Category Archive for 'Uncategorized'

Palm and Handspring

Wednesday, June 4th, 2003

Palm to acquire rival Handspring Palm said Wednesday that it will buy rival Handspring in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices. http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1041_3-1012981.html

Geocaching

Wednesday, June 4th, 2003

Geocaching Crackdown – NOOOOO! I love geocaching…. this sucks. http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/04/127224.shtml?tid=126

Cane Toad

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

This is pretty cool… Watch the trailer… movie coming out soon… http://www.cane-toad.com/movie.htm

Doom for TabletPC

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

I actually love the TabletPC.. I’ve been waiting for the prices to come down a bit before I got one, but it looks liike it may not make mass-market appeal for that to happen… hmmm http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/02/115254.shtml?tid=137 If you don’t know why the TabletPC is a big deal… read this. The whole “digital ink” concept is […]

Video Gaming Degree

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

Colleges offer degree in video gaming DALLAS, Texas (AP) — David Najjab is an educator with an unusual problem: He’s trying to lure students who are serious about making a career out of fun and games. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/06/02/game.university.ap/index.html

ThinkNIC No Longer

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

Ellison’s NIC Co. to shut down Larry Ellison’s New Internet Computer Co., which sold cheap Web-surfing devices as an alternative to PCs, is closing its doors. http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1042_3-1012119.html

United States of Whatever

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

While getting ready this morning, I had TSS running in the background and I ran into this music video: Liam Lynch: United States of Whatever Evidentally this song is some sort of cult hit all over the world now…. And Ringo got involved somehow and has done the drums on one of the tracks of […]

Funny Ad

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

Kim sent this to me this morning… funny stuff… http://www.riggedup.net/funny/directionsad.mpeg

Gecko tape will stick you to ceiling

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

A new material covered with nanoscopic hairs that mimic those found on geckos’ feet could allow people to walk up to sheer surfaces and across ceilings, say researchers. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993785

Unscrewed

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

I haven’t started Tivoing this yet, but I can assure you that I’ve met Martin Sargent and he’s one funny guy… From http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/episodeguides/story/0,24682,3434475,00.html I Hate You: Fake Icon Wallpaper About 80 percent of all computer users launch applications directly from their desktop. They find the icon for the program they want to launch and then […]

San Antonio ranks among Top 50 allergy cities

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

An annual ranking of cities with high incidents of allergies lists the four largest Texas cities in the top 20. http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2003/05/26/daily26.html

SARS This Summer

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

Ah… the fashionable thing for tan-lines this summer in Hong Kong…

MP3 Player

Friday, May 30th, 2003

This is awesome. I’ve been looking for a decent foundation for my car mp3 player for a long time now… I was thinking that Mini-ITX was the way to go but theres still a problem with software and stuff… but I ran across this thing and its pretty cheap. http://www.pjrc.com/tech/mp3/ You can see a Screen […]

Cigarettes linked to memory loss

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

Study links smoking to poor adult memory WASHINGTON (AP) ? Another study suggests smoking is bad for your brain: Researchers tracking the health of almost 2,000 British adults found heavy smokers had poorer memories in middle age http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-05-29-smoking-memory_x.htm

Tivo vs. Replay

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

Everyone keeps asking me “Should I get a Tivo or a ReplayTV?”… well here’s an article about it… knock yourselves out! 🙂 http://slashdot.org/articles/03/05/29/1343200.shtml?tid=129&tid=188

Backyard Ballistics

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

It seems that people actually do read this blog… and they like some of the crap I talk about… so much, in fact, that guys like Curtis went and bought the book Backyard Ballistics and made cannons…. nice. (Actually, Chris bought the book first… but he has yet to make a cannon yet… wtf?) Check […]

Canon PowerShot ELPH

Wednesday, May 28th, 2003

This is the most awesomest camera in the world… I want one. Its on my wishlist now. http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/s400/index.html

Solitare

Tuesday, May 27th, 2003

The game that made Windows a success… has now been ported to the iPod… in fact, it comes standard on the new iPod… go figure. http://www.apple.com/ipod/

Doughnuts dominate dining growth

Tuesday, May 27th, 2003

It’s time to poke a doughnut-sized hole into the notion that Americans want healthier food. The fastest-growing dining category nationwide last year wasn’t fine dining or family restaurants: It was doughnut shops. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2003-05-27-doughnut-growth_x.htm

TiVo is getting healthier

Thursday, May 22nd, 2003

TiVo’s loss shrinks as sales jump Personal video recording maker TiVo on Thursday posted a considerably narrower first-quarter loss than a year ago, as sales more than doubled. http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1047_3-1009347.html?type=pt&part=msnbc&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews

Atkin’s diet

Thursday, May 22nd, 2003

Atkin’s diet may cut risk of heart disease People trying to lose weight by following the so-called “Atkin’s diet”, which restricts carbohydrate but not fat or protein intake could cut their chance of getting heart disease, suggests a new US study. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993758

Growing Cities

Wednesday, May 21st, 2003

Census: San Antonio added 259 people a day – Aritcle here. Houston area added 498 people per day, study says – Article here.

