Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-17

Joseph Lewis: “I Lost $1 Billion in Bear Stearns” http://tinyurl.com/ysl7nv #
Magazines Behaving Badly http://tinyurl.com/2ubkfy #
Apple Introduces New AirPort Express with 802.11n http://tinyurl.com/2knuu6 #
Luck Is No Accident: 10 Ways to Get More out of Work and Life http://tinyurl.com/3ddrpu #
Lightroom 1.4 Update is Pulled http://tinyurl.com/2wg9e6 #
Useful Gadgets – The Hot and Cold USB Coaster http://tinyurl.com/2slhud #
Time Machine: World’s Biggest Collider http://tinyurl.com/3b7qma #
Three-wheeler handling meets 1930s racecar style: Seattle’s ACE Cycle Car http://tinyurl.com/2wdaly #
Crazy Kart 2 for iPhone Looks Like Phenomenal Mario Kart Rip-Off http://tinyurl.com/2uaxqb #
Water saving Water Aid Top Load Washer from Electrolux http://tinyurl.com/2q6keb #
‘Major retailer’ hit by data theft http://tinyurl.com/39jqvn #
50 Miles Per Burrito: Is the Body the Most Efficient Vehicle? http://tinyurl.com/35rl2l #
Pain at the pump http://tinyurl.com/2tpzzj #
EMC, Iomega Begin Merger Talks http://tinyurl.com/3y6evo #
Security in Montana http://tinyurl.com/2msxah # Listen to the snippet with the Governor of Montana about Real ID. Gotta love that common sense! #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-14

Cool Mods – The Mac Mini Pro Mod http://tinyurl.com/354cn8 #
Process Your HDR Images Using Photoshop http://tinyurl.com/2t44c4 #
The Mechanics of the Man Hug http://tinyurl.com/2r98sd #
WTD 433 (Spot on) http://tinyurl.com/23twg5 #
Acer unveils Aspire 8920G HD home-theater laptop http://tinyurl.com/2oprho #
Gulfstream introduces G650 flagship business jet (Another toy for rich executives…) http://tinyurl.com/2vkvs7 #
World Class Style From New Delhi, India http://tinyurl.com/3dk5kq #
Fun Toys – Wind Up Robot dances like your dad http://tinyurl.com/3add6a #
YouTube is really slow these days. Way too much lag when loading videos, and there’s constant re-buffering. #
House holds secret session to debate FISA telco immunity http://tinyurl.com/2g2m32 #
Churning Butter: 1936 (Using a more advanced model of the churner) http://tinyurl.com/2kohpn #
The latest issue of Green Tips is packed with information about eggs: http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/greentips/ #
Microsoft, Yahoo Met to Discuss Merger: Report http://tinyurl.com/3xmapj #
Google’s Miner: We will outsell the iPhone http://tinyurl.com/2uau25 #
Microsoft’s Latest Ad Buy http://tinyurl.com/2ald3u #
Security vendor hacked in attack on gamers http://tinyurl.com/3x74je #
Stating the obvious- Commuter bike sales on the rise http://tinyurl.com/354llp #
Torresol Plans to Produce 1 Gigawatt of Cheap Solar http://tinyurl.com/2sol22 #
Rumors Circulating on the New Canon EOS 5D Mark II http://tinyurl.com/2t4dal #
See my own predictions about the 5D, made back in August of ’07: http://tinyurl.com/2csnr7 #
Funny how spot on I was, even last year. Although if the new ISO sensitivity rumors are true, I will be drooling heavily for the new 5D. #
A new way to make cash off your Facebook friends (A new low for FB: pyramid schemes) http://tinyurl.com/2wt6gq #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-13

