Mario Finds Himself in GTA Vice City

IM-5 - Pepperspray Paintball Gun For Personal Protection

So, it's not actually a paintball gun, but it's close. This is a non-lethal personal protection device, and it awesome! I'm not so sure about actually carrying it for protection, it looks a bit large. This thing even has a laser sighting!

I put this at the top of my list of favorite personal protection devices.

newlaunches.com

Firefox Users Are Theives. And Will Be Blocked

I've seen this story pop up on a couple of websites, so I decided I would post it.

There is an extension for Firefox called Adblock Plus [that I've been a long time user of] that blocks ads. Users of Ad-Block can surf the web without the annoyances of the many many ads that plague almost every website. Some website owners are irate because they count on ads to make money. since Ad-Block users are visiting their site without seeing the ads, they think this is essentially stealing.

There seems to be some website owners that are now blocking Firefox users from visiting their site. There is no way to block only Adblock Plus users, so all Firefox users are being blocked. I haven't actually run into any sites doing this, and really doubt is will be a trend. If I ever do run into a site that is blocking Firefox users, so be it, I can go without whatever site that might be.

Here is a link to why Firefox is being blocked.

If you are not already a user of Adblock Plus, you should be. It makes the web so much more pleasant. I'm always amazed at how cluttered the web is when I use someone else's computer.

Ad-Block Plus
Adblock Filterset.G Updater

DIY: Burning Laser Pointer

Laser Flashlight Hack! - video powered by Metacafe

This is awesome, wish i had a spare DVD burner laying around so i could try this out.

NBC Dateline reporter at Defcon

I was trying to think of some great clever title for this one, but I have failed. It's not a greatly shot video, but it's pretty good none-the-less simply for what happens.

Defcon is a hackers conference. It is attended by hackers, experts in the field of security, press and even feds.

Dateline wanted to capture a great story about Defcon and the evils of the hacker community or some crap like that. I actually read they wanted to catch people doing illegal stuff infront of the federal agents that regularly attend the conference so they could have some great and tristed news story to tell.

Anyways, this is funny because Dateline thought they could slip one by a conference full of people that are into security.

Don't try to trick a trickster.

Bucking Fuggy: An Amazing Looking Web Based Game

The game looks absolutely amazing for running in a browser!

But, I'll pass on actually trying it out. The idea of having to install a plug-in just to view one website never sits well with my stomach.

www.buckingfuggy.com

1000Keybouards: YouTube for Authors

1000Keyboards is Youtube for authors to put it simply. Users can sign up to post short stories, or browse stories submitted by the community.

1000keyboaurds.com

Speed Painting Masterpiece In Less Than a Minute

The 1 Minute Painting - video powered by Metacafe

Not greatly interesting but pretty impressive!

Oh, and maybe not quite a masterpiece. :)

Good Copy Bad Copy: Copyright and Culture

I just Finished watching Good Copy Bad Copy. This is a Danish Documentary on the current state of copyright and culture. A very good documentary on touchy subjects: intellectual property, copyright and piracy.

The film does an excellent job of giving the viewer a perspective of what is going on around the world and how other cultures deal with these issues. There are interviews with people from The United States, Sweden, Brazil, Russia, England and Nigeria.

One of my favorite quotes from the movie is this:

"57% of teenagers have created and shared content over the internet. That's not peer-to-peer filesharing, thats' about 99%. This is people actually creating material and making it available. To us, the coach potato generation, this is bazarre. But to them, it's the natural way to understand the world and create. You can call them criminals or pirates, and use all the tools of the law and technology to block them, or we can encourage them by making material available that give them a better understanding of their past and a better opportunity to say something about the future."

Good Copy Bad Copy is being distributed for free on The Pirate Bay.
Click here to download the .torrent

Or just over to goodcopybadcopy.net and watch a streaming version of the film.

Google to Offer Free Cell Phones and Service Within the Year

Google is planning to introduce free cell phones and service within the year. Revenue will be [of course] created with the use of ads. Hearing an add before being able to make a call might be somewhat annoying, but as in often as i use my cell phone, it might not be a bad deal.

Link to Story

New Chopping Block Strips up

One of my all time favorite comic strips. I keep an eye on The Chopping Block, but it has not been updated for about five months. There have been three or four new ones posted in the last couple of days.

choppingblock.org...because serial killers are people too.

Watch Movies and TV Shows Online

Just want to give a couple websites that stream movies and TV shows. Here they are:

tv-links.co.uk: Probably the most popular site. There is a huge selection of both TV shows and movies.

justvids.org: Just recently found this. There's no way that I can see to search the site, but from what I can tell, they have a lot of popular titles.

I'm sure there are more, these are just two that I know about.

enjoy!

Free User Names and Passwords

Tired of having to register for an account to websites just to get to their content? jump over to bugmenot.com and enter the URL to instantly get a user name and password you can use to enter the site.

They don't allow people to share user names and passwords for pay sites though.

Red System: Virgin America's In-Flight Entertainment System

Not really the most exciting video, but it's awesome to see what Virgin America is doing with their in-flight entertainment system. This by far beats any of the in-flight entertainment i have experienced in my flying. I think it's cool that passengers will be about to take part in LAN games while in-flight.

It's kinda funny that doom is the best thing that they can show off. Maybe this small incentive will bring more games to the linux platform.