The Art Of Assembly

The Art Of Assembly « HackTalk: "Call me crazy but I think learning Assembly language (ASM) is quite the beneficial accomplishment that any programmer should be happy to have under his belt. Not only are programs that are coded in Assembly smaller, they also tend to lead to faster code. Now there are a lot of misconceptions about the Assembly language which are constantly in the forefront which keep programmers at by from the “evil” programming language known as Assembly (ASM) but HackTalk (with the help of the amazing book The Art of Assembly) are here to put them to rest."

Tips on keeping your summer exercising cool and safe

Tips on keeping your summer exercising cool and safe: "Now that summer is here there are more people than ever working out, running, playing outdoor sports and even playing games in their backyard during holiday gatherings. Physical activity and exercise tends to peak in the summer months. Everyone wants to be outside doing something."

A Beginner's Guide to Free Software Programming Languages

LinuxPlanet - Tutorials - A Beginner's Guide to Free Software Programming Languages - Of King C and Friendly Python: "Curious about programming, but having trouble getting started because you're confused about all those languages? This article will give you an overview of the most common desktop languages you'll see in free software today."

Get to know Linux: ps command

Get to know Linux: ps command: "Over the years there have been certain commands that have really helped me out of a bind. One of those commands is the ps command. The ps stands for process status and it tells you, as you would expect, the status of a process. This is a fast way to know if an application or command is running on a Linux system. Oh sure you could fire up a swell GUI for the same purpose, but that GUI does you no good if you are working on a headless server installation or working on a remote machine. In those instances the ps command is your best bet for helping to manage processes."

DIY HD LCD Projector

YouTube - HD LCD Projector: "How to build a HD LCD Projector."

KON-BOOT - ULTIMATE WINDOWS/LINUX HACKING UTILITY :-)

KON-BOOT - ULTIMATE WINDOWS/LINUX HACKING UTILITY :-): "Kon-Boot is an prototype piece of software which allows to change contents of a linux kernel (and now Windows kernel also!!!) on the fly (while booting). In the current compilation state it allows to log into a linux system as 'root' user without typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to root. For Windows systems it allows to enter any password protected profile without any knowledge of the password. It was acctually started as silly project of mine, which was born from my never-ending memory problems :) Secondly it was mainly created for Ubuntu, later i have made few add-ons to cover some other linux distributions. Finally, please consider this is my first linux project so far :) Entire Kon-Boot was written in pure x86 assembly, using old grandpa-geezer TASM 4.0."

Build RESTful Web services and dynamic Web applications with the multi-tier architecture

Build RESTful Web services and dynamic Web applications with the multi-tier architecture: "Continue your training on building RESTful Web services and dynamic Web applications using the multi-tier architecture. This article gives you hands-on experience on designing and building components in each tier and how the components are tied together. It provides an example of how RESTful Web services, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax), and Spring Web Flow work together to produce a desktop-like rich and responsive Web interface. It also demonstrates how client programs such as Ruby scripts utilize the RESTful Web services to upload and download the user data from the server."

Staying Productive When You’re Working From Home

Staying Productive When You’re Working From Home - Dumb Little Man: "You always thought working from home would be great. You could work in your PJs, listen to whatever music you wanted, drink your favorite brand of coffee, and, of course, get up at 7:55 and be at your desk before 8.00..."

The new role of XML in cloud data integration

The new role of XML in cloud data integration: "Learn how to leverage XML Web services to integrate cloud data with enterprise applications, and build a sample application using the Salesforce Web Services API with the Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS)."

Advanced Edge Control and Texture Mapping in Blender

Advanced Edge Control and Texture Mapping in Blender - Cgtuts+: "There is no precise way to control the auto-generated edges in Blender, thus reducing the edge generation feature's efficiency. You may, however, create and control your own edges, using multiple materials, and advanced UV mapping techniques. In this tutorial we will thoroughly explore this technique."

Bare essentials of safety from Air New Zealand

YouTube - Bare essentials of safety from Air New Zealand: "Body painted Air NZ staff star in our new Bare Essentials of Safety video, created for our Domestic 737 services Check out the additional videos at http://www.nothingtohide.co.nz"

Turn-By-Turn Directions with the Google Maps API

Turn-By-Turn Directions with the Google Maps API - Nettuts+: "In this tutorial, we will go through the process of creating a small widget that allows users to retrieve turn-by-turn directions to a specified location. We'll be using the Google Maps API, via JavaScript, to provide this rather advanced functionality."

DIY knot trivet

Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » diy wednesdays: knot trivet: "last month i bought lauren a set of “the family creative workshop” books for her birthday. we’ve been having a blast learning all sorts of new things as we make our way through the incredible variety of projects collected in the volumes. one section we were particularly excited to explore was all about knots, which we’ve long admired both for their usefulness and their beauty. this project is based on a “carrick bend” and is great for creating trivets and placemats, but you could just as easily hang it on your wall to be admired for its decorative charm."

LCD-Plasma Display Technology Shoot-Out

LCD-Plasma Display Technology Shoot-Out - 3D Graphics, Audio & HDTV by ExtremeTech: "If you were shopping for a large-screen HDTV just a few years ago you would have seen mostly Rear Projection HDTVs, based primarily on DLP, LCD and LCoS technologies, plus a fair number of pricey direct-view Plasmas, and maybe a few very expensive direct-view LCDs. It's amazing how the TV industry has abruptly toggled into an entirely different lineup. Now you'll see mostly direct-view LCDs together with a small number of Plasmas. If you look in some back corner you may find a few attractively priced Rear Projection DLP HDTVs. CRT and LCoS technologies are now dead for HDTVs, and Rear Projection is 'a dead man walking.'"

10 Fantastic Futuristic Materials that Actually Exist

10 Fantastic Futuristic Materials that Actually Exist | WebUrbanist: "Sometimes technology leaps so far ahead it seems like the future has arrived a few years early. When the improvement comes in the area of materials the leap can seem even greater, as the new material can boost the performance of whatever they’re used in. Teflon is a perfect example but it’s not the only one - here are 10 “teflons” that are adding some tomorrow to our lives today."

HP reincarnates calculators on iPhone, Windows

HP reincarnates calculators on iPhone, Windows | Crave - CNET: "It looks like a fourth generation of my family is going to be introduced to the ways of reverse Polish notation calculators."

Eight Firefox extensions for the Twitter fanatic

Eight Firefox extensions for the Twitter fanatic | Webware - CNET: "Since Twitter has become such an important part of the social-networking world, it only makes sense that developers would create a variety of browser extensions that give you access to the microblogging service's features."

Digg's Double-Cross

Digg's Double-Cross -- Redmond Channel Partner: "Doug used to dig Digg, but don't dig Digg no more. Doug used to dig Digg because his boy David dialed Doug in. Dang, but didn't Dave diss Digg's new move and douse his dad's delight."

Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears

Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears - Computerworld Blogs: "Like it or lump it, the major reason that determines whether any given online story will get read or not is how much play it gets on news link sharing sites and social networks like Digg, reddit, and StumbleUpon. Unlike earlier news sharing sites like Slashdot, these sites have no central editorial control. Instead, the stories that get prominent play on these sites is determined entirely by readers. That sounds like democracy in its most basic form, but in practice what it really means that stories can be buried from sight by abusive users with an ax to grind."

Glass Beads Cluster As They Flow

Glass Beads Cluster As They Flow / Science News: "High-speed camera catches liquidlike behavior in a stream of granular material"

Why You (Almost) Never See a Fat Japanese (or, How I Lost 5 lbs. in Tokyo)

Why You (Almost) Never See a Fat Japanese (or, How I Lost 5 lbs. in Tokyo) | Zen Habits: "One of the most striking things about my trip to Japan was how thin everyone was. I kept saying to my family, “There are no fat Japanese!”"

Michael Jackson spam spreads, malware attacks likely

Michael Jackson spam spreads, malware attacks likely - Network World: "Within hours of the death of pop star Michael Jackson, spam trading on his demise hit inboxes, a security firm said today as it warned that more was in the offing."

Game Theory, Salary Negotiation, and Programmers

Game Theory, Salary Negotiation, and Programmers - Steve Hanov's Technology Blog: "When you get a new job, you can breathe a sigh of relief, but not for long. You have an offer letter in your hand, and it is easy to miss one of the most important opportunities of your life – the starting salary. Here’s the tale of two programmers. When getting a job, Goofus didn’t negotiate. Gallant asked and got an extra $2500. They both get yearly raises of 3%"

Weaving a better Web page

Weaving a better Web page: "A Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) framework expedites and simplifies the design and development of Web pages. Moreover, a CSS framework produces more standardized results in all browsers. Here's a look at two CSS frameworks, each with a unique philosophy."

