Ubuntu & OSCON here in Portland

Ubuntu Live's wide-ranging program will give participants
all the knowledge they need to explore and set in motion the
powerful features in Ubuntu and related applications.

Expert-led tutorials, big-picture plenary gatherings, focused
sessions, and a lively "hallway track" bring all participants
face to face with the worldwide Ubuntu community.

Ubuntu Live tutorials coincide with OSCON to further
connect Ubuntu users with the larger open source community.

Make 2007 your summer of open source.

Join us at the very first Ubuntu Live, happening
July 22-24, 2007 in Portland, Oregon...Story Here

Judge Awards $68,685.23 in Attorneys Fees Against RIAA

In the case of Capitol v. Foster, the judge has awarded
$68,685.23 in attorneys fees to the defendant, Debbie Foster.

According to Recording Industry vs The People, this is the
first time attorneys fees have been awarded to an RIAA defendant.

Full Story Here

US woman arrested over dry lawn

A 70-year-old US woman has
been left bruised and bloody
after an unexpected clash with
police who came to caution her
for not watering her lawn.

Story Here

Google Earth Extreme Series

Info Here

Esmee Denters

Link to more Here

Top 10 Uses For Used Coffee Grounds

Uses Here

Satellite snaps first images of mysterious glowing clouds

A new satellite has captured its first views of enigmatic glowing clouds whose proliferation may be linked to climate change...Story Here

A Race to Solve the Mystery of the Subterranean Chambers

It started with an ever-expanding sinkhole at the entrance of the Mystic Pointe condominiums here and led to an excavation this spring that revealed an underground complex of brick chambers with vaulted ceilings.

Now the subterranean structure, believed to date to the mid-19th century, is a mystery just begging to be solved. ..Story Here

Italians Build Atomic Laser

FLORENCE, Italy, July 6, 2007 -- Scientists have reported a way to achieve the so-called atomic laser, a breakthrough predicted by Albert Einstein in 1925, the Italian news agency ANSA reported today. ..Story Here

Religious Book Seller Struck By Lightning

A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials when he was hit...Story Here

Michael Moore Tears Up Wolfie on CNN

Information no one really thought about and might not be aware of

Did you know?

1. That the tongue of a whale weighs as much as an elephant.
2. By 2003, the number of people who lived together before marriage was a little over 70% as against 5% in the 1960's.
3. According to a recent study, people who talk on cell phones while driving are as impaired as drunk drivers, even when they use hands-free devices.
4. The number of people with diabetes worldwide rose from about 30 million to over 230 million.
5. The three richest men in the world are worth as much as the 40 most poorest countries of the world.

More Here

The Top 10 weirdest case mods

List Here

New Addicting Puzzle game!

Move the anchor points
so all balls are intersected
by Lasers.

I played to Level 13
Fun... Here

11 Surefire Tips for Improving Your Landscape Photography

Tips Here

Walmart Took Secret Life Insurance Policies Out On Employees, Collected After Their Death

According to CourtTV and the Tampa Tribune, Walmart has been secretly taking out life insurance policies on its employees and cashing them in when said employees pass away.

That's what happened to Karen Armatrout and her family, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. From the Tampa Tribune:

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Google in Colorado safe cracking caper

It's true. Google can help with anything. Minutes before they opened several locked safes at a "family fun center" in Colorado Springs, a team of masked bandits sat down at a nearby PC and Googled "safe-cracking." "They brought up a site called 'How to Open Safes,'" Colorado Springs detective Chuck Ackerman told The Register...Story Here

Taser XREP delivers wireless shocks from 100 feet away

This Taser XREP can deliver a wireless electric shock from
over 100 feet away, and from the looks of it, you don't want
to be on its receiving end. Its Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation
(NMI) is the same disabling effect delivered by wired Taser weapons.

Loaded into an ordinary 12-gauge shotgun, it's designed into a
14-gram package small enough to fit into a gun barrel, yet it can
travel at 300 feet per second...Story Here

Why is yawning contagious?

Yawning is an involuntary action that everyone does. We start before we are born and most creatures on the planet do it - even snakes and fish...Story Here

Man from Bend,Or. flies 193 miles in lawn chair

BEND, Oregon (AP) -- Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks -- and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.

Destination: Idaho...Story Here

Wrecking Ball Runs Amok In Pa. Town

1,500-Pound Ball Rolls
Nearly 1 Mile, Bouncing
From Curb To Curb.

