Earlier today Harmonix announced on the Rock Band website that they are releasing Rock Band 2 later this year. Now a lot of gaming sites already talked about that there were making Rock Band 2 but they haven’t officially announced it until now. Now this …continue reading
PS3 Firmware Update 2.40
Earlier Sony on there Playstation Blog talked about the new firmware update and all of the things that was going to be included. If you want to know what they talked about you can go check out there blog by clicking here. Now one …continue reading
Is Apple Ripping You Off?
If you were to take the article seen here at face value, my article’s title may very well be the reader’s conclusion. Once you get past the rabid Mac fans who have made their perspective clear in the comments, there is finally one comment …continue reading
Will your body be on display after you pass?
One of the most spectacular anatomy exhibits that I have ever seen in my life has been the Body Worlds exhibit in Phoenix Arizona. Body Worlds is an exhibit that shows real humans, who have been preserved through a process called plastination. Each exhibit showcases …continue reading
Nikon Releases New Gear!
This evening, Nikon released the anticipated FX full frame sensor DSLR, the D700. Its basically a lighter version of the D3 workhorse. They also released two PC-E Micro lenses and the SB-900 AF Speedlight. You can see the details of the release at the …continue reading
likely terrorist attack in 2009?
(CNN) — Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-Independent who is a strong supporter of Republican John McCain’s White House bid, suggested Sunday the United States will likely face a terrorist attack in 2009.
What I find most interesting about this is that I’ve been hearing …continue reading
UFO? show me the video!
Mufon sent this fellow a video of an unidentified flying object taken from an airplane.
Here’s a news report from the United Kingdom. Southampton has been the site of a number of UFO reports lately… [both from About.com - Billy's UFO blog]
Then …continue reading
OS X 10.5.4 Released Today
Apple today released 10.5.4 for all Leopard users. This update fixes some general bugs in iCal, Expose/Spaces, Safari, Airport, and security fixes. As Apple puts it,
The 10.5.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes …continue reading
Doctors in a Small Community
In a theatre of war, there is a term that is known universally to all military personnel. That term is “the golden hour”. Simply it means that the first sixty minutes after a trauma are critical. It means life or death.
People living in cities …continue reading
Writer’s Block – How to get over it?
I’m not sure what happens. Everything is going along fine one minute and the next I’ve completely lost the words. I thought that maybe if I read a bunch of interesting articles from other authors that it might bring me to the point where I …continue reading
Fido, A Pleasant Suprise
There are very few decades as ripe for satire as the 1950′s. Director Andrew Currie takes note of this and delivers something truly unique in his oddball comedy, Fido. In a decade full of fears, fear of communism, fear of falling behind the Jones’s, Currie …continue reading
Headplay Personal Cinema System Now Available
The Headplay Personal Cinema System combines its revolutionary design with proprietary, high-performance optical technologies to deliver a portable, personal viewing experience not currently available in the market. Connecting directly to game consoles, DVD players, iPods, PCs and cell phones, the Personal Cinema System is …continue reading
Summer Footwear Linked to Problems
Choice of footwear is important for many reasons. Now it appears that a bad choice may have further reaching implications than previously known.
from Popular Science
For non-metrosexual men, they’re one of three pairs of shoes on the closet floor. Between the dusty brown loafers …continue reading
Closed Captioning For Internet Video
A new bill before Congress would add some new features to the Americans With Disabilities Act, to insure that all Americans have equal access to TV and the Internet. But the one feature that stands out is providing close captioning for Internet videos. The bill …continue reading
eBay Fined $61 Million
Even for an internet giant like eBay, a sixty one million dollar fine makes for a rough way to begin the week. A French court has ruled against eBay:
“A French court has fined eBay Inc. $61 million for allowing the sale of Louis Vuitton …continue reading
silly VMware problem
I mentioned that we’re virtualizing our servers at work. We just got done a five day jump-start program and are slowly doing what is necessary to reach our goals (see page above for details on how that went).
Since I run linux as my main …continue reading
at least he wasn’t talking on his cell phone…
I’m not entirely sure what it was today but the Bad Driving Brigade was out in full force. They behaved reasonably well on the way in but on the way home all bets were off.
Pennsylvania has a new sport: light jumping. I’m not exactly …continue reading
drama! news at eleven…
I’ve already mentioned my great love of local news. I don’t think I realized how inane it was until I saw it again after years of getting my news from other places.
My wife was watching local news when I got home from work today. …continue reading
Rock Band 2 Debuts On Xbox 360 This September
Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company in the world, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., are taking the groundbreaking music platform that forever changed the face of music video games to …continue reading
Rhapsody – Making Noise
Earlier today I read about the efforts from Rhapsody to get lots of users on its ‘music without limits’ bandwagon – in effect, stating that no longer will music from the download service have any form of DRM.
Certainly an effort to be applauded, the …continue reading
The Swimsuit Controversy at the U.S. Olympic Trials
In Omaha, swimming records are being re-written as swimmers compete for spots on the U.S. Olympic swim team. The men’s and women’s records may be attributed to having better conditioned athletes and new training methods. It may be attributed to new swimsuit technology.
Both TYR …continue reading
New Evolutionary Theory Identifies Humor’s Mechanism And Function
Research identifies the reason humor is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and its continuing importance in the cognitive development of infants
A new publication answers centuries’ old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humor, identifying …continue reading
Have a Credit Card? You’re entitled to a Settlement
Sam Glover on Caveat Emptor is reporting that nearly everyone that had a credit card, loan or credit account, or an open line of credit at any point from January 1, 1987 to May 28, 2008 you maybe entitled to a settlement from a class …continue reading
UserVoice
Whenever you create something that is to be used and enjoyed by other people, it’s always important to get their input on what you’re doing. Although you may at least be partially doing something for yourself, you’re also doing it for your community, so it’s …continue reading
Group Cooking for Dogs
A group in Pittsburgh has a very unique way of managing the issue of security of their pet food. They cook for their pets. The way that it is arranged is a tribute to community enterprise. In the area, there are nine families involved in …continue reading
Montgomery Ward Kept Data Breach As a Secret
Montgomery Ward had a data breach. Hackers accessed the company’s data base and over fifty thousand (50,000) customers had their personal, confidential information compromised. Montgomery Ward compounded the problem by not informing their customers of this breach of security:
“NEW YORK (AP) — An old …continue reading
McCain proposes tax holiday for beer heiresses
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain unveiled details of his economic policy today, telling an audience in Ohio that if elected he would support a real estate tax holiday for beer heiresses.
Sen. McCain said that his tax holiday plan could lead to a revival …continue reading
Migraines and Magnetic Pulses
Anyone who has had a severe migraine headache will describe an excruciating pain. This pain may be accompanied by sensitivity to light and to sound, as well as feeling of nausea and weakness. Sometimes, medication will alleviate the symptoms. Mostly it is just waiting for the …continue reading
Securing Folders And Files In Vista Part VI
Setting folder and file permissions gives you some network security, but it doesn’t secure your PC desktop. When you use the NT file system (NTFS) in Vista, however, you can set file permissions at the local PC level. That means that a user sitting down …continue reading
LittleBigPlanet Developer To Be Interviewed Live By Eurogamer
Eurogamer Network and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe are happy to announce that David Smith, Co-Founder and Technical Director of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, will face questions from Eurogamer.net readers on Wednesday, 2nd July from 4pm BST (UK time) / 5pm CET.
Eurogamer LiveText interviews …continue reading
