers are going to release the latest edition to OS X. On April 15, Apple is going to release the TIGER from it's cage and it is going to brutally kill Windows XP. It will be the most advanced OS known to mankind. It will be years ahead of Windows and it will come at least a year ahead of LONGHOrN, Windows' next release. Let's get virtually rich together, Papa needs some mo' bling! Sign up, it's free and they'll give you $10,000 virtual dollars. Invest them all on MACTIGER (I did) and sit back, relax, and watch your portfolio SKYROCKET! To the moon my people, to the moon.
Here is how MACTIGER is doing, as of today:


tech buzz game

Get your FREE Gmail Invites!

I got Gmail a while back. I had signed up a long time ago, when they fist came out. Anyways, I received some invites, invited some friends but I still have some left over. I figure, if you have read this much, you deserve something, post me a comment and I'm gonna need your email so I can send you your very own invitation to join Gmail. I only have 10 left, so jump in line, first come first serve!

Dear Blog,

Damn, I finally came up with a funny, yet smart description for you. I hope you really like it since it's the best I can do. I also changed your template and the color of your cool little blogger NavBar at top. Whew, I'm exhausted (I can't believe I spelled exhausted right without spellcheck). Let's see, what to do, what to do? (copied and pasted that). Well blog, I'm going to have to tuck you in for now, it's getting past your bedtime and you've had a long day. Goodnight.

Saturday, March 19, 2005

What's up world:
Just seeing what this whole blog drama thing is all about. We'll see...