The first genetically modified pets are almost in time for xmas...
Engineered to change colors when toxins are present, but,
what the hey!
;-}
Pretty cool "casemod"...
Somebody put a 7" touchscreen in their Audi A4 dash.
MP3, Divx, GPS..
All you folks who've bought into the iPod dream but have forgotten (or never experienced) Apple's product/marketing philosophy...
FYI
Before you buy that deep-fat turkey fryer you should watch the UL movie!
Cool simulation of an asteroid strike off NYC.
Looks like NYC would be swamped...
Aparently there are new reports that there are still Japanese soldiers from WWII hiding in the jungles of the Phillipines...
The Japanese government is sending folks to investigate..
Good grief.
A new device will let you inhale your alcohol with no hangover...
Cranks, crackpots, kooks and loons on the net!
Need I say more...
;-}
Powerlabs has a web site that has pictures and information about building fun toys... rail guns.. lasers... microwave guns...
Where to get parts.. pictures..
[UPDATE: Apparently they've run out of their soda!]
Oh yummy!
I guess since Turkey day is close it had too happen!
Turkey and Gravy flavored soda pop!
I wonder if it's thin or thick gravy? ;-}
World's smallest flying robot!
...and it's controlled using Bluetooth!
They're working on a hand-held device that will be able to identity if you are impaired, whether by substance or tired or whatever..
Maybe it'll get the old folks who shouldn't be driving off the road... I know we'll all be there sooner than later.l.
How about this new scrawny drive that is showing up in mp3 players!
They don't want to call it a hard drive because they think "hard drive" implies reliability problems...
Here's a guide to lockpicking...
Doesn't seem to have been updated in a while... author must still be serving the 20-30....
Anyone NOT know about the new 20" iMac with 1680x1050 resolution for $2200?
All you could ever need to know about knife throwing!
Anyone interested in abandoned subway stations?
There are some interesting stories to be read!
Here's an interesting new protocol named HIP - Host Identity Protocol.
The first paragraph:
"... proposes a solution for separating the end-point identifier
and locator roles of IP addresses. It introduces a new Host
Identity (HI) name space, based on public keys. The public
keys are typically, but not necessarily, self generated."
Just starting the process but it does have interesting possibilities...
maybe SMTP for starters...
We've all got them.
Friends/relatives who have little understanding of computing or seem to find the combination that sends the electronics off into never never land.
Now there is a place for them when you're gone to your great reward!
Someone has done a live map of all the currently active wireless nodes on campus and where they are!
Neat idea..
Someone has done a 3D map of the London Underground!
Pretty cool!
Now the Madrid metro is quite interesting. You can catch it from the airport. All shiney and spanky new! The closer you get to downtown the older and more run down the trains and stations get. Obviously they don't share cars between all of the lines...
You've got to watch this movie!
It's amazing!
It's incredible!
You'll watch it again and again!
WiFi-SM - "Feel the Spectacle of Pain"...
I don't make the news, I just report it!...
You've all been wondering how you could send that one last email after you kick off on that voyage down the river Styx..
Well, your answer may well be found at mylastemail.com!
Here are some caricatures of the geeks involved with the various Linux distributions.
I find it interesting that they consider the Red Hat caricature to be a "business person".... ;-}
In case you haven't seen the new Corvette that is available!
Hmmm...
Seems some scientists escaped from the basement of the science building and hooked up with some marketing folks in their padded cells...
... anyway they seem to think that high-pressure water can generate enough juice to run your phones..
I didn't see anything in there about how we keep our hoses from getting all tangled up... ;-}
If you're interested in the crud that I've been trying to scrape off my boots for the last six months or so...
Well, well, well.
Segway has got all sorts of folks thinking in new ways...
This is a pretty slick one-wheeled motorcycle whose supports come out at 1/2 mph...
We've all got our kids convinced that we have eyes in the back of our heads...
...now we won't be able to sneak up on the damn robots cause they're getting eyes in the back of their heads too...
I can't believe that I missed out on this back in May...
Anybody seen Planet-X lately? I seem to have misplaced it...
Linux (geeks) in a Nutshell!
... and no, I'm not Steve, well yes I am, but no I'm not..
Know anybody who's got one of these babies?
Some serious firepower here...
If you're curious as to how one would use CVS as a distributed backup tool then you should check this out!
... and if you're still consulting it'll show you how to get "your" configuration up and running in no time on/in your clients workstation environment..
