Commencement Speech to the Havard Class of 2000
by Conan O'Brien
The Style & Design 100
Femurs are great for holding pens
13 April 2007
13 april 2007
Commencement Speech to the Havard Class of 2000
by Conan O'Brien
The Style & Design 100
Femurs are great for holding pens
12 April 2007
email gremlins
Inside the Bush E-Mail Scandal
Four Years' Worth Of Rove E-Mail Missing
Today, April 13, 2007, 3 hours ago Michael Abramowitz
A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove that is being sought as part of investigations into the Bush administration, according to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
GOP officials took issue with Rep. Henry Waxman's account of the briefing and said they still hope to find the e-mail as they conduct forensic work on their computer equipment. But they acknowledged that they took action to prevent Rove -- and Rove alone among the two dozen or so White House officials with RNC accounts -- from deleting his e-mails from the RNC server. Waxman (D-Calif.) said he was told the RNC made that move in 2005.
Pat Leahy on missing RNC emails: “It’s like the famous 18 minute gap in the Nixon WH tapes”
Leahy: Missing RNC E-mails are like Nixon's 18-minute gap
The top Senate Democrat leading investigations into the dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorneys by the Justice Department is comparing e-mails lost by the Republican National Committee to President Richard Nixon's famous "18-minute" gap in White House tape recordings.
“The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.”
White House spokesman Scott Stanzel “could not say what had been lost, and said the White House is working to recover as many as they can. The White House has now shut off employees’ ability to delete e-mails on the separate accounts, and is briefing staffers on how to better make determinations about when — and when not — to use them, Stanzel said.”
UPDATE: The Politico has more details:
This is a big problem for the White House, and Waxman said it raised ’serious legal and security concerns’ about the e-mail related activities of Bush administration aides.
Waxman’s staff are supposed to meet with RNC officials on Thursday about the “rnchq” and “gwb.43″ e-mail accounts, which some White House officials, like Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, use for authorized political work. Waxman suspects that White House aides were using the accounts to evade presidential record-keeping requirements.
The Politico also reports that the White House held a private briefing on the situation for some reporters, who relayed the message, “it’s really bad for the White House.”
Washington Post
The White House acknowledged yesterday that e-mails dealing with official government business, possibly including missives related to the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, may have been lost because they were improperly sent through private accounts intended to be used for political activities.
Administration officials said they could offer no estimate of how many e-mails were lost but indicated that some may involve messages from White House senior adviser Karl Rove, whose role in the firings has been under scrutiny by congressional Democrats.
Democrats have charged that Rove and other officials may have used the private accounts, set up through the Republican National Committee, in an effort to avoid normal review. Under federal law, the White House is required to maintain records, including e-mails, involving presidential decision-making and deliberations. White House aides' use of their political e-mail accounts to discuss the prosecutor firings has also fanned Democratic accusations that the actions were politically motivated.Read more…
USA Today
"This is entirely appropriate," Stanzel said of the Bush White House practice.
I think this deserves its own post…CREW:
Today, CREW issued a new report, WITHOUT A TRACE: The Missing White House Emails and Violations of the PRA, and made the shocking new disclosure that the Bush White House has lost over FIVE MILLION e-mails in a two year period. The report also details the legal issues behind the growing controversy over the White House e-mail scandal.
Four Years' Worth Of Rove E-Mail Missing
Today, April 13, 2007, 3 hours ago Michael Abramowitz
A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove that is being sought as part of investigations into the Bush administration, according to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
GOP officials took issue with Rep. Henry Waxman's account of the briefing and said they still hope to find the e-mail as they conduct forensic work on their computer equipment. But they acknowledged that they took action to prevent Rove -- and Rove alone among the two dozen or so White House officials with RNC accounts -- from deleting his e-mails from the RNC server. Waxman (D-Calif.) said he was told the RNC made that move in 2005.
Pat Leahy on missing RNC emails: “It’s like the famous 18 minute gap in the Nixon WH tapes”
Leahy: Missing RNC E-mails are like Nixon's 18-minute gap
The top Senate Democrat leading investigations into the dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorneys by the Justice Department is comparing e-mails lost by the Republican National Committee to President Richard Nixon's famous "18-minute" gap in White House tape recordings.
