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NPR: On The Wired Creative Commons CD
- Chris Anderson explains creative commons licensing on NPRs Talk of The Nation.
To links audio cool freeculture ... on Thu 10/28/04 at 07:45 AM
Advent of the Robotic Monkeys
- "If a monkey is hungry but has his arms pinned, there's not much he can do about it. Unless that monkey can control a nearby robotic arm with his brain."
To links cool robots ... on Wed 10/27/04 at 07:00 PM
Hard drives to accelerate into gadgets
- no dount. this is where it's going. tell me again why we'll need HD-DVD discs? In three years I should have a terabyte in my pocket...
To links cool gadgets ... on Wed 10/27/04 at 03:13 AM
Jon "I'm not your Monkey" Stewart on 60 Minutes
- Stewart will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday talking about the same things he was talking about on Crossfire.
Lots of Random Facts
- "Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously" -- good to know!
Slashdot - Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and Humor
- This QA session is a book in itself. Stephenson's a complete madman.
To links cool diversions ... on Wed 10/20/04 at 07:37 PM
Jon Stewart "Crossfire" feud ignites Net frenzy
- news.com covers the Jon Stewart on Crossfire phenomenon..
To links bigmedia cool politics web ... on Tue 10/19/04 at 07:28 PM
Crossfire responds to Jon Stewart (washingtonpost.com)
- Includes some quotes from Novak and Carville. Funny Carlson and Begala couldn't make a single valid point while Stewart was on the show.
128 bit storage: are you high?
- What do Moore's law and boiling oceans have in common? Sun's Jeff Bonwick explains in three easy paragraphs. Really brilliant stuff.
To links cool diversions unix ... on Wed 10/13/04 at 06:37 AM
Retro TV Themes
- AirWolf, Alf, The A-Team, Fraggle Rock!, Gadget, Knight Rider, Miami Vice, Thundercats!, Transformers, and many many more!
To links cool diversions funny video ... on Tue 10/12/04 at 07:19 AM
'New' giant ape found in DR Congo
- nuckin futs!
To links cool diversions science ... on Mon 10/11/04 at 02:39 AM
Keyhole
- "Quickly zoom from space down to street level and combine imagery, 3D geography, maps, and business data to get the total picture in seconds."
To links cool ... on Sun 10/10/04 at 03:38 AM
Guide to Lock Picking
To links cool reference ... on Sun 10/10/04 at 03:33 AM
Wired: The Long Tail
- Excellent article on the huge edge-case media market.
To links cool stuff wow ... on Tue 10/05/04 at 08:48 PM
The history of Pi
- Brought a tear to my eye..
To links cool math ... on Wed 09/29/04 at 01:38 PM
GmailFS - Gmail Filesystem
- "..provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium." - Maybe I will be able to put these 7 Gmail invites to good use after all.
To links cool linux python ... on Sun 08/29/04 at 08:21 AM
Twilight Zone: Planet of the Apes
- Planet of the Apes "re-imagined" as an episode of The Twilight Zone.
To links cool video ... on Tue 08/24/04 at 06:16 PM
Fortress Maximus: The Transfan's Wet Dream
- I would have literally killed for one of these.
To links cool diversions ... on Sun 08/22/04 at 05:35 PM
When machines breed
- "...he helps machines design themselves, using principles borrowed directly from biological evolution."
To links ai cool wtf ... on Thu 08/12/04 at 01:58 PM
Five Things You Probably Didn't Notice in The Shining
- "If the wood moves, it's because he decided he wanted it that way. Can you possibly conceive of it as an accident? Do you think Stanley Fucking Kubrick didn't notice that the wood moved? Everything in the film is on purpose. There are no mistakes."
To links cool diversions ... on Tue 08/10/04 at 02:38 PM
The Science Behind Dim Mak Death Touch
- I've always wished I could kill people with my bear hands.. "Includes dim mak history, theories, techniques, and the medical science behind dim mak, kyusho, pressure points, and vital points."
To links cool ... on Fri 08/06/04 at 05:49 PM
Urban Ops: Combat Mission 101
- Civilian Combat Training with real guns!
To links cool ... on Fri 08/06/04 at 12:35 PM
History of the English Language
- Cool
To links cool ... on Wed 07/28/04 at 07:23 PM