The Rigged-Up Net

Napa valley wine country

Obesity is increasing rapidly in developing countries greatly increasing the risk of heart disease and diabetes, an international population conference was told. Obesity rising rapidly in developing nations

Hand lunch with my old friend Jerry at Google’s main campus today – very cool place… All the rumors you heard about their culture was true.

5 bux to Mt View sure beats having to mess with a car in the bay area

So sad – since the bulk of Tivo’s subscribers are coming from DirecTV, the fact that they aren’t going to be working together anymore is simply doom for Tivo… I guess its a good thing I’ve switched to MythTV. DirecTV to stop marketing TiVo

Pizza Party is a free text based software package for ordering pizza, or for throwing pizza parties. Pizza Party

Dogster/Catster World HQ

Ted, founder of Dogster and Catster

Federal agents have shut down an elaborate, 360-foot drug-smuggling tunnel dug underneath the U.S.-Canadian border — the first such passageway discovered along the nation’s northern edge, officials said Thursday. Feds Bust U.S.-Canada Smuggling Tunnel

NetBSD on a toaster

This is awesome… have at it! HotorNot + Google Maps = Hot People by Zip Code

Small persian in big chair

Animated paintings

First time at the sushi bar – Ozuma

Brrr its cold here

A Santa Rosa company said Thursday it is starting to deliver European Smart Cars to American roads, modifying them to meet U.S. government standards. Bay Area company brings Smart Cars to U.S. roads

Noah Glass – co-founder of ODEO

Adbrite HQ

David, founder of EveryDNS

A Debian ARM hacker has published a detailed HOWTO on installing Debian Linux on Linksys’s NSLU-2 NAS (network-attached storage) gadget. Peter Korsgaard’s HOWTO explains some neat tricks in dealing with endian issues on ARM processors, which have both little- and big-endian modes. Hacked $99 NAS gadget runs full Debian Linux

Crazy dancing guy

Overweight people who trim down substantially may improve both their health and their wealth, if new research is correct. People who lose weight may gain wealth

This is a real life pirate supply shop (yes, as in pirate ships) – and its also a publisher of a literary journal

Shhh 😉

Jim Young @ the Hot or Not HQ in Berkeley, CA

Rackspace’s “booth” at Linuxworld

So we’re at Long Life Noodles at the Metreon – and the elusive lychee at the bottom of the tea glass troubles her 🙂

Oh those crazy Brits! Pimp My Ride Spoof

TiVo, the Silicon Valley-invented device for recording TV programs on a hard drive, has joined some of America’s most influential inventions in a museum collection. TiVo joins toothbrush, seat belt, computer among best inventions

For some reason I find this fascinating… 🙂 Building a Trade Show Booth on a Budget

Review GSM communicator HP iPaq hw6515

Amazing… Pitcher Of Beer In 11.5 Seconds

A Las Vegas judge erred when he ordered a company to help the FBI eavesdrop on conversations in a suspect’s vehicle, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. FBI EAVESDROPPING: Court overrules LV judge

Oddly entertaining to read… Pretty weird secret sharing/confessions website about to be released http://www.thesecretpost.com/