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Best Place To Work

2010-12-27T10:43:00.004-05:00

Glassdoor.com is recently announced the third annual Employees' Choice Awards for Best Places to Work. Top 50 winners were selected by the people who know these companies best — their employees!
The firs place goes to facebook ...
Here you can see the complete list.

Windows 1.0 turning 25: First experiences recalled

2010-11-08T16:53:00.002-05:00

Do you remember Windows 1.0? Chances are, your answer is "no."

When Microsoft released the very first version of Windows nearly 25 years ago, on Nov. 20, 1985, it was late to the game and little used. Apple had already brought graphical user interfaces to computers with Macintosh more than a year earlier, while DOS systems dominated the market for IBM and IBM-compatible PCs.

Windows 1.0 was a graphical front end for MS-DOS (Microsoft's version of DOS), but in some respects was out-of-date even by the standards of 1985. Windows 1.0, for example, didn't allow overlapping windows, a feature offered with Macintosh.

Via networkworld

Be Like Steve

2010-11-01T11:03:00.004-04:00

Apple has decided to unveil one of the most sought after and iconic costumes for Macheads right in time for Halloween. Because everyone is dying to be like Steve.

Just $3398 For 10MB Hard Disk

2010-10-29T12:58:00.002-04:00

The real meaning of teamwork

2010-10-28T20:04:00.001-04:00

20 Years Ago!

2010-05-16T11:41:00.001-04:00

2010-03-30T10:46:00.001-04:00

The New Product of Apple

2010-03-19T13:07:00.002-04:00

Cool Advertisement

2010-02-25T21:12:00.000-05:00

WorldWideTelescope(WWT)

2010-02-15T11:33:00.001-05:00

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky.

Google's Logo for Vancouver 2010

2010-02-12T11:25:00.001-05:00

Punctutation

2010-02-09T10:36:00.000-05:00

Mr. Ballmer, would you sign my mac?

2010-01-28T11:42:00.001-05:00

Apple iPad Demo

2010-01-28T10:43:00.002-05:00

Google is racist ?!

2009-09-05T01:24:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Ms.Dadvar

100+ Portraits of Iconic People of All Time

2009-09-04T10:17:00.003-04:00

a great collection of portraits of the most iconic people throughout history.
source:http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/

Download Your Facebook Photo Albums With a Click

2009-09-03T22:45:00.001-04:00

There are a couple of reasons why you may want to download your Facebook Photo albums (or that of your friends) to the desktop:

For viewing pictures even while you are offline.
For sharing photo albums with family members who aren’t very active on social sites. Just download a local copy of your Facebook albums and send them as email attachments or burn a DVD.
You have decided to close your Facebook account and therefore need a quick mechanism to move all your existing Facebook albums to another photo sharing website (like Flickr).
For offline backup.

To download any of your Facebook photo albums with ease, all you need is Fotobounce - it’s a free Windows-only utility that would help you manage photos in your Facebook and Flickr accounts right from the desktop.

You can download old photos, upload new ones to the web or simply view your existing photo albums as a slideshow without downloading them locally.

Fotobounce also includes built-in face recognition (similar to what you have in Google’s Picasa Albums) so you can quickly tag photos on the desktop and these people tags will be preserved even when the photos are uploaded on to Facebook.

2009-04-05T17:08:00.001-04:00

A woman in Paris holds condoms with a picture of Pope Benedict XVI. This condoms were released to mock the pope after he rejected condoms as a weapon against AIDS during his African trip.
Via Telegraph.co.uk

2009-04-03T16:24:00.000-04:00

Goofs For:" Slumdog Millionaire"

2009-03-30T11:19:00.002-04:00

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where Javed is partying with his friends and Latika is held captive, the audio playing in the background is from the movie 'Don', whereas the visual shown on TV is from the movie 'Yuva'.
Anachronisms: Although the events of the movie are set in the summer of 2006, the cricket match being played at Javed's house between India and South Africa was played in 2007.

