September 2007
110 posts
“You’re Mickey Mouse. You’re the Nile, You’re the Tower of...”
– (reblog) Cole Porter, You’re the Top Ooh I love that song, it’s one of the licensed tracks in Bioshock too!
The 34 funniest search queries so far →
The guy from blogstorm has been looking at the phrases people are typing into Google to find his site, some of them are pretty strange for an internet marketing blog.
Demonoid tracker back online?! →
My BT client has just established a connection with the Demonoid tracker! The site at demonoid.com is still down however. If this is indeed the tracker back online, it is very encouraging news!
This is why Google isn't pink →
You may want to put on some safety goggles…
This Must Have Hurt (pic) →
I can’t get this image out of my head.
Woman Locked Up for 70 Years After Being Falsely... →
A WOMAN was locked up and “lost” for 70 years after being wrongly accused of stealing 13p. Jean Gambell, 85, was “certified” indefinitely in 1937 over claims she had taken the cash while cleaning at a doctor’s surgery. The money was found — but Jean still spent 70 years in a maze of care institutions.
"txtor" tool circumvents basic torrent blockers →
Some universities block the downloading of torrent files by not allowing users to access files with the wrong mime-type or file extension. This simple block is easy to get around, and that’s exactly what a new site called “txtor” does.
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Beta released! →
The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is the Ubuntu 7.10 beta release, which brings a host of excellent new features.
8 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries →
They say “knowledge is power,” but “they” seem to forget that most of our knowledge is devoted to subjects that are completely useless and retarded. On Wikipedia, even the most obscure topics get propped up on enormous blocks of text. Here are the most depressing - and somewhat frightening - examples.
How the Mind Affects Your Happiness →
There is a virtual reality of the mind and it has more impact on your emotions and happiness than the external physical world.
10 Negotiable Ways To a Fatter Wallet →
EVERYTHING is negotiable. But, you have to ask!!
Ten Timeless Persuasive Writing Techniques →
10 persuasive writing techniques that can make your job easier and your case more compelling. While this list is in no way comprehensive, these 10 strategies are used quite a bit because they work.
Oy! Navy to spend $600,000 to mask 'hateful'... →
Four L-shaped buildings, viewed from above, bear striking resemblance to a swastika. The 1960s buildings are a Navy barracks for the Seabees. Once satellite and overhead images of the buildings became the talk of various blogs, the Navy elected to spend some $600,000 on disguising the building.
Pictures: Moscow Dungeons →
Two Moscow inhabitants decided to explore collecting system under the building where they live. So they found the right gully grating, opened it and came down. How they were surprised, discovered the whole system of caves with the real underground river.
The worlds most beautiful genius →
Demonoid Shut Down by the CRIA →
Demonoid.com, one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers has allegedly been taken offline by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Both the tracker and the website have been unresponsive for nearly 24 hours.
Linux to Finally Kill Windows in Europe? →
In the future, Linux might very well have a fighting chance on European soil, against Windows.
MiiVi Tracker is Here: Courtesy of TPB And... →
Spread the word ya’ll!
Critical Excel 2007 bug cripples users →
What is 850 x 77.1 ? a calculator will tell you it’s 65535, but a critical flaw in Microsoft’s Excel 2007 causes it return 100000 as the answer to this, and any other calculation for which the result is 65535.
Gizmodo's Brian Lam strikes again. →
If you don’t want to have Halo 3 spoiled for you do not watch the end of the vid. Pompous asshole “apologizes”
MPAA Takes Down IsoHunt's BitTorrent Trackers in... →
Starting today, the Isohunt team will deny access to all US visitors on their TorrentBox and Podtropolis tracker. They are forced to take this action because of their involvement in a lawsuit initiated by the MPAA.
Digg Copies Pownce [PIC] →
Since I originally came up with the Pownce gender list, I’m somewhat miffed that Digg copied Pownce.
The Coolest Website You Will See Today →
I haven’t quite really figured out what this website is all about but it looks really cool. Click on the screen and then move the mouse around….
Watch
1GB 20 years ago and 1GB now!!! [PIC] →
It’s amazing how quickly technology advances these days…
Some Articles →
Tips for faster PHP scripts More Tips for faster PHP scripts 7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails #5 - IT’S BUILT TO MY TASTES I don’t need to adapt my ways to Rails. I tell PHP exactly what I want to do, the way I want to do it, and it doesn’t complain.#6 - I LOVE SQL Speaking of tastes: tiny but important thing: I love SQL. I dream in queries. I think in tables. I was always...
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Default Wallpaper... →
The final deadline for Gutsy Gibbon’s artwork was on September 20th. This is most likely the wallpaper we’ll be seeing in the final release. What does everyone think? What would a first-time user think? Is it too dark/brown? …or is it just right?
New version of Gmail being tested →
Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, and has revolutionized the way many of us use email. The interface has remained largely untouched since it launched, but get ready, it’s soon to undergo a change in what they describe as a “New Version”
7 Reasons I Switched Back to PHP After 2 Years on... →
“Back in January 2005, I announced on the O’Reilly blog that I was going to completely scrap over 100,000 lines of messy PHP code in my existing CD Baby (cdbaby.com) website, and rewrite the entire thing in Rails, from scratch.”Great article.
OpenOffice.org Free Software Proves a Success at... →
On July 18th 2007, Everex launched its first ‘Back to School’ PC with OpenOffice.org 2.02 into WalMart stores throughout the United States. The response was fantastic.