Story Here

Preteens allegedly kidnap baby, demand ransom

ENID, Oklahoma (AP) -- Detectives arrested a 12-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister for allegedly abducting their neighbor's 1-year-old son and demanding $200,000 for his return...Story Here

HijackThis 2.0.2

HijackThis is a general homepage hijackers detector and remover. It scans for all objects which may be affiliated with Web Browser activity. StartList scans the system for all objects that are in all startup sections of the registry. It is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs/URLs, just the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites...Link Here

Mars rover to descend into gaping crater

NASA's Opportunity rover will soon drive into a large Martian crater called Victoria that it has been skirting around for months. What it finds inside could offer new insights into the history of water on Mars...Story Here

Live Earth is promoting green to save the planet - what planet are they on?

A Daily Mail investigation has revealed that far from saving the planet, the extravaganza will generate a huge fuel bill, acres of garbage, thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions, and a mileage total equal to the movement of an army.

The most conservative assessment of the flights being taken by its superstars is that they are flying an extraordinary 222,623.63 miles between them to get to the various concerts - nearly nine times the circumference of the world. The true environmental cost, as they transport their technicians, dancers and support staff, is likely to be far higher.

Full Story Here

Addicting Ping Pong 3d Online

Play it Here

15 Uses For WD-40

List is Here

Do more with Nautilus

Linux users: Ramp up the Nautilus file manager menu with three simple packages which add several features. Resize and rotate images, run apps as administrator, and jump to locations in the terminal -- all from the Nautilus right-click menu...Link Here

Analysis: The White Lies ISPs Tell About Broadband Speeds

How would you feel if you pumped a gallon of gas only to find out that the service station's meter was off by 10 percent in its favor? Obviously you would want the owners exposed immediately and demand a refund, and possibly even lodge a criminal complaint against the station. So, why does the consumer tolerate such shenanigans with their ISP? ..Story Here

My Relatives at Work

Man Robs NH Bank Disguised As Tree

Police say the suspect used duct tape to attach tree branches onto his body as a form of camouflage. He then walked into the Citizens Bank on Elm Street and demanded money.

"Damn Relatives !"....Story Here

P2P Trojan Makes PC Talk, Laugh at You, While Erasing Hard Drive

If your computer starts talking to you and tells you that you are infected and your files have been deleted, it's no joke, you have just been infected by the BotVoice.A Trojan...Story Here

Please give to the Anti-Dogs on Steroids campaign

Donate Here

Picasa Tutorial Video 29mins

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) 1.40.520

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history...Get it Here

Roswell theory revived by deathbed confession

But last week came an astonishing new twist to the Roswell mystery.

Lieutenant Walter Haut was the public relations officer at the base in 1947 and was the man who issued the original and subsequent press releases after the crash on the orders of the base commander, Colonel William Blanchard.

Haut died last year but left a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his death..Story Here

VIDEO: Consumerist Catches Geek Squad Stealing Porn From Customer's Computer

The Consumerist's 3-month sting operation snared a Geek Squad technician stealing porn from our hard drive, and we've got the work-safe video and logfiles to prove it...Story Here

Theme song of I...UHhh...I forget...Geez...

Digital Photography Tips From Around The Web - 4 July 2007

From Digital Photography School Here

The Megapixel Myth

Forget the silly debate over pixel counts among digital cameras. There is little visible difference between cameras with seemingly different ratings. For instance, a 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18!" I know because I've done this. Have you? NY Times tech writer David Pogue did this here and here and saw the same thing - nothing!..Full Story Here..and different one Here.

Terra Naomi's "Say It's Possible"

15 Uses for Baking Soda

Read Here

It's not just us - weird weather is worldwide!

Almost all climate experts say that the trend is towards more droughts, floods, heatwaves and more powerful storms...Story Here

Flip Words

Enter message click on flip.
copy and paste to IM and email
for fun Here

ORBOX B

Using arrow keys move towards red bricks to stop you from falling off of screen. You want to hit the red ball.

Write down level code if you wish to come back and not have to start over.

Fun! Fun! Here

Weighing the value of today's processors When performance meets price

Story Here

Newspaper Clippings

Flight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon

ASPEN, Colorado - You don't have to pack your bags quite yet, but passenger travel to the Moon is on the flight manifest of a space tourist company.

The price per seat will slap your wallet or purse for a swift $100 million - but you'll have to get in line as the first voyage is already booked...Story Here