February 2005


Skweezer: Home - reformat about any site for your pda or cell phone.

WXYZ: Investigations

Why google is faster.

The New York Times > Technology > For Users, Napster of Old Is Just a Few Tweaks Away: “Word spread across the Web recently that a few tweaks of WinAmp, a popular music-playing program, and a small plug-in available on the WinAmp Web site would allow users to take a music file protected with Microsoft technology and produce an unprotected copy.”

The Fido wireless infrared doggie-cam system - Engadget - www.engadget.com : “English firearms dogs (the Green Beret of the K-9 unit over there, it seems) are now being harnessed with a wireless camera system called Fido (how original—were B.A.R.K. and FetchCam taken by something else?). The system wirelessly transmits audio and video (with an infrared option) to Policemen outside during dangerous search operations where the highly trained cute little puppers are considered, erm, more expendable than a person. We’d be really into an audio output option in their next version though, for remotely issuing commands to the dogs, or better yet, for yelling at the perps. Good boy, sit!”

T-Mobile | Address Book | Paris Hilton | Browse All (510 contacts): “Hello: PARIS HILTON - Not Your Phone?” Paris Hilton gets hacked.

A parent’s primer to computer slang: “While it’s important to respect your children’s privacy, understanding what your teenager’s online slang means and how to decipher it is important as you help guide their online experience. While it has many nicknames, information-age slang is commonly referred to as leetspeek, or leet for short. Leet (a vernacular form of “elite”) is a specific type of computer slang where a user replaces regular letters with other keyboard characters to form words phonetically—creating the digital equivalent of pig Latin with a twist of hieroglyphics.”


2004 Bentley Coupe on Broadway near Union Square.

TiVo.com | TiVoToGo transfers: “Use TiVoToGo™ transfers to bring a cooking show to the kitchen or your favorite film on a road trip! TiVoToGo transfers pull shows from your networked Series2 TiVo DVR onto your PC* so you can take them anywhere.”

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - For 20 years, Sarah Scantlin has been mostly oblivious to the world around her - the victim of a drunken driver who struck her down as she walked to her car. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again.


Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler

The BEAST: Buffalo’s Best Fiend

Yahoo! News - Doggy paddles across shipping lane after surviving cliff plunge: “LONDON (AFP) - When six-month-old Jack Russell puppy Toby, startled by a gunshot, leapt off a 70-foot (21-metre) cliff and into a busy shipping lane, his owners presumed it was the last they would see of their beloved pet.”

CNN.com - Bill sets fine for low-riding pants - Feb 9, 2005: “RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Virginians who wear their pants so low their underwear shows may want to think about investing in a stronger belt.”

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