1,683 Guitarists Play ‘Smoke on Water’
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Can you imagine 1683 guitarist played "smoke on water"? It has to be a new world record.
I though "smoke on water" is banned in most guitar stores. No?
Archive for the ‘Newsvine’ Category
Cellphone interference (with aircraft electronics)
Friday, June 9th, 2006
Whenever I am boarding a plane, the flight attendance usually warn us to turn our cellphones off. It is said that the cellphone can create an inteference with aircraft (navigation and communication) system. Is it true?
A lawyer with a guilty conscience?
Thursday, June 8th, 2006
Lawrence Lessig is one of my heroes. He's one of the few lawyers who understand open source, technology and, ofcourse, its legal aspect. This article sheds a little about his fight.
UNIX is Music
Thursday, June 8th, 2006
Everybody knows that UNIX is an operating system. But, this is "UNIX: The House of Music." hah!
Slashdot | Microsoft Bypasses HOSTS File
Sunday, April 16th, 2006
Apparently, Microsoft software, such as its anti-malware tools, does not look at HOSTS file. This is done so that malware cannot redirect windows update to fake sites, for example. But many people thought that this is the wrong approach (and useless).
Newsvine - Academic Studies Starbucks Cultural Impact
Sunday, April 16th, 2006
Interesting research on Starbucks
Dumb and dumber? College students lack literacy for complex tasks
Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Lack of literacy for complex tasks. I think this is a world-wide problem or trend. In the class I taught last year, 2nd year programming class, I found the average skill is degrading compared to the previous years.
Recognizing face, the riya-way
Friday, January 13th, 2006
I read a posting a while ago about this company, Riya, that specialize in face recognition (especially for photos, what else?). Reading through various blogs related to the company, it was interesting.
Google Minis
Friday, January 13th, 2006
This is an old seed/news, but still interesting. I am thinking of using Google Mini to search the entire network for leaked documents. (My interest is always in security.) Is there an add-ons to analyze the result of Google Mini (or Google Desktop for that matter)? Hmm...
The most expensive coffee: Kopi Luwak
Monday, January 9th, 2006
I am going to give this Kopi Luwak a try. But for $175/pound? It's too expensive. I have to find a local store here in Indonesia.