10 Essential Cheat Sheets

10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download: "Ever wanted to master the keyboard shortcuts and get more productive on the web? Here is everything you need - 10 quick cheat sheets for some of the most widely used tools on the web. Download, print and stick them somewhere near your desk."

Mario in bottle caps

Mario in bottle caps by BottleCapArt on Etsy: "This item is crafted with bottle caps forming Mario from the famous Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. This piece of art portrays our favorite New York plumber in mid jump, no doubt escaping one of King Koopa’s henchmen."

An Eclipse Galileo flyby

An Eclipse Galileo flyby: "The Eclipse Galileo release of 33 major projects showcases the diversity and innovation going on inside the Eclipse ecosystem. Get an overview of several Galileo projects, along with resources to find out more information."

39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist

39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist - Dumb Little Man: "It's not fine. If you want to truly live life, to really experience it, to enjoy it to the fullest, instead of barely scraping by and only living a life of existence, then you need to find ways to break free from the mold and drink from life."

View the stars in Linux with Stellarium

View the stars in Linux with Stellarium: "If you are learning about the stars in school, an amateur sky watcher, or a meteorologist in the making you need to know your stars. To really see the stars you can visit a real planetarium, you can break out your serious telescope, or you can install and fire up a desktop application like Stellarium."

DIY Netbook Linux

New Zealand PC World Magazine > DIY Netbook Linux: "There are a variety of netbook distros out there, but you can have a little fun creating your own."

my E-REVO. 18V RYOBI drill motor and mod 1 gear mod

my E-REVO. 18V RYOBI drill motor and mod 1 gear mod. - Traxxas Online Community: "here is my e-revo recently i tore apart my brand new 18V ryobi drill. it was a direct bolt-on to the motor plate. i am running two 7cell NIMH packs."

Best advice I ever got

Best advice I ever got - Tiger Woods: Keep it simple (1) - FORTUNE: "In a world of uncertainty, we could all use a little advice. So we asked a host of influential leaders to share with us the wise words that changed their lives forever."

A cool new solar oven

A cool new solar oven | Appliances & Kitchen Gadgets - CNET Blogs: "Last night, the kids wanted pizza. My 30-minute pizza recipe calls for heating the oven to 500 degrees. I live in Houston. It is June. It was, shall we say, slightly warm in my house last evening. I do not enjoy heating the house just to feed my children."

Ellison: Java-based Netbooks on Sun's horizon

Ellison: Java-based Netbooks on Sun's horizon | Wireless - CNET News: "Oracle CEO Larry Ellison wants to see Java on a lot more devices, particularly mobile phones and Netbooks. Whether or not the combined Oracle/Sun builds such devices, Ellison expects to pour more money and research into Java's development."

10 Most Awesome Movie Explosions Of All Time Ever

10 Most Awesome Movie Explosions Of All Time Ever - Film School Rejects: "There are two films hitting theaters this week that celebrate the beauty of a great explosion. The first is obviously Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which is the first film that your grandfather can hear without his Beltone in years. But the second is a film that Cole and Neil have already dubbed the best film of the year so far – The Hurt Locker – a film that’s more about having bombs not go off (even if we’re always secretly hoping for a big, beautiful blast). Thankfully, both films deliver. So, in honor of Transformers and The Hurt Locker’s willingness to endanger life, limb, and property with fireballs hundreds of feet high, we’re counting down 10 of our favorite cinematic explosions."

Hot cosplay girls

hot cosplay girls | TheChive: "Some cool girls in some cool costumes."

50 Breathtaking CG Images

50 Breathtaking CG Images - Cgtuts+: "After hours of tirelessly scouring the web, I have done it! Below is a compilation of 50 of the most stunning pieces of CG artwork in the world. Composed in an array of different applications and styles, there is artistic inspiration here for everyone!"

Weirdest way to wake up in the morning

YouTube - Worlds Biggest Alarm Clock: "Welcome to my entry to edge.ca 'Worlds Biggest' contest.
This is what has gotten me to school and work on time for the last 4 years.
I mounted a large air cylinder to the head of my bed and a valve controlled by a computer which I program to wake me up in the morning."

How to Run Android Applications on Ubuntu

How to Run Android Applications on Ubuntu - Step-by-step tutorial with screenshots - Softpedia: "When Google announced and released Android, back in October 2008, everyone knew that it would become the best operating system for mobile devices. Not only is Android open source, but it also comes with a Software Development Kit, which offers the necessary APIs and utilities for developers to easily build powerful applications for Android-powered mobile devices. The following tutorial was created especially for those of you who want to test the Android platform and install various applications, on the popular Ubuntu operating system. OK, so let's get started... shall we?"

Michael Jackson and Brad Bird Do The Bartman!

YouTube - Simpsons - Do The Bartman - Music Video: "Did you know Michael Jackson helped with the production of this clip for the Simpsons? Even better Brad Bird, top director at Pixar directed this clip too."

Michael Jackson: Exclusive Last Photo

Michael Jackson: Exclusive Last Photo: "The King of Pop, who will be forever immortalized for his world-famous, trademark dance moves and chart-topping success, was arguably one of the most popular recording artists of all time, his success peaking during the 1980s."

Data Filtering with PHP

Data Filtering with PHP: "In this article, we will be exploring some of the many data filters that are offered by PHP. These functions are available since PHP 5, and no extension installation is required since it is part of PHP 5's core. We will also be looking at what data filtering is and why it should be used in web applications."

What drives Steve Jobs?

What drives Steve Jobs? | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "'Remembering I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.'"

Theming Your CMS Without Tearing Your Hair Out

Theming Your CMS Without Tearing Your Hair Out: "One of the great things about CMSs, especially open source ones, is that you can change the entire look of a site as easily as slipping into a clean pair of jeans and a new black t-shirt. Easier, in fact, because there are literally thousands of free themes out there for you to choose from."

Windows 7 on a Dinosaur !

Windows 7 on a Dinosaur ! - Windows Help Forum: "on my third test with 64 MB i got some errormessages about 'insufficient memory', then it rebooted..."

‘Quick Tip’- How to Create a Shaky Camera Effect in Blender

‘Quick Tip’- How to Create a Shaky Camera Effect in Blender - Cgtuts+: "In this tutorial we will learn a few camera handling techniques to make our animations more believable and have a greater impact on the viewer. We will also learn a bit about Blender's particle systems too."

HP's Linux-based Printer connects to the web

HP's Linux-based Printer connects to the web: "Can Amazon's Kindle cripple printing? HP's not standing by to watch that happen."

Leaving Ubuntu for PCLinuxOS

Leaving Ubuntu for PCLinuxOS: "I've been spending the past few days migrating some of my home computers to PCLinuxOS. Not my studio computer which is going to run Fedora with the Planet CCRMA packages. I keep a current Ubuntu on my laptop just to stay up-to-date, and Debian powers the home server. Nobody is pushing Debian out of that spot; it's too important."

Mario Theme played on Stepper Motors with an Arduino

YouTube - Mario Theme played on Stepper Motors with an Arduino: "Now that I've figured out how to store song information in flash memory on the Arduino, I can actually play full songs. This is a little suite of Mario Brothers themes that I put together. Enjoy!"

High Profile Twitter Hack Spreads Porn Trojan

High Profile Twitter Hack Spreads Porn Trojan - Business Center - PC World: "'Leighton Meester sex tape video free download!'

His message included a link that, after some further clicking, landed Kawasaki's followers on a fake porn site where online criminals try to install a nasty Trojan horse program on victim's computers. And in an interesting twist, the program attacks both Mac and Windows users."

How smart IT workers know when their company's doomed

How smart IT workers know when their company's doomed | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "Some intellectuals want to study humanity. Others just want to study humanity's e-mails."

How To Finally Feel Motivated At Work

How To Finally Feel Motivated At Work - Dumb Little Man: "Do you find yourself arriving at your desk in the office, feeling anything but enthused about the day to come? Do you end up spending most of the day chatting on Facebook and Twitter, and trying to look busy if the boss walks past? Does your work sometimes seem pointless or futile?"

Johann Hari: A fight for the Amazon that should inspire the world

Johann Hari: A fight for the Amazon that should inspire the world - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent: "The uprising In the Amazon is more urgent than Iran's - it will determine the future of the planet"

Child Gets Plowed By Car And Walks Away!!!

YouTube - " NEW " FOOTAGE - Child Gets Plowed By Car And Walks Away!!!: "A child gets plowed by a car going 60mph, and just gets up and walks away!!! (Quality from CCTV Camera) "

Chia Obama - Special Edition Chia from the maker of Chia Pets

Chia Obama - Special Edition Chia from the maker of Chia Pets: "Celebrate the Change right in your own house"

9 Strategies for Finding Incredible Content

9 Strategies for Finding Incredible Content: "Finding great content online from a social media and search marketer’s standpoint is a very vital aspect to building out social accounts, writing blog posts, researching target markets, link acquisition, and blogger outreach. The following 9 sites and mashups are ways to help facilitate the discovery of great content."

