The Casino Experience - HOWTO Trap and Trick Your Customers "The result: a completely immersive and compelling customer experience. It's no wonder some people don't know when to stop." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
The Wii Blue Light, Explained What is up with that glowing blue Wii light, Nintendo? It's on, it's off. Sometimes we see it, sometimes we don't. Take the recent Fusion Tour, where it was turned off. What. Is. Up. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Walt Mossberg on new iPods and iTunes 7 Mossberg reviews the new iPods and the latest iTunes. Oh, and he likes Coverflow. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Coolest way to light your house. Hybrid Solar Lighting is a technology that can light houses with natural solar light. It captures solar light and channels it directly into the rooms using optical fibers. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Spooky steps to a quantum network Even if quantum computers can be made to work, there will still be two big obstacles preventing quantum networks becoming a reality. First, quantum bits, or qubits, stored in matter will have to be transferred to photons to be transmitted over long distances. Secondly, errors that creep in during transmission have to be corrected. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Why Bloggers face an increase in libel suits What you say on your blog or in an online forum could get you sued for libel, and you might not be ready for it. Over 50 libel lawsuits have been filed in the last two years against those venting their thoughts online, with one lawsuit being successful and resulting in the blogger's paying a fine of $50,000 From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Close-up of a wasp (1298 x 1320) This deserves to bee seen! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Denial, arrogance led U.S. into Iraq trap If there's a lesson from Bob Woodward's latest book, it's that the calamity that has unfolded over the past three years in Iraq was born of a ruinous mix of arrogance and naivete from President Bush and his key deputies. Convinced that the war would be a walkover, they simply closed their ears to the many voices who warned of the impending dangers. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Congressman Foley's Best Pickup Lines " (laughs) My pension benefits are three times more generous than those in the private sector! And taxpayers pay at least 80 percent of it! That buys a lot of Nintendo. You like Nintendo, don't you?" From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Dirty Dozen IT Embarrassments They're not all "bugs," because some of them were intentional acts and others were the results of short-sighted design, but each of these incidents has a lesson to teach. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Packers QB Favre plans to play despite pinched nerve "Despite still feeling the effects of a possible slight concussion and pinched nerve in his neck, Brett Favre expects to play Sunday against St. Louis." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Airbus Delays New Jumbo Jet a Second Time The first deliveries of Airbus’ troubled A380 super jumbo jet were delayed again today, this time by as much as another year, pushing the program off by a full two years. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
GOP lawmaker calls for Rumsfeld to quit Rep. Chris Shays, who is facing a tough challenge from an anti-war Democrat, on Wednesday called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign — a rare demand from a longtime Republican. The Connecticut lawmaker also accused officials at the Defense Department of withholding information about the Iraq war from Congress. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Teen Racer Was A `Superhero' Mike Czyzewski's heart fell to his feet as he watched the sleek, jet-powered dragster veer off the track Sunday, hit a concrete barrier and "erupt into a ball of flames." But, a U.S.-based drag-racing association is probing the incident and hoping to learn why someone so young was able to get behind the wheel of something so powerful. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
How to Avoid Getting Pulled Over for Speeding Nobody enjoys seeing the red and blue lights telling them to pull over. Getting pulled over for speeding always seems to happen at the worst time. You're running late for one reason or another and the last thing you need is another delay. Most speeders don't realize is that there are plenty of ways to limit your risk of being pulled over... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
First Teleportation Between Light and Matter At long last researchers have teleported the information stored in a beam of light into a cloud of atoms, which is about as close to getting beamed up by Scotty as we're likely to come in the foreseeable future. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Home backup server vs. Amazon S3 A comparison by Jeremy Zawodny that show the cost differences between building your own home backup server vs. using Amazon's S3 service. Interesting conversation about the analysis in the comments below. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Set up a personal, home SSH server It's simple to set up an SSH server right on your Windows PC with Cygwin (and even simpler on your Mac). Once your personal SSH server is up and running, you can connect to your home computer securely from anywhere on the internet, up and download files and perform all the command line tasks your heart desires. Here's how. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Mark Foley in 1998 paper on Clinton sex scandal: "It's vile" Here's the full article from the September 12, 1998 St. Petersburg Times, Mark Foley on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky sex scandal: "It's vile," said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. "It's more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction." He's quoted again farther down From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Tiny Mini-ITX integrates everything, including a Turion/Athlon 64 socket Mini-ITX's tiny 17cm x 17cm dimensions have always been attractive for small form factor systems, but horsepower has been hard to come by. Not anymore. Albatron's KI51PV-754 is the first Mini-ITX board to support Turion and Athlon 64 processors, and it also packs GeForce integrated graphics, nForce core logic, and dual Ethernet controllers. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Lightning Destroys Evidence In Swedish File Sharing Case, Charges Dropped Swedish authorities have dropped the charges they brought against the Karlskrona (Sweden) municipality head of culture, who last year openly admitted to file sharing and encouraged others to follow. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
9 Reasons To Become an Evil Super Villain Top 9 Tempting reasons why you should become a evil super villian ;) From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Digg tools for Mac OS X Digg widgets and tools for the Mac OS X users, with links, screenshots and a little review. Pick yours. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Clever Thai Bank advertisement What happens when you forget to pay your bills and everything goes horribly wrong... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Roll your own IRC bot "This tutorial is designed as a practical guide to writing real world code in Haskell, and hopes to intuitively motivate and introduce some of the advanced features of Haskell to the novice programmer. Our goal is to write a concise, robust and elegant IRC bot in Haskell." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
One-legged man who can kick your ass at DDR One legged man on DDR From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Rumor: Gamestop Wii Kiosk To Require Credit Card? An inside glimpse into how the nation's biggest game store is reacting to next gen. Namely: the Wii kiosk will require a credit card to use in store, Zune won't be doing gaming in the near future and Gamestop hates Sony. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
The new Google Groups experience Today, the Google Groups team launched a new beta version, available to anyone at groups-beta.google.com. It may have been awhile since you thought of Groups as cool or sexy if you ever did but I couldn't have been more excited to work on the team responsible for making the current Google Groups better. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