New Acer notebooks feature NVidia 9-series, Blu-ray options http://tinyurl.com/2vtmx3 #
An Introduction to Time-Banking http://tinyurl.com/32sc37 #
Zooffice! http://tinyurl.com/2k9zcq #
The Real Opportunity of iPhone Games http://tinyurl.com/2pdas9 #
Dev Team Unlocks iPhone 2.0 Already http://tinyurl.com/338m7c #
101 Farting Dalmatians? (Disgusting) http://tinyurl.com/2w5yb4 #
Sharp’s new air purifiers combine purification and humidification http://tinyurl.com/3dvpzt #
Trend Micro Lightens Exchange’s Load http://tinyurl.com/2nc2np #
Japanese Youths Prefer iPods to Cars http://tinyurl.com/2pqal3 #
Clarke and Norcross: 1914 http://tinyurl.com/37nn7o #
Interview with a *Big Shot* Art Buyer http://tinyurl.com/2m4ym4 #
Geeky Watches – The Casio G-Shock G500C http://tinyurl.com/2k2f88 #
Cool Concepts – The Canvas PC http://tinyurl.com/3cjwd8 #
ShareThis Raises Another $15M. The Next “Feedburner?” http://tinyurl.com/2svsl9 #
Stephen Dubner wrote a short article on one of my favorite… http://tinyurl.com/2ua7nf #
Microsoft denies Blu-ray drive rumors, while Toshiba eats $1 billion http://tinyurl.com/2knnns #
Family Guy: 1936 http://tinyurl.com/2n42vp #
There’s a strange flu-like illness going on in Hong Kong. Economist.com has the details. #
The FF Pentax DSLR was ahead of its time back in 2001: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0102/01021106pentaxdigitalslr.asp #
OCZ Launches an ultra fast Sata II Solid State Drive http://tinyurl.com/3dw82t #
Physically Hacking Windows Computers via FireWire http://tinyurl.com/2vh5ze #
Thoughts of the Day: from Oracle’s Ellison http://tinyurl.com/2rq57k #
A Closed Nessus Still Appeals to Users http://tinyurl.com/2dfkqb #
Bill of Rights for Photographers Proposed for Photo Contests http://tinyurl.com/ytkdtr #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-12

Stocks Rocket on Fed Rescue Plan http://tinyurl.com/yvhcfb #
The IPv6 experience: Are you experienced yet? http://tinyurl.com/38nddr #
JPEG v. RAW – TWIP http://tinyurl.com/yvv4qq #
Green light for Northrop Grumman Airborne Laser Mine Detection System http://tinyurl.com/2k6kdq #
Researchers develop smell based fire alarm to aid the deaf http://tinyurl.com/2jpnzx #
Funny Animals, Part 10 http://tinyurl.com/32rfrd #
EXIF and Beyond: Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography http://tinyurl.com/3ytfpe #
GE demonstrates newspaper printing-like process for OLED manufacture http://tinyurl.com/32ncey #
The Red Truck: 1940 http://tinyurl.com/3a7ctq #
DIY Users Set Up ‘Vista Workstation’ http://tinyurl.com/2ts2bf #
Morning (LOL) http://tinyurl.com/33sug7 #
Second lease of life: researchers develop online character with reasoning abilities (Waste of time imo) http://tinyurl.com/3a5zns #
ThruVision’s T5000 security system sees through clothing http://tinyurl.com/2jr2mf #
Largest wind power transmission project in U.S. underway http://tinyurl.com/3xhbae #
This is a pretty cool proposal story: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanm71/2328107763/ #
Lawmaker May Use Antitrust For Net Neutrality http://tinyurl.com/3clo3o #
Solar-Collecting Roads Heat Buildings in The Netherlands http://tinyurl.com/3x7ycw #
After the Bath: 1909 http://tinyurl.com/2jh6kn #
Now bigger, Google prepares to get smaller http://tinyurl.com/2xah8z #
First Impression: Surly Big Dummy http://tinyurl.com/3y7oz2 #
Cool Concepts – The iStick http://tinyurl.com/2klqrn #
Cool Concepts – The Curved iMac http://tinyurl.com/2urbvz #
How Aware Are You? http://tinyurl.com/24cmxf #
Neighborhood Watch: Great Scot! http://tinyurl.com/2fc3pu #
Gates Wants More Professional Visas http://tinyurl.com/39kgqd #
Proviso Yard: 1942 http://tinyurl.com/2ycmc6 #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-11

