LED bulbs: a bright idea?
Next time you screw in a cheap incandescent light bulb, ask yourself this: Do you ride a horse to work? Still churning your own butter?
Palm gets sued over crappy Treos
As useful as the Treo 600 & 650 are, they are not without their faults. Just about every Treo owner will find themselves nodding in agreement with most of all of the items alleged in this class action suit (PDF link). Looks like someone is finally gettin’ their cumuppins…
Feds want cellphone ban for teen drivers
New drivers have enough things to worry about without adding cellphones and other wireless devices to the mix, federal safety regulators say. They want all states to make it illegal for teenagers and other novice drivers to jabber on phones.
Cell Phones that smell??? What’s NEXT?
An “electric nose” that can smell individuals’ own personal scents may begin to replace four-digit pin numbers and secret passwords within the next decade.
ITunes 5.0.1 now avaliable through software update
ITunes 5.0.1 popped up on my Software Update menu today.
Hacking RFID gas passes.
Watch how a team from Johns Hopkins University break the encryption of the ExxonMobil SpeedPass system.
How to Throw Cards With Skill
Throwing cards as deadly weapons seems impossible. Little bits of cut-out cardboard suddenly becoming capable of piercing hard fruit, drywall, or even a brown paper lawn bag is beyond the believable unless you are open to anything you’ve seen on TV-or anything, period
Mod your PS2 into a black sphere of sweetness
This is the sweetest mod I’ve seen for a PS2.
The Sept. 11 Records
A rich vein of city records from Sept. 11, including more than 12,000 pages of oral histories rendered in the voices of 503 firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, were made public on Aug. 12. The New York Times has published all of them.
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September 11 Digital Archive w/ Google maps
Using Google maps to highlight submissions from witnesses and survivors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Submissions include photos taken and personal accounts of the attacks.