December 2007
New VLC 0.8.6d Looks Awesome in Leopard →
If you aren’t using VLC to play video files, you should be, and if you are, you need to check out this update! The transition to and from full screen playback is also a nice touch.
Amazon to Give Away 1 Billion Free MP3s in... →
Sources are telling Billboard that Amazon and Pepsi will team up to give away 1 billion MP3s for free in 2008, starting with a Superbowl kick off in February
November 2007
The 10 Best Books of 2007 - New York Times →
New York Times Best Sellers
iFrogz - iPod Touch Treadz (Case) →
Seven Blunders of the World Given By Mahatma... →
Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, not too long before his assassination.
Windows XP Speed Boost Coming with SP3 →
Running an Office productivity test suite on a preview version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, Devil Mountain discovered a 10 percent performance boost over the current version of Windows XP, the company reported on its blog.
WOW I can't believe FOX aired this! →
I start to worry when mainstream talks logically…
Ron Paul wins the Fresno, CA STRAW POLL with 35%... →
Ron Paul supporters gave the self-proclaimed “dark horse” candidate a surprise win in the first-ever Fresno County Republican straw poll on Nov. 15.
Ship crashes in Antarctica, check out the name and... →
I cant possibly spoil this by telling you any more……
How To Destroy The Web 2.0 Look →
Warning - Don't Drink From Hotel Room Glasses →
A hidden camera investigation shows that water glasses in your hotel room may never reach a dishwasher or even water.
Hulu - Watch TV Shows For Free (Review) →
20 Essential Blog Directories →
a decent list of popular blog directories to submit your own blog to.
DIGG: Digg launches Digg the Candidates →
An interesting way to follow the US elections!
United States Now Arrests Photographers Without... →
NEW YORK - The U.S. military plans to seek a criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning Associated Press photographer but is refusing to disclose what evidence or accusations would be presented.
Red Hot Chili Peppers sue Showtime over... →
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime over the name of the series “Californication,” which is also the name of the band’s 1999 album and a single. The series stars David Duchovny as a novelist suffering from writers’ block and a midlife crisis.
[PIC] A lighthouse picture like never before →
As a photo bug myself, I was stunned by this shot. According to the story, you can only get this shot once a year, and in the first 5 minutes only…
Review: Replug - PaulStamatiou →
a review of a magsafe-like accessory for headphones
LG Voyager (VX10000) - Verizon Wireless →
Firefox Asterisk Revealer for Stored Passwords →
This is, by far, the best snippet of javascript code I’ve seen in action, EVER !!!I usually choose the “Remember” option for logins in Firefox because I just can’t remember them all and I rarely make backups, so today I needed to use an uncapped account, but the password was wrong.I had 2 options, waste my time and phone Telkom or hack it ..
Global Warming Polar Bear [pic] →
Don’t you feel bad now?!
FOX News becoming international laughingstock →
because it minimally adheres to certain superficial conventions, it can masquerade as a “news” outfit and enjoy all the rights that accrue to that.
I Kicked Burning Terrorist So Hard in Balls I Tore... →
Best Headline Ever.A hero cabbie who took on Glasgow Airport terror suspects told how he booted one of them in the privates. Alex McIlveen, 45, kicked the man, whose body was in flames, so hard that he tore a tendon in his foot. But he said: “He didn’t even flinch. I couldn’t believe he didn’t go down.
Exclusive: LG Venus Unboxing →
HUGE Color panorama photo of Denver in 1898 (5836... →
Amazing to see such detail, considering the photo’s over 100 years old. I’d love to see the same shot today.
Soda Can Padlock Shim →
how open up a combination lock using just a scissor and a can of soda.
Tasers are safe, says Taser International Inc →
Taser manufacturer is taking legal action in response to “false and misleading headlines.” I wonder if their chairman has ever been zapped by one?
"If I see a child or a pre-teen crying on the... →
I am a (male) high school teacher and I have a daughter. If I see a child or (worse) a pre-teen crying on the beach I change my direction and put as much distance as possible between us. It’s too dangerous even to take a picture, imagine TOUCHING them
LG Voyager Quick Preview →
Concerned citizen to run full page political ad in... →
An American concerned about the countries future is running a full page advertisement in USA Today on November 21st to share his concern with the American people. The ad issues a reminder of the warnings the Founding Fathers gave about a government that disregards the will of the people and supports a candidate.
Amazon Customers Vote Homepage →
6 rounds. 18 amazing deals.
Creative Zen (Review) →
An in-depth review of the Creative Zen by Skatter Tech
Bush receives early holiday gift: copy of... →
A human rights group is encouraging people to give President Bush an early holiday gift: the US Constitution, and a polite letter asking him to read it. Every time someone signs the online petition, the organization will send a copy of the Constitution to the White House as a “seasonal reminder that the Constitution needs to be upheld not destroyed
For 65 Years, This Fighter Jet Was Hidden Under... →
For 65 years, this Second World War fighter had lain hidden under the surface of a beach where it crash-landed. Just a short distance above it, holidaying families have built sandcastles, strolled and swum, all unaware of its existence. But now the P-38 Lightning has re-emerged after freak weather conditions caused the sands to shift.
A Big Cheat Site Attempts To Game Digg →
An email from a big cheat site to game digg has literally opened my eyes, in their email request they describe how to game digg and in return one can get a lot of prizes..
Creative Zen (Review) →
DIGG: View Wall Street Journal Online articles... →
The Wall Street Journal Online is adding Digg buttons across the entire site, and you’ll now have full (free) access to the articles submitted to Digg. The Digg buttons have started appearing on WSJ.com articles tonight.Digg on,Kevin
Guaranteed Admission to UCLA -- Just Donate Six... →
UCLA’s elite orthodontics residency program has violated University of California policy and standards governing public schools by giving special consideration to major donors and their relatives. Applicants related to donors giving six-figure gifts were automatically advanced over other students despite their lower test scores and grades…
Miro 1.0 is here. →
Miro the free and open source video feed player is now live whit version 1.0.Miro is kind of an opensource clone of joost. try it out ;)
Zune 80 Better Than iPod Classic? Bye Bye... →
Gizmodo summarized the first Zune 80 reviews from CNET, Wired, Dean Takahashi, PCWorld and YahooTech. Their verdicts? The cup has not yet been breeched, but Microsoft is making very solid improvements on the brand. And some think it blows away the iPod classic.
Vista to New Zune: 'Zune Failed' (Pic) →
This screenshot is what you get if you plug the Zune 2 directly into a Vista PC.
Worst Americans Ever: Using Charity to Screw Our... →
As the founder of a charity called Help Hospitalized Veterans, which distributes craft kits to veterans’ hospitals, Roger Chapin of San Diego pays himself and his wife more than $500,000 a year in salary… Of the $70 million Help Hospitalized Veterans took in last year, only 31 percent went to the actual charitable cause.
What can $611 billion buy? - (Photo Slideshow) →
If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to the National Priorities Project, a nonprofit research group. The amount got us wondering: What would $611 billion buy?
skatter tech jobs →
check it out -sahas
Tekzilla Episode 7
Goldeneye 007: Ten Years Later →
Few games have caused as much awe and frustration as Rareware’s 1997 Goldeneye 007. Bringing four-player FPS to a console was unheard of at the time to most gamers. Predating Half Life by a year, Goldeneye provided us a reason to gather up the troops and stalk the halls of the temple. But how does it play today?