Slowloris HTTP DoS

Slowloris HTTP DoS: "Slowloris holds connections open by sending partial HTTP requests. It continues to send subsequent headers at regular intervals to keep the sockets from closing. In this way webservers can be quickly tied up. In particular, servers that have threading will tend to be vulnerable, by virtue of the fact that they attempt to limit the amount of threading they'll allow. Slowloris must wait for all the sockets to become available before it's successful at consuming them, so if it's a high traffic website, it may take a while for the site to free up it's sockets."

10 smart ones for Twitter

Social media tips for business - 10 smart ones for Twitter - SmartPlanet: "Zach Braiker is the CEO of Refine and Focus a digital media agency with deep expertise in online advertising, digital strategy and social media. His firm has worked with clients as diverse as Clear Channel Radio, HipCricket and Queen Rania of Jordan. A frequent contributor to marketing and media industry panels and event I wanted to get Zach’s take on social media and glean some advice we can all put to use."

Introduction to the mobile web

Mobile 1: Introduction to the mobile web - Opera Developer Community: "The Opera Web Standards Curriculum is about advocating best practices for the web and providing complete coverage of all the skills you need to create modern Web sites, in doing so making the Web a better place for all of us to work and browse. This mini series expands the core web standards curriculum articles, look at all the skills and concepts you should take on board to help optimize your Web sites so that they run successfully on mobile (and other alternative) devices. I’ll start by taking a look at the subject area in general and special considerations for marking up and running pages on mobile devices, then move on to styling, scripting and testing as they relate to mobile web development."

Weaving a better Web page

Weaving a better Web page: "A Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) framework expedites and simplifies the design and development of Web pages. Moreover, a CSS framework produces more standardized results in all browsers. Here's a look at two CSS frameworks, each with a unique philosophy."

Working with XML on Android

Working with XML on Android: "Android is a modern, open source operating system and SDK for mobile devices. With it you can create powerful mobile applications. This becomes even more attractive when your applications can access Web services, which means you need to speak the language of the Web: XML. In this article, you will see different options for working with XML on Android and how to use them to build your own Android applications."

Honeysnap

Honeysnap - Trac: "The goal of this page is to provide you the latest documentation, source code, and information for Honeysnap. Honeysnap is designed to be a command-line tool for parsing single or multiple pcap data files and producing a 'first-cut' analysis report that identifies significant events within the processed data. This presents security analysts with a pre-prepared menu of high value network activity, aimed at focusing manual forensic analysis and saving significant incident investigation time. Once you have identified data that interests you, you can then employ other tools for more in depth analysis, such as the Walleye user interface to the Honeywall. Honeysnap is also suitable for manual operation or automation via cron."

Linksys announces WRT160NL Linux-powered media sharing router

Linksys announces WRT160NL Linux-powered media sharing router: "Do you have some media to share with yourself (or with those in close vicinity)? The Linksys Wireless N Storage Router is a sleek and sexy refresh of the tried and true Wireless G, throwing in external R-SMA antenna connectors, USB connectivity (for your fave external drive) and an integrated media server."

DIY magnetized keyboard and mouse sticks to the wall (or fridge)

DIY magnetized keyboard and mouse sticks to the wall (or fridge) | DVICE: "Jeff 'Just Jeff' Gizmo, a DIY enthusiast with a sweet workshop that still makes me jealous, found that he often tossed his keyboard and mouse on a nearby shelf to make room for other projects. As that solution is neither techy nor elegant, he found himself drawn to another idea: installing magnets on the keyboard, mouse and in the wall to store the peripherals neatly."

The Dangers of Pac-Man Joining Twitter

The Dangers of Pac-Man Joining Twitter: "Pac-man gets no rest"

My dad saved me, and I killed him

My dad saved me, and I killed him - Los Angeles Times: "I killed my dad. I didn't blow him away with a gun. Instead, I let him die. I pulled a kitchen chair up next to him and watched him struggle to breathe on the floor. The skin on his face turned a reddish-purple. His neck took on a bluish tint. Both his hands clutched tightly at his chest. And suddenly, the white in his eyes became spider-web etched, in blood-red lines."

How to Doggedly Pursue Your Dreams in the Face of Naysayers

How to Doggedly Pursue Your Dreams in the Face of Naysayers | Zen Habits: "What do you do if you have a dream, but everyone around you keeps telling you to be more realistic and to give up the dream? What if they want you to pursue a more “sensible” and traditional career route?"

The Magical Power of Focus

The Magical Power of Focus | Zen Habits: "It’s something we don’t think about much of the time, but give it some consideration now:"

How To Write a White Paper to Attract Clients

How To Write a White Paper to Attract Clients - Dumb Little Man: "Do you have a new idea, business model, product or service? Do you want to get noticed by using a marketing method that might only cost you time? Try writing a white paper to attract people to your door."

Theming Your CMS Without Tearing Your Hair Out

Theming Your CMS Without Tearing Your Hair Out: "One of the great things about CMSs, especially open source ones, is that you can change the entire look of a site as easily as slipping into a clean pair of jeans and a new black t-shirt. Easier, in fact, because there are literally thousands of free themes out there for you to choose from."

The different ways to execute a Linux application

The different ways to execute a Linux application: "I remember, way back, when I first started using Linux either was either in full-on command line only Linux or I was using Fvwm95. Executing commands in command line meant I had to know the name of the command. And when I was in the Fvwm95 desktop, if there wasn’t a menu entry for an application the only other way I could start up an application was to open up the command line and hope I could find the exact command to run. Typically this meant scrolling through the contents of /usr/bin with the command ls -l | less. And in today’s Linux (or at least in my main machine) there are approximately 2004 commands within /usr/bin. That could mean a lot of searching."

Quick and Dirty Timelapse Photography

YouTube - Quick and Dirty Timelapse Photography: "A simple setup built to take timelapse photos on a camera without an intervalometer. It consists of a servo, a arduino, and a HD44780 controlled LCD."

How to Use Nature to Break Away from Work

How to Use Nature to Break Away from Work - Dumb Little Man: "Listen, there is nothing wrong with vacations. However, in order to enjoy them you have to learn how to turn off work and frankly, this may take some practice. Make it a point to learn how to relax. I do it with nature. There's nothing better to banish the stresses and strains of everyday life than getting back to nature. Kids love it, couples enjoy it and even on your own, it is good for the soul."

4 Reasons Why Opera Unite Has Got Things Wrong

4 Reasons Why Opera Unite Has Got Things Wrong | WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India: "I have been an avid Opera user for almost 8- months now. I also feel that the widgets that they have are slightly better than the Firefox add ons (but that is debatable and subjective). In fact amongst Firefox, Chrome and Opera I probably like Opera the most, purely because of them being an prime innovation ground. Tabs, mouse gestures, even the wand tool is better than the other password managers - and all these are Opera innovations that you now see on most browsers."

How To Run Windows Apps In Linux

How To Run Windows Apps In Linux - washingtonpost.com: "Wine is an open source project that, on the face of it, seems to offer something wondrous: the ability to run Windows applications under Linux (or any other open source OS). It does this by attempting to recreate the Windows API layer in open source."

Beware of These Speeding Ticket Myths

Beware of These Speeding Ticket Myths - Dumb Little Man: "Nevertheless, if you've received a speeding ticket, you should consider fighting it instead of simply prepaying and skipping the court date. A speeding ticket may fine you $50 (or over $300 in some areas), but the cost to you expands greatly if your car insurance rates jump."

Crazy (Good) Super Mario Brothers Artwork - Super Mario Bros.

Kotaku - Crazy (Good) Super Mario Brothers Artwork - Super Mario Bros.: "Brandon Boyer from Offworld tweeted the article from The Design Inspiration, which is a site where designers upload and share various works of art and design patterns to inspire each other."

Museum of Soviet arcade machines

Museum of Soviet arcade machines: "From our Soviet childhood they are Souzmultfilm's cartoons, Olympic Bear, planetarium, Sportloto lottery, football at the yard. They are pioneer camps at the Black Sea, horn sounds, walking-tours and songs near the campfire. They are walks with parents and friends at the Parks of Culture with ice-cream, fizzy drink and candy floss, and more — Arcade Games."

