February 2008
35 posts
ASUS preps $500 'iMac killer' Eee PC desktop (and... →
Feb 1st
Instapaper →
bookmarks in browsers have always annoyed me, because i end up bookmarking things to read later and then never get to it.  this site does exactly what i want: you can just click the bookmarklet, and the current site is added to a simple queue for reading when you have time.  perfect.  i’m going to make it my homepage.
Feb 1st
January 2008
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Shell theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
“If the body is a spherically symmetric shell (i.e. a hollow ball), no gravitational force is exerted by the shell on any object inside, regardless of the object’s location within the shell.” i always wondered about that. 
Jan 30th
Puppy Vs. Robot! Epic Battle For Territorial... →
Jan 30th
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Michel Gondry remakes the trailer for his new movie, acting as mos def and jack black remaking other movies.  its so meta it hurts. Add to My Profile | More Videos (via MySpaceTV Videos: Be Kind Rewind Movie Trailer - Gondry edition by New Line Cinema)
Jan 30th
the coldest thing imaginable
according to AccuWeather, yesterday was a Thunder Bay record high of 2 degrees above zero.  today, the temperature is -28 degrees, with a “RealFeel” of -50.  i might die.
Jan 30th
Rogers to offer unlimited data, prep for iPhone? →
“$20 monthly Communicate Package that allows both unlimited Internet access from a given phone as well as up to 2500 SMS text messages, 1000 MMS picture or video messages, and calling extras such as voicemail and caller ID.”
Jan 30th
check out this spam
“Have you ever known that you can enlarge your male aggregate size? Girlfriends will drive mad with you. Don’t miss this opportunity to change your life to the good. Now it’s time to think your shlong length.” oh man, girlfriends will drive mad with me!  my impressive “male aggregate” will cause road rage!  if something could change my life “to the...
Jan 29th
How To: Install OS X on Your Hackintosh PC, No... →
this is really cool.  a new version of OSX86-hacked leopard that takes the whole hacking up a level.  rather than forcing everything to work on a non-apple computer, it just runs an apple EFI compatibility layer over the BIOS so the system runs out-of-the-box.
Jan 26th
Jan 25th
“It’s quite likely that a lot of nitwits did buy Apple expecting it would...”
– Apple’s Quarterly Results | The Macalope: An Apple blog - CNET Blogs
Jan 24th
Jan 24th
WIRED Magazine: Why Things Suck (The 33 Things... →
Jan 24th
More Wifi Finder Reverse Engineering →
some pretty extreme EE stuff in here, but it’s a cool project
Jan 22nd
Lifehacker Code: Lifehacker's Exclusive Line of... →
Jan 22nd
"No Links Please" drains HREFs, discourages web... →
Jan 21st
Jan 20th
Eee PC Internal Upgrades - ivc wiki →
even tho i need another laptop like a hole in the head, i’m still really interested in the EeePC.  i like how they attract the hackers, and the hackers do things like this.
Jan 20th
MAKE: Blog: Bluebook adds tangible computing to... →
this is some of the kind of stuff that my grad supervisor gets all excited about
Jan 19th
European Politicians Launch Pro-Filesharing... →
Jan 19th
Jan 19th
You Suck at Photoshop by Donnie Hoyle →
a series of tutorials
Jan 18th
Jan 18th
Reminder, 10% off new iPods with trade-in →
this is cool, and i definitely never heard of it before.  once the ipod touch can beat the capacity of my old unused 10GB for under $300, i’ll probably get one.
Jan 18th
a clean well lighted place →
a bit of prose by zefrank
Jan 17th
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(via Urban Legend ER - CollegeHumor video) 
Jan 17th
Jan 17th
Nissan exec: Car culture is fading →
nissan has noticed that owning a car is going out of style.
Jan 17th
1930s-40s in Color - a photoset on Flickr →
the library of congress is apparently partnering with flickr to become more modern.  i think it’s pretty cool.  i really like this collection of old colour photos, they’re surprisingly hi-fi.
Jan 17th
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Macworld Keynote in 60 Seconds
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Jan 16th
Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back - TIME →
this is fun.  wouldn’t it be crazy if music polarized into just physical vinyl and digital mp3s?
Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
Jan 15th
Bill's Last Day: The CES Keynote video  →
this is hilarious!  i never knew bill gates had such a sense of humor.
Jan 15th
NetNewsWire for Mac, other NewsGator products go... →
NewsGator made their Mac and PC feed readers, with all of the synchronization, free.  i’m definitely switching to it as soon as i get through the 4000 articles that have been piling up in google reader since december
Jan 15th
Stay At Home Servers  →
Jan 15th
BitLet - the BitTorrent Applet - Music →
bitlet is the online torrent client.  they have this new feature now that lets you stream music from within a (well-seeded) torrent.
Jan 15th
Featured Download: Quickly Install the Best Open... →
Jan 15th
Make your iPhone listen to your radio -- and tell... →
Jan 15th
Business card phones home →
Jan 15th
Jan 15th
TED | Talks | Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you... →
Jan 15th
Splashtop Instant-On Desktop from DeviceVM →
Jan 15th
8 Bit Doom →
super mario brothers game recreated in the doom engine in 3D
Jan 14th