SharePod
Sharepod is an itunes alternative, if you’re just bothered about the music aspect of itunes. It’s very small and lightweight. Very nice!
Salvation Army not allowed to rattle tins
The UK is going nuts! Now no tin rattling – they’re afraid it might intimidate some precious morons or something…
PeerGuardian 2
Phoenix Labs » PeerGuardian 2 is an IP blocker that has most of the people in there that you don’t want accessing your IP, such as the RIAA and other fanatics with a history of randomly suing people with an internet connection.
Discovery Engine Works
Assemble your own 100 part car engine for $29.95
Discovery Jet-Works Engine
50 parts to assembe and then watch your own first jet go! Only $20.97
VLC Remote
VLC Remote allows you to open media files using your iphone as a remote.
it changes colours
This funky dock speaker system changes colours on command or automatically on a cycle. Groovy!
Are we too afraid of touch?
I’ve raised this issue a few times before: Park attendants being told to question people in parks (especially men) if they have no children or men in the US refusing to get near children in need due their being afraid of being branded a child molestor whilst in the UK everyone is banned from coming Read more about Are we too afraid of touch?[…]
Those funny simpsons pics? Childporn!
Those totally humourless Australians have branded a man a child pornographer for having cartoons of the Simpsons engaging in sex. That stretches is a bit for me!
UK DNA database deemed unlawful
The European Human Rights court in Strassbourg has decided that the UK DNA Database, which keeps the DNA data of people in it regardless of whether or not they have committed a crime and won’t let you out once you’re in, is in contravention of the basic right to privacy. Too right! You can’t just Read more about UK DNA database deemed unlawful[…]
Why Copyright Law needs to be done well
In Canada, they decided they didn’t want to go the same way as the Americans did, so a large outcry went against it. This contains a good analysis of why the Canadian consumers decided to say no and what the driving forces behind the publicity were.
UN takes the fight to Somalia
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution permitting member countries to enter the territorial waters of Somalia to fight piracy.
Antioxidants are unlikely to prevent aging
This is because free radicals don’t age you. This also means that most beauty products that are supposed to stop you from ageing, don’t work.
Laptop Cop
Uses Wireless triangulation to pinpoint where your device is and show it on a map. Never lose it again!
Schools: more sexist and more stupid
This experiment took the top science students of this year and gave them 1965 exams. They all failed miserably, showing the dumbing down of education quite graphically. An interesting side effect was that the girls did worse than the boys did, even though other research puts girls ahead in current exams. This clearly shows something Read more about Schools: more sexist and more stupid[…]
nanovision mimo 7-inch monitor
This thing is USB powered and fed, so you don’t need to add a graphics card. It runs at 800×600, so it has a good pixel density for a screen that size.
SMS Touch: Send Free Text Messages Through Email
SMS Touch: Send Free Text Messages Through Email
Wider Landscape Keyboard Not One But Eight!
This article links to five in the appstore. They work by writing a message and then opening the email app and pasting the input into a new mail: Wide Email Lettera Sideways Touchtype Compose Firemail If you’re jailbroken you can type SMS messages in landscape mode using biteSMS or iRealSMS from Cydia.
NHS loses patient data
Yes, these fantastic guys in the UK keep on building huge centralised databases: The NHS has had data of around 10,000 patients compromised in around 135 seperate incidents – last year alone! In the Netherlands, they’ll be starting a system like this in 2009. Fortunately you can opt out here If you live in NL, Read more about NHS loses patient data[…]
How To Calibrate Your New HDTV
This is a good guide how to do it easily and reap the benifits of proper colour. All you need is a THX certified DVD and a pair of $4,- goofy glasses.
Linux on the iPhone
It’s only a matter of time 🙂 What we have: – Framebuffer driver – Serial driver – Serial over USB driver – Interrupts, MMU, clock, etc. What we have in openiboot (but hasn’t been ported yet): – Read-only support for the NAND What we don’t have (yet!): – Write support for the NAND – Wireless Read more about Linux on the iPhone[…]
Women don’t care for sick men
AFter 5 minutes of caring, women have had enough when their man is sick. They won’t try to care for him, they won’t take time off for him, whereas men tend to care for their women. Yes. Women are cold hearted, egotistical bitches.
The size of the Bailout package
The size of the bailout plan is truly staggering. Not just a little bit huge but immensely massive. Did you know it was larger than the following combined: • Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion • Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion • Race to the Moon: Read more about The size of the Bailout package[…]
Blue Angels Hold First-Ever Open Tryouts
Join a premier national aerobatics team, even if you have no experience flying jets!
When wind farm subsidies go wrong
In the US wind farm power is so subsidised, that in Texas power prices around 33% of the year were negative, ie. the more power a consumer user, the more they got paid to use it!