Continuity: When Salim and Jamal find Latika in the dance studio she is seen without and then with a nose ring.
Anachronisms: The scene where Jamal tries to steal food, hanging upside down on the train shows a window which had removable bars (it's like a fire escape). These kind of bars were not installed until after the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Anachronisms: The trains on which Jamal and Salim escape and live for many days have compartments painted in blue color. The blue color compartments came into existence at a later date. The compartments were painted Red back then.
Anachronisms: In the scene where Salim and Jamal are working the crowds at the Taj Mahal, Jamal has a new $10 bill in his hand. It would be impossible to have a new bill in 2002 when they were issued in 2006.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: While driving the car after escaping from Javed and going towards meeting Jamal, the scar appears on right side of Latika's face although it is on left side of her face before the scene when Salim slips her hair and in rest of the movie. However, Latika's face is seen in the rear view mirror of the car; therefore, the scar on her left cheek appears to be on the right cheek.
Revealing mistakes: When older Jamal punches older Salim, you can hear Dev Patel's British accent come out when he was yelling at him.
Factual errors: The cricket match shown between India and South Africa was played in the Belfast, whereas the commentator says that its being played in the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Continuity: While in the police station Jamal drinks down a glass of Chai and sets it on the table in front of him. In the following shot the glass is full again.
Factual errors: When Jamal explains the answer for "truth alone triumphs" question, Jamal asks the inspector for the price of Pani Puri, but the video shown is that of Dahi Puri.
Continuity: When Jamal is asked by Latika to leave the mansion and forget about her, he accidentally pulls up one side of his collar when taking off his apron. However, in the next shot, his collar is down again. When he actually leaves the mansion his collar is up once again.
Factual errors: When the policeman handcuffs Jamal to the chair he uses handcuffs that click shut. In India, Darby handcuffs are used.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The young Salim and Jamal are shown to attend a primary municipality school in Mumbai. These schools do not have The Three Musketeers in syllabus. However, this could have been a school that was built in the slums by an external organization such as a charity.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Both Jamal and Salim speak fluent English when they're teenagers. The movie was originally supposed to all be in English, yet the actors that played young Jamal and young Salim had some trouble with speaking English. Director Danny Boyle asked producers to have the beginning in Hindi, and colored the subtitles to make them more appealing. From the storyline, Jamal and Salim probably learned from tourists.
Anachronisms: The movie shows news reports from Live India, a television channel. The plot says that is 2006, but Live India was launched in 2007. It was previously called Janmat.
Anachronisms: At the end of the last song and dance sequence on the railway platform, hoardings for shows on NDTV Imagine (and entertainment TV channel) are prominent. NDTV Imagine launched in 2008 and the promotion could not have began in 2006 - the year where the story of the film happens in.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In one scene, when teenage Salim and Jamal are at the Taj Mahal, there is an external shot where a passing guard looks at the camera and says, "Stop filming. Stop filming." This was included purposely by director Danny Boyle for the sake of realism.

Factual errors: At the end of the movie when Javed is with his bunch of girls and asks them to dance to the song 'Aaj Ki Raat' which is from the movie 'Don - The Chase Begins', the television actually shows the song 'Fanaa' from the movie 'Yuva'.
Factual errors: The movie is clearly made for a Western audience, because the Indian number system (which would be used in an Indian show) would write 10 million as 1,00,00,000 not as 10,000,000. It would be called "1 crore." The term 10 million would not be used.
Revealing mistakes: You also hear Dev Patel's British accent when he tells the host (Anil Kapoor) in the bathroom that he will "not be a million-ahe."

Anachronisms: In the scene where Salim and Jamal are working the crowds at the Taj Mahal, Jamal has a new $10 bill in his hand. It would be impossible to have a new bill in 2002 when they were issued in 2006.

Via imdb

VOTE EARTH YOUR LIGHT SWITCH IS YOUR VOTE

2009-03-28T13:45:00.002-04:00

This year, the world's first global election is taking place, an election between earth and global warming. It's not about what country you are from, but what planet you are from. Your light switch is your vote. We need one billion votes for earth, because our planet is worth saving. Vote Earth by simply switching off your lights for one hour and join the world for Earth Hour. Saturday march 28th, 8:30-9:30pm.

Check Your Eye Ability

2009-03-02T10:37:00.003-05:00

The Truth About Facebook

2009-02-23T20:04:00.000-05:00

Iran: the friendliest people in the world

2009-02-23T19:50:00.004-05:00

Beaming smiles, gel and a joke about lavatory brushes and weapons of mass destruction - Iran overturns all expectations...

this is a nice story from timesonline journalist about his travel to beautiful Iran.

2009-02-12T15:49:00.004-05:00

2009-02-06T17:24:00.003-05:00

PEOPLE TRACKER: New Google Aplication Can Monitor User Location

2009-02-04T10:22:00.002-05:00

The new software to be released Wednesday will enable people with mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

The feature, dubbed "Latitude," expands upon a tool introduced in 2007 to allow mobile phone users to check their own location on a Google map with the press of a button.

"This adds a social flavor to Google maps and makes it more fun," said Steve Lee, a Google product manager.

It could also raise privacy concerns, but Google is doing its best to avoid a backlash by requiring each user to manually turn on the tracking software and making it easy to turn off or limit access to the service.

