Idiocracy - Tattoo

This was one of the funniest scenes in the movie…

One Horsepower Car … Literally One Horse!

By way of idiocracy and AutoBlog: Politech Presents The … Fleethorse!

One Horsepower Car … Literally One Horse!

idiocracy is asking if this idea is serious or satire. PoliTech says it’s seriously stupid!
But funny!
Here is the site: FleetHorse.com

The iZune!

Thanks Charles

DHS Hopes to Equip Police With “The Barf-Beam”

Via FOX:

Flashlight Weapon Makes Targets Throw Up

The handheld device using light-emitting diodes to emit super-bright pulses of light at rapidly changing wavelengths, causing disorientation, nausea and even vomiting in whomever it’s pointed at.

“There’s one wavelength that gets everybody,” says IOS President Bob Lieberman. “Vlad [IOS top scientist Vladimir Rubtsov] calls it ‘the evil color.’”

iPhone Magic

Via: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

iPhone Dissected: They did it, so you don’t have to

From anandtech:
We have only had the phone for a few hours but we needed to get inside its casing, what follows is our dissection of the Apple iPhone. Please note that we’re doing this so you are not tempted to on your recent $500/$600 expenditure, while it is quite possible to take apart using easy [...]

Finnish court rules CSS protection used in DVDs “ineffective”

Via Oikeuden edessä and slashdot:

Finnish court rules CSS protection used in DVDs “ineffective”
In an unanimous decision released today, Helsinki District Court ruled that Content Scrambling System (CSS) used in DVD movies is “ineffective”. The decision is the first in Europe to interpret new copyright law amendments that ban the circumvention of “effective technological measures”. [...]

Exposed: HD DVD and Blu-ray Processiong Keys for All HD Titles

I was following this discussion on Doom9 yesterday, where arnezami claims to have found the “processing key” used to decrypt the DRM on all HD DVD and Blu-Ray Disc films.
It looks like this is the real McCoy and the news is starting to get around…
arnezami claims to have found it by simply watching his [...]

Vista Not Playing Nice With FPS Games

Via SlashDot

Vista not playing nice with gamers

Some XP favorites crashing or crawling; fix wait could be lengthy

Windows Vista’s powerful new graphics engine may be one of its hallmark features, but it’s engendering complaints from a key segment of potential early adopters: hardcore gamers.

A small but significant number of games written for Windows XP either crash [...]

Seething the Light

Nuke is having fun at the hardware store.

Nike, Burger King , and now Feit Electric?

While perusing the website of recent commenter, Jon, my keen blogger’s instinct recoiled in horror, as I discovered a photograph of the GE Feit Electric flourescent light bulb which … wait for it … contains similarities to the arabic spelling of [...]

Video: John Edwards Feeling Pretty

This is just too funny…

Hattip: RogerRmjet

Cancel or Allow?

This is the first MAC vs. PC advert that is actually pretty funny.

The PC Guy is just more likeable than the MAC Guy.
Hattip: YaBlog!

Bill Gates is going to regret saying this

Bill Gates throws down the gauntlet!

Bill Gates Attacks Mac Security, Apple Ads

“We made it way harder for guys to do exploits,” said Mr. Gates. “The number [of exploits] will be way less because we’ve done some dramatic things [to improve security] in the code base. Apple hasn’t done any of those things.”

In another portion of [...]

Birthday Message Takes the Cake

Happy ERROR to you
It seems that you can email an order to Wegman’s bakery for cakes. Including the message you want on written your cake. The cake below was supposed to be a mix of English and Italian.

FTA:
This just takes the cake!

The email likely feeds directly into their computer that runs the food-grade equivalent [...]

