How to eat healthy on a low budget Change the way you eat. If you’re looking for healthy food on a small budget, then fruits and vegetables and other whole foods are the way to go. They’re the basic building blocks of a nutritious diet, and they’re much cheaper than processed foods. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Worlds Fastest Growing City (pics) In many areas, it is not easy to see Dubai's sky without at least one crane in your view; Industry experts cautiously estimate that 15 to 25 per cent of the world's cranes are in Dubai. Some US$ 90 BILLION are on-going in Dubai alone. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Top 10 Strangest Desks and Tables Pictures of unique desk and table designs. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Best Online Speed Test I've Seen. Want to test your up/down speed? Give this test a try. It's the quickest I've ever used. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
How Ritalin 'focuses' children's minds Here's a paradox. Why does an amphetamine-like stimulant have a calming effect on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Experiments with rats may have provided the answer. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
New Applications For Lasers Knowledge of the optical properties of materials can be used for an infinite number of applications. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
A Really Cool Interactive Periodic Table Here's a great interactive periodic table of elements. You can click the button for html and pdf files that provide background information and further data on the Periodic Table of Elements. Very Cool! From digg on June 3, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..
eBay to Launch Blogs, Wikis and Search Tags Auction giant eBay is preparing to integrate blog and wiki publishing tools into its selling platform, according to a report on Auctionbytes. Micropersuasion has dugg deeper... From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Gamer backlash following Moore's Backwards Compatibility Statement Peter Moore's statement that gamers don't care about backwards compatibility, has sparked the gamers’ anger, who think they will end up with old titles ‘gathering dust’ on the shelves. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Philips Introduces Windows Live Messenger VOIP Phone "The phone allows you to make land line and Windows Live Messenger calls on the same handset. A shortcut key to go directly to Windows Live Messenger is provided and you can see your contact list on the small LCD screen." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
The Pirate Bay Now Hosted in: Holland, Russia, Ukraine The Pirate Bay (TPB) Announced in Copenhagen that the site will be hosted in 4 individual locations, Holland, Russia, Ukraine, and one additional EU nation, All a result of hosts helping them out after MAFIAA's ill treatment of their previous hardware. "The Pirate Bay is going to be stronger than ever" From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Hotels.com: Credit Cards Data in STOLEN LAPTOP The laptop was stolen in late February after an Ernst & Young employee left it inside a locked vehicle, From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Rapidweaver 3.5 Public Beta Available! Rapidweaver 3.5, the highly anticipated release from RealMacSoftware is finally here! From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Milky Way Is Tentacled Beast Our galaxy is a much wilder looking tentacled beast than suspected, say astronomers who have used a new technique to map the Milky Way. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Everything You Want to Know About Nuclear Power Nuclear Power is produced when a nucleus absorbs a neutron and splits into two lighter nuclei. This releases enormous amounts of energy which in turn produces heat. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Apple's Mac@Work goes live Finally! Apple is getting its IT game again and not just focusing on the consumer market. Not that Apple left the IT market altogether, it just left corporate advocates grasping for support when trying to make a case for Macs with the bigwigs. What could be next? Now about that Sun merger (http://www.mactelchat.com/showthread.php?t=86)... From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Index of 300 Full Length TV Shows on YouTube (A follow up to my Cartoon Index.) There’s no garbage clips to weed through, just 300 full length episodes organized alphabetically: Doctor Who, Get Smart, Lost, Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, The Screen Savers, The Wonder Years, and more. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Mom's Diet Can Influence a Baby's Genetics Research finds that a dietary supplement can make generations of mice obese. The effect is thought to be due to chemical changes made to the mother's DNA, which can be passed down the generations. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Samsung Promises Feature-filled Mobile TV Phone Soon The tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset, which will ship just in time for the World Cup tournament in Germany, has a 2.0 mega-pixel camera, stereo speakers, Bluetooth capabilities, and about 128MB of memory allows the phone to record and save TV broadcasts, videos and games. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Microsoft Shifts Priority to IE7 - Beta 3 for August After years of letting Internet Explorer 6 languish with no new development, prompting criticism from both outside and inside the company, Microsoft promised that they would shift their priorities and deliver a steady stream of updates to their venerable browser. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