See Full Story Via FOXNews

2009-01-28T12:10:00.001-05:00

2009-01-25T01:12:00.000-05:00

A Poem

2009-01-22T23:52:00.001-05:00

This poem was nominated poem of 2005.
Written by an African kid, amazing thought :
"When I born, I Black, When I grow up, I Black,

When I go in Sun, I Black, When I scared, I Black,

When I sick, I Black, And when I die, I still black...

And you White fellow,

When you born, you pink, When you grow up, you White,

When you go in Sun, you Red, When you cold, you blue,

When you scared, you yellow, When you sick, you Green,

And when you die, you Gray...

And you call me colored???.. ......."
Thank to Mr.Khademzadeh

nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced:Benjamin Button leads Oscar field

2009-01-22T11:28:00.002-05:00

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has emerged as the frontrunner for this year's Oscars with 13 nominations.

Slumdog Millionaire, from Britain's Danny Boyle, was close behind with 10 nominations, including best film.

The Dark Knight and Milk received eight nominations, with the late Heath Ledger receiving a best supporting actor nod.

Meryl Streep scored a 15th Oscar nomination for her role in the film Doubt, alongside Kate Winslet for best actress in Stephen Daldry's The Reader.

Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire were joined by Milk, The Reader and Frost/Nixon as contenders for the coveted best picture prize.

Only two previous films - Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950) - have received more than 13 nominations. Both films were shortlisted in 14 categories.

The awards, to be hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, will be announced on 22 February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
List of Nominees

Via BBC

Deep freeze makes Quebec feel like High Arctic

2009-01-20T01:10:00.001-05:00

Quebecers are experiencing temperatures colder than those at the North Pole on Wednesday, according to meteorologists who are tracking a dome of frigid air that has settled over the province.

The coldest spot in the province Wednesday morning was La Grande-4 Hydro-Québec generating station east of James Bay, which registered a temperature of –45 C.

"The coldest dome over Canada right now is over northern Quebec," said Pascal Yakovakis, meteorologist with Radio-Canada.

"We can say the meteorological North Pole has moved over Quebec. It's actually colder in northern Quebec than the North Pole."

The average winter temperature for the North Pole is –34 C.

Via CBC

I Believe That We Can Change Our Mind

2009-01-17T00:46:00.000-05:00

2009-01-11T15:12:00.000-05:00

The Top 10 Everything of 2008

2009-01-09T20:49:00.004-05:00

A meta-list of Top 10 lists. From a groundbreaking American President to a historic economic collapse - with everything from the Olympics to Puppycam in between - here's TIME's comprehensive look at the year that was.

Scarlett Johansson Harper’s Bazaar February 2009 (Cover Photo & Interview)

2009-01-08T13:18:00.003-05:00

Scarlett Johansson graces the February 2009 cover of Harper’s Bazaar as she prepares for the theatrical release of her new comedy, He’s Just Not That Into You, opening next month.

Read along as ScarJo opens up about her secret September wedding to actor Ryan Reynolds and their “down-to-earth” engagement.

Scarlett on Ryan’s Marriage Proposal: “I wasn’t surprised that it was happening, but anyone being presented with a beautiful diamond ring, as a girl, you just squeal with delight.”

“You say you can’t believe it, but of course you really can. I think all proposals are romantic. It was very down-to-earth and genuine. There was no crazy skywriting or anything like that, just nice words, and it was very sweet…”

Scarlett on Her Secret Wedding Ceremony: “It was a private [wedding], which is what I really wanted. I’ve never been the girl who thought of the big dress, the big ceremony. I’m more low-key than that. Most people want photographers at their wedding and for us it was how do we leave them out?”

Scarlett on Married Life: “I feel like everything is really normal, it’s calm and natural, like the way it should be…..I have no perspective on it because it’s been such a short time.”

“I would never try to profess some knowledge that I discovered. I’m happy and it feels very regular, which is good.”

Read The Rest Of Scarlett’s Interview With Harper’s Bazaar

Thanks to Mr.Behdad

Microsoft's Ballmer touts 'best version of Windows ever'

2009-01-08T12:56:00.003-05:00

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company's future Windows 7 operating system.
As expected, Ballmer announced that Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Windows 7, which will be available for download beginning Friday. The news suggests the world's largest software maker may be giving up efforts to rehabilitate its often-maligned Vista operating system, which was released worldwide in January 2007.

"We are on track to deliver the best version of Windows ever," Ballmer told an audience of several thousand tech professionals and journalists inside a cavernous ballroom at the Venetian hotel. "We're working hard to get it right and get it ready."

Without mentioning the security and compatibility issues that have dogged Vista, Ballmer promised that Windows 7 will make PCs faster and easier to use. He didn't offer a timetable for its official release, although Windows Vista went on sale more than two years after it was issued in beta form.

