Archive for June, 2006
Friday, June 30th, 2006
So the Smart car is coming to the usa. First thing I think of is this:
I guess the car will go well with a matching iPod.
I still think the Air Car is cooler.
UPDATE: Comment from Nemo, an actual person from Over Thereā¢.
The Smart car isn’t that much of a success because it’s very expensive for […]
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Friday, June 30th, 2006
Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital Munition created a proof of concept exploit for Mac OS X utilizing launchd.
Apple releases 10.4.7 update to Mac OS X which patches this POC Exploit.
The weasels at Symantic hear about this and issue a warning after the update is out, after the POC is announced. They were […]
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Some people think Loco Roco is racist.
Some people think it’s not.
Other people have seen this all before on approximately Monday, December 13, 1999
Toy Story Protest
More than 120 people gathered outside Activision’s Santa Monica offices to protest what they deemed to be offensive content in Activision’s Toy Story 2 Playstation title. The peaceful demonstration was sparked […]
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Spatader.
That’s it. Funniest word ever.
It works in so many ways too.
Spatader-Man
Spataderus the Gladiator
Darth Spatader
Nothing like the great taste of Spataders Light!
I think I just spatadered your sister.
Spataders. Sounds like something people wear in other countries at beer fests.
Spatader Z: The Animated Series
Spatader in the Shell
Lukas: “Spatader” literally means something like “exploding vein.”
Spatadernator Pro 3.0
Lukas: A […]
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006
This is a really fun site. Lots and lots of LIFE magazine covers grouped by year. The interesting thing is viewing them en masse really brings the decades into perspective and humorously illustrates the fact that everything old is, eventually, new again.
History really does tend to repeat itself.
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Another MagSafe connector on a MacBook Pro has failed. This one is slightly more interesting in that the cable itself seems to be damaged. I wonder if severe bending of the cable caused it to short out internally. I’d love to see how the insulation inside the cable is designed and what material it’s made […]
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
After looking at the prices, and specs I hate to admit it but this thing has the iPod Nano beat cold.
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
WTF is up with M$? Can’t they do ANYTHING on their own?
I guess it’s easier to just buy off the shelf stuff.
Idiots.
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Monday, June 26th, 2006
Ok, well maybe the second worst book ever written if you know me at all.
Atlanta Nights is a manuscript that was assembled to prove that some vanity presses don’t actually look at the content of submissions.
You can read all about Atlanta Nights and the novel itself here.
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Sunday, June 25th, 2006
Loco Roco is a neat game for Sony’s PSP. People love it’s originality and cute physics. Only thing is that it’s basically a rip-off of a game called Gish.
Compare the two and see for yourself.
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