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Amazing!! 380 people "review" gallon jug of milk sold on Amazon.com These people are crazy From on August 5, 2006 at 3:42 p.m..


New Protocol To Boost BitTorrent Speeds BitTorrent, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer networking start-up is working with Cachelogic of Cambridge, UK on a new protocol called the “Cache Discovery Protocol” or CDP, which supposedly will act like DHCP for peer to peer networks. From on August 5, 2006 at 3:42 p.m..


Swedish Nuclear Power Plant Incident almost caused another "Chernobyl." An observer has called last week's mishap in Sweden the worst incident to befall a nuclear power plant since the accident at Chernobyl. Nobody was injured, but for 22 minutes workers had no idea what was happening in the reactor's core. Swedish officials have taken half the country's nuclear power plants offline until it can ensure their safety. From on August 5, 2006 at 3:42 p.m..


HUGE List of Ports Used by Programs Want to find out what ports certain programs use? Wikipedia has a gargantuan list of ports used by different programs. Very very useful! From on August 5, 2006 at 3:42 p.m..


NETSCAPE HACKER INTERVIEWED! "Since Jason was being such a twat and because they continued to ignore my warnings, I decided to alert the general public to the exploit; if that didn't cause them to fix it, apparently nothing would." From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


"World's Worst Internet Law" Passed The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet. "The Convention is in full accord with all U.S. constitutional protections, such as free speech and other civil liberties, and will require no change to U.S. laws." From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Convert your website into DNA art How it works - WEB2DNA will take you website, analyze it, crunch it to little bits and spit it out as a graphic representation of a human DNA. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Possible iTunes Price Increase These screen shots I took earlier tonight show prices on iTunes at $1.69 for music singles. Oddly, it only works when not signed in to iTunes; when I signed in, I got the normal $0.99 per song. Perhaps a preview of an upcoming price change during WWDC? From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Woman's 10-Year-Old Plate Now Called Obscene A Central Ohio woman said she has had the same license plate on her car for more than a decade, but now the state is calling her personalized plate obscene. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


VMWare Virtual Appliances Download Directory -This is incredible! This is incredible! You can download hundreds of pre-configured VMWare images containing any free OS, and any configuration. Like firewalls, or Kid Safe Desktop, Red Hat, etc. This is too friggin cool. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Craigslist: An Information Age Black Market For Drugs, Sex "Eric" sells marijuana online through Craigslist. Recently Eric posted an ad on craigslist indicating he was willing to trade marijuana for sexual favors from women. He isn't the only one. The online drug and sex trade has been booming for years, but never has it been this much out in the open. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Microsoft has hacking groups on their payroll "Microsoft has recruited some high-profile third-party security consultants to simulate attacks against Windows Vista. Among the pen testers are members of the "Last Stage of Delirium" hacking group that discovered the flaw that caused the Blaster worm" From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


The Invisible Grip It worked, too. Women held my glance longer; men moved faster. This worked with waitresses. With clerks at hotel desks. It worked with bartenders. Even with cabdrivers, whom I looked at in their rearview mirrors. I began to gain better control over these transactions by searching out their eyes. It took only a few seconds... From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Police camera captures a fireball in the sky over Texas Fireball that streaked through the sky on 08/01/2006 over Texas was caught on tape. 15 second video clip included in story, which appears to turn night into day for a few seconds. Astronomers believe fireball was space junk or a meteor. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Castro the Conservationist? Cuba Largely Pristine Will Cuban President Fidel Castro be remembered primarily as a man of the people, an authoritarian tyrant—or a conservationist? Some experts say his environmental policies may be among his greatest achievements. Though Cuba is economically destitute, it has the richest biodiversity in the Caribbean. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Newspapers to Use Links to Rivals on Web Sites The Washington Post, The New York Sun and The Daily Oklahoman, in Oklahoma City, have contracted with an online news aggregator, Inform.com, to scan hundreds of news and blog sites and deliver content related to articles appearing on their Web sites, regardless of who published those articles. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Johnny Mar (The Smiths star) joins Modest Mouse "He made a cautious commitment to write and record with us, and then the tighter we got, he was like, 'okay, let's tour too,'. Then he was pretty much a member of the band - not pretty much. He's a full blown member of the band. It's really fuckin' nice." From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Amazing Pictures of Caterpillar Invasion. Everything Covered In Web. Millions of small caterpillars have invaded this town and covered everything with their web. Truely awesome. One of the most awesome things you'll ever see. Did I say awesome already? From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


