Slow air leak on ISS
NASA is not calling it a crisis but if I was on the ISS with a air leak I think all other activities would come to a halt while I went looking for the leak. [SpaceToday]
From the archive
2004
1,276 posts
iTunes DRM cracked wide open
A lot of work going on behind the scenes to capture and encode streaming Video & Music. Links to a very interesting program at the VideoLAN streaming free software project. [The Register]
Two Part Essay on Software Piracy
I have been a firm believer in purchasing software that I like. I really like the shareware concept and support $.$$ a lot of software developers. Generally I have experienced 2 things. I have purchased some over priced software that was never updated and was abandoned at version 1 and made me feel like I wasted my money. I have
UFO Evidence
It is odd as today I saw references to 3 or 4 UFO Sites, what is really weird is that I have not seen any UFO references before in my aggreator. The Mars Mania must have people thinking about Martian Aliens or something. I have always been fascinated with UFO pictures and with a personal story that I will tell
Remove Hidden Personal Info in Office Documents
Office 2003 has collaboration tools built in that tracks and passes hidden in the document personal identifying information. A large number of people continued to be worried that a document will contain personal information in which the creator would not like known. [Microsoft]
Editors Update
Just to let everyone know the news may be slow around here for a few days. I have family in town and being back to work and with the newborn in the house I am staying a very busy. I have some nuggets to post tonight but please be patient.
iPod Remote Control
I often plug my iPod into my Stereo and let it play on Random. Sometimes I do not like a particular song I wish I had the ability to forward 1 song without getting out of my chair. Well now there is a solution it is called NaviPod a Simple device that lets you go remote. [Review at EnvyNews] [Manufacture
Great commentary about Spirit on Mars
The Spirit landing from a bloggers perspective great commentary this is the kind of information that makes the blogging community so great. I must say that the landing of Spirit is a great accomplishment and is a testament to all of the smart people that made this happen. So we have 1 of 2 probes safely on the planet lets
Top 100 feeds, share your OPML!
I submitted my OPML feed tonight and was number 135 I submitted 399 feeds from my basic read list. This sites information is going to grow by leaps and bounds. This will prove what sites are being read the most via a aggreator. I personally love Newz Crawler it is fast and I have yet to find a better aggreator.
Sun open sources Cobalt Qube/Raq software
After removing the Qube from the production line last year, Sun has finally done something good and released the source code to the product. [Arstechnica]
Blog Security in the news
Thanks to the folks at Slashdot for the link. Apparently there have been a few successful hacks of Weblog accounts that have caused embarrassment and info being released to the general public that normally would have had restricted viewing. Makes me wonder why people would put information on the Internet that if exposed could affect their family, jobs, friends etc.
Stardust makes perfect catch of Comets Plume
The probe Stardust passed within 149 miles of the comet Wild-2 collecting dust particles and snapping some great pictures. [Stardust]
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