RFID as Insecure as everything else

http://rfidanalysis.org/

Nice analysis of some RFID flaws. Makes you wonder how we manage to be so "safe" given that it really doesn't take much effort to break anything.

Hacking a Cell phone ring notifier

Guy's like me... not much electronics experience and wants to make stuff

http://home.att.net/%7ETom.Horsley/phonetale/markII.html

Only he actually bothers to....

Off Road Gaming

Guy makes a PC out of an RC Hummer, and it all still works!
I suppose it's a sign of how smaller form factors are going to enable a new revolutoin (that or lots of wasted spare time)

http://www.bit-tech.net/article/139/1

(Un)Lucky Marine

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/29/iraq.bombing.cpl.sevens.ap/index.html

Just don't sign him up for a Catwoman movie... that'd be the death of him for sure.

You Heard it here first

"Google IQ" or "GoogleQ" - A measure directly proportional to one's ability to rapidly discern an efficient query in order to find a sight which privides an authorative answer to a question outside one's typical scope of knowledge"

E.G.
"So when do babies usually wave for the first time?"
Uh [rapidly typing on Google searching for "baby first wave age"].... "After 9 months"
(reference http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/298_1045.asp ... search for "wave").

Commonly misconstrued with the phrase "common sense" or "common sense to dumb questions people should have googled the answer for before using their lifeline"

"Doctor", "Doctor", "Doctor", "Doctor", "Doctor"...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/technology/26health.html?ex=1264395600&en=9ad0622fe1ebc5b3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

IT companies pushing Health Care reform...

Now if only they'd do it for Election reform too

Can't keep a good lockpick out

Champion Lockpicking... who knew.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/lockbusters.html?tw=wn_tophead_4

I'd invite 'em over for a beer, but I'm sure if they wanted to hang out they'd let themselves in.

New alcohol containers

Now the alcohol starts out pretty, vs ugly people getting prettier.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/24/news/funny/beer_can/index.htm

Organize Local Collaboration on a Global Scale

Ok, I'll do it... I predict... *cringe*
VoIP will be hot. There I said it. I base this simply off the fact that people like free.
Enter Bellster.

"Bellster: A P2P communications network that empowers people to share a phone line with other like-minded individuals around the world for free. Those who share access to a line, in turn, have the ability to access the lines of all of the other nodes around the world."

http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2005/01/what_bellster_i.html
http://ipinferno.blogspot.com/

The key is that people hate complex. That and bad slogans like:

"The love you take is equal to the love you make."

But then again... maybe it'll be catch enough to get some people involved.
At least those thinking it's some sort of new phone sex service.

Why all the fighting?

Good vs Evil
White vs Whole Wheat
Left Brain vs Right Brain

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/brain.html?tw=wn_tophead_5

Some great commentary on what it will take to be successful in the next round of "the workforce" and implications on why outsourcing to Asia could allow Americans to be more productive.

Also, I'd just like to remind you all, that as a Lefty I'm in my right mind.... I swear.

Lexus BTD - Bluetooth Transmitted Disease

Bluetooth viruses that target Lexus Cars... what will those crazy kids think up next!?

http://www.infosecnews.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=newsDetails&newsUID=bc5789cf-e448-4a6e-bee9-a5dd291405ed&newsType=News

"Store"-driving for fun and profit

Creative way to enhance A9's offerings vs their competitors. Now if only they can get it to scale

http://a9.com/-/company/YellowPages.jsp

Quite an Analogy

Pirating a Civil rights film....

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,66410,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

I suppose it is our Generation's own version of embittered civil disobediance

People other then Pirates are excited about this?

Send movies wirelessly and everyone gets exciting

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66380,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

I feel like someone just got people excited about shoestrings... uh, hello? Porn? The rest of us have been watching movies wireless for a while now.

Fun with Kimonos

Threads of Steel
Winter cloth brings color
bits make noise

http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=987

Big, Fast Balls

Uh... no. Not like that...
Try catching this fastball... it travels at 99.9% the speed of light!

"To accelerate a bowling ball to the speed newly measured in these blazars would require all the energy produced in the world for an entire week," Piner said. "And the blobs of plasma in these jets are at least as massive as a large planet."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/18/universe.speed/index.html

If I felt like having a favorite artist

This guy would be the one.

http://www.strandbeest.com/

Check out his StrandBeests... Watch the video so you can see how the Rhino moves, with the wind!

http://strandbeest.ii.nl/movies/rhinoceros%20klaar_kort.mpg

Also, good article on him at Wired.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66356,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

This just in ... IBM Sucks

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan/20050121#an_open_letter_to_sam1

Well, that is according to the Sun CEO.

" IBM and Sun have a long history of partnering." - Yep, and Oracle and MS both do SQL

"Solaris 10, ... bringing mainframe features ... "
- Oh man, get this guy some meds he's dellusional. Spouting "mainframe" features that 1st Sun said was dead and finally they catch up to IBM and he acts like they're revolutionary.

Anyway to the crux of his smoke and mirrors:
(Paraphrasing only somewhat)
"We and our customers want IBM to support Solaris 10 with WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, Rational and MQSeries products. They're feeling that your withholding support is part of a vendor lock-in strategy. A strategy to trap them into IBM's proprietary Power5 platform only."

Nice scare tatics.

Um let me get this straight. The first major company to support Linux, the company that's pushing open standards and has had Linux compatabiliy in AIX for years now... and _IBM's_ the lock in? Or how 'bout Sun, who's only finaly begun to play with "open source" and it's for Solaris... forget the masses behind Linux (something they continue to ignore). Suddenly we're supposed to play w/ you because you want to share you ball-ball now?

Maybe IBM and the rest of the Open Source Community just don't think you're worth playing with.

A Wiskey Holliday

Oh man here's a holiday I could get into.

"Activities are basic: You drink some whisky, eat some haggis and recite the lines of Robbie Burns, Scotland's national poet.

If you don't like dishes made from sheep's lung, you can skip the haggis. Truth be told, the poetry's optional, too. Just pour yourself a wee dram and drink. Then repeat the process."

All for the sake of the whiskey industry.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/20/pf/goodlife/whisky/index.htm

Sushi for a Nuclear Holocost

Even if you don't like Sushi, these are sure to please.

http://www.twinkies.com/recipebox/index.asp?cmd=view&id=84

Just in case they're not for you... realistic looking and they're everyone's favorite flavor.... chocolate

http://www.kookisushi.com/index.htm

R U tht d u m b?

Short article on why kids shouldn't be allowed to use cell phones, and should play video games instead.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/24/italy.text.reut/index.html

Soccer Playing Robots

Brief overview a fun Linux embedded toy.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5691991282.html

Man I wish I could play with toys like that.

First Post!

Pardon the dorky reference. I thought perhaps I would actually give this thing a try.

I think I need a blog just to collect the random bits if things I encounter all day.
(Mostly other websites)
Shame you can't do tags with these though. That would be crucial.