Saturday, June 16, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/16/2007 10:20:03 PM
Movie ticket sales alone up 21% worldwide.
6/16/2007 10:10:02 PM
Red Hat Linux received a new level of security certification that should make the software appealing to government agencies.
6/16/2007 9:50:05 PM
How much does circumcision alter what a man ultimately feels? Scientific studies aiming to answer this question have been inconclusive. Now researchers prodding dozens of male penises with a fine-tipped tool have found that the five areas most receptive to fine-touch are routinely removed by the surgery.
6/16/2007 9:00:13 PM
A spokesperson for Take Two Interactive Software, Inc (parent company of Rockstar Games) has today confirmed that downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV will be exclusive to Xbox 360. The representative said: "The Grand Theft Auto IV episodic content is exclusive to Xbox 360."
6/16/2007 8:40:06 PM
Americans today average 6.9 hours of sleep on weeknights and 7.5 hours per night on weekends, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Before the invention of the light bulb, people slept an average of 10 hours a night, the foundation claims.
6/16/2007 8:30:08 PM
Says 'Scooter Libby deliberately poured poison into the drinking water of democracy by lying to federal investigators, for the purpose of obstructing justice.'
6/16/2007 8:00:06 PM
On C-SPAN's Washington Journal this morning, host Brian Lamb read aloud angry emails from listeners of Michael Savage's radio show, who attack Lamb for not airing a speech by Savage. The emails defending Savage are filled with personal attacks, referring to Lamb as an “ass loser Communist,” “pervert,” “bed-wetting commie,” and worse.
6/16/2007 7:40:06 PM
Now you'll know where to hate people.
6/16/2007 7:30:04 PM
Moore's new movie opens in two weeks but pirated copies are flying around the internet. In the past Moore has said pirating movies for private use is fine with him.
6/16/2007 7:20:03 PM
The trailer for Pixar’s 2008 movie Wall-E is attached to Ratatouille. But you don’t have to wait until June 29th to see it. Watch it here right NOW!
6/16/2007 7:10:02 PM
In honor of the sure-to-suck $50 bajillion jiggle fest that is (or will be) the upcoming “DOA” movie and just about every other video game movie that’s sure to follow, here’s a look at the 10 worst movie video games that made your console want to spit the cartridge right back in your stupid face.
6/16/2007 6:07:21 PM
Abject-oriented programming is a set of practices for encouraging code reuse and making sure programmers are producing code that can be used in production for a long time.abject: utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
6/16/2007 6:00:05 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, said authorities who have offered a reward for information on the slayings.
6/16/2007 5:00:07 PM
It's something we're all looking for -- the perfect solution that will minimize our work life while still getting the stuff done that we need to get done. Well, that one solution doesn't exist, but with a combination of strategies, you can get to where you want to be.
6/16/2007 4:10:02 PM
Some updates and a mock of the work being done in the oxygen widget style for kde 4.0
6/16/2007 4:05:23 PM
A great list of some of the best Science Fiction novelists this decade.
6/16/2007 4:00:03 PM
German users are very annoyed and dissappointed by Flickr, because the are not allowed to turn the safe search fliter off. Reason for that are the Terms of Service (TOS) of Yahoo Germany. That means if you have a German Yahoo account you are not allowed to view photos that are classified as moderate or restricted.
6/16/2007 3:30:06 PM
2 year old vomits. He can't hold his liquor. What a baby!
6/16/2007 3:00:07 PM
A prisoner who went missing from a jail in eastern India for almost 24 hours was found by prison guards snoring on the roof of the jail, officials said on Friday.
6/16/2007 2:20:04 PM
No Mickey Mouse here! The rodents at Britain's Dicken World are more of the rat variety. ...
6/16/2007 2:20:01 PM
Here is a gasoline finder app for iPhone that I created. It isn't completely done yet, but it is in a very usable state. It includes its own keypad, price lookup, and Google Maps integration (with directions coming soon). Let me know what you think. Leave your comments, bugs, and suggestions in the comments. Thanks!
