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Nucleus is a RSS aggregator that focuses on Bittorrent files embedded in them. Nucleus will download a specified RSS file, and look for .torrent files that match any of the specified keywords. If a match is found it will queue up that file for download.

After the first run:

My roomie’s thoughts on watching the Roomba finally dock with it’s charger: “Wow, I haven’t been that excited since the Moon landing!”

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Connecting a battery across the front of the head can boost verbal skills, says a team from the US National Institutes of Health.

Quiznos Sub: Sign up for special offers!

Yeah, you gotta give ‘em email, but hey, it is a free sub. (Expires Nov 14th)

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Wired News: Pumping Up the Power of the IPod

Wired News tested a $40, high-capacity, 2,100 mAh (milliamp hour) replacement iPod battery from Newer Technology. It was easy to install and delivered 22 hours of continuous play — more than double the play time of the original battery. (The battery tested is for first- and second-generation iPods; Newer also sells one for third-generation iPods.)

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Disk Tray is a Freeware utitlity that runs in the System Tray area of the task bar.

The tray icon has a red and green area which flash independently on hard disk activity. One of those great little apps that makes me not hate Antec’s drive LED placement.

The Regulator > Home

The Regulator is an advanced, free regular expressions testing and learning tool. It allows you to build and verify a regular expression against any text input, file or web, and displays matching, splitting or replacement results within an easy to understand, hierarchical tree.

daapd, a server for the DAA protocol

daapd scans a directory for mp3 files and makes them available via the Apple proprietary protocol DAAP. DAAP clients can browse the directory and retrieve individual files, either by streaming or by downloading them.

OIL FILTERS EXPOSED!

This is what I found when I opened a few motorcycle oil filters. I got the idea from similar research done on car filters. I had been a user of Fram filters on both my Honda Hawk and CBR900RR for at least 3 years, as well as my automobiles for the past few. After performing this little experiment, that usage has stopped, and I am attempting to spread the word about Fram filters.

SawStop Home This is a pretty slick technology - built into saws and similar tools, it detects changes in the capacitance of the blade (caused by, oh, contact with human flesh), and kill the blade’s rotation immediately. Be sure to check out the sample videos.

Destiny!!!! I really dont know what to say about this.. LARPing meets iMovie meets a female rock band? Either way, be sure to check out the video clips

I observed an interesting phenomena the other day, I thought it was a short-term issue, but it still occurs….

If you use the BlogLines subscribe button on Yahoo! News’ page, it autodetects 3 available feeds: Yahoo! News - Front Page - BlogStreet.com generated RSS feed for http://news.yahoo.com Yahoo! News- Yahoo! News Homepage and… Hot Chicks from Yahoo! News - Pictures of Today’s Hot Chicks from Yahoo! News

Apparently, that’s all the news that’s fit to syndicate…

Palm Software - Expert Guides

You know your Palm Powered device is a great calendar and address book. But if that’s all you use, you’re missing out on the best parts.

Leading Palm OS users have created guides to what you can do with a handheld or smartphone. Learn about software, e-books, websites, and a lot more. As a regular Palm user (and former employee), I’ve got plenty of friends with Palms that come to me with questions about apps and usage. Only now did I find out that PalmSource themselves have one of the better resources (shame on you bad PR department!) for answers to these questions. LOTS of guides for people looking to do just about anything with their Palm, from Knitting to Dentistry to Scuba diving.

It seems everyone’s talking about Podcasting. I’ve still got my reservations (see below re:Observations from Gnomedex), but 0xDECAFBAD puts a bit of good context around it.

FELLOWSHIP 9/11

One of the most controversial and provocative films of the year, Fellowship 9/11 is Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore’s searing examination of the Aragorn administration’s actions in the wake of the tragic events at Helms Deep.

ghettoHARDWARE.com - Media Center Bathroom Extender

What I have done is repurposed a Xbox controller w/ built in LCD as a second display and controller for the Media Center PC in my bedroom. This allows me to change songs, pause, change volume etc.. without leaving the bathroom. I use it while reading a book in the bathtub. I would not recommend it for DVD or TV viewing as the screen is very small. I suppose it would suffice for TV programs where the image is not that important like a news program.

Now I’m not about to run a Windows Media Center PC, but what GhettoHardware highlights is the idea of using an XBox controller with a built-in screen as a remote control for a PC, complete with local visual display… I cant think of anything right now to do with that, but it sure sounds like it’s got possibilities.

Documentation on how to install PearPC (the Mac hardware emulator) on the X-Box. I’ve not tried this myself, but it certainly looks like a blast.

Windows Server Reference Guide

In many respects, Windows XP Service Pack 2 is not really a patch as much as a replacement for the Windows client operating system. The principal purpose for this release was to address architectural issues regarding system security.