del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since April 2, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• PDF: Breaking 104 bit WEP in less than 60 seconds, by Erik Tews, Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, and Andrei Pyshkin
  Active attack theoretically could recover a 104-bit WEP key in less than a minute, using known characteristics of IPv4 ARP request/response packets, and ARP request re-injection.
  Tags: article, pdf, security, hacking, cryptography, wifi
• Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Monster Muck Mashup – Mass Video Conversion Using AWS
  Mitch Garnaat demonstrates using Amazon S3, EC2 and SQS to convert videos using ffmpeg.
  Tags: article, amazon, programming, howto
• BBC NEWS | Health | Blood groups ‘can be converted’
  Great news, if it isn’t an April Fool’s joke. Now, instead of seeking out type O donors, any Rhesus-negative can be converted to type O.
  Tags: article, bbc, health, science, blood

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 26, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Unix Review > Regular Expressions: Tile makes Tcl look good
  Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz explain how Tcl is far from “dead.”
  Tags: article, programming, tcl
• Philip Greenspun’s Weblog > Java is fading as a Web development tool… along with the SUV?
  Phil Greenspun shares anecdotal evidence that Java is on its way out, at least for MIT 6.171 students.
  Tags: blog, education, java, programming, mit

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 19, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Desktop Tower Defense
  Very addictive little Flash game. (via Jeremy Zawodny)
  Tags: game, free, flash, puzzle
• Open Source Realtime Video Editing And Effects Software: Jahshaka – Robin Good’s Latest News
  “[…] Jahshaka [is a] real-time video production powerhouse integrates multiple fully featured modules including a frame-by-frame paint over video facility, a production titling component, full video and audio editing, animation, and a special effects la
  Tags: blog, free, opensource, software, audio, video, tools
• Local Search Done Right: iBegin Source by Elliott Back
  Elliott blogs about iBegin, a venue data vendor with an actual business model. Free for non-commercial use, too!
  Tags: blog, ibegin, local, venue, data, vendor
• Linux: Syslets, Generic Asynchronous System Call Support | KernelTrap
  Lightweight kernelspace threads in Linux. Sign of the apocalypse?
  Tags: linux, programming, threads
• FICS Help: atomic
  Very odd variant of chess called “atomic chess” … play strategy seems very, very different.
  Tags: games, chess
• (racoon 530) Configuration reload and existing tunnels
  Why does racoon flush the SAD/SPD on config reload? Sigh.
  Tags: reference, linux, networking, security
• STANFORD Magazine: March/April 2007 > Features > Mind-set Research
  Article about Carol Dweck’s book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”
  Tags: article, research, book, science, psychology, carol-dweck
• The Dilbert Blog: Today I Will Improve Your Sex Life
  Scott teaches the reader how to abuse science and humanity in order to get laid. Applied sciences are the best!
  Tags: blog, humor, science, sex, scott-adams
• Web Typography Sucks | Slides and notes from SxSW 2007
  Preso by Richard Rutter and Mark Boulton on typography given at SxSW 2007.
  Tags: presentation, pdf, web, typography, sxsw

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 12, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Obscure > India Outsourcing post-mortem
  Culturally, it’s a huge mistake to outsource any non-labor-only job to India. Software development is one such job.
  Tags: blog, software, outsourcing, india
• Nuance – The Leading Supplier of Speech Recognition, Imaging, PDF and OCR Solutions
  Nuance RealSpeak’s text-to-speech capabilities are incredible. I hope they create “RealSpeak Desktop” where I can feed it arbitrary text and it’ll read it for me, for $50. Killer application.
  Tags: company, software, speech, tools
• GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
  It’s the pobox.com of telephony–but how are they going to make money? Ridiculously expensive paid subscription service, eventually? Ads? Why commit to using it “for life” unless you know, right?
  Tags: company, phone, voip, mobile, free
• “LISTEN, HUMANITY” by Meher Baba, narrated and edited by D.E. Stevens
  “An astoundingly small proportion of persons in the western world know why they are here. […] It is no wonder that nervousness and irritability are produced.” (via Torben Brosten)
  Tags: book, pdf, india, philosophy

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since March 5, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft
  Run multiple versions of MSIE without virtualization. Neat!
  Tags: software, microsoft, browser
• IEBlog : IE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine
  Microsoft makes a an activated (but time-bombed) WinXP SP2 VirtualPC image available for testing IE6 if you’ve upgraded to IE7.
  Tags: blog, software, microsoft, windows, virtualpc, vmware
• MSR Asirra Project
  A CAPTCHA/HIP that uses Petfinder.com’s image database. Cool concept, nice partnership.
  Tags: research, security, microsoft, captcha
• WorldChanging: Lunch at the Langar: Exploring a Free Kitchen in Delhi
  Tags: blog, india, food, religion
• Why the media passes off bunk as news | csmonitor.com
  Drew Curtis (of Fark.com) slams mainstream news for being, well, fark.
  Tags: article, media, news, fark

