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Are You a Cellular Engineer? : Gizmodo Ever notice how your PC speakers emit funny buzzing noises right before you get a cell phone call? Gizmodo asked the same question and got a well-written answer.

Welcome to BadFruit - home of BadApple software Podcast support for iTunes is here! Download the free BadApple plug-in which expands the functionality and interoperability of iTunes software. (iTunes is music software which works with iPod MP3 players.) BadApple adds interoperability to view and download podcasts directly within iTunes software. There’s no need to download and learn other software programs because everything happens right in the iTunes software.

Google Guide Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)

So we got this nice sexy Toshiba laptop with Windows Media Center edition and a TV Tuner and nice fat screen for our toy-junkie boss. 1 month after the warrantee expires, the drive dies. No big deal, new laptop drives are cheap and the drive’s easy to get to, we’ll just swap it out methinks.

But wait! We were not sent any recovery CDs with the laptop. Drat! No problem, call Toshiba. We’re told they’re out of stock right now, but to call back next Tuesday (harr!), they should have more in stock and will overnight them for $14. Tuesday rolls around, call Toshiba, Toshiba says they no longer make restore CD’s for our model of laptop. IT’S NOT EVEN TWO YEARS OLD! So, they say I can take it to the local service center and they’ll re-image it. No problem, the local service center’s just a mile down the road. I give ‘em a call, they say they’ll need to order restore CD’s from Toshiba to re-image the machine. Oy! So, I call back Toshiba, they tell me they’ll re-image it at thier service center for $75 and two weeks out of service (did I mention the boss is leaving town next week?). Or, they suggest I go buy a new copy of XP or XP MCE and go with that.

Needless to say, we’ll not be buying any more Toshiba product.

Plastic Bugs - Home of the ‘Original’ GIMPshop � Blog Archive � DittyBot - An Applescript Adventure

Brilliant! DittyBot reads music requests via email and calls you via skype to play your request from iTunes. Brilliant!

Bikes (Motorcycles) in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News What this ingenious company does is provide a GPS that mounts on your motorcycle and warns you when you’re approaching a location with a known speed trap. You can connect the GPS to the internet and download a live database of speed traps at any time.

Virtual Apple 2 - Online disk archive Yes, I am a geek nostalgia junkie - Virtual Apple 2 is an Apple emulator ported to ActiveX so you can run an Apple II in your Internet Explorer browser. Plus, they’ve kindly supplied just about all of the Apple II software out there to load up and enjoy.

Main Page - wikiHow wikiHow is a collaborative wiki (similar to the Wikipedia) for how-to projects. It’s still a bit sparse and all-over-the-place, but has the potential to be a great resource once more folks start using it.

Citadel.org - Home I remember, way back in the early days of dial-up, I ran a BBS of my own called The Farce. I tried a few different bits of BBS software, usually menu driven with forums and files and messages. However, there was one radical piece of software called Citadel. Citadel organized the BBS into rooms with their own message forums and such. I’d completely forgotten about Citadel until today, when I was browsing for Open Source groupware software and BLAM! There’s Citadel! Re-invented as a groupware application. Ca-ray-zee!

Remember theSweet Smelling Sweater Salad?

Nothing can prepare you for the next step…Gem Sweater I [heart] stupid internet memes.

1000 Bars: The Beginning It shoulda been me…. it shoulda been me…

Infiltration

Infiltration offers a mix of the practice and theory of urban exploration in areas not designed for public usage. This site is the online companion of the paper zine about going places you’re not supposed to go.