Wi-Light: Underwater Mood Spheres

 This looks kinda neat….  Somehow kinky, but still neat.

This is a new lighting concept from Batti and Brion Experimental, creators of the Placentero chair. The three spheres sit in the base, and those three buttons correspond to RGB colors. By manipulating the buttons, the spheres change color to produce whatever illumination you are in the mood for. Then you take the mood spheres, put them in the bathtub or swimming pool (submersible, yep), throw on some Brian Eno, and space out.

W.I. - Wireless Illumination - a mood light by Batti [Trendir]
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Causey, Brewer taken into custody

Whew…  This was good news.   This should probably be in the “World’s dumbest criminals” clip though.  If you are on the run, don’t order delivery pizza.. stupid!

A tip from a pizza delivery person has lead to the capture of two violent inmates that escaped the Broad River Correctional Facility. 39-year-old Johnny Brewer was serving time for murder and 35-year-old Jimmy Causey was serving time for a home invasion involving prominent Columbia attorney Jack Swerling. News 10 has learned that the two are now back at the prison they escaped from on Tuesday morning.

[WISTV - News]

Windows Vista to support Symbolic Links

 Way cool.  I have used symbolic links for a long time in the *nix environment so I can’t wait to start using them in Windows….

A feature Unix/Linux users have enjoyed for quite some time will make its way into Windows Vista when it ships next year. Ward Ralston, the developer who wrote the code explains on the TechNet blog about this new feature and how it differs from a shortcut.

"In Vista/Longhorn server, the file system (NTFS) will start supporting a new filesystem object (examples of existing filesystem objects are files, folders etc.). This new object is a symbolic link. Think of a symbolic link as a pointer to another file system object (it can be a file, folder, shortcut or another symbolic link). So then you ask how is that different from a short-cut (the .lnk file)? Well, a shortcut will only work when used from within the Windows shell, it is a construct of the shell, and other apps don’t understand short-cuts. To other apps, short-cuts look just like a file. With symbolic links, this concept is taken and is implemented within the file system. Apps when they open a symbolic link will now open the target by default (i.e. what the link points to), unless they explicitly ask for the symbolic link itself to be opened. Note symbolic links are an NTFS feature."

View: General information on Symbolic Links (Unix based)
News source: Windows Server Division Weblog
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US Marshals offer $5,000 reward for information on Broad River escapees

Wow, US Marshals.  This reminds me of a movie…  Seriously, these dudes are on the loose and it’s quite scary.  From what the news is reporting, they escaped in dumpsters.  Seems the regular routine of compacting everything that leaves was not done this time…

Two violent inmates escaped from the Broad River Correctional Institution. Authorities say 39-year-old Johnny Brewer was serving time for murder, and 35-year-old Jimmy Causey was serving time for a home invasion involving prominent Columbia attorney Jack Swerling. A sighting at a Jasper County motel has authorities focusing on that area.

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ChipPC JackPC Wall Client - It's Wafer Thin

This would be cool if/when I ever build a house….  USB keyboard/mouse, speakers and a monitor….  Terminals in every room all talking back to TS server in garage. J 

Stuff like this JackPC is a little high concept for the average hAX0r but it seems like an interesting little tool. It's basically a thin client PC with USB and VGA-out as well as some audio jacks. Plug it into an Ethernet port and it basically can be used as a virtual computer in a shared server environment. The media ports make it a compelling little addition to a home audio/video set-up, but that would require programming and math and math is hard.

Chip PC Presents - JackPC [ChipPC]
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Way too much time on your hands

If you are bored try this.  Someone I know sent me this and it’s kind of funny…

 

 

1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)

2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code)

3. Multiply by 80

4. Add 1

5. Multiply by 250

6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number

7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again.

8. Subtract 250

9. Divide number by 2

 

Do you recognize the answer? 

MP3s From PC to Car in Seconds Flat

I have been holding out on getting something for listening to tunes in my car for some time now.  This one looks like a winner!  The price looks good too. 

Sony is putting out a new CD receiver for the car that will let you take off its faceplate, connect it to a PC and download your music as if it was an external drive. Just snap the faceplate back on, and all is well in the world of digital music. The Xplod MEX-1GP (Giga Panel) model—the name alone is worth an extra $25—is an AM/FM CD/MP3 receiver and can store up to 500 tunes, also allowing playback of CD-R/RW discs and any compressed music files burned onto a CD. It's got a 13 segment LCD display, a built-in 208-watt power amplifier and a three-band equalizer. Comes with a wireless remote and will be available in February for about $350.

Sony's Latest CD Receiver Transfers Music DIrectly From A PC To A Car Stereo [Sony]
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