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July 22, 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
When Spun Really Fast, CDs Explode
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/22/0311248
Anonymous Coward writes: "Ever wonder why cd-rom/cd-rw drives are not
getting any faster? Wonder why they heat up? [0]This page has a rather
amusing experiment where they put various CD's into something that can
spin up to 30,000RPM and found that most cd's explode at just around
28,000RPM. Oh and they seem to like using Corel CD-ROM discs for their
experiment."
Links
0. http://www.qedata.se/e_js_n-cdrom.htm
JPEG Committee On The Ball, Seeks Prior Art
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/22/0247220
Sangui5 writes: "It seems as if the [0]JPEG Committee has noticed the
recent [1]patent fuss, and is working on the prior art angle. Good to
know that even though there's a [2]new standard, the committee is
standing by their previous work."
Links
0. http://www.jpeg.org/newsrel1.htm
1. __SLASHLINK__
2. http://www.jpeg.org/JPEG2000.htm
WorldCom to File for Chapter 11 Protection
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/2349242
[0]Mantour writes: "To everyone's big suprise ;), Worldcom is going for
Chapter 11. 'The Chapter 11 filing by WorldCom would follow once
high-flying companies like energy trader Enron Corp. and Global
Crossing Ltd., which crumbled into bankruptcy amid a crush of
accounting investigations by federal regulators.' [1]You can get more
info in this Yahoo story"
Links
0. mailto:jroy@@@sharkattacks...com
1.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/worldcom_bankruptcy_dc
Ghost In The Shell TV Series
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/2214203
Briareos writes: "Just found out over at animeondvd.com's forums (no
link provided to protect the innocent...) that Production I.G. finally
revealed quite some info about the [0]GITS TV series they're currently
working on. (I also thought it was a nice birthday present for me, by
the way... :)"
Links
0. http://www.production-ig.com/Ghost_TV.html
Research: File Traders And Music Purchasing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/2037237
An anonymous reader writes: "Like a TV preacher taking excerpts from
the Bible to support a contrary thought, the results of research can be
similarly interpreted in opposite ways. Edison Research just released a
[0]pro-record industry report stating '10.1% of 12-17s are actively
downloading/not purchasing music.' Richard Menta over at MP3 Newswire
[1]noted that this also means 90% of file traders are buying music, a
positive result that supports the virtues of trading. Menta then goes
through the study's findings one-by-one, questioning Edison Research's
conclusions. This includes their recommendation to the industry to
fight the 'downloading problem.'"
Links
0. http://www.edisonresearch.com/RecordBuyersIIPress.htm
1. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/teentrade.html
Super-small Voice-controlled Wireless Phone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/1838231
[0]Noah Bergevin writes: "While web browsing one day, I ran across a
little gadget at a favorite e-tailer of mine, and fell in love with it
at first sight. It's a super-small cordless telephone that you hang on
your ear, and which uses voice-recognition instead of a physical keypad
to do the dialing. It's from a company called [1]ArialPhone. They have
only been around since January 2001, and the phone has been out for
about a year." Read on to see what's good and not-as-good about this
phone with the rest of Noah's review.
Links
0. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArialPhone_Users_Group/
1. http://www.arialphone.com/
A New Free Software Donation Directory
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/1813204
[0]Wolfgang Spraul writes: "[1]CoSource and [2]SourceXchange are
closed. They became part of the [3]history of Open Source Software
Markets. However, I still need a place where I can find maintainers or
core developers of existing Free Software packages that accept my
feature request and payment, implement the feature within a reasonable
timeframe and give me support if it doesn't work in my environment.
Since no such place is in sight, I launched the [4]Free Software
Donation Directory as a first step. What do you think? How should the
next Free Software market look like? Should there be one at all?" Right
now, he's got around 20 projects listed, if you care to invest in some
Free software.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.cosource.com
2. http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.sourcexchange.com
3. http://www.ms.lt/en/workingopenly/markets.html
4. http://www.q-ag.de/~wspraul/fsdd/
Randomizing Survey Answers For Accuracy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/1618249
[0]Saint Aardvark writes: "The New York Times reports that [1]two
[2]researchers at IBM have come up with a way to persuade people to
give [3]correct answers to survey questions: randomize the results.
Strangely enough, they can get accurate information out of the
aggregate of enough answers -- but it's completely anonymized. Since
conservative estimates say nearly half of all survey answers are bogus,
there's an interest in persuading people to be more truthful. As ever,
you can use the [4]Random NY Times Registration Generator to falsify
your registration details and read the article..."
Links
0. http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/ayn_rand
1. http://www.almaden.ibm.com/u/ragrawal/
2. http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/srikant/
3. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/technology/circuits/18NEXT.html
4. http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html
ACLU Study Wary of Broadband Providers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/142230
An anonymous reader says "The ACLU recently had a study done that
suggests that [0]broadband access is a threat to internet freedom.
Their study focuses on the control available to broadband providers who
don't have to deal with the same level of competition or regulation as
ISP providers. The result is the ability to radically control internet
access combined with the omnipresent corporate incentive for profit,
whatever the cost to free speech."
Links
0. http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/broadband.html
Turbolinux Not Dead Yet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/21/140206
[0]Abdul Nabi writes "I found this article on Linux Today which is a
[1]response from Turbolinux to the recent rumors of a shutdown. The
responds contends that they are restructuring rather than shutting
down." Ya know, I can't think of a single person that I know that runs
Turbolinux. Maybe that has something to do with their problems.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-07-19-021-26-NW-BZ-TL
Software.linux.com
LabStatus
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1526/
So, you've been placed in charge of maintaining a ton of computer labs.
That's great. But now you have to figure out how to stay on top of all
of those devices in your labs, from the computers to the projectors.
Well, then today's program is for you.
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