Lighting from 20 metres away
Some guy photographed this awesome shot in a thunderstorm
RIAA – those whacky guys
Apparently now they want to make creating a copy of a legally bought CD or even copying music from it to your IPod illegal. Despite having stated before that it is legal.
Windows System Tools
This site has a large list of programmes to manage your windows processes, memory, cpu etc etc etc. This is the list of programmes I thought might be usefull: Sysinternals Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded Informer shows the time, processor load, amount of processes and Read more about Windows System Tools[…]
WashDryIron
The name of the machine says it all: you hang clothes on a peg, and the one machine washes, then dries, then irons your clothes. And it’s developed by a student who can’t yet find a company to help manufacture it! I neeeeed one!
Howto build a home descaler
Engadget is running a nice article on how to scale your video input to show better on a HD TV or projector by scaling the video feed.
Palm OS no more
Acces who bought Palm OS have decided they will Garnet (Palm OS 5) and Cobalt (Palm OS 6 – which has never shipped on any device) and decided to revamp it all as the Access Linux Platform (ALP) which will look nothing like Linux but run Garnet apps as well as GTK apps. Expected on Read more about Palm OS no more[…]
smart armour
These suits are flexible but harden up on impact.
The 10 best scifi films that never existed
This review is about what could have been, what should have been but what wasn’t. It also tells us why it wasn’t. Very good piece.
Slime Controlled Robot
They’ve grown a slime on a chip and forced it to grow in the shape of the bot thus encasing it entirely and finding some way of translating it’s movements to the movements of the robot. This makes it a ‘living’ robot. Currently it’s a bit boring as it moves away from light and moves Read more about Slime Controlled Robot[…]
Google Desktop 3 Spyware
Or at least the EFF says it is. Why? Because default settings allow you to ‘search across computers’ – and people will probably not be aware of this. Basically Google stores everything it finds on your desktop on its own servers for some period in text form. Which means they have everything on your PC!
More Spying
Now it’s the Chinese spying on the Americans – and sending F-16 and Black Hawk engines as well as missles back home to China!
Chavez wants Britain de ‘give back’ Falklands
… to the Argies… Hugo Chavez is doing a really good job making friends isn’t he?! Oh well, at least he called them the Falklands!
VMWare Server for Free!
Yup, become a virtual machine for free! Download and VMWare product comparison here Don’t forget to pack a few extra Gigs of RAM!
US Drinking laws
That make perfect sense. Not.
Superbowl XL commercials
Well, the advertising extravaganza of the year was supposed to be available on the NFL site, but blowed if I can find them there – so then I had a look for them elsewhere but that turned out to be difficult too. Finally I got them at Devlib.org, and they’re friendly enough to provide an Read more about Superbowl XL commercials[…]
An oblique attack on DRM
In an interesting new vector, now it’s the libraries that are attacking DRM – on the grounds that as libraries they are exempted from these DRM laws as it’s their job to provide anyone who wants it with content. Also, as copyright expires legally, so does the legality of the DRM – but will the Read more about An oblique attack on DRM[…]
DOJ vs Judge
Well, Blackberry has infringed patents and stuff and it’s illegal and stuff, but we can’t shut down Blackberry service in the US and stuff, because – it’s a hazard to national security, and there are 200,000 government users who absolutely NEED Blackberry or they’ll, like, die and stuff! How is this clash between the US Read more about DOJ vs Judge[…]
The Cartoon Dispute
Wow, this thing has seriously blown up! A Norwegian newspaper published a few cartoons showing arabs in a satirical light. That’s SATIRE as in COMEDY. Much like we have Garfield and Gary Larson. Anyway, the Muslims went completely wild, so much so that other newspapers have taken some of the comics and published them, with Read more about The Cartoon Dispute[…]
HMS Daring launched
The newest Royal Navy destroyer has been launched and is now having its final touches applied. Super high tech, roomy, liberal and of course dangerous – it has Ipod charging stations, 14 decks, weighs in at 7350 tonnes, 150m long, is the first of 6 projected type 45 destroyers and cost GBP 605 million. Oh Read more about HMS Daring launched[…]
What does her lingerie mean?
According to the Sun and Tracey Cox, what she’s wearing indicates how she wants it – slow ‘n sexy, romantic, down ‘n dirty, energetic or quick.
Ask Men’s 99 hottest women of 2006
Well, apparently they polled this, which is why I don’t entirely agree with the results, but this certainly is the best 99 clicks you’ve been able to do on the internet for a little while! Personally, I start really really disagreeing once they go below about number 10, maybe they got 20-10 and 10-1 all Read more about Ask Men’s 99 hottest women of 2006[…]
Transparent OLEDs
So, what’s cooler than a flatpanel OLED display? A transparent OLED display – duhhhh! Ze Germans have figured out how to create transparent OLEDs which we can use in our cars and stuff – I want my whole window to be an OLED display!
Flower Printer
So, you think flowers are boring? Not enough colour? The evenness of the petals too little bling for you? Then print stuff on them!
Space elevator
This is something the world NEEDS to build! To infinity and beyond! Awesome pictures when you click. If you go to www.mondolithic.com the science pictures (many of them from scientific american covers) are pretty awesome too.
A politico that GETS it
Bolivia leader halves his own pay Bolivian President Evo Morales Mr Morales says he wants to share the burden of the poor The Bolivian new left-wing President, Evo Morales, has cut his salary by more than a half to a little over $1,800 (£1,012) per month. The decision means that the salaries of all Bolivian Read more about A politico that GETS it[…]