7/31/06 Gil's LotD
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html This guy installs sculptures that look like people in random city places.
http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml A page about Dell's support for Linux on their PCs.
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html This guy installs sculptures that look like people in random city places.
http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml A page about Dell's support for Linux on their PCs.
http://nonoba.com/chris/multiplayer-asteroids/multiplayer-asteroids-battle Multiplayer asteroids!
http://multichannelmerchant.com/opsandfulfillment/advisor/fuel_conserve/ A story about how UPS trucks optimize fuel usage.
http://vandertramp.com/zombie/index.html Zombies.
https://www.wgawregistry.org/webrss/dataentry.asp The Writers Guild of America lets writers register works online so authors can protect their copyrights.
http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6153327/index.html Tips for buying graphics cards.
http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/07/06/zoom-lens-for-nokia-mobile-camera-phones/ A zoom lens for camera phones.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521790/?sc=rsla A story about GPS scientists who cracked the new Galileo satellite system.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7979156332799754683# A video of a guy firing a pistol insanely fast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86V90e0oRQ Giant rubber band ball vs. car. This video is epic.
http://www.imaginationcubed.com/index.php Fun group whiteboards online.
http://www.gvetchedintime.com/ Etch-A-Sketch artwork.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/ice_cream_truck.html Ice cream truck songs!
http://www.15x15.lincoln.ac.uk People upload videos from their cell phones for their 15 seconds of fame.
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/exploit-prevention-labs/browser-exploits-to-be-released-in-july-10307 A story about a blog that plans to release a new exploit in Internet Explorer every day for the rest of July.
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20060619/behind-the-glass-curtain A look at Google's new office building.
http://lowendmac.com/sable/06/0706.html Benchmarks run comparing the old System 6 with modern PCs.
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosp.htm Default and backdoor passwords for many BIOSes.
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/07/05/seismac/ Turn your Mac's motion sensor into a seismograph and detect earthquakes!
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1590 All sorts of silly and useful performance tweaks for Windows XP.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-scheduler/?ca=dgr-btw03LinuxScheduler An article about Linux's scheduler.
http://www.pbase.com/jeffreyk/infrared Cool infared photos.
http://bigredasianthing.ytmnd.com/
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot A project to implement Linux in BIOS.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alternate/sets/199123/ Awesome photos of water in different forms and places.
http://neodon.blogspot.com/2006/07/little-known-tweak-to-boost-hard-drive.html Windows can slow down CD and hard drives by turning on legacy support for the drive. This is a guide on how to disable that.
http://pimpmobile.ytmnd.com/ A message from Al Gore.
http://gkcatsup.ytmnd.com/ The Ketchup Advisory Board has a message.
http://find.publicradio.org/search?site=phc&client=phc&filter=p&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=phc&q=ketchup See the transcripts for more Ketchup Advisory Board skits.
http://rootbeerbarrel.com/ Reviews of hundreds of different types of root beers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leR1EAdls4Y A demonstration of the proper war to fire off one of those giant rolls of fireworks.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ht/sparkler.htm How to make a sparkler.
http://www.nato-bookshop.org/ Get free instructional materials from NATO!
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/features/armaged.htm Armageddon flowchart.
http://simple-iq.com/ An online IQ test.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4782817775120383631# Birds descend on a tree.
http://news.cnet.com/2300-1016_3-6090070.html How to run Windows apps on a new Intel Mac.
http://lifehacker.com/software/top/windows-vista-beta-how-to-dual-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php How to dual boot Windows XP and Vista.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/how-its-made-holograms#more-2498 A video on how holograms are made.
http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/hearingloss.htmlTest how high of a pitch you can hear. I can hear 16000 Hz but not 17000 Hz.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3433507052114896375# This video is about a bird that is able to mimic the sounds it hears around it, including sounds of people. This is an amazing video.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-06-15-n22.html An interview with a Google employee.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/06/make_podcast_rube_goldber.html A Rube Goldberg machine made out of sticks, stones, and twine.
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Internet/ADSL-Bonding-How-To-and-Review.html A howto on bonding DSL lines to make one super DSL line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver#Impact Wikipedia's page on all the problems solved by MacGyver.
http://www.undergroundmodshop.com/forums/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=3419 It's a giant paintball gun!
http://balloons.space.edu/habp/project_4/airphotos.html Photos from a high altitude weather balloon.
http://www.hangingtestdummy.com/ Skip the intro to go to the main site. This site has a video feed of a crash test dummy glued to the ceiling, and you can fire tennis balls at it using the website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqDAf_lg9Xs A video of a guy who juggles balls in a plastic cone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmZyB_ghpa0 Incredible video of a guy base jumping out of the side of a helicopter down the side of a mountain.
http://weddingbetting.com/ It's like Hot or Not, only you rate how long a couple will stay married.
http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/06/01/the-meaning-of-ubuntu-explained-by-nelson-mandela/ A video clip of Nelson Mandela explaining the concept of Ubuntu.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/ This is a collection of sound clips recorded of different space bodies by sattelites.
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/397003349731 Run Internet Explorer 6 under MacOS X using WINE.
https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2006/NR-06-06-02.html Scientists recently found explanations for some unsolved mysteries about Plutonium.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-clocks Top 10 strangest clocks.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/06/how_to_build_your_own_ban.html How to build a fuel cell out of a band aid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkJpsJzfE1M A trailer about Halo 3.
http://halo3ending.ytmnd.com/ The ending to Halo 3!
http://favcol.com/ This website takes the average of all the colors on Flikr.
http://www.helltycoon.com/home.asp Hell Tycoon, the game where you play as Satan and plan out Hell!
http://lifehacker.com/software/customer-service/skip-straight-to-the-operator-with-your-dirty-mouth-179352.php Some computerized calling trees can recognize profanity and will give you a live operator!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ky5ClIjL8 Bollywood meets The Beatles.
http://lunchtimers.com A MMO game which lets people drag letters around on a board.