Wednesday, December 29, 2004

These kids rock!!!

For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war in Iraq, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are doing: helping soldiers phone home free.More.

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Illicit drugs

Illicit drugs

Why Do Canadians Outlive Americans?

(November 2004) Over 250,000 Americans who died in 1998—roughly one of every ten U.S. deaths that year—would have survived had they been Canadian, according to a comparison of patterns of death between the two countries. PRB

Quake's power?= million atomic bombs?

Scientists describe Sunday's devastating earthquake off the island of Sumatra as a "megathrust" -- a grade reserved for the most powerful shifts in the Earth's crust. More.

High-tech phones bring virus potential

Japanese phone company NTT DoCoMo already sells phones with built-in antivirus software from McAfee Inc., and McAfee expects similar phones to be available in the United States and Europe in 2005. High-tech phones bring virus potential

Thursday, December 23, 2004

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Science in a spin over spider web

Israeli scientists have come up with a way to genetically engineer spiders' webs without the help of the eight-legged creatures. more.

Monday, December 20, 2004

Spammers ordered to pay $1 billion

A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers. $1 billion.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

New car buying guide

How To Buy New Cars & Avoid Car Dealer Scams

A car buying guide to help you get the lowest price when buying a car. Guide.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Feds Are No Help with Phishing

NEW YORK—The phishing epidemic that has overwhelmed the financial services industry is getting worse by the day, and security teams at banks and other financial institutions are in a daily battle to keep their customers' data safe from an increasingly sophisticated enemy that is constantly changing tactics and honing its craft, security experts say. Feds Are No Help with Phishing

Is P2P File Sharing Fading?

By Sebastian Rupley

Have recording industry lawsuits slowed down P2P file sharing? That's the consensus from many sources, but a new study from researchers at the University of California at Riverside and the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis begs to differ.



In an extensively detailed paper entitled "Is P2P Dying or Just Hiding?" the researchers report that previous studies have focused only on slowdowns at high-profile file-sharing services like Kazaa and have ignored ways that P2P network traffic is being camouflaged. P2P file sharing has never declined, concludes the report.



Thursday, December 9, 2004

Concussions kept Tintin forever young

Comic book hero Tintin never aged during his 50-year career because the repeated blows he took to the head triggered a growth hormone deficiency, according to an analysis in the Christmas edition of a Canadian medical journal.more

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Military?signals may jam garage-door openers

Coming soon to dozens of military bases around the United States: radio signals strong enough to jam nearby garage-door openers.more

Calling all flowers..

Scientists said on Monday they have come up with a cell phone cover that will grow into a sunflower when thrown away.

Monday, December 6, 2004

deloitte.com

Deloitte US | Audit, Tax, Consulting, Financial Advisory Services - Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

Animal Attraction.com - online dating, friendship, romance and community for pet lovers, pet enthusiasts and pet owners

Animal Attraction.com - online dating, friendship, romance and community for pet lovers, pet enthusiasts and pet owners I've seen some stupid shit, but anyone enrolled on this site needs therapy.

SUV Goes Out With Tide

Local10.com - News - SUV Goes Out With Tide

Windows Your Way

One thing that makes Windows such an effective platform is its great flexibility: Nearly everything that (on the surface) seems to be hard-coded can be tweaked, turned off, or reconfigured. To that end, Windows XP has the Group Policy Editor (GPE), a tool that lets you not only tinker with the OS but also lock down many of its vulnerabilities.

Keyhole

Keyhole: "Fly from space to your home town. Visit exotic

locales such as Maui, Tokyo, Rome and Paris.

Satellite imagery makes it real. Explore restaurants,

hotels, parks and schools. Think magic carpet ride!"

Gil Gordon/Telecommuting

About this Site - Gil Gordon/Telecommuting: "Perspectives, the subjects of telecommuting, teleworking, the virtual office, and related topics"

Woman auctions father's ghost on eBay

CNN.com - Woman auctions father's ghost on eBay - Dec 4, 2004

Monday, November 22, 2004

A day of John F Kennedy. You can recreate his assination with a video game. but most impressively, his assassins real letter went on auction for $68,000.
A day of John F Kennedy. You can recreate his assination with a video game. but most impressively, his assassins real letter went on auction for $68,000.

Monday, November 15, 2004

SearchItem Bacon Air Freshener. I didn't invent this one, but it's a great idea.

