Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/5/2007 9:10:05 PM
Just in case the "hot waitress" fetish wasn't hot enough, here's a list of stunningly hot celebrities who used to waitress before they got famous. With revealing pictures, of course.
6/5/2007 9:00:02 PM
Although it says please stand by, the trailer will be launching in just a few hours. I am excited.
6/5/2007 8:40:04 PM
WordPress gets all the press for open source blogging, but Movable Type, the daddy of all serious blogging apps, is open source now -- is there finally a new king of the blogging hill?
6/5/2007 8:40:02 PM
The latest results for Valve's Steam hardware survey are in, and they provide a valuable look at the types of systems most gamers are using. They also show a much lower uptake of Windows Vista than Microsoft will likely be happy with.
6/5/2007 8:20:01 PM
After many many years OpenOffice.org has finally released the first download for Mac OS X that doesn't require X11!! It's just a first release, but go help these guys to test it out today, quash the bugs, and finally bring OpenOffice to OS X!
6/5/2007 8:07:59 PM
Part Counterstrike and part WoW, Shadowrun offers up a refreshing and unique type of game play.
6/5/2007 7:54:15 PM
In a case closely watched by both broadcast networks and advocates for greater regulation of broadcast content, a court ruled that the FCC cannot sanction Fox over a pair of f-bombs dropped on live TV.
6/5/2007 7:42:39 PM
Clete Boyer, the third baseman for the champion New York Yankees teams of the 1960s who made an art form of diving stops and throws from his knees, died Monday. He was 70. In 1964, Boyer and his brother, Ken, became the first brothers to homer in the same World Series game. They did it in Game 7, when the St. Louis Cardinals won - Ken, also a
6/5/2007 7:31:40 PM
Brain uses both neural 'teacher' and 'tinkerer' networks in learning. While most people need peace and quiet to cram for a test, the brain itself may need noise to learn, a recent MIT study suggests. In experiments with monkeys, the researchers found that neural activities in the brain gradually change, even when nothing new is being learned.
6/5/2007 7:20:01 PM
By simply dropping a picture file onto the Image Upload widget, your image is uploaded privately and free of charge to ImageShack, its direct link is converted into a short, web-friendly TinyURL, and the resulting link is copied onto your pasteboard ready for action.
6/5/2007 7:02:14 PM
One of the main complaints about PS3's backward compatibility for PS2 games is the inability to use custom PS2 controllers like the DDR dance pads and the Guitar Hero guitars. For $14.99, Pelican gives you a cheap way to get your old controllers to work with your old games on your new system.
6/5/2007 7:00:03 PM
If you're in the market for a professional grade site, you've probably found that quality design work doesn't come cheap. But while hiring outside help can be costly, designing your own site can be almost free if you know where to look for good resources, tutorials and tools.
6/5/2007 6:50:06 PM
The AP is reporting that a military judge has thrown out terrorism charges against Omar Khadr, a detainee at Guantanamo that could undo the whole War Crimes trials system.However, what may be more stunning is that this ruling could throw out THE ENTIRE WAR-CRIMES TRIAL SYSTEM. And how? Because a technicality which appears to have been caused by
6/5/2007 6:50:03 PM
Judd Apatow, who has quickly become one of the most successful non-household names in comedy, is slated to team up with comedian Jack Black in the forthcoming Year One. Apatow will produce, Ramis will write/direct and Jack Black, Michael Cera and Owen Wilson will all star.
6/5/2007 6:32:13 PM
The executive producers of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica," which will kick off its fourth and final season next year, said plans for the show's demise have been in the works for more than a year. Frak!
6/5/2007 5:50:06 PM
The next-generation muscle-Caddy, which is expected in the 2009 model year along with the quicker-than-Z06 Chevrolet Corvette, also will get the supercharged LS7 7.0-liter powerplant.
6/5/2007 5:50:03 PM
We don’t like DRM, and we’re not the only one. Unfortunately, the majority of the movie companies and record labels still think it’s the best way to “protect” their music. Let us show them it’s not, it only hinders honest customers.
6/5/2007 5:10:03 PM
Flawless execution of Myspace design at its finest.
6/5/2007 3:50:02 PM
Today, Apple has introduced the new MacBook Pros as expected. The new MacBook Pros utilize the Santa Rosa chipset and come in the following configurations:
6/5/2007 3:20:04 PM
Robert Carnevale was arrested while videotaping an NYPD bicycle raid after he asked one of the officers for his badge number. Carole Vale, a nurse observing the scene, was also arrested when she asked why Mr. Carnevale was being detained. Mr. Carnevale was held for 22 hours and Ms. Vale was held for 13 hours.
