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Monday, April 21st, 2008

Another guide to building your own MAME cabinet for lovers of arcade gaming
Tetris: The Movie - fake trailer that is better than many real movie trailers
A mother upset that she can’t get her daughters organs for her own medical needs after her daughter dies due to asthma attack complications
Microsoft Works: ad-funded edition available in some areas

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

As has been true for at least the past 8-10 years, some experts are suggesting we are mere moments away from exhausting available IP addresses on the intarw3bs. Luckily, IPv6 is here to save us all
Famous robots shirt
Lots of folks borrow wi-fi connections for intarw3bs access
The quality of e-paper is improving
Recommended DVD ripping tools from LifeHacker

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Damn, that’s one little thief:

The burglar squeezed through the 35×35cm hole early on Thursday and stole laptops, mobile phones, notebooks and cash before crawling out, Catherina Straub, spokeswoman for the Social Democrats, said.
People perceive the location of moving objects slightly ahead of their actual location. This explains close line calls in tennis to some extent. Furthermore, line judges in general were more accurate than players in calling in or out
Peer-to-peer bill of rights? Is such a thing really even needed?

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Everyone in the digital/online music sales business wants to be the iTunes-killer store, it seems. So far, none have succeeded. The recent contender, Amazon, is having no noticeable affect on Apple’s music store
Red light cameras equal revenue for cities. Red light cameras plus illegally short yellow lights equals more money for cities, if they don’t get caught

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Supreme court to tackle question Is death penalty allowable for child rape cases? Hell - I know I’m fine with that
After 27 years and a couple of name changes, Games for Windows magazine shuts down. The intarw3bs takes out another fine publication
Parents of two of the teens involved in beating another teen on video for uploading to YouTube claim their children are not to blame. It is the now apparently sentient Internet that made the kids beat the other teen
Weak rivets may be to blame for the speed with which the Titanic sank (via /.)
The unofficial Crayon Physics Game Blog

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Flat-rate unlimited plans may pinch cell providers
Someone gets paid to grab Gisele Bundchen’s ass and adjust it to set up the perfect “Man, I’d so hit that” photograph?
Blockbuster makes $1 billion offer for Circuit City
8,000 year old tree root system found in Sweden. Spruce trees, the subject of this discovery, were previously thought to have come to Sweden only 3,000 years ago (via science QJ)
Part of the first level of the original Super Mario Bros. in just 14k of Javascript