A Different Kind of Baby

Geek Central Station: A Different Kind of Baby: "Alright, everyone, I've talked about some cute stuff for babies before. But those were for human babies! And human babies are chumps. Now, if you were looking for something for a Klingon baby, well, that's pretty hardcore. And there are some pretty hardcore baby items available for a baby like that. Check it out"

Trash Compactor Bookends

The Awesomer » Trash Compactor Bookends: "These Star Wars Trash Compactor Bookends are an epic win for learned sci-fi geeks; due out April 2010, they split Han and Leia on one side with Luke and Chewie on the other."

Create a Spectacular Crash Animation With Maya Dynamics

Create a Spectacular Crash Animation With Maya Dynamics - Day 1 - Cgtuts+: "It is always great to learn new animation tools and techniques that can help you to bring your creations to life. In this tutorial we will learn how to use Maya's powerful animation, dynamics, and camera tools to create an explosive crash effect between two vehicles."

John Kricfalusi's unreleased characters

johnkdesign-big.jpg (JPEG Image, 1599x1035 pixels) - Scaled (52%): "A view to many characters Spumco had for potential shows."

Here comes Barack Obama

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10 skills developers need in next five years

10 skills developers need in next five years : TechGuides : Software/Web Development : ZDNet Asia: "For those looking to get ahead in your field or simply stay employed, this is not the time to be complacent. Find out what skills to work on now to maximize your future job prospects."

Nethax-Ajax based game

Nethax: "Greetings adventurer! Hast though come to fulfill thine destiny? Then behold! The Mazes of Menace lie before you! Many have sought to explore its depths and return with the treasures that lie within. All have met their death, but we may yet see one who is brave enough to venture beyond the Valley of Gehennom and return with the fabled Amulet of Yendor. Shall you be that brave soul adventurer? Enter yonder dungeon and see!"

Themes and Templates with Apache Struts 2

Themes and Templates with Apache Struts 2: "In this article by Dave Newton we will learn how to modify the built-in themes and templates of Struts 2. We'll introduce a requirement to a recipe entry screen to have some different behavior when there is a validation error. The default behavior now is to change the style of the label and print the error message above the field. We'd like to highlight the entire row as a gentle reminder that our user has left out something important."

Why Motivation Doesn’t Really Matter

Why Motivation Doesn’t Really Matter | Zen Habits: "Have you ever really wanted to do something, but you just weren’t motivated enough to do it?"

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing of 'Up'

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing of 'Up' | pixar, up, movie, home, show, girl, cancer, die, huntington, beach - News - OCRegister.com: "After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying wish, Pixar came to the rescue."

The current job market is in the crapper

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Google: We've got cool search, too

Google: We've got cool search, too | Webware - CNET: "oogle would like to remind everyone that Bing not the only search engine with neat tricks for displaying results."

Disney, Asus launch 'Netpal' netbook for kids

Disney, Asus launch 'Netpal' netbook for kids | The Toybox | ZDNet.com: "Disney and Eee PC maker Asus announced Wednesday their collaboration for the Disney Netpal, a netbook computer for children aged 6 to 12."

Amazon's Kindle Source Code Notice Available NOW!

Amazon.com: Help > Digital Products Help > Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device > Amazon Kindle Terms, Warranties, & Notices > Source Code Notice: "Amazon is pleased to make available to you for download an archive file of the machine readable source code ('Source Code') corresponding to modified software packages used in the Kindle device."

Why Can’t We Get an Accurate Battery Life Test for Laptops?

Why Can’t We Get an Accurate Battery Life Test for Laptops? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com: "Some of the companies making and selling computers are contemplating a way to give people a more accurate idea of how long the batteries in their devices will last. I know, I know — accuracy and battery life measurements don’t usually make it into the same sentence. The long battery lives promised by computer makers never seem to actually occur."

Camera Mouth Holder

Camera Mouth Holder: "Ever wanted a 3rd hand to take pictures of yourself doing an instructable step ?"

Researchers Unveil Flexible Solar Cell Roof Shingles

Inhabitat » Researchers Unveil Flexible Solar Cell Roof Shingles: "By far one of the most wasted spaces of every residence is the roof - of course it is there to protect us from the elements, but surely it can be put to better use. Aiming to innovate upon conventional roof cladding, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory recently unveiled a new breed of flexible and moisture resistant solar panels that are designed to be rolled out en masse as energy-generating roof tiles!"

Sub DiggerPlus simplifies your Digg friend activity

Sub DiggerPlus simplifies your Digg friend activity | Webware - CNET: "Sub DiggerPlus is a new tool that lets you more easily view sites your friends have submitted to Digg.com. To use it you just drop in your Digg username and it lists all of the stories your friends have submitted in chronological order over the past 24 hours. You can then sort by topic, submitter, and the number of Diggs each story has. The real fun of the service though, is a feature that lets you hop to each site with back and forth buttons, emulating the feeling of navigating an old Web ring."

Mozilla pushes Firefox 3.5 RC to beta testers

Mozilla pushes Firefox 3.5 RC to beta testers | The Download Blog - Download.com: "If you've been using the Firefox 3.5 beta, you now get to upgrade to the release candidate for Firefox 3.5. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, The noticeable changes to the release candidate from beta 4 and the b99 pre-release version are not readily apparent. Generally, you can expect the release candidate to be more stable than its beta predecessors, although if you're using an add-on such as Nightly Tester Tools or MR Tech to force incompatible add-ons to work in the beta you may be compromising your stability somewhat."

How well do Netbooks work with Web apps?

How well do Netbooks work with Web apps? | Webware - CNET: "Netbooks are an incredibly exciting new product category, and one that's undergoing constant evolution. Designed to handle e-mail, Web browsing, and some basic software apps, they are somewhat limited when compared with most full-size laptops, but how limited? I wanted to find out."

Five Ways to Boost Your Work Performance

Five Ways to Boost Your Work Performance - Outside the Office - Dumb Little Man: "Unless you’re just counting down the days till you can quit, chances are, you want to do well in your job. Perhaps you’re making an effort to manage your time well in the office, to network with colleagues, and to bring energy and enthusiasm to your projects. If you’re self-employed, you might be working long hours, pushing yourself to get the boring tasks done and figuring out where your next motivation will come from."

The LEGO Movie Posters Pool

Flickr: The LEGO Movie Posters Pool: "Lego will take you to the movies with this one."

Leveraging Amazon Web Services for enterprise application integration

Leveraging Amazon Web Services for enterprise application integration: "Discover how to leverage XML and Amazon Web Services to integrate enterprise applications, and to build cross-platform application-integration capabilities using the Microsoft® .NET (C#) and Java™ platforms."

Tapping into Android's sensors

Tapping into Android's sensors: "Android, a rich platform for application development, has an attractive set of user interface elements and data-management capabilities. Android also offers a healthy array of interfacing options. In this article, learn how to interact with Android's varied sensor options to monitor your environment. Sample code shows you how to record audio on an Android phone. Want to build your own baby monitor? Unlock your phone or a door with your own voice activation? Learn how to leverage the hardware capabilities of an Android-equipped device."

10 Awesome Tools To Get More Out of Wikipedia

10 Awesome Tools To Get More Out of Wikipedia - Dumb Little Man: "it's tough to navigate through so much data. You can get much more out of it in less time if you decide to ditch the conventional way of using the built-in Wikipedia search for scouring through the information. The following ten tools will help you search and use Wikipedia like never before. I am sure you'll love using some of them."

12 Components that Reshaped the PC

12 Components that Reshaped the PC - CPUs, Boards & Components by ExtremeTech: "Over the past twenty years, I've built more PCs than I can possibly remember. It all began when I swapped in a Micron motherboard capable of holding an Intel 387 floating point coprocessor so I could play Falcon 3.0. But even before that first step in actual system building, I owned several PCs, including an early Compaq portable."

How to Store/Load Wii Games via USB Hard Drive

How to Store/Load Wii Games via USB Hard Drive [Slick Tricks]: "One of the cooler hacks that I've found for the Wii is how to store and load your games from a USB Hard Drive . The idea is that you plug a hard drive into one of the USB slots on the back of the Wii , and rip/store your games. When you want to play them, you have only to access the hard drive and select what you'd like to play. There are 3 primary reasons that I am excited to have this working:"

Intermediate JQuery

Intermediate JQuery: "jQuery is a great JavaScript library, but what about its performance? Is the trade-off between ease of use and a performance hit on the Web page worth it? Is there even a performance hit at all? This article answers your jQuery performance questions and offers some tips to improve its performance in your own applications."

Your 64-Bit Check List: Potential Issues You Might See : The State Of The 64-Bit Union - Review Tom's Hardware

Your 64-Bit Check List: Potential Issues You Might See : The State Of The 64-Bit Union - Review Tom's Hardware: "If you don’t know the answer, then you probably aren’t. First of all, 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions do not behave differently; they look and feel the same. The easiest way to find out the exact version of your operating system is to look at the system properties under Control Panel -> System (right-click on your Computer and select “Properties”). The window that appears will tell you the details of your Windows version, your hardware, and the system type (see the screen shot above). In this case, it’s a “64-bit Operating System.' But what’s the difference between 32 and 64 bits?"

