Entries from October 2007

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Concern Raised Over Iran Rhetoric

“My fear is that if we continue to escalate from both sides that we will end up into a precipice, we will end up into an abyss. As I said, the Middle East is in a total mess, to say the least. And we cannot add fuel to the fire,”read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Bugatti Veyron versus Eurofighter Typhoon!!

Richard Hammond races a Typhoon Jet Fighter in a Bugatti Veyron on TopGear!read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Serial Jailbreaker Escapes for Fourth Time

A Belgian inmate made a dramatic escape from jail for the fourth time Sunday evening after his armed accomplices landed in the prison grounds in a hijacked helicopter, prosecutors said Monday. Nordin Benallal has previously run from a prison van, walked out of jail wearing a wig and sunglasses and scaled a prison wall with […]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Oldest known tornado picture

It’s creepy looking.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Member’s in Congress Attempting to take back War Powers. Help them.

Who has the primary authority to wage war on the behalf of the United States: the commander-in-chief or the Congress? The new Jones-Delahunt resolution would specifically prohibit the president from entering into future hostilities without congressional action. This is an important piece of legislation and needs to be supported.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

NBC exec says Apple “destroyed” music pricing…

And will destroy video too if people don’t start going to, Hulu.com.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Paul Krugman: “There’s no such thing as Islamofascism.”

“It’s not an ideology; it’s a figment of the neocon imagination. The term came into vogue only because it was a way for Iraq hawks to gloss over the awkward transition from pursuing Osama bin Laden, who attacked America, to Saddam Hussein, who didn’t. And Iran had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11″read more | […]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The Way It Woz, The Way It Should Be: Steve Wozniak on All Things Apple

From a business point of view, Apple owns what they have done. They have a right to lock it. But I am really for the unlockers, the rebels trying to make it free. I’d really like it to be open to new applications. I’d like to install some nice games. Why in the world can […]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Advanced CSS Menu - Web Designer Wall

How to slice up a menu design (step by step) and put them together with CSS. Most of you probably know how to code a horizontal or vertical CSS list menu. Now let’s take it to the next level — code an advanced (un-typical) list menu utilizing the CSSposition property.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Price of MIT professor’s $100 laptop hits $200

A computer developed for poor children around the world, dubbed ‘the $100 laptop,’ has reached a milestone: Its price tag is now $200.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Mythbuntu 7.10 hits 20,000 downloads in one week

The Ubuntu based MythTV distribution, Mythubuntu 7.10, released on Monday 25th October 2007, and in less then a week tracked it’s 20,000th download.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The Secret World of Bandwidth

Do you know how fast your Internet connection is? If you believe the hype on TV, DSL is a zillion times faster than dial-up and FiOS is a zillion times faster than DSL and Cable modems rock because of the triple play, blah, blah, blah.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The 25 Secret Perks of Working at Google

The following list of lesser-heralded employee perks should provide an idea of just how far Google goes to keep the human pistons of its search engine pumping contentedly.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

America, You’re too fat to ride “It’s A Small World”

Back in 1963, when the boats that carry customers through Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride were designed, the average male weighed 175lbs and the average female 135lbs. Not anymore. Disney is now undertaking a massive renovation in which the boats will be redesigned and the flume deepened to accommodate the additional poundage.read more | […]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

AWESOME! Chicken Wire Sculptures [pic]

Ivan Lovatt has created sculpture of celebrities using chicken wire.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

103 Hamburgers in 8 Minutes

A competitive eater who has already triumphed at a famous hot dog eating contest swallowed 103 small hamburgers in 8 minutes Sunday to take home $10,000.read more | digg story

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Plentyoffish: 1-Man Company May Be Worth $1Billion

We’ve written before about PlentyOfFish, a leading online dating site that is run by a single person and is raking in money. Markus Frind is the singular force behind PlentyOfFish. At the time of our last review, June 2006, PlentyOfFish was earning $10,000 per day from Google Adsense (around $3.5 M per annum).
I caught […]

Monday, October 29th, 2007

10,000 in Boston Rally Against War

The rally was one of 11 large antiwar held nationwide yesterday as part of the National Day of Action to end the war. An estimated 10,000 people gathered on the Common to listen to speakers. One man says, “I’m not convinced of the value of this. The polls indicate that everyone’s against the […]

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Airbus A380 - the complete guide

For Stephen Bleach, being a part of the inaugural A380 flight on Thursday was revolutionary… but not for all the right reasonsread more | digg story

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Are Young Girls Dressing Too Revealingly?

Yes.read more | digg story