Category Archives: technology

My Mythtv Setup

So I finally got around to setting up a mythtv box. I’ve wanted to do it for years but I had a hard time finding good information about hardware. I could never really find many pages where people would actually list all the hardware they were using and whether or not it worked. So that’s […]

GameSpot Editor Fired For Review Score

This doesn’t say much for the impartiality of game reviews at gamespot does it?
GameSpot Editor Fired For Review Score

Use Amazon S3 as backup drive with Jungle Disk

this looks pretty awesome.
from their site
Jungle Disk is an application that lets you store files and backup data securely to Amazon.com’s S3 ™ Storage Service.

Store an unlimited amount of data for only 15¢ per gigabyte
No monthly subscription fee, no startup fee, no commitment
Your data is fully encrypted at all times
Data is stored at multiple […]

Free Quicksilver User Guide Book

quicksilver is possibly one of the greatest apps ever written for a mac. if you don’t know about it you definitely need to check it out.
here is a free pdf book that will help you out with doing more than just launching applications (although that alone is enough reason to use quicksilver). like taking a […]

First pirated HD DVD movie hits BitTorrent

haha, that didn’t take long
The pirates of the world have fired another salvo in their ongoing war with copy protection schemes with the first release of the first full-resolution rip of an HD DVD movie on BitTorrent. The movie, Serenity, was made available as a .EVO file and is playable on most DVD playback software […]

Amazing Face Animation uh… Thing

this is really amazing. when they model tom cruises face it’s unbelievable.

Get Out of Your Cell Phone Contract

Celltrade is a company that helps you to get out of your current phone contract. That way you can sign up with cingular to get the new iPhone.
It sounds like you basically sell your contract to another person. Celltrade just plays middle man. It costs $19.99 but hey that’s cheaper than paying $250 to buy […]

Windows Vista Online Test Drive

you can try out the new windows vista online here

Google Patents

sweet, google just released a patent search
Google Patents
i haven’t had a chance to play with it much but it looks pretty neat

Texas sues sony over rootkit cds

i don’t know what this will accomplish but hopefully it will make music companies think twice about their anti-copy software.
“Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers,” said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott in a statement after suing under the state’s anti-spyware […]

Researchers make bendable concrete

bendable concrete?

Wood powered truck

i may have to look into something like this soon.
Gas prices are no problem with truck that burns wood
**UPDATE**
this post is over two years old but it still seems to get hits. it seems that the link above no longer works… so… i’ll post a few things here i’ve found recently on wood powered vehicles.
this […]