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ARCHIVE 2.3 UPDATED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 23:37 EST, 2004





How to get your girlfriend to love video games

  • via [H]OCP



  • ARDA

    The Advanced Research and Development Activity isn't a secret government organization, it's just a federal department that won't tell you what they're doing




    The return of the Chopper




    The coming RSS revolution




    How to build your own PC remote

  • via [H]OCP



  • White Box Robotics




    What the hell is the Itanium? Why the hell would you want one?

  • via [H]OCP



  • Your wireless future will be courtesy of Japan




    Psychoanalysis is dead... so how does that make you feel?

  • via Arts & Letters Daily



  • "This is what I want and this is how I want it"

    Selling porn is totally absolutely besides the point, it's really about female empowerment...




    Trends in graphic design and the laptop aesthetic

  • via Things



  • Alberto Meda carbon fiber concept chairs




    ATI Remote Wonder 2 for the ATI Radeon

    Remote control for your PC

  • via [H]OCP



  • America's asymmetric warfare




    Redesign Google

  • via Db-Db



  • A common cleanser is a cheaper and faster way to separate DNA for genetic analysis

    Tris buffered acetate is old and busted. Use boric acid, crank up the volts and run a DNA gel in 15 minutes




    Complete wiring guide

  • via [H]OCP



  • Hackers hall of fame

  • via Wired



  • Coming soon to a PC near you: DDR-II

  • via [H]OCP



  • The Pornography Industry vs. Digital Pirates

    "Thousands of Web sites are putting Playboy magazine's pictures on the Internet - free. And Randy Nicolau, the president of Playboy.com, is loving it. 'It's direct marketing at its finest,' he said."




    Recording the VCR's Swan Song

    Recordable DVD players kick major serious VCR ass

  • More pictures of that DVD burner



  • "Natural" doesn't mean healthy or good

  • via the Skeptic's Dictionary
  • via Metafilter



  • Healthful omega-3 may worm its way into our diets

    "Scientists have inserted a worm gene into mice, and the results of their efforts may one day transform steak and eggs into the heart-healthiest meal you could eat."




    Musicplasma
    Very cool interactive visualization

  • Also, don't forget Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
  • via Metafilter



  • Video Game Fame

    Long after Bo Jackson retired, the legend of Tecmo Bo lives on. For today's gamers, digital athletes are even realer than the real thing

  • Bringing emotions to video games



  • The 28 hour day

  • via Bifurcated Rivets



  • The IDE Virtual Design Museum

    More tricked-out yuppie minimalism and sexy black electronics

  • via Dublog



  • Sars evolved into a human disease within months

    "Disturbing evidence of how the Sars virus jumped from the animal kingdom and evolved into a deadly human infection."


    And...



    Sars virus has mutated into a more infectious form

  • Also... in case you missed it, the Sars Art Project



  • According to Comcast, 'unlimited' use does not mean unlimited use

    Comcast won't tell you how much you've downloaded, how much the average person downloads, or by how much you've exceeded the download limit. All you get is a threat to cut off your service unless you stop downloading.

    Special bonus: Comcast only threatens users who do not have access to any competing broadband service




    New MSI Mega PC

  • via [H]OCP



  • Ona Toko

    Valentines Day is coming, your girlfriend wants Japan Hysteric trendy clothes




    Thermaltake Aquarius3 External Liquid Cooling

    Ideal for all of you mini-PC lovers who want to step up to water cooling




    Irfanview

    Free, simple, photoshop tool

  • via J-Walk


  • Patents raise stakes in search wars

    "Web companies are quietly amassing arsenals of search patents, as they prepare for a high-stakes war over the profitable technology that could one day control how most people get information"




    The Borg Appliance

    Mini-ITX case mod that kicks ass




    Hyundai HY-206
    Pendant MP3 player

  • via Gizmodo



  • Liberal is a dirty word for George Carlin

  • via J-Walk



  • Get psyched
    New Aeon Flux movie is coming
    and Charlie Theron is gonna be in it




    Top ten consoles that never made it




    The Social Security promise not yet kept




    Free typewriter fonts

  • via J-Walk



  • Salvia

    New legal hallucinogen, mostly ignored because you can already get totally fucked out of your head on weed




    The Midnight Disease

    Dissecting the urge to create




    Race to satisfy women
    Drug companies developing female Viagra




    Technics Soundlfyer
    Versatile online mixer with samples

  • The Technics 1210 home page



  • I was Kim Jong Il's cook

    "If Kim Jong Il ordered you to race him on Jet Skis it paid to lose. Unless he’d ordered you to win."

  • via Arts & Letters Daily



  • Air cooling surrenders

  • via [H]OCP



  • The war on the war against the war on drugs




    Walmart

    "They are so much bigger than any retailer has ever been that it's not possible to compare."