Froomkin:
Countless e-mails to and from many key White House staffers have been deleted — lost to history and placed out of reach of congressional subpoenas — due to a brazen violation of internal White House policy that was allowed to continue for more than six years, the White House acknowledged yesterday.
But when I asked Stanzel to read out loud the White House e-mail policy, it seemed clear enough to me: "Federal law requires the preservation of electronic communications sent or received by White House staff," says the handbook that all staffers are given and expected to read and comply with.
Stanzel refused to publicly release the relevant portions of the White House staff manual and denied my request to make public the transcript of the call, which lasted more than an hour but which — due to Stanzel's refusal or inability to provide straight answers on many issues — raised more questions than it answered….read on
“The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.”
White House spokesman Scott Stanzel “could not say what had been lost, and said the White House is working to recover as many as they can. The White House has now shut off employees’ ability to delete e-mails on the separate accounts, and is briefing staffers on how to better make determinations about when — and when not — to use them, Stanzel said.”
UPDATE: The Politico has more details:
This is a big problem for the White House, and Waxman said it raised ’serious legal and security concerns’ about the e-mail related activities of Bush administration aides.
Waxman’s staff are supposed to meet with RNC officials on Thursday about the “rnchq” and “gwb.43″ e-mail accounts, which some White House officials, like Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, use for authorized political work. Waxman suspects that White House aides were using the accounts to evade presidential record-keeping requirements.
The Politico also reports that the White House held a private briefing on the situation for some reporters, who relayed the message, “it’s really bad for the White House.”
Washington Post
The White House acknowledged yesterday that e-mails dealing with official government business, possibly including missives related to the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, may have been lost because they were improperly sent through private accounts intended to be used for political activities.
Administration officials said they could offer no estimate of how many e-mails were lost but indicated that some may involve messages from White House senior adviser Karl Rove, whose role in the firings has been under scrutiny by congressional Democrats.
Democrats have charged that Rove and other officials may have used the private accounts, set up through the Republican National Committee, in an effort to avoid normal review. Under federal law, the White House is required to maintain records, including e-mails, involving presidential decision-making and deliberations. White House aides' use of their political e-mail accounts to discuss the prosecutor firings has also fanned Democratic accusations that the actions were politically motivated.Read more…
USA Today
"This is entirely appropriate," Stanzel said of the Bush White House practice.
I think this deserves its own post…CREW:
Today, CREW issued a new report, WITHOUT A TRACE: The Missing White House Emails and Violations of the PRA, and made the shocking new disclosure that the Bush White House has lost over FIVE MILLION e-mails in a two year period. The report also details the legal issues behind the growing controversy over the White House e-mail scandal.
11 April 2007
11APRIL2007
'Barbarella' back in action
'Royale' writers to revive character
What happens when you have a bunch of CDs or DVDs that need to be destroyed, for the data contained within is extremely sensitive in nature and could be catastrophic if it falls into the wrong hands? The DiscEraser has the answer, requiring you to just open it up, pop in the disc, close the lid, and drag the slider back and forth in order to create a whole bunch of scratches that renders the data on the disc unreadable. Technically, none of the data is erased, but the cuts made are definitely thicker and deeper than conventional methods (keys, razor blades). The DiscEraser retails for $12.99.
KnocKey laughs at keyholes
Yesterday, April 11, 2007, 11:27:55 AM
The KnocKey offers an alternative to the traditional locking methods use at home by doing away with the standard keyhole. Instead, all you need to do when you want to enter your home would be to punch in the correct code on the KnocKey's keypad and hold it up to the door. The code will be played back with a correct sequence resulting in an unlocked door. The only drawback would be forcing your brain to set some more space for yet another password sequence, something most of us can ill afford these days with the number of e-mail addresses, PIN codes, and user accounts we have.
Mac OS X kernel panic screensaver - let the pranks begin
Schwarzenegger Urges Environmentalists To Shed Past As "Serious Tree Huggers"
"For too long the environmental movement has been powered by guilt," Schwarzenegger said in a keynote speech Wednesday at a global warming conference at Georgetown University.
Monica Goodling resigns.
Senate Backs Embryonic Stem Cell Research
But still shy of votes needed to overrule Bush's promised veto.
