7 Most Common Cooking Mistakes
An innocent error can easily lead to a disappointing dish. Here’s how to prevent seven common cooking mistakes.
Twitter visualization done right
Sifting through twitter for something worth seeing.
Batman vs The Dark Knight Trailer
Why So Similar?
Twitter in Plain English (posted by leelefever)
Twitter in Plain English (posted by leelefever)
Hitler’s got the wrong bike. (uploaded by loveyourGS)
Hitler’s got the wrong bike. (uploaded by loveyourGS)
How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds
Not so long ago I got an email from one of the readers asking if there is a way to be notified about site updates when the site doesn’t offer RSS feeds. And since there are plenty of popular sites that don’t provide any feeds I thought it may be a good idea to write about it. So if you’re interested here are some free tools that can do the job
Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail
James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone.
Helen Thomas Asks About Bush’s Torture Approval
During this afternoon’s White House press briefing, reporter Helen Thomas noted that Bush “has admitted that he did sign off on torture” saying it damages “the credibility of this country.” But press secretary Dana Perino denied that the United States has ever tortured detainees and referred to testimony from CIA Director Michael Hayden as evidence
This happens when you don’t properly vent a storage tank
This happens when you don’t properly vent a sealed storage tank before emptying it.
Hot gas/air in a sealed container and you let it cool. The air pressure difference inside is so great that the structure is compromised.
Build A Customizable RSS Feed Aggregator In PHP
Although there are several commercially available feed aggregators, it’s easy to develop your own feed aggregator, which you can integrate with your Web applications. You’ll appreciate this article’s fully functional PHP code snippets, demonstrating the use of PHP-based server-side functions to develop a customizable RSS feed aggregator.
Web 2.0, meet Internet attack 2.0
SAN FRANCISCO–The glitzy, interactive abilities of Web 2.0 have led to a profusion of new applications, but the technology also is bringing a new era of security vulnerabilities, a security researcher warned Wednesday.
“Security was a challenge to begin with, but if anything it’s getting harder in the
Google your name, make a movie on what you find
One-time actor Jim Killeen has made a movie about his experiences tracking down others with the same name on Google.
The Best Videogame Stories Ever
Whoever said videogames have no cultural value needs a shot in the mouth - or they need to sit down with The Longest Journey, Metal Gear Solid or any of the other games on our list of Best Videogame Stories EVER. A good story isn’t necessary for a good game (Halo, Super Mario Galaxy or Tetris, anyone?) but that’s what makes the games on our. . .
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
What are they? They’re the anti-good ideas. They’re the braindamage that makes your $100,000 ASIC-based turbo-stateful packet-mulching firewall transparent to hackers. Where do anti-good ideas come from? They come from misguided attempts to do the impossible - which is another way of saying “trying to ignore reality.”
A Tale of Two Sneakers: The History of Adidas & Puma
Adidas & Puma may be among the most recognized brands in the world, but neither might exist if not for a bitter rivalry between two brothers from a little-known village in Germany. Here is the tale of the family fight that created Adidas & Puma.
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