6/5/2007 3:19:15 PM
Last week, the CDC isolated Andrew Speaker, infected with tuberculosis. By the time officials issued the order, however, the man had already traveled to France, Greece, and Italy for his wedding and honeymoon, exposing a number of airline passengers to the disease along the way. When can the government quarantine its citizens?
6/5/2007 2:30:03 PM
Another cool issue of Free Software Magazine. 16 articles on free software.
6/5/2007 2:18:21 PM
"In its sixty year life, photographic agency Magnum has, through the work of several huge names, charted history as we know it, capturing events of global renown hand-in-hand with the profoundly mundane."
6/5/2007 1:57:17 PM
The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
6/5/2007 1:10:03 PM
Gmail may be an excellent Web-based email application, but there is no easy way to use it with privacy tools like GnuPG. The FireGPG extension for Firefox is designed to solve this problem. It integrates nicely into Gmail's interface and allows you to sign and encrypt not only email messages but also text snippets from any Web page.
6/5/2007 12:30:02 PM
"Wow. The things you can learn from Apple commercials. Notice anything about that map icon? It looked mighty familiar to me. Here are a bunch of other things I've noticed about iPhone maps."
6/5/2007 11:50:26 AM
On Sunday's episode of The Sopranos, the Italians shoot a man they have mistaken for New York boss Phil Leotardo. Later, Bobby Bacala is killed at the model-train store. Both times, the killers drop their guns at the scene of the crime. As Clemenza says in The Godfather "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." How come mafia hit men always drop the guns?
6/5/2007 11:10:04 AM
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know about the latest collaboration project that Digg recently finished. I worked with the developers at Facebook and we launched a application that you can install to your Facebook Profile!
6/5/2007 11:10:03 AM
A practical tutorial for solving common high school and calculus problems with Maxima. It provides plenty of examples to get you started in no time.
6/5/2007 10:48:37 AM
"A note to the forgetful: be thankful you don’t remember everything. It means your brain is working properly.According to a new study, the brain only chooses to remember memories it thinks are most relevant, and actively suppresses those that are similar but less used, helping to lessen the cognitive load and prevent confusion."
6/5/2007 10:16:24 AM
This TV news consultant bought at $270ish digital camera from a CompUSA clearance -- but only gets an empty box. A staffer blamed the buyer! "It’s not just 'buyer beware,' it’s 'don’t be a buyer.'
6/5/2007 9:10:03 AM
Since August eyeOS has been completely rewritten and redesigned; however eyeOS is still an Open Source project, under the GPL license. Eduardo told Read/WriteWeb today that "the importance of eyeOS 1.0 isn't in its look or in its apps, but in its core."
6/5/2007 9:06:21 AM
Recording Industry vs The People, a new RIAA case in Tampa, Florida has some interesting counterclaims by the consumer, including extortion, conspiracy, and deceptive trade practices.
6/5/2007 9:02:58 AM
If there's ever a time when you don't want to be caught unorganized, it's in the middle of a health crisis. You need certain documents on hand and ready to go when you're in situations like these. Today I'll show you how I've gotten my procrastinating booty in gear (finally) and made my very own essential information kit.
6/5/2007 9:00:05 AM
"The [autopsy] documents show that detainees were hooded, gagged, strangled, beaten with blunt objects, subjected to sleep deprivation and to hot and cold environmental conditions."
6/5/2007 8:42:38 AM
Meet Jo, a sexy babe masquerading as a plumber at the Kohler websiteâ€"but we think she's a sultry little temptress. "Flushing is fun," she coos. "Pick an item." I got your item, right here. We're in love.
6/5/2007 8:22:29 AM
University of Utah physicists developed small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity.
6/5/2007 8:20:24 AM
NASA put up amazing pictures of Mars. Help them out by trying to identify possible interesting spots :)"On board NASA’s Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, the HiRISE camera offers unprecedented image quality, giving us a view of the Red Planet in a way never before seen. It’s the most powerful camera ever to leave Earth’s orbit."
6/5/2007 8:19:21 AM
The Central Intelligence Agency has received approval at least twice in the last several years to conduct an information war against several countries in the Middle East, including Iran, Lebanon and Syria. In addition, the Bush Administration has been running operations out of the Defense Department that are not subject to Congressional oversight.
6/5/2007 7:50:04 AM
Just Whatever take a look at the best of the tower defense games

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