Archive for January, 2006
Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Extreme Programming - Uncyclopedia
The other Extreme Programming.
Extreme Programming (XP) is a revolutionary software development methodology in which programmers write code whilst skiing down mountains, parachuting out of airplanes, being chased by rapacious sharks, or participating in any of a wide variety of other extreme sports.
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Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Treehugger: After Two Months in the Micro-Compact Home
I'm not so sure that I could live in 2.6m^3, but it'd be an interesting experiment.
Germany's science and party-trivia show, Galileo, this week reported on the experience of the few Munich students lucky enough to have gotten a place in the micro-compact home ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Cool Hunting: Stop Talking
Stop talking cards. A cool idea on Cool hunting.
Who hasn't at one time wished for a simple way to put the kibbosh on chatty types who never seem to run out of things to say?
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Wired News: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat
A bit more info on the fiber cut that affected Sprint last week.
At half-past noon on Jan. 9, cable TV contractors sinking a half-mile of cable near Interstate 10 in rural Arizona pulled up something unexpected in the bucket of their backhoe: an unmarked ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Orbicule | Undercover
This is a cool idea. Once the software sees your laptop is stolen (by checking with the Orbicule server) it starts sending screen shots and IP information back to the service. Eventually it will start simulating hardware errors and urge the thief to take it in ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
B U R O V O R M K R I J G E R S ® --> home of the Pong Clock !
The pong clock is now on sale for 199 EUR (about 240 USD).
Pong clock » While this game of pong randomly ...
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
roachfiend.com » BugMeNot
I was looking for this the other day. Very nice of it to pop into my feeds.
Bypass compulsory web registration via Firefox’s right-click context menu. Compatibile with Mozilla and current Firefox releases. Visit bugmenot.com for full details of their service.
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
wankr beta - collaborative masturbation network
You'll get a kick out of this page if you're tired of hearing about Web 2.0.
wankr will be a place for web 2.0 people to gather together in one humongous circlejerk so they can masturbate each other into a sticky frenzy over useless, meaningless bullshit.
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
Treehugger: Velo-City: Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia
Cool idea, but I can't see any government approving the cost.
Those of us who try to ride bikes in the winter often wonder why cars get their own big right-of-way, transit riders get expensive underground subways, pedestrians get an elaborate network ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
The Prejudice Map
According to Google, people in the world are known for...
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the more interesting pages on Wikipedia.
A cow with antlers atop a pole; electrical wiring in the background. Many unusual articles are considered similarly amoosing.
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Sunday, January 15th, 2006
\ ROBOT UPRISING ///
Interesting and informative. Are you prepared for the uprising?
Don't wait until it's too late! The time to fight back is now! Daniel H. Wilson's new book is the essential guide to defending yourself against the coming rebellion.
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
Hrm, maybe it's time to get a life now.
The Last Page of the Internet
Attention, please
You have reached the very last page of the Internet.
We hope you have enjoyed your browsing.
Enjoy the rest of your life.
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