45,000 Bottle Rockets

Launching 45,000 Bottle Rockets in 2 minutes.

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Toms Hardware Covers Seagate's New 750GB Perpendicular Desktop Hard Disk

Toms Hardware covers Seagate's new 750GB 3.5" Desktop hard disk based on the new Perpendicular storage technology. Quote, "delivering the best transfer performance this side of the Raptor, but with five times the size"

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Must know tips & tricks for photographers using photoshop

Some really neat tips, tricks and tutorials that can make a huge impact on your pictures.

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How to Photograph Fireworks

I�ve had many emails from readers asking how to photograph fireworks, quite a few of whom have expressed concern that they might just be too hard to really photograph. My response is always the same - �give it a go - you might be surprised at what you end up with�.

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Turn your old computer into a SmoothWall firewall.

Cnet shows you how to turn your old clunker of a computer into a good firewall to protect your home network.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about power supplies

Everything you ever wanted to know about power supplies but were afraid to ask. You know, things like, �How big is you female plug,� and, �Why is your box big and black?�

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Hilarious 2006 predictions from Firefox guy

"The propaganda war will reach fever pitch after Microsoft executive Brad Miller blasts Google
�s �inconsistent, inane and ultimately dishonest� naming scheme for its beta products. Miller is Assistant Passport to the Vice-VP of Windows Live.com.NET."

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Cnet: Top 10 Google apps!

Cnet has released its top 10 google apps!

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The First Version of Photoshop

An interesting look back at Photoshop 1.0. Photoshop's developers, Thomas and John Knoll began development on Photoshop in 1987. Version 1 was released by Adobe in 1990. The program was intended from the start as a tool for manipulating images that were digitized by a scanner, which was a rare and expensive device in those days.

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WEP Cracking, the FBI Way

WEP cracking usually takes hours. Lots of hours, depending on the amount of traffic on the access point. A few months ago, two FBI agents demonstrated how they were able to crack a WEP enabled access point within a couple of minutes. 3 minutes to be exact.

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AMAZING art talent from an 11 year old girl! You gotta see to believe!

An internationally recognized 11-year-old prodigy, considered the only known child binary genius, in both realist painting and poetry. Selected as 1 of 20 most accomplished visual artists in the world ! started at age 4, make sure you check out the gallery!



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Fighting windows piracy check

Windows Genuine Advantage not really an advantage for most.

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The differences between Linux distributions

A lot of people have heard of GNU/Linux (more commonly referred to as just "Linux") and are having trouble finding out what the differences are between different versions -- or distributions -- that are available. This article outlines the differences between several popular GNU/Linux distributions and similar operating systems.

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'Terminator' Meets One Angry Customer

An angry customer at a car dealership takes his frustration to the next level, 'Terminator' style!

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How to Setup Your ubuntu Computer to be a Router

If you have two network cards in your ubuntu computer, it can be a very powerfull router with NAT, port forwarding, and even QoS so your downloads dont interfere with gaming! This howto will cover setting up Webmin which will be used to configure masquerading, DHCP, DNS servers, and port forwarding. Includes pictures for most steps!

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World's 2nd Richest Man Give Away Fortune: To Bill Gate's Foundation

Warren Buffett: The world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Freenode Network Hijacked, Passwords Compromised?

The world's largest FOSS IRC network, FreeNode, was hijacked (for lack of a better term) by someone who somehow got a hold of the privileges of the head honcho of FreeNode. To make matters worse, the passwords of many users may have been compromised. See link for details.

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Amazing photos of a bedroom decorated to look like Super Mario World

The photos explain it all, but this woman decorated an entire room in her house to make it look like Super Mario World!

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Students Create Rubik�s Cube Solving Robot - 54 seconds! (w/ video)

University of Michigan students Doug Li, Jeff Loevell, and Mike Zajac created this strange yet fascinating �Rubik�s Cube Solver� robot for their final project � it does the job to say the least, and quite well (54 seconds).

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A beginners guide to install Xgl and compiz in Ubuntu

This page details how to install Xgl on your system. On your Nvidia, Ati , and Intel

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Macro Photographs of Insects

Nice collection of highly detailed, vivid photographs of a number of cool insects, and a frog.

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Antivirus Makers Deserve What Microsoft's Serving

Apple, Linux and IBM can't do it. But Microsoft sure can. In fact, only Microsoft can write software that's so leaky that a $4 billion industry was built to protect it, then... and here's the really admirable part... turn around to become part of the crew that cashes in on cleaning up its own mess.

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Addictive Flash Game Makes You Smarter Without You Knowing

The object of this game is to plot paths from each color block to the matching color block with color paths. They get really tricky after level 11.

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US Navy rail gun puts North Korea at risk.

A rail gun in the works at the US Navy has an effective range that covers all of North Korea. Don't you just love gunboat diplomacy?

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Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Past

The wrist-watch radio, stapleless Japanese stapler, flying saucer camera and 7 others make up this list of the top 10 strangest gadgets of the past.

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CEO Paycheck - $42,000 a Day!!!!!

The median income in America is mid 40K... and these guys are making this each day??? WTF??

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Knit Theory

Hyperbolic space is an unimaginable concept, unless you're a Latvian mathematician who's handy with needle and yarn. "People walked by, and they asked me, 'What are you doing?' And I answered, 'Oh, I'm crocheting the hyperbolic plane.' "

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282,240,000 pixels ... Truly awesome monitor setup

Here's a link to an amazing monitor setup built for some stock traders. There are 147 21" LCD panels used in the one room.

Prepare to drool.

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The Rise of Digg: Ranked 3rd Most Popular Tech News Site (Up From 8)

The rise of Digg marks the growing maturation of online news audiences who, while alert to the danger of hoaxes and sloppy reporting, also now demand not only a say in what they deem relevant but a shot at deciding what is front page news.

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Charles Darwin's tortoise dies

THE world's oldest animal in captivity has died on the Sunshine Coast at the ripe old age of 176.
Giant Galapagos tortoise Harriet has died of a suspected heart attack.

She was a star attraction at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo since the 1980s and even features in the Guinness Book of Records for her longevity.

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Google's Continuing Dark Fiber Mystery

Analysts say Google may be spending more than $1 billion on infrastructure projects, including purchases of a "dark fiber" backbone. The reason for the purchases is a riddle to the industry, but one Internet consultant recently offered a new answer to the puzzle.

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Command line for everybody

Who says that the command line is difficult? Many users don't even try and learn it because it "looks scary". Well, the command line isn't actually that complicated. If you're curious, read on!
(And maybe let your Linux-newbie friends read on so that they don't
call you quite so often...)

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