Good-Bye Ubuntu, Hello PCLinuxOS

LinuxPlanet - Reports - Good-Bye Ubuntu, Hello PCLinuxOS - Good-Bye Ubuntu, It's Been Fun: "I've been spending the past few days migrating some of my home computers to PCLinuxOS. Not my studio computer which is going to run Fedora with the Planet CCRMA packages. I keep a current Ubuntu on my laptop just to stay up-to-date, and Debian powers the home server. Nobody is pushing Debian out of that spot; it's too important."

XSS, Command and SQL Injection vectors: Beyond the Form

XSS, Command and SQL Injection vectors: Beyond the Form: "This article is less of a 'how to' and more of an inspiration piece. I wanted to kick start your brain into thinking about alternate ways of exploiting a system, especially when it comes to the sanitation of input. We are all used to the idea of injecting an XSS, SQL or a command string into a web form, but what about other vectors for injection?"

8 students jailed for impersonating in exams

8 students jailed for impersonating in exams: "A city court today remanded 8 students to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly appearing in an examination of the Jamia Milia Islamia University on behalf of others."

LOOP concept makes your PC (almost) immortal

LOOP concept makes your PC (almost) immortal | Crave - CNET: "For those not IT-savvy enough to build and upgrade their own PCs, what happens is that once the machine becomes impossibly obsolete, the owner will buy a new desktop and ditch the old one. Meanwhile, before buying a new computer, the user is essentially stuck with the same old components unless he can get someone to upgrade the hardware for him."

Digg Testing Ad Voting Platform

Digg Testing Ad Voting Platform - News and Analysis by PC Magazine: "Digg.com is testing a platform that would let users vote advertisements up or down just as they do for original content."

Make Mistakes, Big and Small, and You Might Learn Something

Make Mistakes, Big and Small, and You Might Learn Something - Dumb Little Man: "We are all afraid of making mistakes. Humiliation, embarrassment, censure and lots of other nasty things can come from simple or significant mistakes."

Installing a custom kernel with USB 3.0 support

The Geekess - Linux, bicycling, open source, gardening, amateur rockets, and other seemingly unrelated hobbies.: "This documents my personal flow for downloading and installing a Linux kernel with my xHCI and USB 3.0 code. Until the code is in the upstream kernel and shipping in Linux distributions, you'll have to follow these directions to get Linux USB 3.0 support."

Microsoft's Windows 7 price gamble opens door to Linux

Microsoft's Windows 7 price gamble opens door to Linux • Channel Register: "Shuttleworth once told The Reg he can't wait for Windows 7 on this sub-laptop class of machines because it'll finally give Ubuntu the opportunity to compete fairly against Microsoft's operating system in this emerging market."

Adobe Flash, Flex ignite with Flash Catalyst

Adobe Flash, Flex ignite with Flash Catalyst: "If only it were as easy to build a Web application as it is to design one in Illustrator and Photoshop. Maybe it will be someday, and maybe that someday is closer than we might think. Adobe has certainly succeeded in shrinking the distance between design and development with its latest batch of RIA tools: Adobe Flex 4 SDK, Adobe Flash Builder 4 (the Flex Builder IDE renamed), and Adobe Flash Catalyst, all recently made available in public beta."

Four years later: Why did Apple drop PowerPC?

Four years later: Why did Apple drop PowerPC? | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News: "It's been four years this month since Apple announced it would drop the PowerPC architecture and switch to Intel's x86 design. One person involved in the back-and-forth between Apple and IBM at the time provides some insight into why it happened."

Does Microsoft's Bing have Google running scared?

Does Microsoft's Bing have Google running scared? | Microsoft - CNET News: "In a story headlined 'Fear grips Google,' the New York Post reports that the launch of Microsoft's Bing search engine has so upset Google co-founder Sergey Brin that he has top engineers working on 'urgent upgrades' to Google's service. Brin is said to be leading a team to determine how Microsoft's search algorithm differs from the closely guarded one Google employs. The tabloid also notes that it's rare for Google's co-founde"

Testing your DTD XML Schema Validation

Testing your DTD XML Schema Validation: "A Document Type Definition (DTD) document is used to define the legal building blocks of an XML document. It denotes the document structure with a list of legal elements and attributes. DTDs are often used to facilitate agreement on formats for data interchange between independent organizations or people. Thus, your applications can use a standard DTD to verify that the data you receive from the outside world is valid or to verify your own data, before sending it out to partners. Whatever your reason for using a DTD, it's important to thoroughly test it, like any part of a business process, whether automated or not. A key ingredient of successful testing is the separation of the component that you are testing from the rest of the process or application. With that in mind, this article explains how to perform your DTD testing outside of the application that runs it."

Crops under stress as temperatures fall

Crops under stress as temperatures fall - Telegraph: "Our politicians haven't noticed that the problem may be that the world is not warming but cooling, observes Christopher Booker."

Links for picking up Python FAST

Links for picking up Python FAST - paradox1x: "Short, Concise & Powerful."

Instant Hacking w/Python

hetland.org : Instant Hacking: "This is a short introduction to the art of programming, with examples written in the programming language Python. (If you already know how to program, but want a short intro to Python, you may want to check out my article Instant Python.) This article has been translated into Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Dutch, and is in the process of being translated into Korean."

Object Oriented Programming is Stupid

Object Oriented Programming is Stupid « The Sopebocks: "Maybe I’m wrong. I don’t have a degree yet. But I know that when I write a Python script that I want to rotate the screen on my tablet, I’m not worrying about extensibility or modularity, I just want a small procedural script that does this, this, and this, and then finishes. The faster the better, both in writing the script and in the script’s execution."

Cloud computing and open source face-off

Cloud computing and open source face-off | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com: "Cloud computing remains one of the big topics in software this year despite considerable and ongoing concerns over lock-in, lack of control, and security. The siren song of ease-of-development, reduced costs, highly elastic scalability, and next-generation architectures has many in IT and in the Web community carefully weighing the benefits and risks."

The day after the DTV transition

The day after the DTV transition | Wireless - CNET News: "The sky did not fall and there was no major shortage of digital converter boxes Friday when full-power broadcasters across the nation turned off their analog TV signals and started broadcasting only in digital. Calls to broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission have been heavy the past few days, but officials say that the volume is within what the agency had expected."

Improve Your 'Hunched over the PC' Posture

Improve Your 'Hunched over the PC' Posture - Dumb Little Man: "One of the most neglected aspects of our health is our posture. Amongst all the guidelines on healthy eating and workout methods, this essential facet of our well-being is often overlooked."

The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More

The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More | Zen Habits: "It’s an irony of our modern lives that while technology is continually invented that saves us time, we use that time to do more and more things, and so our lives are more fast-paced and hectic than ever."

When an alleged rape is streamed live | Technically Incorrect

When an alleged rape is streamed live | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "According to an earlier report by the Associated Press, the charges stem from an incident on February 26, when Hock allegedly sexually assaulted a woman whom he had been dating for two weeks."

Sniffing Browser History with NO Javascript!

Sniffing Browser History with NO Javascript!: "This is a method of sniffing your browsing history without using Javascript. If you haven't cleaned your browsing history recently, just click 'Start Scan' and the system will get to work."

Mondoweiss: 'Traditional media have completely failed us' (Iranians turn to brave citizen journalists)

Mondoweiss: 'Traditional media have completely failed us' (Iranians turn to brave citizen journalists): "Now Iran is a country where Farsi speakers are a minority. In previous elections there have always been huge variations based on ethnicity, and previous Azeri candidates have won disproportionately in Azeri regions. Mousavi is Azeri. If we are to believe the election results, Ahmadinejad won 60% in Mousavi's home town."

Moving Rocks of Death Valley's Racetrack Playa

YouTube - Moving Rocks of Death Valley's Racetrack Playa: "Captured on video for the first time: the mysterious forces that move rocks across the surface of Racetrack Playa in California's Death Valley. As featured on Japanese television."

117 new Effects for GIMP 2.6

117 new Effects for GIMP 2.6 - Linux Magazine Online: "Thanks to GIMP FX Foundry, you can now equip GIMP 2.6 with 117 additional scripts that can work some spectacular extra effects into existing graphics."

IronPython URLs: Why Choose IronPython over C#?

IronPython URLs: Why Choose IronPython over C#?: "Matthew Harelick just asked (on the Python.NET mailing list of all places) why he should consider using IronPython"

Facebook to let users pick names for their URLs

Facebook to let users pick names for their URLs - Sacramento Business Journal:: "Facebook Inc. will start letting its millions of users replace the string of numbers at the end of their Web address with user names beginning Saturday."