Early reviews of Windows 7, which was leaked to the Internet in beta form in late December, have been positive.
Read The Full News in CNN

It Is a Scandal

2009-01-01T23:44:00.001-05:00

Amazing Cube

2009-01-01T12:40:00.001-05:00

The transformation of two stellated rhombic dodecahedrons from a cube.

3D Soundtrack

2008-12-13T18:41:00.001-05:00

Go to this page:
media.putfile.com/Virtual-Barbershop
It's a 3D soundtrack set in a barbershop, which is amazingly realistic.
YOU MUST USE HEADPHONES, OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT WORK.
A good sounding pair of closed cans will help, but most should work.
Close your eyes and sit in a chair, upright. Try to eliminate all ambient noise.
Play it, and enjoy your new haircut!

Really Really beautiful French song (Worth listening to!!!)

2008-12-12T18:41:00.001-05:00

66th Annual Golden Globe Awards

2008-12-11T11:08:00.002-05:00

This morning the 66th Annual Golden Globe nominees was announced in LosAngeles,Who will take home the Golden Globe for best actor, best actress, or best movie? We'll have to wait until January 11th, 2009 to find out!

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

The Reader (2008)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Burn After Reading (2008)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

In Bruges (2008)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Sean Penn for Milk (2008)

Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)

Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)

Kristin Scott Thomas for Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Javier Bardem for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Colin Farrell for In Bruges (2008)

James Franco for Pineapple Express (2008)

Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges (2008)

Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Rebecca Hall for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008)

Meryl Streep for Mamma Mia! (2008)

Emma Thompson for Last Chance Harvey (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Tom Cruise for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess (2008)

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008)

Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)

Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)

Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)

David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan

The Reader (2008): David Hare

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Bolt (2008)("I Thought I Lost You")

Cadillac Records (2008)("Once in a Lifetime")

Gran Torino (2008)("Gran Torino")

WALL·E (2008)("Down to Earth")

The Wrestler (2008)("The Wrestler")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Changeling (2008): Clint Eastwood

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat

Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard

Frost/Nixon (2008): Hans Zimmer

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman

Best Animated Film

Nominees:

Bolt (2008)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees:

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008)

Gomorra (2008)

Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Best Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

"Dexter" (2006)

"House M.D." (2004)

"In Treatment" (2008)

"Mad Men" (2007)

"True Blood" (2007)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

"Californication" (2007)

"Entourage" (2004)

"The Office" (2005)

"30 Rock" (2006)

"Weeds" (2005)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Bernard and Doris (2007)

"Cranford" (2007)

"John Adams" (2008)

A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (TV)

Recount (2008) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Ralph Fiennes for Bernard and Doris (2007)

Paul Giamatti for "John Adams" (2008)

Kevin Spacey for Recount (2008) (TV)

Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)

Tom Wilkinson for Recount (2008) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)

Catherine Keener for An American Crime (2007)

Laura Linney for "John Adams" (2008)

Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)

Susan Sarandon for Bernard and Doris (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

Kevin Connolly for "Entourage" (2004)

David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)

Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)

America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2008)

Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)

January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)

Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2007)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

Denis Leary for Recount (2008) (TV)

Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Blair Underwood for "In Treatment" (2008)

Tom Wilkinson for "John Adams" (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Eileen Atkins for "Cranford" (2007)

Laura Dern for Recount (2008) (TV)

Melissa George for "In Treatment" (2008)

Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)

Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)

2008-12-08T16:03:00.002-05:00

A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume feeds a beluga whale during a Christmas show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan

2008-12-02T12:55:00.001-05:00

Globalization & The Information Age

2008-11-28T15:56:00.000-05:00

2008-11-28T14:20:00.000-05:00

Big Gamble!

2008-11-24T15:35:00.001-05:00

Peter Eastgate of Denmark poses with a pile of cash after winning the World Series of Poker championship in Las Vegas. Eastgate, aged 22, won more than $9 million

2008-11-18T11:34:00.000-05:00

3 More Tools To Bring Power To Right Click Men

2008-11-17T01:45:00.003-05:00

Who doesn’t love a shortcut? Thanks to the guy who programmed in the right click menu, we get to take some of them while working or browsing on the computer. Here at MakeUseOf we have looked at some of the ways to add more power to the right click menu.

Earlier we have looked at ways to customize the right click menu on your own or use the free ‘Mmm’ to do it for you. We have also looked at ways to clean up all the rubble from the right click context menu here. But here I am back again looking at three more ways to give my right click menu a booster shot.