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 26, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• YouTube – Sparkling Wiggles
  OMG, so, so wrong. “Get a job sparking wiggles!” Priceless.
  Tags: youtube, video, language, funny, child
• Ex-teacher won’t face sex charges
  “Due to the fact that the age of consent for sexual acts in Canada is 14 years, […]” Moral of this story: Go to Canada, be a pedophile, don’t do drugs! Now I finally understand why people voluntarily live/move to Canada. Ugh.
  Tags: news, canada, law, sex, pedophile, drugs
• Bits from Bill: BCC and Other “old” AOL Secrets
  Nice AIM undocumented feature, “$IM_OFF” … wonder how long it’ll last now that it’s public knowledge.
  Tags: blog, aol, im, documentation
• ATM versus Ethernet
  I hope and pray that within the next 15 years, ATM fully replaces Ethernet, all the way to the doorstep and desktop. It’s 2007, isn’t it time for a real high-speed broadband Internet/WAN, yet?
  Tags: paper, computer, networking, ethernet, atm
• Event Stream Processing, Complex Event Processing, Aleri Streaming Platform
  Another stream-processing company, like StreamBase or Vertica Systems, maybe even competing with Ab Initio. And, they have an office in Newark, NJ. Maybe a good place to work?
  Tags: company, realtime, database, aleri

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 19, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Toothpaste For Dinner blog: My adventures in Second Life
  “How do I hit people?” … “For sixty-eight cents, you could have had a pet penis that followed you around.”
  Tags: blog, gaming, rant, second-life
• Daily Record – Morris County – Civil union bells keep ringing
  Congratulations, Cindy Meneghin and Maureen Kilian!
  Tags: news, butler, nj, politics, marriage

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 12, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Management Impact on Software Cost and Schedule – July 1996
  Tags: article, software, programming, research, agile, extremeprogramming
• UNLOCKER 1.8.5 BY CEDRICK ‘NITCH’ COLLOMB
  Unlocker is one of the most useful free Win32 utilities I’ve found.
  Tags: free, software, microsoft, win32, tools
• Courier News Online – Database offers salary, pension info
  “While DataUniverse provides the best possible collection of public servant salaries and job locations in the state [of New Jersey], not everyone is listed.”
  Tags: news, newjersey, salary, data
• AOL and OpenID: Where we are
  I pushed for AOL to support OpenID, leveraging its SNS (screen name service) authenticator … Of course, these things finally start happening long after I leave AOL.
  Tags: blog, aol, openid, john-panzer
• isnoop.net blog > Blog Archive > MacSaber: Turn Your Mac Into A Jedi Weapon
  “Introducing MacSaber. Using your Mac’s sudden motion sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects.”
  Tags: blog, free, software, apple, macosx, starwars, funny
• nLite – Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
  “nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows configuration. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines.” (via Bradley)
  Tags: tools, free, software, windows, sysadmin

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since February 5, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• “House M.D.” One Day, One Room (2007)
  Oh, I think I’m in love with Katheryn Winnick. *swoon*
  Tags: tv, house-md, katheryn-winnick
• xkcd: (e ^ pi ) – pi ~= 20
  Only approximately. Heh.
  Tags: programming, math, humor, xkcd
• From the Editor: January 2007
  Phil gives the “State of Photo.net” address, going into great detail as to who does what now, and what the strategy is moving forward. Sounds like Photo.net could give Flickr a run for its money, if done right. I’m glad to hear they’re still on AOLserve
  Tags: article, photo, philip-greenspun
• Amazon.com: Joe Celko’s Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties, (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems): Books: Joe Celko
  Great book since it provides actual solutions in standard SQL. Of course, if you’re using Oracle, “CONNECT BY … PRIOR” makes this problem go away.
  Tags: amazon, book, programming, sql, joe-celko
• AOL kills Singingfish, annoys users – franticindustries.
  Singingfish.com now redirects to video.aol.com. Deck chairs are still being rearranged, it seems.
  Tags: news, aol, singingfish, video, search
• Up In Pieces Custom Photo Puzzles
  Tags: gifts, photo, jigsaw, puzzles
• MySQL Database Management Software and Database Tools by Quest Software
  Quest Software, maker of the famous database software tool “Toad,” now offers “Toad for MySQL Freeware.”
  Tags: free, software, database, mysql, toad

del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since January 29, 2007 at 09:00 AM:

• Sock Dreams ~ unique sexy comfy socks for unique sexy people
  Women’s socks. All kinds. The over-the-knee and thigh-highs are my faves.
  Tags: company, clothing, socks
• Video – Car show girl with amazing body skills – ToxicJunction.com
  She’s blonde and ample, and can move her boobs without using her hands. I want her …
  Tags: video, blonde, breasts
• Gizmos Grabowski: TIP: Can’t Delete Print Jobs
  How to manually delete the local Windows print spooler’s contents.
  Tags: blog, windows, printer, howto
• Beating the Averages
  Paul Graham’s excellent essay on the Blub paradox, and why non-Lisp programmers don’t realize why they should be programming in Lisp.
  Tags: essay, programming, paul-graham, lisp, blub, paradox
• The joy of the hack (Skrentablog)
  I didn’t know Rich Skrenta was the original author of the Elk Cloner virus–the first “computer virus” back in 1982.
  Tags: blog, history, computer, programming, viruses, rich-skrenta
• Nextumi Launches Share2Me – a Revolutionary Online Sharing Platform at DEMO 07: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
  Tags: company, nextumi, share2me