Steve begins to Regret....

Nick has been putting in a stelar performance in the challenge lately. He has increased his running/cycling levels and is sticking rigidly to a "You are What You Eat" type diet. Steve must be regretting his bold upping of the ante. The Prize is now first one to 12 Stone gets £50! Nick is only 1.5 pounds and a long wait from his winnings. Steve has put in a good performance too but is lagging at 12 Stone 5llbs. Check out the graph here.

New DLTV show with Dvorak and Robert Heron

Check out the new show... they tried sneaking this on and off the site... here is the link, but so far its been tough getting it going due to bandwidth...

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It's Official: "File sharing is not theft. It has never been theft." - BBC

The BBC has clarified one of its scaremongering 'filsharing = paedophilia' industry shill pieces with a complete 180 reversal and the declaration that filesharing is not theft.

The snowflakes are settling in Hell right now.

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Videos of Steve Jobs Unveiling Tuesday's New Products

There is some info in the videos that haven't been mentioned by the media for some reason..

This is also one for the blooper reel: the Mac Mini didnt have any music video or pictures on it when steve tried to demo Front Row.. but it allowed him to demonstrate a new feature

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Nick Wins Leg 2 of the Motivation by Humiliation Challenge

Things are well set for an exciting final leg to the Challenge. Nick has raised his game to leave fat Steve waddling in his wake as the pounds fell away. After a promising 1st month for Steve, he showed a tremendous lack of bottle and commitment by eating too much and spending too long sat on his ar*e. The fat manager from Barnstaple is a pathetic excuse for a dieter and deserves to be roundly humiliated for his feeble attempts at weight loss. Already he is making empty promises like the manager he is. Steve claims that he will be under 12 Stone by the 21st March. He will have to use all his number fiddling skills to pull that one off!

Meanwhile Nick is planning ways to spend his well earnt winnings. Checkout the graph here

500 Simple Exeriments anyone can do

Explorium, San Francisco's Museum of Science, art, and human perception has a page dedicated to 500 simple experiments anyone can do. It's all hands on! I wrote a bigger review of the site here:
http://www.sharewonders.com/2006/02/26/exploratorium/

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Windows Flickr background switcher

Excellent easy tool to use. If you have Flickr account this tool is a must. Point this tool at a flickr tag or set of tags and it will change your background periodically. You can filter by user or just use all user tags.

This is probably the coolest tool I've found in the last couple years aside from Flickr.

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The IT Crowd -- The complete first season! Works everywhere!

Watch all 6 episodes here directly in your browser or download them. Permalinks are included. I have included alot of info about the show. Make this your one stop to learn everything about the IT Crowd, a wonderful show. View from anywhere not just the UK!

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digg - Submit Item

Joss Whedon was interviewed on the BBC Radio 5 this afternoon promoting the Serenity DVD. Interesting listen re the future of Firefly/Serenity and his feelings about Fox. Click on the "listen again" link to hear the interview.

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Google Maps Nighttime

Google Maps Nighttime takes the 128 megapixel NASA's "Earth Lights" image and adds a Google Map interface to it using the Google Maps application program interface (API). There are 7 zoom levels to it.

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UK Government Wants a Backdoor Into Windows Vista

The BBC is reporting that the British Government is working with Microsoft in order to gain backdoor to the forthcoming Windows Vista file system

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New Chip could allow almost instantaneous boot of PC's

Very low power comsumption, in turn low heat, not affected by power interruptions!

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Remove Norton *completely* safely

This little program I stumbled upon, when ran, will dump all traces of your Norton programs :) They say its only to be used when you can't uninstall it (corrupted install). I say, use it anyways, and get rid of all the extra registry stuff that the regular uninstall doesn't take care of ;)

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Holophonic Sounds - Field recordings made in Vietnam

This is truly what three-dimensional sound is. No expensive sound cards needed, just headphones.

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Statistics about almost everything

A really cool site with statistics of things like religion, Internet, and loads of other stuff. Check it out!

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HOW TO - Read your car's mind OBDII

Drew writes "If your vehicle was manufactured after 1996, it contains an On Board Diagnostic (OBD) computer that captures information about how it's running. I've put together a basic HOWTO Guide for OBD-II so that you can get started playing with it. I use ScanTool's great hardware and GPL'd software for my setup. You can use it to save money by reading error codes without a trip to the mechanic when your "check engine" light is on, capture performance data about your car's drivetrain in real-time, or log data as if it were an airplane's "black box"." Link.

Opera 9 to add widgets and tab thumbnail images

It is not official yet, but pretty close anyway: Opera 9 will add in-browser widgets and tab thumbnail images. More information on the official Opera forums or via Operawatch.

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UK ISPs Ordered To Turn Over User Info

LONDON -- Ten U.K. ISPs have been ordered by the country's high court to disclose the personal information of 150 suspected file-sharers of copyrighted software.

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), the British Computer Society's copyright committee, said Tuesday that it instituted a year-long undercover operation to try and root out the offending parties. The ISPs -- including Tiscali, British Telecom, Telewest and NTL -- will be required to hand over personal details including names, addresses and dates of birth. Full story here.

Removing unused device drivers from Windows XP machines

Did you know that unless you uninstall a device driver on a Windows XP machine that it still may be sucking up valuable system resources? Here are step-by-step instructions on how you can view and remove these unnecessary devices.

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Steve Wins Leg One!

Steve (left) claims the first victory in the Motivation by Humiliation Challenge. Both the slobs started on Jan 1st at 13 Stone 4llbs. Steve has lost an impressive 8llbs with a big drop over the last week. Fat Nick is still stuck on 13Stone with a modest loss of 4llbs. £20 should now be on its way to Steves account.