Masterful Web 2.0 Social Engineering

How to Sign Up for GoogleTV Beta

UPDATE: GoogleTV Beta
Fun Stuff

Wii hacked to play backups

Already! Here is a link to the Inquirer article…
If this isn’t a fake I will keep posting updates here, instead of a bunch of separate posts. (Not a fake Wiinja ModChip is now available).
UPDATE:
WiinJa ModChip website
USA Preorder here
Details:
Wiinja Drivechip Mod
$55.00
Features:
Non Swap / Direct Boot
Boots Own Region WII Backups Directly
Boots Own Region WII Backups [...]

Video: Digital Waterfalls

This is really a cool display.

Hattip: BoingBoing

Build your own self-tuning portable RF jammer

Not that you would … because the FCC frowns on that sort of thing … but it’s nice to know that you could.

Wave Bubble: A design for a self-tuning portable RF jammer

This website details the design and construction Wave Bubble: a self-tuning, wide-bandwidth portable RF jammer. The device is lightweight and small for easy camoflauging: [...]

“Think Big” How would you fix Xbox live?

1up has some interesting news regarding XBox Live…

How Would You Fix XBL?
Microsoft soliciting ideas, feedback for future updates.

You don’t often hear corporations asking their consumers for suggestions, but Microsoft’s done it once before with Xbox Live and they’re doing it again. Andre Vrignaud of the Xbox Live Platform Strategy team is asking Xbox users to [...]

How to destroy your enemies with Web 2.0: A five step plan

A funny social hacking plan using Web 2.0 … courtesy of Vallywag
How to destroy your enemies with Web 2.0: A five-step plan

With the social tools at your disposal, you can propose to your girlfriend with a $25 ad spot or call your local pizza place to say hi. Sure, you can be friendly. But wouldn’t [...]

UNIQLO MIXPLAY

Click here to make your own UNIQLO MIXPLAY dance mix!

Turn your blog into a book, part II

Gina Trapani has posted Pat II of her Geek to Live instructional series:

Geek to Live: Turn your blog into a book, part II

Part I of How to turn your blog into a book covered the basics for blogging your book idea, getting an agent, and drafting your book proposal. Now you’ve got 300 pages due [...]

2006 Art of Science Gallery

The Princeton University Art of Science Competition is a celebration of the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and engineering inform art and vise versa.

In the spring of 2006 we again asked the Princeton University community to submit images—and, for the first time, videos and sounds—produced in the course of research or [...]

Turn your blog into a book

Part one of a multipart article at Lifehacker…

Geek to Live: Turn your blog into a book, part I

There’s a world of difference between being a blogger and a book author, but more writers are wearing both hats these days. It’s not surprising that pro writers are becoming bloggers, but “amateur” bloggers getting book deals are [...]

HD-DVD copy protection defeated … for now

BoingBoing reader Gunther says,
On the doom9 forums there is news of a new tool to decrypt HDDVD’s. How you get the key is not yet clear but there is a promise to have a tool to get the needed key later. (check the #9 post in the thread): Link, and related coverage at the [...]

Politically Correct & Liability Free, Season’s Greetings

From PoliTech to all of you!

From me (”the wishor” to you (”the wishee”), please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, [...]

Dome Day!

Dome Day! Go Rockford!

Rockford College Football Clinches the UMAC South #1 Seed

The Rockford College football team clinched the UMAC South’s #1 seed for the conference’s ‘Dome Day’ by defeating Blackburn College 61-0 on Saturday October 14.
The Regents (6-1, 4-1 UMAC) surpassed their season high for points in a game when they bulldozed through the Beavers [...]

Futbal Ballet

Who doesn’t think that all sports offficials are subconsiously just like this one?!

Futbal (AKA Soccer)… not to be confused with Football.
On topic for this site? No.
Funny? Yes!

“Information Tech” Tops List of Most Stressful Jobs

Top 10 Most Stressful Professions
Work Stresses and Colleague Irritations, Defined

IT experts are more likely to suffer from stress than any other professional, according to the survey.

Four out of five IT consultants feel stressed before they even enter the workplace, in anticipation of another day juggling complaints, pressure from managers and daily targets.

And a quarter of [...]