Thursday, January 31, 2002

MARS - Ready to rock. Pop band Blur are heading into the studio on Wednesday to program a piece of music to be played on a space mission to Mars. 8:08:09 PM

All Time Geek High.... I just reached an all time geek high. Seriously. I need help. I got all excited to see Chris Pirillo... 8:08:01 PM

Shalom Help Maker v0.5.1. Shalom Help Maker is an easy to use Windows help file editor that supports images, popup windows, links to other pages, web pages and E-mail addresses, and has automatic updating of links... 8:07:53 PM

Mac Gaming on the Rebound. Apple's new dual 1 GHz Power Mac G4 with graphics powered by Nvidia's GeForce 4 has given Mac users something to brag about in the high-end gaming arena. Add exciting new title releases from developers like MacPlay, and the Mac gaming market seems to be in the midst of an upturn. 8:07:27 PM

14349 » January 31 2:40 PM. Circuit Bending is hacking electronic games and musical toys to produce new sounds. Twisted Speak'n'Spells and Pikachus, for example. 8:07:19 PM

And another shameless plug.... Chris Pirillo just pimp'd the audience-voted best online freebies winners on Call For Help. Categories include Free Email, Free Net... 8:07:12 PM

Space Pictures From Near and Far. The BBC News has a fine story about the how our galaxy looks from the outside according to the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). The article describes the shape of our galaxy... 8:07:00 PM

Next Up, AOTC Candy. The "Pop Toppers" is a line of authentically styled lollipop holders. Each Pop Topper presents a key character in the Star Wars series and features a backpack clip for "candy on the go." The assortment includes Anakin Skywalker, Stormtrooper, Clone Trooper, Jango Fett and Darth Vader. 8:06:20 PM

Out of the box, Linux is 'dreadfully insecure'. The problem happens when people think that they don't need extra security measures because their system "just isn't interesting." Beale's example is the average university mathematics department. 8:05:38 PM

BadTrans-B tops virus charts. The mass-mailing email worm heads the monthly chart of virus reports compiled by antivirus vendor Sophos and accounts for 61.1 per cent of calls to its support centre this month. It was followed by MyParty-A (4.3 per cent), the short-lived mass mailing virus that caused flak earlier this week, and the Magistr-B (3.6 per cent). 8:04:59 PM

New PowerToys will not be available today as previously stated here. We're sorry, because we know you like them a lot. PowerToys are currently being improved, and will be available for download in the spring. [ActiveWin] 8:04:30 PM

Filling in the Ad Critic Emptiness. anil dash posted several sites for those longing for AdCritic. He offers AdReview and AdForum plus a few others. While I have your attention, anil posted a link... 7:58:19 PM

WIN 2 MAC (free): Give your Windows machine the look and feel of a Mac... 7:57:48 PM

Update: JavaScript Browser Sniffer. Updated for the latest browsers this JavaScript-powered tool sniffs out browser capabilities for care-free cross-browser JavaScripting. 7:57:26 PM

Pocket Phojo Short Review. Pocket Phojo by Idruna Software is an image manipulation, editting and transfer application designed for PocketPC PDA's. Specifically, this application can browse, edit and tag images on a storage card inserted... 7:57:19 PM

U.S. digital camera sales shoot up. The U.S. market for all but the lowest-end digital cameras grew by 30 percent last year, owing largely to a strong holiday push, according to a new report. 7:57:12 PM

Ed-Tech Is Not Tech But Ed. The new director of the Office of Educational Technology for the Department of Education sees technology as a tool, but teaching as the goal. 'Every technology program should be about education,' John Bailey says. 7:57:05 PM

Leo Laporte has a Radio blog. Wow. Who do I thank for this? I read Leo's reports on getting another blogging tool installed and said to my team -- we gotta get Leo on board with Radio... [Scripting News] 7:56:57 PM