May 2005

2005-05-30T07:11   Historical list of BBS's from the 905 area code. 

2005-05-29T09:59  Urns and caskets from Costco. 

2005-05-29T09:58  Make a case for your iPod Shuffle from a gum wrapper. 

2005-05-29T09:56  Way behind in my posting.  Busy, busy.  Let's play a little catch up:  BBC is reporting that a couple of Japanese soldiers have been found in the jungles of the Philippines, left there since the end of WWII.

2005-05-24T06:30  Supremely hackable.  Especially when the Post Office doesn't bother to fill the bloody thing out and they ask the receiver to return the entire item for inspection.  No one's going to do that.

2005-05-24T06:29  Picked up the sweetest plum the other day.  A 'Cube to USB converter.  Works like a charm.  Now I can use my 'Cube controller to play PC games.  Rock.

2005-05-23T08:25  Happy Birthday Starsmars!  Look behind the TV!

2005-05-23T08:24  What ever happened to those Star Wars nerds who insisted on lining up at the wrong theatre?

2005-05-23T08:23  Spice Girls Reunite!  Even Ginger is back. 

2005-05-23T08:20  Stanford's entry in this year's DARPA Grand Challenge is pretty slick.  I think we may have a winner.

2005-05-21T08:21  Okay, so everyone knows by now that Google has launched their personalized portal.  But am I the only one who thinks it looks like total ass? 

2005-05-21T08:00  "My Childhood, seen by Google Maps."  Instant meme.

2005-05-21T07:59  Hands on with the Gameboy Micro.  You won't believe how small this thing is.

2005-05-21T07:55  Das Keyboard ships with blank keys.  "For Uber Geeks Only."  Seems kind of nouveau-geek to me.  Real geeks kick it old school.

2005-05-21T07:53  Seems that Trump and I have the same vision for the redevelopment of the WTC.  I thought the Freedom Tower was a done deal but now that Trump is mouthing off about it, maybe there's a chance that monstrosity won't be built.

2005-05-21T07:52  Wheee!  Kellogg's is giving away Light Saber spoons in their cereals.

2005-05-19T06:57  CBS cancels Joan of Arcadia.  Now what am I supposed to watch Friday nights?

2005-05-18T06:57  Nintendo unveils the Revolution and the Gameboy Micro.

2005-05-17T06:51  The worst foods to eat over your keyboard. 

2005-05-16T06:47  Okay.  Last David Chappelle post I promise.  Turns out, he's not missing, he's not in a psych hospital, he's not on drugs, and he's not crazy.   He's just chillin' at his beach house figuring things out.

2005-05-16T06:45  Did I mention that 2600 printed my article How to Get Out of Google?  I did?  Oh. 

2005-05-16T06:37  The Organic Trade Association presents...Grocery Store Wars.  "Help me Obi Wan Cannoli.  You're my only hope."  Adverganda but pretty funny. 

2005-05-15T08:04  A review of the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie.  Sounds promising.

2005-05-15T08:02  Pretty sure I posted this before but it deserves a second mention:  Rate My Network Diagram.

2005-05-15T08:01  All the pretty XBox 360 demos you've been seeing are actually running on Macs.

2005-05-15T08:00  Now what?  Dave Chappelle isn't in a psych hospital.  He's just plain crazy.

2005-05-13T17:31  Some people read 2600.  Some people write for 2600.  I can check both boxes because  2600, the Hacker's Quarterly, printed my article How to Get Out of Google.   International News here in town has a few copies of the Spring 2005 issue for sale.  Pick it up and maybe you'll learn something.  They even printed my shout out to the Boneware Crew! 

2005-05-13T06:45  That Nintendo World Store I posted about earlier is opening this weekend.  I'll be there in less than a month.

2005-05-12T06:37  The Pencil Pages features a buy and sell board where members request items like the "Pentel PS523 0.3mm".  They also host a picture of the world's oldest pencil. 

2005-05-12T06:36  Canadian MP blogs from floor of House of Commons.

2005-05-12T06:34  It seems Dave Chappelle has been found.  He's checked himself into a psych hospital.

2005-05-11T06:50  There are loads of PDF Reader alternatives out there but my money's behind Foxit PDF Reader.  It's a small, blazingly fast replacement for Adobe's Reader.  No more waiting for everything to initialize or having your browser lock up while you load a PDF.  Do yourself a favor and switch.

