‘I Am Rich’ iPhone App
8 people bought this app at the maximum price the apple app store allowed, $999,- before it was pulled. And now, here we can find it documented on youtube and a cracked version of it.
The Web as an MMORG
Who needs to buy an extensive game client like WoW, Conan, or install huge things like Second Life, when the internet function you use most, namely http, port 80 or the www – whatever you like to call the internets – can BE the game, populated by thousands of denizens either playing a game or Read more about The Web as an MMORG[…]
Electraflyer
The Electraflyer is an electric aircraft. And why not?!
Scientists closer to invisibility cloak
l This is U.S. Army Research Office and the National Science Foundation’s Nano-Scale Science and Engineering Center funded and the University of California, Berkeley, led by Xiang Zhang claims to have manufactured materials that redirect the light around the objects. In the past we’ve seen more of this, of course… Invisible tanks using cameras Light Read more about Scientists closer to invisibility cloak[…]
IPhone Software killswitch exists
And in pretty astounding news, Steve Jobs has confirmed that the iphone has a kill switch for applications Apple doesn’t want you to have. The list has nothing to do with allowing access to some kernel core as some people have conjectured.
Styrofoam Dome House
This is an amazing piece of kit! the Dome House is an igloo-shaped structure built from snap-together wall sections made of 100% expanded polystyrene foam (styrofoam). It might seem like an odd choice of material for a house, but the company lists a number of advantages that styrofoam has over traditional materials. Unlike wood and Read more about Styrofoam Dome House[…]
CERN: End of the world Sept. 10th
Nope – that’s when the Large Hadron Collider finally gets fired up!
Google Insights for Search
Google has released a way updated version of Google Trends, namely Google Insights for Search. Insights allows you to compare search query popularity over regions (globally, continents, countries, counties, etc), show you what each search term is used for within context and allows you to specify time ranges. It doesn’t have an export to csv Read more about Google Insights for Search[…]
UK Passport troubles… again!
So after having had 3000 new blank ‘unbreakable’ passports stolen during delivery from the truck, they’ve (well, specifically, Jeroen van Beek of the UvA) now discovered that the passports can be cloned and altered (eg. have digital images inserted on them or other different biometrics, such as thumbprints, eyeprints) within a few minutes. The fraudulent Read more about UK Passport troubles… again![…]
Nitrogen oxide purifying concrete
The Dutch town of Hengelo will be trying out concrete that binds nitrogen oxide particles and using an additive turns these into harmless nitrates which are washed clean by the rain. Hengelo is testing this in one half of the new roads and measuring the effecacity by next summer.
Kaminsky DNS Flaw explained
So this is what we all had to fix for: basically a cache poisoning attack.
The Night Climbers of Cambridge
This is an odd tourguide to the rooftops of Cambridge
Never ever talk to the cops
This is an hours’ worth of lecture from a prosecutor and a cop, telling you exactly why you should never open your mouth to the police, even if you’re innocent.
Pro social networking
atomkeep is a syncing tool for all your social network accounts – keep your profile, photo’s, descriptions and friends together all over facebook, multiply, twitter and god knows where else.
Switzerland
Switzerland is a tool for testing networks, ISPs and firewalls developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org). It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you copies of the modified packets. SourceForge.net: Files
Der Amerikaner Nimt Alles Ja!
The US Dept. of Homeland Security has just elucidated their policy: We can seize, keep your laptop without cause. Actually, they can seize any electronic device without cause.
How The Hague will fuck up Scheveningen Beach
Well, I’ve just read the Concept-nota Strandbeleid 2008 (versie 17 april 2008). Besides wrecking the beach side by rebuilding the boulevard with a horrible diagonal sea wall and a main bus terminus in the middle of it, as well as destroying the allready bad parking situation by reducing the number of parking slots from 1020 Read more about How The Hague will fuck up Scheveningen Beach[…]
Adult Travel – Viking’s Exotic Resort – Caribbean Vacations
Welcome to the island of the whores – enjoy yourself more and more by throwing more money into the packages they have!
Online 3-D Printing service
There’s plenty on 3D printing in this blog, but these guys (Shapeways) are interesting in that they’re offering to 3D print cheaply: around $50 – $150 and in 10 days time!
Water on Mars!
The NASA Mars lander has found water and has sampled it. It hasn’t found anything organic in the water yet, but the mission is being extended by 90 days in the hopes of finding more.
KNGT offers up Windows XP-powered icom MK1 carputer
6.95-inch 800 x 480 resolution display, on-screen QWERTY keyboard, wireless connectivity and mobile TV (T-DMB) tuner. Furthermore, you’ll find a 40GB / 80GB hard drive, upwards of 2GB of RAM, a few USB 2.0 ports, a 1.6GHz Intel CPU and Windows XP
Ripples Series
These furniture pieces emulate rippling mercury for some stunning effects.
Cuil
Cuil (supposedly pronounced ‘cool’) is another new search engine, built by some ex-Google employees. Supposedly it’s so far indexing 3 times as many sites as Google. I’m very charmed with its way of presenting found information in a magazine format and the simple layout that greets you when you find your way onto the site.
HAR2009 – in the tradition of What The Hack
Hacking At Random 2009 has just been announced and the first post is on the wiki!
RNLAF runs out of options
After trying to visit the factories of Rafale and Eurofighter, both companies have declared they will not be offering their products to the Dutch ministry of defence, leaving them with the Gripen, Advanced F-16 and JSF as options. Considering the leading role the Netherlands wants to take in international politics, yet again they will be Read more about RNLAF runs out of options[…]