Thursday, April 20, 2006

The NEW Number of the Beast: 420

An intersting article on the many occurences of the number 420 throughout history and society.

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The Self-Assembling Chair

Conceived by Max Dean and built by Raffaello D'Andrea, the creators of "The Table: Childhood," another robotic art installation, the robot chair can fall apart spontaneously, and then drag itself across the floor and reassemble. Check out the videos!

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Top 10 Free AdSense Tools-- Getting The Most ($$$) Out Of Adsense

This is a pretty darn good list of some of the best tools to help you optimize and get more bang for your buck (or ad-space) with Adsense. Some of them Iâ??ve heard of before, but others were completely new to me. Worth a read if you have/use Adsense.

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I Am 8-Bit Art Opening

.. checked out the opening of the I Am 8 Bit exhibition last night. This group show is the second annual exhibition of â??80s gaming-inspired art, bringing together over 100 artists in a variety of mediums. If you have any interest in the impact of classic video games on contemporary pop culture, you are going to want to check this show out.

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Monday, April 17, 2006

Fun with Camera cellphone

Previous link was pretty bad. But anyhow here it is..

Guy attaches video cellphone to a kite and flies it, until it crashes. Then does the same with a air powered rocket..

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Man Ticketed For Changing Red Lights To Green

Running late to work, change the lights to keep you from being late.

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Experts ponder a future of new sex gizmos, robots

When America's top sex researchers gathered recently to discuss the next decade in their field, some envisioned a future in which artificial sex partners could cater to every fantasy.

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YShout: A PHP/AJAX Shoutbox.

YShout is a lightweight shoutbox package that allows you to add a shout box to your website. It is standards compliant, non-intrusive, and utilizes AJAX. Rather than a long and boring explanation, I'll let you see for yourself.

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Gaming LIVE-CD

I spent my entire Friday and half my Saturday in the SuperGamer-1 livedvd. I'm not a avid gamer as the definition goes, but I certainly love my 'shoot 'em ups'. Gaming in Linux is much easier of late than it once was.

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Prevent ISP's from limiting BitTorrent Traffic

The list of ISPâ??s that throttle BitTorrent traffic, or plan to do so is growing every day. But there is a solution, encrypt your torrents! The â??bandwidth warâ?? has begun.

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500 lb Potato Battery

I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system. I installed the battery and sound system in the back of a U-Haul truck and drove it around town inviting people to enter the truck and take a listen.

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THE Top 15 Security/Hacking Tools & Utilities

A good summary with a description and links of some of the top tools in the Hacking/Security arena. For old hands it will be a familiar list but most people will find a thing or two they didn't know about.

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SA-MP (San Andreas Multiplayer) Public Beta Test

This modification allows you to play GTA:SA over the internet. You can shoot, drive, swim, fly and much more with up to 89 other people.

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