June 2008
114 posts
June 30: Goodbye, XP! Hello, Midori?! →
June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It’s also a good day…
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New model 'permits... →
If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a new quantum model has stated.
…makes sense.
Coming Soon: Pirate TV Show →
Jesse Alexander, the executive producer of the popular TV-shows ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lost’ and Matt Mason, author of ‘The Pirate’s Dilemma’, are working on a new TV-show about piracy. The show will be based…
Quantum computing breakthrough arises from unknown... →
“This development may not bring us a quantum computer 10 years faster, but our dreams about these machines are now more realistic.”
HOLY SHIT →
nelix:
Diablo 3
AND THE HEAVENS… SHALL TREMBLE Aaaaaw yeah… And how awesome are those trailers *drool*?
#104 Girls with Bangs « Stuff White People Like →
pikamookie:
Seriously, this blog has yet to disappoint me. It is so spot on about so many things! It’s scary.
You know what else is scary? I am turning into a total douchebag toolhead. I care about the environment, have a cat, a macbook, am getting an iPhone, wear plastic dark rimmed glasses that make me look deep and intellectual and drive a Prius. Oh! And I recently went to a Rilo Kiley...
Is w32codecs Freezing Your Ubuntu? →
Wanted to play an Realmedia file? Installed w32codecs? Now Totem is freezing your Ubuntu Hardy? And by freezing, I mean: you can move the mouse, nothing else workse, no ctrl-alt-backspace, no…
Mini-Me Sex tape.. →
Yes, that’s Mini-Me Verne Troyer in a sex tape shot with his former live-in girlfriend at the couple’s apartment. A third party has snatched up the tape and although no deal has been made, we hear…
Muxtape Downloader Shell Script →
I got to confess something: I love Muxtape! Did you know there is a userscript which lets you download the songs? It’s not encouraged though…
Also: I’ve been trying to learn Shell Scripting. So…
The Lego Secret Vault: Lego Secret Vault Contains... →
maique:
slackr:
some people just have the coolest jobs!
An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant →
Why BioShock Should Have Failed (The Escapist) →
TechCrunchIT » Symbian Goes Open Source - Courtesy... →
Wow! This is big news.
Ex-Girlfriend Don't Want To Talk To You No More,... →
Ex-Girlfriend Don’t Want To Talk To You No More, New European Boyfriend Reports
LittleBigPlanet on story mode, adult content,... →
Story mode confirmed, private level sharing confirmed, PlayStation Eye support confirmed and – most importantly – sackboy plushies confirmed!!
All new Compiz Fusion Window Switcher:... →
An episode of FusionCast where we look at an entirely new plugin, Stackswitch, made by Onestone. Excellently designed plugin! Enjoy!
Galactic Empire Cloning Stormtroopers in Lego... →
If you ever wondered where the Galactic Empire gets all those stormtroopers, look no further than the Lego factory in Denmark: here’s an exclusive video about how the iconic mini-figure gets its…
Man Gets Windows Vista to Work With Printer →
jonic:
I totally thought this was an Onion article when it popped up in my feed reader.. Turns out that it isn’t..
Via Daring Fireball, yo..
Here’s me:
Your Score Summary For Science/Math: 4% scored higher, 1% scored the same, and 95% scored lower. For Computers/Technology: 3% scored higher, 1% scored the same, and 96% scored lower. For Sci-Fi/Comic: 50% scored higher, 5% scored the same, and 45% scored lower. For History/Literature: 42% scored higher, 5% scored the same, and 53% scored lower.For Dumb/Dork/Awkwardness: 34%...
The cake is a lie: IE team bakes a treat for... →
In honor of today’s Firefox 3 release, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team gave a cake to Mozilla. The tasty treat, which prominently displays IE’s blue “e” icon, just arrived here at Mozilla…
AMAZING White Tiger Dives Underwater & Eats Blood... →
Meet a tiger who has a taste for blood cake, Dryer’s slow churn vanilla ice cream, and diving!
Wine 1.0 Released →
The Wine team is proud to announce that Wine 1.0 is now available.This is the first stable release of Wine after 15 years of developmentand beta testing. Many thanks to everybody who helped us along…
Watchlonelysandwich:
Tumblr. - The Documentary.
David Seger made an incredible documentary. I’m in there. If you’re an idiot or an asshole, so are you.
via boringloser
Firefox - download it! →
Crazy stats over here.
“I had a cache named johnny once.”
– reddit.com: Ask Reddit: What are some jokes that you’ve written into code? (via jessta)
How Wikipedia deletionists can ruin an article... →
WatchBill vs Battletoads
Animated visualizations of major open-source... →
See contributions to Python, Apache, Postgres, and Eclipse over time.
Einstein's first notes on relativity →