Silicon in my Blood

The PlayStation 3 launch insanity

2006-11-18T00:57:00.000-08:00

PS fight shuts down Wal-Mart !
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/launch/ps-fight-shuts-down-walmart-215309.php
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/popup-2-0/index.php?rn=952695&cl=1229372&ch=952701&src=www.arcadeathome.com

35 hrs till PS3 launch line, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBD7NCbdlNo

50 people get robbed waiting for PS3 in New York
"A guy high on marijuana pulled out a Gun and robbed 50 something people waiting in line to buy a PS3! Police came too late and he got away with thousands of dollars and a laptop."
http://boards2.sega.com/sega_board/viewtopic.php?t=67187&start=26

Walmart launch photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83813941@N00/sets/72157594378213234/

Girl in Austin not sure about PS3, waits in line for fun
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/16/girl-in-austin-not-really-sure-about-ps3-decides-to-wait-in-line/

PlayStation 3 goes for $30,300 on eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PLAYSTATION-3-PS3-60GB-PREMIUM-SYSTEM-PREORDER_W0QQitemZ270054974671QQihZ017QQcategoryZ62054QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
(link expired)

PS3 camper gives up right to ever own PS3 for free $7500 PC from PC Gamer
http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2006/11/111706_-_one_le.html

PS3 riot at BestBuy! 2 people arrested
http://www.kmph.com/home/4674536.html

Senator John Edwards asks WalMart for a PS3
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/APF/611162631

$99,999,999.00 PS3 on eBay
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/ebay/the-9999999900-ps3-215593.php

PS3 line insanity: Pregnant woman tries not to give birth while waiting
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061116/193052.shtml

Escaped Rapist Found in Best Buy PS3 Camp Out Line
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/16034073.htm

PS3 Sells Out at costco.com in SECONDS, Before 8AM PST!
Costco listed their own PS3 bundle that included the 60GB model, an extra controller, and Genji game on 11/17. It was supposed to be listed at 8:00 AM PST, but it was listed and sold out by 7:45AM PST.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?whse=&topnav=&prodid=11186475&ec=BC-EC877-CatHome&pos=8

VIDEO: 60 People, 10 Chairs, GO! Man breaks jaw while scrambling for PS3
A Wisconsin Walmart had 60 people lined up for the PS3 launch, but they only had 10 units available. What's the easiest way to narrow down the field? By lining up 10 chairs and having everyone sprint for a seat, of course! I guess they didn't think having a flagpole between the crowd and the chairs was a big deal....
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/video/10339676/index.html

Playstations 3 stolen from GameStop by armed men.
Some people can't wait: Two gunmen stormed an Elk Grove store Thursday morning and made off with four coveted PlayStation 3 video game consoles, a day before they were to go on sale.
http://subscriber.sacbee.com/user_registration/login/?goto=http%3A//www.sacbee.com/103/story/79162.html

Try to get a PS3 and get shot in the process
HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new PlayStation 3 game system to go on sale early Friday and shot one man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/11/17/playstation.ap/index.html

PS3 eBay statistics revealed
http://www.fiercegamebiz.com/node/1611

Store robbed of 5 PS3s
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/16/ddn111606gametheftweb.html

VIDEO: Race for spot in line for the PS3, Best Buy, Ames, IA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mrsaba5qpE

this was just the tip of the iceberg....

Wired article

2006-10-20T14:12:00.000-07:00

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71976-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2

Startup mistakes

2006-10-19T22:49:00.000-07:00

http://paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html

'Performancing' launches Ad Networks for bloggers

2006-10-18T17:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/18/performancing-launches-ad-network-for-bloggers/

Funky Javascript

2006-10-07T13:12:00.000-07:00

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i

Web Gadgets

2006-10-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/tc_nm/google_gadgets_dc;_ylt=AsaL5P.ncvV4srYDKEAo7ukjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ%E2%80%94

Open-Source Ajax toolkits

2006-10-02T00:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/53313.html

Good Agile, Bad Agile

2006-09-28T10:53:00.000-07:00

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-agile-bad-agile_27.html

Geek Tutorials

2006-09-27T17:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/geek-to-live-the-100th-installment-203491.php

Javascript: 'date is undefined' error

2006-09-25T10:44:00.000-07:00

var Today=new date()

Use 'D' instead of 'd' !

var Today=new Date() [correct]

Understanding the pros and cons of waterfall model

2006-09-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-3513_11-6118423.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=tr#

Hypoallergenic cats

2006-09-24T23:38:00.000-07:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5375900.stm

