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Advice from fellow memestreamers |
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9:38 pm EST, Jan 27, 2008 |
So, I typically don't do this kind of thing... by which I mean use this site for essentially personal stuff, but i have a feeling any responses might be useful to other people too, given the level of expertise of folks on this site. My question is this : Is there an inexpensive commercial router/gateway that isn't a piece of shit? I ask because I've stumbled on a need for a wired network again, after years of being all wireless (e.g. cable modem directly into AirPort Express). I wish to have wired and wireless networks that coexist in the same address space, don't give me any shit, and aren't enormous security holes. In days past I'd be knee deep in PC hardware and a BSD install, but I'm so over all that fucking work, so requiring a minimum of maintenance is key. Anyhow, thoughts? Does such a device even exist? |
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Amazing Young Organ Player Rocks Out�Video |
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9:00 pm EST, Jan 27, 2008 |
A young girl rocks out on a church organ to the tune of Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas. Turn it sideways to activate Super Power!
So awesome! Amazing Young Organ Player Rocks Out�Video |
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Md. Scientists Create Full Chromosome of Synthetic DNA - washingtonpost.com |
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6:45 pm EST, Jan 24, 2008 |
Scientists in Maryland today said they had built from scratch an entire microbial chromosome, a loop of synthetic DNA carrying all the instructions that a simple cell needs to live and reproduce. The feat marks the first time that anyone has made such a large strand of hereditary material from off-the-shelf chemical ingredients. Previous efforts had yielded DNA strands less than one-twentieth the size, and those pieces lacked many of the key biological programs that tell a cell how to stay alive. On the basis of earlier experiments, the researchers believe the new, full-length loop would spontaneously "boot up" inside a cell, just as a downloaded operating system can awaken a computer -- a potentially historic event that would amount to the creation of the first truly artificial life form.
Synthetic superbugs, here we come! Everyone got their space suits ready? Md. Scientists Create Full Chromosome of Synthetic DNA - washingtonpost.com |
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Researchers develop eye-implantable camera - Engadget |
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12:57 pm EST, Jan 23, 2008 |
The camera, which researcher Michelle Hauer and her team recently filed a patent for, is small enough to be implanted directly on the eye's lens, and feeds image data to a chip at the back of the eye, where it can either be fed into the optic nerve to aid the blind, or just into a portable hard drive to aid the creepy.
Creepy my ass... I'd love to not have to carry around a damn camera. Imagine the possibilities. Ideally, you'd need it to have a 1-5 second buffer of images, which you could capture with a gesture or something. Later, you can go back and pull out that perfect image that you would never have had time to capture with an unprepared camera. Rev this tech up! Researchers develop eye-implantable camera - Engadget |
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10:46 am EST, Jan 23, 2008 |
V. Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens.
An interesting set of rules for writers... One-Way Street |
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CinematicTitanic: Mystery Science Theatre 3000 rides again -- sheer hilarity! - Boing Boing |
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1:07 pm EST, Jan 14, 2008 |
CinematicTitanic is Joel Hodgson's latest project, and it kicks ass. Hodgson is the creator of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 -- one of the greatest TV shows in history, in which Hodgson and friends screened insanely bad old movies while making hundreds and hundreds of snarky, convulsively funny jokes (someone once clocked it at 200 jokes an hour).
Fuck. Yes! CinematicTitanic: Mystery Science Theatre 3000 rides again -- sheer hilarity! - Boing Boing |
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Chertoff on final Real ID rules: "Reconfiguring our society" |
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10:52 am EST, Jan 14, 2008 |
Secretary Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security, announced a set of final revisions to the controversial Real ID Act in a press conference this morning. It's not clear at this point how extensive those revisions truly are, but it is clear that DHS feels that the rules are now in their final form and that the period for discussion, revision, and dispute is now over.
A pretty biased article, but one I have trouble disagreeing with... Chertoff on final Real ID rules: "Reconfiguring our society" |
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Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets |
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10:09 am EST, Jan 7, 2008 |
Don't forget about the IEM Political Markets, y'all... I had some fun with this last time, and plan to play with it a bit again. Worth a small investment for the fun of it. The traders are fickle though... after the Iowa results the other day, the Dem. Nomination market did a complete inversion... could've doubled your money last week! -k Iowa Electronic Markets ~ Current Markets |
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AtomFilms: Kung-Fu Election |
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10:32 am EST, Jan 6, 2008 |
Wow. Most awesome intro to a flash game ever. AtomFilms: Kung-Fu Election |
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