US Schools Given Power To Strip Search Students Adopt a policy for searching students or lose federal funding. That’s the ultimatum associated with the Student and Teacher Safety Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 19. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Best Linerider Video Ever: Linerider Jumps the Shark I've seen a few Linerider videos, but this beats them all. The ending is amazing From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Batten down for the 2038 bug The millennium bug may have come and gone without a bang, but there is a now a new software glitch on the block that may represent a more potent threat to some computer systems. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Miyamoto On the Wii: "The Hardware Is Basically A GC." "The hardware is basically a GC. We've upgraded our development tools to new versions but, you can still use GC programs as they are. With that in mind, I thought we could remake GC titles for the Wii and modify them to work with the Wii remote so that they're more fun to play." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
NFL now banning postgame video online Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the NFL is now restricting local news sites from posting video of postgame press conferences or locker room interviews. “Video from our stadiums on game day is one of our most valuable assets, including video of our people, players, coaches talking about the game,” said the NFL's vice president. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
More Americans Find Themselves 'House Poor' Homeowners in every state but one spent more of their incomes on housing costs last year than at the start of the decade, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. Those in Alaska spent the same. Nationwide, homeowners spent nearly 21 percent of their incomes on housing costs last year, up from just under 19 percent in 1999. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
The Engadget Commercials There were over 100 submissions but one emerged the winner, Brad Hodson. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
The New iPod: Ready for Battle? Next month marks the fifth anniversary of one of the most successful products of the digital era, Apple Computer's iPod music player. Since 2001, potential iPod-killers have come and gone like autumn foliage. Apple claims an astonishing 76% market share in the U.S. for the iPod and an equally amazing 88% share of the U.S. legal music d/l market. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
The Wake-up Light It seems the human body is so attuned to the rhythms of the sun that simulating its dawn is actually highly beneficial. Royal Philips Electronics has utilised the simulation in developing a new, medically proven wake-up lamp, which emits light that gradually increases to the intensity you have selected, simulating the rising sun in your bedroom. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Study Reveals Apple Still Gaining Ground in Music Space After recently completing its 12th bi-annual teen survey, research and investment firm PiperJaffray said Apple Computer continues to gain share in the digital music player and online music markets, despite the constant emergence of new competitors. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Building eBay 2.0 Clobbered by Wall Street. Fierce competition from Google. Meg Whitman's had a rough couple years. Fortune's Adam Lashinsky finds out how she's trying to turn eBay from ultra-hot to built-to-last. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
School Detentions For Parents! Under the new rule at the Manhattan School for Children, parents who don’t drop off their children by 8:25 a.m. have to pick up late slips from the principal’s office and go to the auditorium to serve 20 minutes of detention with them. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Multi BitTorrent Site Search Widget for OSX Widgets are hot. Check out this "Multi BitTorrent Site Search Widget. It allows you to search for torrents on 17 BitTorrent search engines, directly from your Dashboard. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
How to Fix YouTube's Two Greatest Problems YouTube Problem #1: Copyright abuse. Cant live with it (lawsuits), and cant live without it (traffic), and its drowning out the original voices. YouTube Problem #2: Haters. Script-kiddies with bots are "flagging" videos as inappropriate left and right, and causing grief to the community. This video offers workable solutions for both issues. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
The Blind Side: The Movie Variety is reporting that the movie rights for Michael Lewis' The Blind Side have been purchased by Fox. Most of the article is behind a paywall, but here's the relevant bit: From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Conservatives Push Claim That Foley Scandal Was "October Surprise" ThinkProgress has a complete debunk, including quotes from ABC showing that their sources for the Foley emails were actually Republicans, not Democrats. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Battlefield 2142 demo release date and details revealed! *Official* The Battlefield 2142 demo is almost upon us! EA is going to span out the release of the demo over the next few days across a few sites, probably to keep us from clogging the internets. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Out-of-Body Experience? Your Brain Is to Blame "In one woman, for example, a zap to a brain region called the angular gyrus resulted in a sensation that she was hanging from the ceiling, looking down at her body." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Questions to be answered in LOST season three Here is the complete list of questions LOST producers have said WILL be answered in season three... woot! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Expressions of Interest invited for IHEAC Initiatives The Australian Government through the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), invites Expressions of Interest from suitable organisations to manage School to University Pathways and Cross Sectoral Pathways projects. Both projects are aimed at assisting Indigenous students/people with attaining higher education. Closing date is Monday 16 October 2006. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Motivation and engagement of boys: Evidence-based teaching practices This report sets out to identify and describe evidence-based teaching practices which have proved effective in improving the motivation, engagement and academic and social outcomes of boys, particularly those boys at risk of disengaging from school-based learning activities. The report highlights whole-school policies, practices and interventions that are designed to encourage every student to feel that their school is a place that "works for them", and that education is opening up opportunities for them to be rewarded and successful. It proposes a number of recommendations to improve motivati From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Mosaic: Orff Schulwerk Conference 2008 Presented by the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association this symposium of creative music and movement will be held on Victoria's Morninton Peninsula. This conference will not only bring outstanding presenters but will be held in a setting which will let you get away from the rat-race and enjoy all the peninsula has to offer. Presenters are Andrea Ostertag, a teacher of folk dancing, dancing with children and dance technique at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria, and Keith Terry, a percussionist/rhythm dancer from the USA. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
FBI Contacting Pages; Evidence Foley Solicited Sex FBI agents have begun to contact former congressional pages in the growing investigation of disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley, according to federal law enforcement officials. At least one former page has reportedly offered evidence that Foley sought to solicit sex during instant message exchanges over the Internet. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Lawmakers seek probe of Homeland Security data-mining project Congressional appropriators have directed the Homeland Security Department's inspector general to investigate the $40 million ADVISE data-mining project, saying it appears to lack clear guidelines and oversight. Critics fear that ADVISE might intrude on the privacy rights of U.S. citizens, especially by trolling their e-mails and blogs. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
A Secret Society, Spilling a Few Secrets For more than two centuries, the Freemasons and their grandiose rituals have played a secretive, mysterious role in American life. One of the Masons’ symbols looks a lot like the all-seeing eye on the back of every $1 bill. And look whose picture is on the other side. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Porn Star Cuts Leg Open While Filming Skydiving Sex Scene PORN star Vanessa Lynn didn't have to worry about rug burns during her latest shoot, but there were other hazards. The dirty-blond hottie was being filmed having sex with a stud starting at 14,000 feet above the California desert during a skydiving scene for the XXX flick "Airgazmic" and cut open her leg as they came in for a landing... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