Alzheimer's-Friendly Virtual Home
LBJ Ordered Assassination of JFK Says Hunt On Deathbed
E. Howard Hunt, the country's most notorious spook who later served time for his role as one of the plumbers in the bungled burglary that later toppled Richard Nixon, gave a near-deathbed confession to his long-estranged son, naming then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and a handful of CIA spooks as the cabal behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy, according to a story in Rolling Stone.
PC World revealed “The 50 Best Tech Products of All Time” with Netscape Navigator (1994) coming in at number one. Tetris = 10. Yay, Tetris!
for tre: games
Boot Camp beta to expire, support to cease
Users of Apple's Boot Camp beta software could find themselves lacking support and driver updates, once the product ships with the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard this spring. Boot Camp is special software developed by Apple that allows Intel-based Mac owners to create separate partitions on one or more hard drives to support Microsoft's Windows XP and Vista operating systems. The Boot Camp licensing terms however state that the software is only usable until the company releases a commercial version or until the September 30th deadline, whichever comes first. Apple has not revealed whether it will issue a final version of Boot Camp for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users, according to News.com, but rumors abound that the company will provide standalone copies of Boot Camp for Tiger users when the final product ships.
Apple has also reassured Boot Camp users who have set up Windows partitions that their files will not instantly disappear should they choose not to purchase the final version, but admitted that support will be limited for those users who continue to use the beta.
It looks like China's not content to simply wait for over-eager gamers to find their way to a halfway house, with the government now taking some steps to curb the amount of online gaming kids partake in. It's not imposing a strict limit, however, instead forcing game makers to install so-called "anti-addiction software" in their games, which would ramp up in-game penalties if gamers play more than the government deems to be healthy. Apparently, gamers will only get half the normal amount points if they play more than three hours, with no points awarded at all after the five hour mark. At that point, they'll be presented with the ominous message: "You have entered unhealthy game time, please go offline immediately to rest." Exactly how that system will be applied to various games isn't clear, although it seems that any games that don't comply by July 16th will be shut down. What's more, in order to verify their age, all gamers will also be required to register for games using their real name and identity card number, which at least one analyst speculates could "scare away" adults and young users alike.[Via Slashdot]
09 April 2007
09APR2007
TUAW Guide: Wireless Broadband on your Mac
$19 here and cheaper and siliconier here
The best -- and worst -- movie battle scenes
$19 here and cheaper and siliconier here The best -- and worst -- movie battle scenes
holy hell
One of Ashcroft's most profound changes was to the Civil Rights Division, started in 1957 to fight racial discrimination in voting. Under Ashcroft, career lawyers were systematically fired or forced out and replaced by members of conservative or Christian groups or folks with no civil rights experience. In the five years after 2001, the Civil Rights Division brought no voting cases -- and only one employment case -- on behalf of an African American. Instead, the division took up the "civil rights" abuses of reverse discrimination -- claims of voter fraud or discrimination against Christians. On Feb. 20, Gonzales announced a new initiative called the First Freedom Project to carry out "even greater enforcement of religious rights for all Americans." In his view, the fight for a student's right to read a Bible in school is as urgent as the right to vote.
more here and a quick synopsis version here
more here and a quick synopsis version here
06 April 2007
06APR2007
remembering a golden oldie: Punk rock kittens and liking the moon
Cutting the City's Lights to Make a Point
Today, April 06, 2007, 5 hours ago
Officials in Sydney, Australia turned off the lights in their downtown last weekend in a move to make people more aware of global warming. Laura Miller, mayor of Dallas, talks about whether she would consider doing the same thing in her city. I so had this idea two months ago.
Bookmark Bliss: 50 sources for web design inspiration
Taliban Wages War on Afghan Girls' Schools
Yesterday, April 05, 2007, 2:52:00 PM
The reemergence of the Taliban threatens one of Afghanistan's greatest achievements: education. Female students, whom the Taliban denounces as un-Islamic, are at greatest risk. Their teachers are kidnapped and killed; their classrooms are torched; and their parents are threatened.