The future's looking mighty good for Linux This is an editorial from the good folks over at Linux Today. It makes sense to me, here's hoping their right :) From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
The Ultimate Summer Gadget Guide Summertime, and the living is easy -- or at least it should be. Unfortunately, between packing bags and keeping up with busy kids' schedules, sometimes it feels anything but. We've compiled 17 hot products in four separate categories that will aid and assist you in countless ways this summer. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Video games in Congress' crosshairs The purported problem of violent and sexually explicit video games has resurfaced on politicians' agenda as the November election draws near. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Cell Phone Towers in U.S. Parks Dial Up Debate The jarring ring of a cell phone deep in the wilderness is many a nature lover's worst nightmare.But it's a scenario that may become more common in the United States as wireless-communication companies expand their reach into national parks and other protected lands. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
NY Times: MySpace No Longer Their Space? When News Corporation bought MySpace, the site was at the height of its popularity. But now it looks like the teenagers who made MySpace cool may be moving on. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
17 year old high school kid admits to taking down Swedish Police website Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet is reporting an exclusive interview with an unnamed 17 year old high school student who claims it was him that took down the Swedish Police website as revenge for the raids against the Pirate Bay. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiment What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It's amazing and completely insane. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Forget the NSA. Here's another very scary list. Are you included? An interesting article about the threshold for privacy violations and notifications. Includes many links and subjects most people have not really thought about. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Neutron Vision Superman can't see through lead with his x-ray vision, but if he could see with neutrons he'd do better. Neutrons can penetrate dense materials, and in the 2 June PRL, researchers describe a simple, 3-D imaging technique that does not require a high-quality neutron beam. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible, demonstrating the government's desire to widen the nation's usage of open source software. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
USA: Russia Can't Join WTO Unless it Shuts Down Allofmp3.com American trade negotiators have threatened to scuttle Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization unless the country shuts down the AllOfMP3.com website From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Fun with Hotlinkers You are probably aware of hotlinking. It refers to the practice that some people have to link the images of others directly from their webserver without asking, thus generating tremendous bandwidth usage while the site that provides the picture doesn't even see a visitor. However, you have control over your webserver and can play some games. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Ball Lightning: A Shocking Scientific Mystery People have reported seeing ball lightning—a rare phenomenon that resembles a glowing sphere of electricity—for hundreds of years.But scientists still can't explain what causes it, or even exactly what it is. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
AIDS Drugs Have Saved 3 Million Years of Life Increasingly effective HIV therapy--including a decade of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)--has provided 3 million years of extended life to Americans with AIDS since 1989, report researchers funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). From digg on June 3, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..
Ben Franklin 1706-2006 This wisdom from Poor Richard’s Almanac is in an animation in the web tribute to Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birth year. This remarkable and diverse man is aptly honored by the remarkable and diverse website here. Biography via Scout Report Benjamin, exhibit, Franklin, tercentenary From Golden Swamp on June 3, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..
