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July 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
A Foundry in Every Kitchen
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/2335250
WolfWithoutAClause writes "Bored with making the same old food or [0]
plasma in your microwave? David Reid sounds like he is. He's [1]using
his domestic microwave oven to melt iron, silver and bronze! Over 900C!
I don't know about you, but I'm going to be checking the temperature of
my pizza rather more carefully in future..."
Links
0. __SLASHLINK__
1. http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html
Copyright Battle Over Nothing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/234250
An Anonymous Coward writes: "In this [0]story reported at [1]The
Independent is "one of the more curious copyright disputes of modern
times." It appears that the key question is "which part of the silence
was stolen." If only this was April First. This is a lawsuit suing over
the sound of nothing, no sound, silence, nada, zilch, bupkiss.
Links
0. http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=307449
1. http://www.independent.co.uk/
Anime Stores, Rentals and Theaters?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/2355252
[0]ajaygautam asks: "For the past few months (on and off), I have been
trying to locate Anime stores, rentals and theaters in and around
Central New Jersey, but have not been able to find much. Only
Blockbuster, which carries a very limited selection. I was wondering if
there is a list of such things on the Internet somewhere. I propose
that we create this 'Ask Slashdot' a comprehensive list of Anime
stores, rental locations and theaters that do show Anime movies."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cell Phones: Japan vs. the United States
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/2134257
[0]Stirland writes "Cell phones/Connectivity: Japan and the United
States: [1]Worlds Apart on Wireless. Interesting analysis of the
economic and cultural reasons for why the Japanese kick Americans'
butts when it comes to wireless cell phone technology and usage."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134485095_japanwireless300.html
First Warcraft 3 Reviews Trickle In
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/2120250
[0]Mortin writes "Several reviews of Warcraft 3, set to be released on
July 3, are up at [1]Icrontic, [2]Tweakers.com.au, and of course
[3]IGN. Looks like Blizzard has yet another killer game on their
hands."
Links
0. http://www.icrontic.com
1. http://www.icrontic.com/index.php?page=public/software&softwareId=46
2. http://forums.tweakers.com.au/index.php?board=18;action=display;threadid=2059
3. http://pc.ign.com/articles/363/363652p1.html
Nexland Pro800Turbo Load Balancing Router Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/1850236
An anonymous submitter writes "Found this review today over at
OverclockersClub.com. Apparently this router can [0]load balance two
broadband connections like DSL, Cable, or T1. The router can also act
as a backup feature in case one of the broadband connections goes down,
the router will automatically switch to the connection still working."
At $400, it's not gruesomely expensive either, and I guess if you're
willing to pay for two broadband connections anyway... The [1]spec
sheet (PDF) has more information.
Links
0. http://www.overclockersclub.com/nexland.shtml
1. http://www.nexland.com/product_spec/pro800turbo.pdf
OpenDJ UNIX-based P2P Streamer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/1731253
[0]hardcorejon writes "I found the [1]Streamer software interesting,
particularly because I've also written a remarkably similar piece of
software, called [2]OPENdj. Because Streamer requires Windows, I
thought my fellow Slashdot readers would be interested in OPENdj, which
is an [3]open source Java/Linux-based distributed streamer. Development
on OPENdj began over a year ago, with version 1.0.0 appearing this past
May. It has some slick features, including automatic archiving, archive
search, stream meta-tagging, listener counts and chat rooms. Download
it, bang on it, send me patches :)"
Links
0. mailto:jonathan@;[ ]ndj.com ['ope' in gap]
1. __SLASHLINK__
2. http://opendj.org/
3. http://freshmeat.net/projects/opendj
Ren and Stimpy (And John K) Returning?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/1351251
An Anonymous reader writes "The comedy duo Ren and Stimpy will be
[0]returning to our TV screens on TNN. Seems John Kricfalusi, the
creator of Ren and Stimpy, has inked a deal with TNN to show old
episodes, new episodes and at least one never release episode which
Nickelodeon squashed because it was too violent." Here's hoping that
its true- I wonder if John K will reclaim Ren's voice from Billy West.
Links
0. http://tabletalk.salon.com/webx?13@@.4a8591c1
Spam King Living High in the Bayou
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/1552255
mikey573 writes "Connecticut's main newspaper, The Hartford Courant,
decided to bring the issue of spam to the forefront with a top headline
front page story [0]Spam King Living High In The Bayou in its Sunday
print edition. The article goes into describing the spam marketing
company "Opt-In Marketing Services". The article goes too much into
glorifying one person's success with spam, while failing to underscore
the potential [1]problems he has caused for others."
Links
0. http://www.ctnow.com/technology/hc-sp1scelsonjun30.story?coll=hc-headlines-home
1. http://www.vgmusic.com/personal/mike/an_analytical_look_at_spam.html#problem
TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/1334233
[0]johnwbyrd writes "Upon connection via TCP/IP to a host, the host
generates an Initial Sequence Number (ISN). It's important to design
ISN generation sequences so remote attackers can't predict an ISN (this
is called a "blind spoofing" attack). Using [1]phase space analysis you
can check the quality of ISNs generated on various OSes. Windows 98's
graph is quite pretty."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html
Software.linux.com
mp3rename
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1502/
Converting your CDs to mp3s should be easy. But for some stupid reason
my PC doesn't agree! It never fails. Hey, you know the story, my
friends. You get your data converted to mp3s and you're all set to play
your new music files via your PC or laptop... when you hit a bump in
the road.
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