Real-time HTML editor

2006-09-23T22:38:00.000-07:00

http://htmledit.squarefree.com/

WorldType Layout Engine now includes Telugu

2006-09-18T14:51:00.000-07:00

http://home.nestor.minsk.by/computers/news/2006/09/1820.html

A Sketching Interface for 3D Freeform Design

2006-09-17T12:56:00.000-07:00

http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy/teddy.html

3D Rotation with Javascript

2006-09-17T12:55:00.000-07:00

http://digg.com/programming/3D_rotation_with_JavaScript

Python programming for beginners

2006-09-16T23:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3946

Ubuntu with Flash

2006-09-15T01:11:00.000-07:00

http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2006/09/customizing_ubuntu_live_cd_606_1.html

Ajax slide show

2006-09-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

http://blog.triptracker.net/2006/09/08/revamped-slideshow/

The power of DIV with IFRAME

2006-09-07T15:12:00.000-07:00

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/HTML/The-power-of-DIV-with-IFRAME/

Online alarm clock

2006-09-06T23:18:00.000-07:00

http://onlineclock.net/

Hail the Konqueror

2006-09-06T18:21:00.000-07:00

http://community.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/29/1957219&from=rss

Color Scheme generator using Ajax

2006-09-06T12:38:00.000-07:00

http://www.colorjack.com/studio/?LoadJack=89DF00,DF8713,B94A4A

Free Downloadable Algorithms book

2006-09-06T11:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/users/dasgupta/mcgrawhill/

OpenGL now natively supported in Windows Vista

2006-09-05T18:01:00.000-07:00

http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3760

Flickr photos on Google maps

2006-09-05T12:26:00.000-07:00

http://worldinpictures.org/

XHTML and CSS Drop-Down menu

2006-09-01T15:04:00.000-07:00

http://tutorials.alsacreations.com/deroulant/

RSS Ajax Javascript ticker

2006-09-01T15:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/ajaxticker/index.shtml

Page Rank explained

2006-08-31T16:19:00.000-07:00

http://pr.efactory.de/e-pagerank-algorithm.shtml

Gradient Tutorial

2006-08-31T01:38:00.000-07:00

http://9rules.com/blog/2006/08/a-gradient-tutorial/

Cool Web 2.0 sites

2006-08-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/17079589/article.cgi

Combine and use web services - I

2006-08-28T00:30:00.000-07:00

IBM

A gentle introduction to SQL

2006-08-28T00:25:00.000-07:00

http://sqlzoo.net/

A new way to track browsing habits

2006-08-25T16:50:00.000-07:00

http://techfoolery.com/archives/2006/08/21/2042/

CSS hack for stealing history in Firefox browser

2006-08-25T14:30:00.000-07:00

http://weblogs.asp.net/jezell/archive/2006/08/25/Stealing-History.aspx

HTML color code matching chart

2006-08-25T00:29:00.000-07:00

http://www.logoorange.com/color/color-codes-chart.php

Laptop Explosions

2006-08-22T00:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/fire/

Ajax IM Client

2006-08-22T00:44:00.000-07:00

http://www.unwieldy.net/ajaxim/

Convert PNG to ICO

2006-08-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

http://converticon.com/

Python Tutorials

2006-08-20T20:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html

YShout: free shoutbox (Ajax+Php)

2006-08-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

http://yurivish.com/yshout/

Widgets

2006-08-18T23:32:00.000-07:00

http://www.hindu.com/biz/2006/08/14/stories/2006081401291600.htm

Create API for any site with Dapper

2006-08-18T14:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/17/create-an-api-for-any-site-with-dapper/

Ajax RSS reader

2006-08-18T10:52:00.000-07:00

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-ajaxrss/index.html

CSS Optimization: Making sites load faster

2006-08-18T02:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/17/css-optimization/

CSS Frames

2006-08-17T01:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/cssframes/

Digg

5 HTML tags you don't use

2006-08-17T01:32:00.000-07:00

http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1282

Digg

Mountain View's WiFi network

2006-08-15T09:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/15269658.htm

Protect privacy from Google

2006-08-13T00:47:00.000-07:00

http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/google-privacy.html

JS Templating System

2006-08-12T11:02:00.000-07:00

http://amix.dk/index.py/permanentLink?id=161

3D Vision of Dawn of Life

2006-08-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/08/09/2037209.shtml

Technology's Promised Land

2006-08-09T00:33:00.000-07:00

Technology's Promised Land

Path from India to HP

2006-08-08T13:56:00.000-07:00

sfgate

Style Boost

2006-08-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

http://styleboost.com/

Open Source AJAX toolkits

2006-08-07T12:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/31/31FEajax_1.html

http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/08/07/1336257.shtml

AJAX Hello World

2006-08-06T21:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.dynamicajax.com/fr/AJAX_Hello_World-271_290_322.html

Valley Boys

2006-08-06T15:09:00.000-07:00

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_33/b3997001.htm

Spontaneously Combustible Laptops

2006-08-06T14:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/02/powerbook-g4-plays-the-flame-game-too/

The Megapixel Myth

2006-08-02T21:16:00.000-07:00

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

3-D Software for Virtual Surgery

2006-08-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640198852,00.html

Slashdot

Free Modeling program released by MIT

2006-07-31T18:12:00.000-07:00

http://education.mit.edu/starlogo-tng/index.htm

Cell phone reception hack

2006-07-31T18:05:00.000-07:00

Article

Grunge Inc.