Cheney Speech Prompts Protests at BYU
Yesterday, April 05, 2007, 10:16:00 AM
Not everyone at Brigham Young University is happy to have Vice President Dick Cheney as a commencement speaker. Student and faculty protests are growing. Given the school's inherent conservatism, it's a surprising development.
Fishermen catch big, old Alaska rockfish
Today, April 06, 2007, 3 hours ago
A commercial fishing boat hauled in what may have been one of the oldest creatures in Alaska — a giant rockfish estimated to be about a century old. This kind of thing makes me sad.
Sticky Windows 2.0 boasts new style
Donelleschi Software has released Sticky Windows 2.0, a utility that extends the tab browsing experience to the desktop. Sticky Windows shrinks windows into tabs when they are dragged toward the edge of the screen, providing users with a clutter-free workspace. Tabs are created by dragging windows to any side of the screen, and removing tabs consists of dragging them away from the edge of the screen to re-display the window. The update features "Manual" and "Automatic" tab types, with file drag-and-drop support. A new style and new visual effects accompany a new code base that is more reliable and faster than previous versions. The latest release also runs natively on Intel-based Macs as a Universal Binary. Sticky Windows is priced at $15 -- down from $20 -- to celebrate the new release, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Obviously, scientists didn't exactly originate the idea of harvesting energy from the sun when they started slapping together solar cells -- plants have been up on this whole photosynthesis mojo for a good long while. Now some researchers at Massey University in New Zealand have developed a range of synthetic dyes from organic compounds that closely mimic the light harvesting that goes on in nature. Other scientists have been pursuing similar solar techniques, but there's a major difficulty in getting the dyes to pass the energy on for actual use. After 10 years of research, the Massey scientists claim to have "the most efficient porphyrin dye in the world." Benefits of the dyes over traditional silicon-based solar panels include the ability to operate in low light, 10x cheaper production, and flexible application -- starting with canvassing roofs, walls and windows, but eventually moving on to wearable items that can charge your electronics stash. A working prototype for "real applications" should be ready in a couple years.[Via The Raw Feed]
While it did our carbon-based souls some good to see Europe and S.Korea drafting ethical robot legislation, we couldn't help but notice that Japan -- the true robotic superpower -- was mysteriously absent from the discussion table. No more! Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has drafted what has been called a "hugely complex set of proposals" to keep the robots from turning us all into a matrix of clean-shaven electrical batteries. The 60-pages of "civil service jargon" are said to go far beyond Asimov's original three laws of robotics. Under Japan's plan, all robots would be required to report back to a central database any and all injuries they cause to the people they are meant to be helping or protecting. The draft is currently open to public comment with a final set of principles set to be unveiled as early as May. Fine, but shouldn't we have a unified set of principles governing all robots, regardless of their country of manufacture?
Cutting the City's Lights to Make a Point
Today, April 06, 2007, 5 hours ago
Officials in Sydney, Australia turned off the lights in their downtown last weekend in a move to make people more aware of global warming. Laura Miller, mayor of Dallas, talks about whether she would consider doing the same thing in her city. I so had this idea two months ago.
Bookmark Bliss: 50 sources for web design inspiration
Taliban Wages War on Afghan Girls' Schools
Yesterday, April 05, 2007, 2:52:00 PM
The reemergence of the Taliban threatens one of Afghanistan's greatest achievements: education. Female students, whom the Taliban denounces as un-Islamic, are at greatest risk. Their teachers are kidnapped and killed; their classrooms are torched; and their parents are threatened.
Cheney Speech Prompts Protests at BYU
Yesterday, April 05, 2007, 10:16:00 AM
Not everyone at Brigham Young University is happy to have Vice President Dick Cheney as a commencement speaker. Student and faculty protests are growing. Given the school's inherent conservatism, it's a surprising development.
Fishermen catch big, old Alaska rockfishToday, April 06, 2007, 3 hours ago
A commercial fishing boat hauled in what may have been one of the oldest creatures in Alaska — a giant rockfish estimated to be about a century old. This kind of thing makes me sad.