New Webcam

Tuesday, May 20th, 2003

For awhile, I wanted one of those USB notebook lights since it would be nice to see my laptop keyboard while I’m watching a movie with the lights off or something at home…. but I couldn’t bear to pay twenty bux for something so simple… So instead I ended up getting a CobraCam which has […]

Pop News Today

Tuesday, May 20th, 2003

Top 12 Gangster Films Of All Time – Article here What makes your knuckles pop? – Article here Angry kids at greater risk of heart disease – Article here Wireless cameras raise privacy fears – Article here Chimps are human, gene study implies – Article here At 10,000 feet the door flipped open and scores […]

Kid’s Drawings

Tuesday, May 20th, 2003

Being mean to kids is just crappy… but this is some amazingly funny stuff. http://www.riggedup.net/funny/kidspics/Kid’s%20drawings.htm I have no idea where this came from, but I heard a rumor that the guy has a website and has new content regularly…

Matrix/13th Floor

Thursday, May 15th, 2003

I just went thru’ discussing the concept of Matrix and 13th Floor while I was in Costa Rica and I just stumbled across this… ARE YOU LIVING IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION?

Microsoft

Thursday, May 15th, 2003

I love this… you have to see this yourself: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=261186

Absent fathers linked to teenage pregnancies

Thursday, May 15th, 2003

Numerous studies show that girls reach puberty younger, become sexually active earlier and are more likely to get pregnant in their teens if their father was absent from the home from when they were young. But the usual explanation – that such families are under more stress – is now being challenged by a long-term […]

Family Balancing

Wednesday, May 14th, 2003

A friend of mine sent this to me today… interesting stuff regarding sex selection of your newborn…

Pop News Today

Tuesday, May 13th, 2003

Been awhile… Would you like to bomb Iran? A La Dr. Suess. Kmart to emerge from bankruptcy by May 5 – Article here. Man Killed In Freak Petting Zoo Accident – Article here. Cell Phones Still Pose Flight Risks. In-flight calls may interfere with airplane controls, study finds. Article here. Henry needs 100 Hot dates… […]

I Miss College

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

PhysChicks In case you’ve wandered here accidentally, a brief explanation is probably in order. It has apparently been the dream of a certain physics major here at Cornell named Austin to have a series of photographs taken of half-naked girls in various poses with physics equations written on their backs. This is the result of […]

Maxim

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

Maxim is one funny magazine… its one of my favorites, and now YOU can get it for free… FOR TWO YEARS!. And you people tell me that I never look out for you! BAH! http://www.magazine-city.net/Maxim/Maxim.asp

The Blood Gulch Chronicles

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

Its clear that my buddies and I have a MAJOR Halo problem at this point. Everyone is buying Xboxes like its going out of style to play this damn game. Whats worse, is that we’re something like 2 years behind or something stupid like that… we’re so uncool. 😀 Anyhow, Dman stumbled on a new […]

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

After a quick stop at a party last night, I ended up going to the Floore Country Store to watch a live performance of the Big Bad Voodoo Daddies. Now, I haven’t been to as many life shows as my colleagues in Seattle, but… This was the most amazing show I’ve ever been to. WOW […]

Xbox in car multimedia

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

You know, I’ve been messing with my car PC project for a couple of years now… (I have a pile of parts in a bin for it if I ever finish it)… my main problem was boot time, since I really wanted it booted and working within 5 seconds… all this time I had been […]

Personality changes throughout life

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

People’s personalities are not set in stone by the age of 30, contrary to popular and professional beliefs, new research suggests. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993713

Wear Your Thong Day

Saturday, May 10th, 2003

This thing just won’t quit! Apparently, a local radio station is sponsering a Thong Bike Parade on May 23rd! You can read more here,

Time slows for people who stop smoking

Saturday, May 10th, 2003

Time really does pass more slowly when you are gasping for cigarette, reveals a new study demonstrating that smokers who are deprived of cigarettes have an altered perception of time. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993715

Lowest Raw Score Ever on the SAT

Saturday, May 10th, 2003

From Slashdot… “Lowest Raw Score Ever on the SAT. Relax! You are practically guaranteed to have done better on the SAT than this guy! But the competition for most extreme negative raw score is just beginning…” SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT)

The Blogging Personality Test

Saturday, May 10th, 2003

You are a Rebecca Blood. You are worldly, well-spoken, not afraid to share your opinions and are always open to new ideas.Take the What Blogging Archetype Are You test at GAZM.org