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13 Lame Superpowers 2007-10-29 16:35:00 via Scifi Chick"I didn’t make any of these up. Each of these powers came from actual heroes or villains from comic books and/or cartoons. I give you 13 of the lamest superpowers ever." Read more:Superpowers
Where would you like your office? 2007-10-29 16:32:00 Googleplex - California USA Googles work ethos sets it apart from other employers. Free meals, a swimming spa, and free doctors onsite. Google engineers can spend 20% of time on independent projects. No wonder the Googleplex gets 1,300 resumés each day! [more] Read more:office
Rebuild Your Mac with 20 Useful Downloads 2007-10-29 16:09:00 via Lifehacker" Mac OS X only: So you erased your hard drive to install Leopard, and now you've got to load your Mac up with all your essential software. I kept a detailed inventory of the downloads I hunted down all over the internet to load on my Mac this weekend, so I thought I'd save you a few clicks." Read more:Useful
, Downloads
5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen 2007-10-29 15:50:00 via CrackedWe found out recently that if you try to leave a little kid in a graveyard late at night, he'll freak out. Even if you offer to leave him a gun to protect himself. Why? It's because on some instinctual level, all humans know it's just a matter of time until the zombies show up. Read more:Scientific
, Reasons
, Apocalypse
, Actually
Halloween Photography Tips 2007-10-29 15:33:00 There are plenty of subjects around to photograph at Halloween
ranging from the traditional jack-o-lantern through to people in costume, to trick or treat ‘treats’ etc. It’s a time of color, emotion and lots of interesting subjects.
In Pictures: The Most Notable Notebooks of 2007 2007-10-29 15:29:00 via PC World"We test many notebooks throughout the year, so we see some pretty interesting portables. We picked out the extremes in the products we've tested since the first of the year--the fastest, the slowest, the biggest, the smallest, and the most stylish." Read more:Pictures
, Notebooks
Customer Feedback Central: 100 Places to Find Reviews for Every Product 2007-10-29 15:23:00 Whether you're preparing to buy a car, a computer, or even a new toy for your child, it's important to conduct some background checks and do your research on the product beforehand. Gas mileage, recalls and reliability are just a few issues to consider. Where can you find that sort of information? Below is a large list of sites that offer real customer feedback on practically every product out there. Read more:Customer
, Feedback
, Central
, Places
LINKEDIN TOOLBOX: Top 10 LinkedIn Tools 2007-10-29 15:20:00 Following the footsteps of Facebook, LinkedIn is set to develop its API for developers soon. Until then, we can make use of some cool tools, scripts, and plugins to manage this popular social network better and easier to use. Read more:Tools
Tourist Remover 2007-10-29 15:15:00 Remove moving objects such as tourists or passing cars from your photos. Take multiple photos from the same scene and the «Tourist Remover» blends them into a composite photo without any interfering elements.
Reinstall Windows and outfit your system with all freeware programs 2007-10-29 15:12:00 via Freeware Genius"I recently clean installed Windows
XP on my laptop, and this meant that I had to re-install all the essential software that I use. It also presented an opportunity to write a posting about how you can outfit your computer with all the essential (and non-essential) software you need using strictly 100% freeware and/or open source titles." Read more:Reinstall
Instant Jailbreak for iPhone and iPod touch 2007-10-29 15:10:00 A crew of hackers have introduced a one-touch
instant jailbreak for both iPhone
and iPod
touch. The jailbreak opens your iPhone for full disk access and installs Installer.app so you can add pretty much any third party application you like.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review 2007-10-29 14:57:00 This review
will cover all of those angles, in varying degrees of depth. Like all other Mac OS X releases before it, Leopard
is too big for one review to cover everything. As in past reviews, I've chosen to delve deeply into the aspects of Leopard that are the most interesting to me while also trying to provide a reasonable overview for the non-geeks who've decided to take the plunge into an Ars Technica
review.