CNN.com - Beavers?weave stolen cash into dam - Nov 15, 2004
CNN.com - Trial reveals?spammer techniques - Nov 14, 2004

Thursday, November 11, 2004

WTF is this world comming to? $200M for forced sex? Minnelli's bodyguard claims the Oscar-winning actress made him have sex with her in order to keep his job, according to recently unsealed court documents.

Friday, November 5, 2004

Tuesday, November 2, 2004

CNN.com - Girl with rare disease doesn't know pain. Ashlyn is among a tiny number of people in the world known to have congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, or CIPA -- a rare genetic disorder that makes her unable to feel pain.
CNN.com - Spyware: Sneaky, annoying threat - Nov 1, 2004: "Spyware developers consider it part of the bargain, though they also depend on users' fascination with freebies."

Monday, October 25, 2004

Monday, October 4, 2004

AAirpassGo where you want, when you want, for the rest of your life.
Neiman Marcus dazzles with annual Christmas catalog : "A bowling alley for Christmas? Yes, for $1.45 million; Neiman Marcus fantasy gift guide also features suit of armor, zeppelin."

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Google bows to?Chinese censorship : "Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to 'do no evil.'"
IBM: Blue Gene breaks speed record
Imagine a computer program so clever, it senses the level of pain a patient is in and measures the exact amount of pain relief and sedative drugs they need.
MP3 Insider: The secret behind the iPod's scrollwheel

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Special license plates to honor her late husband put AIDS crusader in a new predicament.
Things You'd Love to Say at Work, but Can't



1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of shit.

2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

3. How about never? Is never good for you?

4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.

6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.

7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.

9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.

10. Ahhh... I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again...

11. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

13. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn.

14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.

17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?

20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.

21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.

22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

23. And your crybaby whiny-butt opinion would be...?

24. Do I look like a people person?

25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

26. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.

27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.

28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?

29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.

30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

31. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.

32. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

33. Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?

34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.

35. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?

36. Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is done.

37. How do I set a laser printer to stun?

38. I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.

E-mail from beyond the grave? Not exactly.

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

The number of new viruses and worms aimed at Microsoft Corp.'s ubiquitous Windows operating system rose 400 percent between January and June from the same year-earlier period, computer security company Symantec said Sunday.
Sucks to be rich!: "Three men burglarized the home of Jack Whittaker, winner of the biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, as an acquaintance of Whittaker's lay dead inside, police said Tuesday."

Thursday, September 16, 2004

LangaList Std Edition 2004-09-16: "I am confused about the differences between the DVD+ and the DVD-, which is better and why are there 2 types anyway? Some drives will handle both types, which is better for what? "
A man who dropped out of Brown University decades ago because he couldn't pay the tuition has given the Ivy League college $100 million, its biggest gift ever, which he made by selling liquor.

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Yahoo! News - Oprah Winfrey Opens 19th Season with Car Giveaway
Two Connections Are Better than One: "The theft of network cards from a Verizon office last May caused many Manhattan businesses to lose Internet service for nearly a day. Outages such as this convey to all businesses?not just the affected ones?how dependent they have become on Internet access and how vulnerable they are to disruptions. A few hours of downtime?even outside normal business hours?could mean thousands of dollars in missed opportunities and lost customers. But how can you ensure you'll have an unbroken connection?"
Sony buys MGM for $2.85B cash - Sep. 14, 2004

Saturday, September 11, 2004

Wednesday, September 8, 2004

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Prison Pete
Stephen Crocker and Vinton Cerf were among the graduate students who joined UCLA professor Len Kleinrock in an engineering lab on September 2, 1969, as bits of meaningless test data flowed silently between the two computers. By January, three other "nodes" joined the fledgling network.



Then came e-mail a few years later, a core communications protocol called TCP/IP in the late 1970s, the domain name system in the 1980s and the World Wide Web -- now the second most popular application behind e-mail -- in 1990. The Internet expanded beyond its initial military and educational domain into businesses and homes around the world.

The Internet at 35: Still evolving
Athens Olympics close, and NBC cashes in.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Monday, August 23, 2004

Thursday, August 19, 2004

Monday, August 16, 2004

Yahoo Sports - Olympics Swimming - Swimmer Kitajima expects closer scrutiny in 200 breaststroke note: this is an example of sore looser. if you're beat. you're beat. aint no one there stoping you from winning either. Aaron Peirsol, if you cry under water, no one can tell.

CNN.com - Is the boss spying on you? - Aug 13, 2004
Forbes.com: Forbes Executive Pay 2004

Thursday, July 29, 2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Some interesting quotes:

THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD



I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time” I said.

