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Archive for January, 2006

Magic!



Say what you will about magic, but knowing a couple of card tricks, can really be a great ice-breaker. Trick Magic has lots of free tricks for you to impress your friends

tickmagic

via trfj

Posted in consumable, timewaster 11:02 am by MILITANTPLATYPUS

Monday Morning News

  • German court orders shutdown of Wikipedia
  • Google updates toolbar
  • MPAA admits to unauthorized movie copying - Ha!
  • MacIntel Dual Boot? Fer Real? - on a Macbook no less
  • T-Mobile USA makes unprecedented network expansion
  • Microsoft To Answer The $100 Laptop With Mobile Phones
  • Seattle Public Library Commits To Full Wi-Fi Coverage in Branches - w00t!
  • Microsoft Revamps Vista Beta Cycle
  • What is Wrong with Earth’s Magnetic Field?
  • RIM defeats intellectual property firm
  • Security

  • A two-way firewall for Vista
  • Will The Government Now Fine Itself For Leaking Credit Card Data?
  • Microsoft code flogger sent down
  • PSP

  • Sony’s PSP Gets Cracked, Again
  • News of the Weird

  • Hello there…You come here often?
  • Is there a new member of the Bush family?
  • After her 11-year-old son was suspended for twice bringing a loaded handgun to school, Linnea C. Holdren, 43, said the matter was pretty much beyond her control. “I can’t lock up his guns,” she told police. “They belong to him, and he has a right to use them whenever he wants to use them.” (The boy was expelled in January, and Holdren, who is a teacher at her son’s Shickshinny, Pa., elementary school, has been charged with felony endangerment.) [San Jose Mercury News-AP, 12-18-05; WYOU-TV (Scranton), 1-18-06]
  • Posted in Monday Morning News 10:09 am by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    How to write ‘Hello World’ in 189 programming languages



    “hello world’ is one of those primer programs when you learn a new language. Well, now you can extremely well rounded..

    C#


    using System;
    using System.Drawing;
    using System.Windows.Forms;
    class HelloWorldForm : Form {
    public static void Main() {
    Application.Run(new HelloWorldForm());
    }
    public HelloWorldForm() {
    Label label = new Label();
    label.Text = “Hello, world!”;
    label.Location = new Point(40,30);
    Controls.Add(label);
    Button button = new Button();
    button.Text = “OK”;
    button.Location = new Point(50,55);
    Controls.Add(button);
    button.Click += new EventHandler(OnButtonOk);
    }
    void OnButtonOk(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
    Application.Exit();
    }
    }

    wikipedia

    via d

    Posted in humor, software 2:29 pm by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    idiom



    We all have our own way of organizing our books. Matej Kren has a very, very unique way.

    mtekren.cz

    Making of - Click on the upper right section of the shelf to see video.

    local copy of images

    via nor

    Posted in art, movie, pic 1:42 pm by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    ((FRIDAY FUNNY))






    Posted in Friday Funny, movie 12:36 pm by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    Found



    aurora australis (southern lights) on September 11, 2005

    Posted in Found 10:51 am by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    Cryptex



    Just in time for the movie release, you can now purchase your own custom made cryptex. Featured prominently in The DaVinci Code, a cryptex is a puzzle box used to store valuables. Be sure to check out the FAQ and gallery.

    cryptex

    via d

    Posted in art, consumable 10:31 am by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    How to use BitTorent to transfer a file



    This is an animated demonstration, that show you how to create a .torrent file so you can send a large file to a friend, or business partner. Yes, there are legitament ways to use BitTorrent…

    promenos.org

    uTorrent

    via d

    Posted in art 4:05 pm by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    Google in China



    As most of you know, Google agreed to censor its search results in China. Being a communist nation, I can understand that they may wish to censor sore subjects; such as the Falun Gong, or Tiananmen Square. But Militantplatypus? Come on, what did I do?

    Google.cn

    via gb

    Posted in creepy, news 3:17 pm by MILITANTPLATYPUS

    Fastr



    Mashup are the new thing on the internet. The game submits a search string to Flickr, and shows you the resulting pictures. Your task is to guess the string.

    fastr

    via d

    Posted in timewaster 2:09 pm by MILITANTPLATYPUS