President Who? Is this what it feels like to be a lame duck? President Bush is careening around the country, feverishly campaigning for Republican congressional candidates and unleashing highly provocative accusations against his Democratic critics. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Turkish Hijacker Story Was Fabricated The truth, according to the Turkish Transport minister, is that a single man seized control of the plane in order to avoid military service. "It has nothing to do with the Pope's visit." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
JJ Abrams Returns to LOST Abrams not only has returned to day to day production, but he apparently helped sculpt a plan for season three. This time around, they really know where it is going... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
What's the world's fastest supercomputer used for? The world's fastest supercomputer will probably never be known at the world's fastest supercomputer. RIKEN's MDGrape-3 is the first machine to break the petaflop barrier -- that's 1 quadrillion calculations (floating-point operations, to be specific) per second -- and it's three times faster than the currently ranked fastest computer in the world, From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Guarantee Her an Orgasm Another great read by the Men's Health "Girl Next Door," Nicole Beland: "My friends helped me compile this list of orgasm triggers. Get her to the point where she's sweaty and breathing fast, then try one." ... Kevin, time to read up... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
PSP gets homebrewed touch screen Homebrew touch screen bring the PSP even closer to the DS in functionality. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Game file sizes could soon be 70% smaller A French company has designed a tool which will allow games developers to design textures that are 70% smaller in file size. Shocked? I couldn't believe it either... until I read this. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Powell: "Staying the Course Isn’t Good Enough" In a speech at the University of Minnesota yesterday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell blasted the Bush administration’s “stay the course” policy in Iraq. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
99 Rooms Turn up your sound and turn off the lights! This interactive website is a creepy must-see adventure. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
The Colbert Report: How Colbert Apologizes To His Asian Viewers The clip from the Colbert Report where he featured the infamous clip of Morning Musume being "attacked" by a lizard. This is how Colbert apologizes to his Asian viewers. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
25 Nationwide: Why the Spike in School Shootings? Since the beginning of the school year, there have been 25 shootings at or near schools nationwide. The overwhelming majority of schools in the United States do not have security cameras or metal detectors. Between 1992 and 2002, 462 people, including students and faculty, were killed at schools across the country. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Cool Phone Concept: One Big Touch Screen! BenQ has produced a concept phone that is one big touch screen. The layout of the phone changes based on the application... it looks like a phone when you want to make a call, looks like a camera when you want to take a picture, etc. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
New Energy Drink "Cocaine" Stirs Up Controversy - Go Figure James Kirby, the senior partner and founder of Redux Beverages, a Las Vegas-based company that created the drink, dismissed arguments that it would lead to drug use, but described it as an alternative to the real thing. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Dow Hits All-Time High As Oil Drops The Dow Jones industrial average hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record made in 2000, as investors bet that sliding crude oil prices will stimulate consumer spending and boost corporate profits even as the economy slows. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Criticize Islam, face death threats. Criticize Christianity, face nothing A teacher in France is the latest to face death threats for daring to criticize the religion and its prophet's emphasis on violence From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
The WORST keyboard you will ever see-WTF? Award winning design my ass, this has got to be the worst idea I have ever heard of, Combining a mouse and a keyboard obviously is not a good idea(It looks so fucking uncomfortable)! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
In Bill’s Fine Print, $20 Million to Celebrate Victory in the War Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation’s capital “for commemoration of success” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the money was not spent. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
McCain: Anti-Bush & Icon For The Far Right? Watch out for this fellow, John McCain. He manages to be both the anti-Bush within the Republican Party and also Bush's enabler. This schizophrenic role, which his bipartisan fans somehow miss, happens to position McCain perfectly for 2008 � as the guy untarnished by all the bad stuff Bush brought us but who continues the same regime From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
The Executive Color Book Subversive, long out of print, coloring book for executives. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
20 Things You Didn't Know About... The Nobel Prizes The king who tried to kill the prizes, what goes through the minds of cockroaches as they watch Star Wars, and more. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Why Statutory Implications Of E-Mails Are Murky "As a general proposition, mere knowledge of the fact somebody has committed a crime . . . doesn't expose you to criminal liability," said David Schertler, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District who is now in private practice. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Software Being Developed to Monitor Opinions of U.S. A consortium of major universities, using Homeland Security Department money, is developing software that would let the government monitor negative opinions of the United States or its leaders in newspapers and other publications overseas. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Study: surfers just as careless on social networking sites Social networking site members are also putting themselves at risk of identity theft, according to the CA/NCSA study. 74 percent have willingly given out personal information on the Internet, which seems high until you consider that the study's definition of personal information includes e-mail addresses. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Cha-Ching: New OS X Quicken Killer There's a new app for OS X called Cha-Ching, and even at version 0.2, it's looking like a promising alternative to the horrendous mac version of Quicken. Here's hoping development goes strong on this one! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
DS To Get Free Web-Browser Via Homebrew OKIWI, A free web browser for the DS is being developed, could it ever be useful. When will that DS Opera Browser come out anyway? From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
iPhoto Google Maps Geotagging Unlocked The MTC crew figured out a way to enable the hidden iPhoto geotagging feature they stumbled on yesterday. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Researchers Develop Nanotechnology to Stop Weaponized Anthrax Clemson Univ. chemist Ya-Ping Sun and his research team have developed a countermeasure strategy to weaponized anthrax. "For anthrax to be effective, it has to be made into a fine powder that can easily enter the lungs. What we have done is come up with an agent that clings to the anthrax spores to make their inhalation into the lungs difficult." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Bill O'Reilly labels Rep. Foley a Democrat Blatant attempt to confuse Florida voters and try and push off the blame. Even if this was a "mistake" it still proves why the Faux News Channel cannot be trusted. They can't even get a Representatives Party correct. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
