Funny. The scary part is that most stories/news reports I have read about the US govt. data gathering read almost the same…
Check it out: Template for News Stories on Government Data Gathering
Thanks to Schneier on Security for the link.
– Suramya
June 29, 2006
June 26, 2006
Pandora, A music recommendation network
Tried out Pandora today.. It is an amazing service that recomends songs based on your prefrences. Basically you give it an artist or a song name and it will use it to play songs that are similar to it. If you don’t like a song its playing you can tell it and it will use that to figure out what kind of songs you don’t like and what kind of songs you like and will recomend new songs based on that.
I really like it and the best part is that if you like a song you can learn more about it (or the artist) with a click.
Check it out: Here
Thanks to Adam Fields (Weblog) for the links
– Suramya
May 30, 2006
Flashy USB Accessories
Found an Interesting set of USB Accessories while browsing through the Wired Site… My personal favorite is this one:
USB Bra Clasp
It would be interesting to watch a wearer try to use this… 😉 Any volunteers for a demo 😉 😀
Source: Wired 14.06: PLAY
– Suramya
May 3, 2006
Demotivators strike again…
Despair.com’s infamous Demotivators turn motivational posters on their heads, reminding you just how little you matter to the executive-class overlords.
Check them out… I personally like most of them, but this one stands out as a classic:
Destiny
Source:View All Demotivators®
Thanks to Techrepublic for the link.
– Suramya
April 12, 2006
Church Lego Version
Now this is something you don’t see every day… It must have taken a lot of dedication and hardwork to make this. Its impressive
The “Abston Church of Christ” is a Lego project built by Amy Hughes, a computer programmer who enjoys doing Lego projects.She says she once wanted to be an architect.
“Abston” is a fictional city whose name is drawn from the type of plastic used to Make Lego pieces (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene).The church has hundreds of tiny Lego people sitting in it including a front row of custom selected Legos that represent real people who “attended” the dedication.
Lego Church
Lego Church
Source: Church Lego Version
Also We know exactly what you are searching for… 🙂
– Suramya
March 30, 2006
Painting directional signs outside subway stop in NYC
Anyone who has been to NYC knows thats its easy to get confused which direction is which when travelling via the Subway system, its ok during the day (When you can look at the sun and figure out which way is east… unless its noon… then you are SOL)
Someone decided to actually do something about this and painted directional signs outside some of the subway entrances… Really good work. Unfortunately the person didn’t sign the sign so we don’t know who to thank…
Here’s an example:
Subway entry Directional signs
Thanks to Adam Fields for the link
– Suramya
March 20, 2006
Scrolling LED bra sends mixed messages
Found this while browsing through Cnet (Honest!)… And I think this is really funny:
“After years of reminding blokes that ‘our eyes are up here,’ someone’s gone and invented a bra that seems to say “but my breasts are down here,'” wrote the blog’s Star C. Foster.
Only downside in getting this is that its about $500 a piece… I think getting a new iPod would be cheaper and more useful.
Original Post: Scrolling LED bra sends mixed messages
Purchase them: Here
– Suramya
March 2, 2006
Geekcorps: A Peace Corps for techies
This is another volunteer outfit that can essentially be thought of as a Peace Corps with a focus on PCs. The organization recruits technical experts to conceive ideas for integrating technology into local economies in a self-sustaining way.
This is extremely interesting, they pay you (airfare, accommodation, insurance and a monthly living stipend) to goto places like Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania), Central Asia (Armenia, Kyrgystan), Northeast Asia (Mongolia), Southeast Asia (Thailand), Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Mali) and the Middle East (Lebanon, Jordan).
I will be taking part in this sometime next year as this year I have pre-existing obligations. The average tour is 4 months.
Group Website: Geekcorps.org
More details: TechRepublic Article
Thanks to Sonja’s Blog for the link to this.
– Suramya
February 14, 2006
February 1, 2006
IT Crowd: Awesome show
Found this new show on Channel 4 called IT Crowd thats really funny. Best of all its available of the show’s website for a free download.
Show Website: IT Crowd
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Show Synopsis:
The high-rise towers of Reynholm Industries are full of go-getters, success stories, and winners… apart from in the basement.
While their beautiful colleagues work in fantastic surroundings, Jen, Roy and Moss lurk below ground, scorned and mocked by their co-workers as geeky losers, doomed never to make it back into normal society
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Episode 1 (Yesterday’s Jam) Story line:
In a cluttered basement deep in the bowels of Reynholm Industries lurk Roy and Moss, the I.T. Department. Reviled and mocked by cooler colleagues, their world of servers and firewalls is rudely interrupted by the arrival of Jen, a new “Relationship Manager” who knows as much about computers as a yak.
She doesn’t want to work in a dingy basement, and they don’t want a manager who doesn’t understand BASIC let alone binary, but they discover sometimes there are benefits to having a woman about the place…
The IT Crowd Cast
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Check it out. Its worth it.
Thanks to Google Blogoscoped for the link.
Thanks,
Suramya