RSS in plain English
A video tutorial explaining the basics of RSS, as simple and elegant as Common Craft’s inimitable paper-and-marker technique.
Researchers Break Internet Speed Records
“Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.”
Complete Live CD List !
Exhaustive list of all linux distros, with direct link to download page, wikipedia article, and distrowatch page, its worth a look
Hack Attack: Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse
You don’t need a KVM to share one keyboard and mouse amongst several different computers. All you need is the free, cross-platform application, Synergy. It connects one keyboard and mouse to any computer on your network, making a dual- or triple-computer setup work more like a dual- or triple-monitor setup.
Condi Rice subpoenaed tomorrow?
“In a congressional investigation into the intelligence (or lack thereof) leading to the Iraq invasion, subpoenas may be issued tomorrow to force Condi to testify. Time to fire up the amnesia machine once again!”
Learn to professionally slice in CSS with this 9 page full-featured guide!
A concise, 9 page full-featured guide for anybody who is interested in becoming a CSS web designer, CSS Slicing Guide teaches you how to take a layout straight out of Photoshop, or infact any graphics program, and turn it into fully standards compliant XHTML and CSS with superfast loadtimes. Check it out!
301 Useless Facts
“1 Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person. 2 Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels. 3 The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan 4 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.”
Daily Show: Alberto “I Do Not Recall” Gonzales
“Jon Stewart put together a highlight reel from Gonzo’s testimony yesterday. My how far his story has evolved since March 13th.”
VIDEO: Jon Stewart Calls Out Bush’s Rhetorical Bull$*
We will fight them in the flowcharts, we will fight them in the spreadsheets! TO VICTORY!
Vermont Senate: Impeach the President
Vermont Senate Adopts Resolution Seeking Impeachment of Bush, Cheney. The non-binding resolution was approved 16-9 without debate all six Republicans in the chamber at the time and three Democrats voted against it.
(Pic) I have nothing to hide…except the TRUTH
A protestor holds up a sign prior to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
How the US Gov. is going to spend the $1,000,000,000,000 you just gave them
You just paid your taxes. Now find out what you are paying for using this giant interactive map of the US Governments budget for 2008. For instance, did you know we are spending $6 billion on classified stuff in Iraq we cant even know about. But only $5.7 billion on Cancer research and Global Climate change combined.
