November 2008
44 posts
“In order to “acknowledge the irony”, I would have to learn two new...”
– Police officer on The Life and Times of Tim.
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Visualizing Facebook From Outer Space →
This video showcases a Hackathon project that visualizes all the data Facebook receives.
Samsung Starts Mass Production of 256GB SSDs →
Samsung Electronics has started mass production of 256G-byte solid-state drives, which could make their way into laptops in a few months, the company announced Thursday.
Sure- Like The Guy in the $5K Pants Is Finalizing... →
“Arrested Development”The “Arrested Development” feature has moved closer to reality, with Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard reportedly closing deals for the long-gestating project from Imagine and Fox…
Top 25 days In Computing History →
Details of 25 important days in computing history.
Adobe answers cries for 64-bit Flash on Linux →
Starting to answer the clamorous demand from open-source fans, Adobe Systems plans to release an alpha version of its Flash Player technology on Monday for those using 64-bit Linux software.
Seth MacFarlane Denied By Bouncer, Sends $5k... →
Seth MacFarlane just got a little more awesome. The “Family Guy” creator was majorly dissed outside Crown Bar last week by a cocky doorman. But instead of whining about his experience, he took the…
Sweden's Ultra-Modern Underground Data Center →
Underneath Stockholm, deep in the bedrock exists a data center better than any high tech lair Hollywood could probably dream up. Bahnhof, one of Sweden’s largest ISP’s has created a bunker of high…
Voices I Wish I Had
mattmcinerney:
Since 5ives seems to be dead, I’ve got a top 5 list of my own. Speaking voices I wish I had: the kind of voices that can make any thing sound good.
Great list, almost fully agree, I would make one change:
Barack Obama
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy)
Jon Hamm (Don Draper on Mad Men)
Adrian Pasdar (Jim Profit on Profit)
Alec Baldwin
livejamie:
Beck - Bit Rate Variations In B-Flat...
'Arrested Development' Movie Is On! →
The Bluths live on.
With Great Humility... →
One word: Wow!
10 Wartime Posters: The Power of Propaganda (pics) →
The most famous war poster was Alfred Leete’s 1914 image of Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer. So successful was this image that it was adapted for American use in both World War I and…
8-year-old writes to Obama, gets response →
Eight-year-old Fil-Am Karina Encarnacion recommended a dog that president-elect Barack Obama should get for his daughters, and in return got “three bits of advice that will make your life more…
christinahaberkern:
Snow Patrol - “You could be...
Beatles "Hard Day’s Night" Chord Mystery solved... →
The most famous opening chord in rock & Roll:For 40 years nobody knew for sure what it was. Many guitar players have tried in vain to recreate the sound but usually fail miserably. Well, someone has…
Barack Obama draws on America's economic brains →
The economic brain trust convened by Barack Obama in Chicago includes two former Treasury Secretaries from the Clinton administration, billionaire Warren Buffett and the chairmen of Google, Xerox and…
10 Computer Ads From The 80s →
Wow! 80s sure does seem like a medieval era now after looking at these computers that were famous back then
Creative releases Linux X-Fi driver under the GPL →
Creative has released its Sound Blaster X-Fi Linux driver under the GPL. The driver still has bugs and isn’t ready yet for widespread use.
Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA... →
WiFi security takes a hit with the disclosure of an effective exploit for small packets encrypted with the TKIP flavor of WiFi Protected Access. The technique is fiendishly clever; the security…
Senator Obama will be President Obama. →
Latest election calls from AP and NPR. NPR predicts that Ohio wil go to Obama. It is over.
I Didn't Vote For Obama Today →
A TPMCafe blogger confesses that he didn’t vote for Obama. His reasons are compelling.
Barack Obama wins the 2008 Presidential Election →
Greatest Digg Submission. Ever.
GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND VOTE! .COM →
Turn off the internets and go vote!
Google turns on OCR for scanned PDFs →
Google has been working on OCR technology that can peek inside scanned PDFs for at least a couple of years. Now it’s flipped the switch, bringing search to a library of scanned documents that…
ruhi:
I’ve listened to this at least 25 times in...
World's first truly blue roses go on display in... →
They are the stuff of legend - signifying mystery and traditionally believed to be able to grant the owner youth. For years breeders have crossed different colours of roses in an effort to create the…
Exclusive: The LEGO Minifig Timeline →
We’ve worked with LEGO to painstakingly collect 7 catalog almost every minifig ever produced into a photographic timeline. See the evolution of the iconic figure, from the very first sets in the 70s…
Hidden message in digg.com Solved! →
There appears to be some funny physicists, or just geeks like me, working at Digg.com. They have put a hidden message into the page source of their website that can be deciphered with a little…