⇒ new tutes

customise your Mac icons here
Iconfactory
quicksilver: getting started
photoshop: lens blur tute1 | tute2

Download the Diablo III fansite kit, multimedia and more here

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⇒ widgets

via Apple |
iStatPro | Wallsaver

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⇒ Google gadgets

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⇒ beer belly, wine rack

courtesy of superpunch.blogspot.com. Lots of good stuff posted on that blog (damn you!)


basically, defeat airport security in the US--wear a neoprene "Beerbelly" filled with beer under his shirt. The "investigator" didn't notice it. Also available, the 'Wine Rack'.

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⇒ newspond

seems to be a website aggregating other news items from the web, like an RSS, but only more website-like, and with more emphasis on geek-stuff.
All | Tech | Games | Science

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⇒ slick tutes

Dellustrations tutorials

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⇒ a message from Google about hidden text

Hidden text and links

Hiding text or links in your content can cause your site to be perceived as untrustworthy since it presents information to search engines differently than to visitors. Text (such as excessive keywords) can be hidden in several ways, including:

• Using white text on a white background



• Including text behind an image


• Using CSS to hide text


• Setting the font size to 0

Hidden links are links that are intended to be crawled by Googlebot, but are unreadable to humans because:

• The link consists of hidden text (for example, the text color and background color are identical).


• CSS has been used to make tiny hyperlinks, as little as one pixel high.



• The link is hidden in a small character - for example, a hyphen in the middle of a paragraph.

If your site is perceived to contain hidden text and links that are deceptive in intent, your site may be removed from the Google index, and will not appear in search results pages. When evaluating your site to see if it includes hidden text or links, look for anything that's not easily viewable by visitors of your site. Are any text or links there solely for search engines rather than visitors?

If you're using text to try to describe something search engines can't access - for example, Javascript, images, or Flash files - remember that many human visitors using screen readers, mobile browsers, browsers without plug-ins, and slow connections will not be able to view that content either. Using descriptive text for these items will improve the accessibility of your site. You can test accessibility by turning off Javascript, Flash, and images in your browser, or by using a text-only browser such as Lynx. Some tips on making your site accessible include:

• Images: Use the alt attribute to provide descriptive text. In addition, we recommend using a human-readable caption and descriptive text around the image.


• Javascript: Place the same content from the Javascript in a no script tag. If you use this method, ensure the contents are exactly same as what is contained in the Javascript and that this content is shown to visitors who do not have Javascript enabled in their browser.


• Videos: Include descriptive text about the video in HTML. You might also consider providing transcripts.

If you do find hidden text or links on your site, either remove them or, if they are relevant for your site's visitors, make them easily viewable. If your site has been removed from our search results, review our webmaster guidelines for more information. Once you've made your changes and are confident that your site no longer violates our guidelines, submit your site for reconsideration.

If you'd like to discuss this with Google, or have ideas for how we can better communicate with you about it, please post in our webmaster discussion forum.

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⇒ diablo III

can't wait for it...hope it runs on my laptop...this is THE sequel i've been waiting for--hope it don't suck like Street Fighter IV.


Alternate Diablo III logo. Still Gold!
early impressions

maybe i should take a closer look at dead space

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⇒ PS3-MAC streaming

->Applesource's way: needs MediaTomb, Fink, Terminal and seems overly complicated.
->PS3 Media CenterX.
->20 UPnP clients for PS3 streaming via Joystiq. Here's the important parts:

• Allegro Media Server (Mac, Windows - commercial)



• Cidero Internet Radio Server (Java - open source)


• Cyberlink Digital Home Enabler Kit (Windows - commercial)


• CyberMediaGate - (C++ - open source)
  


• Fuppes (Windows, Linux, port to NAS has been reported - open source)



• Geexbox (Linux - open source)
  


• GMediaServer (Linux - open source)


• EyeConnect (Mac - commercial)


• MediaTomb (Linux, port to NAS has been reported - open source)



• Musimatch Jukebox (Windows - commercial)


• MythTV (Linux - open source)


• Nero MediaHome (Windows - commercial)


• On2Share (Windows - commercial)



• PyMeds (Python - open source)


• Rhapsody (Mac, Windows - commercial)


• SimpleCenter (Java Based - commercial)
  


• TVersity (Windows - closed source, currently free)



• TwonkyVision (Linux, Windows, Mac, NAS - commercial)


• uShare (Linux, NAS - open source)


• Windows Media Connect (Windows - closed source, currently free)

⇒ starred items

alaris 3D printer:


Liquavista tech market ready. I think this is about 8 years too late. If it happened when mobile phones were still mostly two-tone, I'm sure the two techs would have grown together and pushed each other further than individually possible. See a tech demo and design your own here

NEC autostereoscopy? 3D sans glasses:

Plywood laptop case. Really doesn't seem that useful

Atomic Pen.

Casio digital camera. Does 1000 frames per second!

I feel this way about any and every tool that must show off their iPhone

Sleek portable Blu-Ray burner for Macs. . If you want to take out a couple of hours to burn a Blu-Ray, then yeah, go ahead.

Now this looks Fisher-Price!

Lacie's network drives. Sweet design.









keyboard eavesdropping | custom liquid cooled cases. Run you up a couple of grand tho... | Microsoft versioning. If Windows 4.90.3000 were a person, I'd stab them in the eye. F#ck i hate Windows ME! | iFixit take apart new MacBooks and MacBook Pros | Apple's notebook unveiling roundup | Bandai Peri Peri keychain. Yeah, I have no idea why either. | Dancing robot |

Games I might enjoy on PS3:
Uncharted, MGS4, Bioshock, LittleBigPlanet

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⇒ coldest day in 45 years

the title pretty much sums up this wedsnesday in october, 2008. Keep in mind that just last week I was taking train rides while dripping sweat from the heat.

Health has improved! I'm nearly fully recovered! Got most of the phlegm out of my system and feel great! Had a decent day at work too!

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⇒ collegehumor, something awful

epic ball-girl catch |
spongebob redubs classics | corporate buzzwords |

getting into the games industry: http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/how-break-games-industry

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⇒ Adobe AIR

this could be the future...
http://www.sitepoint.com/quiz/air/distributed-processing/?quiz=distributed-processing
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/flexdownloads/index.html?sdid=DRIND#flex_builder
http://www.adobe.com/products/air/tools/sdk/index.html?sdid=DRINC

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⇒ what have i been upto?

mon: getting sick
tues: sick
weds: really sick
thurs: on deathbed
fri: recovering
sat: relapse into really sick
sun: recovering

that sucks, huh?

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