That’s all I have to say about that.
Here’s the MBOverload Pak of Firefox Extensions… Worth it even if only for the Sidebar.
Posted on September 23rd 2005 in Hardware
Maybe one that’s SILENT.
Researchers recover typed text using audio recording of keystrokes
The researchers were able to take several 10-minute sound recordings of users typing at a keyboard, feed the audio into a computer, and use an algorithm to recover up to 96 percent of the characters entered.
Berkeley, you magnificent bastards.
I don’t know how to say this. This bunny-hopping thing? Needs to stop. Counter-strike pretty much got it right, where you’re allowed one functional jump, and then you’re stuck where you land for about a half-second to a second. Not only is seeing four guys jumping up a beach while you’re trying to shoot them frustrating, it’s also completely ludicrous. Jumping in sand barefoot wearing nothing but swim trunks gets tiring for most folks in no time flat. Now try it in combat boots, full fatigues, and 40-60 lbs of equipment strapped to your back. No, seriously, try it. Okay, but now sprint first. Hang on, to make this simulation more accurate, I’m going to have to shoot at you. No, no, it’s okay, just wear this body armor…
Posted on August 29th 2005 in Hardware
In response to someone looking for new music, I replied with this, so I’m bloggin’ the thang…
- Fun, wrong, AdBusters: DJ Spooky’s “Live Without Dead Time”
- Pink Floyd vs. the BeeGees: Scissor Sisters – Self-Titled
- From the Disposable Heroes Guy: Michael Franti – “Everyone Deserves Music”
- Can’t really vouch for it m’self, but I bet Jamiroquai’s new album – Dynamite isn’t all bad.
- Coldcut‘s new album is coming soon, but in the mean time, check out The Avalanches‘ track “Frontier Psychiatrist”
- and if Groove Salad is a little too low-key for ya, come up for air once in a while at RadioParadise
Posted on July 27th 2005 in Hardware
Weird: on Saturday, I was bombing around looking for a few things, and decided to give Konfabulator a run again. The site appeared to be sorta messed up, so I assumed it was me, getting a little overzealous with the IP Blocking, but as it turns out, I’m guessing they were working on a rewrite of their site, and I caught them in the act. I’m so far ahead of the curve, I’m getting hit by the wave itself.
Seriously though, Konfabulator is free, and very pretty (at least, some of the widgets are). Go get yourself a truly beautiful analog clock for your desktop right now, or maybe just a little coloured cube that tells you (with one of eight colours) what the weather is like outside. Or (OR!) you could just go outside.
Posted on July 25th 2005 in Hardware
According to Eurogamer, the alarmingly-good-looking Stalker:Oblivion Lost won’t be released now until at least next year.
Go drown your sorrows in some screen shots.
Posted on July 11th 2005 in Hardware
Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to manage personal tasks and todo lists. It grew out of my frustration that well-known task managers, such as those provided with Outlook or Lotus Notes, do not provide facilities for composite tasks. Often, tasks and other things todo consist of several activities. Task Coach is designed to deal with composite tasks.
Installed it in a couple of seconds, started it up, figured out how it all worked in another 30 seconds.
FREE.
Why can’t Microsoft figure this out?
Posted on May 22nd 2005 in Hardware
WellGet is a download manager similar to GetRight (does multiple streams and all that good stuff), but here’s the thing: It works just fine in Firefox and IE. One installer, two browsers. Boom.
Of course, I’ve got the FlashGot extension installed, so maybe that’s why it’s working…
Still, kinda pretty, kinda smart. Oh, and allows you to start playing media files as soon as they start downloading, no more of this “I can’t play that ’cause it’s being written to” stuff.
Check it out.
Posted on May 18th 2005 in Hardware
For a nice little text-only round of “what was that sample from?”
Posted on May 9th 2005 in Hardware
