Thursday, March 23, 2006
Think you've got what it takes to be an assassin?
Are you being hunted? StreetWars is a 3 week long, 24/7, watergun assassination tournament that has already taken place in New York City, Vancouver, Vienna, San Francisco and is now coming to Los Angeles. Get in the game or start your own. Living FPS.
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Music Video Based on the Current Weather of Your City
This music video works out your location and plays a completely unique flash music video based on a number of factors including temperature, sunrise, sunset and more
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How To: Re-Surfacing CDs So They Work Again
With a few things that might be in your house, here is a simple way to remove scratches from a cd so you can get your data back off the disc again.
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100 Year Exposure Photo
Artist Jonathon Keats is taking one long photo. His project, a pinhole camera that is taking one continuous picture of a room in the Hotel des Arts in San Francisco, is a mixture of uber-low-tech and ultra-high concept geekiness.
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Network Sniffing Screensaver: PacketFountain, Now that's Cool!!
This guy managed to create a Screensaver that sniffs out your network using VB6 and WinPcap and then displays packets realtime on your Screensaver. Geek way to see what's goin' on at your Lan.
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Adults Spend More Time Gaming than Teens
At a recent study by Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) shows that adults spend more time playing games than teens, which is startling (to some degree).
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Vonage 911 caller put on hold while house burns down.
Virtual Hallucination Machine
"Things flash out of nowhere. Small voices saying, 'Go get your medication.' The bus driver is talking to you normally and all of a sudden he starts calling you 'Your Highness.' Then he becomes part of the hallucination,"
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Online MMO Griefer Crucified in-game as punishment
WarCry is reporting that a griefer in the MMORPG Roma Victor has been punished by being crucified for 7 days in-game while his account was banned for the same period of time. I like this better than the standard "we cannot discuss disciplinary actions" you get from other games.
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Piss-controlled urinal-based video games
This urinal has a pressure-sensitive screen recessed into it -- score points by shooting the moving images onscreen. Can't wait until i see these in bathrooms.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Gmail power tips - Become a Gmail master
This article describes techniques and add-ons for getting the most out of your Gmail account, including how to set up mouseless navigation and quick, automated replies. It's a great resource for anyone who uses Gmail as their primary email client.
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Oragami Primer
It's not for sale yet, but if you're wondering what the hype is about, this FAQ will shed some light.
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Will DSL realy get Naked?
Phone companies required to offer standalone broadband service
Terms of recent mergers put AT&T, Verizon on notice
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Terms of recent mergers put AT&T, Verizon on notice
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French lawmakers approve bill to open iPod, iTunes
French lawmakers have voted to approve the online music interoperability bill that would force Apple to open its copy-protection technology and break the exclusive tie between downloads from the iTunes Music Store and the iPod.
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32 *GB* Flash Drive - No more HD's!
Samsung's putting out a 32 GB Flash-based HD repaclement unit. 3X faster that a HDD. Connects on a UDMA SATA bus, 5% of the power of a normal HD.
While not enough to store all my music, I'd love to run Windows off of this sucker!
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While not enough to store all my music, I'd love to run Windows off of this sucker!
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interview with XP on Mac winner
interview with Jesus Lopez (Otherwise known as blanka) who was part of the 2 man team that successfully got Windows XP to install and run on an Intel Mac. from ATAU
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Wikipedia's List Of Portable Applications For Your USB Drive!
Check out Wikipedia's comprehensive list of portable applications for your USB drive or other portable device!
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Free Legal Transformer episodes online
Hasbro is offering free Transformer(Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Cybertron), GIJoe, Dueling Masters, and more. online for free. Since Hasbro is the one offering them they are Legal
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Are You Liable If Someone Does Something Illegal On Your WiFi?
For years, whenever the press has written one of their fear-mongering stories about open WiFi, they almost always include some tidbit about how if someone uses your network to do something illegal, you can be arrested for it. It's one of the popular open WiFi horror stories -- but is it true?
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Podcast News: Podcasts Outnumber Radio Station Worldwide
What took Radio stations 100 years to do, Podcasting did in just 2 years. Yeah, "Pod People" are taking over!
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Adult Swim 24/7 on-line shows finally go live this Friday!
With premieres of Robot Chickens new season and being able to watch shows 24/7 like Futurama this should push the IPTV movement even more.
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