These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/29/08 … please enjoy:
Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime | Seattle Times
The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence. It can decrypt passwords and analyze a computer's Internet activity, as well as data stored in the computer.
Edge Brownie Pan | Bakers Edge
The serpentine wall shape of the All Edges Brownie Pan conducts heat better than your average baking pan resulting in more even cooking. The crazy shape also gives each piece two yummy edges,and that's where the concentrated brownie love is!
AMD launches first computer brand | CNBC.com
Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Sunday unveiled its first computer brand, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, with design and sales help from its major chip customers such as Dell Inc.
Most Amazing Images on the Web | The Top The Best
Just collections of really good photos/macros/art from around the web. They might not all be your cup of tea, but some are quite beautiful.
Pacemaker that stimulates brain fights depression | Vancouver Sun
Two of the largest and longest studies so far show a "brain pacemaker" can effectively treat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers said on Friday.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/16/08 … please enjoy:
11 - the beautiful game | 11 the Game
Many new football stadiums have a strong architectural and sculptural beauty, becoming city landmarks in their own right and enhancing the landscape of the environment. We wanted the design of our football table to be equally spectacular and memorable.
Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone | Lifehacker
Let's say you would like to use it make a phone call every now and then with your iPod Touch. You can, and he is how you can make VoIP phone calls from your iPod touch using a freeware application called SIP-VoIP.
Coral flourishing at Bikini Atoll atomic test site | Yahoo! News
Coral is again flourishing in the crater left by the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the United States, 54 years after the blast on Bikini Atoll, marine scientists said on Tuesday.
Programmer pops question on girlfriend's video game | chicagotribune.com
Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up when she reached a certain score.
David Weiner: McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network | The Huffington Post
On a section of McCain's site called "Cindy's Recipes," you can find recipes attributed to Cindy McCain, each with the title "McCain Family Recipe." It was realized that some of these "Family Recipes," were in fact, exact copies of Food Network recipies.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/13/08 … please enjoy:
Visualizing Evolution | Visualizing Evolution Blog
Here is an amazing collection of visual complexity in biology. It's like looking at beautiful works of geometric abstract art, except there is rigid scientific meaning behind each one, which only makes them all the more beautiful.
You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art | Animation World Magazine
If the Orphan Works legislation passes, we will lose virtually all the rights to not only our future work but to all past work over 34 years, unless we register it with the new, untested and privately run registries. Even then, there is no guarantee.
NASA Science - Science Mission Directorate | NASA
NASA launched a new website designed to provide information about its scientific endeavors and achievements. The site was built on top of the Plone Open Source Content Management System and features an easy-to-navigate design and new search features.
Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Child Rape Photos | After Downing Street
A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over claims that they could damage America's image. Last year a Republican senator conceded that they contained scenes of rape and murder.
Espionage Against Pro-Tibet Groups, Others, Spurred Microsoft Patches | Wired
Computer intruders targeting pro-Tibetan groups and government agencies slipped in through previously unknown security holes in Microsoft Office, prompting Microsoft to issue a flurry of patches to the popular software suite in 2006 and 2007.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/06/08 … please enjoy:
Quake 3 hits the iPod touch, makes for portable LAN party | Engadget
Future generations will most likely divide the timeline of history at this point: when Quake 3 achieved motion-sensing, wireless network play on two iPod touches.
$10M Prize For Ultra Fuel Efficient Car | Canyon News
The X Prize Foundation and Progressive Insurance are offering $10 million to the teams that successfully develop vehicles able to get 100 miles per gallon. More than 60 groups from around the world plan to compete for a share of the prize.
Robot aliens? TV sci-fi gets it right | MSNBC.com
"There are two kinds of encounters with aliens you can have," said Seth Shostak. "Either you pick up a signal, or you pick them up on the corner. But I think it's safe to say that in both instances they will be synthetic. [...]"
The Craziest Thing Gary Busey Ever Snorted Cocaine Off Of | Wired.com
Just part of the story: "[...] Well, my dog, Chili, who has short hair, came in and laid on her back with her legs in the air, and she rubbed all my cocaine on her back and side. [...] It's not a good flavor coming off the dog."
You Have To Burn The Rope | Mazapán.se
In 50 years or so man will look back on the action/platform/adventure game that is "You Have To Burn The Rope", and tears will be shed for they will know that no game will ever surpass what this game has achieved. This defines the concept of epic gaming.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/05/08 … please enjoy:
Battle of the Bands (Wii) | Joystiq
Battle of the Bands pits gamers against each other in a rhythm competition. The tug-of-war between the players causes the song play to play in the winner's genre, so you could hear "Whoomp! There it is" as country or "Man of Constant Sorrow" in hip-hop.
Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates | Engadget
Bill Gates told investors this afternoon that Windows 7 will come "in the next year" and that he's "super-enthused" about it.
Viper made of recycled keyboard | Korean Art & Artist
This work is Viper made of recycled computer keyboard painter Choi Jung Hyun made this work at his exhibition for the purpose of making audience be aware of the importance of recycling.
Old School Geek Computer Desk | BoingBoing
A computer geek's desk from 25 years ago, complete with a Star Wars drinking glass collection
In Memorium: 'The Office' Dedicates Episode To Internet Piano Prodigy | Defamer
In case you missed it, at the end of the episode they showed a video of a 15-year-old boy playing The Office theme on his piano, followed by an "In Memoriam" note. That boy was Nathan Alden Robinson, who died last month of complications from the flu.
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