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June 01, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Review of Linux Gaming Using WineX 2.0
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1658227
Ceyx writes "Toms Hardware ist running an Interesting [0]review of
DirectX Gaming under Linux using WineX. An interesting point is that
the native Quake3 Arena runs faster with Linux then with windows." I
had the good luck to play [1]Jedi Knight Outcast and [2]Return of
Castle Wolfenstein at my friends house, and it was really pretty good.
The numbers show just how good the Linux drivers from nVidia are, so
mad props to Mark V and his co-workers...
Links
0. http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/02q2/020531/index.html
1. http://www.lucasarts.com/products/outcast/html/redirect.html
2. http://www.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/
MindStorms Madness
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1824227
[0]plluke writes "I'm a Teaching Assistant for a course named [1]CS148:
Building Intelligent Robots offered by the [2]CS Department at [3]Brown
University. Our robots were made/programmed/run on [4]Lego MindStorms
(with [5]LegOS). Tres funky results include probabilistic sonar
mappers, a bipedal walker, and a bartender. The [1]final exhibition
page is here and contains the aforementioned funky results."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs148/
2. http://www.cs.brown.edu/
3. http://www.brown.edu/
4. http://www.mindstorms.com/
5. http://legos.sourceforge.net/
Rootin' Tootin' Case Mod Roundup
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/13/1747248
So we get a number of case mods submitted in any one week, and while
they are very cool and fun and we like to post them, they don't really
warrant a whole story of their own, so I decided to do a recently
submitted case-mod round up. Anyhow, if you are interested, in this
first set we have a beautifully engineered mailbox among others. If you
are interested in such things, read on....
Remembering the BBS
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/2126206
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "Nice [1]reminiscence about BBS's, back in
the day and all. Author describes them as "Where a teenage loser could
lose himself", which for me would have been pretty accurate. I still
miss being able to find cool ASCII graphics, text-based RPG's, and the
Anarchist's Cookbook all in one place."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/31/back_in_the_day/
Copy That Floppy? Go To Jahannum (Hell)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1651254
andrewdm writes "The Business Software Alliance has a new partner: the
grand muftis at [0]Al Azhar in Cairo. The [1]New York Law Journal has
an [2]article explaining the new holy(?) alliance between the BSA and
the highest religious authorities in the Egyptian Sunni Islam sect. The
clerics issued a fatwa (holy edict) against piracy, saying it is "the
worst type of theft and prohibited by Islam." What's next? The Pope
denouncing mp3's as mortal sins?" The worst type of theft, indeed.
Links
0. http://www.alazhar.org/index7.htm
1. http://www.nylj.com/
2.
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZ5YOJ9V1D&live=true&cst=1&pc=3&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0
Artificial Intelligence to Predict Sports Injuries
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1651246
nakhla writes "[0]MSNBC.com is running a story on how an Italian soccer
team is [1]using artificial intelligence to predict sports injuries.
The team is working with [2]Computer Associates to develop neural
network technology that can be combined with daily tests of the
athletes to determine patterns which occur right before a player gets
injured. Of course, one has to assume that it wouldn't be able to
predict a player getting kicked in the head in the middle of the game,
resulting in a concussion." I was wondering how to tie a World Cup
story into Slashdot. Congratulations to Senegal.
Links
0. http://www.msnbc.com/
1. http://msnbc.com/news/756968.asp
2. http://www.ca.com/
Valenti's "Boston Strangler" Testimony
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1622232
[0]Seth Schoen writes "'I say to you that the VCR is to the American
film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the
woman home alone.' Jack Valenti said this in 1982 in testimony to the
House of Representatives on why the VCR should be illegal. He also
called the VCR an "avalanche" and a "tidal wave", and said it would
make the film industry "bleed and bleed and hemorrhage". This speech is
an important part of history, yet until today it had never been
published on-line in its entirety. [1]Valenti's testimony was published
today by [2]Cryptome. It's essential background reading if you want to
see just how little the MPAA's arguments have changed in two decades."
Compare to the [3]Analog Hole document and they're virtually identical
(except Valenti was playing on anti-Japanese sentiment then, and today
it's anti-pirate sentiment). Of course, the MPAA was unsuccessful in
plugging the "VCR Hole" - insufficient lobbying and clueful judges
stopped them. The MPAA successfully adapted to the changing times and
today sells about 70 million cassettes for rentals and 600 million
cassettes for home viewing every year (both numbers are on the decline
due to the rise of DVD).
Links
0. http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/
1. http://cryptome.org/hrcw-hear.htm
2. http://cryptome.org/
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/23/2355237
KPNQwest Files for Bankruptcy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1631254
ives writes "Today [0]KPNQwest filed for bankruptcy. KPNQwest owns the
most important fibre backbone in Europe. Apparently they are not
planning on switching off their network, but without maintenance it
will probably slowly degrade. The official [1]press release can be
found here."
Links
0. http://www.kpnqwest.com/
1. http://www.kpnqwest.com/html/records.asp?record_id=883
Nokia 9290 Finally Available in the US
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1217220
[0]AmyZ writes "The new [1]Nokia 9290 Communicator has finally become
available for US residents. Europe has had the 9210 for over a year
now. Its a GSM based phone and well as a PDA that uses Symbian as its
OS." I still don't quite feel that the PDA/Cellphone combo has come of
age, but its nice to see another entry. That machine does looks to be
sufficient for basic web tasks.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.nokiausa.com/communicator/1,4990,|SRC-C
Organizing Data Across a Heterogeneous Net?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/30/1927237
[0]angst_ridden_hipster asks: "Like many people, I have a bunch of
machines I use regularly. These include Linux machines, BSD machines, a
Mac OS X machine, and a Windows machine. These machines are on a number
of networks. All have internet connectivity. Some of them are always
powered on. A few of them are not. Obviously, I have a bunch of
accounts. And, it goes without saying, I have a bunch of data. What are
the best approaches to sharing data? I want to be able to securely
access my home data while at work, and from one machine to another,
etc. Opening ssh terminals is the approach I have traditionally used,
but I'm beginning to wonder if some mirroring software (e.g.,
[1]Unison) might be in order. It'd provide the function of backups, as
well as guaranteeing availability. Would it be wiser to tunnel nfs over
ssh? Or is there some better option? Assuming I actually start
mirroring data across multiple machines, I'll need to organize it in a
portable taxonomy. This is almost easy, since I use [2]cygwin on the
Windows machines, so I can assume a standard Unix-ish directory
structure. But this gets more complicated when there are scripts or
other code involved. What about application/platform-specific data? How
do other people organize their data, anyway? Are there any useful
standards? I'm hoping people will describe their approaches, and why
they think they're (not) the best."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
2. http://www.cygwin.com/
Software.linux.com
Email Reminders
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1461/
Hey man, I don't know about you but when it comes to my memory, I need
all of the help I can get! Since there are tons of programs out there
to help the mentally challenged, I know I'm not alone. Like most of you
I'm all for anything that makes it easy for me to remember things, like
eating lunch, attending meetings, and picking up the love of my life
for our anniversary dinner.
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