64 Interview answers you need to know 2007-10-29 14:53:00 Q1 Tell me about yourself. Q2 What are your greatest strengths? Q3 What are your greatest weaknesses? Q4 Tell me about something you did – or failed to do – that you now feel a little ashamed of. [more] Read more:answers
Fun: Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds 2007-10-28 17:23:00 via Linux Screw"I'm sure everybody remembers facts on ChuckNorris
, and here are Linus Torvalds facts!Look at the picture, do you see any differences, don't you?" [more] Read more:Chuck Norris
Stupid Things People Have Done 2007-10-28 17:18:00 Have you ever done something stupid or known someone who has? Whatever reason we choose to excuse our silly slip ups, we will all make at least one blundering blooper in our lifetime. Unfortunately the people in the stories below put themselves in the predicament of either being or ending up in the public eye. Read more:Stupid
, Stupid Things
And Your JLA Wonder Woman is… 2007-10-28 17:05:00 According to Moviehole, Teresa Palmer has been offered the role of Wonder Woman in the George Miller Justice League film.[more]
21 of the coolest hidden treasures in Halo 3 2007-10-28 17:04:00 Only a hidden heaping of nudity, public indecency, love letters, coded symbols, mysterious music, creepy characters, pop culture references (Mario? Seinfeld?) and other inside jokes - some hilarious, some plain bizarre - left behind by the game's sneaky creators. Read more:treasures
Faster USB 3.0 Is Coming 2007-10-28 16:59:00 Intel and other companies have formed a group to promote the USB 3.0, which should deliver more than ten times the speed of the existing USB 2.0 standard. [more]
Hottest act in town, and on BitTorrent: Mac OS X Leopard 2007-10-28 16:56:00 via Ars Technica"Both last night and today we sent out scouts, into worlds both real and virtual, to gauge the buzz about Leopard
on the street and on the Intertubes. What we found was plenty of activity, a lot of very high expectations, and a healthy (is that the right word?) collection of pirated copies already online."
25 Reasons You Didn’t Get The Gig 2007-10-28 16:54:00 via Freelance Folder"These are some personal observations, reasons I probably would click away, not hire someone, not call back. Combined with some personal experiences, and some reasons I believe I didn’t get a gig at some point. Gotta learn from our mistakes." Read more:Reasons
I Have a New Favorite Web Browser: Flock 2007-10-28 16:50:00 via PC World"More than two years ago, I blogged about the preview version of Flock, a browser, built with Mozilla Firefox at its core, with a social bent. I said it showed promise and said I'd keep an eye on it." Read more:Favorite
, New Favorite
The Human Electric Hybrid Motorcycle Gets 62 Miles Per Charge 2007-11-02 17:09:00 Called the Matra MS1, this Human ElectricHybridMotorcycle
(HEHM) recently debuted in Paris and will hit the streets sometime next year. It’s powered by a 1 Kw Motor Wheel, takes advantage of regenerative breaking, and will get you 62 miles on pure electric. Top speed is limited to 28mph — but with a little tinkering I’m sure you could hack this into a death wish of some kind. [more] Read more:Miles
Memos Prove Rumsfeld Directed Psychological Terror Campaign 2007-11-02 17:08:00 New Pentagon memos released by the Washington Post prove that ex-U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld
directed a psychological campaign of terror in order to achieve political objectives, making Rumsfeld himself a terrorist according to the very definition of the term. Read more:Prove
, Directed
, Terror
, Campaign
Up, up and away: Airships, the next generation 2007-11-02 17:05:00 "Oh, the humanity." When these three words were uttered by aghast radio journalist Herbert Morrison -- as the LZ129 Hindenburg airship crashed and burst into flames in New Jersey in 1937 -- it was seen as the end of airships. The other remaining Zeppelin-class dirigible, the Graf Zeppelin II, was destroyed by the Nazi administration who felt the materials could be put to better use with more conventional aircraft.
Checkmate? MySpace, Bebo and SixApart To Join Google OpenSocial (confirmed) 2007-11-02 17:03:00 MySpace and Six Apart will announce that they are joining Google
’s OpenSocial initiative. Silicon Alley Insider reported the MySpace rumor earlier today. We’ve confirmed that from an independent source, as well as the fact that Six Apart is joining. Per the update below, Google has also confirmed Bebo is joining. [more] Read more:MySpace
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