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Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/11/08 11 April 2008 at 3:01 pm by 1,211 views

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/11/08 … please enjoy:

World's most disgusting ice cream | Metro.co.uk

A new 'mash Cone' consisting of sausage, mash potato, gravy and peas in an ice cream cone has been invented. Food company Aunt Bessie's claims it is breathing new life into the fortunes of the ice cream van by replacing the 99 Flake with an all-weather a

'I didn't want a cabinet. I wanted a cab, innit?' | Metro.co.uk

A teenager was greeted by a display cabinet instead of a taxi because her 'Ali G-style' slang confused a series of phone operators.

Computerised 'averaged' facial photographs regarding Sexual Choices | Yahoo! News Photos

According to the research, the face on the right is of someone who is more likely to be interested in a short-term sexual relationship whilst the one on the left is more likely to be interested in a long-term relationship.

LEDUBE LED Lego-like building blocks | CScout Japan

If you had as many Legos as I did when you were a kid, and you love LED lighting as much as I do, the LEDUBE from Sankoflex should satisfy you to no end. We came across these at the Japan Shop Expo last month and got a peek at how they work as well.

Blockbuster announcing streaming set-top box this month? | Engadget

The Hollywood Reporter is stating in no uncertain terms that Blockbuster is developing a set-top box to stream video into the home. Now the real bombshell: it should be announced "sometime this month."

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+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/10/08 By 10 April 2008 at 6:00 pm 799 views No Comments

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/10/08 … please enjoy:

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Dig the runningman!

How the iPhone is killing the ‘Net | Network World

Zittrain argues that today?s Internet appliances such as the iPhone and Xbox hamper innovation. That?s because these locked-down devices prohibit the kind of tinkering by end users that made PCs and the Internet such a force of action and change.

Episodic Strong Bad Game Coming to WiiWare | Kotaku

Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, a series of episodic games for WiiWare, is coming to the Wii this June, Telltale Games announced today. The game will include plenty of dialog-based puzzles, the ability to make prank phone calls, and more!

Ugly? Adorable? | Uglorable!

Adorable pictures of “Ugly” animals! Super cute/ugly!

Arlington Cemetery Makes Historic Exception for World War I Veteran | Salem-News.Com

Buckles did not qualify for internment at Arlington, so Ross Perot, former U.S. Presidential candidate, took the cause to the White House. In less than two weeks, he had succeeded in securing an internment for Frank Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery.

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+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/07/08 By 07 April 2008 at 3:03 pm 669 views No Comments

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/07/08 … please enjoy:

Meet ApriPoko, Toshiba's channel surfing helper-bot | Engadget

ApriPoko is capable of learning how to control electronics by watching you and asking questions about your behavior. When you use an infrared device, the robot senses the signal and asks the user "What did you just do?"

MySong: Automatic Accompaniment for Vocal Melodies | Microsoft Research

MySong, introduced in our CHI 2008 paper, automatically chooses chords to accompany a vocal melody, allowing a user with no musical training to rapidly create accompanied music.

CERN creates a new super-fast internet, invites tons of people to a deathmatch | Engadget

Apparently, when CERN isn't colliding particles (and ripping massive holes in the space-time continuum), it's busy working on a new "internet" which will be 10,000 times faster than our current version. The project is known as "the grid."

Gator blood touted as potential source of lifesaving drugs | Palm Beach Post

Someday an alligator might save your life. Researchers in Louisiana say they've discovered unique antibiotic proteins in the blood of American alligators that can kill a wide variety of deadly bacteria, halt the spread of common infections and perhaps ev

Magic Pen by Alejandro Guillen | Fizzlebot

This is pretty much just an online clone of Crayon Physics, but is pretty fun!

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+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/04/08 By 04 April 2008 at 5:00 pm 845 views No Comments

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/04/08 … please enjoy:

Edwards would not accept VP nomination | MSNBC

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Thursday he would not accept the nomination for U.S. vice president as he did four years ago. Declines to say whether he would endorse Clinton or Obama. Good for him!

Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt | ThinkGeek

Looks like we're the fools here. The Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt was originally an April Fool's Prank… but due to overwhelming positive response and hundreds of e-mails screaming to "make the damn shirt already" we're putting this item in to production

The Peril of Obama | The Atlantic

The glamour of Obama may be hard to resist, but could it get the country into trouble if he wins the presidency? At the risk of bitter disillusionment, perhaps Obama hopes to do for the country what his father?s image did for him: provide a noble lie t

Server room during a rain shower | Google Video

Server room floods during a storm. Sends shivers down my spine!

Ross Ching: Eclectic 2.0 | Rossching.com

This is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. The entire movie was shot using a digital SLR still camera and pieced together using Quicktime Pro and Final cut Pro. Since it was shot on a still camera, all the raw footage is 1080p HD.

Outsourced Comcast Tech Goes Vigilante On Xbox Cheaters | dslreports.com

A Convergsys support technician outsourced by Comcast may have gone a little overboard in a quest for videogame vengeance. After getting packet flooded by some fellow gamers on the Xbox Live! service, the rep decided to use Comcast support systems to wage

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+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/01/08 By 01 April 2008 at 9:18 am 871 views 1 Comment

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/01/08 … please enjoy:

Exclusive: Hands-on video with the 3G iPhone | CNET

n easily the largest scoop CNET.co.uk has ever had, two days ago our mobile phone editor Andrew Lim was invited to Taiwan, along with a select group of other journalists from around the world, for a sneak preview of the 3G iPhone.

Helvetica Serif | The Serif

FontFont have announced that they are to release Helvetica Serif, following the discovery of drawing of that typeface by Max Miedinger. The sketches which were discovered by Miedinger?s granddaughter have been redrawn to create the digital version shown

CIA demands UK halts interrogation tactics | The Register

A human rights lawsuit filed on behalf of prominent US government agencies – including the Central Intelligence Agency and the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base – has been filed in a European Court. The lawsuit, which plaintiffs also sent to Foreign Minister Davi

Gmail Custom Time | Gmail

Just click “Set custom time” from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient’s inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.

RAPIL – a slap in the face for hackers and virus writers | Sophos

An exciting day in SophosLabs. After long and arduous efforts, we announce our new beta technology offering to defeat the hackers, which we are currently referring to as RAPIL (Recognition and Analysis of Potentially Intruding Lifeforms).

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EDIT (April 2nd) – Gotcha!  April Fools!!