Posted by Chris Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:54:17 GMT
Sat-nav dunks dozy drivers in deep water
Since a road closure, dozens of drivers have blithely followed directions from their satellite navigation systems, not realising that the recommended route goes through the ford.
(Via Times Online.)
Posted by Chris Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:49:00 GMT
Half of America Wants a Hybrid Car
(Via LiveScience.com .)
[Edit: corrected link]
Posted by Chris Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:09:11 GMT
How to (not!) Fast Play a Disney DVD
Add it all up, and it takes roughly seven minutes and 10 seconds!! to go from the first time I saw anything onscreen to actually seeing the movie. Fast Play? They call that Fast Play?
(Via The Robservatory.)
Posted by Chris Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:31:37 GMT
Little-used corner of Net becomes piracy battlefield
An obscure data network technology called the Usenet has become the newest battleground between the entertainment industry and digital music and movie pirates.
(Via The Boston Globe.)
Posted by Chris Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:22:25 GMT
Posted by Chris Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:13:13 GMT
~stevenf: Treo 650 vs Treo 700w Shoot-out
For me, for right now, I am (to my honest surprise) totally digging this phone, and expect I will be hanging onto it past the 15 day trial period. Casual tech users may wish to steer clear of a world of misery, though.
Posted by Chris Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:02:00 GMT
If you should find yourself deleting spam from a 10,000-message junk mail folder, try sorting by subject. Spammers are impressively uncreative, and their messages tend to fall into rather obvious patterns. Click to Enlarge, as they say in the biz.
Posted by Chris Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:56:46 GMT
Cabel-of-Panic writes an interesting bit on brain training, the Nintendo DS, and Japan.
Posted by Chris Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:34:00 GMT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/03/overstock_issues/
I want to be an eccentric CEO when I grow up.
Posted by Chris Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:51:00 GMT
The Cyclotron Comes to the 'Hood
Local lawmakers rushed to introduce emergency legislation banning the use of cyclotrons in home businesses. State health officials took similar steps, and have suspended Swank's permit to operate cyclotrons on his property.
I am so sick to death of these damned retards who can't be bothered to listen to logic and reason and just freak out 'cause that sucker's NUKULAR OMGOMG!!!!1
IT IS NOT A GODDAMN NUCLEAR REACTOR, SHUT THE HELL UP AND GO BACK TO WATCHING DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES AND LICKING THE RIBLETS GREASE OFF OF YOUR FILTHY SAUSAGE FINGERS.
