Own an Onkyo AV amp and an iPod? Prepare the two for some conjugal bliss. The Japanese company is partnering with Apple to develop a docking station and control unit that’ll allow you to control your iPod via Onkyo remote controls. One cable weds docking station to RI port, and two phono cables handle sound [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2005
Control your iPod via your Onkyo Reciever
February 27th, 2005 · No Comments · Audio, Cool Geeky Stuff, Mobiles & Gadgets, News
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Firefox 1.0.1 Out
February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Firefox & Thunderbird, News, Security
A new version of firefox has been released. Version 1.0.1 has several security fixes, including a fix for spoofing domain names with unicode. For more information check out the release notes.
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Sigarchi jailed for 14 years
February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Internet, News
It looks like Mr. Sigarchi has been jailed for 14 years. This is just a travesty. I can’t believe someone can be put away just for blogging what’s on his mind. This is pitiful, just pitiful. Excerpt: An Iranian weblogger has been jailed for 14 years on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries. Arash [...]
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Looks like we were all conned by LokiTorrent
February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Bittorrent, Internet, News
Some guy has posted a story on how lokitorrent was probably NOT shut down by the MPAA and that the owner just took the lawsuit donation money and ran. He makes some good points. For those of you who have been living on the moon these past couple of months, the owner of Lokitorrent asked [...]
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Super Mario Brothers
February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Humor, Video Games
Again, we have some people with too much free time who decided to make a Mario Bros Mural with Post Its. Excerpt: Super Mario Bros. (Miyamato, et. al.,1986) was an inspiration to many of todays computer engineers. In celebration of Engineering Week, this large format work was created as an homage to the inspirational works [...]
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Free Mojtaba and Arash!
February 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Internet, Middle East
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Cyrix Hotplate Howto
February 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
This is a sweet hack for any old processors you may have lying around. Excerpt: Welcome to the 21st century. The age of conservation, renewable materials and Jolene Blalock. As we’re urged to replace our gaming equipment on a weekly basis, many tonnes of silicon, lead, and copies of Daikatana make it into our planet’s [...]
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Paris Hilton Hax0red
February 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Humor, News, Privacy, Security
Yup, Paris Hilton’s phone has been hAx0red once again. They managed to dig up dirty camphone shots (right alongside shots of her holding a baby and hanging out with kids—oh, Paris), her notebook, and her address book, which has had such high-brow, mover-and-shaker entries as: Christina Aguilera, Devo Aoki, Fred Durst, Jermaine Dupri, Vicki Gotti, [...]
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Inside The Mind Of A Savant
February 20th, 2005 · No Comments · Math & Science
The Guardian reports: Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds. But unlike other savants, who can perform similar feats, Tammet can describe how he does it. He speaks seven languages and is even devising his own language. Now scientists are asking whether his exceptional abilities are the [...]
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Amiga 600 as Car MP3 Player
February 18th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Some dude has modded an Amiga 600 for use as a Car MP3 Player!. Excerpt: Computer: Amiga 600 (nearly an Amiga 500), 7 MHz, 6 MB Ram, a 24 x notebook cdrom-drive, 4 GB harddisk (YES, only seven MHz, it’s more than enough if you don’t use Windows…!!! And ok, 1 MB Ram would be [...]
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