802.11n Finalization Comming Soon?

Theres a possibility that the IEEE may finalize the 802.11n spec as early as next week.

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The MobilePipeline article can be viewed here.

Japanese And American Video Game Box Covers Compared

Title pretty much says it all. Interesting to see just the same.


[Japanese Halo box cover]

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Check out the side by sides here.

Linux: Shortcuts and Command

Here's a great collection of Linux shortcuts and commands.

First Web Server

Here's a jpg\wikipedia article on the worlds first webserver.


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Reverse Engineering 101

Here's a nice online book about reverse engineering.

DrawBall

Draw in the same space with other users simultaniously. Not really all that new but its in color and the disclaimer is worth it alone!

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Check out drawball here.

LEGO Harpsichord

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Created and built by Henry Lim, with the exception of the wire strings, the LEGO Harpsichord is entirely constructed out of LEGO parts--the keyboard, jacks, jack rack, jack rail, plectra, soundboard, bridge, hitch pins, tuning pins, wrestplank, nut, case, legs, lid, lid stick, and music stand are all built out of interlocking LEGO plastic bricks and related pieces. With a 61 note range, the instruments size is 6 x 3 ft. weighing approximately 150 lbs, and built with an estimated 100,000 LEGO pieces! The strings exert approximately 325 lbs. of tension. The important considerations during design were strength, efficiency, and durability. Anticipating the tension of the strings, the instrument had to be built strong, yet be able to incorporate the functions and mechanisms on a lifesize scale. With many moving parts, it also had to withstand the repeated demands of a keyboard instrument. Several prototypes of the various sections were made. After finalizing designs, Henry amassed the necessary LEGO parts. The project took two years of theorizing, designing, collecting parts, building, testing, and rebuilding.
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Here's the original story (including audio clip).

100-downloads

The list of Windows freeware.

A great list of free apps for everything (audio, video, remote management and everything in between).

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Check out 100-downloads here.

file-swap

file-swap.com is a site that lets you upload a file and in return it lets you download a file. Everything is completely random and should be copyright free (or free to use for this purpose). Pics seem to be the main thing uploaded.

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Try file-swap here.

40,000 4 40 MB

Here's a nice pic that shows what a Hard Drive looked like in 1985. Note that it cost $40,000 and can hold a wopping 40 MB! There's also a current HD in the background.



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The TechBlog article can be viewed here.

iPod Hacks (Wikipedia)

Here's a great wiki entry on iPod Hacks.

Live Linux Distros

Here's a great list of most (if not all) of the available Live (bootable) Linux distro's. They can be sorted out by the distro name, size (min\max) primary use and popularity (votes).

Great for finding distro's to test.

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Check out FrozenTech's LiveCD List here.

PowerBook X-Ray Pic

Here's a nice pic of what a laptop (in this case a PowerBook) looks like inside. I especially like the HD platters and the battery cells.


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The original link to the pic is here. (found via Digg).

Japan's Superconducting Maglev "Linear Motor Car" Train

That is most likely the longest title I've ever used on a blog entry. This Google video is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

Its a video of a new Japanese train that jets by at over 500 km/h.

Original War of the Worlds

Here's a link to the original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds from back in 1938. Not sure what the quality is like 'cause I haven't finished downloading it yet but should be a good listen. [Found via Digg].

Google Pack Now Downloadable

The Google pack is now available for download. It contains the following Google products:

• Google Earth
• Picasa
• Google Pack Screensaver
• Google Desktop
• Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer

And the following non-Google products:

• Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar
• Norton Anti Virus 2005 Special Edition (with 6 month free updates)
• Ad-Aware SE Personal
• Adobe Reader 7

I don't know why they would decide to bundle Norton for an AV (with free alternatives like AVG out there) but to each his own I guess. The other notable thing is that Google Talk is not included.

The great thing about this is you can chose to remove the pieces of software you don't want and then download and instal only the ones you do want. I don't have any use for this personally since the only thing I use out of the whole pack is Google Earth, but if I did it would definitly be a conveniant way of getting all the software on a newly formated system.

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Check out the Google pack here.

MoGo Mouse

This is a pretty damn cool idea. The MoGo Mouse can be stored\charged inside a laptops PCMCIA slot and uses Bluetooth to connect to the laptop.

Essentially you can always a fully functional mouse in your laptop thats always charged and ready to go. Handy for when you feel like your wrist are falling off from using the damn touchpad!

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Check out MoGo here (official site).

Google Pack

Apparently Google is planning on packaging all there free software into a Google Pack. It will no doubt include the Google Toolbar, Google Earth, Google Talk and all other Google Apps.

Let's hope theres one or two suprises involved (Google Office anyone?)

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The ArsTechnia article can be viewed here.

Mac OS On The PSP

Here' s a Google video of someone running a Mac OS emu on his PSP.

iSee

Turn your iPod into a video player\recorder with the iSee. Although I haven't tested this personally if it functions as promised it could be a pretty good add on considering an iPod holds 20+ GB.



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Get more info on the iSee here.

Elmo Asks "Whow Wants To Die?"

A mother noticed that her childs talking Elmo book (on potty training) says: who wants to die? as one of the pre-recorded lines.

Some people are defending it saying it says Who wants to try?

I'm not sure about the rest of you but it sounds like die to me...

The best part of this story is that there is a video link in it.

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The Local6 post can be viewed here.

Google PC

Rumour has it that Google may be looking to offer a Google powered (OS and all) PC for a ver low price.

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The LA Times article can be viewed here.