Sending out enciphered postcards is great fun. The hackers at Entropia have published a set of cards on their website. Some postcards have already been deciphered, others are still undisclosed.
Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.
Just a site poking a little fun at life in Germany from an American perspective.
Some hackers have too much time. This one has re-implemented the classic Unix command line editor vi in Javascript. (via hugo)
"Phun is a Master of Science Theises by Computing Science student Emil Ernerfeldt for supervisor Kenneth Bodin at VRLab."
"What am I doing wrong? I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25-year-old-girl. I'marticulate and classy. I'm not from new York. ... » " (via chris)
About gaming. (via someone)
Mark Malkoff tries to visit all 171 Starbucks in New York (via katrin)
'Game Over is one of the art projects developed by the Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond. It consists of a series of collaborative animation movies which revive some of the very first video games.'
"Behold the ultimate in home safety kits to defend against the legions of the undead!" (via dlat)