Actual use for the WD My Book Pro: harvest hard drives to use in Drobo. Pretty much the only thing it’s good for. #
Bread and Coffee: 1909 http://tinyurl.com/2n5vga #
Firefox 3 may not be as fast as Safari, but at least it won’t mess up post formatting in WordPress. #
Precocious: 1923 (Check out the mud-covered feet…) http://tinyurl.com/3dynxf #
Emperor’s Club VIP Picture Tour (This is the prostitution ring used by Eliot Spitzer, Governor of NY) http://tinyurl.com/2ttaa7 #
Day 2 of Lighting Gear Week http://tinyurl.com/2wfhps #
Twining Motion of Vines (Great video) http://tinyurl.com/3e2pkn #
Popular Mechanics: 1927 http://tinyurl.com/32sj3x #
Microsoft’s ‘Windows 7’ Gets Antitrust Checkup http://tinyurl.com/35odes #
City Slicker: Lumeneo Smera tilting EV concept http://tinyurl.com/329e6l #
Coat Check: 1909 http://tinyurl.com/2uhjns #
AutoRate: Simple Music Ratings for iTunes http://tinyurl.com/2v4ln6 #
Privacy and Power (Great essay on the injustice of government monitoring) http://tinyurl.com/yqqcxm #
Google, Paid Clicks And The Economy http://tinyurl.com/3x9gah #
I’ve been using ADrive for the last few months. I like it. http://adrive.com #
I’m not using ADrive for off-site backup yet. But it’s great as a “web pocket” — a place to dump non-essential files. #
I detest file sharing sites that make me sign up for accounts or wade through countless ads just so I can download a file sent to me. #
Man buried alive saved by air trapped in his hat – Times Online http://tinyurl.com/2u5648 #
The Horrors of Plastic Pollution http://tinyurl.com/2ptg69 #
Speech Accent Archive (Funny stuff) http://accent.gmu.edu/ #
Wildlife Extra – Seabird, Not Seen For 80 Years, Photographed off Papua New Guinea http://tinyurl.com/2zr25y #
Mysterious Charge Shows Up On Omaha Man’s Bank Statement – Omaha News Story – KETV Omaha http://tinyurl.com/yr7z2x #
If you eat a burrito minus the tortilla, what’s that called? #
Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 released, this time for real http://tinyurl.com/263d7o #
TSMC, Others Start Work on $14.7B Chip Complex http://tinyurl.com/2mz922 #
More on California (I completely agree with this post about home schooling and government’s unwanted interference) http://tinyurl.com/369z6d #
Make an XP Install CD with Every Patch Since SP2 [Updates] http://tinyurl.com/2g2znq #
Unbelievable how retarded all ads have become. No creativity, no decency, just morons showing how immature they are. It hurts to watch them. No matter where I look, it seems idiot YouTube teens have taken over cameras and scripts. #
FAA Badges Missing http://tinyurl.com/2gexnw #
Anonymous web posting may become illegal in Kentucky http://tinyurl.com/3albvb #
Searching for Terrorists in World of Warcraft (Silly use of government resources) http://tinyurl.com/2w24js #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-10

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference http://tinyurl.com/yvxe36 #
The Baker Boys: 1917 http://tinyurl.com/22eagb #
In the Kitchen: 1910 http://tinyurl.com/29tgq5 #
Day Boy: 1913 http://tinyurl.com/2y83kl #
Free PDF to Word Converter http://tinyurl.com/3363tb #
Lassie, Get Help: 1923 http://tinyurl.com/2onb2p #
Dog Catchers: 1924 http://tinyurl.com/36h2ah #
First steel-bodied school bus donated to Henry Ford museum http://tinyurl.com/2tp6z7 #
Detroit Electric: 1921 http://tinyurl.com/35t387 #
Kilobyte http://tinyurl.com/23wzlb #
Ass in Seat Mentality http://tinyurl.com/2npp48 #
iTunes may finally get The Beatles http://tinyurl.com/2bkctd #
Preparing for the Recession: ‘Mahalo’ for Tips on How to Save $$ http://tinyurl.com/27twa7 #
Birds and Birdies on the Green http://tinyurl.com/2u7pe9 #
Logitech Says Any Microsoft Bid ‘Without Sense’ http://tinyurl.com/2lhnox #
Eliot Spitzer: Leadership Has No Sacred Cows http://tinyurl.com/2q6avc #
Read this article: Raped by My Father Every Night for Years http://tinyurl.com/2weozt #
Microsoft revamps its FolderShare remote access beta http://tinyurl.com/329lrp #
Steven Levy steals MacBook Air, claims it’s “lost”. Funny stuff. http://tinyurl.com/3chahs #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-09

And God Spoke through Peacocks and a Cable Guy… http://tinyurl.com/2t9pwm #
DST is indeed an abomination. Have you seen this? http://tinyurl.com/3bchnl #
MacFamilyTree – Alzeimers Cure? http://tinyurl.com/33vccq #
Ex Cathedral: 1865 http://tinyurl.com/34cvra #
Fort Sumter: 1865 http://tinyurl.com/39ny3g #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-08

