August 2009
15 posts
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When Pirates Become Copyright Cash Cows →
Copyright laws were once written to allow content creators to protect their work, but at an increasing rate copyright is used to carefully extract money from file-sharers. Some tracking companies go…
A Visual Guide to Version Control |... →
Great introduction to version control systems
Five Things a Sports Bar needs for NFL Sundays →
A list that every sports bar owner in America should see. Minus obvious things, like as many HDTVs as the bar can fit, the NFL Sunday Ticket package, a quality wait staff and bathrooms that at least…
TED: Wireless Electricity Demo (VIDEO) →
Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT’s breakthrough version, WiTricity — a near-to-market…
There is a booming wine industry in Indiana →
The Indiana Wine Grape Council says seven new wineries opened this year across Indiana and seven more are expected to start up in the coming year. The new wineries give Indiana 43 commercial wineries…
Brightkite Augmented Reality - See through walls! →
Using Brightkite and Layar on Android, you can see people, photos and notes right through the lens of your camera…even through walls!
What's luck got to do with it? The maths of... →
Even if you can’t beat the system, there are some cunning ways to tilt the odds in your favour.
85 Free High Quality Silhouette Sets →
"WTF"......Horse Plays Chicken -- Leaps Moving Car →
This video is just insane: A horse somehow galloped into traffic in Israel yesterday — and successfully hurdled a car that was driving directly towards it, crushing the front windshield in the…
Test Credit Card Account Numbers →
Useful for when testing the checkout process of an online store
Fake ATM Doesn't Last Long at Hacker Meet →
Criminals planted a fake ATM machine at the Defcon hacker conference this week; it was quickly spotted.
Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open The iPhone →
Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google Voice and related apps from the iPhone. Or maybe it was AT&T who rejected the apps. Nobody really knows. But the FCC launched an…