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Entries from April 2005

The amazing microbial fuel cell: turns poo into power

April 28th, 2005 · Comments Off

Now if they can just put this in a car….  Imagine, no more pulling over 10 times on a long trip so the kids can go potty.

Researchers at Penn State, working in cooperation with a scientist from Ion Power, Inc., have developed a microbial fuel cell that can turn wastewater [...]

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Spyguard blocks WiFi

April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off

This is too cool.  They can’t ride on something that they can detect. :)

WiFi-blocking paint and wallpaper are a good start, but if you need total protection from all those hackers that are out to get you, you’re going to have to do something about those windows, [...]

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What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

April 26th, 2005 · Comments Off

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English

30% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Not sure what it means… but I am from the south y’all. :) Thanks Technodaddy for pointing this out.
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Suspended animation becomes a reality?

April 25th, 2005 · Comments Off

So THAT’S the reason why everyone seems to pass out after I eat eggs…

Suspended animation has long been a hallmark of science fiction. In long voyages spanning tens of light years, crews would be put into a state of suspended animation and revived as the starships come close [...]

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Star Wars Revelations…

April 25th, 2005 · Comments Off

I haven’t watched it yet but the site looks cool…

Have you seen the newest Star Wars movie yet? No, not some bootleg of Episode III on a p2p service. I’m talking about Revelations. It’s what happens when you get a fan with a vision to tell a part [...]

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April 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

Trix adopted us…

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April 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

The boys don’t like trix..

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Oh, Wait, Those E-Tax-Filers Should Be Worried About Security

April 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

EEK, does this mean I can claim that my identity was stolen from me by the government?!?

Remember on Friday (tax day) how we noted that those who were e-filing their taxes weren’t really worried about their security? Well, it turns out they should have [...]

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BlackBerry and Windows Mobile clients for Live Communications Server

April 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

I saw this on a few sites but this one was the most thorough.

Huge news from the Real-Time Communications product team at Microsoft. First, we’ll be getting a Live Communications Server client for Windows Mobile devices sometime in the second half of this year. I’ve [...]

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PPC-6601 Roll Back

April 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

Well, after this link I decided to roll back. Seems we may have to have a special ESN before we can use EV-DO. I am not sure if it was the update or the 3900 Bluetooth stack but the system was very unstable. So now I am back to the original radio [...]

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