World’s first 2.5” half-terabyte mobile hard drive and 22X DVD burner from Samsung http://tinyurl.com/2n2xp3 #
Sony reportedly in talks with Microsoft on Blu-ray for Xbox 360 http://tinyurl.com/2tkb8h #
Friday Is For Crazy Steve Ballmer http://tinyurl.com/3ce4k2 #
Sun Plans JVM Port to The iPhone http://tinyurl.com/2skotg #
Yahoo Maps adds new information, better resolution http://tinyurl.com/2cg9sk #
How to Deal with Blog Hecklers http://tinyurl.com/yrvlrc #
Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta http://tinyurl.com/2mgztw #
The Blizzard of ’08 http://tinyurl.com/2epmqu #
California Enforcing Homeschool Requirements http://tinyurl.com/34fooh #
Husqvarna reveals solar electric hybrid robot lawn mower http://tinyurl.com/3bwp79 #
US delegation to ISO votes in favor of OOXML http://tinyurl.com/2cjelj #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-07

16 Bit Versus 8 Bit Mode http://tinyurl.com/2snass #
Is Silverlight 2 catching up with Flash? http://tinyurl.com/362kcc #
BlueArc’s Titan is Flexing Petabytes http://tinyurl.com/3a357r #
About a company that really knows how to leave a mess http://tinyurl.com/3cxwhn #
California court threatens homeschoolers http://tinyurl.com/3abrco #
Ziff Davis Media Files For Bankruptcy Protection http://tinyurl.com/28eocr #
Where a Dollar Will Get You http://tinyurl.com/2xmh3b #
Reduce, Reuse, Diffuse: Make Your Own Flash Diffuser from an Old Film Container http://tinyurl.com/2uqvp5 #
Hit by ID theft, then plagued by Sprint http://tinyurl.com/372go3 #
LucidTouch – the see-through mobile device http://tinyurl.com/3ban26 #
Google Pulls Map Images at Pentagon’s Request http://tinyurl.com/32d5ww #
How to Find Good Ideas for Business and Life http://tinyurl.com/24vqss #
On the Street….The Silhouette, Milan http://tinyurl.com/2ptd99 #
Inside the Shady World of Spy Gadgets http://tinyurl.com/2pv9b9 #
Washday Blues: 1941 http://tinyurl.com/37wwsh #
The Dangers of a Startup Democracy http://tinyurl.com/3299lb #
Ask the Readers: How Do You Prepare for Enormous Debt? http://tinyurl.com/37a8xr #
DoD to stop Google Maps from photographing any more army bases http://tinyurl.com/2gkjcz #
TSA’s Ideal Laptop Bag http://tinyurl.com/28lhdq #
The Best Kept Secrets of New York City http://tinyurl.com/3xpkmh #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-06

Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta http://tinyurl.com/2jvvem #
Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software, featuring SDK and Enterprise…for June release http://tinyurl.com/2u23zw #
Apple Announces MS Exchange ActiveSync Support for iPhone http://tinyurl.com/3bpxqm #
Expression Studio 2 beta adds PHP, Silverlight 1.0 support http://tinyurl.com/3bhmoa #
SurveillanceSaver http://tinyurl.com/2wdzsq #
Google to launch consumer health care service later this year http://tinyurl.com/2nak6q #
In-Stat: Average downstream connection is 3.8 Mbps http://tinyurl.com/38s3a3 #
Google Earth Flight Simulator http://tinyurl.com/3exsrf #
Police Can Be Intense (Funny Pics) http://tinyurl.com/2tgz8e #
Google Calendar Sync http://tinyurl.com/37k6xj #
Brits Britproof Britain for Texters http://tinyurl.com/2f9atm #
Why I’m Done With the iTunes Store for Music http://tinyurl.com/2nx93z #
Olympus reveal E-420: the world’s smallest interchangeable lens digital SLR http://tinyurl.com/2tyynv #
Broadband Speed Test: How Fast Is Your Internet Connection? http://tinyurl.com/2jjgr4 #
Teardown: a look inside Apple’s Time Capsule backup appliance http://tinyurl.com/2mdatb #
2010: Greening Vancouver http://tinyurl.com/2lhxa5 #
How to Prevent Identity Theft — Deter, Detect, Defend http://tinyurl.com/35xr2z #
Champ for President: 1912 http://tinyurl.com/354qnq #
Watched a few American Idol videos, and I’m disgusted with the choice of songs and contestants this year. Glad I’m not following it. #
New Mitsubishi displays will have built-in TV Guide http://tinyurl.com/yr9laj #
Apple misses goal of 1,000 rentable movies on AppleTV http://tinyurl.com/353ct3 #

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