Mar 22
One of the research areas that NASA is involved in is the Asteroid Redirect Mission. This happens to be one of the key elements of study that hope to put … Continue reading
Mar 22
EFF lawyer questions Microsoft’s ability to search our email, claims it’s open to abuse
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This week Microsoft revealed that, without a warrant, it accessed the Hotmail account of a French blogger in order to track down an employee leaking source code to some of its products, ultimately leading to that employee’s arrest. Microsoft’s…
Mar 22
Guy Drums with Fire
Posted in: Today's ChiliYoutuber COOP3RDRUMM3R is seen here covering Ellie Goulding’s Burn. Naturally, he’s playing it with flaming drumsticks, which is the only way to play a song called Burn. Kids, don’t try this at home. This is a professional, or at least a mildly crazy person.
This guy is on fire. No, not really. I just mean he is flaming. Well, what I mean is, he is drumming with fire. He’s gonna need some new drumsticks after this performance. Check out the video to see the whole thing, or jump straight to 3:15 to see the pyrotechnics.
I vote that from now on, this is the only way to drum. Is everyone cool with that? Great job COOP3RDRUMM3R. Enjoy those hands while you still have them.
[via Geekologie]
Mar 22
The folks at Dock Street Brewing Co. really love beer. They also apparently really love AMC’s The Walking Dead. Putting these two loves together was a no-brainer. Or wait. The exact opposite of that.
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Mar 22
The one person benefitting from ‘price wars’ is you, the end consumer, which is why we are happy to report that both Walmart and Best Buy are reportedly selling Microsoft’s … Continue reading
Mar 22
This article was written on October 09, 2006 by CyberNet.
Google had a look at what everyone had to say about the Google Reader’s recent update and responded by adding a few new features! As if the last update wasn’t enough they added a few really important features this time around.
- Pick your start page: On the Preferences tab that is located in the settings you can choose what you want your homepage to be. Maybe you want it to be a specific feed, folder, or all of your items. It’s up to you.
- Hiding the left side: You can hide the left sidebar to simulate a full screen mode by pressing the letter u on the keyboard. Press the same key again and it reappears. David Copperfield couldn’t even pull this kind of magic off!
- Refreshing: There is a new refresh link at the bottom of your sidebar that will check to see if any of the feeds have been updated since you last loaded the page. Google Reader also does it automatically for you every few minutes. That is much easier than having to constantly check back all of the time…now if only they would release a notifier application.
I am still a little disappointed with the frequency that Google Reader updates itself. I think they have an “intelligent” system going on where their servers watch for how frequently a feed is updated. If it is updated frequently then they will check for new posts every hour. Otherwise it appears to be on some sort of algorithm where some of my feeds only get updated every few hours.
- Space is smart again: The spacebar will let you go from post to post unless a particular is longer than what can fit on the screen. In that case it will start scrolling instead of moving on to the next post without letting you finish reading the current one.
The Google Reader Blog also mentioned that when a refresh takes place any new items that are displayed will briefly be highlighted in yellow. That makes it easy for you to see which ones it just added. Of course it flashed so quickly for me that I could hardly see it but they thought it was cool enough to give them a slight bump on the Web 2.0 scale (note the rounded corners):
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Mar 22
Traditional sprinklers simply spread water over an area, which leads to lots of water wasted and uneven watering. Droplet wants to change all that with its eponymous robot. Instead of blindly spraying water around like Bill & Lance with a Spread gun, Droplet knows where your plants are and aims at them like Mr. Mundy in Doublecross.
When you get a Droplet, you’ll go to a web app to specify the type and location of your plants. I don’t know how exactly the web app works, just that you can go through it on a computer or a mobile device and in just a few minutes. In addition to that data, Droplet will also supposedly tap into the United States’ weather station and soil sample data to gauge when and how much water to spray. One Droplet should be able to tend to a 2700sq.ft. area.
Grow a browser and head to Amazon, where you can pre-order Droplet for $300 (USD). That’s a lot of money for a sprinkler, but when you consider its resulting water savings and positive impact on the environment I think it’s worth it.
[via Digital Trends]
Mar 22
Pinstriping is an old school hot rod style that’s become an art form all its own. At an event hosted by Bell Helmets, we got to watch master striper Skratch crank out eye popping custom-painted motorcycle helmets with nothing more than a brush, a rock-steady hand, and a laser-precise eye.
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Mar 22
Turkish PM plugs Twitter DNS loophole, Facebook and YouTube could be blocked next
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When Twitter went dark for users in Turkey earlier this week, it didn’t take long for everyone to realize something was up. Prime Minister Erdoğan had reportedly threatened to pull the plug on the popular social network previously, before coming…
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