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Where do emails to donotreply.com go? Why to this guy, who then posts them on his blog
DoNotReply.com was registered way back in 2000, practically the dark ages of the Internet by a guy who thought it would be a funny domain name. Turns out though that a lot of people who don’t want to receive replies simply change their “from” field to “something@donotreply.com”. So when people reply, guess where it goes? [...]
Continue reading...A history of game consoles
24. March 2008
Ugh. Another Monday morning. Let’s kick things off with a brief but concise history of game consoles! It won’t change today into a Friday but at least I can take a stroll down memory lane. That’s Atari’s Pong. The first game console I ever came in contact with when I was just a wee tot. [...]
Continue reading...Aliens, urinals, comic books and Henry. Four sites you can live without but probably shouldn’t
20. March 2008
I spend a lot of time on the web, wandering around. Occasionally while poking about in a dusty corner (or a brightly lit hallway) I find something that’s incredibly interesting. Or incredibly bad. Hopefully, both! Here are a few websites that have made my day, had me thoughtful, chuckling or profoundly grateful for this whole [...]
Continue reading...Fun with Google Maps
19. March 2008
Go to Google Maps. Enter these coordinates: 48.825183,2.1985795 Click “Satellite” so you can see the terrain. Zoom all the way in. Now explain the reasoning behind this to me. Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...New Alienware rig features the 9800GX and the 790i Ultra SLI mobo
19. March 2008
Alienware’s flagship system, the Area-51 7500, has received a full overhaul and has re-launched as the Area-51® desktop. Alienware, the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and entertainment systems, stands for excellence and advancement in the PC gaming and home computer markets, and the Area-51 continues to leads the market in desktop innovation. Now featuring [...]
Continue reading...Earth 2050: Population Unknowable?
16. March 2008
How many people will inhabit the planet before population growth finally levels off? read more Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Today is the Day of Wii. Looks like Circuit City has a $400 Wii bundle
13. March 2008
That’s right, 400 bucks will get you a Wii and 3 games/accessories to snap on to it as well. Technorati Tags: wii, wiitastic, more wiis, I have to Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Toys R Us offering a Wii bundle, in stock, for $499.94
13. March 2008
Hey Wii fans, still looking to get one of these consoles, along with a bunch (read 5) games? Well Toys R Us has your number, that is if your number is around 500. Bucks. Here’s what they are offering: Featuring a remarkable wireless controller experience, the Nintendo Wii console invites players into game worlds and [...]
Continue reading...Pants in a pinch – for dirty kids who need new pants
12. March 2008
Cool solutions to common problems can be hard to come by. For a while now I’ve been seeing those little towels scrunched down into butter patty sized lumps so it’s a wonder that no one has thought of this before. Instant pants, for kids who need clean pants in a pinch. They are “100% cotton [...]
Continue reading...Icy Mars – Meet Promethei Planum, an area on Mars with 3500M of ice
12. March 2008
Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with layer of ice more than 3500 m thick layer of ice in the martian south polar region, was the subject of the High Resolution Stereo Camera’s focus on 22 September 2005 as Mars Express was in orbit above the Red Planet. Check out this link for a ~2MB [...]
Continue reading...Fark.com gets Dugg, threatening collapse of space-time
8. March 2008
Some enterprising young lad submitted Fark.com to Digg — eight days ago. Fark predates Digg by several years. It has elements of social news like Digg, but it’s more in the spirit of the Daily Show than Digg’s Slashdot-inspired tech obsessions. Here comes the internet implosion! read more | digg story Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Wired is asking for help to redesign their logo – D&D style in honor of Gary Gygax
7. March 2008
Fellow geek (and confirmed RPG veteran) Quill points us to Wired.com, where they are asking readers and RPG fans to redesign their logo D&D style as a tribute to Gary Gygax. Do it up old school, kick the 3.5 or hype it 4.0 style! Did I really just type that? Wow. Anyhoo, here’s my current [...]
Continue reading...Boriska, boy genius says he’s from Mars, knows of a switch behind the Sphinx’s ear.
6. March 2008
I’m really beginning to enjoy Pravda.ru for their er. . . out of this world reporting. Meet Boriska. He said his first words at 4 months of age, and by 2 years old was reading the newspaper. He also has a fairly detailed knowledge of Martian society, their underground cities, the nuclear war that decimated [...]
Continue reading...Google experimenting with search boxes within a search
5. March 2008
Now with Google you can find search boxes – or at least search box – within a search! It’s currently only working (so it seems) with some major players but searching for Amazon returns the expected result with a bonus. Under the highest ranking return, is another search box. Searching within this included search box [...]
Continue reading...Amazon music downloader now available for Linux
3. March 2008
Holy mother of MP3′s – Amazon.com has thrown out not one, but four Linux version of it’s music download software. Here’s where you can get them for Ubuntu 7.10, Debian Etch 4, Fedora 8 or OpenSUSE 10.3. You of course have to agree to a terms of use statement before downloading. Finally I can download [...]
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