Some guy has found a way to cool your hard drive for just 50 cents! This by buying a trusty old bracket (see above) from your local hardware store and attatching an old fan. The result is as follows: It’s cool because it’s so obvious. Get it… cool!
Entries from April 23rd, 2005
Ryanair Run By Cheap Ass Mo Fos
April 23rd, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Humor
Ryanair has now banned employees from recharging their mobile phones at work. Apparantly they see this as stealing power from work. With these new rules they expect to save 41,90 euros on a yearly basis, which comes down to a whopping 1,5 eurocent per employee. An interesting fact: Ryanair made 226 million euros profit last [...]
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Oil To Hit $380 A Barrel By 2015
April 23rd, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Middle East
Some unsettling news posted at AlJazeera: A report prepared by energy economists at the French investment bank Ixis-CIB has warned crude oil prices could touch $380 a barrel by 2015. Analysts Patrick Artus and Moncef Kaabi said in the next 10 years demand for oil will outstrip supply by around 8 million barrels per day [...]
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Penguins Have To Go Through Security As Well
April 23rd, 2005 · No Comments · Humor, Security
Well, it looks like Microsoft has taken over the TSA. Here are a few pics of some penguins having to go through airport security.
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Infernal Affairs Review
April 23rd, 2005 · No Comments · Movies
I’ve just finished watching this masterpiece, and can’t reccomend it enough. Plot Outline: The setting is the never-ending war between the police and the traids of Hong Kong. Chan is a cop who’s been assigned to undercover work inside the traids for so long that he’s been able to rise through the ranks to a [...]
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Battle Of The Consoles Epic
April 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Humor, Video Games
For all of you who have ever owned a 16bit sysem (Ah, THOSE were the days), you should watch this excellent flash movie. This is made in a really cool retro Final Fantasy style, and has the Sony PSP battling all our old favourites in an all-out battle for gaming supremacy. Be warned though, it [...]
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Cavers Smash World Depth Record
April 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Adventure, News
It seems that some cavers have gone deeper than any (wo)man has gone before. This by travesing the unkown depths of Krubera in Abkhazia, Georgia. Excerpt: A Ukrainian team has reached a record depth of 2,080m (6,822ft), passing the elusive 2,000m mark at Krubera, the world’s deepest known cave. The nine-strong group were part of [...]
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Cool Bender Casemod
April 19th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware, Humor
Just came across the following Bender (from Futurama) casemod on slashdot. Features include an optical drive in his mouth that you slot CDs into! Respect! The site also includes a full tutorial on how to build this thing. If you speak norwegian that is….. =================== UPDATE: For a new english version of the page click [...]
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Simpsons Quote Of The Day
April 18th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Humor, Middle East, Quotes, TV
I’ve just watched The Simpsons 16×15 (Future-Drama) and came across another excellent Simpsons quote I thought I’d like to share: “Sex on prom night is as American as our 51st state, Saudi-Israelia” Script writing at it’s best. This portrays the feelings of many Arabs towards America’s relationship with the Middle East at the current time.
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IBM To Help Track Drivers On UAE Roads
April 17th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Cool Geeky Stuff, IBM, Middle East, Mobiles & Gadgets, News, Privacy
Slashdot, GeekCoffee and InformatonWeek are all reporting on a new deal between the UAE & IBM to track drivers to monitor speeding. Excerpt: IBM said it has signed a four-year, $125 million deal to build an automobile-monitoring system and install a device in cars to track drivers in the United Arab Emirates, making it the [...]
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