FBI e-mail clobbered after virus

FBI e-mail clobbered after virus - Network World: "A virus has reportedly disrupted Web-based e-mail services at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Asus Has Secret Console "Better Than Wii"

Asus Has Secret Console "Better Than Wii" - Tom's Hardware: "Not only is Asus trying to beat Apple in the innovative design department, it seems to be thinking of going after Nintendo in the video game console segment too."

Microsoft, Mississippi settle Windows suit

Microsoft, Mississippi settle Windows suit | Beyond Binary - CNET News: "Microsoft and the state of Mississippi said Thursday that they have reached a settlement in a class-action suit over the pricing of Windows and Office. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft will pay $40 million to the state and up to $60 million in vouchers to consumers, businesses, schools, and local governments."

Can Oracle give Java a boost (and monetize it better)? | Between the Lines

Can Oracle give Java a boost (and monetize it better)? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com: "The prize in Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems is Java, but the big question is whether Larry Ellison and the gang can monetize the popular platform and bolster its standing against up and coming programming languages."

Unix Turns 40: Past, Present, Future of a Revolutionary OS

Unix Turns 40: Past, Present, Future of a Revolutionary OS: "Gary Anthes offers an overview history of Unix forty years since Ken Thompson banged out the first version in assembly language for a wimpy DEC PDP-7 minicomputer, spending one week each on the operating system, a shell, an editor, and an assembler. Also included in the package are a year-by-year time line of its evolution, and profiles of Unix giants David Korn, Rick Rashid, and Gordon Bell."

Play Starcom, a free online game

Play Starcom, a free online game on Kongregate: "Defend the galaxy from an encroaching enemy force in this epic space action-adventure."

Facebook Vanity URLs Coming Saturday

Facebook Vanity URLs Coming Saturday - CBS News: "Move To Personalized Names From Random Numbers Should Boost 'People Search' Traffic"

Controlling Heat in Large Data Centers

Dr. Dobb's | Controlling Heat in Large Data Centers | June 9, 2009: "Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn't power the computer servers that conduct online transactions, serve Web pages or store information. Instead, that electricity must be used for cooling the servers, a demand that continues to increase as computer processing power grows. And the trend toward cloud computing will expand the need for both servers and cooling."

Russian Police Employ Brad Pitt To Fight Speeding

Russian Police Employ Brad Pitt To Fight Speeding - CBS News: "Brad Pitt is accustomed to stopping passersby in their tracks. The Hollywood heartthrob's next job is slowing traffic in Siberia _ or so Russian traffic police hope."

5 easy steps to de-clutter your desk

5 easy steps to de-clutter your desk | Organization 2.0: "You’ll likely spend more timescavenging your desk for paperwork than on vacation this year. In fact, the average executive pilfers six weeks a year searching for important documents buried in clutter, according to the Wall Street Journal. Simple tidying could avoid that kind of egregious waste of time and productivity. One useful tip: color-code hanging files to distinguish between different types of files—such as project or client folders–just by glancing it them, advises Donna Smallin, author of The One Minute Organizer Plain and Simple."

Android-Scripting

android-scripting - Google Code: "The Android Scripting Environment (ASE) brings scripting languages to Android by allowing you to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device. These scripts have access to many of the APIs available to full-fledged Android applications, but with a greatly simplified interface that makes it easy to:"

Integrating Perl with PHP in Windows

Integrating Perl with PHP in Windows: "Perl is a script programming language that has a syntax similar to C. It includes a number of popular Unix facilities such as SED, awk, and tr. Perl comes pre-installed on Linux machines, but to use Perl in Windows, you must download and install some programs that allow you to execute Perl scripts from a command prompt. Perl is a general-purpose language often used for applications that require database access, graphics programming, network programming, and CGI programming on the Web."

SOA antipatterns

SOA antipatterns: "Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the de-facto architectural approach for many IT initiatives. It is therefore important to understand the circumstances where this paradigm breaks, as this can significantly impact the delivery of IT programs. This article highlights two SOA antipatterns that define problems that can occur in the execution of SOA deliveries. A simple frame of reference for SOA is first introduced in the form of a layered reference architecture. The reference architecture is then used to illustrate the underlying reasons for the occurrence of the antipatterns. For each antipattern a description is provided that highlights the root causes of the problem and the approaches to re-factoring the solution, hence facilitating successful delivery."

The USB Penguin: For the Linux Nerd in Your Life.

The USB Penguin: For the Linux Nerd in Your Life.: "Do you know someone who hates every commercial operating system with a passion that borders on the manic? Do they own a fleet of laptops, netbooks, and desktop PCs all loaded up with different Linux distros? If so, your holiday shopping just got a heck of a lot easier. Active Media Products just released the perfect gift for Linux nerds young and old."

Monsters Inc to get a sequel: so where’s Pixar heading?

Monsters Inc to get a sequel: so where’s Pixar heading? - Den of Geek: "Monsters Inc 2 is on the way, meaning Pixar now has three sequels on its announced slate. Is this a sign of the times, we wonder?"

Modify ctrl-alt-del behavior

Linux Tips: Modify ctrl-alt-del behavior: "If you are migrating over from Windows you know the Ctrl-Alt-Del three finger salute brings up a ulitity that can help you stop out of control or frozen applications. And then, of course, a second three-finger salute might find your machine rebooting (for when those apps just don’t want to unfreeze.) The default behavior for this in Linux to to immediately reboot your machine. That is fine if you’re not used to hitting that combination every time an application goes postal on your machine. But if that is what you are accustomed to doing, you might have a hard time adjusting to the difference in behavior."

Red Hat's Fedora 11: So easy you'll forget it's Linux

Red Hat's Fedora 11: So easy you'll forget it's Linux | The Open Road - CNET News: "Red Hat has taken heat over the past few years for allegedly neglecting the personal computer in favor of more profitable enterprise servers. It's a fair critique: Red Hat is an enterprise software company, a decision it made years ago, and to good effect."

10 Tips for Turbocharging Windows 7 Gaming

10 Tips for Turbocharging Windows 7 Gaming - OS, Software & Networking by ExtremeTech: "The Games Explorer in Windows 7 is much more useful. In Vista, it was almost as if Microsoft was ashamed of the idea of people playing games on their PC. The Explorer lived in the right side start menu, not show up in the programs listing and, if you had a lot of games, it would take forever to load."

Advanced Debugging With JavaScript

A List Apart: Articles: Advanced Debugging With JavaScript: "When used effectively, JavaScript debuggers help find and squash errors in your JavaScript code. To become an advanced JavaScript debugger, you’ll need to know about the debuggers available to you, the typical JavaScript debugging workflow, and code requirements for effective debugging. In this article, we’ll discuss advanced debugging techniques for diagnosing and treating bugs using a sample web application."

Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says

Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says • The Register: "A well-known security consultant says Apple is struggling to effectively protect its users against malware and other online threats and suggests executives improve by adopting a secure development lifecycle to design its growing roster of products."

6 Amazing Techniques to Staying Happy During a Stressful Project

6 Amazing Techniques to Staying Happy During a Stressful Project | Zen Habits: "Most of our work happiness comes from our relationship with ourselves. For example, I’m working on a program to help people work happier. As I’m putting all the research together, writing each section and making it all coherent, I hit walls that stall my progress."

Using the Twitter REST API

Using the Twitter REST API: "Twitter is undoubtedly one of the most recent and successful examples of social networking to appear on the World Wide Web. Twitter provides an API so Web developers can enable their users to access the various features that the Twitter site provides. In this article, learn the basics of using the Twitter REST API."

GRUB 2: the New Boot Loader in Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic Koala's nextgen boot loader - Softpedia

GRUB 2: the New Boot Loader in Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic Koala's nextgen boot loader - Softpedia: "UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) for Karmic Koala took place this year, between the 25th and 29th of May, in Barcelona, Spain. There were 270 blueprints that needed to be discussed during the summit, like the new professional look of Plymouth (an application that takes care of the graphical boot animation) for Karmic Koala, which will not become reality very soon. However, some of the ideas discussed at UDS will be implemented in the next version of the Ubuntu operating system, due for release in late October 2009. One of these was the 'grub2-as-default' discussion, and Colin Watson had the pleasure to announce last night that GRUB 2 would definitely be the default boot loader in Ubuntu 9.10."