2006-07-31T18:02:00.000-07:00

Grunge Inc

Pure CSS Menus

2006-07-27T17:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/testMenu.html

Microsoft enters Healthcare Industry

2006-07-27T11:15:00.000-07:00

AZYXXI : Washington Post article (2005)

2006-07-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5780-2005Mar3.html

Best Firefox extensions

2006-07-25T10:51:00.000-07:00

http://lesliefranke.com/files/firefoxyourway/

CSS Layout techniques : for fun and profit

2006-07-24T11:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.glish.com/css/index.html

Inside Apple's latest iPod touch-screen patent filing

2006-07-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1902

Free Ajax based word processor

2006-07-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

http://www.ajaxlaunch.com/ajaxwrite/

Rounded corners using CSS

2006-07-20T17:08:00.000-07:00

Rounded corners using CSS

PCI Express: Ever faster graphics pipe

2006-07-20T15:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.edn.com/article/CA6351293.html?industryid=2283

Stylish CSS buttons

2006-07-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.webreference.com/programming/css_stylish/

Web Browsers comparison

2006-07-19T12:56:00.000-07:00

ExtremeTech

Display a website when hovering over a hyperlink

2006-07-18T17:15:00.000-07:00

http://lab.arc90.com/2006/07/link_thumbnail.php

Get free stuff for web design

2006-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-freeweb/

AJAX folder tree drag-drop

2006-07-12T16:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/index.html?whichScript=drag-drop-folder-tree

The most feared nerd in Silicon Valley

2006-06-27T00:44:00.000-07:00

Nathan Myhrvold

Google WiFi in Mountain View

2006-06-22T15:50:00.000-07:00

Niel's weblog

Google faq

Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet

2006-06-20T15:50:00.000-07:00

http://lesliefranke.com/files/reference/firefoxcheatsheet.html

2006-06-08T22:57:00.000-07:00

"If you're young and you want a job that involves very intriguing research in industry, you might have to create the company that allows you to do it." - George Whitesides

Data Visualization

2006-06-07T10:34:00.000-07:00

Article on Data Visualization
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/data/mfc_database/sqlserver/article.php/c12031

Open Source Game Development

2006-05-29T18:52:00.000-07:00

Slashdot

Maxthon browser

2006-05-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

www.maxthon.com

MFC: Working with Device Contexts and GDI objects

2006-05-10T11:24:00.000-07:00

Tutorial

Google's GData : RSS & Atom extended

2006-04-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=165

Programs bridge gap between Windows, Mac

2006-04-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

SFGate

Computer Science as a Major and a Career

2006-04-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

Slashdot

Michael Spindler of Apple

2006-04-06T22:37:00.000-07:00

http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/0406.html

Slashdot

'How to get into college by really really trying'

2006-04-05T16:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/06/books/06opal.html

Preventing State-based attacks of Web Applications

2006-04-03T01:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/43/2/

Linker error in MFC, .NET

2006-03-30T17:19:00.000-08:00

LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library

LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'LIBC' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library

format.lib(format.obj) : warning LNK4204: 'c:\...\Debug\vc70.pdb' is missing debugging information for referencing module; linking object as if no debug info

Solution:
Changed Project > Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library from Multi-threaded DLL to Multi-threaded Debug DLL

Now run Windows XP on your Mac

2006-03-17T16:57:00.000-08:00

Mercury News

http://www.onmac.net/

Yafray

2006-03-13T15:41:00.000-08:00

http://yafray.org/index.php

Pixie : Open Source Renderman

2006-03-13T15:34:00.000-08:00

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~okan/Pixie/pixie.htm

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pixie/

The twists & turns of history, & DNA

2006-03-13T00:31:00.000-08:00

NYTimes

Story behind Flickr

2006-03-06T00:23:00.000-08:00

Flickr of idea on a gaming project led to birth of this website

Fusion Imaging

2006-02-28T14:30:00.000-08:00

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb282006/snt1320342006226.asp

Finding VRAM on the system

2006-02-28T11:09:00.000-08:00

To find the VRAM ( or gpu , graphics card memory ) on your windows system:

Start > Run > dxdiag

and then check the 'Display' tab. The "approx. total memory" will give the vram of your video card.

Enzyme computer could live inside you

2006-02-24T17:09:00.000-08:00

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-tech/dn8767.html