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July 12, 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
Harvesting Capacitors for Backyard Munitions
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/0451236
Diabolus writes "This is the tale of a man, a [0]bunch of disposable
cameras, and his techniques for harvesting lots of capacitors to build
a gauss gun. Insane..." A basic [1]capacitor tutorial is probably in
order.
Links
0. http://obelix.cs.adelaide.edu.au/camera_c/
1. http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/caps/caps.html
Build Your Own Virus
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/2352202
[0]Wire Tap writes "Scientists have assembled the [1]first synthetic
virus. The US researchers built the infectious agent from scratch using
the genome sequence for polio. The most amusing part is this snippit:
'To construct the virus, the researchers say they followed a recipe
they downloaded from the internet and used gene sequences from a
mail-order supplier.' Heck, don't we all have our own mail-order
suppliers for gene sequences?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] minus author
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2122000/2122619.stm
Slashback: Stapler, Interface, Gaming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/10/1420244
Slashback tonight (read on below) has updates on next-generation
aircraft, KDE user-interface improvements and suggestions, a special
warning for those obsessed with Milton's stapler from Office Space,
SmartFilter's attitude toward SourceForge, and more.
Net-Nexus Seoul
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/2236236
An anonymous reader writes: "Wired has a story in their new issue about
Seoul, Korea and how it is [0]The Bandwidth Capital of the World It is
really interesting how popular the internet and cybercafes are as a
social medium there. They also have a huge following of online game
players, with over 70% of broadband users playing online. For me, the
best quote about the business opportunities that have sprung up is
'(We) wanted to focus on interaction. And what is more interactive than
games? We made this market. We made new sectors. American media
companies were just using online capacity to distribute offline
media.'"
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.08/korea.html
NASA Panel Says ISS Cuts Hurt Science
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/2057204
[0]medcalf writes: "The [1]AP reports that the International Space
Station, as proposed, is incapable of doing much meaningful scientific
research, and that NASA should thus stop characterizing the program as
'science-driven.' Factors listed in support of the recommendation are
insufficient crew, lack of certain vital equipment and insufficient
resupply missions. Makes me proud of spending $30 billion in tax money
-- hey, isn't that about enough for a [2]manned Mars mission? Perhaps a
reevaluation of our goals in space, and what we are prepared to risk
for the money, would be in order?" The AP article is summarizing the
conclusions of a 23-member panel, which finds the current aim of a
"core-complete" station too slender a justification of the past and
current expenditures in the name of science.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/07/11/station.research.ap/index.html
2. http://www.nw.net/mars/
A Big-Screen Mobile MP3 Console
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/2044232
psymaster writes: "I found the link to this mod over at hardocp.com;
it's a car MP3 player mod, the guy [0]ripped apart the whole center
panel of the car to install it and did it all over again in
fiberglass." This is dedication.
Links
0. http://www.arbytech.com/carmp3.php
Easter Eggs in Web Sites?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/1912239
cwikla asks: "Back in the .COM days, I worked at eGroups, now owned by
a larger Company. During my time I added a couple of easter eggs to the
site, which I was reminded of while watching Being John Malkovich this
weekend. I checked, and ones sort of still there. If you append
malkovich=1 to a message URL it would turn the message into 'malkovich'
mode. It sort of still works, but over time I guess the code has been a
changin' so it's kind of spotty. Oh, there are others that still are in
there, but where's the fun of telling all the secrets? Any other folks
done anything equivalent, especially on mainstream sites?"
KDE 3.1 Alpha1 is Here
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/1815207
[0]navindra writes: "A brand new alpha of the breath-taking KDE 3.1
development branch [1]has been announced. This release sports
everything from wonderful [2]new eye candy to tons of popular [3]new
features including new and exciting "easter eggs" (aka [4]bugs) just
waiting to be discovered. Remember, this is not a stable release --
those of you concerned with stability should use [5]KDE 3.0.2, whereas
those of you who want to help KDE 3.1 be the best KDE ever should use
this alpha. Kudos to [6]Dre for writing [1]the announcement and to the
tireless [7]Dirk Mueller for coordinating this release. Party!" On a
related note, [8]pAlpha writes: "Over the past years a large amount of
myths has built up around KDE. Recently Aaron J. Seigo released a page
about the [9]KDE myths and facts." Good for convincing the boss.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.1alpha1.html
2. http://static.kdenews.org/mirrors/qwertz/kde31alpha/
3. http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.1-features.html
4. http://bugs.kde.org/
5. http://www.kde.org/info/3.0.2.html
6. http://www.kdeleague.org/
7. http://www.kde.org/people/dirk.html
8. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
9. http://kdemyths.urbanlizard.com/
NYTimes Looks at Warez
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/1650254
[0]Flamerule writes "The [1]New York Times has a new [2]article up that
relates the end result of the DrinkorDie copyright infringement case
(the "ringleader" and 5 other guys are in prison), and talks about
warez in general. They at least tried to get a story from both software
companies and denizens of the warez scene. Pretty interesting stuff,
even if you haven't been following the case closely."
Links
0. http://{moc.liamtoh} {ta} {retlahde}
1. http://www.nytimes.com/
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/11/technology/circuits/11WARE.html
Sony's New Bookshelf MP3 Player -- Audio TiVo?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/11/1744215
[0]Betelgeuse writes: "The NY Times has a story [1]story about a new
bookshelf MP3/CD player from Sony. Every time you play a CD, the
machine automatically copies its tracks onto its built-in 20-gigabyte
hard drive. It will then try to get album track information off the CD
or, alternately, you can use the PC link to get titles off your
favorite cddb-like site." As the article puts it, they've come up with
"the world's first TiVo for radio." Long overdue -- I only wish it used
a format that was closer to standard, and let you pull tracks to other
media. Update: 07/11 18:17 GMT by [2]T: Ooops -- messed up that link,
now fixed.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/11/technology/circuits/11STAT.html
2. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Software.linux.com
Zaval File Search
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1518/
Every time I turn around things are going faster and faster! But it
seems that the more files I collect on my network, the slower my file
searches become. Well, there's no reason to allow a slow search to
impede your progress, especailly when help is only a download away.
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