I honestly can’t believe I haven’t heard of this sooner. Sometimes you come across something and say, “Am I the last person on the planet to know about this.” Well, Pandora is like that.
Archive for July, 2008
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The Genius of Ants
July 15th, 2008 
admin I was pretty smitten by this video. Basically, it shows the design and production “genius” of ant colonies. It just makes you scratch your head. Now, if only they could be hired to design our cities.
Gas Prices at a Glance
July 11th, 2008 billy As the pinch at the pump gets ever so tighter, the frugal among us each find individual and unique ways to see if we can skim a little off the gasoline bill. While there are plenty of ways this can be done, one of the simplest is finding the cheapest gasoline source. This simple task [...]
TrueCrypt Free Encryption Software
July 10th, 2008 admin I probably should have said on-the-fly encryption because that’s what TrueCrypt does. TrueCrypt gives a free way to encrypt a file, a bunch of files, or your entire OS installation.
Universe Sandbox Interactive Simulator Rocks
July 9th, 2008 admin If you are a fan of Stellarium, then you will love the Universe Sandbox. It is the brainchild of Dan Dixon. And it allows you to play around with the universe. It is interactive and highly addictive.
Microsoft Office Snapshot Vulnerability
July 8th, 2008 admin I try to grab extremely critical vulnerabilities as they occur. Most of the other ones tend to be very anti climactic. The latest one is a nasty little exploit using Office’s snapshot viewer.
Ground and Water Robotic Snake
July 2nd, 2008 admin The Hirose Fukushima robotics lab has built an aquatic and terrestrial mobile robotic snake. This thing looks pretty natural on land and in water. They should skin it and make it look realistic. You could scare the tar out of someone with this thing.
NetFlix To Keep User Profiles
OK, I don’t personally use Netflix, but I’ve heard the hoopla and buzz surrounding how simple and easy their service is to use. I was, therefore, surprised when I heard that they were going to eliminate individual user profiles “for simplicity’s sake”. User profiles, from what I understand, allow accounts with “multiple DVD check-out” privileges [...]