18 Questions Your CEO Forgot to Ask When Building Your Website A list of 18 questions your boss forgot to ask you when building a site. Some of the questions include: do you have a brandable domain, who should we host with, what is our business model and how is it unique... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Why Do We Prefer Sequels? In 2005, Electronic Arts released 26 games. Of the 26 only one was new. Video games seem to be following a sequel pattern similar to the movies. This summer on the movie scene we have X-Men 3, Superman 5, and Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Why Do we love the sequal? From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
YouTube's future (or lack thereof) In not much over a year, YouTube has become one of the biggest sites on the Internet. Ars takes a quick look at YouTube's business model, legal threats, and long-term prospects for survival. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Google Logo... err Lego! Some geek made a copy of Google's logo with Lego bricks. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
A Nationwide, Fiber Optic Network for Gamers Only GameRail is the first of its kind with a nationwide, fiber optic network dedicated exclusively for gamers. Will it work and will it be worth the money? Check out GotFrag's writeup on the service and their verdict on this brand new company and service. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Super Tree Houses: Real Estate That Branches Out Once a symbol of childhood imagination and the test of a father's carpentry prowess, tree houses are not becoming a luxury commodity for people of all ages. Designs from expensive custom makers can add to your property a fun space for entertaining, relaxing, or even working. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
SearchMash.com - Google's Search Mashup After all the recent speculation about Google purchasing "mashup" related domain, they've put their new test site live! "SearchMash lets you search the internet in new ways. It is constantly evolving as we come up with ideas and figure out what works and what doesn't." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
How to Convince a Client They Don't Need a Splash Page Many clients love splash pages (especially flash intros), this article provides a list of effective arguments to use when talking a client out of the splash page death knell. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Iran Asks France to Oversee Enrichment A top Iranian nuclear official proposed Tuesday that France create a consortium to enrich uranium in Iran, saying that could satisfy international demands for outside oversight of Tehran's nuclear program. French officials distanced themselves from the idea, which an analyst called an Iranian attempt to stall or divert attention from mounting... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in Any Programming Language A hilarious list of ways to shoot yourself in the foot with in many programming languages. If you're a coder, this is good got a quick laugh. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
NFL Football Bloopers A collection of funny football bloopers from the NFL From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Welcome to Fascist America! My fellow Americans, it’s official now: We live in a fascist nation. America is full of decent people, who could never believe their own government could become fascist. So were Germany and Italy in the 1920s. But they became fascist anyway. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Cell-Like Nano Particles for Attacking Disease Using parts of living cells in a smart nanotechnology-based drug delivery system, researchers in Switzerland have demonstrated a "nanocarrier" that can target specific types of cells and light up in response to conditions in their immediate environment. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
And not to be outdone... That whole debacle with the organic spinach stunk to high heaven! As predicted, it was just an excuse for the government to corrupt the organics industry. See the pharmaceutical companies to whom they bow down and worship don't like it when we're healthy and more and more Americans are switching to organic foods. That does not bode well with the pharmaceutical companies and the healthcare industry that has a vested interest in your illness. Sure enough, soon after the government found an excuse (or created one) to meddle in organic farmers' business, then they were investUndesignated Blog on October 4, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
No Such Thing As Coincidence Does no one find it massively implausible that there would be three school shootings within the span of a mere seven days??? I mean, the odds would have to be astronomical! And so it comes as no surprise that following the third school shooting there is a call for more video surveillance, metal detectors, "random" locker searches, and any other invasion of our children's privacy they can come up with. Yes, that's right. They'll put cameras in your child's bathroom and watch him/her take a leak. So then, is that peeping Tomish, pedophilish, or orwelli From Undesignated Blog on October 4, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Awesome anti-DRM ad Once DRM enters the picture, you get stuck... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
"Eye-Controlled Interaction" for your GUI coming soon Doug Engelbart, prepare to be usurped by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering. Yes, the folks that brought you the MP3 and the Multimedia Dome are now working on the Eye-Controlled Interaction system -- a way to control a computer GUI just by staring at it the right way, possibly rendering the mouse a quaint invention of 20th From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Google Allowing Gadget Inventory To Be Used In Your Website Today we're opening up our gadget inventory for your viewing and cloning pleasure. In other words, now you can copy and paste some simple HTML to add the Google Gadgets you like to your own webpage. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
My Dream App Round 3 Voting Begins, Free Musicast The third round of public voting is here, and with only 12 contestants remaining, the competition is fierce. All voters will receive a free copy of Musicast and will help decide which 3 contestants get cut this round. Blossom FTW! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
WIPO broadcast treaty abandons rights-based approach The new broadcasting treaty being worked on at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) raised major concerns among groups concerned that it would give US broadcasters a new intellectual property right over their signal, separate from the copyright on whatever programming they broadcast (Europe has already had such rights for decades) From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Photosrelation: Touring the floor at Ceatec One of Japan's biggest consumer-technology showcases, the Ceatec trade show presents a wide range of new and developing products. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Family Guy takes on the freakin' FCC Brian, Stewie, and Peter suddenly break into a song about their nemesis. Chock full of everything the FCC hates like nudity, child endangerment, poop, and fellatio. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
O'Reilly: O RLY? Bill O'Reilly, from The O'Reilly Factor, claims that young Americans "have no idea what's going on" because they "get their news from Jon Stewart" From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Global Warming on the Forest Floor Along with rising temperatures, global warming is very likely to cause a shift toward more extreme weather � stronger storms with more rainfall, and longer and more severe droughts. Those changes are likely to have large-scale, obvious effects on farmlands, grasslands and forests and on the creatures that inhabit them. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
California Man Accused of Sending Letters That Threatened Bush, Cheney An engineer at a nuclear power plant has been charged with sending threatening letters containing a powdery substance to a country club where President Bush is scheduled to appear Tuesday for a Republican campaign event. A federal affidavit said that Michael Lee Braun has sent a total of 51 threatening letters since the 2001 terrorist attacks. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Robot cars will race in real traffic The first teams are announced for DARPA'S Urban Grand Challenge, in which robot cars will jostle with real ones along mocked-up city streets. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
The Cold War Inside the Pentagon The restoration of an effective civil-military compact — one based on honesty and forthrightness rather than dissimulation — promises to be a daunting task, the equivalent of restoring trust to a marriage after both parties have committed serial infidelities. No doubt Rumsfeld's removal from office stands as a necessary first step. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..
