Monthly Archives: August 2005

Very, very strange! I’m really conflicted about this… You see, there is a project out there called Open Media Commons. They aim to develop open source technology that would become an universal standard in digital media content management. The project … Continue reading →

Finally! Blogger has decided to do something about blog spam and crapflooding. They added word verification – you know, that silly thing where they show you a picture with mangled letters and you need to type the word into a … Continue reading →

For the last few days I have been trying to figure out what the hell was going on with the Linux trademark issues in Australia. The first slashdot article made it look like some sort of scam. The second slashdot … Continue reading →

I was watching TV late at night yesterday and an interesting movie came up. It’s title was Antitrust which immediately piqued my interest. If you ever plan watching this movie and do not want to get spoiled, stop reading now … Continue reading →

This must be the funniest, most ridiculous story that I have ever found at digg. Apparently catholic priests in Indianapolis are using this Matrix theme poster in their recruitment campaign. All I can say is WTF? Yesterday I posted about … Continue reading →

Kuro5in has a very interesting article about DRM and TCPA. Think about this very carefully – if the DRM trend keeps up we will be locking up all the artwork, and popular culture that our generation will produce for the … Continue reading →

Just so that you know – I tend to blurt out major spoilers at random intervals. So if you haven’t seen Galactica yet, stop reading now. You have been warned. Now on to my ramblings. Can someone tell me what … Continue reading →

Yahoo is running a story on how students continue to use illegal file sharing networks, despite being provided with free legal music download service. The reason? [Students] continue to tap file-sharing networks or syphon digital music files from friends to … Continue reading →

I was reading the boingboing article about the French book vending machines and I got an interesting idea. Why do vending machines have to always sell physical merchandise? Could we vend virtual goods on the street? Basically the first thing … Continue reading →

Mysql does not support MINUS operator which is not the end of the world. For most queries you can really care less if it’s implemented or not. My web app never needs to use it to function properly, which makes … Continue reading →

I just listened to an mp3 of the reading Cory Doctorow gave at Worldcon – posted by remotepush on his blog. The book sounds awesome. And it was really interesting to head Cory reading it himself. I loved how people … Continue reading →

I just found this interesting study. These guys apparently got little spiders high on various drugs, and observed how this affected their web spinning skills. Now I knew guys who did this soft of stuff routinely in college dorms, but … Continue reading →

I just discovered the cool ass awesomess that is Orion’s Arm! I found it at boingboing. It is essentially a Creative Commons licensed, hard scifi universe that can be used as backdrop setting for your CC licensed stories, games and … Continue reading →

UK schools are partnering with EA in an experiment to use video games as an educational tool. The aim is to teach children the so called: softer skills that are needed for the 21st century, such as problem-solving, resilience, persistence … Continue reading →

Boinboing reports that a new SMS service was set up, which will rely quotes from Pope’s speeches to the subscribers via text message. This is both interesting, and kindoff strange. It’s interesting, because it is nice to see the Catholic … Continue reading →

Australian scientists discovered that Crocodiles immune system is able to effortlessly kill HIV virus (via Slashdot). It was previously known that crocodile antibodies are also able to fight off bacteria immune to penicillin. This seem like it could be big … Continue reading →

Personally I think that “Intellectual Property” is an oxymoron, and a nothing more than a speed bump on the road to innovation. A speed bump which, is already becoming a serious obstacle and given enough time it may cause the … Continue reading →

School officials in Henrico County, VA have decided to sell used iBooks for $50 a pop creating a riot that slashdot described as iStampede (boingboing also covered this story). Why was there a riot? Because the laptops were sold at … Continue reading →

The PSP modding craze is reaching new heights. Apparently someone figured out how to run Windows on it (via Boingboing)! The linked article is very skimpy on details. I found a more detailed post at engadget. At first I was … Continue reading →

IBM has donated some DHTML accessibility code to Firefox. This sounds like really good news – it is nice to know that a giant corporation is backing our favorite browser. Having features improving accessibility for sight impaired users is great … Continue reading →

It’s amazing what you can find out after browsing your schools IT manuals web page. For example you can find out that your schools LDAP server is open to a worldwide audience. Anyone with an email client, or any kind … Continue reading →

The Copyright Office wants to implement an IE only pre-registration system (via Slashdot). From the original notice: it is not entirely clear whether the system will be compatible with web browsers other than Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.1 and higher. … Continue reading →

Well… It seems that I need to say goodbye to my current thesis research. I worked on a set of database integration algorithms. I’m not going to get into the nitty gritty derails here but in the end, I found … Continue reading →

Boingboing reports that BBC has posted a wikipedia article about a fictional pop star to promote their online reality game. This is the same viral advertising, just like that ilovebees crap which was used as halo promotion. But it’s one … Continue reading →

I missed BSG yesterday. I’m really beginning to like this show, but I haven’t got into habit of watching it every Friday yet. I’m a total airhead when it comes to remembering stuff. If it’s not a scheduled task on … Continue reading →