2006-05-26
ANPR Surveillance Helicopter Tested
ANPR Surveillance Helicopter Tested: "Within the U.S., two cities are using the technology in a device called 'Bootfinder' to identify and tow vehicles with unpaid parking tickets or even overdue library books. One woman's car in Connecticut was towed out of her driveway because she had $85 in unpaid parking tickets. Legislation is pending in Texas to allow the use of RFID to scan and ticket passing motorists who have expired automobile insurance."
Crypto-Gram: May 15, 2005
Crypto-Gram: May 15, 2005: "The United States will get a national ID card. The REAL ID Act establishes uniform standards for state driver's licenses, to go into effect in three years, effectively creating a national ID card. It's a bad idea, and is going to make us all less safe. It's also very expensive. And it all happened without any serious debate in Congress."
2006-05-15
Skype - The whole world can talk for free.
Skype - The whole world can talk for free.
Skype just made all calls free. Previously you had to buy credits which were already very inexpensive. I wondered what eBay was going to do with Skype :)
So, to reiterate. Anyone in the US or Canada can download skype for free, register for free, and CALL for free to anyone in the United States or Canada for the rest of the year.
This is likely a market test to see what happens. However, we might be looking at the new "gMail for phones", brought to you by skype and ebay...
Skype just made all calls free. Previously you had to buy credits which were already very inexpensive. I wondered what eBay was going to do with Skype :)
So, to reiterate. Anyone in the US or Canada can download skype for free, register for free, and CALL for free to anyone in the United States or Canada for the rest of the year.
This is likely a market test to see what happens. However, we might be looking at the new "gMail for phones", brought to you by skype and ebay...
2006-05-10
The Goog-le domain is up for sale on eBay !
The goog-le.com is up for sale on eBay. I know the guy who owns this domain personally. He's a very, very cool guy who I'm sure could really use some traffic and bids. Can I get the digg community to generate some interest, please ?
Plus, that's GOT to be a great name to register. Who knows, maybe google will see it and make a decent offer :)
read more | digg story
Plus, that's GOT to be a great name to register. Who knows, maybe google will see it and make a decent offer :)
read more | digg story
2006-05-05
2006-05-04
'World's oldest person' turns 128 - Americas - MSNBC.com
'World's oldest person' turns 128 - Americas - MSNBC.com: "SAN AGUSTIN, El Salvador - Friends and relatives of Cruz Hernandez’s gathered Wednesday to celebrate her 128th birthday, a milestone that might make her the world’s oldest person.
Hernandez, who relatives say spends most of her time dozing and no longer speaks, was surrounded by some 200 people at her party, some bearing a cake and others dressed as Salvadoran mythological heroes.
According to national records, Hernandez was born on May 3, 1878, in one of the country’s central provinces, where she gave birth to 13 children. She now has 60 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great grandchildren."
Hernandez, who relatives say spends most of her time dozing and no longer speaks, was surrounded by some 200 people at her party, some bearing a cake and others dressed as Salvadoran mythological heroes.
According to national records, Hernandez was born on May 3, 1878, in one of the country’s central provinces, where she gave birth to 13 children. She now has 60 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great grandchildren."
2006-04-22
2006-04-17
Minority Cube : Reality Virtualized
Quasimondo : Incubator : Processing : Minority Cube: "If you've seen the movie Minority Report you probably remember the impressing gesture based computer interface that Tom Cruise uses. Well, my experiment here is far from that, but nevertheless quite entertaining I think:
Minority Cube allows you to control the rotation of the cube on the screen by moving your hand (or yourself) in front of your webcam. It understands up, down, left, right and screw (a motion a bit like if you're trying to screw a light bulb into your webcam's lens). If you don't have a webcam attached you will not be able to move it, I'm sorry. You might have to experiment a bit what's the best lighting situation, distance of your hand and motion speed."
Minority Cube allows you to control the rotation of the cube on the screen by moving your hand (or yourself) in front of your webcam. It understands up, down, left, right and screw (a motion a bit like if you're trying to screw a light bulb into your webcam's lens). If you don't have a webcam attached you will not be able to move it, I'm sorry. You might have to experiment a bit what's the best lighting situation, distance of your hand and motion speed."
2006-04-12
Password Chart
Password Chart
Thought this was interesting enough to post:
How do I use this?
1. Enter a chart selection phrase to select one of over 4 billion possible password charts.
Examples: "what me worry?" or "I like green eggs and ham" or "My name is Indigo Montoya"
2. Enter an easy to remember password that you want to convert to a hard to guess password.
3. Use the resulting converted password as the password on any of the bazillion websites you visit.
4. At any time in the future return here, enter the same phase and password to retrieve your hard to guess password.
Why should I use this?
1. Picking and remembering strong passwords is a pain. It's easier to convert an easy to remember one.
2. It works on any computer and if you print out the chart it also works offline.
3. Its free, easy and secure. Everything is done in your browser -- no passwords are sent over the Internet.
Thought this was interesting enough to post:
How do I use this?
1. Enter a chart selection phrase to select one of over 4 billion possible password charts.
Examples: "what me worry?" or "I like green eggs and ham" or "My name is Indigo Montoya"
2. Enter an easy to remember password that you want to convert to a hard to guess password.
3. Use the resulting converted password as the password on any of the bazillion websites you visit.
4. At any time in the future return here, enter the same phase and password to retrieve your hard to guess password.
Why should I use this?
1. Picking and remembering strong passwords is a pain. It's easier to convert an easy to remember one.
2. It works on any computer and if you print out the chart it also works offline.
3. Its free, easy and secure. Everything is done in your browser -- no passwords are sent over the Internet.
2006-03-10
Black Holes Don't Exist?
Black Holes Don't Exist?: "Dark energy and dark matter, two of the greatest mysteries confronting physicists, may be two sides of the same coin. A new and as yet undiscovered kind of star could explain both phenomena and, in turn, remove black holes from the lexicon of cosmology."
2006-03-05
US Government Studies Open Source Quality
US Government Studies Open Source Quality: "anadgouda writes 'US Department of Homeland Security has released a report on open source quality in an effort to study the security of open source. 31 popular open source packages were studied as part of this effort. From the article: 'Coverity's report, Stacking up the LAMP stack: a study of open source quality, was produced as part of a $1.24m, three-year DHS Science and Technology Directorate effort to evaluate and improve the security of open source.''"
2006-02-26
Microsoft Origami Video and Pics!
Microsoft Origami Video and Pics!: "Somebody from a digital marketing firm leaked their promotional Microsoft Origami video... So Kevin took a few screen shots for us! It looks like a mini tablet PC - nothing more, nothing less."
2006-02-25
2006-02-20
2006-02-17
Sleep A Thing Of The Past
Sleep A Thing Of The Past: "New drugs which will allow people to survive on only two hours sleep a day are being developed, scientists have said. The drugs will allow people to cope with the pressures of 24-hour society."
2005-11-18
People are always asking me...
Here's a new blog and blogger who's a good friend of mine. I thought I'd share his first blog here: People are always asking me...: "People are always asking me..."
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