Folder Guide

Moo0 RightClicker

FileMenu Tools

Via makeuseof.com

2008-11-15T18:10:00.001-05:00

10 Fascinating Last Pictures Taken

2008-11-14T19:06:00.003-05:00

The words “Last picture taken” before his or her death conjure up many emotions, whether in front of the camera or behind it. This list consists of 10 last time stamps in history taken of and by some fascinating individuals. If anyone has new or conflicting information concerning the photos or information in this list I hope you will share it in your comments.
See All Pictures

Via listverse & 1pezeshk

Sneakey Robbers Turn to the >Social Web

2008-11-12T12:56:00.002-05:00

"Leave your keys in your pocket," is the advice given by computer programmers at University of California San Diego who recently created 'Sneakey' software; an application that uses a digital image of a key to produce an exact copy in physical form within minutes.

According to Stefan Savage, the computer science professor who led the project, advances in digital imaging have made it so easy that even a low resolution photo from a cell phone offers enough information to decode and reproduce a key.

In a recent publication (PDF), Sneakey is described as "simplistic enough that someone with no prior knowledge about the mechanics of keys or lock mechanics can operate it," yet the algorithm is sophisticated enough to cope with the poor quality of images routinely posted on the Web.

In one experiment, the Sneakey team installed a camera on their four story department building (77 feet above the ground) at an acute angle to a key sitting on a café table 195 feet away. The image captured (below) was correctly decoded.

How Sneakey Works

Using a digital image of a key from almost any angle, Sneakey measures the depth of each cut, strings together this information and spits out a bitting code - typically a five or six digit number - that locksmiths use to make each cut on a blank key. The bitting code, along with the basic key information is enough to make a duplicate key.

Via ReadWriteWeb

OBAMA To Be Next President

2008-11-04T23:13:00.000-05:00

When God Wants To Paint

2008-11-03T12:34:00.002-05:00

A scene you will probably never get to see, so take a moment and enjoy God

at work at the North Pole. This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon

at its closest point. And you also see the sun below the moon. An amazing

photo and not one easily duplicated.

2008-11-01T20:13:00.001-04:00

How long does it take to someone cracks your password?

2008-11-01T19:43:00.008-04:00

This test is intended for strong passwords.
You can check it here!

Can you break it and take all of them?

2008-10-30T11:06:00.001-04:00

2008-10-29T17:37:00.001-04:00

Google Gadjets For Linux!Finally!!!

2008-10-19T18:38:00.004-04:00

Project Description

Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. It's compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle. Following Linux norms, this project is open-sourced under the Apache License.

An important area where Google Desktop for Linux is different from its siblings on other operating systems is support for gadgets. Now, the Linux version of Google Gadgets will extend the gadgets platform to Linux users. By enabling cross-platform gadgets, a large library of existing gadgets are immediately available to Linux users. In addition, gadget developers will benefit from a much larger potential user base without having to learn a new API.

There's two main components to the application: one is a common gadget library responsible for running and presenting a gadget, and the other is a host program that allows the user to choose gadgets and run them on the desktop. Currently we have hosts written for GTK+ and QT, with the GTK+ host offering a sidebar similar to that of Google Desktop for Windows.

Featured Download

The source code of current release of Google Gadgets for Linux, version 0.10.2:

http://google-gadgets-for-linux.googlecode.com/files/google-gadgets-for-linux-0.10.2.tar.bz2

A Snapshot From www.hollywood.com

2008-10-19T18:30:00.001-04:00

Weatherman Proposal

2008-10-13T14:38:00.000-04:00

Matt Laubhan proposed to Emily Leonard on the KAMC Morning show on Oct. 9, 2008.

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HOW RICH ARE YOU?

2008-10-05T11:44:00.002-04:00

Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world.
Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where
would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance to find out.

2008-10-04T17:48:00.001-04:00

2008-10-04T10:55:00.001-04:00

The most expensive toilet in the world.

2008-10-03T22:52:00.001-04:00

2008-09-28T13:35:00.000-04:00

4M$ for each 10sf!!!

2008-09-28T09:58:00.002-04:00

Goodbye Legendary Actor

2008-09-27T21:33:00.002-04:00

Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.

He died Friday, according to spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic.

Newman attained stardom in the 1950s and never lost the movie-star aura, appearing in such classic films as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Exodus," "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "The Verdict."

He finally won an Oscar in 1986 -- on his eighth try -- for "The Color of Money," a sequel to "The Hustler." He later received two more Oscar nominations. Among his other awards was the Motion Picture Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

"Paul took advantage of what life offered him, and while personally reluctant to acknowledge that he was doing anything special, he forever changed the lives of many with his generosity, humor, and humanness," said Robert Forrester, vice chairman of the actor's Newman's Own Foundation. "His legacy lives on in the charities he supported and the Hole in the Wall Camps, for which he cared so much."

He was often willing to make fun of himself. Early in his career he was mistaken for fellow Method actor Marlon Brando; Newman obligingly signed autographs, "Best wishes, Marlon Brando." T

Yankee Stadium

2008-09-25T10:32:00.003-04:00

September 21, 2008 marks the closing of Yankee Stadium, an 85-year-old piece of New York history that is being supplanted by a newer, bigger stadium.

