Here’s a pretty funny list from over at 52 Projects of things you are not supposed to do. Strangely I find I do many of them before beginning a project. 52 Projects: “Today is the day you start your project. Wake up. Make your coffee. Sit down. Get to work. Now, it should be that…
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SMH.com: “For a time Adrian Lamo lived on the road, travelling between cities in the United States, illegally hacking into high-profile computer networks, including the computers of America Online, Excite@Home, Yahoo, MCI-WorldCom, Microsoft and The New York Times newspaper. His nomadic lifestyle earned him the tag of “the homeless hacker”. Now he’s stuck in Sacramento…
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Special: How to host a personal wiki on your home computer – Lifehacker (tags: computer howto Install software tools tutorial web wiki) start ?∑ The Design Encyclopedia (tags: design internet media web webdesign webdev) htaccess Cheatsheet A great little cheatsheet to help you hack your htaccess file. (tags: design hacks howto help Linux programming tips…
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...Read MoreBody Found In Shallow Grave
KCRA: “A body has been found in the Stanislaus National Forest, according to Modesto police officials. According to Modesto Police Department news release, detectives received information that led them to a shallow grave in the forest west of the town of Strawberry. Detectives located the grave on Thursday evening about 100 yards from Highway 108,…
...Read MoreBack From The Brink of Extinction
Mercury News: “In the latest step toward bringing back North America’s largest bird from near-extinction, three endangered California condors raised in captivity are scheduled to be released Saturday at Pinnacles National Monument, south of Hollister. Over the next several weeks, four other condors also will be released at Pinnacles, an expanse of rocky outcroppings 80…
...Read MoreThe Pacific Northwest is Moving. Did You Feel It?
Live Science: An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The chance of a major earthquake is 30 times higher now for a roughly two-week period, but the odds are still remote, scientists say. The event is called episodic…
...Read MoreBreakng In A New Firefox
Giving Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 a test run on the Mac. So far it looks nice. Extensions are broke of course but that’s to be expected with beta-ware. Tags: FireFox
...Read MoreMore Sadness From New Orleans As Bush Consoles Nation
Yahoo! News: On a day when President Bush declared “there is recovery on the way” in New Orleans, officials made a ghastly discovery of more than 40 bodies inside an evacuated hospital. It was not immediately clear how the patients died. One hospital official said at least a few of the patients were dead before…
...Read MoreGerman Brewer Makes Worlds Most Alchohol Laden Beer
Yahoo! News: A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world’s strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass. “Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry,” said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider. Schneider,…
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