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Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com
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Dean Blasts Bush Over U.S. Losses in Iraq (Mar 31 2004 23:15 GMT) - President Bush's credibility is the top issue in the presidential campaign, more important than jobs, the economy and health care, now that a former administration official says the president didn't take the terrorism threat seriously enough before Sept. 11, 2001, one-time Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean said Wednesday. |
Mars Rover Blog
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'Lanikai' Under the Microscope (Mar 31 2004 23:14 GMT) - This three-centimeter by three-centimeter (1.2-inch by 1.2-inch) microscopic image of the soil survey target informally called "Lanikai" was taken on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 52nd sol, or day, on Mars. Named after Hawaii's white sand beaches, this target reveals irregularly shaped, light-colored, millimeter-sized (0.04 inch) clasts, or particles, in a fine-grained soil. |
Gizmodo
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Hori Katana: Soul Controller (Mar 31 2004 23:14 GMT) - JOEL JOHNSON -- Designed for the upcoming game 'Onimusha 3' (but also useful for scaring off any potential girlfriends), the Hori Katana: Soul Controller is a wireless, motion-sensitive sword that, when swung, actually makes your on-screen character do the same (he swings his motion-sensitive sword, controlling a smaller character inside... |
Gizmodo
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Hori Katana: Soul Controller (Mar 31 2004 23:14 GMT) - JOEL JOHNSON -- Designed for the upcoming game 'Onimusha 3' (but also useful for scaring off any potential girlfriends), the Hori Katana: Soul Controller is a wireless, motion-sensitive sword that, when swung, actually makes your on-screen character do the same (he swings his motion-sensitive sword, controlling a smaller character inside... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Hori Katana: Soul Controller (Mar 31 2004 23:14 GMT) - JOEL JOHNSON -- Designed for the upcoming game 'Onimusha 3' (but also useful for scaring off any potential girlfriends), the Hori Katana: Soul Controller is a wireless, motion-sensitive sword that, when swung, actually makes your on-screen character do the same (he swings his motion-sensitive sword, controlling a smaller character inside... |
Tyromaniac
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Wal-Mart Sells PCs Preloaded With ... (Mar 31 2004 23:13 GMT) - Wal-Mart Sells PCs Preloaded With Sun's Linux [Slashdot] /. is very slow, I commented about this days ago! By the way, this machines won't be able to use Walmart music store.... Does that make sense? |
Mars Rover Blog
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Ebony and Ivory (Mar 31 2004 23:13 GMT) - This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's front hazard-avoidance camera focuses on a target called "Goal 5." Goal 5, examined during the "Eagle Crater" soil survey, is a wind-rippled spot on the upper part of the crater , which the miniature thermal emission spectrometer shows is higher in hematite content compared to other soils within the crater. The light soil in the center of the image is referred to as "Lanikai" - an inspiration from the white sand beaches of Hawaii. The dark soil is referred to as "Punaluu" after the black sand Hawaiian beaches. |
PHP News by CodingTheWeb.com
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PHP Class 'Progress Bar' released (Mar 31 2004 23:13 GMT) - This class is meant to creates and update bar image that reflects the progress of a script that executes tasks that may take a long time to complete. As the script tasks progress, the class outputs a Javascript code that updates the width of the progress bar that reflects the number of tasks completed so far in comparision with the total number of tasks that the script has to complete. |
JavaScript News by CodingTheWeb.com
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PHP Class 'Progress Bar' released (Mar 31 2004 23:13 GMT) - This class is meant to creates and update bar image that reflects the progress of a script that executes tasks that may take a long time to complete. As the script tasks progress, the class outputs a Javascript code that updates the width of the progress bar that reflects the number of tasks completed so far in comparision with the total number of tasks that the script has to complete. |
PHP News by CodingTheWeb.com
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PHP Class 'Send Mail Class' released (Mar 31 2004 23:13 GMT) - This is a simple class to send a generic e-mail message with data submitted with HTML forms. The class takes the values of the fields submitted with a form to compose and send the email message. It can take the values for the headers From:, To:, Cc: |
Daypop Top Word Bursts
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commissioning (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - kryonD writes "According to this Computer Weekly article , SCO is no longer allowed to spread their FUD in Germany. This wasn't even a court or government order, but an out of court settlement with a small company. They even get 'fined' EU10,000 by the company for every breach of the settlement. Although, it... - Slashdot: |
Daypop Top Word Bursts
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communion (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - But one consequence of growing up studying the Bible, of talking about Christ’s death, of hearing the terms “scourging”, “mocking”, and “beaten” repeated over and over in the cool brightness of a comfortable church auditorium, is that the true horror of what Jesus Christ suffered as a man in the process of dying is... - cut on the bias |