    Into the Storm

    Online only magazine, download it to your laptop to satisfy your offline magazine fix

  • via Agenda



  • When old drugs find new unexpected uses

    The return of Thalidomide

  • via Black Triangle


  • Pirated Music Shop
    Hanoi, Vietnam


    Today We're Selling Digital Rights Management, Tomorrow We're Making Water Run Uphill

  • via Boing Boing



  • Outward Sound

    Buy a MP3 player that isn't an iPod




    When is a catalog not a catalog? When it's a shopping magazine

  • via Agenda



  • Cheapskate's guide to a safe PC




    John Sperling wants you to live forever

    "Sperling read a newspaper account speculating that a gene responsible for dramatically extending the lifespans of worms could also be found in humans. Sperling, then 77, wanted to know more. So, with a billionaire's logic, he hired his cardiologist to make a thorough search of the science of longevity. The doctor reported that some startling findings were beginning to trickle out of academic labs, but that nobody was translating those results into human applications. Right then, Sperling decided how to spend his new windfall."




    What else was lost in translation

  • via Things



  • Mystery of 1918 flu solved




    The Compact-Impact Store

  • via TKNY



  • Most lucrative college degrees

    A compilation of average starting salaries




    LightScribe

    DIY laser etched graphics

  • via J-Walk



  • Computer solitaire patented: total bullshit

  • Also, crazy freakin' Yogis file law suits for copyrighted Yoga poses



  • Funny cool music video:
    Smoking cigarettes at your doorstep

  • via Web Zen



  • The Porno-ization of American media and marketing

    How hard-core sex stars are penetrating mainstream culture

  • via Agenda



  • Confessions of a car salesman
    What really goes on in the back rooms of car dealerships across America?

    Edmunds sent an undercover reporter to find all the ways that car dealerships try to fuck you over

  • via Boing Boing



  • Report: Publishers Gouging Students Over Books




    What to expect when you are expecting a Mini-Cooper

  • via Agenda



  • Selling cool in a bottle

    How a startup called Method turned household cleaning products into objects of desire

  • via Steve Picone



  • Playstation 2 picks the Patriots to win

    Off the shelf virtual simulation: Madden NFL 2004 predicts the outcome of the Superbowl




    The Eagle is Grounded

    While America works to protect intellectual property, everyone else is innovating.



    The world according to Trump

  • via Agenda



  • In fraud cases, guilt can be skin deep

    Don't bother with the merits of the case, executive greed speaks for itself




    Every bit is a work of art




    Fallacy of the niche car

    "We lose money on every one, but we make it up in volume."

  • via Wired



  • What the male pill does to the body

  • Men fall over themselves for new birth control pill



  • One World Or None

    The world problem of nuclear weapons




    The ultimate boot CD

  • via J-Walk

  • The best jewel box for your ultimate boot CD:



    5inch
    Custom CDRs and cases




    System Backup 101

    (Sometimes this link works, sometimes it doesn't)

  • via [H]OCP



  • The Corporation
    Award winning documentary





  • view trailer



  • Blue Moon Hotel, Holland

  • via Kultureflash
  • via Things



  • Fun with WindowsXP

  • Bonus: more Windows XP tweaks and fixes



  • "Outsourcing to other countries has become a hot political issue in America. Contrary to what John Edwards, John Kerry and George Bush seem to think, it actually sustains American jobs"




    Japan's Fortress of Solitude in Iraq




    Buy yourself a pair of vintage sunglasses at Design Boom before they are sold out




    The Final Decline and Total Collapse of the American Magazine Cover

  • via Things



  • VJ Eniac

    New experimental audio visual mixes

    Special bonus: video of the SigGraf 2003 VJ battle




    Forget PDAs, get a mini-pc instead




    "I hate iPods. I mean, I really, really hate them"

    iPods: the triumph of style over substance

  • via Metafilter



  • Sexy Beach 2
    Japanese dating sim gone wild




    Dead man tells tale of Colombian cocaine culture

  • via Fark



  • E-Mailing a cellphone by the numbers

    The rise of Teleflip




    The Museum of Useful Things




    How Social Security cheats you to pay the rich. The more you make the less Social Security you have to pay

  • Also, The Trillion Dollar Hustle



  • New digital divide pits the more adept against the 'dummies'




    The return of Tamagotchi

    Virtual pets that date, fall in love, and have babies




    The Creativity Machine

    As a neural network is dismantled piece by piece, it struggles to string together processes from the surviving components, and with it's last breath, creates something unexpected




    Antidepressant Makers Withhold Data on Children

    "Makers of popular antidepressants such as Paxil, Zoloft and Effexor have refused to disclose the details of most clinical trials involving depressed children, denying doctors and parents crucial evidence as they weigh fresh fears that such medicines may cause some children to become suicidal."

  • via Drudge Report



  • The history of the DeCSS Haiku, where hacking, cryptography and art collide

    Take home lesson: to avoid the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, turn your infringing software program into a work of art

  • via Boing Boing



  • Intel surrenders to AMD!

    Intel will cut microprocessor prices by 35% on Monday as it introduces faster chip




    A how-to guide for hackers




    Will the Forester STI cut the Cayenne to size?




    Colorful old circuit boards from the Minuteman missile guidance system

    "Because the missile was perpetually armed the circuitry was immersed in liquid Freon to keep it from critically overheating. In the event the missile was launched, the coolant would be abruptly disconnected and the circuitry would have approximately 10 minutes before it burned itself up - just enough time for the missile to reach its target."

  • via Boing Boing



  • "How I PC'd an Apple G5"

    When a kid really wants a PC, don't waste your money with a Mac

  • Turns out, it's a hoax

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