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July 31, 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
IBM Getting PwC Consulting for $3.5 Billion
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/31/0159205
[0]MoThugz writes: "This [1]Yahoo! News article reports that [2]IBM
will be buying [3]PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting for a cool $3.5
billion in cash and stock. From the page: 'The purchase is aimed at
boosting slowing revenues in the computer giant's large services
business, which now accounts for more revenue than its well-known
computers and mainframes. ... The merger gives IBM, the world's largest
supplier of computers and computer services, the consulting arm of
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest accounting firm. The
combined IBM-PriceWaterhouseCoopers will rank a close second to top
consultant Accenture Ltd. , formerly Andersen Consulting.'"
Links
0. http://www.heritage-tech.net
1.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=2&u=/nm/20020731/tc_nm/services_pricewaterhouse_dc_8
2. http://www.ibm.com/
3. http://www.pwcconsulting.com/
Interview with ICANN's Karl Auerbach
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/2228254
katie writes "Great interview! ICANN, the Infofascist organization
which rules the Internet with more effective power than any government,
was [0]told yesterday to 'fess up and show its knickers to
reform-minded Board member Karl Auerbach. DesktopLinux.com Contributing
Editor Malcolm Dean [1]interviewed Auerbach at the Los Angeles Superior
Court ..."
Links
0. __SLASHLINK__
1. http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3742425599.html
HP Uses DMCA To Quash Vulnerability Publication
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/31/0030239
Several readers wrote to note the fact that HP has evidently
[0]threatened to use the DMCA and computer crime laws against
[1]SnoSoft who have found a security flaw in [2]Tru64. The quote from
the HP VP is that the accused "could be fined up to $500,000 and
imprisoned for up to five years."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html
1.
http://www.snosoft.com/
2.
http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/
DIY BMW Computer Chair
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/1638206
[0]vortimax writes "Roger Arrick has put up a [1]web page describing
his quest to build the ultimate computer chair. It's based on the
powered passenger seat from a late-model BMW. Add a power supply, a
frame with a working surface, and you've got one unique computer
workstation." Nothing like automated lumbar support while you're
gam^H^H^H working. Just good luck getting the parts on your own ;)
Links
0. http://www.ncc.com/srainwater/
1. http://www.robotics.com/chair/
UCITA Debates Trudge Onward
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/2129248
prockcore writes: "CNet is running a story on a debate involving
[0]proposed changes to the Uniform Computer Information Transactions
Act (UCITA). Changes include altering Opt-in/Opt-out rules, removing
limits on public criticism, removing some limits on reverse
engineering, among others."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947182.html?tag=fd_top
Death to the 3.5" Floppy?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/1927239
[0]BawbBitchen writes "[1]PC World in NZ is running this [2]story about
PC makers struggling to try to kill the floppy as a standard PC part.
Gateway has started to take $10 off the price of a PC if you order the
PC without the floppy. Hum, well my Mac does not have a floppy and I do
not miss it & my Linux Server has one that I have never used. Does
anyone out there still use their floppy?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.idg.net.nz/
2.
http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/4A45891B23637DE5CC256C050076CED8!opendocument
VNC Server for Toasters and Light-Switches
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/200218
An anonymous reader submits: "How about using VNC to configure your
toaster, microwave oven, or even your light-switches? Thanks to Adam
Dunkels' [0]micro-VNC server it is now possible to run a VNC server
even on really small embedded 8-bit microcontrollers commonly found in
such devices. The idea is that even low-cost devices that don't have a
screen or graphics hardware could have a GUI, accessible over the
network. To show that the server can run with very small amounts of
memory, there is a [1]demo server running on a Commodore 64. But the
real question is: how would want to 'configure' their toasters using a
GUI?"
Links
0. http://www.sics.se/~adam/uvnc/
1. http://tfe.c64.org/
Douglas Adams, Narnia, and Trailers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/1923259
A few interesting movie tidbits: [0]Joel Greengrass writes "Final
post-production has been completed on the long awaited documentary,
'Life, the Universe, and Douglas Adams.' Narrated by Neil Gaiman, the
film is a tribute documentary about the life, loves, and passions, of
the greatest sci fi comedy writer ever, Douglas Adams. The film will be
available for sale on August 4 at [1]douglasadams.com." Reader
[2]The_Shadows writes "[3]Sci-fi Storm and [4]Scfi.com's Scifi-wire are
reporting that [5]Walden Media exercised options for feature-length,
big screen versions of the Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis. They
have also found an Emmy award winning writer (Ann Peacock) to adapt the
most famous book, 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.'" And
finally, there's an interesting piece about the process of [6]turning a
two-hour movie into a two-minute trailer.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.douglasadams.com/
2. http://thelureofshadows&hotmail,com
3. http://scifistorm.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/2012204
4. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-07/26/11.15.film
5. http://www.walden.com/home.html
6. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/magazine/28TRAILERS.html?pagewanted=all
NYC Subways Testing Flywheels
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/1856207
socolow writes "The New York Times (free registration required) has an
article about the NYC subway system's use of [0]flywheels to store the
braking energy of trains approaching stations. Not only does this
advance the development of flywheel energy storage, but it will help
relieve a lot of the heat subways generate (always appreciated during
the summer)."
Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/30/nyregion/30TUNN.html
GUIs for Everyone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/1642200
An anonymous submitter writes: "A former Microsoft and Creative Labs
interface designer has an interesting [0]diatribe on the approach of
Linux GUIs on the desktop. Thomas Krul has three Microsoft patents for
human factors research into digital interfaces and graphic software
functionality. Probably most known for the interface work he had done
on Softimage DS and its web site. Though not a technical read, it does
provide an interesting note on the approach for Linux on the desktop."
And [1]headless_ringmaster notes that [2]Jef Raskin, the guy who
designed the first Macintosh and author of [3]The Humane Interface, has
a [4]SourceForge project putting his ideas into action.
Links
0. http://www.protocopy.com/osgui.html
1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2. http://www.jefraskin.com/
3. http://www.jefraskin.com/forjef2/jefweb-compiled/humaneinterface/index.html
4. http://sourceforge.net/projects/humane/
Software.linux.com
E*Reminders
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1542/
Damn, it's gone. Another senior moment has struck again. Old age is
creeping up on me, with or without my permission. Listen, my problem's
that I'm always in front of my PC... and far away from my calender.
That's why I prefer program's that utilize my e-mail acount.
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