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iPod Weapons
I know, its weak to be one of those iPod carrying sheep that just does what they're told. But I do my best to break from the mold. I never wear those white headphones, I rip all my m4p's into mp3's, and now I'm going to cut out the iTunes. Oh baby, it'll be sweet. Especially cause I need all the free memory I can get on my computer. Anyone know how to make firefox not suck up so much? Don't tell me its all those sweet sweet extensions I have installed. I need them. Oh, back to the iPod thing:Hack Attack: The self-sustaining iPod - Lifehacker
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Rules for Life
"oh, this is cute"I swear, she did this for every customer. Well, every customer but me; I gave her three words "Hi" "No" and "Credit". Do you not understand that this is my lunch break? I'm standing in line at 12:30 on a weekday and I look pissed off. There's your hint. Take it and run. Before I find something to bludgeon you with.
"only 5 dollars? that is a good deal"
"do you want this in another bag?"
"let me see if there is another on in back"
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We don't need no stinking fusion
Alright, I know. I'm a lazy bastard. But honestly yesterday was a slow internet day. If I still had my internet rating sidebar up it would have read "holy crap stop wasting your time, there's nothing out there" Anyway, here's a little green for today. I don't really think this would be better than a fusion reactor, but it sounds less like a bad scifi movie when its explained to me. All those buzz kills writing in the comments section need to calm down too. Its not like you'll be crushed by spinning blades of death from above. Have they ever heard of constructive criticism? Like "hey, why don't you stick one of those in the water and take advantage of the gulf stream, or the tides?" Flying windmills could provide limitless power - Engadget
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Volcano Soliloquy
It is time for lunch and a break. I sit and survey my kingdom; I have gradually conquered it with my deliberate paces. I listen. There is nothing. There are few places and times on earth where this happens; normally there is some disruption of perfect silence. Here there are no highways, no waves, no insects, no birds, and right now there is no wind. I revel in its glory, high above all things. All invention, all wealth, all mankind cannot replicate its serenity or beauty.
It is shattered. A delicate crystalline figure falls from my hands, smashing to the marble floor. Silence is slaughtered by the vociferous chatter of my comrades. Their mindless voices pain me as I struggle to hold the pieces of my cherished prize. It is gone though, the wind begins again and I relinquish hope of solitude. I shiver as a cool razor slices into me, tears at my flesh. I am no longer hot, and will soon be cold since I no longer have exertion to keep warm. I pull out my jacket and throw it on as I sit. I also take my lunch out and unwrap the sandwich. It has a single slice of bread topped with salami and cheese. The bread is coarse and thick in my hand, while my fingers wick up grease from the meat when they skim its surface. I take a bite and the flavor of the cheese dominates my palate. Full and genuine the taste runs through my mind without finding an exact match. It is similar to other cheeses, but richer and fresher. I can almost see the Russian cow that it came from alive in front of me. The bread does not have a strong enough taste to compete, but its texture mixes as I chew and becomes smoother with every grind. The meat comes through as the cheese fades; it is a tasty salami and savory too. The sandwich taste melds and lingers before fading. My moment has expired; it is time to move on. I eagerly rise and gear-up, fresh from my brief reprieve. My rest has strengthened my spirits and renewed my resolve. This is only half a mountain and I will soon see the satisfaction of the summit for myself.
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- At 8:45 AM, theKirkness said...
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ouch whats with the font yo?
- At 9:05 AM, Dee S. Nutts said...
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I was going through my old docs (seeing what was left after the disk crash) and found some things I wrote during Semester At Sea. I kinda wanted to put up a different one, but I'm not sure people would appreciate it as much as a stand alone. Perhaps as a series they will. And I know, the font is rough. My only advice is to make it bigger. A lot bigger. I though it gave something to the text when I wrote it.
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- At 10:22 AM, Dee S. Nutts said...
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It goes without saying that if we actually ever get any snow we're doing this as a little homage.
Ah Engrish

Andy Y., who currently enjoys Project Runway [coincidentally the "Recommend It!" last newsletter] with his two girls, 8 & 10, and hockey with the San Jose Sharks.So does that mean his two daughters are models on Project Runway, or that the San Jose Sharks come over and watch hockey with him?
Smell the Steak
The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.
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Hahahahahaha. I was enticed by "smell the steak" - because well, steak (insert a daydream of a brown-skinned pink filet on a plate that could set paper on fire. Ahhhhh.) I must concur - I love how Steve writes too. And I can't imagine eating Skittles gum without swallowing - but come on, we all know we used to swallow our gum regularly as kids. And perhaps still do.