Uncovering DNA's 'Sweet' Secret DNA's simple and elegant structure — the “twisted ladder,” with sugar-phosphate chains making up the “rails” and oxygen- and nitrogen-containing chemical “rungs” tenuously uniting the two halves — seems to be the work of an accomplished sculptor. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
''Lost'': Teasers about the season 3 The Doc Is (Back) In: Jeff Jensen, EW's resident expert on all things ''Lost,'' has seen the season premiere! Here are his first impressions... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Top 3 reasons to use clean URLs Clean up your URLs and reap the rewards. Learn the top 3 reasons to use clean URLs. The reasons may just surprise you!! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
A map of the tracks of all tropical cyclones worldwide from 1985 to 2005 That's one of the most fascinating visual representations of cyclones I've ever seen. This picture is the Wikipedia picture of the day. That link shows the color scale used, which corresponds to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Neiman Marcus Catalog offers Space Ride for five for $1.7Million This year's selection of enticing and desirable fantasy gifts is another example of the unique and high-quality holiday offerings our dedicated customers have come to know and love," Brendan Hoffman, president and CEO of Neiman Marcus Direct said in a prepared statement. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
17 US Soldiers Killed in Iraq Since Saturday / 263 Iraqis Killed Today Somehow 17 soldiers being killed in four days, 8 dying in Baghdad today alone, 263 Iraqi's dying today alone . . . and its not making the cable news channels or mainstream web-news sites. If you do care about things like soldiers, iraqis or afghan people, I recommend www.AntiWar.com. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Archaeologists Find 11,000 Year-old Building in Syria Archaeologists said they have discovered an 11-millennium-old building with on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Highly addictive squares game Collect the squares with the mouse. Simple, yet addictive. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Elevator Floor Illusion "Going into this elevator would certainly makes one nervous. A sign at the entrance cautions the people that goes in about work in progress. A more detailed look shows that the floor has been painted with an illusion that there is no floor." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
One third of the planet will be desert by the year 2100 Drought threatening the lives of millions will spread across half the land surface of the Earth in the coming century because of global warming, according to new predictions from Britain's leading climate scientists. Extreme drought, in which agriculture is in effect impossible, will affect about a third of the planet, according to the study From digg on October 4, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Nobel academy? No way! How did you get my number? Astrophysicist George Smoot spends his days pondering the origin of the universe. But when his phone rang before dawn on Tuesday with news that he and fellow American John Mather won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics, he was skeptical about the origin of the phone call. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Foley's Infamous Instant Message Dramatically Recreated So, it went a little something like this? Wow, even watching this is uncomfortable. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
The Final Saw III Theatrical Trailer Released Lionsgate has launched the final theatrical trailer for the highly-anticipated Saw III at Yahoo! Movies in QuickTime and Windows Media Player formats. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
MacBook Has Thermal Grease Leaking onto SO-DIMM Slots I've ran into a big issue with my MacBook in where the thermal grease applied to the internal components has leached into the RAM slots on my motherboard and have 'soiled' the DIMM's with thermal grease... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
External & Internal HD DVD drive prototypes by Toshiba Most notable is the external USB drive they had under glass (pictured), which should be out by the end of this year, bringing plenty of HD DVD good times to all sorts of laptops and desktops that weren't privy to a built-in drive. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Dow Passes Intraday High The Dow Jones industrial average surged past its all-time trading high of 11,750.28 Tuesday, taking yet another step in its recovery from seven years of market turmoil. The index of 30 blue chip stocks moved into uncharted territory, rising as high as 11,754.55 shortly after 12:30 p.m. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Dyson creates new hand dryer that shoots air @ 400 mph James Dyson, billionaire inventor of expensive vacuum cleaners, has time on his hands to worry about bathroom bacteria, so he created the Dyson Airblade, a supercharged hand dryer that pumps room-temperature air through a tiny slot at 400mph. Dyson claims the device uses a "windshield-wiper" effect, drying both hands in 10 seconds. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Why the Russia-Georgia Spat Could Become a U.S. Headache Russia has escalated its showdown with its small, NATO-inclined neighbor of Georgia by closing all transport and postal communications. No trains, no flights, no ships, no vehicles, no mail money orders — nothing can cross the border From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Democrats want to revive Soc. Sec. issue WASHINGTON - Social Security has drifted out of the national debate, but Democrats, eyeing the senior vote, are trying to revive the issue — just in time for the midterm elections. Democratic leaders are advising their party's congressional candidates to focus on what the Republicans might do to Social Security given the chance. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Amish - they are grieving, but not angry & not a twitch of emotion shows Under their wide-brimmed straw hats and behind their distinctive beards, there was not a twitch of emotion or a single expression of grief yesterday as their horse-drawn buggies made their way down the narrow stone lanes and through the cornfields of Nickel Mines. But in this hamlet of 27 homes and one church, there were no pictures of the victims. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
New woodplastic composites to boost industry, help use waste products Wood science researchers in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University have developed new wood-plastic composites that are stronger and less expensive than any similar products now available a major breakthrough for this growing industry. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Website themes DO NOT get any weirder than this. I swear, weirdest thing ever. People talk, and you don't know who is saying what, and, well, it's just weird. Cool, but WEIRD. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Stephen Colbert - "Ohh my F*ck" From the French "Vocabulaire" segment. Hilarity ensues as Stephen realizes what he just said was on air and live. Awesome 35 second Colbert blooper moment... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
AJAX: Roller skates for the Web AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web application development can be roller skates for the Web; it must be used appropriately or it can be dangerous, said Jesse James Garrett, the IT consultant credited with coining the term "AJAX." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Stephen Hawking tours the future of particle physics at CERN Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Cambridge University and best-selling author of A Brief History of Time, has paid a week long visit to CERN in Geneva the world's largest centre for particle physics. This includes links to other Stephen Hawking, works. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Some of the best CSS/XHTML Designs on a Single Page I trace back a referer to my site and found this one page that list all the cool web design sites. I think they are listed on w3csites.com. At the time of submitting this link, I am still trying to find my site on the page (it's a huge list of thumbnails). From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Top 10 YouTube videos that'll make you want a Nintendo Wii It's not really aimed at people who know everything about Wii. It's more a link to send to friends / relatives / unconvinced spouses to convince them that a.) it's genius, and b.) they should pre-order one straight away. Oh, and c.) that the Bollywood tribute is rather marvellous. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