Shopify released - RoR based internet store in 2 minutes After two years of development the team over at jaded Pixel has finally released the goods. Beta testers have been very pleased with what they have seen and now the rest of us get the chance to take the code for a spin. Business model looks interesting: free signup, no monthly fee, only commission. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
The Pirate Bay is back online The Pirate Bay is back, sporting a new logo. Search feature will be online later. Searching for now gives the message "no hits due to politics" From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Ubuntu's Dapper Drake is one impressive Linux distro Perhaps the most widely anticipated Linux distribution of the year finally arrived, but does it live up to its promises? From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Microsoft: Anti-iPod Coalition rumor not true, mistranslation! Microsoft reps have denied recent rumors alleging that it has partnered with a number of Japanese consumer electronics companies to develop a device to compete in Japan with Apple's iPod. "Due to translation issues the announcement was misconstrued to sound like Microsoft was developing a rival to the iPod; that's just not the case." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux' The head of the One Laptop per Child project says he must be doing something right if he's upsetting Microsoft and Intel. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Hurricane Tracking Map Powered by Google Google hurricane tracking map From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
System Admin to face trail for computer sabotage and securities fraud. A former PaineWebber (now UBS Wealth Management) employee is accused of planting a logic bomb to cripple the financial companies network after placing $21,000 in put options on their parent companies stock so he could cash on the havoc. His lawyer claims they have the wrong man. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Test your blind spot 1 - center your head on the screen 2 - close your left eye 3- stare at the ball with your right eye 4- on your peripheral vision see what happens to the cross From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Apple Might Make Mac Games While recent rumors have suggested that the company has started internal development of iPod games, the columnist said "it could easily be an effort aimed at both [Mac and iPod games] From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Brain on chip: Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip Understanding the function of the hippocampus as an important player in the memory process is a major topic of current brain research. Thin slices of this brain region provide the appropriate material to study the intact neural network of the hippocampus. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Some non-cox2 painkillers, in high doses, are also bad for your heart. It's not just Viox that carries an increased risk of heart disease. Long term use of Ibuprofen and Diclofenac have have also been shown to increase your cardiac risk. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Linux on Obsolete Displays Interfacing older, non VGA displays to systems with VGA hardware without the help of a hardware scan converter.Almost every linux embedded project out there today uses some form of LCD text or graphics display. CRTs have been abandoned as bulky and obsolete. But not all are. Forgotten are the tiny portable b/w televisions. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
The 212-796-0735 mystery "On or around May 8, a personal ad appeared on the Internet classified ad site Craigslist (It has since been removed). It’s a head scratcher to keep you National Security Agency analysts occupied in your spare time. Each block of numbers is repeated twice; but below I have transcribed them only once for clarity." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
33% of Companies Read Employee Email Watch what you send from work -- a new study says about a third of large U.S. and British companies hire people to read and analyze outbound e-mails. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Canadian Politician has site removed from DNS and unregistered A major Canadian politician who was unhappy with a parody site had the site's domain unregistered. "My Office has had the website suspended through CIRA [Canadian Internet Registration Authority] and CDNS [Canadian Domain Name Services] and it will be down as soon as 6 p.m. I think the issue with the website has been dealt with." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
"AppleBerry might be the next big thing" "The idea of an “AppleBerry” partnership between Research In Motion Ltd. and Apple Computer Inc. was floated yesterday by Peter Misek, an analyst with Canaccord Capital Inc., who last year accurately predicted a partnership between RIM and Intel Corp." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
The Neutron Star with a Comet Tail The pullout, also a composite with a Chandra X-ray close-up, shows a neutron star that is spewing out a comet-like wake of high-energy particles as it races through space. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
The Coolest Mobile Home Ever This thing reminds me of the one in Damnation Alley ( http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=damnation+alley&btnG=Search ) From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Comcast To Begin Testing HD TiVo?! According to a thread on AVS forum, Comcast plans on beta testing their HD DVR with TiVo software next month! This could just be a rumor but it sounds legit since the Comcast TiVo deal has been in the open for quite some time now. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