Face Tracking
Technology is finally catching up to itself. There are cameras everywhere these days whether you realize it or not. The only trouble is that there was no way to filter through or search through all the footage that was generated. That might've provided you with a small sense of anyonomity, but don't count on it much longer. Companies like 3vr security have developed facial recognition algorithms (its all about the algorithms folks) that remember a face and track it across separate feeds. Take, for example, a hotel employee that was notoriously hard to find during his graveyard shift. Management used their new software to search through hours of footage from 16 cameras and tracked his movements around the hotel. Until, that is, he left by way of a back door and never returned. Kind of cool to think of automatically tracking people by remote observation. But if the concepts in Enemy of the State, Minority Report or Resident Evil (no not the zombies) made you a little uneasy, you know why this could spark some controversy . Do you know how many cameras are in your municipality? Traffic cameras, businesses, ATMs, buses. These systems are only going to get better, so if you were worried about the government tracking you with your cell phone don't worry. They'll do it with your face. Oh, and our hotel scamming slacker? He got canned along with 9 of his friends.Defense Tech: These Cameras Don't Forget a Face
American Civil Liberties Union : Feature on Face-Recognition Technology
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- At 9:10 AM, theKirkness said...
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when my band played at a casino in atlantic city, we got the behind the scenes tour by thier head of security. we made jokes about cameras and he assured us they could see everything.
they had an employee's wife call asking where her husband was. they tracked him to the highway coming home.
they have cameras that can track you from the BlackJack table through the casino floor, into the parking lot down the street and 10 miles down the highway.
INSANE!!
Space trash
Are we so hard up for NASA funds that we're willing to use trash as satellites? They're going to toss out an old space suit from the space station - and into orbit. Apparently a Russian came up with the idea, which makes me think of that stereotypical cosmonaut who's always insane, drunk, and fixing life support systems with duct tape and a hammer. Luckily, the drunk mellows out the insane and everyone knows half of MIR was made from duct tape. Unfortunately you take your chances with the hammer.The Suit's batteries should only last a couple days, so make sure you fire up your ham radio to try and decipher the hidden message it broadcasts. Before long it'll degrade into a terminal orbit and taste a fiery death. At first I was thinking they'd put it into a stable orbit, which kind reminded me of Pirates of the Carribean. You know that scene where the pirate skeletons are hanging by nooses outside the town? Kinda like a warning to any aliens that might think about stopping by for some pillaging. "This is what we do to... astronauts."
NASA - SuitSat
RIAA suit
if I leave a CD on the front seat of my car with the doors unlocked? Did I break the law?
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Algorithms for better living
I feel like this is similar to all those kitchen gadgets that came out in like the 40's. You know the ads with the woman in a house dress smiling way too broadly while using her electric mixer. Big changes become everyday, and soon you don't even think about how easy it is to microwave something. Maybe I'm wrong and maybe I explained that poorly. Here's the jist: Google is good, but its gonna get better. You won't even think about it, but it'll be better. Ah algorithms, the garbage men of technology; vital but ignored.Current Google Algorithm
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Terrorister
Wow, Friendster just for terrorists! Ever wondered how we could blame Al Qaeda for the Cole bombing? I can make that connection in three links. I don't know where the information is from, how accurate it is, or who manages it. But just at a glance it seems to be well made. I don't see Kevin Bacon on there though, so I don't think it'll solve all your problems.Tracking the Threat
Oracle of Bacon
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RSS Tricks
12 things you can get over RSS besides news - download squad
Update
Holy crap. You know that 2 hour 4 episode block of Arrested Development that Fox is going to air on Feb 10? Guess what its up against. Um... The 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies. I'm excited and fearful. For me, there's no question what I'm going to watch. I'd stay inside if it was raining 3 dollar cupcakes to see the last of Arrested Development. But I've recently come to grips with the fact that I have no idea what the rest of the country is thinking. Would they seriously plunk down and watch the Ceremonies for 4 hours? And even if they do get curious during a commercial, will watching the last episode make any sense; will they appreciate it this late in the game? Oh goodness. Alright, I'm going to go buy another copy of season 2 cause my disc 2 is missing. Hey, extra DVD sales can't hurt, right?
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Donny the Delegating Robot
More household robots, huh? Sounds ok, except for two things:1. Why did you make it look like a character from final fantasy?
2. I don't need my robots to delegate, that's what I'm here for. Delegation leads to the following scenario.
me: I want a beer.See? Now I've just paid god knows how much for a lazier version of myself. Which is lazy. Robots should do what I say when I say, not look to pass the buck. Imagine you're making a chicken patty and the microwave whispers "Couldn't the toaster oven do this for me?"
robot: Get me one while you're at it.
