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- Sony is firing up the trash talking by taking on Microsoft's claims to herald the HD era of gaming. Sony says Microsoft can't deliver on that claim. |
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- Late today the Dodgers traded Milton Bradley to the Oakland Athletics. The Dodgers also send infielder Antonio Perez for hot prospect Andre Ethier. The Dodgers dump their malcontent and get a pretty good player in return. In Perez, the Athletics... |
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- Thirteen U.S. moguls skiers - including two reigning world champions, the men?s defending World Cup champion, two Olympic medalists and four others who have won World Cup contests - open their run at Olympic qualifying Wednesday in the winter?s first World Cup contest... |
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- The war on Christmas.... |
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- The recent riots and attacks in Cronulla in Sydney are nothing short of disgusting. I'm taking a hard line on this because I believe that's all it deserves. I don't care what the build up or triggers may or may not have been, it is quite simply wrong. Chasing down anyone of 'non-Australian' appearance and bashing them in the name of being an Aussie is one of the most offensive things I have heard of. Not to mention one of the most unAustralian. |
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- Eight Paths to Homebased Business Success Hellenic News of America - Dec 10, 2005 Building your business empire from home? These management it. You have that freedom and flexibility as a home business owner. It Talk Home Business Online Forum Launched PowerHomeBiz. |
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- The common complaint that we hear is that people aren't careful enough with computer security. However, are we reaching a point where security programs are erring on the side of being way too cautious? People are getting increasingly upset that security programs are blocking way too much that's legitimate. Personally, I keep having problems with some anti-malware software deleting my backup software. Part of the problem, of course, is that these products don't do a very good job of giving context. |
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- Rad Inks announced the release of Rad Upload 2.21, a popular applet used on tens of thousands of web sites to handle large file uploads. |
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- Christine Smith's Playmate videos are online. Watch her pose in the best layout of the year.... |
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- Damn Yankees New York Times - Dec 09 10:25 PM A. |
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- OpenORB provides a Java implementation of the OMG CORBA 2.4.2 specification. Along with the ORB, the following OMG Services are provided: * Concurrency Control Service * Event Service * Interoperable Naming Service * Notification Service * Persistent State Service * Property Service * Time Service * Trading Service * Transaction Service commit log from alexkhansen: |
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- How I missed this program I will never know but I am totally impressed with it, even with just a brief time using it. JVC Gantt Pro 2 is a full-featured project management program with capabilities that make me one happy user. First of all, JVC Gantt Pro is fully... |
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- A single oval blue topaz is presented beautifully in a 14-karat white gold setting in this pendant. The 17-inch-long white gold link chain completes the piece. |
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- This elegant pearl strand features black cultured Akoya pearls with a heart-shaped spring clasp in 14-karat yellow gold. 18-inch necklace. |
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- Movado Elano Women's Black Dial Stainless Steel Watch |
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- Sleek, powerful and sophisticated, the PowerShot SD550 Digital Camera from Canon packs easy-to-use features in an ultra-slim design. Equipped with a 7.1 MP CCD, the camera captures rich details with excellent clarity. The 3X optical zoom lens makes brilliant close-ups effortless, while a 4X digital zoom lets you focus on small details with ease. Its 2. |
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- Sleek, powerful and sophisticated, the PowerShot SD400 Digital Camera from Canon packs easy-to-use features in an ultra-slim design. Equipped with a 5.0 MP CCD, the camera captures rich details with excellent clarity. The 3X optical zoom lens makes brilliant close-ups effortless, while a 4X digital zoom lets you focus on small details with ease. Its 2-inch color TFT LCD screen makes for easy image preview and scene playback. |
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- The Logitech mm22 Portable Speakers for iPod deliver the excellent audio you demand in a compact package that you can take on the road. Thanks to its quad micro drivers, you can enjoy smooth sound at parties, picnics, and anywhere else youd like to share music with friends. |
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- Tap into multimedia fun with Philips' broad-format, high-style, and ultra-slim DVP642 DVD player. The DVP642 is not only a high-end progressive-scan DVD player equipped to offer scintillating images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs, it's a tech-savvy player that spins your MP3- and JPEG-encoded recordable CDs (as well as Kodak's and Fuji's variants of the same) and CDs loaded with MPEG-4 and DivX video (3.11, 4.x, and 5.x files), perfect for viewing Internet-sourced content in your home theater. |
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- Don't be bound by cabling restrictions any longer! The Instant Wireless Network Access Point from Linksys delivers the freedom to configure your network your way. Utilization of "state-of-the-art" wireless technology gives you the ability to set up workstations in ways you never thought possible; no cables to install means less expense and less hassle. |
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- With its ergonomic EZ grip design, the GR-DF430 puts total performance in the palm of your hand. Exclusive Low Light Plus incorporates 2 key technologies: F1.2 Super Bright Lens obtains twice the light of an F1.8 lens assuring a bright picture with less noise even in less than desirable lighting conditions. |
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- TiVo's Series2 DVR delivers plenty of recording capacity in addition to offering entertainment services like digital music, digital photos, remote scheduling, and hassle-free favorites recording. All this and the famed luxury of being able to pause and view instant replays of live television, too. |
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- Style and substance unite in this Panasonic 26" PureFlattm TV. The flat screen minimizes distortion and increases the viewing angle. |
