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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
Switch Different
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/2247207
[0]x180 writes "Those goofy hackers over at the [1]O'Reilly Open Source
Convention in San Diego this week have, in a spate of fun, put together
a series of Switch ad spoofs for the geeky ones. Writes [2]Rael
Dornfest in his blog, " You've no doubt seen Apple's fabulous Switch
campaign commercials. But what of the others? The geeky ones. The
scripters. The sysadmins in their server cages. The command-line
jockeys. Those through whom the source flows openly. " [2]See the
stories of hackers chucking Emacs in favor of Vi, leaving Perl to
explore Python, and leaving the familiar home of Unix to play with XP."
These, of course, aren't the only [3]switch parodies. Their numbers are
[4]Legion.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/
2. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1758
3. http://www.apple.com/switch/
4. http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+switch+parody
Best Computer Books For The Smart
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/2238223
You'll remember last week, I [0]asked for recommendations of the Best
Websites for developers. This was a -great- thread and in the story, I
mentioned that I was planning on doing the same regarding books this
week. So here it is. What do you, the slashdot reader consider seminal
works? What would you consider great introductions to technical topics?
If you are interested, check it out...
Links
0. __SLASHLINK__
Spafford On Infrastructure Risks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/2212244
[0]nealmcb writes "In a [1] major report from the [2]AAAS, [3]Eugene
Spafford, director of [4]CERIAS, summarizes the [5]many risks to our
information infrastructure (viruses, bugs, single points of failure,
etc.), their causes (explosive growth, primacy of time-to-market over
quality, lack of support for basic information security research,
etc.), and the negative effects of the DMCA, CBDTPA, and other
corporate maneuvers."
Links
0. http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
1. http://www.aaas.org/spp/yearbook/2003/yrbk03.htm
2. http://www.aaas.org/
3. http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/spaf/
4. http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/
5. http://www.aaas.org/spp/yearbook/2003/stvwch4.pdf
DoD Dreams of Efficient Spectrum Usage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/2035210
Unstrung writes "US Military research agency DARPA is sick of all those
static-filled cellphone calls and dropped connections too. The shadowy
eggheads are working on a way of [0]using the bandwidth available today
more efficiently."
Links
0. http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=19080
Social Robot?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/206245
[0]smashr writes "Researchers are currently putting the finishing
touches on robots that will be attending the [1]AAAI (American
Association for Artificial Intelligence) conference this year as part
of the AAAI robot challenge. In addition to robots wearing tuxedos and
serving drinks, several robots designed to actually register themselves
will be participating in the conference. One such robot is GRACE, being
built by [2]Carnegie Mellon University and the Naval Research Lab
(among others). GRACE features a digital face and speech recognition to
interact with people attending the conference. (She even runs Linux!)
Her goal is to register for the conference, give a speech and answer
questions. Stories at: [3]Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, [4]CNN.com, and
[5]USA Today."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.aaai.org/
2. http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~reids/challenge/
3. http://www.postgazette.com/healthscience/20020725gracesciencep1.asp
4. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/26/socially.skilled.robot.ap/index.html
5. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2002-07-25-grace-robot_x.htm
Motivating Your Co-Developers?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/178239
3flp asks: "We've heard all about those coding projects where 90% of
the code is done by one person. Unfortunately, on my current project
it's me :-(. It's a comms DSP project with a lot of C & some assembly.
My team of 4 will hopefully produce about 20k lines of code. Now comes
the problem: we just got to our first small integration stage (we do
try to do them early & often), and it turns out the other guys have got
nothing. No code. I want to ask Slashdotters, people who have the
experience with small software projects, how would you go about it? How
to bring other less experienced coders up to your level and beyond? Or
at least how to make them suck less, and if they get stuck on
something, to just come and bloody ask for help?" This is something
almost every developer has had to deal with. For those of you who have
experienced this, what did you do about it and how did things turn out?
Perens Backs Down from DMCA Violation
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/1739207
liquidsin writes "According to this article by Dan Gillmor, Bruce
Perens has [0]backed out of his plan to demonstrate how to modify a DVD
player to break region coding (and openly violate the DMCA as well) due
to pressure from his employer, Hewlett Packard. I wish HP had given him
their blessing on this, but I guess they have to worry about
shareholders first..." See our [1]previous story for Perens' plans.
Links
0.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/3735855.htm
1. __SLASHLINK__
Microsoft Says IBM/Linux Their Biggest Threat
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/1535218
[0]krypt0n0mic0n writes "An [1]article at [2]The Register shows that
Microsoft sees IBM and Linux as the biggest threats to their market
domination. Microsoft's Eric Rudder is quoted as saying that Linux is a
"formidable" challenge and that "IBM is our greatest competitor. In the
way they sell products and compete in corporate accounts." It goes on
to say that they believe the NET server will be a challenge to these
competitors."
Links
0. http://krypt0n0mic0n(at)hotmail(dot)com
1. http://www.theregus.com/content/4/25754.html
2. http://www.theregus.com/
Alicebot Creator Dr. Richard Wallace Expounds
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/0332225
Okay, here are Alicebot inventor Dr. Richard Wallace's answers to
[0]your questions. You're about to enter a world that contains
interesting thoughts on A.I., a bit of marijuana advocacy, a courtroom
drama, tales of academic politics and infighting, personal ranting,
discussion of the nature of mental illness, and comments about the
state of American society and the world in general. Yes, all this in
one interview so long and strong we had to break it up into three parts
to make it fit on our pages. This is an amazing work, well worth
reading all the way to the end.
Links
0. __SLASHLINK__
Sysadmin Day. Yay.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/1518239
Izeickl writes "The BBC is running an article about [0]sysadmin day.
One admin is quoted saying, 'We are unappreciated and no-one knows what
we do for 364 days of the year.' Apparently even the online greeting
cards are getting in on the action check out [1]123Greetings.com and
put a smile on that cranky admins face! The starter of this day also
has a page [2]here." Well, most competent sysadmins probably have
electronic greeting cards blocked at the router, but I suppose it's the
thought that counts... [3]Jeremy Sieminski submits a [4]Mouse Pad Couch
as the appropriate place for a sysadmin to rest his weary, uh, wrists.
And of course if you've never read the [5]BOFH stories, you're missing
out.
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2151602.stm
1. http://www.123greetings.com/events/system_administrator_day/
2. http://www.sysadminday.com/
3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
4. http://www.rit.edu/~jpsdss/couch/
5. http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html
Software.linux.com
lazyread
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1535/
I love lazy summer Friday afternoons. The only hard part is making it
to the end of the day. That's especially true if your stuck reading
long detailed documents. Well, now you needn't sit at attention. You
can relax back into your chair and read those documents without ever
touching your keyboard.
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