How To: Create Your Own Hotspot Thinking about turning your business into a Wi-Fi location? The cost is low and the return can be great. Here's how. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Cool Online Desktop Wallpaper Generator Enter some text (use like Notepad) in the above text field (the big box) and then you may choose the image background color and the font color (defaults are white backing with black text). Once you have the previous sentence done, push the "Convert2TXT" button to create your desktop wallpaper graphic (image opens in a new window). From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Top 10 Techie Toilets (+ Accessories) As you are all aware, men are always in the know. And if there's one thing we have to be in the know about, it's our own domain. On a recent jaunt to my daily hangout, I came up with a list of the best toilets, urinals, and TPs for any man. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Apple Fanboys Rejoice: Victoria's Secret Models Like MacBooks Too! The two sexy Victoria's secret ladies, Allesandra Ambrosio and Gisele Bundchen, were caught backstage at a Victoria's Secret event woman-handling some Apple hardware. This picture is excruciatingly confusing for Apple fanboys. What are they supposed to look at, the women, or the MacBooks? From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Mythbusters explain why Diet Coke and Mentos explode We have all seen the Diet Coke and Mentos videos on YouTube. I was curious as to what is happening. Apparently so was Adam and Jamie. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Who is the king of Wikipedia? With more than 80,000 articles under his belt, this man is the on-line resource's busiest contributor. From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Rapture Index is at an All Time High The Rapture is immanent! Repent! Prepare for the Rapture! From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Super Fast Internet for Ubuntu "You can run a DNS cache on your computer. This will speed up the process of looking up domain names when browsing. The difference is about 30-60 ms for me." From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Red Steel for Wii Visually Improved If you were a little underwhelmed by the visuals on the upcoming title Red Steel for the Wii you'll be happy to know that the visuals have been improved. Ubisoft releases screens from the latest build of Red Steel demonstrating the visual improvements currently underway... From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Floyd Landis 'B' test is positive Tour de France champion Floyd Landis' "B" sample confirmed high levels of testosterone, cycling's governing body said Saturday, raising the prospect that he could lose his title. Landis was expected to be fired by his Swiss team, Phonak, which had suspended him pending the results. He also faces a two-year ban from USA Cycling. From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Britney Spears Stupid or Stoned, You Decide. There's nothing I can type here to do this justice. In this video Spears makes Hilton look like Einstein. From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Man legally changes his name to Optimus Prime "Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit on Wednesday to provide fire protection for airfields under combat." From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


200 Years ago, human skin was used for book binding The use of human skin to bind books would disgust us today, but it was fairly widely practiced up until about 200 years ago, particularly with medical books. From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Tricking Spammers They pilfer nearly $200 million from Americans annually and drive some of their victims to suicide, but Nigeria's notorious e-mail scam artists may finally have met their match -- and the results can be hilarious. From on August 5, 2006 at 10:19 a.m..


Goggle.com? Gross. What should OpenDNS do? Should OpenDNS replace goggle.com a malware source and a domain typosquatter with the correct google.com host? They want our opinions, what are your thoughts? From digg on August 5, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


' The Dorm Room of Your Dreams ' (Slide-Show) On the slides that follow are a handful of great new gadgets that can turn almost any boring dorm room into a veritable pleasure palace. Best of all, most of the items are fairly inexpensive, so you won't have to sell all your meal plan tickets to afford them. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Mother of 4 due to be stoned to death in Iran any day now Another example of Islamo-Nazis gone mad, the procedure for stoning women accused of adultery is to wrap them from head to toe in white cloth, bury them up to their waste, then pound them to death using small stones that prolong the process. The article notes that hard-liners are using this as a convenient means of provoking conflict with the west From digg on August 5, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Bush Didn't Know There were 2 Branches of Islam 2 Months Before Iraq War!! Former Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith is claiming President George W. Bush was unaware that there were two major sects of Islam just two months before the President ordered troops to invade Iraq. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


