This would explain alot.

Why my brain hates your mistakes

] "Toothing" is a new craze where strangers on trains,
] buses, in bars and even supermarkets hook up for illicit
] meetings using messages sent via the latest in phone
] technology.

Social networks at their finest....

Yahoo! News - 'Toothing' for Hi-Tech Sex with Strangers

I got news of this from a brief NPR segment. Look closely at this site (about cloning). Pay particular attention to the "Testimonials" section. After you take it all in, sit back, take a breath and realize this is a new marketing technique to promote an upcoming movie. So the question remains, how well will this work. Will people who have family members [who've recently died] think it's funny when they contact this "company" for more info, only to find out "Thanks for your interest. the movie opens in 2005"? Think I'm being irrational? Go to Google and search for cloning...look at the very top sponsored link.

Godsend Institute

] To use the music recognition service, users dial a
] three-digit code, then must hold their mobile phone for
] about 15 seconds near a speaker playing the tune that
] they want to identify. Moments later, the service sends a
] text message to the users' mobile phone indicating the
] title of the song and the name of the recording artist.

Interesting. But how extensive could the database be? And is this really worth $.99?

Yahoo! News - AT&T Wireless Launches Music Service

Interesting, but old article/speech about "going through the motions" to make something happen without understanding what it really takes to make it happen.

Cargo Cult Science

knockd is a port-knock server. It listens to all traffic on an ethernet interface, looking for special "knock" sequences of port-hits. A client makes these port-hits by sending a TCP (or UDP) packet to a port on the server. This port need not be open -- since knockd listens at the link-layer level, it sees all traffic even if it's destined for a closed port. When the server detects a specific sequence of port-hits, it runs a command defined in its configuration file. This can be used to open up holes in a firewall for quick access.

knock - a port-knocking implementation

Saving this for that rainy day boredom.

PerlGuts Illustrated

Interesting..different. Advertise on the back of people's hand. I wonder how effective it is.

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] 2004 Web & Downloadable Games White Paper

Hot off the presses, the new 93-page report from the International Game Developers Association Online Games Committee. I was one of the senior editors on this, pulling in bits of data from dozens of industry professionals who volunteered time and data.

It's free for download, if anyone wants to check it out. :)

IGDA State of the Industry - 'Web & Downloadable Games' White Paper

..Just because he's my new hero. From billions to negative billions and back again. I like a good story.

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