Honest Cop, Bad Cop
United Kingdom resident “edent” video-taped his random search by London Transport Police acting under §44 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Muxtape vs. RIAA
Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.
I’m sure no one is tired of the RIAA yet.
100 Network Security Tools
Sectools has a list of the top 100 network security tools based on a poll of 3,243 people on the nmap-hackers mailing list.
Use wisely. And try not to audit a network you don’t own.
Sorting Contest, Again
Here’s some more demos of sorting algorithms, animated. This page is more useful because you can start with a random, almost sorted, reversed, or few-unique set of data. Useful for deciding which sorting algorithm to use based on the general order of information you expect to receive.
Cell Phone Popcorn
Ok, so trying to pop popcorn with some cellphones is definitely on my to-do list.
Byte Sheets
Added Bytes has lots of cheat sheets for web programming, software, and even World of Warcraft. Available as PDFs or PNGs.
Define 2.0
Indexed has the best explanation, by far, of what Web 2.0 means.
Attention: Fake Ceremony is Now Real Truth
Officials representing the Beijing Olympic Games in China have confirmed that the organizations in charge of the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Summer Olympics may have faked at least two parts of the production. […]
It has been revealed that nine-year-old Lin Miaoke, who performed “Ode to the Motherland” during the ceremony, was only a visual effect. A recording of another girl’s voice played throughout the stadium and on the television and radio broadcasts. It is also now known that that some of the fireworks shown on television were computer-generated imagery.
DVDs on Your Wii
HackMii has released a tool that lets you play DVDs on your Wii. A modchip is not required, but you have to have some way to write to your Wii’s SD card, like a card reader.
John Mayer Gives His Dad Tech Support
A thousand times I have lived this, and a thousand times to come, I’m sure. Except I have to phone troubleshoot Windows boxes, instead.
Movable Type 4.2
My favorite open-soruce blogging software, and the software I use to publish this site, Movable Type, has updated to version 4.2.
Trust me on this one: When they say they improved the speed of the system, they meant it. My Movable Type install is burning up the Perl now.
The New Depression
Steve Delahoyde has some helpful video tips for surviving the new depression.
Innerpartysystem
I like what I’m hearing from Innerpartysystem. (iTunes link, duck and cover.)
Do you Manscape?
Gaygamer.net asks their E3 interviewees if they manscape.
Update: Please also see “Would you rather sleep with Marcus Fenix or have your Gamerscore reset to zero?”
Bernie Mac Dies at 50
He’s played some of the strangest, most entertaining roles. I’ll miss him.
Wireless Pacemaker Attacks
Kevin Fu and his research team at the University of Washington demonstrated a proof-of-concept device that can disable pacemakers wirelessly. Not a happy thought. The team has a paper on the subject if you want some not-so-light reading about it. This comment also reminds us about the garage door opener fiasco with the same inherent problem.
The Kitten with Two Faces
A kitten was born in Ohio with two faces, and is otherwise perfectly healthy. It has a single brain and its mouths work in unison. Here’s a more annoying MSN video with different footage and another YouTube video.
CleverCSS
A Python-based CSS syntax, including variables and arithmetic.
Bike Thief
The Neistat Brothers show how easy it is to steal a bike in New York City. They use bolt cutters, a hacksaw, and an angle grinder to steal their own bike three times and no one walking by says a damn thing. Finally, on the fourth try, with a hammer and spike, someone stops and suggests how to do it better. (Here’s the video on YouTube if you don’t have QuickTime.)