Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-28

Google Apps Gets a New Team Player http://tinyurl.com/2wroqo #
Hello Trouble: 1937 http://tinyurl.com/3y7ba7 #
Third Parties Controlling Information http://tinyurl.com/2p8mdy #
Xyber Technologies’ silent, fan-less PCs http://tinyurl.com/2uszcd #
Russian Gmail art http://tinyurl.com/2rr8fo #
The Key to Wealth is Being Satisfied with What You Already Have http://tinyurl.com/37owjz #
Keyboard shortcuts for most versions of Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449 #
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583 #
Canoe Club: 1924 http://tinyurl.com/2moybb #
More War on the Unexpected http://tinyurl.com/ysxv47 #
Corsair announces 4x faster flash drive http://tinyurl.com/2tfefs #
Zero Pollution compressed Air Car set for U.S. launch in 2010 http://tinyurl.com/3bwexb #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-27

Facebook’s Rights Grab: How Far Does It Go? http://tinyurl.com/3xl5km #
Legendary Caterham road/race car now making twice the Bugatti Veyron’s power to weight figure http://tinyurl.com/32j7eq #
#384; In which are tried Unconventional Methods http://tinyurl.com/2rbgkr #
Two Forks: 1939 http://tinyurl.com/3du2bc #
Intel’s Latest Embedded Xeons Join the Penryn Party http://tinyurl.com/32nptl #
Homeward Bound: 1941 http://tinyurl.com/3536ly #
Google, others to build massive under-sea Internet link to Asia http://tinyurl.com/2tc4pv #
Apple Remote Now a $19 Add-On [Apple] http://tinyurl.com/yu3gz3 #
New surprises in quantum physics http://tinyurl.com/2q3xhn #
Stability 60 SWATH – the practical superyacht http://tinyurl.com/37gwgt #
Model Releases: Why US laws are important to non-US photographers http://tinyurl.com/2tupyg #
Wolf Creek: 1935 http://tinyurl.com/2tnkvu #
Intel Planning Six-Core Xeon Processor http://tinyurl.com/2tz5e3 #
Don’t Blame Disks For Every Storage Failure http://tinyurl.com/2up9cp #
Fujitsu enters the half-terabyte HDD fray http://tinyurl.com/2mm4xl #
Whittle Down Your Work Stress in 6 Simple Steps http://tinyurl.com/2q2caj #
Throck and the Kats: 1921 http://tinyurl.com/2weere #
Florida: 1957 http://tinyurl.com/36ub3z #
Amtrak to Start Passenger Screening http://tinyurl.com/2q448r #
Mouthful http://tinyurl.com/35rp65 #
Furnished Rooms: 1937 http://tinyurl.com/34d7ok #
Aren’t there more important things for Congress to focus on right now than MLB? There’s something called WAR in Iraq. Death trumps steroids. #
EFF, ACLU say Wikileaks shutdown harms First Amendment rights http://tinyurl.com/yopro2 #
Homeschoolers Break Attendance Records at Public Hearing http://tinyurl.com/yug82e #
Proposed law would require carriers to sell contract-free phones http://tinyurl.com/27wo8u #
Dee’s Cafe: 1941 http://tinyurl.com/268f8x #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-22

Cold Boot Attacks Against Disk Encryption http://tinyurl.com/2hseff #
That article about encryption shows how it can be defeated fairly easily. Basically, computer data isn’t safe even when encrypted. #
Spy Satellite Shot Down: Great Video! http://tinyurl.com/2utgjr #
Curvy Cross Processing in Photoshop CS3 http://tinyurl.com/2lcrl8 #
OpenTV may be the dominant player in set-top boxes http://tinyurl.com/yvxckr #
That giant popping sound … http://tinyurl.com/3yazp2 #
Unpublished Bill Peet Drawings http://tinyurl.com/38rj7r #
Driving on Air http://tinyurl.com/2j4wbn #
Apple’s Cut In Flash Purchases Slows ’08 Outlook http://tinyurl.com/384afj #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-21

Brett Dennen releases video for “Ain’t No Reason” on YouTube http://tinyurl.com/2fp2gv #
Public Test for XP Service Pack 3 http://tinyurl.com/2h46vv #
U.S. Post Office to Enable Wholesale Surveillance of Mail http://tinyurl.com/29ah8d #
Easy Windows Vista Tweaking and Customization http://tinyurl.com/3b3x37 #
Fiat unveils a juiced-up 135hp Abarth performance version of its 500 towncar http://tinyurl.com/3djdxb #
Army Balloon: 1918 http://tinyurl.com/359sxe #
Someone has way too much free time http://tinyurl.com/2kjcas #
Stuck Truck: 1921 http://tinyurl.com/3c2uko #
Jeff Miller: 1913 http://tinyurl.com/2q4ym4 #
Behind the Lens: Paris’ Deyrolle Taxidermy Shop http://tinyurl.com/2txo7t #
What a Dump: 1943 http://tinyurl.com/38lqbm #
Loving the integration between Google Docs and Gmail. I can work on a doc instantly online, then send it to someone as a Word attachment. Gmail –> Google Docs –> Gmail, almost instantly, with just one or two mouse clicks. #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-20

Barchet, Navy: 1922 http://tinyurl.com/yprylg #
Spirit switched to Indian customer service. How can an airline have outsourced their customer service?! # What’s next? Bringing in foreign stewardesses on employment visas? Keeping them in sweatshops? Blech. I’m not sticking around for that. #
Hijacking in New Zealand http://tinyurl.com/32gsaw #
Architecture students think outside the box to design low-cost, less-waste housing http://tinyurl.com/2tgob9 #
Rockville Rooster: 1925 http://tinyurl.com/3xweuc #
That Rockville Rooster link from 1925 is a photo taken in Rockville, next door to where I live, 83 years ago. What a difference! #
WTD 416 http://tinyurl.com/39njbq #
Trying out Enso (humanized.com). Don’t like the caps lock trick. Changed it to right Ctrl key. #
Tourists Overrunning Tibet http://tinyurl.com/3c58s3 #
How to turn greenhouse gases into gasoline http://tinyurl.com/2jm3rz #
Solar Bubbles Get $21M of Funding http://tinyurl.com/3662td #
The Art of Nonfinishing: 7 Time-Saving Ideas http://tinyurl.com/2e4mp8 #
Bathgate Avenue: 1936 http://tinyurl.com/2rlscy #
Foreign Hackers Stealing American Health Care Records http://tinyurl.com/3b2r3d #
Analysts: Studios will gain from HD DVD’s exit, but consumers’ won’t http://tinyurl.com/24w2ro #
Guana Cay Residents Fight Development http://tinyurl.com/33vkp9 #
Why You Shouldn’t Trust (Some) IRS eMails http://tinyurl.com/2sl5md #