I’ve been collecting things I would have otherwise shared to FB. Police raid VPN but fail to find user data https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23692580/mullvad-vpn-raid-sweden-police Twitter goes crazy in the absence of verification: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1649146273121857554.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gay-pride-parade-canceled-after-anti-drag-show-law-passes/ https://www.demilked.com/funny-illustrations-deliberately-buried-comics/ https://www-theregister-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/04/06/can_injection_attack_car_theft/ https://katu-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/katu.com/amp/news/nation-world/absolutely-unacceptable-behavior-outdoor-mall-ohio-easter-egg-hunt-apology-organizers-ohio-the-greene-town-center-management https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/04/world/exoplanet-radio-signal-scn/index.html https://www.salon.com/2023/04/06/ai-company-harvested-billions-of-facebook-photos-for-a-facial-recognition-database-it-sold-to-police/
Link: Regain some control over your YouTube: YePpHa/YouTubeCenter Wiki · GitHub
With this extension you can do everything from disable ads to change the buffering settings. Remember the old days when you could let the movie load? Unfortunately to get that back you’d need this extension on every device. For Chrome: Click the mirror download for the Opera/Chrome hybrid (.crx) Check the box for “developer mode” in the top right of your extensions page. Download the .crx file and drag it to your open extensions page. Once you say OK to permissions it’ll load. Home · YePpHa/YouTubeCenter Wiki · GitHub.
Article: Six Reasons the PC is winning E3 2013 – PCGamer.com
If you saw the two Battlefield 4 conference demos, you may have noticed the telling little backspace key prompt in the top right corner. They were running on PC. Of course they were. You don’t have to imagine what the next generation will look like. You can see it right now. You can playit right now. Find a gaming PC made in the last couple of years, get Crysis 2, then install the MaLDoHD Texture Pack. Actually, no. The next-gen consoles almost certainly won’t look that good. The next generation isn’t about forging ahead. It’s about catching up.…
Crysis 2 Mod: HD+ Texture Pack – MaLDoHD 4.0 Final version
Crazy texture pack for Crysis 2 skuffaws (skoff/guffaw) the official “HD Texture pack” MaLDo Blog: MaLDoHD 4.0 Final version
Tomb Raider: Review (Kotaku)
I’m excited for Tomb Raider – but it’s unfortunate that I’m almost done playing through Far Cry 3 – it sounds very very similar. Complete with the very real, visceral agony and endurance needed to be an action hero: Tomb Raider: The Kotaku Review.
My 6-year-old Judges Books by the Covers, from No Exit to 50 Shades of Grey
What is No Exit About? “Momma, what’s this book about?” That is a question that I hear every time we go to our local bookstore as my very curious six-year-old daughter picks up eye-catching books from various sections from fiction to biographies to psychology. My family spends a fair amount time in bookstores, so this is a query I’ve become accustomed to hearing and one I try my darndest to answer (but really, how does one explain James Joyce’s Ulysses to a six-year-old?). Read More… [My 6-year-old Judges Books by the Covers – Strollerderby].
No Cats?: The First Picture Uploaded To The Internet
The first picture uploaded to the internet| Geekologie
World Rally Fever on GOG!
If you were a fan of the original Worms you may have gone to the Team 17 website. On there they had a demo for this game – World Rally Fever. It was interesting because it was very Rad Racer NES type but it had better graphics, and it was more detailed then any game I had played before, especially a racing game. I liked to used to try and hit the sheep. Check it out on Good Old Games (GOG) – Coming soon!
