Archive for May, 2009

RadarSync

Posted by thak in microsoft, technical, tools, windows on May 31, 2009

Download Junkies, Update Your System With RadarSync.  This is a pretty sweet little update tool.  Finds your outdated drivers and applications, and it even works on Windows 7.  Which is good for me right now, since I’ve switched my main gaming rig over to W7 this weekend…

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Google Wave

Posted by thak in freaky, google, hack, tools, web on May 31, 2009

Google Wave: Five Points You Need to Know – AppScout.  Holy cow.  This sounds completely awesome.

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The Great Ethanol Scam

Posted by thak in business, economics, freaky, government, green, philosophical on May 27, 2009

The Great Ethanol Scam – BusinessWeek.  Hmm.  Very interesting.

Another example of the law of unintended consequences rearing its ugly head…

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Mozilla’s new Jetpack

Posted by thak in code, freaky, hack, open source, technical, tools on May 26, 2009

How to: add features to Firefox with Mozilla’s new Jetpack – Ars Technica.  This is some seriously cool stuff.  The ability to quickly and easily write web code that modifies the browser?

Sweet.

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Medical Misunderstanding

Posted by thak in business, economics, freaky, government, health, philosophical, politics on May 22, 2009

Foundation for Economic Education » Medical Misunderstanding.  Amen.  Couldn’t agree more.

Just follow the money.  It’s the collusion of big business with the government that’s causing the problem–not “free market competition”.

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10 Products that Massively Failed

Posted by thak in freaky on May 20, 2009

MaximumPC | Top Tech Blunders: 10 Products that Massively Failed.  The sad thing is that I owned…uh…let’s just say “a majority” of these products over the years.

Wow.

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Automatic message translation

Posted by thak in freaky, google, tools, web on May 20, 2009

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Automatic message translation.  This is some seriously cool stuff.

(Granted, it’s probably nothing more than automatically running the emails through babelfish, but still…)

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Mixed Feelings

Posted by thak in freaky, hack on May 19, 2009

Wired 15.04: Mixed Feelings. Hacking the body to add new senses?

Sounds pretty stinking awesome to me!

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Flaw in the ointment

Posted by thak in business, economics, freaky, government, philosophical, politics on May 18, 2009

WorldNetDaily | Flaw in the ointment.  Another sobering look at just how effective we can expect this “bailout” to be.

We’re in for a world of hurt.

Get ready.

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DriverBackup

Posted by thak in microsoft, technical, tools, windows on May 14, 2009

DriverBackup: easily backup & restore your system drivers | freewaregenius.com.  This looks like a very useful tool–especially if you ever have to re-install.  Whether due to malware or just the standard Windows build-up of detritus…

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