May 2007
Parallels 3.0 supports 3D games, 'SmartSelect' →
Parallels on Thursday announced Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac. This new version supports 3D gaming and adds a new feature called SmartSelect.
Slashdot | Jobs and Gates Chat Amicably →
Rick Fu: Processing my 50ish RSS feeds as efficiently as I can. I’m having trouble keeping up these days… (via Twitter / Rick Fu)
Robot lawnmower kills Danish man, begins...
n what is surely the opening salvo of the robot insurrection, a 45-year old Danish municipal worker was tragically killed by a robotic industrial lawnmower this afternoon, after the unit tumbled off a slope and onto his head. (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
The First Cyberwar? Groundzero: Estonia
The attackers used a giant network of bots, perhaps as many as 1 million computers in places as far away as the U.S. and Vietnam — to amplify the impact of their assault. In a sign of their financial resources, there is evidence that they rented time on other so-called botnets. The 10 largest assaults blasted streams of 90 Mbit/s for 10 hours each (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
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65 percent of Americans say they oppose the Iraq...
65 percent of Americans say they oppose the Iraq War (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
LiveJournal deletes hundreds of "illegal" rape...
Responding to a query from a pedophilia-watchdog group, LiveJournal deleted all journals containing “illegal” key-words in the journal or community interests. Rape-survivor and incest-survivor groups, BSDM groups, and Lolita (the book) literary groups disappeared, along with hundreds of personal journals. Users are (predictably) outraged. (via Rick’s shared items in Google...
Let's Build a Grid - Webdesign →
So much web design work relies on establishing a grid and the constraints on that grid: ad sizes, display size, browser display area minus chrome, and so forth. Grids are, quite literally, everywhere. But learning how to effectively utilize grids— without becoming a slave to them— can make the difference between a competent layout and a great lay
Google Gears (BETA): Enabling Offline Web...
“Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:” (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
Windows Vista no more secure than XP: report
A new report blasts Vista, saying that it’s “equally at peril” compared to Windows XP. The report is instructive, but also contains some considerable flaws that show the difficulty of assessing Vista’s new security architecture. (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
Google Gears is Launched
Mister Inbetween writes “Google is rolling out a technology designed to overcome the major drawback faced by all web-based applications: the fact that they don’t work without an internet connection. Google Gears is an open source technology for creating offline web applications that is being launched today at Google’s annual Developer Day gatherings around the world.”
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Rick Fu: Just joined correlate.us! We’ll see… (via Twitter / Rick Fu)
Google launches 'Gears' to enable offline Gmail +... →
Google has launched Google Gears, which is an open source platform that could allow online properties — such as Gmail and any other Web-application — to be used offline — includes video interview with Google Australia’s engineering director.
How DRM Is Screwing The World
This is your world on DRM. It is a nuisance, a cheating spouse and a corporate demon. Analogies help to explain DRM to the masses. Submit your best ideas to the group and help turn this project into a wrecking ball of loving hate. (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
455FE10422CA29C4933F95052B792AB2 = AACS Processing...
As the subject says. :) (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
Music site Last.fm bought by CBS
Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m), the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
Music site Last.fm bought by CBS →
Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m), the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition
Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus...
Apple released iTunes 7.2 updated in the Mac OS X Software Update tonight, which offers “iTunes Plus”, Apple’s new DRM-free $1.29 offeringsWith iTunes 7.2, preview and purchase iTunes Plus music—new higher-quality, DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels. (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide →
Learn to Program, by Chris Pine →
Desperate Curiosity - 100 Astonishing Wordpress... →
100 Astonishing Wordpress Themes
Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and... →
try ruby! (in your browser) →
Exclusive: A Day in the Life of an Apple Genius-... →
Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config →
Illinois raids welfare to pay for failed video...
Recent hearings revealed that the State of Illinois spent $1 million defending unconstitutional video games legislation. The story gets even worse when you learn where the money came from. (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
NYC GayGamer Party Pics!
Hey gang, welcome back to the grind - we hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekends (if you live in the states) or your regular weekends (should you live elsewhere). We certainly did. And we’ve got proof.
