Bruce Lee is the Undisputed Master
December 12th, 2008
Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with nunchucks.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via naacal)
System Information For Windows
December 11th, 2008
System Information for Windows tells you most everything about your Windows computer. It’s free for personal use. I suggest selecting the “Secrets” option at the bottom of the “Software” section—you may be surprised at what it uncovers.
Link: http://www.gtopala.com/
(via Lifehacker)
Dark Knight is the Matrix of Blu-ray
December 10th, 2008
Much like the DVD of The Matrix which I believe was the first major release to fully exploit the new medium, the Blu-ray version of The Dark Knight has a bunch of bells and whistles. Note that you’ll need a Profile 2.0 player to use BD-Live.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
Why Stealing From a Billboard Company is a Bad Idea
December 9th, 2008
This thief stole from a billboard company and now has his own personal ad campaign. No word on whether he was actually caught.
Atlantic Records: Digital Sales Overtake CD Sales
December 7th, 2008
Atlantic Records is the first major music label to have more than half of its revenue come from digital sales (e.g., iTunes, mp3s, ring tones, etc.).
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/…
(via Slashdot)
The Next Step in GPU Supercomputing
December 7th, 2008
Chad’s News has previously discussed the concept of using graphics card GPUs to do regular computing tasks. Now NVIDIA has released a card that’s full of GPUs yet doesn’t have a video output—it’s meant to be used solely for heavy computational tasks.
A Surprisingly Successful Scam
December 6th, 2008
From the article: “No matter what, if someone asks you to deposit a check and send them a smaller amount of money — you are about to get screwed.” This applies to money orders as well. Way too many people fall for this type of scam, even those who should know better.
Link: http://consumerist.com/…
Firewalking Explained
December 5th, 2008
Science vs. mysticism in the realm of firewalking.
Two Seats For the Price of One
December 4th, 2008
Here’s a way to get a two-for-one deal on airline seats. It appears that Canada officially considers obesity to be a disability.
Thanks to Josh for this topic.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/…
Why the US President Doesn’t Use Email
December 3rd, 2008
And I always thought it was because they were too out of touch with technology.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/…
(via Lifehacker)
Update: Turns out that he may be keeping his Blackberry after all.
Update #2: Yes he can.
A Caution Against Online Gambling
December 3rd, 2008
This 60 Minutes segment discusses how there are little or no consequences for those caught cheating at online gambling. To make matters worse, there’s also the possibility of encountering a computerized opponent designed to rake in the money from poker novices.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via Kim Komando)
Removing Personal Information From the Internet
December 1st, 2008
The linked article addresses the question of how to remove embarrassing or career-impacting personal information from the internet. It turns out there are a lot of things that seemed like good ideas at the time but later turn negative—I think the most obvious are drunken/risqué pictures. The short answer is that it’s really difficult to remove things from the internet, and the best way is to make sure they never get there in the first place.
I’m at the point where I think carefully about what I write in website comments, to the point of the Digg comments on which I click the “thumbs up” icon. That information is stored somewhere, and even though some of it isn’t currently available for general viewing, it may not remain that way. Here on Chad’s News I have total control and can change anything. Yet there’s The WayBackMachine, the Google cache, The Coral Content Distribution Network, and other caching or archiving services. Those are much more difficult to modify.
My previous employer checked me out on the web before hiring me, as did a woman I met on match.com. Fortunately I “passed” whatever tests they were giving me. This shows, however, how much my online presence can affect my life.
Link: http://www.computerworld.com/…
(via Lifehacker)
