Radar Source: Weather Underground I have a few simple pleasures that I indulge in. Weather is one of them. Severe weather, that is. I especially love tornado and hurricane seasons. I marvel at both – for their raw power and dynamics. But tropical storm Fay, soon to be hurricane Fay, is a pretty baffling and [...]
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Nifty Tricks with “Computer Management”
August 18th, 2008 
billy For power users of Windows Vista and XP, places like the Control Panel and Administrative Tools can be, at times, downright familiar. However, even casual users can benefit from some of the nifty tools found in the Computer Management program. Typically hidden from the view of all but PC experts, Computer Manager contains a number [...]
Editing Videos with Photos
August 17th, 2008 admin Some ingenious students at the University of Washington have come up with a way to enhance video to still photo quality. So, what can it do? Well, it can erase items and run it through the length of the video, from all angles. It can sharpen areas. It can help with overexposure and other abnormalities. [...]
Robot with a Biological Brain Lives
August 14th, 2008 admin It’s science fiction meets weird science meets reality. Researchers at the University of Reading have developed a cyborg of types, called Gordon. Gordon is a robot that is driven by real brain tissue.
Enable Verbose Messaging in Windows
August 12th, 2008 admin One of the things that can drive you batty is the lack of startup and/or shutdown information in Windows. Yes, you can look into the log files to gather that information, but sometimes it’s not verbose enough. I found a way to enable that verbose messaging so that you can get information on problems.
JamVox Guitar Karaoke
August 11th, 2008 admin When I play Guitar Hero, I don’t like how unrealistic it is. Yeah, that’s being picky. But it is a lot of fun. In fact, when I play Rock Band, I usually gravitate towards the drums. I don’t play drums and it’s just fun to bang around. JamVox has a really cool guitar karaoke product, [...]
Uber Geek Way to Order Domino’s Pizza
August 7th, 2008 admin What goes together better than computers and pizza. It’s like strawberries and chocolate. Or politics and scandal. Or maybe command line interface (CLI) and yep, Domino’s pizza. Fortunately for you *nix users of Cygwin users, there is some open source software where you can order your pizza straight from the CLI.
FasTrack RFID Hacking
August 7th, 2008 admin Nate Lawson with Root Labs presented at Black Hat on some pretty interesting hacking. This quote is straight from his blog:
Legal Website Bane of the Web?
August 7th, 2008 admin I just saw a website that will soon be released called WhoCanISue. What are your opinions of this type of technology use?