The other Google "Google has created a search site without any Google branding to test new features. The site, SearchMash, has a simple blue and white interface with a search bar and an option to click on "popular searches." Once keywords are entered, the results page features links to results running down the left side of the page...." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Video: Rep. Alexander says pages are receiving threats Congressional pages involved in the Foley sex messages scandal are receiving threats via emails, Representative Rodney Alexander (R-LA) told CNN today. Alexander sponsored one of the pages that received inappropriate instant messages from Rep. Foley. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
The DVD rewinder I dunno know about you, but I just hate rewinding my DVDs manually after watching them. Thank goodness someone came up with the DVD rewinder to relieve my tired hands. Just snap the disc on top, press the button and watch in wonder as your disc spins up thanks to the "Centriptal Velocity Spindle." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Hole in Kentucky will help predict quakes Workers in Kentucky are drilling a 2,000-foot hole that will become the deepest seismic observatory in the Midwest. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Map: What Does the Internet Look Like? "This visualization represents a macroscopic snapshot of the IPv6 Internet topology collected around March 4th, 2005. Topology data gathered from 17 monitors probing approximately 860 globally routable IPv6 network prefixes include 2,913 IPv6 addresses and 7,905 IPv6 links (immediately adjacent addresses in a traceroute-like path)." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Free Relaxing Music and Nature Sounds Tool - Very Cool! The free relaxing music and nature sounds on this website have been carefully chosen for their ability to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere for activities such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
20 brilliant pranks from a crazy group This group of crazy pranksters has done it all, Santa fighting in shopping window, big hamster in wheel, trapping peoples in maze among others. 20 minutes of hilarious pranks. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Research snapshot - international education market leading indicator data In an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing international education and training market, Australian Education International (AEI) has introduced a new service to provide economic, social and demographic indicators for 29 countries, covering both current and prospective source countries for international students. AEI, September 2006 From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
New practices in flexible learning 2004: Interactive Ochre: enhancing Indigenous cultural awareness among service professionals Interactive Ochre is an interactive CD delivering an Aboriginal perspective on cultural awareness training. The application was designed as an induction package to prepare service professionals to work more effectively with Aboriginal people. However, it has been recognised as an empowering resource for Aboriginal people to tell their stories and provides an ideal opportunity for modelling equivalent intercultural partnerships. Using entertaining multimedia resources the 'new practice' demonstrates educational infotainment as a methodology. The project report, the evaluation report, From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
ACE Resource Bank This resource bank is for Adult and Community Education (ACE) practitioners to upload and share teaching resources. Resources are discoverable through basic and advanced search and browse facilities. The bank is self managed; registered users can upload resources and review resources. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
NMC Online Conference on Digital Media This online conference is informed by the MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. It is designed to extend the examination of this phenomenon to a broader audience, and further explore both the positive and negative aspects of technology on learning, social interaction, self-expression, and more. Digital media, for this event, is interpreted broadly as anything from the traditional uses of the medium for creating and sharing rich content to the explosion of blogs for self expression, and increasingly, real time interpretation of news and breaking events. Also included is the From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
AEI releases August 2006 international student enrolment data International student enrolments is up 9.3% in August 2006. The year-to-date (YTD) August 2006 AEI International Student data recorded a total of 342,682 enrolments by full-fee international students in Australia. This represents a 9.3% increase on the same period last year. The strongest enrolments growth occurred in the VTE and ELICOS sectors, and was mainly driven by the growth from China, India, the Republic of Korea (South) and Brazil. AEI, September 2006 From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Andrew Heiskell awards for innovation in international education The nomination deadline for the 2006-07 Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education has been extended to 15 October 2006. All institutions which are members of IIENetwork are eligible for the Heiskell awards, which this year features a new International Exchange Partnerships category. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Living Music and Dance This conference presented by the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association is for teaching professionals of any age group, community musicians and interested community members, and anyone who loves music! Presenters: Rick Layton (USA), special guest Jon Madin, and a range of local presenters. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Early Childhood Conference of Performing Arts (ECCPA) This conference presented by the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association will: look at Educating for a Better World; provide outstanding professional development for participants - give confidence in areas of singing, dancing, percussion instruments and play; provide ways of integrating musical concepts into many aspects of daily activities; provide wonderful opportunities to network with others in this special field; provide the opportunity to view and buy a wonderful range of resources. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
2006 AVCC staff development and training program - international education conference The conference will explore issues which staff in university international offices and faculties need to be aware of in order to operate effectively and further their careers. Particular topics to be addressed include: recent policy developments including immigration requirements and ESOS, lessons learned from the audit process, working with faculties, approaches to specific markets,and outbound student mobility. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Amish Say They 'Forgive' School Shooter It didn't take long for us to learn that the Amish families most affected by this tragedy have responded in a way that might seem foreign to most of us: They talk about Monday's school shooting only in terms of forgiveness. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
More Wii Games' Box Art Revealed Some more box art has shown up on the web for the games Wario Ware, Need for Speed Carbon, and Far Cry Vengeance. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Wired: Zune Won't Kill the IPod Microsoft's new MP3 player has a lot going against it, even without the iPod around. It's not cool, the DRM will be a pain and wireless sharing is just another way for people to lie to strangers. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Roktoberfest: The Amarok Project Fundraiser and iPod Raffle October is Roktoberfest at the Amarok Project and they are giving away a 2GB iPod Nano to celebrate. Roktoberfest is the time to review the events of the past 12 months and start planning, including development of a Windows release. They have declared a fundraiser to raise $5,000 to offset expenses in the coming year. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Weirdest looking car in the world ready for production Japanese automaker Mitsuoka has revealed the production version of it's unique-looking mid-engined Orochi sports car, along with the car's production plans, pricing, and specifications. No matter how unique it looks, however, who is going to pay over $80K for 230hp? From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Lawyer: Foley Was Molested As A Teenager By Clergyman And Is Gay The lawyer representing former Congressman Mark Foley announced that Foley was molested between the ages of 13 and 15 by a clergyman. Attorney David Roth refused to name the offender or affiliate the individual with a particular religion. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Wal-Mart's MySpace Experiment Ends Just ten weeks after launching its own version of MySpace, Wal-Mart shut down “The Hub." