May 2008
125 posts
AdSense for RSS Feeds Set to Launch Next Week →
Google-owned FeedBurner is set to launch AdSense for RSS next week according to a post on the company’s blog. Much like the AdSense for Web sites, AdSense for RSS will show contextual text…
StarCraft: 7 Years in 7 Minutes →
This video goes through the history of StarCraft and the changes it went through during its 7 years of life. A great walk down memory lane for old school StarCraft players!
“We searched the house … checking everywhere someone could possibly...”
– Japanese woman caught living in man’s closet — Police Arrests What! A year?
Bioscientists photoshop their cultures to fake... →
Unapologetic Teen Girls Steal Money from 9 y/o... →
“I’m kinda pissed because we have charges and we had to give the money back.”
Revision3 Sends FBI after MediaDefender →
The popular Internet television network Revision3 suffered from a severe DDoS attack, launched by the infamous anti-piracy organization MediaDefender. After targeting The Pirate Bay’s trackers,…
Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3 →
As many of you know, Revision3’s servers were brought down over the Memorial Day weekend by a denial of service attack. It’s an all too common occurrence these days. But this one wasn’t your normal…
What if Matt Groening from the Simpsons did Dragon... →
Vegeta, what does the scouter say about Groenings power level? It’s over 9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!
Nat Friedman › Ten Tweetable Scripts →
Mozilla Firefox 3 Guinness World Record (Actual... →
Help make a Guinness World Record By Downloading Firefox 3 within 24hrs of its release!
Beyond Good & Evil 2 announced! →
At Ubidays 2008. Hooray!
“A design is finished when satisfied at the moment in doubt what to add next.”
– Bart van Leeuwen (A Design is Finished when…)
Watchwinnr:
I’m pretty certain I’ll never get sick of this. It’s at least 712 times better than Dick In A Box.
The chronic*what*cles of Narnia!
Google Maps Rolls Out Spanking New Features →
While idly clicking on the various buttons, I found some really neat new features that will make me pay closer attention to the site from now on.
Weird things about me
Inspired by others… I’m a geek, I like sushi, I am neutral towards comic books, I don’t care for anime and I don’t like Star Trek (I do like Star Wars though). I like RPGs, but not Japanese ones. I have seen Lord of the Rings multiple times. I never paid for any MMORPG and hate the farming and grinding these games require. I love Bioware RPGs. I love VLC, but don’t...
What is a reflow? « DougT’s Blog →
Reflow is the process by which the geometry of the layout engine’s formatting objects are computed. Last week, I was searching around and stumbled on these really cool visuals of what a reflow looks like. If you’re a visual person, you will dig these: [clicky…]
“1. “Wouldn’t it be easy to…” (the hidden cost of change)
2. “This shouldn’t...”
– The top 5 red flags of software development (via jamiew)
Linux May Power New Nokia Phones →
The world’s top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company officials said.
Teen's Science Project May Be Huge Breakthrough on... →
As part of a high school science fair project, a 16-year-old from Ontario figured out how to break down the polymers in plastic bags—compounds that can last for over 1,000 years—in about three…
Get Real: How to Spot Fake... →
Don’t be fooled by imitation goods! Learn how to spot phony boobs, knockoff cuban cigars, glass diamonds and two way mirrors.
My raging headache finally stopped completely a few hours ago. I hate those, there’s nothing you can do. I’m always happy after they are over tho.
Mad Neuroscience: The "Trust Me" Drug That Makes... →
MS Office to support ODF, other open formats →
Microsoft today broke from its tradition of primarily endorsing in-house formats by revealing that it will add support to Office for a number of universal standards outside of its own. Office 2007…
The most geek t-shirt ever! [photogallery] →
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek :D
42 Unusually Brilliant Business Card Designs... →
In today’s world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. A brilliant business card that speaks to your profession, serves some unusual function…
Computer Random vs. True Random : See the... →
Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology... →
We live in a messed up world.