The challenge starts afresh for February as Steve Starts from 12St 10 and Nick From 13st dead. The challenge again is to see who drops the most in the month.
Results Here

TV: New geek-based sitcom; airs first on the web TODAY!

UK's Channel 4 is airing a new comedy, "The I.T. Crowd", on the web a week before it's TV broadcast. The I.T. Crowd is a new sitcom from Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books) and producer Ash Atalla (The Office). Sounds promising!

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Steve gets thinner as Nick gets Fatter

Whilst Nick has had a couple of heavy overindulgent nights to celebrate his Birthday Steve has donned his leotard and slimmed away with the wobbly ladies at Slimming World. See Results here.

How to Get Great Sleep

Here's an excellent, in-depth article on why we sleep, common sleep disorders, and it also has some suggestions for more restful nights. Ever heard of this insomnia?: "Your brain thinks you are awake when you are asleep."

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Shiny Mud Balls

Do you like getting muddy? I bet you didn't know you could do this with the stuff! This ball is made of good old mud. Find out how here.

Think your intelligent? I thought Not.

To see how intelligent or otherwise you are check out this Mensa Test
Score over 19 and apparently you are a genius. I am only intelligent with 13 after 5 mins. Of course with more time I clearly would have joined the 2 Mensa members that have managed full marks. NO CHEATING!

Alternatively : Mensa Workout
I got 23 on this one. What about you?

The Monster Engine

What would a child's drawing look like if it were painted realistically?

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New Show from The Hak.5 guys

InFive is the new frequent geek news Vid cast from the Hak.5 guys check it out here

PC's of the future... UNREAL

Ever wondered what PC's may look like in a few years? Check this out

Annihilate Your Coworkers With A Rubber Band Gatling Gun

It's a wooden Gatling gun that can shoot off a stream of up to 144 rubber bands, as quickly as you can turn the handle! Perfect for cubicle warfare.

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Feds want Google search records

The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google Inc. to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases...Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government's effort ``vigorously.''

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Fat Steve surges ahead

Slimming World seems to be doing the trick as Steve has slowly started to shed some of his disgusting gut. Meanwhile Nick has started to pile on the pounds again. Latest results here .

OSX 10.4.3 on your PC, complete and easy installation guide

On this site you will find a complete and easy guide about how to install OSX 10.4.3 (the newest build) on your pc (Intel or AMD).

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Tap a song's rhythm on your keyboard to identify it

Try it! Let's say you have a song stuck in your head, and you don't know the name of it. Never fear! Load up our search screen, and try tapping the rhythm of the song on your space bar.

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Steve Joins Other Fat Women

As the fat boys are approaching the first check point (31st Jan) Neither has made much progress but in desparation fat Steve has joined all the other wobbly women across the land by joining Slimming World!

Fat boys failing to hit targets

Fat boy Steve and Wobbly Nick are displaying a distinct lack of conviction in their diet, missing each and every target they have set themselves. Perhaps if they occasionally looked in the mirror the motivation would come......

Details Here

Steve Gibson Responds to Microsoft Blogger

Steve basically confirms that 9x based systems are safe, but still wonders why the functionality of SetAbortProc() changed from 9x to NT kernels.

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Riding the Superconducting Maglev Train At 500KMH!

Alaskan Volcano Set To Erupt...Live on the Net

St. Augustine, a volcano located approximately 300 miles southwest of Anchorage has been showing signs of erupting. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has two live cams showing the volcano and a ton of seismic data available, too.

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Chinese Man Impossible to Photograph

Henan Province's Dahe Daily newspaper reported that the local police department was unable to take an ID photo of Ye Xiangting from Yelou Village in the Yangzhuang Township of Wugang City, Henan Province. No image of Ye Xiangting showed up in the computer photos, and there is still no clear explanation for the result.

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Whedon On the Future of Serenity/Firefly

In an interview with Empire Online, Joss says there is still hope for a return to TV.

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Tubsters making progress!

Check out the progress. Some is being made, Nick maintains a small advantage at the moment but it is pretty close!

Strip Out The Fans, Add 8 Gallons of Cooking Oil

Ever wondered what it would be like to remove your PC case fans and use cooking oil to cool your PC components? Apparently, somebody did...

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Look what you can do with your Web cam!

Crazy stuff at webcamtastic all done in real time in flash.

VGA SPR(Sub Pixel Rendering) LCD by LG

Mega new display for PDA's

Student Mistakes Unsolvable Math Problem As Homework & Solves It...

"When he ran into the classroom several minutes late, he found three equations written on the blackboard. The first two went rather easily, but the third one seemed impossible. He worked frantically on it until just ten minutes short of the deadline he found a method that worked, and he finished the problems just as time was called..."

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Murray Walker returns to F1

Muddly Talker is back! He will return this year with Radio 5 read more here

First Tornado Ever Photographed *Revised*

Claimed to be the first tornado ever photographed. It was taken in 1884 by F. N. Robinson of Howard, Dakota Territory. Direct link this time.

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How does Orange County Choppers handle a computer crash? Just as expected..

I would hate to see how Paul Sr. would have reacted if it was his computer that crashed. It looks like everyone at OCC has a temper. Check out the video...

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Convert Your Old Optical Mouse CCD into a Scanner!

Hack-a-Day has done another great trick. I often wondered if this was possible, and yes, I suppose it is! Great to see how your mouse sees your desk!

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Slow Progress for the Bloaters

Things are going slow indeed. Probably due to the large quantity of burgers and chocolate ingested. Progress can be seen here.