That's one small step ... on Mars? Red Planet footprint turns out to be not all that alien - Apparently some (conspiracy-hungry) people actually thought this photo was a staged one. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts Kaspersky Lab, a manufacturer of anti-virus software, claims to have discovered a macro virus for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. Experts, though, say that the virus is nothing new and easy to guard against. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Bipolar teens see hostility in neutral faces Teens diagnosed with bipolar disorder are more likely to interpret neutral facial expressions as hostile and react with fear, a new study shows. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
E-book project to give free access to third of a million books next month "Electronic book devotees may want to set aside some extra screen time this summer, as two nonprofits are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
The Asian Giant Hornet (with excellent and scary photographs) "If a colony of about 30,000 European honeybees were to be attacked by 30 giant hornets, they would be wiped out in 3 hours. The hornets would enter the nest, kill the bees, and take their bodies home to their young. After a few successful trips, hornets rub a pheromone on the nest that signals other hornets to attack." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Study finds Cell faster than AMD / Intel / Cray "Overall results demonstrate the tremendous potential of the Cell architecture for scientific computations in terms of both raw performance and power efficiency." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
What is in Your Bottled Water? What has driven this consumer demand for bottled water? Is bottled water safer than the water that comes out of our taps? From digg on June 3, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
"Operation Take Down" - The Truth from the Lawyer of Pirate Bay Mikael Viborg delivers his story about his questioning by the police: "They only seem to want to know answers to questions they already have the answers to. Questions that I know that they already have the answers to" "... issued by the prosecutor to collect a DNA-sample from me." From digg on June 3, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Sony: "Console Market Share Isn't That Important" "The name of the game is not market share, it's how fast we can grow the industry" From digg on June 3, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Sun's new Fortress language, demo is planned Sun Microsystems on Friday plans to demonstrate the Fortress programming language, described as a general purpose, component-based language for building high-performance software with high programmer productivity. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
ATI Says E3 Wii Graphics Are Just the "Tip of the Iceberg" In an interview with GameDaily John Swinimer from ATI hinted that the Wii is capable of a lot more than what we've seen so far. Many reported Gamecube-level visuals at E3 even though Wii is supposed to be 2-3 times more powerful. From digg on June 3, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Instlux: Install Linux while still in Windows! Instlux allows you to install Linux by running an installer progam in Windows. It currently supports the Ubuntu and OpenSuSE distributions, and work is being done to support others. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Iwata Touts 2-Month Wii Gamedev Cycle "When creating a packaged game to be priced at 5,000 yen, developers tend to feel the need to create a rich game. Yet it is possible to create a reasonably entertaining game in 2 months with a team of three. By offering an environment that allows this, we hope to encourage more developers to pursue basic yet enjoyable gameplay." From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
ATI Catalyst Drivers + Vista = Less BSOD The most important change in the WDDM is that the kernel mode driver framework is not as closely linked to the operating system as it is in the XPDM. This means that there is a far less chance of the operating system encountering an issue, in the unlikely event of a KMD error. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Chinese Built an Experimental Fusion Reactor Chinese scientists have completed construction of an experimental superconducting fusion reactor that will replicate the same energy generation process that fuels the sun, with tests to begin as early as July, state media reported Friday. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Top 10 Reasons to Relaunch IGN Dreamcast The Dreamcast may have died years ago, but it lives on over at IGN. The has relaunched its Dreamcast site with a very specific goal: re-review every title that appeared on the ill-fated console. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Automatix 6.1 available for Dapper and Breezy "Automatix 6.1 is now stable (works on both Breezy and Dapper x86)". This will install a plethora of software, codecs, and plugins that many users manually download and setup themselves after installing Ubuntu. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
How to: Make a NERF Rifle Pictures and video on how to make a PVC NERF rifle. It's basically a potato gun that's tailored to shoot NERF darts. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Political fallout from The Pirate Bay raid in Sweden In addition to the denial of service attack on the Swedish national police web site, questions are being raised by parliament members about whether the Swedish government knuckled under to US pressure in carrying out the raid on The Pirate Bay. There's also a demonstration planned for Saturday in Stockholm. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
PirateBay out of the way, MPAA and US Gov set sights on AllofMP3 With the "success" of shutting down The Pirates Bay, it looks like the heat and light are moving on to AllofMP3 and Russia. Will they be shut down as well? From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