Daypop Top Word Bursts
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annotate (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - So here's an image to think about - a social net built up around this database of live recordings, with the ability to leave notes and |
Daypop Top Word Bursts
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purists (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - Those of you who had "issues" with the records by Beenie Man and Reel 2 Real may well regard the Black Eyed Peas in an altogether more favourable light. Fuller, sleeker, and more melodic than its ruffneck cousins, Hey Mama - like Where Is The Love and Shut Up before it - is hip hop for people who don't like hip... - Troubled Diva. A name, I call myself. |
A Small Victory
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now and later (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - I'm done ranting. I swear. I just needed to get that out of my system. I'm going to have a nice cup of herbal tea (Raspberry Zinger with a slice of lemon) and help the kids with some school projects.... |
Niutopia/Jouebs
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tout-et-rien : L'Internet français est en danger (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - Vous le savez surement déjà mais mieux vaut trop en parler que pas assez : La LEN (Loi sur l'Economie Numerique) menace l'Internet français. Pour faire court, 2 mesures mettent gravement en danger la liberté sur le résau : l'email ne sera plus considéré comme une correspondance privée les FAI seront tenus de filtrer l'accès aux sites à contenus illégaux avant de recevoir une plainte... autant dire que cela engendrerait des couts énormes qui conduiraient soit à une forte augmentation des forfaits, soit à l'arrêt pur et simple de l'hébergement de pages persos... |
Niutopia/Jouebs
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kasumi : Artificial Hallucination (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - Konnichiwa Minna-san, Dernièrement j'ai eu le nouvel album de Schwarz Stein : Artificial Hallucination J'aime vraiment trop ^^ surtout la chanson Corroded Cage, les paroles sont vraiment trop cool! Sinon a part de sa j'ai découvert une nouvelle chose sur le site de Mana-sama et quand je l'ai vu j'ai trop rit je ne m'en attendait vraiment pas lol C'est que quand tu va dans la partie Aesthetics, tu attend un peu et un bonhomme cul-cul de Mana apparait (en flash) ^^ Mais j'ai fait un saut, je lisait ce que Mana avais écrit et le petit bonhomme de Mana apparait lol En tout cas, bientot je vais installer un guestbook (juste faire un lien vers) pour remplacer un peu le blablas (je trouve que je nom ''blablas'' est vraiment con T_T) En tout cas je vous laisse sur une image de Kaya (chanteur dans Schwarz Stein) ^^ Mata ne Kasumi |
Dylan Greene dot com
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DARPA Grand Challenge video clips (Mar 31 2004 23:12 GMT) - DARPA Grand Challenge video clips Sad but real. The last one in the video is a robotic motorcycle. Now you'd think: Why build a motorcycle? It would be so hard for the computer to keep it balanced, never mind navigating the 300 mile off road trail? |
GRUPARE.COM - Hot Deals
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Compaq R3000Z AMD Athlon64 3000+ $886 (Mar 31 2004 23:11 GMT) - HP Shopping has their new Compaq R3000Z notebook with Mobile AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ for only $886. It's new notebook from HP utilizing new AMD 64-bit technology. There is this other 64-bit laptop eMachines. [higher price w/ higher spec]... |
What in Tarnation?!?!?: The Classroom
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Mother Goose Humor (Mar 31 2004 23:11 GMT) - OK, so this story doesn't have quite the same zing as the snot story. Matter of fact, nothing even remotely gross about it. But it still made me smile... It is Mother Goose week, so our library is full of Mother Goose rhymes and books. I am reading some poems to Jessica and Bert. |
JoeWorld
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The Inflation Calculator (Mar 31 2004 23:11 GMT) - Have you ever wondered what a dollar in 1870 would be worth today? The Inflation Calculator is a nifty little web utility that uses the Consumer Price Index from 1800-2002 to calculate how much a dollar amount would be worth. For instance, $1.00 in 1800 would be worth $10.16 in today's money.... |
Mars Rover Blog
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Spring Cleaning (Animation) (Mar 31 2004 23:11 GMT) - This animation show the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity brushing bright materials off a circular patch of the rock dubbed "Mazatzal." The freshly exposed rock was investigated by instruments on the rover's arm on sol 80 (March 25, 2004). On sol 81, Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool, also located on its arm, to grind into the cleaned-off rock. This animation consists of images taken by the rover's hazard-avoidance camera on sol 79. Image credit: |
soup
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A moment of peace (Mar 31 2004 23:10 GMT) - I've been riding my bike to work for most of this year, mostly 3 days a week. Great stress relief,... |
The Ministry Blog
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Language evolves (Mar 31 2004 23:10 GMT) - It's not something I'd noticed, but Cliff reports that the signs at express checkouts in the Lancaster branch of Sainsburys are deliberately ungrammatical in saying 'ten items or less'. He wrote to Sainsburys and was told that: "... the way... |
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