The GayGamer meet-up this weekend at Brooklyn’s Barcade was such a big hit we’re relying on the pictures to supplement our spotty memory banks (sponsored by beer,...
Rick Fu: Lauging at the “Tree Fiddy” episode of South Park on right now. (via Twitter / Rick Fu)
Got a Match?
Cop #1 to kid holding paper towels to his bleeding head: Lemme see your head, man. [Kid shows him the gash.] Holy shit! Kid: What the fuck, man?! Aren’t you supposed to be comforting me or some shit?! Cop #1: Sorry! Well, at least you’re coherent. Cop #2: At this point, with that gash, you could light up a joint and I wouldn’t tell. —9th St, between Ave A & B Overheard...
Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and... →
Best “lifehacks”-type post I’ve ever read. Full of ideas and useful links.
cagle.com
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The new Star Wars Clone Wars Cartoon! →
Could be good but I think I prefer Genndy Tartakovsky’s version.
Rick Fu: A Double Incredible Hulk is a mofo of a drink (via Twitter / Rick Fu)
Top 20 Temporary and Disposable Email Services →
Now a days Internet has become a home to spam. Millions of spam bots crawl the web daily to find email addresses and then bombard them with spam emails thus destroying their efficiency and creating problems for users. The best solution to this is to get a temporary or disposable email inbox which automatically expires after a certain time period.
danzigercartoons.com
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We Checked, It's Real. Ick.
Brunette using computer: Have you ever posed naked? Blonde: Yeah, my ex-boyfriend posted a video of me on the net. Brunette: Really? What’s the URL? Blonde: Animal boinks dot com*. Brunette, finding site: Now what? Blonde: Click ‘Tami*.’ Brunette: Oh my god! Is that you? Blonde: Yeah. Brunette: You’re fucking a dog! Blonde: My ex-boyfriend begged me for months to do that....
Tree Eats Bicycle →
144 Graffiti Artists Converge On Soon To Be... →
Nearly 150 graffiti artists have the opportunity to literally cover every surface of a large building with their artwork.
Lindsay Lohan cited for drunk driving →
Lohan was involved in a single-car traffic accident at about 5:30 am, and was cited (ordered to appear in court) after being admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Yeah like anyone cares, but I thought it might be amusing on a slow news day.
Some Soft Drinks May Damage Your DNA
Parallax Blue writes “The Independent is reporting new findings that indicate a common additive called sodium benzoate, found in soft drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max among others, has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA in a cell’s mitochondria. From the article: ‘The mitochondria consumes the oxygen to give you energy and if you damage it — as happens in a number of...
Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 →
The most creative programming book ever written →
Whether you code in Ruby or not, you have to check out this book. It was written by _Why (identity unknown), and is unusual among programming books in that it includes quite a lot of strange humor and narrative side tracks that don’t necessarily have anything to do with the topic.
Bird poops on bush
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ABC Stops supporting Linux for Full Episodes
ABC has pulled their original Full Episode player and with it, it’s support of Linux. But, don’t worry they now support VISTA. Make sure you leave ABC some feedback to let them know how you fell about this. (via Rick’s shared items in Google Reader)
What Apple?
Girlfriend: You’re still tying your shoes with bunny ears? Boyfriend: The other way is really hard! Girlfriend: It’s so easy! Boyfriend: Look, I have to do the bunny ears. I can’t tie my shoes the other way. It’s like, the bunny goes around the tree 50 billion times, then hides in its hole, comes out and the mongoose chases it… Then the rabbit eats the apple! High...
Pass the Bottle
Guy #1: Dude, I think I’m finally starting to sober up. Guy #2: How can you tell? Guy #1: Because all of a sudden I can do square roots in my head again. —Dorm elevator, Columbia University Overheard by: Jessica
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Posted 2007-05-26
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Rick Fu: Kellog’s diner in Brooklyn. Great intoxication food. (via Twitter / Rick Fu)
Rick Fu: I’m apparently the only cig smoker and the only Twitter-er as the GayGamer meetup. sucks x 2 (via Twitter / Rick Fu)
Rick Fu: Hot as hell in this bar, tho. (via Twitter / Rick Fu)