Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Interesting Stuff

7/31/2007 4:40:08 PM
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7/31/2007 4:40:07 PM
Air New Zealand is testing the waters for a new fuel made from the algae found in pond scums, which could have the capacity to reduce the entire carbon footprint of the airline industry to zero.
7/31/2007 4:30:20 PM
We've had rumors and spy shots before, but up until now we really didn't have any confirmation that Hyundai's new Tiburon replacement would switch from a pull-me to a push-me. With the new rwd platform that the company recently developed for its Genesis luxury sedan.
7/31/2007 4:30:09 PM
The list offers a nice point-counterpoint of why your IT department considers something a risk, how you can bypass their roadblocks and do it anyway, and perhaps more importantly how to get around it in a manner that won't completely freak out your IT department. (I'm not saying it won't just a little.)
7/31/2007 4:20:15 PM
Tried to visit Facebook today and had no luck? It appears that the social-networking site has been experiencing some growing pains. No one in CNET News.com's newsroom was able to access the site starting around 10 a.m. PDT.
7/31/2007 4:20:05 PM
This just in from Planet KDE. Includes screenshot. Some of the new features: An opengl playground at the bottom with an experimental"CoverFlow" inspired album selector; The big central area has just been switched to using Plasma, the cool new desktop and widget technology in KDE4; The new playlist.
7/31/2007 4:10:08 PM
A terrific website featuring nighttime photos of abandoned buildings, cars, and property. The "aircraft boneyards" section is really amazing.
7/31/2007 4:10:05 PM
If you've ever been frustrated in a search for books on nonbelief in your local bookstore or annoyed by their inclusion in the comparative religion section, Borders Books has remedied the situation. "Atheism and Agnosticism" has been added as a new section for the works of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and many others.
7/31/2007 4:10:03 PM
Google takes to its blog to argue that the merger with DoubleClick is no big deal. After all, everyone else is doing the same thing.
7/31/2007 4:01:54 PM
Free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper will work out for the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday, two weeks after being released by the Miami Dolphins.
7/31/2007 4:00:04 PM
Most Web users probably use at least one Yahoo product on a regularbasis. So let's take a look at 10 that are among the leaders in theirparticular market segment, or are particularly innovative. These aresubjective selections, because it's almost impossible to use objectivecriteria to judge such different web properties.
7/31/2007 4:00:02 PM
Epic Games VP Mark Rein recently told CVG that, despite Microsoft's efforts to push the technology, DirectX 10 won't see much in the way of enthusiastic adoption, largely because game developers will "have to dumb the games down for the consoles" making it "less and less economically viable to do the super high-end stuff."
7/31/2007 3:50:06 PM
The subconscious brain is more active, independent and purposeful than once thought. Sometimes it takes charge.
7/31/2007 3:50:02 PM
It's amazing just how many DIY projects exist for old NES units.
7/31/2007 3:40:22 PM
Adding fuel to the 360 price drop tire-fire of rumors, a recently leaked Circuit City ad shows a price drop of $50 on all models from Elite to Core.
7/31/2007 3:40:08 PM
After two days of relative calm on Friday and Saturday, the Comic Con convention in San Diego exploded in violence on Sunday after what seemed a personal dispute spilled over into the crowd.
7/31/2007 3:30:17 PM
Speaking at a Microsoft press conference in Amsterdam earlier today, Bungie has confirmed, once and for all, that Halo 3 will feature two to four player online co-operative play over Xbox Live.
7/31/2007 3:20:15 PM
The Pentagon will announce this morning of the next schedule rotation of 20,000 troops into Iraq starting at the end of this year continuing into 2008, CNN reported live Tuesday morning.
7/31/2007 3:10:06 PM
A stereotypical and some might say, slightly offensive look at how Chinese speak English. I actually laughed at some so I'm digging it.. let me know what you think.
7/31/2007 3:01:39 PM
Things just went from bad to worse for Michael Vick: "One of Michael Vick's co-defendants pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a dogfighting conspiracy he says was financed almost entirely by the Atlanta Falcons quarterback."
7/31/2007 2:50:22 PM
Video-sharing sites like YouTube have millions of clips, but only a few are real gems. So telegraph.co.uk experts have hunted down the best videos on the web - from funnies to politics, from TV to sport - and you can view the best 50 right here.
