December 2009
87 posts
“The best way to help people feel secure is by acting secure around them.”
– Bruce Schneier - (Article) Is aviation security mostly for show?
Twitter's List Of 370 Banned Passwords →
12345? That’s amazing. I’ve got the same combination on my luggage.
TechCrunch and a few other people noticed this list of 370 passwords that Twitter bans its members from using when they sign up for new accounts. They range from the obvious — “password,” “twitter,” etc. — to the obscene and bizarre.
Can't figure out what to eat? Try this list. →
Famous Last Meal Request.
I liked “Medium rare steak with A1 Steak Sauce, fried chicken breasts and thighs, BBQ ribs, French fries, onion rings, bacon, scrambled eggs with onions, fried potatoes with onions, sliced tomatoes, salad with ranch dressing, two hamburgers, peach pie, milk, coffee, and iced tea with real sugar”
Wikipedia, you have EVERYTHING! I really should donate.
AutoPilot
I was driving into work today, listening to one of my podcasts, when I noticed I wasn’t heading to work. My AutoPilot sent me to my crossfit gym >.< But since most people are on vacation there was no traffic and it was a quick turn around. That would have been an extra 30 min delay on a normal traffic day. But more curious is why my subconscious wanted to go workout. Ugh… ever...
WatchYouth In Revolt Trailer - Jan 4th.
HDMI 1.4 specification will include 3d formats →
So legacy set-top boxes (those that are already deployed in the market) that don’t support 3D (HDMI 1.4 Spec) just cant say they support 3D? Either way… I think we are all going to have to buy new TV in the next couple of years… The 3D technology in Avatar was amazing!!
“Are we looking at a situation maybe 10-15 years out where most laptops are sold with 3D stereoscopic...
History Of The Internet And Its Flexible Future →
By Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA
In October of 1969, the first message was sent on the ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet. The message, which was incomplete, was “Lo,” which was the beginning of “Login”.
This showed up in the Annual Developer Quiz for Java.
Kleinrock who’s a professor at UCLA is also known as a “Father of the Internet”… and held...
How to use Facebook with a feed reader
A - Freakn - Mazing!!!!
JWZ just posted how to use Facebook with a feed reader. This is exactly what I have been looking for.
From his post:
So. You have to subscribe to three or four different feeds. Posts: Find the Posts feed by going to http://www.facebook.com/posted.php. On the upper right of the page is a gray box, and at the bottom of that box is a link entitled “My...
Watch“All Star” hackers competed in the U.S. Cyber Challenge NetWars.
Notable things that you will see in every article about stuff like this:
Use of some stupid phrase to the hackers, e.g. “techno cowboys”, etc.
Some dude with way-too-long ponytail
Unnecessary close-ups of fairly mundane things….alt-tab, editing an apache config, etc.
They forgot to show...
The Quick 10: 10 Obsolete Units of Measurement →
8. Pood. Until it was declared obsolete in 1924, a pood was a unit of measurement that basically meant 40 Russian pounds. It’s apparently still used occasionally for agriculture purposes. There’s an old Russian saying that translates to, “You never know a man until you have eaten a pood of salt with him.” Which… ew.
Hey! We still use that in crossfit… kind of. Okay, never mind, I...
Neighbors Door Mat
I just moved to West LA and haven’t really met my neighbors yet. But one of my neighbors have a door mat that says “Wipe your paws”. Which mean either they are a pack a ware wolfs, or they have a dog that can read… either way, that’s awesome, and I’m stoked!
WatchReport: Most College Males Admit To Regularly Getting Stoked!!!
No F**KEN WAY!
WatchStudent Brings Typewriter To Class
Professor: Can you please turn the volume down?
Student: No, it doesn’t do that.
Hahaha!
