“Universal taps iPhone App Store for tunes sales”
The subtitle says it all: “Free music apps worth every penny.” But this is an encouraging step forward nonetheless, in that it shows that the record labels are starting to get the idea.
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“Maine Man Tries to Build Dirty Bomb, No One Cares”
Pardon my French, but what the f***?!?! Not about the attempt itself — horrifying as that is — but why the hell are we only hearing about it now?! Why didn’t someone start screaming bloody murder about it the moment the information was made available, a month ago?!
“Atlantis? No, it Atlant-isn’t.”
Some really neat science info on suboceanic exploration. (All you conspiracy theorists can find some way to refute it, and prove that it is Atlantis, I’m sure — so get crackin’!) 🙂
“Immortal Dr Who jellyfish poised to rule Earth”
Sorry, Mr. Lewis Page, but these guys are almost certainly only a temporary problem. The important point is in this paragraph: […] And that’s not all. The reborn, undying gelatinous blob-cyst monsters can also “spawn” hundreds of genetically identical clones of themselves, each of which is also immortal and able to replicate itself at will …
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My First Open-Source Release!
For the past couple weeks I’ve been working on a side-project, a Markdown translator in C++. I finally finished the first release-quality version of it, so I’ve applied to release it on SourceForge, under the MIT license. Once it’s approved (and I don’t foresee any problems with that), the main page will be here. Here’s …
“Keep Your Identity Small”
Interesting article by Paul Graham, and one that everyone should take to heart.
“10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know”
I’m not on FaceBook, or any other social networking site. I’m just not a social creature. But for those of you who are, check out this article.
“Universal Chargers to Finally Become a Reality”
And in other “it’s about freakin’ time!” news… 😉
“I’m a sceptic now, says ex-NASA climate boss”
Global warming? Probably. Man-made global warming? It’s looking increasingly unlikely.
“Malware distributed by fake parking tickets”
You can’t help but admire the imagination of these malware writers. I doubt the approach will catch on though, it doesn’t scale and makes it a lot easier to pinpoint the culprit.