Together with a Manhattan gradeschooler and over 45,000 LEGO bricks, I have been building a sculpture of Yankee Stadium over the past three years. It will be complete in the next few months; these preview photos give you an in-progress look at the sculpture. The sculpture is 5 feet wide and 5 feet long, built to an approximate scale of 1:150.
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RateMyProfessors.com

2008-09-14T16:08:00.002-04:00

RateMyProfessors.com is the Internet's largest listing of collegiate professor ratings, with more than 6.8 million student-generated ratings of over 1 million professors. Each year, millions of college students use the site to help plan their class schedules and rate current and past professors on attributes such as helpfulness and clarity. Online since 1999, RateMyProfessors.com currently offers ratings on college and university professors from over 6,000 schools across the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and Wales with thousands of new ratings added each day.

Fatten up the Flashbag, load it up with data

2008-09-13T00:55:00.002-04:00

While USB flash drives are incredibly popular because of their sheer ability to haul around substantial amounts of data in tiny packages, you really have no way to tell how much more capacity you have to spare unless you plug 'er into a computer's port. Of course, you could opt for one of those thumb drives that has a built-in LCD display, but if you're feeling a little more expressive, you might want to take a second glance at the Flashbag designed by Dima Komissarov.

This patent pending device (not on the market yet, don't ask me where you can get one, because I know you want one) inflates (with the integrated mini pump) as it fills up with data.

If you see it sitting on your desk flatter than a pancake, then you know you can stash many more MP3s and "important work-related documents" on this thing, but if it's starting to look a little bloated, it might be time to empty 'er out or grab another thumb drive. Now the question remains, if its in your pocket, you sit down on it, it pops, is all your data gone?

Via random-good-stuff.com

Man eats 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years

2008-09-11T00:19:00.002-04:00

Talk about a Big Mac attack! Don Gorske says he has eaten 23,000 of the burgers in 36 years.

The Fond du Lac man said he hit the 23,000 milestone last month, continuing a culinary obsession that began May 17, 1972, and is fed by his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"I enjoy them every day," said Gorske, 54. "I need two to fill me up."

Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box. He says he was always fascinated with numbers, and watching McDonald's track its number of customers motivated him to track his own consumption.

Despite a diet some would call unhealthy, Gorske says he keeps himself in good shape. He says he's 6-foot-2 and weighs 185 pounds, and walks as many as 10 miles a day.

He used to order fries every day in the 1980s but began to cut back in the '90s, now eating them about once a month. He eats two Big Macs and two parfaits a day. Gorske has written a book about his experience.

"Sometimes people call me a freak but it doesn't bother me. I just say respect people as they are," he told The Associated Press. "I just want to make sure people understand I'm not going to change."

He can instantly recall the eight days in which he failed to satisfy his craving. One was in 1988, the day his mother died, to respect a request she made.

"I made a promise to her and I always keep my promises," he said. "I also promised her I wouldn't cut my hair and in 20 years I haven't."

He twice failed to attack a Big Mac because of his job. A correctional-institution employee, he said a number of work emergencies kept him on the clock past midnight so he recorded those days as missed days.

Three other times he was traveling and couldn't find a McDonald's. He also went Big Mac-less on Thanksgiving Day 2000, and during a 1982 snowstorm that prevented the local McDonald's franchise from opening.

"That's when I started a habit where I kept them in the freezer," he said. He keeps one or two burgers on hand but increases his inventory to four to five during the winter.
Via CNN

Steve Jobs presents the new and improved ipod nano!

2008-09-11T00:04:00.001-04:00

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Everithing About A Website

2008-08-30T09:19:00.002-04:00

Quarkbase is a free tool to find complete information about a website.

It is a mashup of over 30 data sources and many algorithms gathering information from Internet on various topics like social popularity, traffic, associated people, etc.

Currently, QuarkBase is a non-commercial site with no advertisements.

Micheal Phelps Befor Birth

2008-08-29T09:13:00.001-04:00

Conversation

2008-08-24T14:55:00.000-04:00

Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan ?
Operator: Yes, you can speak to me.
Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!
Operator: Yes I understand you want to speak to anyone. You can speak to me. Who is this?
Caller: I'm Sam Wan. And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.
Operator: I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?
Caller: Well... just tell my sister Annie Wan that our
brother Noe Wan was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.
Operator: Look, if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!
Caller: You are so rude! Who are you?
Operator: I'm Saw Ree.
Caller: Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!
Operator: That's what I said. I'm Saw Ree ..

Caller: Oh ......God!!!