2016: A Peek at Our Internet Future By the year 2016, no one under the age of forty will remember a world without personal computers. The average twenty year old will find it hard to imagine a time when there wasn't any email to check or Web sites to visit. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Discovery of the Largest Crystals on Earth Some amazing photos of the worlds largest crystals. The temperature in the cave is over 150 degrees Fahrenheit with 100% humidity. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Adobe makes Microsoft remove PDF support Adobe wants Microsoft to remove the feature and offer it separately for a fee. Microsoft has agreed to remove the feature but is unwilling to charge for it From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Coming Soon: The Wi-Fi MP3 Player you can do cool things, like see what your friends are listening to, then play samples of those tracks, or buy songs and albums directly from the player. If you try buy items when you're not in range of a Wi-Fi access point, the product will queue up your requests and batch-process them when you do eventually connect. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Google Ajax Search API "Search results are sorted into 4 different categories – local, web, video, and blogs – and can be displayed in a list or with tabs. As a bonus, users can use the “copy” button on results to add them to other content (such as blog post comments)." From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
First video of working "One Laptop Per Child" laptop The one Laptop Per Child Project last week produced a first working prototype. This site has a movie where Red Hat's Christopher Blizzard shows off the device's features and then boots it up, showing it running Fedora. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Nashville man caught making Weapon of Mass Destruction The FBI found a baby jar full of Ricin and several pipe bombs. Ricin is a poisonous protein ; as little as 500 micrograms, enough to fit on the head of a pin, will kill an adult. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
*Windows Vista will not outpace Apple Mac OS X Tiger* Scot Finnie, Computerworld: "I have no problem with Microsoft copying Apple's or any other company's best interface designs. We all win when that happens. What's really strange is when a company lifts good ideas and makes them worse, not better." From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Skype Accused of Patent Infringement Net2Phone Inc., which enables cable companies to provide residential phone service, has charged that Internet phone service provider Skype Technologies SA has infringed on its patent on point-to-point Internet calling. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
BEHOLD! The Pyramid of Internet PIRACY! My apologies firefox users for the PDF. I love how the video camera at the top has the skull and crossbones...must be recording Pirates of the Carribean. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
How Japanese style Illustration works Locking himself up in his bedroom in London, Gez Fry studied big masters like Masamune Shirow and developed enough skill and an astonishing portfolio to jump into the big market - within only 2 years. Here are some of his comments about how he draws, develops characters and why the Japanese Manga market is so tough. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
BBC to broadcast in US This is good news because perhaps we will get some good non-bias reporting in the US. Jeremy Hillman, the new editor of BBC World said: "We really feel there's actually a huge vacuum for us to fill in terms of global, responsible, impartial reporting," From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Alternatives to LAMP The LAMP configuration (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) is familiar to the open source universe. But just because this combination of products is comfortable, that doesn't mean that it provides the best solution for your systems. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
BellSouth Says It's Not Blocking MySpace "BellSouth officials denied Friday that they had blocked consumer sites MySpace and YouTube, although customers in Florida and Tennessee said that they were unable to access them." From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
MySQL: Workers in 25 countries with no HQ "This open-source software maker has figured out how to manage a world-wide workforce that rarely meets. Is MySQL the model 21st-century company?" From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Video from the pirate bay raid Video from the ISP that hosted the pirate bay. The intro text says that this copy can't be used as evidence. Why are the police covering the cameras one by one? From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
JetBlue To Offer Wi-Fi In The Sky! JetBlue Airways Corp. won a wireless license to offer high-speed Internet and other communications services on commercial aircraft in a U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction that ended on Friday. The company's subsidiary LiveTV LLC bid $7 million for a 1 megahertz wireless license. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Scientists Design Maglev Car With Greater Stability "Since the late ‘60s, scientists have been designing, building and operating “flying trains,” or magnetically levitated (“Maglev”) systems. However, the sci-fi-like technology still faces challenges for increased stability, controllability and cost-effectiveness – but scientists are making steady improvements." From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
Microsoft Office 2007: (almost) no training required One of the biggest concerns that people have expressed with Office 2007 is the cost of training. Thanks to a completely overhauled user interface, businesses could be concerned that they may need to shell out quite a bit of cash to get the entire office trained. Businesses need not worry; Office 2007 was designed with Erma from Processing in mind. From on June 3, 2006 at 12:17 a.m..
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