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Colleague Dan Lacher is looking for a toy espresso machine: Based on a conversation the other day with my little girl I am now in search of a toy espresso machine. She was playing in her new kitchen and I was being served a slice of cake. I asked if I could have a cup…

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Identity theft – dontcha just love it. I maintain my slightly awkward stance on a lot of ID theft – that the term is a misnomer for fraud, used to prop up “security theatre” by banks, and that retailers who are defrauded should be the focus of legal prosecution – but this sort of thing…

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Argh… “would the person in economy who is nmap’ing our navcom please stop, we need to steer”. WiReD Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane’s control systems, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The computer network…

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Macworld | Mac OS X Hints | Use new screen region capture options in 10.5 (tags: Leopard OSX apple) Macworld | Understanding and using Leopard’s firewall (tags: apple leopard osx Security network) Speed demons will meet their match on the piste – Times Online Switzerland is introducing speed cameras on the slopes to try to…

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BBC NEWS | UK | Pub chain limits parents’ drinks A spokesman for the company said it was “uncomfortable” with children being on the premises for long periods because of a lack of play facilities. (tags: food drink politics civilrights) California Academy of Sciences – Plan Your Visit – General Information trap-jaw ants in the…

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Macworld: The patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office defines “a docking area configured to receive a portable computer,” according to the filing. Apple and the legal firm of Van Pelt, Yi and James LLP filed the patent application on 3 July, 2006. According to the patent, the docking station will serve as…

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BBC NEWS | UK | Human species ‘may split in two’ Funny, I read: Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years’ time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge. …and…

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Author of Flashman stories dies Bother. Marcus Ranum will likewise be saddened. (tags: flashman) Macworld | Crucial.com preps 32GB, 64GB Solid State Drives Lexar Media has announced plans to release in the first calendar quarter 32GB and 64GB Solid State Drives (SSDs) in 2.5-inch form factors, designed as replacements for laptop hard disk drives. Pricing…

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The everyday drama of delivering fresh burritos to the East Coast of the USA The launch tube for the burritos lies just under the tunnel mouth and looks like what it is: an enormous gun. Every four seconds a ‘slug’ of ten burritos, white with frost, ratchets into the breech. A moment later it flies…

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Laser cutter, start slicing stuff for under 50 dollars – Instructables – DIY, How To, tech, art, diy (tags: tools laser cutter diy) Exploiting Linkages for Good Paul was robbed of his laptop at gunpoint … a few days later, a girl called him to ask for his password: “We’re from Microsoft; we’ve recovered your…

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IMG_0509 Originally uploaded by alecmuffett By night, with strobes…

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I should be in bed with a headache, but this rankles too much… Calacanis is barking mad crazy, and Hugh Macleod is inexplicably potty if he really (as opposed to sarcastically) agrees with Jason: 1. In feed advertising Imagine if every 10th, 20th, or 100th tweet was an advertisement. Would that be so horrible? No,…

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