Now here’s a nifty website: BugMeNot.com. What’s it do? Well its a repository of logins for free, registration required sites, like the New York Times or The Washington Post.
Go to the site, right click on Bookmarklet and save it as a favorite. Go to a site the requires registration, and and click on your bookmark. A window will pop up with a username and password. Use ’em and you’re in!
No more jumping through hoops to get to web content!
I don’t usually go into OS discussions here since I’ve got enough things in my life to argue about without adding my choice of computers to the list. But left to my own devices, I’m a Mac user, since the introduction of OS X. I have a PC for work because some of the tools I use are Windows specific, and I have a PC at home for playing games on. But most of my personal ‘serious’ computing is done on a Mac.
So where I find an article like It’s a Zen Thing (and my apologies…CMP makes you register to read their sites these days, apparently) I just have to share it with whomever I can. Its an article about how nice a platform OS X is for developing web and *nix applications. Worth reading, imo!
Sony says next PlayStation to be on display at E3
So next year at E3 we’ll see new machines from all 3 console makers, or so it would seem. That’ll be some show!
This looks like a fun little game. Its kind of a strategy game, but you play it by writing java code to control your units.
From the “Truth is Stranger than Fiction” files:
CNN.com – Gene mutation makes tot super strong – Jun 24, 2004
Rednova News has a neat article on one of the attempts to claim the X-Prize:
RedNova News: First Private Manned Spaceshot Attempt Ready for Liftoff
Last night I listened to a song a friend had made. It was pretty short, but nice. Kind of a new-age/blues fusion. When it was over, I asked if I could have a copy and congratulated my friend on a job well done.
My friend is 8.
She was using GarageBand, the music-making software from Apple. I didn’t get a chance to play with the application (yet!) but I was just thrilled at the possibility that a little girl could make such a nice song.
Then her mom played me the song she’d made, and it was great! Now granted, her mom spent a good portion of her life as a professional musician so I’d expect great things of her.
Anyway, Garageband comes as part of the iLife program, which costs a whopping $49. Suffice to say that I’m ordering a copy today. 🙂
History in the making… as I write this I’m watching a streaming press conference from NASA about whether there was ever water on Mars. On the off chance someone reads this in the next few moments, click on http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/landing.cfm.
Universe Today – Astronomers Find a Huge Diamond in Space
This is a mostly silly piece; perfect for passing on to the kids or something. But I found the basic idea that the core of a white dwarf becomes a huge crystal to be kind of interesting.