Looks like there’s a company called Streambase which is about to release a new database that’s nothing sort of revolutionary. For an explanation check this excerpt: Michael Stonebraker is well-known in the database business, and for good reasons. He was the computer science professor behind Ingres and Postgres. Eighteen months ago, he started a new [...]
Entries from January 22nd, 2005
Portable rotary cellphone
January 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Telephony
Just saw this hack that turns an old rotary phone into a cell phone. Pretty cool. Pretty retro. Excerpt: Yes, you read it right. Port-O-Rotary. We’ve gone and hacked into a rotary phone. I find myself talking about nerd things with my friends and peers who could usually careless. Every once and a while, someone [...]
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Duchovny says yes to new X Files movie
January 20th, 2005 · No Comments · Movies
The Sun has an interesting interview with David Duchovny where they talk about all sorts of things X Files related, including the movie. According to him it will definately be made. Better yet, there will be a whole series of movies, Star Trek style. An excerpt: THE truth is still out there – and X [...]
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Dutch Ministry of Defence to tap satellite communications
January 19th, 2005 · No Comments · Privacy, Security
I just read a piece at Bits of Freedom that the dutch MoD wants to buy land next to Xantics (daughter company of KPN Telecom) satellite ground station to listen into satellite communications. The article: Het ministerie van Defensie is in onderhandeling met KPN-dochter Xantic over de aankoop van een terrein grenzend aan het Xantic [...]
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Airbus A380 superjumbo to be unveiled today in France
January 18th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Flight & Space Travel, News
Yup, it’s finally being unveiled today (18-1-2005). An excerpt: The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, is being formally unveiled in France. The twin-deck aircraft can carry about 555 people – more than its American competitor, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Chief executive Noel Forgeard said he expected sales to comfortably exceed 250, the [...]
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Don’t Touch My Shit
January 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Audio, Personal
Today some degenerate human beings stole my car radio. The only console I have is that I wasn’t the only one. While reporting it at the police station I found out that my whole street had been ripped off. At least on the plus side my car wasn’t ruined, unlike the rest of the neighbourhood [...]
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Use Skype with your normal phone
January 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Telephony
Yup, looks like someone has finally created a box to hook your phone up to your computer so you can use it with Skype. Excerpt: Put the telephone back in Internet telephony! The Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard combines the best of both worlds – the ease and convenience of your regular phone and the zero [...]
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Overclock your calculator
January 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Seems that someone has taken the time to write a HOWTO on overclocking your Texas Instruments calculator. An excerpt: Expansion and upgrades are becoming more and more popular as knowledge about the internal workings of the TI graphing calculators continues to grow. Years ago I accelerated my own TI-85 (original instructions by Boris Lutz and [...]
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American commandos in Iran
January 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Middle East, News
The BBC reports a disturbing piece on possible American special forces already inside Iran. Excerpt: The American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed that US commandos are operating inside Iran selecting sites for future air strikes. In the latest edition of the New Yorker, Hersh says intelligence officials have revealed that Iran is the US’ [...]
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The greatness of Debian with the optimization of Gentoo
January 15th, 2005 · No Comments · Linux
For the past few months I’ve been playing with Gentoo as my workstation OS. This after being a die hard Debian fan for years. The reason I’ve made the switch is Gentoo Portage system. Being modelled after the BSD ports system I LOVE it. Also, it’s other plus point is being able to compile stuff [...]
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