The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)

2008-08-18T23:28:00.001-04:00

The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb) is an online database with hundreds of film scripts. They are all in HTML format.
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2008-08-17T22:24:00.000-04:00

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Golden Touch

2008-08-15T23:59:00.002-04:00

Michael Phelps equals Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven golds in one Olympics, while Britain's Rebecca Adlington takes a second gold in the pool.

2008-08-14T23:22:00.001-04:00

the amazing house that always faces the sun

2008-08-11T23:54:00.002-04:00

wow.

it’s surprising that there’s so little (english) information available about this house as it seems to be such a piece of engineering brilliance and a building which, when designed, was way ahead of its time. it was built and lived in by an italian ship engineer by the name of angelo invernizzi (along with assistance from architect ettore fagiuoli) between the years of 1929 & 1935 and can still be found in marcellise, italy. have a look and see if you can work out the unique feature.

incredible. the top half of the building rotates around the centre of the circluar track on which it rests (which happens to form the roof of the lower, static half of the building), much like the hands of a clock. invernizzi was intent on designing a house whose main windows would always be facing the sun, so he came up with the idea you see here. the ‘tower’ which forms the pivot is 43 metres tall and the power needed to move the structure is generated by 2 motors (3 horsepower in total): a full revolution of the 1′500ton building would take just over 9hrs, travelling at a speed of 4mm per second, unless of course the rotation was delibrately slowed.

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Million dollar Olympic bike

2008-08-11T23:47:00.002-04:00

Cycle maker Koga Miyata is hoping that the new million dollar bike he designed for Dutch cyclist Theo Bos will give him the edge in the upcoming Beijing Olympics. According to reports, it has the lowest air resistance of any bike in the world, but it has no brakes and only one speed. That, combined with a super stiff frame makes it one of the most "difficult bikes to ride." So, it is a superfast bike that is damn near impossible to use. Sounds like a sure-fire bet for gold, if you ask me.

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How Fast You Can Read?

2008-08-11T23:22:00.000-04:00

Christian the Lion

2008-07-30T10:45:00.001-04:00

Google URL Index Hits 1 Trillion

2008-07-28T23:27:00.002-04:00

We knew the web was big...

7/25/2008 10:12:00 AM

We've known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we've seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days -- when our systems that process links on the web to find new content hit a milestone: 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the web at once!

How do we find all those pages? We start at a set of well-connected initial pages and follow each of their links to new pages. Then we follow the links on those new pages to even more pages and so on, until we have a huge list of links. In fact, we found even more than 1 trillion individual links, but not all of them lead to unique web pages. Many pages have multiple URLs with exactly the same content or URLs that are auto-generated copies of each other. Even after removing those exact duplicates, we saw a trillion unique URLs, and the number of individual web pages out there is growing by several billion pages per day.

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Colorful!

2008-07-27T19:20:00.001-04:00

Photo By Pixdaus

PDF Miner

2008-07-27T19:15:00.001-04:00

What's It?

PDFMiner is a suite of programs that aims to help analyzing text data from PDF documents. It includes a PDF parser, a PDF renderer (though only rendering text is supported for now), and a couple of nice tools to extract texts. Unlike other PDF-related tools, it allows to obtain the exact location of texts in a page, as well as other layout information such as font size or font name, which could be useful for analyzing the document.

Features:

Written entirely in Python. (for version 2.5 or newer)
Supports up to PDF-1.7 specification.
Supports Non-ASCII languages and vertical writing scripts.
Supports Various font types (Type1, TrueType, Type3, and CID).
Supports Basic encryption (RC4).
Supports PDF to HTML conversion.
Supports Outline (TOC) extraction.
Supports Tagged contents extraction.

"Kuku Kloc" Online Alarm Clock

2008-07-27T19:09:00.001-04:00

Kuku Kloc

Print Free Graph Paper

2008-07-23T20:45:00.002-04:00

Save yourself money and a trip to the store! Print graph paper free from your computer. This site is perfect for science and math homework, craft projects and other graph paper needs. All graph paper files are optimized PDF documents requiring Adobe Reader for viewing.

Take advantage of your printing flexibility; print on transparency film for sharp graph paper overheads, or waterproof paper for field data-collecting.

GigaPan

2008-07-22T20:37:00.002-04:00

GigaPan is the newest development of the Global Connection Project, which aims to help us meet our neighbors across the globe, and learn about our planet itself. GigaPan will help bring distant communities and peoples together through images that have so much detail that they are, themselves, the objects of exploration, discovery and wonder. We believe that enabling people to explore, experience, and share each other's worlds can be a transforming experience. Our mission is to make all aspects of the GigaPan experience accessible and affordable to the broadest possible community.

