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July 15, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Seventeen Years of Tetris
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/15/0158238
thefalconer writes "It all happened 17 years ago on a whim and an
addiction of sorts. Alexey Pazhitnov created the one game that has
caused so many people around the world to just about go nuts trying to
win a game that has the ability to slowly drive you to insanity one
small misshappen block at a time. Since the creation of the original
Tetris game on an Electronica 60, there have been dozens of different
incarnations of Tetris that have dazzled the eyes, boggled the mind,
frustrated the emotions, and fried more than their fair share of
braincells. There is also a very interesting [0]history of tetris
online that details its evolution from innocent game to insane
addiction. Plus it's one of those games that never grows old. :D"
Links
0. http://atarihq.com/tsr/special/tetrishist.html
Interesting Enemies For a Diagnostic Database
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/15/0043247
dlh writes: "Boston.com is carrying an article about Dr. [0]Lawrence L.
Weed's Problem Knowledge Coupler software. Apparently the medical
profession is not exactly thrilled at the idea." Seems access to
information is a positive thing, but certain doctors seem to feel
threatened by this sort of database.
Links
0. http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/2002/0714/coverstory.htm
Freeciv-1.13.0 Stable
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/2223233
Martin Willemoes Hansen writes "Freeciv-1.13.0 has been released upon
the world! There has been almost a whole year of dedicated hacking. A
big thanks goes to the [0]people, who made it all come true. Remember
to read about the exciting [1]news and hurry up and [2]get it here."
Links
0. http://www.freeciv.org/people.phtml
1. http://www.freeciv.org/news/releases/NEWS-1.13.0
2. http://www.freeciv.org/download.phtml
IPFilter Infriging on Bay Network Patent?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/2221229
jorhan writes "[0]Darren Reed, the author of [1]IPFilter, recently
posted [2]this message to the [3]IPFilter mailing list. Apparently
IPFilter may infringe upon USA patents owned by Bay Networks,
specifically, [4]#5790554. The patent might seem to own just about
every conceivable way one might wish to filter and forward data
packets, but trying to read through all of the "wherein said first
condition" started to give me a headache (ObIANAL). But when you read
what application the authors specifically had in mind, it really has
little to do with network layer firewalling. Even more important is the
question Darren's mail indirectly poses, "Anyone know of any prior
art?""
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/
2. http://false.net/ipfilter/2002_07/0069.html
3. http://false.net/ipfilter/
4.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='5790554'.WKU.&OS=PN/5790554&RS=PN/5790554
The Mod Squad
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/2123243
[0]Devil's BSD writes "Popular Science has a new article in this
month's issue about [1]gaming mods. It contains a nice history of mods,
touches on mods for the Big Three gaming systems today (as well as
those for computer games), and a beginner's guide to mods. Interesting,
but not much new for the l33t h4x0rs out there though."
Links
0. http://www.mstc.fayette.k12.ky.us/~rchui
1. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,281377,00.html
Skydiving from 25 Miles Up
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/1852234
chisox writes "The Observer has a story about a retired French army
colonel who is soon to make a [0]free fall parachute jump from 25 miles
up. In the process he will break the sound barrier, reaching a top
speed of mach 1.68 before he opens his parachute 1,000 metres above the
Earth. Of course, if the chute doesn't open, the hole he'll make will
be about 1,000 metres deep." Well, actually his max speed will be high
up and near the earth the atmosphere will have slowed him down to
[1]terminal velocity.
Links
0. http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,754911,00.html
1. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/JianHuang.shtml
Teaching BattleBots in High School
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/1745209
[0]Some Guy writes: "We all know that everyone's favourite TV show is
[1]BattleBots on [2]Comedy Central, Right? Well, a new program has
started at my old high school that teaches BattleBots to kids. It's a
truly engaging engineering program/curriculum that kids and school
systems can use for credit. The program is called [3]BattleBots IQ.
Kids out there can get their teachers to go to battlebots training
camps during the summer, and then have them teach battlebots to them as
a class. I wish it was around when I was a kid."
Links
0. http:///dev/null
1. http://www.battlebots.com/
2. http://www.comedycentral.com/
3. http://www.battlebotsiq.com/
Halo for the PC and Mac
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/1545242
[0]smelialichu writes "According to this [1]news article, Halo is
finally on its way to the PC and Mac. Gearbox is handling the PC
version, and Westlak Interactive is working on the Mac version, but it
won't be released untill next summer. The [2]official announcement says
"Halo for PC is expected to be available in summer 2003. The Macintosh
version is also expected to be available in 2003. Additional
information regarding game content, features and enhancements will be
announced at a later date." We can only assume they have some cool new
features up their sleeves, maybe we'll be seeing Halo with even better
graphics, optimized for the [3]new Radeon? Anyway, this is certainly a
huge relief to many gamers who thought they may never see Halo on their
home PC's."
Links
0. http://www.tekcentral.org
1. http://64.239.126.64/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=95
2.
http://www.bungie.net/perlbin/blam.pl?file=/site/1/news/stories/halo_for_mac_and_pc_announced.html
3. http://64.239.126.64/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=94
Ximian Desktop Installer, Red Carpet, and MonkeyTalk
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/1540226
An anonymous reader submits: "Long-time Linux users forget what it is
like to try to install something for the first time. Ximian has done a
nice job writing scripts to hide the inner workings of a Gnome
installation. TuxReports has snapshots of the Ximian installer. Do you
believe that all Linux distributions should use such a friendly series
of dialog boxes in order to attract more users to Linux?" Update: 07/14
21:13 GMT by [0]M: Tuxreports has provided a [1]non-PHP page for us to
link to... whoops. Sorry about that.
Links
0. mailto:michael@@slashdot.org
1. http://www.tuxreports.com/xim_slashdot.html
New Supersonic Jet Test Less Than Successful
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/14/1325226
[0]saberwolf writes "The [1]BBC is reporting in this story that the
first test of [2]Japan's supersonic jet didn't go quite as planned when
it [3]crashed into the ground seconds after takeoff on its test rig. It
looks like a successor to the world's only supersonic passenger jet,
[4]Concorde (built jointly by the British and French in the 1960s) is
still some way off." Reuters has [5]more pictures.
Links
0. http://mike.flat222.org/
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/
2. http://www.nal.go.jp/eng/research/sst/index.html
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2127000/2127429.stm
4. http://www.britishairways.com/concorde/index.html
5.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20020714/sc_nm/science_australia_superjet_dc_4
Software.linux.com
Zeiberbude
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1525/
My favorite place to plug in has still gotta be a good old cyber cafe.
No matter where in the world I am, I always feel at home when I visit
one. I was very upset when the dot com downfall put many of my favorite
little places out of business. But on the up side, that means that
there's an opening in the market.
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