7/31/2007 2:50:18 PM
It may not seem like it, but it’s been ten years since Grosse Pointe Blank, the comedy about a hit man who returns home to attend his ten-year high school reunion â€" and to kill one final mark â€" came out. This article delves into all the little reasons that come together to make this film so fun to watch.
7/31/2007 2:40:11 PM
Somehow the original ballot records in Ohio from the 2004 "election" have been destroyed after a court ordered them preserved. Your ballots are becoming worthless in the New World Order.
7/31/2007 2:40:05 PM
The Ubuntu US Teams Mentoring Project is working hard to get an approved Local Community (LoCo) Team in every state by the end of 2007. At the beginning of the year, there were only a couple state teams (see the map). Now, 7 months later, there is a LoCo in just about every state, minus a handful (see the updated map). See http://ubuntu-us.org.
7/31/2007 2:30:21 PM
Let's see how 'The Decider' matches up with 'The Dictators'...Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Kim Jong Il and now Supreme Allied Commander of the World, George W. Bush, all proud propagators of personality cults. Can it be true in 21st century America that our society has slipped into the depths of the type of almost comical dictatorship? Here's a checklist.
7/31/2007 2:30:15 PM
Very unique architecture. I love the minimalist feel. The sleeping loft is probably my favorite part.
7/31/2007 2:30:13 PM
That's Gulliver from Gulliver's Travels with Mt. Fiji in the background.
7/31/2007 2:30:05 PM
Regardless, an insider in Japan who attended Konami's analyst meeting today passed along this info: • Metal Gear Solid 4's release date announced at TGS • Konami President Tanaka stated that release is likely Q4 March 8 • President Tanaka also stated, "we are open to taking this franchise across to other platforms."
7/31/2007 2:30:02 PM
I started by asking Dave about the company, how they developed 1Passwd, and some general interest questions. We moved on to some juicy iPhone news and beta invites that you’ll certainly want to know about if you use 1Passwd.
7/31/2007 2:10:04 PM
The term comes from the 1996 episode Lisa the Iconoclast, in which we learn that a young Jebediah Springfield is supposed to have spoken it after wrestling a bison, or "land cow."
7/31/2007 2:10:03 PM
I was trying to figure out how to extend my wireless network down a few floors a few days ago, and one of my queries brought me to experts exchange. The question looked useful: Using Linksys WAP54G as Wireless Repeater. This is exactly what I wanted to do. However, once I actually [...]
7/31/2007 2:00:12 PM
The cars, often black with tinted windows, are everywhere, waiting for the boss to come back from a meeting, lunch or a bit of shopping. Publicly funded luxury doesn't come cheap â€" the fleet costs taxpayers millions of dollars per year.
7/31/2007 1:40:06 PM
Peter MacKay, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada, told Canadian activists that the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP.gov) is a "Great Organization." He did, however, deny reports that the upcoming meeting would be guarded heavily by international security, including a "Free Speech" ban inside a 25 KM perimeter around the meeting. VIDEO
7/31/2007 1:40:04 PM
Unlike men, women can lose an orgasm almost in the midst of having one.
7/31/2007 1:30:08 PM
They have the Nike tick and all! Are these things real? If so, why aren't they on my feet?!
7/31/2007 1:30:07 PM
"Australia is becoming more and more like the United States and these workers are here to tell us how hard it is to be a low paid worker in a rich country," Ms Burrow said.
7/31/2007 1:30:07 PM
[A college student was arrested Sunday in the slashing of 42 tires on 13 government vehicles in an Army recruiting office parking lot, saying he was angry about the war in Iraq, authorities said. He told deputies he decided to slash the tires of Army recruiting vehicles because he "hated the military and the government and the war we were in."]
7/31/2007 1:30:04 PM
"Linus Torvalds, creator and maintainer of the Linux operating system kernel, has reacted angrily to suggestions that the kernel's development process is skewed in a way that prevents improvements on the desktop."
7/31/2007 1:30:01 PM
"Apple's Start Page briefly listed a headline with the title Keynote '08. The title was quickly changed, but the name suggests that Apple could even skip the iWork/Keynote '07 version that was originally expected at Macworld San Francisco in January. Alternatively, this could be a simple typo..."
7/31/2007 1:20:08 PM
In today's competitive financial environment you need to be armed with the best information possible in order to succeed in business. To that end, we've provided you with the Top 25 Business Websites ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast.

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