Archive for August, 2007

Cartoons about Mormons

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Remember how cool Heavy Metal was? Ok, now imagine that you believe that something like it is real.

Apparently this was created by some Christian fundies. Hilarous, one religious group attacking another…will the fun never cease?

Coming Out Godless

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Here’s a fun blog:
Coming Out Godless.
It’s a repository where people tell their tales of when they realized religion is a load of horsefeathers or they’ve always been atheist.

Skimming in Final Cut Pro

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Everyone’s making a lot of noise about iMovie’s new Skimming feature. What people seem to be forgetting, or never knew, is that Final Cut Pro has skimming as well for clips in it’s bin. The issue is that it’s hidden, isn’t set up to use right away and it’s not as fluid as in iMovie […]

Apple’s New Keyboard

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

While the leaked thin keyboards from Apple were close, they weren’t the exact same as the ones announced today. But…I still don’t like them.
They remind me of this (which means I’m old):

That’s from 1983. I remember programming on one at a friend’s house.
Still, it’s weird not having an Apple logo on the Command key.

Michelle Madigan BOOTED from DefCon!

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Curious to see Michelle Madigan beeing booted from DefCon? Check it out:

Story here.

Clear Ties and Inside-Out Pockets

Monday, August 6th, 2007

If you didn’t just smile you are dead to me.

Key Bumping and How Medeco Doesn’t Protect You

Monday, August 6th, 2007

A lot of chatter has been generated lately about Key Bumping. Key Bumping is a real thing but you’ll often hear people say that you just need to install a Medeco lock or one other specific type of Schlege lock in order to be protected. Turns out that’s not entirely true.
I don’t know about Schlage’s […]

How To Start A Cult

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

If it worked for Hubbard and Christ it can work for you too!

Just watch it!

You have too much Bisphenol A inside you.

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

And that’s a bad thing.
In an unusual effort targeting a single chemical, several dozen scientists on Thursday issued a strongly worded consensus statement warning that an estrogen-like compound in plastic is likely to be causing an array of serious reproductive disorders in people.
The compound, bisphenol A or BPA, is one of the highest-volume chemicals in […]

Fake Photos

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Manipulated photos used by the media and touted to be real photographs has popped up again. Here’s a very interesting article about photo-manipulation and anti-anonymity techniques.