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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
ICANN Bucharest Meeting Comes to a Close
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/0227207
ICANN has been meeting in Bucharest this week; as this story goes live
(assuming I handled the time zones correctly) they'll be starting their
last day of meetings. Highlights of the day will almost certainly
include the ICANN Board voting to eliminate the public participation
that they were charged with implementing and have fought against for
the last several years, and ICANN implementing a domain name tax to
fund their operations. ICANN dismisses cynics who complain about
taxation without representation. You can view the [0]webcast online,
assuming that the volunteers doing it manage to keep it up. If you
prefer text, you may like [1]Roessler's weblog or the [2]ICANN blog
(highly recommended), which also has many links to news stories, not
that the reporters generally understand the issues very well.
Links
0. http://videolab.uoregon.edu/events/ICANN/icann_bucharest.html
1. http://log.does-not-exist.org/
2. http://icann.blog.us/categories/bucharest/
Cracking Down on MP3s at the Office
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/235244
jhaberman writes "[0]News.com has a story about how corporations are
now starting to [1]crack down on networked MP3's, not necessarily for
the reasons you might think." Talks about legal issues, as well as
bandwidth issues, and the simple issue of employees wasting their
employers time.
Links
0. http://news.com/
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-939791.html
Ransom Love to Focus on UnitedLinux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/2223232
morhoj writes "Looks like Ransom Love, who recently was host to a /.
[0]interview, has been [1]replaced as CEO of Caldera and is now
exclusively leading the [2]UnitedLinux initiative. Some other stock
buybacks and board swaps also happened at Caldera. Can't say that I'm
all too pleased by this, I for one didn't like some of his answers in
the interview, specifically that fees would be required to become
"UnitedLinux" certified. That should really help wider Linux adoption."
Links
0. __SLASHLINK__
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-939881.html?tag=fd_top
2. http://www.unitedlinux.com/
Give Us Your Tired PowerPoint, Your Failed Plans ...
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/0020250
[0]SEWilco writes: "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer points out that
[1]failed business plans are wanted for history. Professor Kirsch is
creating a digital archive documents or personal experiences from the
Internet bust at [2]businessplanarchive.org so they can be preserved
for historians. He mentions they have difficulties such as only finding
two days of records about NY electric taxicabs which ran for 15 years
around 1900. /. did review [3]Business @ The Speed of Stupid, which is
a contemporary examination of recent failures. And don't bombard them
which suggestions that their PowerPoint collection should also be
archived in a less proprietary form, as they already know that."
Links
0. http://www.wilcoxon.org/~sewilco/
1. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/76130_archive26.shtml
2. http://www.businessplanarchive.org/
3. __SLASHLINK__
The Who's John Entwistle Dead
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/2313206
[0]crazyj was among several Slashdot readers who, knowing my obsession
with the greatest band of all time, submitted that The Who's [1]John
Entwistle died. His death occured one day before the start of their
summer tour. The Ox was an amazing bassist, and I'm glad I got to see
him play. Those fingers would just fly up that fretboard. He'll be
missed.
Links
0. http://www.macslash.com
1.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=579&e=1&cid=579&u=/nm/20020627/en_nm/people_entwistle_dc_3
Low-Tech Cell Phone Blocking
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/2216259
[0]nigelc writes: "[1]This BBC story reports on Japanese work to come
up with a low-tech solution to cell phones in cinemas! Hey, if it can
stop the person next to me from going 'Hey, dude, guess where I am?,'
I'm all in favor of it."
Links
0. http://[nigel] [at] [connecterra.com]
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2067000/2067672.stm
Wi-Fi Communicators For the Real World
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/2129243
Erik_ writes: "In this most interesting article on MSN [0]Wearable
Wi-Fi - The wave of the future?, there is a description of a Wi-Fi
Communicator device. Just like on [1]Star Trek (Thanks Gene), these
devices provides hands-free, voice-activated communications throughout
any 802.11b networked building or campus. The company manufacturing
these devices [2]Vocera hopes to begin selling the equipment later this
year. Can't wait to get my hands on some of these communicators... Beam
me up Scotty."
Links
0. http://msn.com.com/2100-1105-939232.html
1. http://www.startrek.com/
2. http://www.vocera.com/
The Empire Strikes Back - in China
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/2019202
jaymzter writes: "Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is [0]dumping
$750 million into China over the next three years. According to MS CEO
Steve Ballmer, "What's good for the local industry in every country is
good for Microsoft", especially when that other country is actually
promoting and developing home grown Linux. From the article it looks
like MS is willing to overlook China's legendary software 'sharing' as
long as the government stays tight with Windows."
Links
0. http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1140188
Improv Animation as an Art Form?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/25/2220243
[0]Dean Siren asks: "When will mainstream moviemakers, such as
[1]Lucasfilm, finally replace their [2]render farms and [3]Renderman
with a GPU ([4]Geforce or [5]Radeon) and [6]Cg based renderer? Would
the savings in equipment cost and rendering time be worth the learning
curve? Is anyone developing such an app? We've had the tech for years
with video games, but the art form hasn't really been tried. Is anyone
working on this now?" An interesting thought, and it puts an
interesting spin on the old computers-will-replace-actors argument. It
also means good planning ahead of time, since there will be no
"post-production" stage where you can clean up the mistakes, and
perform the minute adjustments needed to make things just right. Do you
think such an art form will ever catch on in Hollywood, or will small
shops have to be the ones to pioneer this before others follow suit?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.lucasfilm.com/
2. http://www.respower.com/
3. http://www.pixar.com/renderman/index.html
4. http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=geforce4ti
5. http://www.atitech.com/products/pc/radeon8500/index.html
6. http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=cg
AOL Developing Cheap Switch for Audio Streaming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/1738251
legaleagll writes: "According to a [0]Fortune magazine article and a
[1] follow-up article on ZDNet, AOL is developing a cheap switch that
can handle streaming audio for 10,000 users, versus current technology
of 100 - 1,000 users per box depending on expense of system. The code
name for the product is Ultravox and was apparantly spurred into
existence because RealNetworks is now offering internet service for
cheaper than AOL. I'm a little skeptical because I'm not sure how the
use of an intelligent router would eliminate the need for the expensive
systems to stream the audio. Wouldn't moving the software for streaming
onto the router make for a more expensive router and still require the
expense a box outside of the router anyway?"
Links
0. http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=208500
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-939802.html
Software.linux.com
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http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1498/
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