Sexy Jihad

It seems that there’s a new spray for your license plate that makes it unreadable for speed camera’s. Does this work ? Is it legal ? The site says the following:
Q. Is this product legal?A. YES. The law in most countries requires your license to be legible to the naked eye. PhotoBlocker Spray is a […]

I’ve just read this disturbing piece about the stupidity of the masses on wired:
Not all web surfers think spyware is a problem. Some say the snoopy software is a fair trade-off for free applications, even with the intrusion into their computers and lives.
“Typically the assumption has been that spyware sneaks onto computers, or users are […]

Looks like someone pulled it off, “cheating” at a casino. The BBC reports:
A group of gamblers who won more than £1m at the Ritz Casino by using laser technology have been told by police they can keep their winnings.
A laser scanner linked to a computer was allegedly used to gauge numbers likely to come up […]

Yesyes. Everyone’s favourite packet filter (for the unenligthened, it’s PF) can now limit the number of TCP connections. See OpenBSD Journal for links to commit posts.
With these sorts of innovations I can’t for the life of me think why people would want to use linux/iptables for their firewall.

For whoever cares, The AMS-IX (major dutch internet hub) has reached the 10 petrabyte threshold for the month November. Yup, that’s 341 terabytes a day, up from 175 at the beginning of the year. For real time stats check out this page.
Now I’m wondering why I’ve taken the effort to post this. Damn, I am […]

Well, it was to be expected. Everyone’s favourite minister of defense Donnie Rumsfeld is to stay as defence chief:
Donald Rumsfeld has accepted a request from President George W Bush to stay on as US defense Secretary, a senior administration official has said.
Mr Rumsfeld was a proven leader in difficult times, the official said.
While […]

Big Blue is about to stop shipping PCs:
IBM, whose first PC in 1981 moved personal computing out of the hobby shop and into the corporate and consumer mainstream, has put the business up for sale, people close to the negotiations said Thursday.
While IBM long ago ceded the lead in the personal computer market to Dell […]

Today I watched goldenboy. If you’ve never heard of it, here’s a synopsis:
Kintaro Oe… A 25 years old guy who left college early. He specializes himself now in day-dreaming, part-time jobs and, of course, pretty girls. He roams the land on his trusty pink bicycle, living his life in a happy way.
The story of each […]

Yesterday (Saturday) I went to see Kanye West at the Heineken Music Hall. Here follows a short review of the show:

The concert was featuring Talib Kweli. Because of certain circumstances I missed most of it and only saw the last 10 minutes. However I must say it was OK. As it was only 10 minutes […]

Juist saw this commodore 64 joystick on slashdot:
I quote:
An arcade full of fun in one take-anywhere unit! Based on the classic Commodore 64 home computer gaming system, this plug-and-play joystick is as easy to set up as it is to enjoy. Simply plug it into the A/V jack on your television and get ready for […]