- Engadget
Labels: automation, beer, future, robotics
Avgo Soccer
I can't believe all these guys are professional drivers, but I'd say they all are having fun.Avgo Soccer
Happy With Apple
Yes, I know, its a shocker. They haven't changed their public attitude or anything, this is strictly a me and them thing. In a bright shining moment since my hard drive crashed two weeks ago the Apple iTunes Music Store re-enabled all the downloads I've bought from them. So I re-downloaded all 495 songs (now back in m4p format, damn) and actually backed them up on DVD this time. It was actually fairly simple once I convinced them I just hadn't misplaced my files ("No, I know where they are. They're on the dead hard drive I just physically took out of my computer) They did wag their finger and say this was a one time deal, but I think I've learned my lesson. Anyway, thanks apple, cool move. And also, I've bought 500 songs from them? Holy crap.
Pictures Pretty...
This is kinda a cool idea. It involves identifying icons in place of a traditional password login. The interesting concept is that you don't actually identify the icons, so that someone who's casually watching can't figure out your login information. You click in the area defined by three key icons in various configurations several times to prove that you know hidden information without revealing that information. I don't think this'll replace passwords anytime soon, but I like concepts that innovate and challenge the standard. For example I was on a few planes this past week and whenever the seatbelt sign went out at the gate, out came the treos the black berries and all those other phones with too many buttons that I don't keep track of. They're all so silly. We finally figure out how to make a small enough phone and now they're having to make them bugger to fit a keyboard on, or a usable screen. Its like someone though about else a phone could do (email, web browsing) and automatically went with the standard interface for those tasks, even though they are incongruous with the first concept. We wanted a smaller phone, not a laptop folks. Why don't you hire some guys to think about how else to make this happen. Voice typing? Virtual keyboards? Projected, hollographic or rolling displays? Something new. Please?
Anyway, try out the demo of the passicon thing is you have time, not a must see, but interesting.
Rutgers Media Relations - Graphical Passwords Enhance Computer Security Thanks to Rutgers-Camden Research
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its like the new SUV's. the new thing now is combining minivans and SUV's to make them less trucklike and vanlike. but what they are doing is making 4WD Station Wagons.
They'll Only Break Your Heart
Why should I even start to watch these new shows they're putting on TV? Best case scenario we have a few good years together and then the actors get all big headed and leave; but they'll never find better work cause they'll always be The Fonz or Arnold. What's the point of letting these weak new sitcoms into my livingroom? They'll never fill the shoes of shows I've loved and lost. Read the article carefully: Fox is giving Arrested Development a Special Two Hour Viking Funeral, where they'll shoot their load of the last four episodes and roll off in search of better programming; which they won't find. Thanks for keeping Arrested from getting warn-out like that Seinfeld show. I hate Fox.
CNN.com - Bye-bye 'Malcolm,' 'That '70s Show' - Jan 18, 2006
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2 Comments:
- At 8:42 AM, theKirkness said...
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i've been hooked on LOST on ABC. i've turned into one of those TV show nerds i always used to make fun of.
- At 1:50 PM, Dee S. Nutts said...
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The Office, however, is coming back.
Nanny-bot
The bots, according to the Ministry, will be able to perform such household tasks as cleaning, monitoring homes, reading to children, and ordering pizza via the InternetI do know of one person however that will need this, if only for its internet pizza ordering skills.
Korea to introduce household bots to watch the kids, clean and order pizza - Engadget
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- At 11:36 AM, scrappy rose said...
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scary... I see a new Will Smith movie coming on...
- At 12:58 PM, Dee S. Nutts said...
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"Hello, first and foremost can be sure I... uh, my nannybot didn't accidentally order 6 pizzas online."
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loved the last article. intelligent... clever... simple... honest... funny. good stuff.
No Whining
No seriously. We'll fire your ass for whining. They say its to promote positive attitude, but I know the real reason. They had one of those 'No Whining' signs and wanted to give it some purpose beyond humorous wall hanging status. Well... that, and its fun to fire whiners. Don't whine.Inquirer
Lights out baby.

John Connor:
You just can't go around killing people.
The Terminator:
Why?
John Connor:
What do you mean why? 'Cause you can't.
The Terminator:
Why?
John Connor:
Because you just can't, OK? Trust me on this.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Elderly US killer is put to death
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- At 8:59 AM, Dee S. Nutts said...
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Wow, does seem like longer, you're right. At least two months.
Vision for the future
Alright, stop all this mess with hydrogen and gas and hybrids. Make electric cars and hook them up to the electric grid. Sure, its fueled by fossil fuels now; but hey, that's no worse than running a gas car now. And when we get that fusion reactor online in France, we'll be able to hook all the cars in the world up to it and instantly transition into zero fossil dependency. You see the difference? 30 years of trying to create viable electric cars starting now vs 30 years of dicking around with gas sucking suvs and trying to transition as quickly as possible. Ah nevermind, you guys never listen to me anyway. At least the American car companies don't. But that's ok, you guys are going down, just like AOL. Maybe not today maybe not tomorrow, but someday soon.The World's Fastest Electric Car - Forbes.com
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I like the boats
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