del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since January 30, 2006 at 09:05 AM:
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Ampulex compressa wasp uses roaches as a host for its egg. It stings the roaches *brain* in order to make it controllable, yikes! Roach cattle …
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“[...] some summarizing principles of some useful bits of physics that should be useful to artists.”
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Great step-by-step walk-through on how to create a nice button/logo.
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MPAA: Busted! Exactly who benefits from this organization’s existence, again? Dismantle them, already.
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Scalding water burning your kids? Check out these fixtures from the German company Hansa: “they also feature temperature sensitive LEDs lining the walls of the canyon, which illuminate the water in different colors depending on the temperature of the wat
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Priceless: “Shortly after you begin working at DreamHost you quickly develop an uneasy relationship with Ted. Ted is a 12 inch lead pipe that the boss keeps in the top drawer of his desk. If you screw up, you get a “Ted to the head”. It hurts. A lot.”
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Alternate keyboard solution for handheld PDAs that projects a keyboard onto your desk with a “frickin’ laser beam” — now, fully wireless using Bluetooth!
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“The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.” As of Jan 2006, 0.5 carat of your loved one will run you $7,899. (via Chris Pirillo, 2006-01-30)
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Kazu Kibuishi writes a step-by-step pictorial on how he draws his Copper comic strip. (via Elf Sternberg, 2006-01-27)
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Very good essay on the difficulties of “business casual” dress for men in IT and how to avoid slipping into wearing “just any old crap” — mendel knows his clothes!
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ASCII renditions of the left-, right- and two-handed Dvorak keyboard layouts.
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Brad’s giving out permanent accounts to people who produce minimal reproducible cases of XSS attacks on LJ.
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In my quest to implement free D2D backup, it looks like someone’s already figured out what I’ve been thinking about. Cool!
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“Unidirectional microphone reduces background noise while amplifying your voice to provide great sound quality”
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“The unit comes equipped with all the high-end features and functionalities you would expect from a leading headset, with the addition of revolutionary technology that is designed to cut wind noise.”
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Rich Tehrani reviews the Plantronics Voyager 510S Bluetooth headset. Foam “sock” approach is used for wind noise cancellation, darn.
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Lots of good information on Bluetooth security weaknesses along with proof-of-concept exploits. Some of them sound really fun, too.
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