Battlefield 3 PC Beta
Here is some great information about the new engine (Frostbite 2) that powers Battlefield 3. Battlefield 3 Blog: Frostbite 2 Engine Presentation It is very impressive in demos. The Beta does not quite realize the quality of the demos, but there is some clipping and collision that needs to be worked out. You can still lay prone halfway into a wall, for one. There is a small list of fixes already slated but overall it’s very true to the original. I have it running at 2560×1600 max and I’m not seeing anywhere near the quality of the demo videos, though.…
How Amazon’s App Store Gives Away A Free App Everyday
If you run android as a mobile platform, you undoubtedly are aware of the Amazon App store. They burst on the scene offering Angry Birds Rio and the promise of a free paid app every day. They delivered on that promise, but at what cost to developers? [read more at shiftjelly.wordpress.com]
Crysis 2 DX11 Pack Now Available
Crysis 2 DX11 “Ultra Upgrade” Pack Now Available! From NVidia’s GeForce.com When Crysis 2 hit stores on March 22nd it became Crytek’s first multi-platform game to be developed solely by their studios throughout the world. Because of the level of work required to ensure that all three versions of the game were equally as good, Crytek ultimately ran out of development time, preventing them from implementing planned DirectX 11 features before launch. Post release, the studio’s developers were free to focus only on the PC version of the game, and so for the past few months they have been beavering…
Politicomotion
I don’t normally delve into politics. I’m more the type to hint at what I believe. I don’t enjoy arguing politics because I don’t know enough. I believe what I believe, and anyone with some well memorized facts can take me in any argument. I just know what I feel. I’m liberal when it comes to modern ideas. I have no problem with anyone loving anyone else. I also have no problem with someone being responsible and making a very hard decision about what to do when they weren’t careful, or even when all the careful in the world just…
Formatting An External Drive with FAT32 for PS3 using Win7
Whew, what a mouthful. You might possibly find this post if you’re trying to backup your PS3 – it’s easy, Sony says you just need your drive to be FAT32 – well that’s fine, my thumb drive is FAT32. Oh… it needs to be able to fit the entire system for a backup? Ok – I’ll just take this external 40gig drive I have and format it. No option when right clicking the drive and choosing format for FAT32 only extFAT and NTFS, well maybe extFAT will work… nope! OK, well let me try the command line: format /FS:FAT32 /q…
Boston.com
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It may not hover, but it’s still really really cool
Meet the Scarpar Offroad Powerboard: Now Accepting Preorders Scarpar.com – more info on the dual 1.5kw model
Watch Pioneer Valley Roller Derby (PVRD) Live Streaming Now!
Watch live video from Pioneer Valley Roller Derby on Justin.tv
Potential Remixes
Here’s some tracks with potential for remixes: Jason Derulo – Watcha SayBritney Spears – WomanizerDeadmau5 – Ghosts N StuffI Remember – Deadmau5 & KaskadeRon Reeser & Dan Sanz ft Myah – EverythingBassboosa – Wicked Game I’m especially a fan of remixing remixes with originals, a la new verse with old refrain, or mix in an additional verse from the old version with the new background. and here’s a couple other guilty pleasures I couldn’t resist:Owl City – FirefliesLMFAO – I’m In Miami BitchMickey Avalon – My Dick
‘Bad’ BitTorrent and Warez Sites Raided By Police
Just recently, the police in Hungary conducted raids on various torrent and warez sites, but few will have sympathy for those arrested. The site operators charged users for access via premium SMS, many of them unsuspecting kids. The police seized an impressive amount of equipment and also took some impressive photographs. read more | Digg Story
First Look: BioShock 2 Takes Bold Trip Back to
Who can wait?! read more | digg story *2012 04 24* The game was disappointing. Sure it brought you back but it felt the same… I’d rate it as a glorified DLC.
Here’s What A Card Skimmer Looks Like On An ATM
“A lot of you have been asking to see what a skimmer looks like before it’s yanked off an ATM. Are they easy to spot or virtually unnoticeable? Our reader Timeus works for a bank and deals with this sort of thing every day, and he sent in the following photos. Enjoy.” read more | digg story
YouTube may not be free for much longer
Doubt this – it’s all about the video ads. What they’re claiming is true about advertisers doesn’t reflect the recent ads I saw for Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Amazon while watching the lego version on Youtube.”Do to its tremendous bandwidth costs — and relatively menial advertisement revenue — YouTube, owned by Google, is losing $500 million per year. Free internet video may become a relic soon enough.” ~ brought to you by Charter read more | digg story *2012 04 24* Still free…
Review: 2009 Nissan GT-R – MSN Autos
Nissan creates the perfect blend of performance and drivability. read more | digg story
"Sound Of Music" Train Station Dance: Why Is It So Popular?
A video of almost 200 people taking over Antwerpen’s Centraal Station in Belgium and doing a carefully choreographed dance to the Do Re Mi song (aka Maria’s Dance aka Maria’s Song) from “Sound of Music” has garnered almost a million views on YouTube, and continues to grow, sprouting a new round of google trends today. read more | digg story
The Real Story of Area 51 from Five People on the Inside
The myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there. Well, now, for the first time, someone is ready to talk—in fact, five men are, and their stories rival the most outrageous of rumors… read more | digg story