Topic: MUSIK - on August 19, 2008 at 1:15:00 PM CEST
Punk Discography 1977-1984
a labor of love project listing punk/new wave/ndw records & cassettes of the original punk era in austria, germany and switzerland (incl. a 7" cover ft. johnny2000 way back then, pic in the comments)
dedicated to my good friend Panza, who was the spirit of the scene (he'll just be releasing a double lp of new found tracks from 'die gute alte zeit'=the title of his compilation, some tracks will come from my vaults ...)
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Topic: GOOGLE - on August 19, 2008 at 10:58:00 AM CEST
Google minus Google
Inspired by an article in NYT about Google becoming a media company, I (Timo Paloheimo from Finland) dediced that something had to be done. So I created a way to Search with Google without getting results from Google sites such as Knol, Blogger and YouTube.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 19, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM CEST
Beagle Board - ultra tiny, 2-Watt Linux system
The beagleboard is low cost fanless development board with Linux support. And it is low cost, you can get one for $149 from digikey. And it is low power, it uses less than 2 Watts and can run via USB power (although it does have a secondary power input).
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2008 at 10:45:00 AM CEST
Pirate Bay Renamed Beijing Bay After Olympics Tracking
The Pirate Bay has a new logo, at least temporarily.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 19, 2008 at 10:40:00 AM CEST
Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source
With a French pension in hand, Louis Daguerre reveals the secrets of making daguerreotypes to a waiting world. The pioneering photographic process is an instant hit.
Using chemical reactions to make images with light was not quite new. Doing it fast was. Inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niepce created a rough image using silver salts and a camera obscura, or "dark box," in 1816. The image faded away quickly.
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Topic: food - on August 19, 2008 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
Spain sweats amid 'water wars'
Spain is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years. Climate experts warn that the country is suffering badly from the impact of climate change and that the Sahara is slowly creeping north - into the Spanish mainland.
Yet in Spain itself there is little consensus about what is to be done. Indeed, such is the disagreement that journalists and politicians alike are calling it "water wars".
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Topic: FUN - on August 19, 2008 at 10:33:00 AM CEST
The Geekini: Mash Those Buttons!
Similar to the gaming bra we saw before, the Geekini is an NES controller in the form factor of a bikini top and bottom. It's recommended you have a female wear the peripheral, but you can put it on yourself if you're pathetic as hell or have a women's bikini fetish.
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Topic: ART - on August 19, 2008 at 10:31:00 AM CEST
The £10,000 drawing that turned out to be a £100 MILLION Da Vinci
As an artist, inventor, anatomist, engineer, mathematician and even a botanist, Leonardo Da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man.
However, it seems he may have had one more string to his bow - as a matchmaker.
Art historians now believe he is responsible for this 500-year-old pen and ink drawing, which was commissioned by a female Italian aristocrat to show to potential suitors.
Known as Nuptial Portrait of a Young Woman, it was sold for £10,000 in 1998 after being attributed to a German artist.
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