SC: 05/08 Yahoo Messenger vulnerability Security Focus reports that there is a design flaw in Yahoo Messenger which may allow a malicious person to offer files for download which could compromise a computer; all versions of Yahoo Messenger are reported to be vulnerable. If you use Yahoo Messenger, ensure that you only accept downloaded files from trusted people - always make every attempt to ensure that the person you are chatting with in an instant messaging session is the person you expect it to be ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on August 5, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning II This lesson will begin with a student presentation on the first step in the planning process: Identify Potential Natural Hazards, followed by a brief class discussion and critique.    From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning I This class discusses hazard mitigation planning as mean of decreasing the vulnerability of coastal communities. The Mitigation Planning sessions will be very participatory.  A short introductory lecture about the basic concepts will be augmented by in-class exercises and student presentations that will take students through the mitigation planning process. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Local Policy II This ses From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Local Policy I This session and the one following will give students a broad understanding of the types of powers that local governments can wield in managing the coastal areas within their jurisdiction.  It should be noted that these powers are generally quite broad.  The authority to manage coastal hazards is often limited only by local decision-makers’ creativity and willingness to be proactive. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning VI This lesson will begin with a student presentation on the sixth step in the planning process: “Formulate Mitigation Policies,” followed by a brief class discussion and critique.    The remaining class time will be devoted to a lect From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning V This lesson will begin with a discussion and debate among the students regarding the fourth step in the planning process: “Form Interim Conclusions.” The students will then discuss and debate the fifth step, “Establish Values and Goals,” and together the class will create goal statements for the selected coastal community.   The point of these discussions is to get the students thinking about the ultimate purpose behind the mitigation p From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning IV This lesson will begin with a student presentation on the third step in the planning process: “Assess Mitigation Capability,” followed by a brief class discussion and critique.    The remaining class time will be devoted to a From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning III This lesson will begin with a student presentation on the second step in the planning process: “Assess Hazard Vulnerability,” followed by a brief class discussion and critique.    The remaining class time will be devoted to a lectu From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Set Calculator A Pitch Class Calculator. Enter the notes and it will calculate the pitch class set. It also calculates the proto-prime and :Inverted proto-prime as well as the interval vector among other. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Coastal Hazards Management, Hazard Mitigation Planning VII This lesson will begin with a student presentation on the seventh, eighth and ninth steps in the planning process: “Establish Procedures for Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting Progress,” “Establish Procedures for Revisions and Updates of the Plan,” and “Adoption,” respectively. The presentation will be followed by a brief class discussion and critique.  From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 5, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Hackers Passing On Operating Systems....Now Focusing On Device Drivers The disappearance of easy-to-find flaws in the major operating systems has pushed vulnerability researchers to branch out from finding security issues in core system software and instead concentrate on the device drivers and client-side agents present on all PCs, security experts said on Wednesday at the Black Hat Briefings. From on August 5, 2006 at 3:08 a.m..


Class Lecture Prank A student gives a very inspirational speech to the teacher, showing him that drinking beer and partying is not all they do. From on August 5, 2006 at 3:08 a.m..


New tools: Hacking VoIP Exposed Nice book with some really freaky tools: VLANping, SIPSCAN, TFTP Brute Forcer, IAX DoS Flood, UDP Flooder, BYE Call Teardown, RTP Flooder, Invite Flooder, Check Sync Phone Rebooter, RTP Injector, Registration Hijacker/Eraser/Adder... oh no From on August 5, 2006 at 3:08 a.m..


Why America gives Israel its unconditional support? "Why is America so much more pro-Israeli than Europe? The most obvious answer lies in the power of two very visible political forces" From on August 5, 2006 at 3:08 a.m..


Dude Wheres your B: Drive? A nice explanation about why your computer doesn't have a B: Drive From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


WalMart Gives Up in Germany: 45K Workers To Be Laid off Nexy Year? WalMart will give up in Germany. Effective December 31, all WalMart shops will be sold to the METRO Group, Germany’s largest group of retail chains. After eight years of hard struggle, WalMart surrenders to the German United Services Union. From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Kevin Rose Discusses the Business Week Cover Photo He also admits to using cheap headphones despite being worth $60 million. From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


WebMD on Bottled Water: It is NOT Better Than Tap "If you repeatedly test over 100 brands of bottled water, about a third will have a problem, but if you tested tap water that often, you will find something similar." Most municipal systems and most bottled water sources are fairly equal in terms of contaminants and other health and safety issues. From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