Apparently the movie "Face Off" wasn't that far into the future!
There are SEVERAL teams of surgeons just waiting, locked and loaded so to speak, for the starter pistol to fire!
Who should we look like today?
.. and I just finished lunch... ick
Here is an interesting page that shows the relationships and how data is shared between all the various and sundry Search Engines...
It's a small world afterall!
All things "Corpse"....
how-to...
for sale...
heads...
yummy
The auction house Christies is going to be selling Concorde stuff.
Wouldn't you like to have one of those nifty nose cones?
Make sure you make your plans to visit the SPAM museum!
More than 170,000 have visited since opened!
Sony has a new USB storage device that has a built-in fingerprint reader...
Only has 128MB... anyone remember when that would be a big disk drive?
Oh yeah!
Great news!
All of your credit information handled by the credit bureaus will be exported overseas for processing!
Yeh haw!
Can't wait!
Brookstone is going to be the only retailer for the Segway
I know I just got back from the Bahamas, but, I'm not sure that I would have wanted a Radio in my Snorkel...
No, I am sure that I wouldn't...
When's the last time any of you experienced THIS!
My how times change!
Is it possible that Longhorn is nothing new?
M$? a takeover the world plan? never! nope..
Hey all you web developers out there!
Want to know how to run IE 6, IE 5.5, IE 5.0 on the same computer at the same time?
Maybe you should sneak over and check it out!
Somebody has decided that instead of calling Chanukah the Jewish Christmas that there really should be something called "Jewsmas".
Quite humorous....
Anybody interested in a monitor that has two 15" LCD screens in one housing?
We could never run commercials like this here in the States!
Are any of you this dedicated?
All of you lucky spam recipients may be interested in seeing the relationships among the various spamhaus entities!
You never know what will happen if you let your cat run free through the 'hood!
Voyager 1 has left the Solar System and is on it's way for it's historic meeting with the Captain Kirk and the Enterprise in, oh, 3 0r 4 hundred years!
Quite the period of solar activity going on.
HUGE solar flare on the way. Largest in recorded history.
These movies are indeed impressive... especially when you consider the diameter of the sun...
You've all seen the movie special effects that make you physically and mentally twitch!
Here's a site that identifies the problems and gives movies ratings!
You know how the emergency folks have a remote control that they can use to change traffic signals?
Apparently you too could have one for ~ $300...
We've all wanted to be James Bond...
Now you can buy all those great SPY gadgets!
Oh goodie goodie goodie.. maybe one of those thermal imaging cameras...
Sony is saying that next year they will introduce their competitor for the iPod -- at around $60...
Guess we'll have to wait and see... but they are pretty good at this stuff..
...oh and they talk a little about their portable play station too..
You motorcycle riders need your nipple cream!
You don't to have vibration problems now do you?
Here's a picture of a kid (~10) holding a missle/anti-tank weapon...
It raises all sorts of questions.... like why was this in Consumer
Reports?...
Here's a cute little flash game where you fly your lunar lander....
er, oh, sorry you use your helicopter to rescue folks...
Sometimes I just get confused..
Any of you want to know how to make your own crop circles?
We've all wanted to drive the Zamboni!
Now you've got the opportunity to buy a used one!
The Library of Congress has a web site that has maps from 1500 to the present!
Hmmm...
Seems the linux world get more interesting by the day!
So they buy Ximian in August... now SuSe...
... and IBM taking an equity position in Novell..
well, well, well...
maybe M$ will buy Red Hat...
Red Hat has announced that they'll no longer be giving away their linux free...
Tired of the goofy nature of eXtreme Programming?
Then you'll want to consider this improved variation!
I guess it had to happen sometime!
Next summer don't forget to see "Alien vs Predator".
As the trailer says... "whoever wins - we lose!"
Logitech has a new web cam out that has pan and tilt and face recognition and will follow your face as you move...
sheesh..
hmmm.... I wonder what it will recognize as a face....
Hmmm...
If I only wore underwear I might need one of these.....
For you Vinyl LP fans!
A laser turntable that gives you CD quality sound from your old vinyl!
It'll do 33, 45, 78 and just about any sizes!
Oh, you've really, really got to want to do it though!
Tired of changing/buying batteries for your remote control?
Here's one that has a built in generator!
4 cranks and it's good for an hour!
Oh, BTW, the Bahamas was just a snorkeling paradise last week (in case you wondered where I'd disappeared too)...