5 Reasons Why New Macs and iPhone are Lacking

5 Reasons Why New Macs and iPhone are Lacking - Tom's Hardware: "Yeah it's true. I do use Macs. But it's true too I have several custom built PCs at home. The announcements shown off today however, reveal that Apple is indeed not a hardware company. It's a software company at heart, and monetizes those products through its hardware sales. One of the most obvious proofs of this is the company's iPhone. Just about the only good nugget of today's presentation was Apple's talk about Snow Leopard. Indeed the next-generation of OS X with its BSD underpinnings has great features going for it. In fact, installing Snow Leopard will free up 6 GB of space if you upgrade from Leopard."

Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement

A List Apart: Articles: Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement: "Progressive enhancement has become an established best-practice approach to standards-based development. By starting with clean, semantic HTML, and layering enhancements using JavaScript and CSS, we attempt to create a usable experience for everyone: less sophisticated devices and browsers get a simpler but completely functional experience, while more capable ones get the bells and whistles."

Even to Save Cash, Don’t Try This Stuff at Home

Even to Save Cash, Don’t Try This Stuff at Home - NYTimes.com: "When the toilet in Carol Taddei’s master bathroom began to break down a few months ago, she decided it would be cheaper to buy a new one than pay for repairs. Ever frugal in this dismal economy, Ms. Taddei, a retired paralegal, then took her economizing a step further, figuring she could save even more by installing the new toilet herself."

Anatomy of a Linux hypervisor

Anatomy of a Linux hypervisor: "One of the most important modern innovations of Linux® is its transformation into a hypervisor (or, an operating system for other operating systems). A number of hypervisor solutions have appeared that use Linux as the core. This article explores the ideas behind the hypervisor and two particular hypervisors that use Linux as the platform (KVM and Lguest)."

Star Wars | "Cantina Band" | Ragtime Piano Duet | Martin Spitznagel & Bryan Wright

YouTube - Star Wars | "Cantina Band" | Ragtime Piano Duet | Martin Spitznagel & Bryan Wright: "Here are Martin Spitznagel (me, on left) and Bryan Wright (username "bixvenuti") having some fun performing "Cantina Band" by John Williams. We were giving a concert in Pittsburgh on March 28, 2009, and needed a tune to end with. We didn't have anything prepared, so we got together the afternoon of the concert and figured out this arrangement."

G.I. Porn!!! (NSFW)

YouTube - Double Teaming Baroness: "There goes the childhood memories... Baroness gets 'double teamed' by Lance and Lady Jay. Cobra Commander debates if its Caramel or Butterscotch."

This is one Hot Baroness

Costume Checklist: The Baroness: "Seems we are not getting this kind of costumes for the movie. Long live this chick! I mean COBRA!!!"

How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems)

How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems): "Twitter has captured peoples' imaginations like nothing else on the web in years. It's growing fast, gets talked about all the time in other media, has fostered a huge developer community and gets used in more ways than anyone could have thought possible. It's a great tool for journalists, for students, for knitters, for marketers and for people in many other walks of life."

5 Unique Stories of Social Media Saving the Day

5 Unique Stories of Social Media Saving the Day: "From tracking fires through Twitter to breaking news before you see it on a major news network, we’re constantly hearing stories of how social media connections enable the community to help each other out in times of crisis. We love these stories. So here are five unique tales of social media coming to save the day."

How to Give Up Coffee and Caffeine Altogether

How to Give Up Coffee and Caffeine Altogether - Dumb Little Man: "Many may think that this addiction was a side effect from my abnormal but productive sleep schedule. I thought the same, however I was proven wrong. If anything, I am WAY more productive without the highs and lows that caffeine brings."

How to Buy Your Dream Car--Cheap

How to Buy Your Dream Car--Cheap - Barrons.com: "A RELENTLESS STREAM OF BAD NEWS HAS CAR DEALERS everywhere doing their best Cal Worthington imitations. The legendary Southern California pitchman promises: 'I'll stand on my head to beat anybody's deal.'"

Why Windows is not yet ready for the Desktop

climbing the hill: Why Windows is not yet ready for the Desktop: "I don't spend my time telling other people which OS should or shouldn't suit their way of working. But it seems there are people who do, and like to get blog hits for it."

Feng Shui On Steroids: Design Your Space to Achieve Your Goals

Feng Shui On Steroids: Design Your Space to Achieve Your Goals | Zen Habits: "I’ve been using this technique for quite some time to take advantage of my environment’s ability to help my achieve my dreams. The reason this is so effective is because when you design your space in a way that supports your dreams, you’re receiving perpetual subconscious reinforcement. So even if you design your space to reinforce a reality that does not yet exist for you, it is still effective because your environment is constantly introducing the possibility to your mind as a new reality."

wepbuster

wepbuster - Google Code: "This small utility was written for Information Security Professionals to
aid in conducting Wireless Security Assessment. The program executes
various utilities included in the aircrack-ng suite, a set of tools for
auditing wireless networks, in order to obtain the WEP encryption key of
a wireless access point. aircrack-ng can be obtained from
http://www.aircrack-ng.org"

Supersonic Dream

NOVA | Supersonic Dream | Shock Treatment | PBS: "Between 1976, when Concorde began flights to the United States, and 2003, when the aircraft was retired, you may have been fortunate enough, as I was once, to see Concorde take off. I noticed it from a distance, while landing at New York's JFK airport in another plane. But it stood out unmistakably from other nearby aircraft, like a giant white swan among so many geese and ducks. As it lifted from the tarmac it did indeed look like a swan rising from a stretch of still water, its wide-spread wings angled steeply, its distinctive slender head bent forwards as if unwilling to lose sight of the Earth even for a moment."

Patent-Litigation Weekly: The Photo-Sharing Files

The Prior Art: Patent-Litigation Weekly: The Photo-Sharing Files: "This week: A snapshot look at how the surge in infringement suits by patent-holding companies is causing big woes for small companies, and potentially affecting the ability of many people to engage in a popular pastime."

Train can be worse for climate than plane

Train can be worse for climate than plane - environment - 08 June 2009 - New Scientist: "A new study compares the 'full life-cycle' emissions generated by 11 different modes of transportation in the US. Unlike previous studies on transport emissions, this one looks beyond what is emitted by different types of car, train, bus or plane while their engines are running and includes emissions from building and maintaining the vehicles and their infrastructure, as well as generating the fuel to run them."

State of the Nation

Daily Kos: State of the Nation: "Via Conor Clarke at The Atlantic, we get a visual on what dreaded state of encroaching socialism in the United States looks like after government intervention in American industry:"

Making Your Own Landscape Lighting

The H.P. Friedrichs (AC7ZL) Homepage: "It's no secret that I love garage sales. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I have an affection for all things antique, particularly artifacts of old technology, and that every once in a while, a person like myself can stumble upon a great deal."

David Carradine Forensics Photo Published by Palluxo

SPECIAL: David Carradine Forensics Photo Published by Palluxo: "Carradine family threatened to sue Palluxo Media and any other U.S. publication for publishing David Carradine death photo. We believe they have no case and we are protected by journalistic freedoms. The publish has the right to know. You can see Carradine forensics photo below."

Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Microsoft Jobs Offshore

Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Microsoft Jobs Offshore (Update3) - Bloomberg.com: "Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits."

Pita Pizza: The Five Minute Snack

Pita Pizza: The Five Minute Snack: "When you're up at 2 in the morning and just craving a snack, but don't have the will power to make real food, you need something quick, easy, and delicious. Introducing, the Pita Pizza!"

Boxee for Windows Alpha Coming June 23

Boxee for Windows Alpha Coming June 23 - PC World: "The alpha test version of Boxee's online multimedia software for Windows PCs will be released to the public on June 23, Boxee founder Avner Ronen said Thursday."

Driving the Linux drivers

Driving the Linux drivers - Computerworld Blogs: "One of the great Linux myths is that it doesn't support modern hardware. What nonsense! I've been finding for years that it's the newer Windows desktops that don't support equipment."

Boy chosen by Dalai Lama as reincarnation of spiritual leader turns back on Buddhist order

Boy chosen by Dalai Lama as reincarnation of spiritual leader turns back on Buddhist order | World news | The Guardian: "As a toddler, he was put on a throne and worshipped by monks who treated him like a god. But the boy chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnation of a spiritual leader has caused consternation – and some embarrassment – for Tibetan Buddhists by turning his back on the order that had such high hopes for him."

Han Solo, P.I.

YouTube - Han Solo, P.I.: "All he needs is a stache."

How to Lose Weight by Eating More

How to Lose Weight by Eating More - Dumb Little Man: "The reason diets don’t work is because we associate pain with food deprivation. Diet equals hunger, and hunger is pain. How could anyone succeed on a diet when pain is the result? Luckily, there is another way. After losing 40 pounds, I can testify that it works. The trick: Eat More!"

Sony unveils new PSP Go

AFP: Sony unveils new PSP Go: "Sony on Tuesday unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to Nintendo's freshly-launched DSi devices."

Did Computer Failure Bring Down Air France 447?

