Lazy me. Here is about a month's worth of links.

From: 22-Mar-07

• Intel touts ultramobile chip for UMPCs
  Looks like the concept is getting some serious buy-in from big players in the industry -- maybe it will stay around long enough for the price to come down to something I can afford.

• Intel still on track for ultra mobile notebook chip
  ditto.

• Yahoo speeds Widgets with version 4
  I currently use Kapsules for my widgets, but it has stagnated since a malicious attack took down the web site (it has not since returned). I may have to take another look at Konfabulator--er, Yahoo Widgets.

• Judge's decision leaves RIAA with lose-lose situation in Elektra v. Santangelo
  Finally.

• Raytheon claims world's first "polymorphic" computer
  As long as your name isn't Sarah Connor, you won't be seeing this for a long time.

• Photo reveals Star Trek-like Human-posing Extraterrestrials who visited U.S. capital in 1957
  via: Fark
  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHaHaHahahahaha-ha-ha,ha,ha, ha ... ha wait, this article is serious ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

• gcc 4.1.2
  via: Freshmeat
  The venerable (almost mythical) ultimate compiler continues to be developed.

• Treasure Tables RPG Glossary
  It is a glossary for Roleplaying Gamemasters(GMs), by GMs

From: 27-Mar-07

• Actual Headline: "Marion Police Investigate Suspected Meth Bust"
  Is it a meth bust or isn't it?

• Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day?
  lots of history packed into a 2-page article.

• Online static
  Internet radio is useful, convenient, and not limited to the crappy bands that the music industry creates by formula -- so, of course, they have to destroy iy.

From: 29-Mar-07

• The Seven Essential "Stations" Every Home Should Have
  I don't necessarily agree with all of these, but a couple of them could be useful.

• What the #@#%$ is a UMPC? Orig-ins & outs…
  Good information from inside the Origami/UMPC development team. I will keep an eye on this one.

From: 30-Mar-07

• The Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams
  I just discovered this, and I couldn't be happier about it. "...we are moist robots." lol! I do want to point out a couple of specific recent posts:

  • The Happiness Formula
  • and the wiki for it
  • Today I Will Improve Your Sex Life

• Listen to a TV show or movie at work
  via: LifeHack
  I'm listening to Airplane! at work heh. You cannot see the visual jokes, though. It may be better for movies you have seen before, so that you can imagine/remember the parts you cannot see.

From: 02-Apr-07

• Jackson Flying With Powerpuffs?
  Mr. McCracken, please put a stop to this. Think of the children. Please?

• DejaVu fonts v2.16
  via: Freshmeat
  Unencumbered fonts are a good thing. Too many of them are weighed-down with copyrights (and too expensive, too)

• Modus Operandi is the unofficial source for Espionage and Law Enforcement roleplaying games (RPGs) on the internet since 1999.
  via: Gaming Report

From: 03-Apr-07

• Study finds stable personalities unaffected by violent games
  And this surprises whom? But I guess some people need to see it in writing from an intellectually respectable source.

• The Daylight Saving change: no savings, no point
  Hmm...

• Your Guide to Online TV Guides: 10 Services Compared
  Ten quick and easy ways to see that nothing good is on.

• How-to: A tutorial on using GIMP to create Glossy Shiny Buttons
  The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a free/open source Photoshop-alike.

• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 2.0.0.3 Released
  Just keeping those of you with your own portable apps collections up-to-date.

• Patch Notes: April 3rd Training Room I9 Open!
  via: City of Heroes Warcry
  

• Mantid's Animated Emote Guide
  NtS: implement these emotes for StGrimblefig --> clipboard(i9), drumlow, fishing(i9), floatbooks(i9), holdtorch, knuckles, research, invent.
  NtS: implement these emotes for Lectroid --> Flypose1, Flypose2, Flypose3, Flypose4
  NtS: implement these emotes for Sir Grimm -->
  (NtS = Note to Self)

From: 04-Apr-07

• Your Brain On Code:What Makes You Able To Program
  via: DevZone
  Interesting premise.

From: 05-Apr-07

• How to Use English Punctuation Correctly
  Too many people on the internet need to know this. Too many of them will not listen.

• XML Copy Editor v1.0.9.3
  

• Star Trek: New Voyages
  Interesting that Paramount hasn't killed this yet.

• Top 10 Church & Religious Websites
  He seems surprised that churches have technically-oriented people, too.

From: 09-Apr-07

• Study notes decline in male births in the US and Japan
  via: digg
  Suddenly, I feel more . . . desireable? This is an alien feeling to me.

From: 10-Apr-07

• AVG Anti-Rootkit Free
  AVG Antivirus is a good, free virus scanner, so I am confident that this is a good thing.

• P2P downloads at warp speed?
  So THIS is why Purdue didn't cooperate with the RIAA extortion program -- they have been working on a way to download music faster.

From: 11-Apr-07

• Dog Catches Car - Update
  Who'da thunk the creator if Dilbert would have an accurate and well-thought out opinion about the middle east situation? Contrast this with yesterday's "we don't have free will" declaration.

• Texas Instruments finally gets fresh, unveils TI-Nspire calculators
  looks much cooler than the one I used in high school/college -- but the price ... ouch!

• Samsung Q1 Ultra - Availability & Pricing
  Still looking nice. Still too expensive for me.

• Jackie Chan and Jet Li Team Up to Star in Forbidden Kingdom
  You had me at "Jackie Chan and Jet Li ."

• Mastering JSON ( JavaScript Object Notation )
  Seems to be mostly focused on browser scripting. We'll see how useful it can be for other javascript applications (like widgets).

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