Sticky Windows 2.0 boasts new style
Donelleschi Software has released Sticky Windows 2.0, a utility that extends the tab browsing experience to the desktop. Sticky Windows shrinks windows into tabs when they are dragged toward the edge of the screen, providing users with a clutter-free workspace. Tabs are created by dragging windows to any side of the screen, and removing tabs consists of dragging them away from the edge of the screen to re-display the window. The update features "Manual" and "Automatic" tab types, with file drag-and-drop support. A new style and new visual effects accompany a new code base that is more reliable and faster than previous versions. The latest release also runs natively on Intel-based Macs as a Universal Binary. Sticky Windows is priced at $15 -- down from $20 -- to celebrate the new release, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Obviously, scientists didn't exactly originate the idea of harvesting energy from the sun when they started slapping together solar cells -- plants have been up on this whole photosynthesis mojo for a good long while. Now some researchers at Massey University in New Zealand have developed a range of synthetic dyes from organic compounds that closely mimic the light harvesting that goes on in nature. Other scientists have been pursuing similar solar techniques, but there's a major difficulty in getting the dyes to pass the energy on for actual use. After 10 years of research, the Massey scientists claim to have "the most efficient porphyrin dye in the world." Benefits of the dyes over traditional silicon-based solar panels include the ability to operate in low light, 10x cheaper production, and flexible application -- starting with canvassing roofs, walls and windows, but eventually moving on to wearable items that can charge your electronics stash. A working prototype for "real applications" should be ready in a couple years.[Via The Raw Feed]
While it did our carbon-based souls some good to see Europe and S.Korea drafting ethical robot legislation, we couldn't help but notice that Japan -- the true robotic superpower -- was mysteriously absent from the discussion table. No more! Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has drafted what has been called a "hugely complex set of proposals" to keep the robots from turning us all into a matrix of clean-shaven electrical batteries. The 60-pages of "civil service jargon" are said to go far beyond Asimov's original three laws of robotics. Under Japan's plan, all robots would be required to report back to a central database any and all injuries they cause to the people they are meant to be helping or protecting. The draft is currently open to public comment with a final set of principles set to be unveiled as early as May. Fine, but shouldn't we have a unified set of principles governing all robots, regardless of their country of manufacture?
05 April 2007
wii strap
US airlines to see in-flight Wi-Fi by 2008Tuesday, April 03, 2007, 1:35:00 PM
US airline passengers will soon have the option of wireless Internet in their cabins, thanks in part to developments by Colorado-based AirCell. The company says it has snapped up unused frequencies from the FCC that would let it create a Wi-Fi hotspot in airplane cabins, allowing notebooks as well as properly-equipped handhelds such as the iPhone...
Memeo ships LifeAgent backup app for Mac
Yesterday, April 04, 2007, 8:30:00 AM
Memeo today released LifeAgent, its high performance automatic backup software for Mac. Memeo LifeAgent is designed to help Mac users manage, track and safeguard digital files in a simple and natural way. A 3-step setup process identifies which files are important, working quietly in the background to automatically share, sync, and secure digital c...
Milk Desk targets space-conscious Mac users
The newly unveiled Milk Desk -- an actual desk with an electronic base that raises and lowers to accommodate either sitting or standing -- is intended to address the concerns of a number of computer users, but is specifically aimed at the minimalist aesthetic of the Mac world. Gearlog notes that while the desk's surface is just 55 by 25 inches, it features exits and a drawer to minimalize cable clutter, as well as a file slot on the front to store items such as papers and small electronics. The left-hand side holds four compartments that open up to store anything from pens or pencils to devices such as iPods while still retaining in-desk wire routing. The Milk Desk -- which was designed by Soren Kjaer and Holmris Hansen A/S -- is already avialable in Europe, but should soon come to North America.
04 April 2007
4APR2007-Shinyshiny
Sony NV-U72T out this summer
Sony will be releasing the NV-U72T personal navigation device throughout Europe when June rolls around, featuring 2GB of flash memory that holds maps of 21 Western European countries. In addition, Sony will throw in a new windshield mount that can be folded and fitted onto itself, making a drastic departure from traditional windshield mount designs. The NV-U72T also boasts the "gesture command" feature that enables you to sketch a simple figure on the screen to let the device know which common destination you're headed to, such as home, parking, or gas stations. A 3.5" anti-glare, fingerprint proof display has also been thrown into the fray, although I'm curious to know how the anti-fingerprint technology works. Pricing details are currently unknown.