How to budget with three accounts Financial blogger Ramit Sethi has a great bare-bones way to set up a good personal financial structure. Basically, it boils down to three separate accounts: checking, savings, and investments, with sub-categories within each. Once you have the basic infrastructure processed, you'll be better able to see where your money goes. From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Touchscreen iPod coming in November Article claims inside sources from Apple saying new touchscreen iPod will launch in November of this year. Pictures are said to be from Apple, but seem a little sketchy. From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


PS2 memory cards need adaptor for PS3 Sony really got the short end of the backwards compatibility stick. "To use saved data on a PlayStation 2 memory card, you must copy the data onto a virtual memory card within the hard disk. This requires a PS2/PSone memory card adaptor to copy the data to your PLAYSTATION 3." That just sucks. From on August 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


New Firefox 2 Theme Previews The new Firefox 2 theme will be making its debut in a nightly build sometime this weekend. Get a sneak peek at the very latest screenshots of the largest visual update to Firefox since 1.0! From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


NVIDIA's $18,000 Graphics Card Unveiled! How's your e-penis now? As if PC gaming wasn't expensive enough, Nvidia have unveiled a graphics card that will be known to shooter fans simply as 'God'. The $18K Quadro Plex 1000. You could buy a pretty decent sports car for that kind of money. How many of your children will you sell to buy one? From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Building a Desktop Firewall Everyone knows that you should be behind a firewall whenever you go online. However, not everyone knows that it's easy to create a personal firewall for a FreeBSD (or PC-BSD or DesktopBSD) system. This article shows how even a casual home user can get a firewall up and running in about ten minutes. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


'Firefly' Gets Hi-Def Makeover Joss Whedon's "Firefly" will air in HD on UHD starting September 24. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Super Battery: Recharges in Seconds, Lasts Forever As our portable devices get more high-tech, the batteries that power them can seem to lag behind. But Joel Schindall and his team at M.I.T. plan to make long charge times and expensive replacements a thing of the past--by improving on technology from the past. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


GOP aims to criminalize whistleblowers. The United States has never had a statute generally criminalizing leaks or the publication of sensitive information. Despite consideration at a number of moments in our history, concern for the First Amendment and the principle that the press acts as an important check on government abuse has thwarted all previous efforts to pass such legislation. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Wife gets pregnant. I take photos every other day. You watch the gestation. I took a picture of my wife every other day and then animated them into a movie. You can watch the gestation happen in 20 seconds. Enjoy! From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


The Bermuda Triangle - What we do and don't know You won't find it on any official map and you won't know when you cross the line, but according to some people, the Bermuda Triangle is a very real place where dozen of ships, planes and people have disappeared with no good explanation. Look at the facts about the area and some of the bizarre and mundane theories. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Networking 101: Understanding Tunneling The computing world has become dependent on various types of tunneling. All remote access VPN connections use tunnels, and you'll frequently hear the geeks talking about SSH tunnels. You can accomplish amazing things with tunnels, so sit back and relax while you enjoy a gentle introduction to tunneling and its uses. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Beef Producers Not Allowed to Test for Mad Cow A Kansas beef producer, wants to reassure customers that its cattle are safe to eat by testing them all for mad cow disease. Sounds like a smart business move, but there's one problem: The federal government won't let the company do it. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Firefox 2 Visual Refresh Theme Now Available For Download A portable version is available at the source along with the direct download links for Windows and Linux. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Report: Man trademarks Zidane head-butt A Chinese man has registered an image of French captain Zinedine Zidane's infamous head-butt in last month's World Cup final as his trademark, a local newspaper reported Thursday. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Google Maps Update: Saved Locations, Auto complete Google Maps now support auto save location, auto fill previous searched locations, labels. "Google Maps will automatically save every location you search for. You can also go to the Saved Locations list to disable auto-saving of locations or to add, modify, or delete previously-saved locations. You can also add a label" From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Hillary Clinton Slams Rumsfeld, Questions His Judgment. US Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) tore into Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld today as he testified before a Senate hearing. "Under your leadership there have been numerous errors in judgment that have led us to where we are in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have a full fledged insurgency and full blown sectarian conflict in Iraq," she said. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Lenovo preloads SUSE on ThinkPad The holy grail of the Linux desktop has finally happened! Lenovo Group, the company that acquired IBM's ThinkPad line, is going to preload SUSE Linux on its ThinkPad T60p mobile workstation. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Goggles - The Google Maps flight simulator This Flash game lets you 'fly' over major world cities using your arrow keys to control an animated plane over streaming satellite images from Google Maps. You can turn as well as adjusting altitude for a full flying experience. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Guy Mugged At McDonalds (VIDEO) This is the ultimate sucker punch. "This was not on the menu" From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


