Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Computer Christmas - Home
This is another good source of info about lighting controllers and how they can be used for Christmas lights. Check out the gallery, they have some images of a lot of cool displays.
Welcome to Computer Christmas! Home of the 320 Circuit Parallel Port Controller Box! This ...
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
WonderlandChristmas.com - Wizards of Winter
Evidently some people thought the Christmas lights syncronized to "Wizard in Winter" were fake. The creator has made the Light-O-Rama sequence available and gives a brief tutorial on how to set it up. I was surprised to find that the hobbyist boards were somewhat ...
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Can You Spot The Phish Attack?
According to data from e-mail security firm MailFrontier, only 4 percent of users can spot a phished e-mail 100 percent of the time. That's a very sobering thought as the holiday season is upon us and Americans flock online for their shopping needs.
I just took ...
Posted in Hacks, Money, Stupid People, Web Stuff, eBay | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 28th, 2005
try ruby! (in your browser)
Cool
Got 15 minutes? Give Ruby a shot right now!
This tutorial is only partway complete and is still very experimental! If nothing works, uh... come back in a few days? Thankyou!
Ruby is a programming language from Japan (available at ruby-lang.org) which is revolutionizing the web. The beauty ...
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
All about Linux: 10 Things that make Ubuntu a Neophyte's Distribution
Ubuntu is fast on its way to becoming a peoples OS. I have always wondered what is it that makes people embrace Ubuntu over other Linux distributions. After some pondering, it struck me that the USP (Unique Selling Point) of ...
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Hacking Log 4.0
Top Ten Arguments Against Gay Marriage
Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Weather Bonk
Live Weather, Forecasts, Web Cams, and more .. on a Google Map.
Weather Bonk lets you view real time weather information on a map. This can provide some very interesting information, particularly in areas with microclimates, such as San Francisco. For example, summer in San Francisco can be particularly cold ...
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Sunday, November 27th, 2005
The Best Word Book Ever,1963 and 1991
Very cool look into the differences between 1963 and now.
Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever, 1963 vs 1991 editions (with revisions). The 1963 edition is my own, bought for me in the late 60's when I was a toddler, and read to tatters. The ...
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Photo in the News: Glowing Butterflies Outshine LEDs
Maybe our next generation of LCDs will be genetically engineered truely organic LEDs?
A hot new thing in high tech may actually be 30 million years old. Glow-in-the-light African swallowtail butterflies essentially have highly efficient LEDs embedded in their wings, according to a study ...
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
MyPartyPost- Video Clip- Best Christmas Lights Display Ever
Just wow.
This has to be the raddest display of Christmas lights I have ever seen. Timing the lights to a cool track of music, this house does a light show just in time for the holidays.
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
french military victories
cute parody to advertise this page.
Did you mean: french military defeats
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Doctor Who Scarf
An entire site dedicated to Dr. Who's scarfs and ways to reproduce them.
I just completed a new season 12 scarf in stockinette using "aurora 8" yarn from Karabella. This yarn has the best colors I've seen so far! I'll put more specific info on this yarn in the ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
TPCI - TIOBE Programming Community Index
Interesting graph of which languages are most popular and their popularity trend.
The TIOBE Programming Community index gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. The index is updated once a month. The ratings are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and ...
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