03APR2007-Gizmodo
Virgin America Tentatively Approved for Market Penetration
As much fun as it would be to make lame jokes about the name Virgin and how phallic a big steel tube flying through the sky is, we'll just leave it at saying Virgin America's just been tentatively approved by the US Department of Transportation.
Virgin, for the unfamiliar, has state-of-the-art planes that play Doom and have loads of music and video streaming appliances in every seat. It's essentially the ultimate airline for nerds who have to travel (us).
Device Allows People who are Paralyzed to Stand
Apparently, it's the future. There's a device out there that will allow people who are paralyzed from the waist down to stand, providing their muscles still work. It zaps the muscles into action at the push of a button, allowing people confined to wheelchairs to stand and get things from high shelves, use an ATM, or any number of other things. It's amazing, and it seems like it's only a matter of time before a way to get paralyzed people walking normally again is developed. –Adam Frucci
CureSpinalCordInjury [via MedGadget]
MapQuest's Send to Cell Makes Mobile Mapping Slightly More Convenient
How to mount a Windows shared folder on your Mac
from lifehacker.com — So you've made the switch to Mac, but kept your old PC, and now you've got both connected to your home router. How do you access your Windows files from OS X? Sure you could set up an FTP or SSH server, but that's overkill for a regular home network.
Michigan Teenager Creates Nuclear Fusion from His Basement
Using parts he found on eBay and at his local hardware store, high school senior Thiago Olson managed to achieve nuclear fusion from his home in Michigan.
Dealzmodo: Up to $800 off Refurbished MacBook Pros
That oh-so-trendy Apple "Special Deals" store has been restocked yet again, this time with MacBook Pros. The store has a wide variety of models available with different discounts. See the list below for information about each, compiled by Dealhack.
CURRENT PROJECT: San Diego Head Start Program
by Gina Trapani
Despite what Apple wants you to think, your Mac isn't invincible. While Macs may be less vulnerable to viruses and spyware than PC's, they're just as likely to get stolen or suffer from a hardware failure like a hard drive crash. When that happens, will it be a catastrophe, or just an inconvenience? It depends on whether or not - and how well - you back up your Mac.
FreeHand Gives Your Hand a Pocket
US Airliners to Get Wi-Fi Action by Next Year
7 Ways to Speed Up Vista
Vista has been out in the wild just a little while now, but the goddamn OS has likely already started to fudge its pants. Here's one of those too obvious "Speed up your OS articles" by Extreme tech. It would be completely useless, except, it gets into the nitty gritty of the OS. Just because you've had enough time to let Vista fuck up your PC doesn't mean you've had enough time to learn its intricacies. Go read.– Louis Ramirez Speed Up Windows Vista [ExtremeTech]
Nikon D40x Hands-On: Potent Power, Petite Price
23 June 2006
16 June 2006
A Better Home Office
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini250GB
The easy-to-use network hard drive
The easy-to-use, portable LaCie Ethernet Disk mini can be plugged in to your network to instantly share documents, slideshows and photos, or connected to your computer through USB for use as a personal storage device.
$189
- Low Cost: Network storage without the expense of a server
- Printer server capability with USB-attached printer
- 2 USB 2.0 (host) ports to add additional storage
- High-speed Ethernet Connectivity
- Easy to use: Single cable install
- $282.52
Simple shared storage for your small office or home network. Automatic network configuration makes installation a breeze, and the browser interface easily creates private folders.Maxtor Shared Storage Drive - 200GB
$249.95 $213
LaCie300GB Brick Desktop Hard Drive, Blue Build your desktop storage one Brick at a time with the new LaCie BRICK hard drives designed by Ora-Ïto. Built to perform the unique design brings a lighter side to your workspace. Only $164.99
Power Mac G5 14dbi Corner Directional AntennaGet 5 times the wireless network range using this new corner-mounted antenna for your Power Mac G5 Tower. If you're stuck in that dead space known as an office corner and can't seem to get the signal strength you need, then this is the way to go. Just plug it into your standard AirPort connector and go at it. You don't have to do anything different to make it work - just plug in and start networking.
