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Hack Your Mac Laptop Power Cord [Hacks]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 01, 2008
Gizmodo editor Brian Lam takes his MacBook with him everywhere, but he's not a big fan of the bulky power cord that accompanies his laptop. Instead, he opts for a slimmer, ungrounded PlayStation power cord. Where the Mac power cord is too thick to easily coil or toss in a bag — and has a ground prong so it's limited to those types of AC outlets — the PlayStation cord is ostensibly...
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Home DNA paternity test
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on March 25, 2008
New spit-based home medical tests for the likes of breast cancer may be on the horizon, but DNA paternity testing kits are already on drugstore shelves. Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, Joel has the details on Identigene's $30 kit. Science helps answer the eternal question of "Who's your daddy!?" Link
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Save Money by Refilling Brita Filters [How To]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on March 28, 2008
Whether Brita filters really give you better-tasting or cleaner water is a subject for debate, but most agree on one point—paying $5 or more for each 3-month replacement filter isn't very fun. But with a bit of time and the right supplies—a sharp utility knife, a cheap polyethylene plug, and activated charcoal from an aquarium store—you can refill an old filter over and over again for...
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Iraqi astronomer goes on TV to explain why Earth is flat
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 27, 2008
Here's a video of Fadhel Al-Said, a "researcher on astronomy," sharing his surprising findings about the shape Earth and the physics of the solar system with Iraqi television viewers. Statement by a round-earther physicist: When you watch a ship sailing towards the shore, all you see at first is the mast. Then you see the bow, and eventually the entire ship.Fadhel Al-Said: When you stand on...
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Vegan strippers
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on March 27, 2008
Portland, Oregon's Casa Diablo Gentlemen's Club is a strip joint where only vegetarian food is served and the look is pleather and lace. Today's New York Times looks at ways sexuality is now used by some as a marketing gimmick for veganism and animal rights. As you might expect, some vegans are not too pleased about that. From the NYT: Casa Diablo is just the latest example of selling...
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Steve Jobs brings unimaginable joy to one MacBook Pro owner [Apple]
via Valleywag by Jordan Golson on March 27, 2008
This almost makes me want to buy a Dell.
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Electric-car vote turns even noted Republicans pro-regulation [Cleantech]
via Valleywag by Jackson West on March 27, 2008
Today in Sacramento, the California Air Resources Board is planning to once again relax rules requiring automakers to produce more nonpolluting cars. Instead of demanding more zero-emission vehicles, the relaxed rules would call for more hybrids and higher fuel-efficiency standards, which would satisfy air-quality goals and save automakers $1.3 billion. The program originally called for ten...
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Comparing food products with their package photos
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 25, 2008
A German website, Pundo300, took photos of food products and compared them with the depictions on their packages. Link(Via Museum of Hoaxes)
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Now this is my kind of invention
via Peach Pundit by Erick on March 25, 2008
Table taps are not illegal in Georgia. Some genius no doubt sent from Heaven has come up with a system where people can have their own beer taps at their tables in restaurants. That is just wicked awesome.“It turns out the law supports it. It’s the same as putting a pitcher of beer at the table, and it actually increases monitoring,” says Jeff Libby, the 26-year-old who patented the...
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Full MythTV frontend running on Nokia N810
via MythTV News by Kobski on March 24, 2008
With MythTV moving towards QT4, porting MythTV to the Nokia N810 tablet apparently became a lot easier. Not everything is working yet, but as you can see from the screenshots, it is a very good first attempt.There is already frontend “functionality” available for Nokia N810, but this is the first time someone has the full frontend running.Although the headline says frontend, he actually did...
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