March 2, 2005
Happy 10th
Birthday. . .To Yahoo
Two college kids making a list of websites. . .How's that for a business plan
that launched a billion dollar business!?!
What will the next "little big idea" be?
Decoding the
iPod boot loader. . .
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7085
Nils Schneider, a 17-year-old computer science student from Germany got an iPod
for Christmas and wanted to hack it to run Linux. However he couldn't get Linux
to boot so he made an insightful leap that he could dump the existing boot
loader encoded (modulated) as audio using the on-board piezoelectric sound
"chirp", record it on a computer and then decode (demodulate) it via a pc-based
application. He said it took 20 hours to dump the loader.
As they say, everything old is new again, can you say telephone acoustic coupler
circa 1969!
Podcast of the
day:
The Daily Vedic Horoscope
http://www.vedicastrologycenter.net
Sam Geppi (Sadavisa) does a well-produced sun-sign-neutral reading each day to
stimulate thinking about the events and people in your life.
Manic Minute Recommendation: A metaphysical wack to the head is always welcome!
And that's your
Manic Minute for March 2nd, 2005. . .
10:24:56 AM 
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