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Guy runs up behind cops and PUSHES THEM INTO A RIVER!!!! At a music festival in England this drunk guy gets dared to push the cops in the river. This takes some serious balls and some very fast legs to run away!- Absolutely hilarious! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Quantum encryption sets long-distance record A encrypted quantum key has been transmitted over a distance of 184.6 km, which is 50% further than the previous record of 122 km. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Exploding Hello Kitty toys recalled Many children have recently been victims to the spontaneous combustion of innocent Hello Kitty Toys From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Wii Kiosks Exclusively at GameStop In stark contrast to an announcement made by Sony committing to have 15,000 PS3 kiosks at retailers in time for this years holiday season, an article in the Dallas Morning News quotes Steve Morgan, president of Gamestop, as saying the Nintendo Wii demo kiosks will be exclusive to Gamestop stores. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Make a WordPress Theme In Minutes A good friend of mine Joe Kaplan just launched ThemesPress.com which is a site to turn any standard HTML template or design into a fully functional WordPress Theme in minutes. The best part, it’s all automatic, so people with little to no PHP or HTML skills can make a WordPress theme from any design they have or purchased from a design site. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Wii's Steering Wheel Video It was announced to be packed in with GT Pro Series and Monster 4x4 with a few pics, but now you can see a hands on showing. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
George Clooney's Weapon Against Paparazzi: Dating Leonardo DiCaprio "I want to spend every single night for three months going out with a different famous actress. You know, Halle Berry one night, Salma Hayek the next, and then walk on the beach holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio. People would still buy the magazines...but they would always go, 'I don't know if these guys were putting us on or not." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
FOX News Knew of Congressional Electronic Masturbation a Year Ago Fox News —was leaked copies of the inappropriate e-mail with the former Louisiana Congressional Page and Foley last year and covered up the story. What a shocker! From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Divers to retrieve tires dumped off Fla Plans have been drawn up to retrieve millions of tires that were dumped off the Florida coast in 1972 to make an artificial reef. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
58% of Americans Now Believe Bush Deliberately Misled Us Into War Number of Americans who believe the Bush administration has deliberately misled the American public about the war in Iraq, according to a new CNN poll. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Solar-powered dress "Each tile is designed in such a way as to accommodate a solar cell, a RGB LED, or a photocell, and jumper connectors (in the form of 0 Ohm resistors). A control board provides power, communicates with the tiles, and links to a computer via RF. The dress is completely modular both in terms of software and hardware." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
INCREDIBLE! FOX 'NEWS' Labels Foley as Dem during O'Reilly Factor- IMAGE Incredibly during a total of three different cutaways to video footage of Foley, he was labelled at the bottom of the screen eachtime as "(D-FL)" ! Three different times. In two different segements. Each cutaway about 15 seconds or more. Showing Foley as a DEMOCRAT. Amazing. What a bunch of tools... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Katie Couric Slips in Ratings CBS is putting a brave face on Katie Couric's ratings as the CBS Evening News slipped to third place last week. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Arrest over Cheney Barb Triggers Lawsuit A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice President Dick Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him for his policies concerning Iraq. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
GPS New Weapon In Fight Against Avian Flu "As wild birds ready to take to the skies for their winter migration, birds from space will be monitoring their movements in order to help scientists fight the spread of H5N1—the deadly strain of avian flu virus." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Microsoft "guarantees" graphical superiority for 360 titles With the launch of the Wii and the PlayStation 3 only a month away, the battle for the next-generation consoles is heating up. While Nintendo is banking on their innovative new wireless controller and other new features to make the Wii a success, Microsoft and Sony are battling it out for the "bigger, faster, and shinier" market From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Official Nintendo Wii Storage Bags Here are some of the first accessories I have been for the Wii. A Wii carrying case, and a games case. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Amazing UFO-shaped/trashcan-lid-type lap-held musical instrument Has anyone seen one of these before? Sounds totally electronic but is totally acoustic... From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Candidates Give Foley Contributions Away Republicans in tight re-election contests were unloading contributions they received over the years from Mark Foley, the former congressman ensnared in an e-mail sex scandal. But The National Republican Congressional Committee, which has received $550,000 from Foley since 1996, will keep its money, committee spokesman Carl Forti said. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Hollywood vs. Women Six ways for Hollywood to stop alienating women. They go to movies. They bring their friends. There are 3 billion of them. So how come the big studios aren't making more films for them? From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Reynolds says Foley emails were simply "overly friendly" “Overly friendly chit-chat” is how Congressman Tom Reynolds (R-NY) referred to a 52 year old man emailing a 16 year old boy about how his 16 year old friend has a really hot body. This is how Cong. Reynolds described those horrendous emails JUST LAST NIGHT. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
How Drunk Would You Have To Be? It's quite simple really. You post pictures of you, your friends, or of people you don't really like (it doesn't matter).. We the people will then tell you how drunk we'd have to be before we think he/she/they are hot enough to have sex with.. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Sony exec predicts end of the road for discs "In five years' time, my belief is that the majority of content won't be delivered on disc. That has many implications for developers and the way we organise our industry..." From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Funniest Dance Videos A collection of funny YouTube dance videos mashed up with some "hot or not" style voting. There are some amazingly bad and funny videos in there. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Ripples from the Big Bang grab the physics Nobel Following the awarding of the biology prize yesterday, the Nobel Prize committee has announced its honorees in physics. The winners are John C. Mather of NASA and George Smoot from Berkeley. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
No More 'Light' Cigarettes? A federal judge has denied a request by tobacco companies to let them keep marketing "light" and "low tar" cigarettes until an appeal is settled in their case. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled in August that the cigarette makers violated racketeering laws and misled the public about the health consequences of smoking. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Lemmings not actually "suicidal" (How Disney lied) Remember how we all learned lemmings commit mass suicide from that Disney movie in elementary school? Well, it turns out the whole thing was staged. (But the Disney Company actually killed all those lemmings.) From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Confirmed! XBox360 can transmit a DIGITAL 1080p signal Tons of disinformation out there. We already know a Fall software update will give ANALOG 1080p via component and VGA. Now there's confirmatoin of DIGITAL 1080p ability. Microsoft is simply waiting for market demand to catch up. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Hannity Insists Liberal Conspiracy Behind Timing of Foley Email Release Sean Hannity devoted a large part of his show to the Foley scandal. But rather than discuss Foley’s behavior and the possible cover-up by the House leadership, Hannity focused on the timing of the release of Foley’s inappropriate emails and IMs, and wondered if they were “held back to maximize the political impact before an election.” From digg on October 4, 2006 at 12:10 a.m..
