Tech News November 19, 2009
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Twitter Fun Follow
Name Penn Jillette
Location Las Vegas, NV, USA
Web Yes
Bio PennSays, P&T: Bullshit!, more than half (by weight) of Penn & Teller
Sample Tweet: “I just did Larry King Live. I think I was supposed to be the Right Wing nut — I came in on the Left of Stephanie Miller. No fucking war!“
Facts of the Day
LettuceThe present Dalai Lama is the 14th consecutive reincarnation of Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of compassion. His real name is Lhamo Dhondrub.
Quote of the Day
- If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism. Albert Einstein
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Practical Website
Shape Collage Online
Shape Collage is an automatic photo collage maker. It can take dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of your photos, and in just seconds, create a photo collage that you can post on your blog or website, email to your friends and family, print it out as a poster, or put in a scrapbook or photobook.
The photos are arranged automatically in the collage using a patent pending procedure. Shape Collage is the only photo collage software that intelligently arranges the photos in the collage and is the only software that can create collages in different shapes automatically. 100% Free! (link . . .)
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Imeen
MySpace acquired social-networking site Imeem. Job loss 50%.(cnet . . .)
Mac vs Ubuntu
Ubuntu 9.10 won ten of the sixteen benchmarks in this Mac OS X vs. Ubuntu Linux comparison. (phoronix . . .)
20 Ubuntu Tips
Best tip = “Even though Ubuntu does not need anti-virus and anti-malware utilities, a firewall is still beneficial because it allows you to fine-tune your network settings and limit which programs may communicate freely with the Internet.” (maximumpc . . .)
AT&T Can’t Handle The Truth
Judge tells AT&T to stop being a big baby. “Got a Map for That” Verizon ad remains. (gizmodo . . .)
AT&T Response?
Get Luke Wilson, “He’ll do anything”.
Only 5
Microsoft 2010 not so inspiring. (pc world . . .)
Producing Fuel Out of Air
It is not what I thought, I was going to insert 3rd grade fart joke. It has nothing to do with beans. “Direct microbial conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbons, powered by solar energy”. (greenlivingideas . . .)
No More Dead Batteries For Your Remote Control
Vibration creates energy. Self sustaining. (engadget . . .)
Palin’s Problem
Palin says the intrusion into her personal yahoo e-mail account in September 2008 â’created paralysisâ’ in her administration, because it cut off easy communication with her â’Alaska staff.â’ What? So using a public email service for government work is not only a bad decision but illegal. This was her biggest issue through the McCain/Palin campaign? Really? Wow. Not that she is Stupid has nothing to do with her loss? (wired . . .)
Blame Computers not Lame Management
How did they land planes before computers? Radio? Are flight plans so different from day to day? No back up system? (cnn . . .)
Checkmate
Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7′s activation process. (computerworld . . .)
Where Do I Get One?
Right now we are putting household waste into local ice cream bin. (thedesignblog . . .)
Just Close the Doors, With Nice Severance Package
Please sell servers on ebay to donate. (yahoo . . .)
Weekly Raffle
Geek Comment Clash
Discussion: 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (video . . .)
Comments: “…oh crap. my friend got shoved at the end of that video…” (comments . . .)
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Monthly Online Gaming Pick
The Lord of the Rings Online has quickly established itself as the emerging leader and was named the PC MMO Game of the Year 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy and PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick awards. The New York Times proclaimed The Lord of the Rings Online “a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment.”
Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.
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I suppose I’m going to need to look up a couple more things, but this was a pretty good spring board.