GigaPan consists of three technological developments: a robotic camera mount for capturing very high-resolution (gigapixel and up) panoramic images using a standard digital camera; custom software for constructing very high-resolution gigapixel panoramas; and, a new type of website for exploring, sharing and commenting on gigapixel panoramas and the detail our users will discover within them. The GigaPan website allows hosting and sharing all kinds of panoramas, and so the robotic GigaPan mount is recommended but is certainly not required to be part of this community.

Planet eBook

2008-07-22T00:16:00.002-04:00

Welcome to Planet eBook, the home of free classic literature. We offer an assortment of classic novels and books in electronic form which you are free give to your friends, classmates, students, anyone!

Existing free eBooks on the Web tend to be well beneath the quality of paper books, making them more difficult and less pleasurable to read. At Planet eBook we're trying to change this. Our goal is to publish a small selection of high-quality eBooks — each a genuine alternative for readers wanting to enjoy reading a book without having to pay for it. The books we publish are all in the public domain so there is no real need for readers to continue to pay for them.

You're welcome to print them out for classes and courses, distribute them on CD/DVDs, offer them for download from your website, and so on — really, you can share them however you like, as long as you don't charge money for them.

'Dark Knight' sets opening weekend box office record

2008-07-20T12:40:00.002-04:00

A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office.

The figures released Sunday show "The Dark Knight" more than $4 million ahead of the $151.1 million first weekend for "Spider-Man 3" in May 2007.

Studio distribution chief Dan Fellman says "The Dark Knight" also broke the "Spider-Man 3" record for best debut in IMAX large-screen theaters with $6.2 million. "Spider-Man 3" opened with $4.7 million in IMAX cinemas.

Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" also set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Fellman said Saturday.

The movie's Friday haul surpassed the previous record of $59.8 million set last year by "Spider-Man 3."

Via CNN

WebMail Notifier For Firefox

2008-07-20T12:33:00.002-04:00

WebMail Notifier checks your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails...
Supports : gmail, yahoo, hotmail, daum, naver, empas, nate and more...

Download link

Five Year Old Blind Genius Pianist

2008-07-15T17:18:00.001-04:00

Lazy Cat

2008-07-13T11:58:00.002-04:00

www.passwordchart.com

2008-07-12T21:58:00.003-04:00

Why should I use this?

Picking and remembering strong passwords is a pain. It's easier to convert an easy to remember one.
It works anywhere on any computer. It also works offline if you print out the chart.
Its free, easy and secure. Everything is done in your browser -- no passwords are sent over the Internet.

Password Chart is an online application to help you create really really strong passwords. These are the sort of passwords your average policeman would have trouble deciphering in a 40 year career. The neat thing is the printable chart for decoding your word or phrase, just don’t lose the chart or its identity number.

There is no magic snake oil here, its a simple substitution cipher. Here is how the algorithm works: 1. An MD5 hash of the chart selection phrase is performed and the first 4 bytes of the hash is used as a random number seed to a Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator. 2. The password chart is then filled using sequences of 1 to 3 random upper and lower case letters and optionally numbers and punctuation by grabbing successive numbers generated from the Twister. The reason for the random sequence length is to make reversing the substitution cipher a bit harder. 3. The alphanumeric characters in the password is then converted using the chart.

Via Cool Business Ideas

Web Detector

Best Place To Work

Windows 1.0 turning 25: First experiences recalled

Be Like Steve

Just $3398 For 10MB Hard Disk

The real meaning of teamwork

20 Years Ago!

The New Product of Apple

Cool Advertisement

WorldWideTelescope(WWT)

Google's Logo for Vancouver 2010

Punctutation

Mr. Ballmer, would you sign my mac?

Apple iPad Demo

Google is racist ?!

100+ Portraits of Iconic People of All Time

Download Your Facebook Photo Albums With a Click

Goofs For:" Slumdog Millionaire"

VOTE EARTH YOUR LIGHT SWITCH IS YOUR VOTE

Check Your Eye Ability

The Truth About Facebook

Iran: the friendliest people in the world

PEOPLE TRACKER: New Google Aplication Can Monitor User Location

A Poem

nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced:Benjamin Button leads Oscar field

Deep freeze makes Quebec feel like High Arctic

I Believe That We Can Change Our Mind

The Top 10 Everything of 2008

Full List

Scarlett Johansson Harper’s Bazaar February 2009 (Cover Photo & Interview)

Microsoft's Ballmer touts 'best version of Windows ever'

It Is a Scandal

Amazing Cube

3D Soundtrack

Really Really beautiful French song (Worth listening to!!!)

66th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Best Director - Motion Picture

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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

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Best Original Song - Motion Picture

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Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Best Animated Film

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Best Foreign Language Film

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Best Television Series - Drama

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Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

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Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

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