God smiled. “My time is eternity.”“What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered...“That they get bored with childhood,they rush to grow up, and then long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money...and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”

"That they live as if they will never die, and die as though they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mineand we were silent for a while.

And then I asked...“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”

“To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn to forgiveby practicing forgiveness.”

“To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal them.”

“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,but is one who needs the least.”

“To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their feelings.”

“To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.”

“To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.

"Is there anything else you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said, “Just know that I am here... always.”

-author unknown

Monday, June 28, 2004

Looking for some vitage hockey gloves? How about just some vintage gear, like a mask? gotta love ebay.
CNN.com - Report: FBI antiterror computer system delayed - Jun 26, 2004

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

no Subject

YPL: Slo Mo - Rappin Retard
CNN.com - Woman thought to have human form of mad cow disease dies - Jun 21, 2004

Monday, June 21, 2004

zipdecode | ben fry Cool flash tool to understand zip code assignments across the country.
BBC NEWS First mobile phone virus created.

Thursday, June 17, 2004

moss - Mogensen 3-seat sofa Someone here is on crack. Check out the price on this thing.
The right stuff Best buys for the home Gallery from MONEY Magazine: The highest high-end stuff -- and their sensible alternatives.

I am 30% evil.







I try to stay away from evil deeds but succumb to temptation every once in a while. I'm not quite on my way to hell but I certainly have some explaining to do.




Are you evil? find out at Hilowitz.com


The Globe and Mail Just 1% of Canadians say they're homosexual

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

CNN.com - Free was the key, says Web founder Did you know the internet has a founder? It all has to start from somewhere!

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

CNN.com - Mind over video game I've been so waiting to hear this. THis is going to be the next big thingto take over the ultimate lazy factor. THe next step is Mind control over our tv remotes.

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Monday, June 7, 2004

WFTV.com - Slideshow Genetically engineered fish for sale in the US.
Yahoo! Movies - Box Office and Buzz

Friday, June 4, 2004

Why should a student be punished trying to leaning software code? Micosoft owns plenty of code good and bad. How ironic that the sasser virus is based on flawed microsoft code. Lets add to the irony, Microsoft is offering the public a reward to catch the author. The German student should be recieving the $250K reward money.

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

Drawing a Line in Word or Outlook

By Edward Mendelson



You can create a line across the page of your Word or Outlook document with just a few keystrokes. Type three consecutive hyphens and press Enter to get a normal line. Type three underscores and Enter, and you'll get a bold line. And if you type three equal signs and press Enter, you'll get a double line.













You can create a line across the page of your Word or Outlook document with just a few keystrokes. Type three consecutive hyphens and press Enter to get a normal line. Type three underscores and Enter, and you'll get a bold line. And if you type three equal signs and press Enter, you'll get a double line."
CNN.com - Japan?stunned by schoolgirl crime? - Jun 2, 2004

Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Doing the Fed's dirty work - May. 27, 2004Doing the Fed's dirty work. Worried about a rate hike, Wall Street has already done some of the heavy lifting for the Fed. For all the worry in U.S. markets about what the Fed will do and when the Fed will do it, it's possible that a good bit of the Fed's dirty work might already have been done for it -- by Wall Street itself.





Fed rate hikes and you - May. 24, 2004: "You're probably expecting to feel a pinch when the Fed decides to hike its target for the Fed funds rate, the overnight lending rate between banks. That's because it can have a domino effect on a host of interest rates consumers pay.

But just when that pinch will "

Thursday, May 27, 2004

U.S. Air Force Space Command Hacked This cant be good either.
I.T. Vibe - Microsoft admit they were hacked And how freakin ironic is this? and lets trust microsoft on our home computer. better yet, lets pay them for this software that we've been testing since Windows 3.1!!

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Cyber-sleuthing the latest in high-tech crime fighting Police are heading back to the classroom as a new breed of criminals turns to the Internet to prey on unsuspecting victims.
[H]ard|OCP - [H]ardest of 2003 Here is the list of components of the year. CPU's , MB's, ram, video cards, cooling products....

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Don't get fueled again - Despite rising oil and gas prices, analysts urge investors to steer clear of hyped fuel cell stocks.

Thursday, May 20, 2004

June the Hitchiking Mannequin: "June the Hitchiking Mannequin"
Watch me SOLVE a 20x20x20 cube

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Auctions sites:

Stealitback.com Police Siezed auctions sites.