6/16/2007 2:10:01 PM
Apple UI designers have learned how to grab your attention using a classic physical animation technique called squash and stretch. Think of a cartoon nose squishing exaggeratedly as it bumps into a wall, then going pop! as it pulls awayâ€"that’s squash and stretch. Animators have been using it for decades to give their drawn figures depth and weight
6/16/2007 11:50:03 AM
Google's Chris DiBona: "I would love to get either NVIDIA and ATI to actually give us the specs on the drivers we want or let's just reverse engineer everything and do it ourselves... you guys have got to open this up because it will just get uglier and uglier and uglier"
6/16/2007 11:50:03 AM
The Los Alamos, N.M., National Laboratory reportedly breached national security by sending classified nuclear weapons information over the Internet. The e-mails resulted in "the loss of control of top-secret restricted data," Reps. John Dingell and Bart Stupak, both Michigan Democrats, wrote Thursday to U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman.
6/16/2007 11:40:03 AM
No rest for the wicked.
6/16/2007 11:30:05 AM
Scientists hope the engine will ultimately propel the next generation of supersonic planes, with predictions a flight between Sydney and London could take just two hours.
6/16/2007 10:50:01 AM
Page full of iPod ad spoofs, Darth Vader being the coolest of course.
6/16/2007 10:30:02 AM
The first details on Bethesda's Fallout 3 have emerged from the latest issue of US Game Informer magazine.
6/16/2007 9:20:03 AM
A lawyer recently threatened a blogger who merely linked to a post on DLS about the RIAA's coercive and unfairly litigious approach to copyright infringement. Grant Robertson, lead blogger for Download Squad, responds to this lawyer in an open letter that is elegant, to-the-point, and-- dare I say?-- dead-nuts accurate. GREAT read!
6/16/2007 8:52:30 AM
In this interview, Orson Scott Card reveals a progress update for the upcoming "Ender's Game" film. He also discusses brand-new information regarding plans for video games based on the beloved "Ender's Saga" series of novels, and his thoughts on a variety of other topics.
6/16/2007 8:20:02 AM
Watch out Microsoft and Nintendo. Sir Howard says that Sony is in deep contemplation on a price cut. Our crystal ball sees a $100 cut in time for Christmas, based on industry events and Stringer's comments.
6/16/2007 7:50:05 AM
Earlier this week, a Daycare Center in Buffalo was closed because six children at a local daycare center were given heroin by another student who thought it was candy. Teachers quickly learned the child was actually doling out heroin and called police immediately.
6/16/2007 7:30:14 AM
Olive oil also has plenty of uses around your home, outside of the sauté pan. There’s no need to waste your expensive Greek or Spanish Extra Virgin for these tasks, just grab a bottle of inexpensive, domestic olive oil for around-the-house use and start using it to shave, lubricate, and stop snoring.
6/16/2007 6:30:05 AM
Twenty common birds -- including the northern bobwhite, the field sparrow and the boreal chickadee -- have lost more than half their populations in the past 40 years, according to the Audobon's society's research. "The focus isn't really on what's happening to these 20 birds, but what's happening to their environment," said Greg Butcher, the societ
6/16/2007 6:20:04 AM
1 Place ads following the F (golden triangle, top-left) pattern, 2 Blend the links with your site, 3 Use a rectangle in top-left, with one paragraph over it, and a link block in the footer, 4 Use two blocks (not more) to get expensive ads, 5 Use alternative color switcher (special AdSense color code) to prevent ad blindness, 6 Read the post.
6/16/2007 6:20:01 AM
Grant Collier and the team over at Infinity Ward are hard at work on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. At one point along the way they were contacted by Microsoft, who attempted to spur the inclusion of LIVE Anywhere support in the multi-platform title. Infinity Ward "actively rejected" this offer. Grant Collier tells the story:
6/16/2007 6:10:04 AM
The Bush administration on Thursday blasted a congressional proposal that would shield a broad swath of news gatherers, including some bloggers, from revealing their confidential sources.
6/16/2007 5:50:05 AM
When George Thomas was eight he walked everywhere. It was 1926 and his parents were unable to afford the fare for a tram, let alone the cost of a bike and he regularly walked six miles to his favorite fishing haunt without adult supervision. Fast forward to 2007 and Mr Thomas's eight-year-old great-grandson Edward enjoys none of that freedom.
6/16/2007 5:10:03 AM
DIGG, DIGG, DIGG. It's a circular world we are living in and what better way to show it off than with a Digg button that shows the Digg count of the Digg story you Digg on a giant Digg button display in the Digg offices by the cousin of Digg (Revision3's Systm) at diggthediggbutton.com.

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