November 2008
Helvetireader, minimal Google Reader redesign with... →
NYT on Guantánamo "Nothing has been more damaging... →
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Hopefully you are enjoying good food, drink and times with family and/or friends.
Yoshiro Nakamatsu, We Salute You →
Thanks to Kory for the heads up on this guyâa goofy, lovable and generous mad scientist from Japan whoâs working towards 6000 inventions before he dies at age 144. He has built an elaborate daily…
uNF! uTorrent for Mac is out, even if it is only a beta version. Been waiting for this baby for quite some time now!
It appears uTorrent for Mac does not come with one of the most important features of the Windows version: built-in RSS fetching.
uTorrent for Mac beta, for those interested: http://mac.utorrent.com/beta/
De Beers About To Learn That The Streisand Effect... →
Once More, With Feeling: Copyright Is Not A... →
Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation →
Is It McDonald's Responsibility To Stop Nude... →
Japanese Man Makes Mexico Airport Home →
Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport. It has lasted almost three months, and he has no plans to leave. For reasons he can’t explain, the Japanese man has been in Terminal 1 of…
Post screenshots to Wordpress blogs with a Firefox... →
HandBrake 0.9.3 →
What happened to mobileinjapan.com? Seems the site died and is in a perpetual state of being set up. Anyone got ideas?
Japanese Are Irked by U.S. Interest in Pitcher →
As far as Junichi Tazawa is concerned, the most rebellious acts in his 22 years have been ignoring his homework and sneaking home after sunrise. But as the first high-profile Japanese baseball…
Gas Price Policy Has Motorists Enraged →
An erratic economy is testing the way retailers at military bases in Japan and Okinawa price their gasoline. The cost of gas has stagnated for five months despite a policy by the areaâs main…
has just arrived at Fussa (http://bkite.com/02x6i)
Dark Knight... Both Most Pirated And Highest... →
DOD Bans the Use of Removable, Flash-type Drives... →
The Defense Department has banned the use of removable flash media and storage devices from all government computers, according to a series of notices put out by the services this week. The action…
The Sarah Palin Turkey Video →
Challenge/Response Beats IM Spam [Featured Mac... →
PE Obama’s Phone Records Breached By Verizon... →
Get the "Obama effect" in Photo Booth with the... →
Challenge/Response Beats IM Spam [Featured Mac... →
What gmail theme are you using?
What was that old side-scrolling Apple II game where you were a ninja, fighting bad guys, and Mt. Fuji was *always* in the background?
Under Worm Assault, Military Bans Disks, USB... →
The Defense Department’s geeks are spooked by a rapidly spreading worm crawling across their networks. So they’ve suspended the use of so-called thumb drives, CDs, flash media cards, and all other…
Voice Candy →
Voice Candy is a fun and useful recorder for your Mac. Think of it as Photo Booth for your microphone.
Kanguru's new e-Flash thumbdrive marries eSATA and... →
Base →
Base is an application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files. It’s a proper Mac OS X application. Fast to launch, quick to get in to and get the data you need.
Hopefully, since Obama uses a Mac, the federal government will finally, slowly, see their use and be weaned off of Wintel finally. Doubtful.
Airman Who Died After PT test ID’d →
Strong, 47, was pronounced dead about 8:30 a.m. Friday, shortly after he collapsed during a physical fitness test, according to a 374th Airlift Wing news release issued Saturday. Base officials said…
Japan Cities Want Nuclear Heads-up →
A council of port cities in Japan has asked the U.S. military via the Foreign Ministry to make sure it notifies the Japanese before any U.S. nuclear-powered vessels make port calls in the country,…
Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has to, Yes He... →
Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry. Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisers say, when he takes office in 65…
I can’t believe I’m in a karaoke box a) so early and b) sober. WTF?
Damnit Google Reader, there are *no* unread entries in Lifehacker so stop telling me there’s 2. Hitting refresh seems to do absolutely nada!
Airman Sentenced in Missing Funds Case →
A Yokota airman convicted of wrongful appropriation of thousands of dollars missing from the base vault was sentenced to a month in jail Friday. Tech. Sgt. Craig Camacho, 38, also was reduced in rank…
Democratic Pressure on Obama to Restore the Rule... →
In a Senate hearing room in September, weeks before Barack Obama won the election, a series of law professors, lawyers and civil libertarians outlined one of the biggest challenges that will be…
★ Flagging Messages From iPhone Mail →
Napster Judge's Suggestions On How To Fix... →
Court Must Vacate Kentucky Court's Baseless Domain... →
has just arrived at Tachikawa (http://bkite.com/02ns2)
has just arrived at Hakonegasaki (http://bkite.com/02mp7)
Tapulous Releases One of iPhone’s Best Twitter... →
Classmates.com Sued After Guy Realizes His... →
The Secrets of aXXo, BitTorrent's Top Movie Pirate →
BitTorrent is TiVo for the tech-savvy and the ethically flexibleâa way to watch what you want when you want it without having to pay for it. Instead of flipping through the channels or putting on a…
★ Executive Scuttlebutt →
Collage by Tapulous released for the iPhone. So far it seems cool even though it did not import my Twinkle profile nor can I be located.
Man's house blows up, companies responsible won't... →