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there is defintely some odd ones here. using it as a black box flight recorder is top of my odd list….
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see how little science is actually applied here? surprise!
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Bruce Perens attacked Novell’s patent deal with Microsoft and said that Novell was enabling Microsoft to run “a protection racket” with the threat of its patents. Testify, Brother Perens!!!!
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giant bales of shrink wrape dtrash that cld be used as fuel cells?wonderful if it could happen!!!
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Tremulous, an open source game that blends a team based FPS (First-person shooter) with elements of an RTS (Real-time strategy). Its based on the Quake3 engine and the graphics are superb!
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oh man, some doozies. i would say anything with windows me on it;)
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well, it may not work for all laptops, but i would t least give it a shot!:)
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very useful!
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whenever I type a command to open some application which is not installed in my Ubuntu system, the repositories are automatically scanned and, if there is an application with the given name, it will be suggested for installation. Ubuntu just gets better!
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MWAHAHAHA *deep breath* HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is wonderful! Honestly, I didn’t expect anything this fascinating:)
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In Texas, a white teenager burns down her family’s home and receives probation. A black one shoves a hall monitor and gets 7 years in prison. Pigmentation, the aount of melatonin in skin, is all that matters. Martin Luther King is turnign in his grave.
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dude. some people are actually stupid. i know,i was shocked too!!!!
March 2007Monthly Archives
links for 2007-03-21
My pokemon bring all the nerds to the yard…
..and they’re like you wanna trade cards? Darn right, I wanna trade cards, I’ll trade this but not my charizard.
Yep, geek humour time folks. Click on the thumbnail to work out where you sit in the Geek Heirarchy. I am remarkably high. Which is scary, until you see whats lower;)
links for 2007-03-20
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So, you get your mail fix via Gmail these days. The only problem is getting to all those old message that are stuck in your old email client. One way to get yr old mail into your Gmail account is to use Gmail Loader.
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I loved the Mary TSewart Book, The Crystal Cave, when I was young (about Merlin). This is NOT how I imagined it – but its stunning:)
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New telescope images reveal a previously unknown rich cluster of stars in the inner parts of the Milky Way.
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umm, yes, these jobs do take the cake for suckage- esp the last one!
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great for garage bands etc:)
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sounds worse than the issue, but hey, i will try it:)
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an interesting articleon minux, its history, and whats happenign now,with release 3:)
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Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion. Now, guess how good teh backups were(not)!!!;)
links for 2007-03-19
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A family photographs itself at the same time, every year, since 1976. Magic, watch the couple have three boys, watch them grow up. I look forward to it continuing:)
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this is a feel good story about cooperation and community:)
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what IS ubuntu, for the uninformed:)
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a good review of beryl:)
It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times…
…than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.
This is a brilliant keynote (2006 Linux Symposium, to be precise) talk given by kernel developer extraordinaire Greg Kroah-Hartman, and reposted on his blog – Myths, Lies, and Truth about the Linux Kernel
links for 2007-03-18
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lotsof useful guides out here n the intarwebs:)
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not a bad idea, for all travellers outside of a city environment:)
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Antimatter sounds like the stuff of science fiction, and it is. But it’s also very real. Antimatter is created and annihilated in stars every day. Here on Earth it’s harnessed for medical brain scans.
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welcome to mars:)
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you hear a lot about how people today can really suck to each other. but that is not all of the story.
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the thing that speaks to me, is the poignancy of this child, this baby. he was someone’s much loved son, and he died around eight months old. they did their best to give him a good start in the afterlife. besides the science, this reaches me…
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a good list, entertaining. like the cyclist with the umbrella:)
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ahh, you know, what else is there to do on a weekend?:)
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a good review of feisty….
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute…
…that gives meaning to our lives.
So, can’t think of a way to make a difference? A bit apathetic? Lazy? or just busy and worn out by life?
Sorry, no more excuses. Even you can make a difference, sitting in your chair.
So do it! Ten online ways to save the world.
What fates impose…
…that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide.
What would you do if you knew you had 12 years at most, before a terrible inherited disease ravaged your mind and body? Would you want to know?
Via The Frontal Cortex, read about an incredibly courageous young woman called Katharine, who now has to face this future. She has learnt that she does carry the gene for Huntington’s Disease, thanks to advances in genetic testing. And if you ar ewndering, yes, I would want to know, definitely, for my children’s sake, to plan for their upbringing, and to inform them of their genetic legacy.
links for 2007-03-17
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very handy article:)
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fascinating how lots of little things dd up to lighter environmental footprint!
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Greenpeace said a study showed rats fed for 90 days on Monsanto’s MON863 maize showed “signs of toxicity” in the liver and kidneys.
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Albert Einstein conceived of a box in which light was trapped and a single light particle, or photon, was released in a theoretical experiment to measure the relationship between mass & energy. Now, French physicists say they have created Einstein’s box.
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finally, an organised beryl themes repository
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This tutorial will show how-to install Ubuntu on a usb stick. Even though this tutorial uses Ubuntu as its base distribution, you could virtually use any type of Linux liveCD distribution.
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this is a list that many people will be interested in!
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great summary! must read for css types, especially those just starting:)
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def nsfw. but a fascinatign interprettion of the human evolution, scientifically and culturally. contans sex and violence, so accurate depiction of people;)
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Mike Strizki lives in the nation’s first solar-hydrogen house. His monthly utility bill is zero, he is off grid, and his system creates no carbon-dioxide emissions. Neither does the car parked in his garage, which runs off the hydrogen his system creates.
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woohoo! finally, an official plugin repository! much wanted:)
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A company called Thanko has come up with a rather interesting new headband which acts as headphones without you putting anything in your ears. It uses bone conduction to send the music through your skull to your brain. I am not sure about using this one!
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For many women, the correlation between sex and snoring is one of those annoying facts of life. But why does it happen?
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welcome to a new type of matter….
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pretty!!
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pictures of an amazing subway, that is really art and function combined!
links for 2007-03-16
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dude. amazing and – wtf????