Manipulating Light With a Tiny Needle Using the tip of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), it is possible to map the wave pattern of light, trapped in a so called optical resonator, with unprecedented precision. Apart from that, the AFM is also capable of playing with the light, to optimize the performance of the resonator. From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
7-year-old Writes to President Bush for Help Seven-year-old Saul Arellano delivered a handwritten note to a White House staffer on Tuesday, hoping to enlist President Bush's help in keeping his mother from being deported to Mexico. The following is the text of the letter: From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
iRiver S10 reviewed we spotted iRiver's diminutive S10 digital audio player it was riding the coat tails of Apple's 2G Shuffle, but now that reviews are starting to trickle in, it's gotta stand on its own to make a name for itself. The folks at CNET Asia were some of the first to get their hands on one, and as usual, they put the unit through its pac From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
F1 racer ripping a Ferrari 275 GTB on the streets of Paris..NFS style Jaw dropping video of a F1 racer creaming the gorgeous 275GTB, just listen to the exhaust note and hold on. From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
The Powell What-Ifs What if Powell hadn't been such a "good soldier"? What if he'd been more willing to speak the truth? What if he hadn't let himself be manipulated by Vice President Cheney and suckered by bad intelligence? What if Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had been forced to resign, instead of him? From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Shaq, others not fans of the NBA's new ball "I think the new ball is terrible," O'Neal said Monday. "It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made. ... The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his college degree revoked. It's a terrible decision." From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Why Do Atheists Care About Religion? Atheists are often asked, "If you don't believe in God, why do you care about religion?" This is one atheist's answer to that very question. From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
NRCC Head uses small children as props to avoid Foley questions. Words fail me ... Reporter: Congressman, do you mind asking the children to leave the room so we can have a frank discussion of this, because it's an adult topic. It just doesn't seem appropriate to me. Reynolds: I'll take your questions, but I'm not going to ask any of my supporters to leave. From digg on October 3, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
$2 million one-stop-shop resource centre A new publicly funded company created to develop and operate an online ‘one-stop-shop’ for training resources was recently launched. The new company, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Australia Ltd, is jointly owned by the Australian, state and territory governments. TVET will receive $2.03 million funding in 2006 to support the operation of the National Quality Council and the National Industry Skills Committee, and provide access to training resources and other services in support of the national training system. The company will administer a further $2.12 million fu From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Stronger Families and Communities Strategy: Communities for Children The Communities for Children initiative of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy uses a community development, partnerships, evidence based approach to policy and practice that aims to give children aged less than five years the best possible start in life. This article outlines the contexts for the initiative and the strategy, the focus of the 2004 - 2008 phase of the strategy, and the National Agenda for Early Childhood. It discusses the engagement of a social coalition to provide the Government with advice on the implementation of the strategy and risk management processes. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Reading Matters Conference 2007 The Centre for Youth Literature organises the biennial Reading Matters Conference for professionals working in the literacy field. Reading Matters includes a youth day, plus two days of talks, sessions, ideas and issues. Bookings can be made from Monday 2 October 2006. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Trainers benefit from online support According to a new report released, online learning objects can provide vital support for students and teachers who have little or no computer skills. The report into the use of Toolbox learning objects has been released by the national training system’s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework). The purpose of the research was to understand how teachers and trainers were accessing and using learning objects with learners. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
QUT's Learning, Literacy and Leadership Conference draws near - 1-3 November 2006 Once upon a time, an educator stood alone like Gulliver among the little people. Not any more. Without a close connection to other professional experts, no individual can make a convincing and sustainable claim to be an educator. Real educators listen to and value a wide range of opinion coming out of classrooms, associations, departments, faculties, programs. Real educators scan the horizon, not dreading new social and technological futures but welcoming the challenges that they bring to all learning environments. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity to step out of the silos. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments The paper presents an overview of the current state of the world of scientific journal publishing. Areas discussed include: Online journals; Open Access journals; Global trends in scientific output; Citations and the impact factor; Open access publishing; Open access citation advantage; OA publishing business models; Open access via self-archiving; Subject-based repositories; Institutional repositories; Self-archiving policies and mandates; New developments in scholarly communication. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Schools, vocational education and training, and partnerships: capacity-building in rural and regional communities Using case studies from seven rural and regional areas, this report looks at the impact of schools and vocational education and training (VET) on community capacity. It finds that communities have developed different models to organise school-VET partnerships and that rural areas are more likely to adopt a whole-of-community model, while regional areas have used a more specialised regional model. Successful partnerships are those that respond to community issues, including the need to keep young people at school, as well as providing a skills base for the local area. From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Dusting off the shelves: getting the most value out of vocational education and training equity resources This report provides an analysis of data gathered from vocational education and training (VET) policy-makers, industry representatives, resource development managers and practitioners about their experiences and views on the uptake and implementation of equity learning resources. These resources are aimed at supporting trainers in teaching their students. A range of enablers and barriers to the uptake and implementation of the resources in the VET sector were identified. A key finding is that few equity resources appeared to be widely used. The issue of uptake lies not with the quality of the From EdNA Online on October 3, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
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