Works with all Mac OS version and all AirPort Base Stations. Also works with the other 802.11b through 802.11g networks you might find at offices, colleges, airports, coffee shops and other varied wireless environments anywhere you go - you mobile maven you.
MFP#: CA14-G5
| BT500 Bluetooth Mouse | BT500 Bluetooth Mouse | | $39.99 | $39.99 |  | |
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12 June 2006
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MediaLab, makers of the popular PSD2FLA Photoshop-to-Flash conversion plug-in, have introduced SiteGrinder 2.0 for converting PSD files into interactive HTML pages and Web galleries. Some of the capabilities match things Photoshop and ImageReady already offer (e.g. slicing, creating rollovers), but SiteGrinder goes further by generating scrolling text boxes, CSS-styled text from Photoshop text layers, multiple pages from Layer Comps, and more. The site lets you see the product in action and check out example pages it has generated.
VIDEO: INTEL's Next Gen Notebook Designs
How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista
Google Browser Sync
OLD NEWS: Motorola today announced its second-generation iTunes phone: the Motorola SLVR L7 is a quad band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) phone that is offered for Cingular mobile network users in the US (and international GSM-network roaming). The phone features iTunes software, a 262.000 color TFT display, built-in stereo speakers, mobile email/browser, a VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, video capture and playback, AOL/Yahoo!/ICQ Instant Messaging, and Bluetooth connectivity. The included iTunes Digital Jukebox software allows users to play, sort, store and manage music as well as sync with a PC/Mac. The phone also features a 512MB Micro SD card slot, which is limited to 100-song storage. The Motorola SLVR L7 is available for $200 with a 2-year contract from Cingular.
Foofbag's made-to-order sleeves, Mac-case's sleeve, iPod Gear Pouch
Cyberduck 2.6 is available
As many of you know, I've experienced numerous, nail-biting, revenge-worthy problems with my MacBook Pro. After many replacements and repairs, I finally just cracked and decided to wreak my vengeance in the form of callously installing Windows Vista, without regard for the Pro's feelings or my standing in His Steveness' eyes. After spending several hours troubleshooting tiny problems with the installer (ie, why it wouldn't install), I finally googled "Vista + MacBook" and came to one great blog on the MSDN network that made the whole thing very, very easy. (Install pictures here; driver updates here and here.)
Basically, David had it right: You do need to wipe the EFI partition, which can be nasty if you need to update the firmware or repartition your drive. But you don't need to have Windows XP already installed -- just boot from the Vista install disk instead of the XP disk after running Boot Camp. Also, after the install, you need to Repair the Vista installation to get the thing to actually boot. The Mac Drivers for Windows XP disk doesn't work, but Vista manages to load (by default or via Windows Update) most of the drivers it needs to run. Check out the blog for more details, or feel free to ask any related questions in this post's comments -- I'll do my best to provide helpful (or at least not insulting) (but no promises) answers.
An easier method to get Windows Vista to run with Boot Camp
Taco HTML v1.7.2 is Universal
A color wheel for Mac OS X
Another bit of classy video - a Beluga whale blowing beautiful bubble rings. what tickles me is how the whales watch the bubble the whole way. then when it pops, they run back to the diver for another mouthful of air to do it all over again. it's clearly play for them.
The seminal web magazine, A List Apart, is looking for one good intern. The full details are available at Jeffrey Zeldman's web site. There's no money involved, but you'll get plenty of geek street cred, and that's arguably much more valuable in the long run. So, if any of you are looking for your big break (or at the very least, your 15 minutes of fame) this could be your chance. Prepare your application, and make sure you are prepared to discuss the relative merits and faults of the em dash and en dash.
SketchUp for Mac: Download
And Now, the HPV Vaccine
We have just posted our Digital Trends coverage of this year's Home Entertainment Show.
It's not just a rumor. Windows evangelist and Microsoft blogging poster boy Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft for a new job at PodTech.Net.
A build-your-own gaming machine with a dual-core CPU can not only beat the pants off other offerings, it can be a lot quieter and cheaper, too. We walk you through the assembly process and show how a lot of power can be had for as little as $720.
