Naomi Klein writes an interesting overview on how Iraq it getting royally screwed over by Bush and chums. An excerpt: So it turns out Pottery Barn doesn’t even have a rule that says, “You break it, you own it.” According to a company spokesperson, “in the rare instance that something is broken in the store, [...]
Entries from December 29th, 2004
You break it, you pay for it
December 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Middle East
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Brunei full of peeping toms
December 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Humor
Bruneidirect.com reports: Brunei Travellers Beware Of Hidden Cameras In HotelBy Rosli Abidin Yahya Sarawak – Local travellers have advised prospective holidaymakers going to Sarawak not to stay in budget hotels as “they may be secretly filmed by hidden cameras in their rooms”. The finding that hidden cameras were installed in budget hotels in Sarawak was [...]
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Amazon has record sales
December 28th, 2004 · No Comments · Amazon, Business
Iwon writes: SEATTLE (AP) – Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) on Monday said sales of consumer electronics surpassed book sales for the first time and was its largest sales category over the Thanksgiving weekend, launching the online retailer’s busiest holiday selling season in 10 years. The company also said it set a single-day sales record during the [...]
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Great moments in microprocessor history
December 28th, 2004 · No Comments · Hardware
IBM Developerworks has a nice overview of the history of microprocessors from the 1960s till the present day. An excerpt: The evolution of the modern microprocessor is one of many surprising twists and turns. Who invented the first micro? Who had the first 32-bit single-chip design? You might be surprised at the answers. This article [...]
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Looks like someone’s spent WAY too much time playing Galaxian
December 28th, 2004 · 2 Comments · Video Games
The BBC writes: A man who has spent at least two hours a day practising on a vintage video game for the past 25 years has secured what he says is the highest ever score. Gary Whelan, of Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, has been playing the space invaders game, Galaxian, since 1980. He said he had [...]
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Cool VOIP Phone
December 24th, 2004 · No Comments · Telephony
Just saw a cool VOIP phone on engadget. The Snom 220 runs embedded Linux and can be configured via a web interface. The phone also has advanced features like UpnP, STUN, and ENUM, plus an extra Ethernet port. For full specs check out the site. I wonder how well this phone really works. I wouldn’t [...]
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Coke Machine Hacking Howto
December 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware, Security
Just picked up this little gem on how you can supposedly set coke machines to debug mode and program them to do more “useful” things: ================= Hacking Coke Machines Written by Fire and Kyint Sunday, 26 September 2004 Discuss this article on the forums. (1 posts) ############################################# # File written by Fire and Kyint # [...]
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Hack A Bike
December 21st, 2004 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff
Looks like the CCC has pulled another one off. They hacked the EEPROM on some german Rent-a-bikes to do their bidding. An excerpt: Ever needed to get somewhere quick but you had no car, too late for public transportation and a bicycle could solve your problem? In Berlin and other big cities in germany the [...]
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The Unofficial SuprNova.org Closure FAQ
December 21st, 2004 · No Comments · Bittorrent, Internet
Click here for the unnofficial suprnova.org closure FAQ. It all comes down to the following excerpt: For two years, SuprNova.org maintained the largest BitTorrent community on the Internet. Literally millions of individuals each day would traverse this BitTorrent site looking for the latest releases. Although SuprNova was not a tracker, it did provide thousands of [...]
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Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle Open in Japan
December 21st, 2004 · No Comments · Anime
Miyazaki’s new flick, Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl no Ugoku Shiro) seems to be out in Japan. From what I’ve read on Slashdot the reviews say that it’s pretty good and proves that 2d definately isn’t dead. I of course would expect nothing less from this guy and can’t wait for it to come out here [...]
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