Did Computer Failure Bring Down Air France 447? - Government IT Blog - InformationWeek: "Speculation abounds following a plane crash. Mechanical flaws, terrorism, pilot error, and weather are the usual suspects. But in the tech age, where even your toaster is digital, IT systems must be added to the list. In the the Air France disaster, there's a particularly urgent need for government authorities to eye the aircraft's on-board computer system as a possible culprit."

Disaster! How to Salvage a Wet Gadget

Disaster! How to Salvage a Wet Gadget - PC World: "Ever dropped a cellphone in the sink, or your i-Pod in a swimming pool? PC World takes you through a few simple steps you can take to try to resuscitate soaked gadgets."

Global recession making world more violent

Global recession making world more violent: study | Lifestyle | Reuters: "The economic downturn has made the world more violent and unstable in the last year, according to a study Tuesday that ranked New Zealand as the most peaceful country and Iraq the least."

8 Interesting Things About Money

8 Interesting Things About Money: "Most of us engage in some sort of work to earn a living. In other words we work to get money in order to live. Many of us try to get by with whatever money we have but all of us only if we have money. Money can buy almost anything so much so we may think it can even buy happiness. That is where we make the blunder and allow money to rule our lives."

On Programming: A Script for Assembling Bytecode

On Programming: A Script for Assembling Bytecode « The Wayward Word Press: "This is a short note outlining a new approach to compiling so-called “scripting” languages, This approach was suggested by observations made during my continuing investigation into the question of applying Moore’s Law to the writing of software code. Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby are examples of scripting languages."

My Name is Mac and I am a Linux

My Name is Mac and I am a Linux: "I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, Linux, Chicago, Pixar, and Anxiety, that I would be writing a review of my experience using Parallels 4.0. Well, that time has come. Bear in mind that I am using Parallels as a casual user, and I don’t know much about the deeper features, or how certain aspects work. I just know what does work, and what does not work the way it should."

Google Loves Bing

Google Loves Bing | Software Development in the Real World: "What does Google think of Bing I wonder? I started looking around and found this great picture of Bing running on a Dell at a Google office. In all seriousness, I am hoping Google has a response to Bing shortly. If they do, I expect another response from Microsoft quickly. This is how innovation happens. This is how great products are built, and this is how we can finally go away from typing something into a text box, only to be presented with a bunch of advertisers and a billion lines of boring text that might lead to me an answer 60% of the time."

Drive-By Attacks vs. Social Engineering

Drive-By Attacks vs. Social Engineering - Security Watch: "Scary reports have been in the press recently of thousands of compromised web sites attacking PCs. How many? 20,000, 30,000, even 40,000 web sites have been reported as hacked for this purpose."

Build Your Own Linux Ubuntu Supercomputer For Under $350

Build Your Own Linux Ubuntu Supercomputer For Under $350 « The Wayward Word Press: "While buying some new hardware — Intel X25-M SSD 80Gb SATA internal drive, Samsung external DVD and some DVD’s — I came across the following special offer from my favourite hardware vendor Newergg: Combo Deal 05/28/2009:"

Top 10 Reasons Why Employees Leave in IT

Top 10 Reasons Why Employees Leave in IT: "In no particular order of weight (but would have to say if I had to give it a weight the highest would be on #1, #2, #4, #7, #9, and #10)"

Finish his law degree? No, Brian Deese has G.M. to dismantle.

Finish his law degree? No, Brian Deese has G.M. to dismantle.: "A few years ago, Brian Deese put his studies at Yale Law School on hold to volunteer for the presidential campaigns of Sen. Hillary Clinton LAW ‘73 and, after she dropped out of the race, then-Sen. Barack Obama. After the election, it might have seemed likely that Deese would return to the Law School, where he was once a member of the class of 2008, to receive his degree."

Sorry Linux but the chicken came first

Sorry Linux but the chicken came first | Open Source | ZDNet.com: "In the old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, I got the answer this week, at least as it relates to computing."

Integrated Data Management: Managing data across its lifecycle

Integrated Data Management: Managing data across its lifecycle: "With the June 2009 announcements, IBM is consolidating many of its Data Studio offerings under the Optim name. The Optim portfolio will focus on realizing integrated data management with innovative delivery of application-aware solutions for managing data and data-driven applications across the lifecycle, from requirements to retirement. This overview article explains both the vision and reality of Integrated Data Management and how you -- whether a data architect, developer or tester, DBA, or data steward -- can use IBM solutions today to respond quickly to emerging opportunities, improve quality of service, mitigate risk, and reduce costs."

Debugging JavaScript: Beyond Alerts

Debugging JavaScript: Beyond Alerts: "There was a time when debugging JavaScript required a liberal sprinkling of alert messages. Sometimes, just figuring out which line caused the error was an ordeal. Not so anymore. As JavaScript became more and more object oriented and grew in scope, a simple alert box no longer sufficed. Ajax, in particular, created a major impediment to debugging scripts, as its asynchronous nature introduced a multi-threading aspect to the language. One try at debugging a chat application that uses periodic polling will attest to that fact! As part of multi-tiered applications, scripts can be written, debugged, and even tested using frameworks' built-in functionality or by specialized software. In today's article, we'll begin examining some of the latest ways of debugging your JavaScript code."

10 Answers You Should Know Before Your Job Interview

10 Answers You Should Know Before Your Job Interview - Dumb Little Man: "With the competition keener than ever and the economy in a slump, you need to prepare for your job interview thoroughly. It’s no longer enough to offer a firm handshake to your interviewer, make eye contact, and nod pleasantly now and then. You need to prepare a dynamic application letter and resume. You need to research the company. And you need to present a confident image and develop the ability to answer tough questions on the spot."

Implement Web cut-and-paste using Atom XML and Firefox XUL

Implement Web cut-and-paste using Atom XML and Firefox XUL: "Even after 20 years, the Web continues to redefine itself. The Internet is transforming from a hypertext document system to something that resembles a full-blown operating system. In this article, focus on a critical functionality missing in the emerging cloud-based operating system: The existence of a standards-based Web clipboard. Discover what a Web clipboard might look like using AtomPub and the AtomClip XUL Firefox extension."

Linux: Lean, clean, and green

Linux: Lean, clean, and green: "Green IT is one of the hottest of today's technology trends, and the GNU/Linux® community has risen to the challenge. Along with several corporate partners, the GNU/Linux operating system provides solutions for dealing with power consumption, carbon emissions, and e-waste."

Movies Buzz: The Top 10 Artists That Should've Quit When They Were Ahead

Movies Buzz: The Top 10 Artists That Should've Quit When They Were Ahead: "so many talented musicians that left this world during the peak of their career. Some say it’s tragic, and others may argue that it protected them from getting old, losing their talent, and eventually selling out. Short of dying, strategic retirement stops the artist from creating works that will stain their career, and it keeps a pure and perfect image of them in the minds of their dedicated fans."

5 resources for learning Perl Graphical Programming

5 resources for learning Perl Graphical Programming | Handle With Linux: "As I'm trying to learn perl, and I'm trying to learn perl GUI programming in the process I've been browsing the internet for information. I've chosen perl-Gtk as the GUI framework for the start of this journey, there are some arguments against this choice as readers commented in previous articles, but I'm happy with it. It feels like this is the right way of learning for me, the perl programming language is pretty easy to learn (the basics at least) and it's very forgiving (downsides to that too, I know) and perl-Gtk is very nice as it makes it possible to create GUI interfaces very quickly without too much technical knowledge."

Howto: Hack a Nike+iPod to Make a Wireless Car Key

Howto: Hack a Nike+iPod to Make a Wireless Car Key | Cult of Mac: "Hacker Nathan Seidle has rigged his car so that his Nike+iPod pedometer unlocks the doors wirelessly as he walks up to it."

BBC News Advertisement FAIL

Technology has no feelings but the humans who create it should.

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10 Unknown but Useful Linux Terminal Commands

TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: 10 Unknown but Useful Linux Terminal Commands: "Before, I have posted here a few basic Linux terminal commands that I think are essential for newbies to know. I've also shared some deadly ones that should be avoided at all costs. This time, I'm going to show you several terminal commands that are perhaps unfamiliar to many new-to-Linux users but could be really handy when used properly."

Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension

Security Fix - Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension: "A routine security update for a Microsoft Windows component installed on tens of millions of computers has quietly installed an extra add-on for an untold number of users surfing the Web with Mozilla's Firefox Web browser."

Reconsidering Earliest-Known Recording

Reconsidering Earliest-Known Recording : NPR: "Audio historians David Giovannoni and Patrick Feaster discuss a revision to their discovery last year of the earliest-known recorded sound from 1860. They have determined it was being played twice as fast as it needed to be."