VIDEO: INTEL's Next Gen Notebook Designs
How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista
Google Browser Sync
OLD NEWS: Motorola today announced its second-generation iTunes phone: the Motorola SLVR L7 is a quad band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) phone that is offered for Cingular mobile network users in the US (and international GSM-network roaming). The phone features iTunes software, a 262.000 color TFT display, built-in stereo speakers, mobile email/browser, a VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, video capture and playback, AOL/Yahoo!/ICQ Instant Messaging, and Bluetooth connectivity. The included iTunes Digital Jukebox software allows users to play, sort, store and manage music as well as sync with a PC/Mac. The phone also features a 512MB Micro SD card slot, which is limited to 100-song storage. The Motorola SLVR L7 is available for $200 with a 2-year contract from Cingular.
Foofbag's made-to-order sleeves, Mac-case's sleeve, iPod Gear Pouch
Cyberduck 2.6 is available
As many of you know, I've experienced numerous, nail-biting, revenge-worthy problems with my MacBook Pro. After many replacements and repairs, I finally just cracked and decided to wreak my vengeance in the form of callously installing Windows Vista, without regard for the Pro's feelings or my standing in His Steveness' eyes. After spending several hours troubleshooting tiny problems with the installer (ie, why it wouldn't install), I finally googled "Vista + MacBook" and came to one great blog on the MSDN network that made the whole thing very, very easy. (Install pictures here; driver updates here and here.)
Basically, David had it right: You do need to wipe the EFI partition, which can be nasty if you need to update the firmware or repartition your drive. But you don't need to have Windows XP already installed -- just boot from the Vista install disk instead of the XP disk after running Boot Camp. Also, after the install, you need to Repair the Vista installation to get the thing to actually boot. The Mac Drivers for Windows XP disk doesn't work, but Vista manages to load (by default or via Windows Update) most of the drivers it needs to run. Check out the blog for more details, or feel free to ask any related questions in this post's comments -- I'll do my best to provide helpful (or at least not insulting) (but no promises) answers.
An easier method to get Windows Vista to run with Boot Camp
Taco HTML v1.7.2 is Universal
A color wheel for Mac OS X
Another bit of classy video - a Beluga whale blowing beautiful bubble rings. what tickles me is how the whales watch the bubble the whole way. then when it pops, they run back to the diver for another mouthful of air to do it all over again. it's clearly play for them.
So say you're a bigamist, and have two families going. And you want to have a picture of your kids on your keychain to impress your boss. But you need to make sure it's the right kids pictures. The solution is the Keypix digital picture keychain, which holds up to 56 JPEG photos measuring 96 x 64 pixels each. Just make sure the wives don't get their hands on it while you're napping (if you indeed have time to nap). [GT]
WoW Moviewatch: Brokeback Spire
this is a prank call to a pizza joint by a guy who tries to order an Epic Pizza for 50 gold, while trying to sweeten the deal with promises of gryphon rides.
The seminal web magazine, A List Apart, is looking for one good intern. The full details are available at Jeffrey Zeldman's web site. There's no money involved, but you'll get plenty of geek street cred, and that's arguably much more valuable in the long run. So, if any of you are looking for your big break (or at the very least, your 15 minutes of fame) this could be your chance. Prepare your application, and make sure you are prepared to discuss the relative merits and faults of the em dash and en dash.SketchUp for Mac: Download
And Now, the HPV Vaccine
We have just posted our Digital Trends coverage of this year's Home Entertainment Show.
It's not just a rumor. Windows evangelist and Microsoft blogging poster boy Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft for a new job at PodTech.Net.
A build-your-own gaming machine with a dual-core CPU can not only beat the pants off other offerings, it can be a lot quieter and cheaper, too. We walk you through the assembly process and show how a lot of power can be had for as little as $720.
Supercomputers are often the domain of physicists and scientists, but if you would like one in your home why not give the Typhoon from Tyan a shot? It is guaranteed to blow your mind away and leave the competition biting dust (pun not intended). All you need to do is to plonk down $10,000 for this self-proclaimed "Personal Supercomputer". The Typhoon is actually a cluster server and it is powered by 8 Intel Woodcrest Xeon processors with a whooping maximum memory of 48GB. Such raw power was unimaginable to the home even a few years ago, but there is almost nothing money can't buy these days. Don't expect high framerates from this setup though - it comes with a measly 16MB video card.
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