How to: Make a tattoo gun. Using the motor from almost any remote control car/boat/airplane, a toothbrush, Bic Pen, tape, and other random stuff around the house, you can make a real tattto gun. This is similar to the kind that prison inmates make. They are smart fools ya know. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Xbox360 Arcade to get Castlevania Symphony Of The Night Konami announced that they are porting Symphony of the Night (the best Castlevania of the series) over to Xbox360 Live Arcade. We should see it somewhere before the end of this year or possibly early 2007. *jaw dropps to the floor* From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


An Idiot's Guide to Neural Networks ugly webpage warning! If you use the 'Search' option on your browser to look for articles on Neural Networks or "Connectionism" (which is another name for the same subject), you will find a great many sites explaining what they are and how they work. Unfortunately, they all seem to be written by mathematicians, all of whom speak Double Dutch. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


The top Ten Hottest Billionaire Heiresses (includes slide show) Looking for a woman with some cash? check out these very rich (and single) honnies. Perhaps you to can get lucky like in the movie Hitch? From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Implementing an embedded Linux web app framework This article describes a way to build embedded Linux web applications that follow the "Model, View, Controller" (MVC) software architecture popular nowadays among enterprise web applicati From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Mortgage defaults up 67% in California The number of defaults on mortgage payments rose to a three-year high in the second quarter in California, a 67% increase from the year earlier period, according to DataQuick, a real estate data-compiling firm. Lenders sent 20,752 default notices to homeowners across the Golden State, up 10.5% from 18,778 the previous quarter. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


RIAA Sues LimeWire The RIAA has sued the popular P2P program LimeWire in federal court today. "The labels are seeking damages, including $150,000(!) per occurrence of an illegally traded file." From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Caught On Radar: Another Egyptian Mystery Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Egypt's Valley of the Kings, another ancient puzzle has popped up on the radar screen - literally. The Amarna Royal Tombs Project says radar readings show what could be another 3,500-year-old chamber from the days of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, not far from the recently explored KV63 chamber. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


JCB Dieselmax team will attempt to break 33 year old diesel speed record. It's hard to imagine that a speed record has held on for 33 years, but diesel engines aren't exactly known for speed. The car will be driven by Andy Green, the first man to go supersonic on wheels. He thinks they will shatter the current record of 235.7 mph, and possible break 300 mph. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


IE7's superior feed handling "Firefox is still my web browser of choice, but having just upgraded to Internet Explorer 7 beta 3, it needs to be said: IE7 handles displaying web site feeds a LOT better than Firefox by default." From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Black Hat hackers take Vista apart Microsoft spent a whole day at the Black Hat conference extolling the security enhancements in its upcoming Vista operating system, and hackers showed that the OS can be hacked regardless. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Square watermelons are the new round watermelons Apparently round watermelons are hard to cut, don’t fit in the fridge, and don’t stack very well. Luckily the Japanese invented the greatest thing since the Walkman to solve the problem. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


All new healthy beer made with Green Tea! The latest green tea brew isn't something from a tea pot -- but a beer bottle. Wisconsin micro brewer BluCreek is coming out with a new beer called Zen. The idea is to give a brewski the supposed health benefits of green tea. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Dual Layer Mini DVD Disc Coming VERBATIM said it will start selling a dual layer mini DVD-R disk at the end of the month which will hold 2.66GB of data on a single side. From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


♣ minimun wage increase REJECTED by US Senate - $5.15 for few more years The GOP strategy put Democrats in an uncomfortable position. Either they could vote against the bill - thus rejecting a minimum wage increase - or they could vote for it - thus agreeing to cut taxes on multimillion-dollar estates. Most rejected the bill, blocking a GOP victory months before the election From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Digg.com to Replace Traditional Voting in 2008 Elections (satire) Just a little satire... Digg has been selected to serve as a novel replacement for traditional paper and electronic ballots in the upcoming November elections. Screenshot inlcuded. :) From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Inmate paints with M&M's, sells his works for $500 each, gets in trouble "A prison artist in California who uses the dye from M&M's for paint has been disciplined for what a prison official yesterday called "unauthorized business dealings" in the sale of his paintings." "Twenty of his paintings have been sold, for $500 each." From digg on August 5, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


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