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- Silver powder-coated metal tube frame with light cherry finish |
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- The PowerShot SD200 Digital Elph is thinner yet more powerful than any digital camera ever before. Loaded with highly advanced features that make shooting a pleasure, the SD200 is also an object of striking elegance. Its ultra-slim metal body gleams with a brilliant luster. Inside, it offers everything you need to create images that will amaze you. |
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- The PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer is a photo-printing powerhouse, with incredible quality and high end convenience. It delivers an amazing resolution of up to 9600x2400 dpi, for detail and clarity that will surpass your expectations. To achieve this, Canon Full-photolitho-graphy Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a next-generation 3,072-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter. More nozzles plus smaller droplets means smoother, virtually grain-free images. Plus, high intensity Photo Cyan and Photo Magenta is added to the conventional 4 inks, to increase the accuracy of color values. |
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- As stylish as it is flexible, the VTech v2656 2.4 GHz digital spread spectrum phone system comes loaded with a three-mailbox digital answering system, handset and base speakerphones, caller ID/call waiting capability with 50-name and number caller ID memory (requires subscription through your local phone company), and a 50-name and number phone directory. Tired of hunting for the handset? A handy page/handset locator ensures that you'll never waste another minute tracking it down. |
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- No question about it, your notebook computer is big part of your daily life. Email, the Web, and IM keep you connected with friends and family but what if you could see and hear them, too? Video IM is the way to go, and the QuickCam for Notebooks adds that dimension to your Internet experience. It works with all popular IM and video calling services, and provides super clear VGA video and integrated audio. Take 1. |
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- Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy Dies CBS News - The former college professor, who ran for president five times in all, was in some ways an atypical politician, a man with a witty, erudite speaking style who wrote poetry in his spare time and was the author of several books. ( Ondaatje book delayed by warped cover [...] |
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- Ariz. suburb to offer citywide InternetChicago Sun-Times - the digital age: a city blanketed by a wireless Internet network, accessible at competitive prices throughout the that serves as a signal booster and router. The city of Tempe McAfee Wireless Home Network SecurityWi-Fi Planet - Wireless Home [...] |
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- [Developer Shed Blog] - PC World - Microsoft patches Internet Explorer browser bug that attackers have exploited for weeks.... (Advertisement) DOVICO Time & Project Tracking Software Award winning DOVICO Track-IT Suite saves each employee 1 hour per week on timesheet and expense entry. Managers save over 2.5 hours per week on business operation efficiency, project tracking, reduced billing cycles and real-time reporting. |
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- Sharvan rides south to visit the enclave. Chapter 6 of the book The Hope of Artanis. |
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- My new darling, Ruby on Rails 1.0, is now available. Sweet. |
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- Pazzo Books is hosting literary speed dating on Thursday: ... Each participant will bring their favorite books and pile them spine out in front of them at the table. Like many speed dating events, you're not allowed to talk about your job, the weather or where you live. Unlike other events, you'll actually have something to talk about. |
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- If you have some time to kill there is a nifty little snowflake maker online called Make a Flake. Don't get too excited because you can't create a real snowflake at Make a Flake -- only Mother Nature and ski resorts can do that. But you can make a digital snowflake on the website using virtual paper and virtual scissors. By cutting sections out of the piece of paper you are given you can create different snowflakes. If you really like one of the snowflakes you make you can even store it online in the gallery or download it to your computer. |
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- Author: RidinHighSpeeds Posted: December 13 2005, 10:12 PM (GMT -5) hahaha! I can probably pull strings and get a good price off of them. |
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- The Steamboat Ski Area wants to share the joy of all of its early season snow, nearly 12.5 feet and counting, with everyone during the BigSno.com Ridiculously Deep Sweepstakes, offering a pair of Salomon powder skis a day for ten days and the Deep Snow Dream Vacation to Steamboat Grand Prize... |
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- After completing the script below, I was pretty proud of myself. For non-Perl folks, the script involves attaching to a SQL database and doing IP to decimal to binary conversions. Not only did I have to pick apart the back end of McAfee’s EPO server to figure out the required SQL, but I [...] |
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- While doing a little holiday shopping this weekend, I accidentally discovered that BestBuy is running a promotion where you get a $10 gift card when you spend $75 on DVDs. With Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, Scarface, Training Day, Donnie Darko, Mean Girls, Shrek 2, Collateral, and that one where the dude [...] |
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- From December 1st to 5th, Alpine Canada Alpin, the governing body of ski racing in Canada, in collaboration with provincial sports organizations hosted the Rising Star K2 Development ski racing camp at Panorama Mountain Village. The camp brought together Canada's top 13 and 14 year-old ski racers in the hope of providing intense and specific training opportunities early in the season... |
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- I've been on this kick for a couple years now, an ABBA kick. I think ABBA is like heroin. We all want to, know we shouldn't, and have that one uncle who still hasn't recovered from the indescretions of his... |
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- Gore Mountain today opened "Lies," one of the New York State ski and snowboard mountain's premier double black-diamond trails located at the summit. Snowmaking efforts are currently concentrating on "Showcase" and "Twister," both planned to open this weekend, and there is terrain open for all ability levels... |
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