August 11th, 2005
Command-Line Pizza
Pizza Party is a free text based software package for ordering pizza, or for throwing pizza parties.
August 11th, 2005
The Great “Pot” Escape
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.
August 10th, 2005
Smart Cars
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.
August 9th, 2005
Embedded Debian
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.
August 9th, 2005
Gaining Wealth
Overweight people who trim down substantially may improve both their health and their wealth, if new research is correct.
August 8th, 2005
826 Valencia
This is a real life pirate supply shop (yes, as in pirate ships) – and its also a publisher of a literary journal
August 8th, 2005
Lychee
So we’re at Long Life Noodles at the Metreon – and the elusive lychee at the bottom of the tea glass troubles her 🙂
August 8th, 2005
Tivo
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
August 6th, 2005
On-Star
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.
August 5th, 2005
Secret Post
Oddly entertaining to read…
Pretty weird secret sharing/confessions website about to be released
August 5th, 2005
Exchange Failure
My mail has been down since 3p yesterday… this sucks. [grumble]
We are writing to inform you of a problem affecting your 1&1 Exchange account. Currently your Exchange service may be inaccessible or you may be suffering delays in receiving or sending e-mail.
As of yesterday evening, one of our Exchange backend servers carrying mail databases for usage with Outlook Web Access (OWA), Outlook and Activesync suffered a failure. An immediate restoration of affected Exchange accounts was initiated and is currently being undertaken. This is expected to take another several hours while Exchange accounts are gradually brought back online.
You should be able to log in to your Exchange account and access your information soon. However, until the entire restoration process is completed, you will be unable to receive incoming e-mail. Your new messages have been queued and will be delivered as normal to your account as soon as all Exchange accounts have been restored. You may also experience some delays in sending e-mail messages from your Exchange account, but once your account is available, all of your data will be restored.
You will receive a notification from us once your account is fully functional.
We regret any inconvenience caused.
Sincerely,
Your 1&1 Internet Team
August 5th, 2005
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate can not only soothe your soul but can lower blood pressure too, researchers reported Monday.
August 3rd, 2005
Chappelle’s Show Done
Sucks. 🙁
Time to face the facts: Dave Chappelle’s hit Comedy Central series isn’t coming back, says one of its stars. “`Chappelle’s Show’ is over, man. Done,” comic Charlie Murphy told TV Guide. “It took me a long time to be able to say those words, but I can say it pretty easy now, because it’s the truth.”