Treasu.gov/auctions Goverment seized Vehicles and property

IRS seized propertues and auctions

Firstgov.gov Govermnent auctions.

government-auctions-guide.com

bid4assets.com

gsaauctions.gov



MOre listings on yahoo

Friday, May 7, 2004

Bruce Lee

His grave sight is located in Seattle Washington. Hes very much alive on the web like auctions. How about some cool flash?

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Navy News. Some massive hovercrafts. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. How about just a random Blog?
300 images from 1800 sites highlights the design of the web's least noticed elements: icons.

The best things in life are free (after rebate, shipping not included).

Thursday, April 29, 2004

10 most popular Asian phones - CNET reviews

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

TERRORIST.net 19 February 2004: Web-based Security & Technology News Aggregator WWW.CYN.NET



I am working on a new project for a security news aggregator site, which is a spin-off from my earlier “news-crawler” project. Since I work in the information security field, I used to spend a substantial amount of time every day checking a large number of security and technology websites for current news and information. To simplify this process and save myself a lot of time, I decided to create a program in PHP and a MySQL backend database. The code goes out every hour and does all the news searching for me. All this news is stuffed into the database, and organized in predefined categories (security, advisories, virus, etc.) as well as allowing users to create customized categories (sql, wireless, linux, etc.), or just perform simple search queries… The website is open for anyone to create an account and use. As of today, there are 4892 news articles, and growing daily. I am currently collecting news from about 40 security and technology sites, and I expect to add more in the near future. I have also started a new category of “world news” that is not security or tech related, but satisfies my non-tech news cravings. I hope others find this project useful.

Friday, April 16, 2004

theyrecoming - Pumpkinfest 2003 read on, its not what it first appears to be.

PoopReport.com: The Intellectual Appreciation of Poop Humor.

Werner Aisslinger - Loft Cube

Random Personal Picture Finder (tm)

Housing Prototypes A site dedicated to the study of international multi-family housing.

Advertising Age

Engology, Engineer Paulson Ginsburg, Inventor of the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), Professional Engineering, Chartered Engineering, Women in Engineering, Careers, Education, Billionaire Engineers, Journalists, NASA, Astronauts

Smiley Lore :-) Yes, I am the inventor of the sideways “smiley face”

Hiroette.com ||| Japanese Facemarks(smileys) |||

Hiroette.com ||| Japanese Smileys(Emoticons) |||#action

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

GHOST TOWN

The bertuzzi incident

Shomer-Tec Catalog 2004

Live Auction Broadcasting Services For Auctioneers - eBay & icollector

Friday, March 26, 2004

Creative ATM scam. Actually more intelligent than anything.

Friday, February 27, 2004

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Zipcar: Cars are parked around the city, and members of the service can rent them by the hour, authenticated by a preapproved card.
::iLL WiLL PreSS:: HOME OF NEUROTICALLY YOURS, 4Y-RECORDS & MORE.

Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Food for thought...



The most destructive habit........................................Worry

The greatest Joy......................................................Giving

The greatest loss.......................................................Loss of self respect

The most satisfying work...........................................Helping others

The ugliest personality trait......................................Selfishness

The most endangered species..................................Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource...................................Our youth

The greatest "shot in the arm"..................................Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome...........................Fear

The most effective sleeping pill................................Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease............................Excuses

The most powerful force in life..................................Love

The most dangerous pariah.......................................A gossiper

The world's most incredible computer......................The brain

The worst thing to be without.... ..............................Hope

The deadliest weapon...............................................The tongue

The two most power-filled words.............................."I Can"

The greatest asset.....................................................Faith

The most worthless emotion.....................................Self-pity

The most beautiful attire..........................................SMILE!

The most prized possession..................................... Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication...........Prayer

The most contagious spirit.......................................Enthusiasm

Friday, January 16, 2004

Sunday, January 11, 2004

Conscious self
Overall self
Take Free Enneagram Personality Test




Enneagram Test Results
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||| 30%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||| 49%
Type 3 Ambition |||||||||||||| 57%
Type 4 Sensitivity |||||||||| 33%
Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||||||| 63%
Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||| 38%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||||| 84%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||||||||| 74%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||| 66%
Your Conscious-Surface type is 7w8
Your Unconscious-Overall type is 7w8
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Friday, January 9, 2004

I've finally figured out how i can afford to live in california. Its all about owning your land and building your home. How about a home for under $3K? redskyshelters. Then its time to rent videos of any sort. Then you can play all the loud music you want. Heck, start a band! Dont know what to call you band? Then you're in luck. Generate one.

Wednesday, January 7, 2004

My Buddy shane sent this to me: so you think you're Canadian eh?