2005-05-11T06:46  Mirror of the world's first website.  Pretty boring even for me.

2005-05-11T06:45  Gorgeous screenshots from Age of Empires III.  Looks like I'll need a new video card.

2005-05-10T06:55  iTunes 4.8 is available for download and it lets you download videos from the iTMS.

2005-05-10T06:54  15 things you can do with RSS.  I like the RSS Calendar.

2005-05-10T06:53  The clubhouse chef for the Bosox fell out of a parking garage and died.  This is definitely a weird year for baseball.

2005-05-08T17:39  Ordered a laptop bag online.  Manhattan Portage of course.  They make the best bags.  I've got about 2 dozen of the things lol.

2005-05-08T16:46  The most fun I've had with my new notebook so far is searching for WiFi networks.  In my dad's building I found 4 on 2 different scans.  Two were unsecured and two were locked down.  I'd love to pick up a keyfob WiFi finder.  I'd love a mini finder that ran Netstumber.  That'd rule. 

2005-05-08T15:02  For all us broadbanders:  A direct link to the 56MB Chronicles of Narnia trailer. 

2005-05-08T14:55  Peter Max's collection of vintage Corvettes is gathering dust in a Brooklyn Basement.   36 'Vettes.  One for every model year from '53-'90.  Hey man, if you really don't want 'em I'll take 'em off your hands.  All I need is the '63.

2005-05-08T08:49  Nintendo is launching an electronic dictionary for European Nintendo DS owners.  It has a rather unfortunate name.

2005-05-08T08:22  Victory in Europe Day. 

2005-05-07T05:37  A few albums to search for next time you're browsing the Amity's vinyl bin.

2005-05-07T05:34  Parks Sabers offers the closest thing to a real Light Saber you can buy.

2005-05-07T05:28  Finally, a tool to help open blister packs.  The last blister pack I encountered was for a USB 2.0 PCI card and I cut my hand on it trying to get it open.

2005-05-06T07:06  Bonjour, Apple's networking software, is now available for Windows.

2005-05-06T07:03  Yesterday I had had enough and composed a suggestion to the Gmail Team:  Please allow users to always display images from a source.  I can't stand having to click that link on all my HTML emails every day.  Today I found the above link in my emails:  "Always display images from..."  You're welcome. 

2005-05-06T06:56  Loews to start posting the actual start time of its movies.  Wonder if they'll keep the house lights on until after the last trailer is viewed?

2005-05-06T06:54  An amazing collection of tickets to TV Shows.  This guy has sat in tapings of some of the best TV shows of all time.  He's even attended a taping of All in the Family.

2005-05-06T06:52  A homebrew rack mount NES! 

2005-05-05T19:34  So I jumped right in a bought a sweet new laptop.  I've had it since Monday.  Just setting it up and what not.  It's a Windows machine.  There's no way I could afford the same configuration from Apple.  512MB RAM, 60GB HD, DVDRW + CDRW, 6-in-1 media card reader, Wifi, 14inch Widescreen display, 3 USB 2.0 ports, Firewire port, Centrino processor, and it's under 5lbs and around an inch thick.  It really is a sweet little machine.  The nice thing was how easy it was to add to my network and print to attached printers.  Real nice.  Dang, I even got a Windows install disc.  Will wonders never cease?  

2005-05-05T06:46  StealthSwitch lets you hide your non-work related web browsing with a simple foot pedal.  Sure Alt-Tab works but it's just so obvious.  Check out the demo to truly appreciate this thing.

2005-05-05T06:44  Another "Why didn't I think of that?"  ReturnKey Systems is placing Automated Mailing Kiosks in airports so you can mail home all the items the screeners have rejected.

2005-05-05T06:42  Chappelle's Show is on hold because David Chappelle has been missing from the set for weeks.

2005-05-04T06:51  How to hack your fingerprints.  Handy if you need a new set.

2005-05-03T06:44  Everything you always wanted to know about USB. 

2005-05-03T06:41  Remember Denny's Beer Barrel Pub and their 6lb burger?  Well, now they're offering a 15lb burger.  Behold!  The Beer Barrel Belly Buster!

2005-05-02T20:25  Dang.  And I thought I had money problems.  lol.

2005-05-01T08:15  Wartuning:  use your wifi-enabled laptop to listen to other people's shared iTunes libraries.

2005-05-01T08:07  Manhattan 1609.  What was the island like the morning before Hudson discovered it?