Thursday, September 27, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Going To See Puddle of Mudd and Saliva @ the Vogue!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Killer Car! | The KTM X-Bow
KTM – Europe’s second largest motorcycle producer – is presenting the prototype of a new lightweight sports car at the coming Geneva Motor Show: the X-Bow.
This compact, purist two-seater will have a carbon fibre chassis and a modern four-cylinder FSI turbo engine from Audi. By doing away with the unnecessary encumbrances of a normal sports car, the KTM X-Bow will deliver a driving experience equivalent to motor sports. The first 100 will be on the starting line as an exclusive special series.
*UPDATE*
Saw this beast in action on Top Gear the other day...Oh My God!!! I must have one of these!!!!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Blackwell Synergy - J Food Science, OnlineEarly Articles (Article Abstract)
Caffeine Content of Prepackaged National-Brand and Private-Label Carbonated Beverages
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Caffeine is a well-known stimulant that is added as an ingredient to various carbonated soft drinks. Due to its stimulatory and other physiological effects, individuals desire to know the exact amount of caffeine consumed from these beverages. This study analyzed the caffeine contents of 56 national-brand and 75 private-label store-brand carbonated beverages using high-performance liquid chromatography. Caffeine contents ranged from 4.9 mg/12 oz (IGA Cola) to 74 mg/12 oz (Vault Zero). Some of the more common national-brand carbonated beverages analyzed in this study with their caffeine contents were Coca-Cola (33.9 mg/12 oz), Diet Coke (46.3 mg/12 oz), Pepsi (38.9 mg/12 oz), Diet Pepsi (36.7 mg/12 oz), Dr Pepper (42.6 mg/12 oz), Diet Dr Pepper (44.1 mg/12 oz), Mountain Dew (54.8 mg/12 oz), and Diet Mountain Dew (55.2 mg/12 oz). The Wal-Mart store-brand beverages with their caffeine contents were Sam's Cola (12.7 mg/12 oz), Sam's Diet Cola (13.3 mg/12 oz), Dr Thunder (30.6 mg/12 oz), Diet Dr Thunder (29.9 mg/12 oz), and Mountain Lightning (46.5 mg/12 oz). Beverages from 14 other stores were also analyzed. Most store-brand carbonated beverages were found to contain less caffeine than their national-brand counterparts. The wide range of caffeine contents in carbonated beverages indicates that consumers would benefit from the placement of caffeine values on food labels.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
OpenDNS > Get Started > Linux/Unix
Linux/Unix
Basic Instructions
Please write down your current DNS settings before switching to OpenDNS, in case you want to return to your old settings for any reason.
The DNS Server addresses for OpenDNS are:
- 208.67.222.222
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- 208.67.220.220
Just add these two lines somewhere near the top of your /etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
Enjoy!
Using OpenDNS with DHCP
If you assign your computer's IP with DHCP, it probably overwrites your /etc/resolv.conf. Here's how to fix that:
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Run: sudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
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Change the prepend line to read:
prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;
This will prepend the OpenDNS addresses to the top of the list. (You can also use "supersede", which will just use them.) You don't have to worry about the DHCP client overwriting settings on each reboot or lease cycle, and your ISP nameservers will still be used as backup.
Run: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
- Using Ubuntu? Check "Networking" to see if the changes applied correctly.
Go to "System –> Administration –> Networking" and click the DNS tab.
Visit http://welcome.opendns.com/ to test your new settings.
You should see the Welcome page from OpenDNS, as shown below.
Troubleshooting
If you see the Oops page, please try two more tests, in case the Welcome page was improperly cached.
- First, visit our demonstration site internetbadguys.com. If you were successful in switching to OpenDNS, it should be blocked as a phishing site. Otherwise, it will tell you that it's a demonstration site.
- Second, make a deliberate typo in the TLD, like craigslist.og and see if it resolves to craigslist.org. If you are using OpenDNS, you will be taken to the classifieds site. If you are not, you will get your default browser error page.
Still not working? You may need to restart your web browser and/or router.
Please let us know if you're still running into problems.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
GIMPShop dot Net: What is GIMPShop?
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Phoenix Labs » PeerGuardian 2
PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Uncensored Image Hosting
You can upload about 140 different formats. There's even support for .RAR and .ZIP-archives! If you upload an archive with multiple images, you'll also get an album-address for all the pictures inside of it. Tags are separated by spaces, removal code is a password to let you remove images you upload.
Max file upload size is 100MB. If you're crazy and upload that much, then you should consider getting friends.
bayimg.com is a place where you can host all your images. We do not censor them. We believe in freedom of speech, it's of utter importance to us. As long as your pictures are legal they will be hosted here, but we reserve the right to remove images due to technical reasons though. If something crashes here, you better have a backup yourself - hopefully that won't happen. Usually we know what we're doing.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Blogger and formatting = Pissin' Me Off!
OpenLearn
What is OpenLearn-ing?
OpenLearn is online learning that is open to anyone, anywhere in the world using materials taken from Open University courses. And it is completely free to use! Instead of attending classes, you study online in the LearningSpace, using materials that have been specially designed for distance learning.
MIT's OpenCourseWare
Welcome to MIT's OpenCourseWare:
a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
MIT OCW:
- Is a publication of MIT course materials
- Does not require any registration
- Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity
- Does not provide access to MIT faculty
Cedega brings MS games to Linux
Schools, businesses and even whole governments have made the switch to Linux for its stability and security and now home users are reaping all the benefits of Linux's unparalled versatility. The only gap remaining was gaming which TransGaming closes with Cedega™. TransGaming's Cedega brings the thrill of blockbuster video games to Linux users around the world. Easy to use and powerful, Cedega lets you play the hottest Windows games on one of today's fastest growing and highest rated operating systems, right out of the box. Triple-A video games such as Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Battlefield 2142, World of WarCraft, Madden 2007, Civilization IV and many more, can be played on Linux using Cedega, seamlessly and transparently. There's no better way to play on Linux!
