March 14, 2007

How to Hack a Coke Machine Want to dazzle your friends with your technical prowess while checking out the profitability of a vending machine route? Read on. Most Coke machines built since the late 1990s can be "hacked" with a simple access code. Once you enter the code, you can find out all kinds of information about the machine's sales. [ WikiHow ] 11:42:19 AM

Manitoba player makes national amputee hockey team. A Brandon man playing for the Canadian Standing Amputee Hockey Team hopes his experience will inspire young people to overcome the obstacles facing them. By CBC. [CBC | Manitoba News] 9:38:24 AM

Behind Burqa, Student Gets An Education In Bigotry A school in Connecticut is having its students dress in burqas, so that they can understand discrimination. HOWEVER at the end of the day, the student took the burqa off and went about her real life--learning math, talking to boys, listening to music, leaving her house without her father or brother. She learned nothing about the discrimination brought about by wearing a burqa.   9:06:57 AM

Microsoft announced yesterday that it was extending the online gaming service for its Xbox consoles to the millions of people who use Windows PCs to play games over the Internet, a move that could bolster the popularity — and profits — of video gaming. 7:55:18 AM