Find Your Friends on Digg

Open letter to Kevin Rose:

Digg.com is lacking a feature: A way to identify and contact potential friends. The ideal would be a system that compare what you digg and find somone who likes the same stories. What do you think Kevin? Can you make it happen? :)

/Al.x

Euclid Discoveries Compression Rates 460% better than MPEG-4

Euclid Discoveries has announced they have the technology to reach video compression rates at 460% over MPEG-4, with the hardware & software available now. With this they can reduce a 23mb 30fps video down to 1519bytes. Awesome!

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Hooked on drugs?

Testicles yield 'ethical' stem cells

Men's testicles may provide an 'ethical' source of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), suggest new experiments in mice.

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Subvocal speech recognition

NASA researchers can hear what you're saying, even when you don't make a sound. This is done by recording the weak electrical currents from your brain to the speech muscles. Very interesting new technology.

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Ben Stiller's lost 1999 Pilot for

From the YouTube description:
"The 30 minute pilot is about an astronaut (played by Jack Black) with a medical secret who is on the run from the evil Ron Silver and the rest of NASA, with the help of a talking motorcycle called Heat Vision (voiced by Owen Wilson)."

Great stuff!

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First Steps Toward Artificial Gravity

Have scientists been able to artificially generate a gravitational field? Researchers at the European Space Agency believe so. The effect is very small, so don't expect to see it used in spacecraft any time soon. But the effect is still many times larger than the predictions of Einstein's theories.

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Farce of the Penguins narrated by Samuel B.M.F. Jackson

The story of one bird's search for love while on a 70-mile trek with hedonistic buddies obsessed with getting laid. Jackson has the commanding oration of "March" narrator Morgan Freeman, but his play-by-play is in keeping with the pic's R-rated territory.

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How To: Re-Surfacing CDs So They Work Again

With a few things that might be in your house, here is a simple way to remove scratches from a cd so you can get your data back off the disc again.

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Japanska poliser vs. Darth Vader

Amanda utforskar världen

Download videos from Youtube, Google Video and iFilm directly !

A really simple website to download all the videos from Youtube, Google Video and iFilm DIRECTLY to your computer. Just type in the video's URL and go! You don't even need any Firefox add-on or follow complicated manual steps. It also explains the easiest way to convert .flv files to other formats with CinemaForge.

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The South Park Scientology Episode

According to MSNBC, it looks like Tom Cruise threatened to stop promoting the upcoming "Mission Impossible III" film unless they pulled a South Park episode from television that was supposed to air that made fun of Scientology. So basically Cruise is taking the movie hostage unless he gets his way. The studio (which also owns the comedy network) has apparently submitted to the almighty demands of Cruise and pulled the show.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park) said:

"So, Scientology, you have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for Earth has just begun. Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!"

Well, here's that show on YouTube! :)



See also: the Movie Blog, Wikipedia: Scientology, Reuters

How to create OSX Style Backgrounds

Do you know the wavey line backgrounds on the OSX desktop?
I always thought they where done by a 3d program, turns out they aren't that tough!

Here is the tutorial on how to do it!

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Male frogs can talk to each other at frequencies female frogs can't hear

Imagine if human men could talk exclusively to each other like that. It would certainly make it easier to cheat at cards… ;)

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Play hundreds of classic Commodore 64 games online

Commando, Giana Sisters, Bubble Bobble, Boulder Dash and most of the other classic C64 titles playable directly in the browser without download. Gotta digg this!

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The Ultimate Home Theater (pics)

This is simply amazing! This guy built an "outdoor" cinema in his basement. He calles it REGENCY and it's got a ticket box, a popcorn/candy stand and the looks of Moulin Rouge! (I know it's old, but you gotta see this!)








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Battlefield 2142 Confirmed and Trailer!!

The link is to the Battlefield 2142 trailer, which I kindly uploaded for Digg... There are full details in the May 2006 PC Gamer... It is coming this Fall! Sorry Star Wars fans, no lasers here.

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Wikipedia wallpapers

Here is another reason to raise the "I love Open Source" placard higher.

Check out these GFDL wallpapers on Wikipedia.

Enjoy! ;-)

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Scientists Finally uncover what causes Asthma

Medical experts have been baffled by what causes asthma. Most of them favor the idea that it stems from "helper" cells that have gone awry. But researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) have come up with convincing evidence that the answer lies in a special type of natural "killer" cell.

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SUPER Video Converter (Convert Any Video File To Any Other Format You Want)

SUPER, Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
"If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need."

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Behind Casino Royale

Behind the scenes and interviews with the cast. Eva Green is about to get naked; it seems the new 007 flick's got something for everyone. And did I see some Parkour in there? :)

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Thailand Tsunami: Then and Now Photos

Photos of Thailand right after the tsunami, and from the same angle now. Rather inspiring.

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Is Personal Cloaking Technology Finally Possible?

Visual stealth tech or invisibility, has been one of the holy grails of U.S. military technology R&D programs for quite some time.

Advanced American Enterprises (AAE) claims to have achieved tactical invisibility. It's called the Stealth Technology System (STS), and AAE claims that the technology really works and is ready for prime time.

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Video Released of the Recently Discovered "White Furry or Yeti Crab"

Not satisfied with the photo; well here's the just released video of it the Crab, Live, in its Habitat

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King Kong outtakes

Indiana Jones 4 script approved and the Star Wars TV show is a go!

George Lucas has approved an "Indiana Jones IV script and returned it to Spielberg for more polishing. And the Star Wars TV show is a go: "we've got some incredible writers. It's going to be much darker, much more character-based, and I think it's going to be everything the fans always wanted the prequels to be."

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Pixar RenderMan Open Source Replacement.

An open source version of the several thousand dollar Rendering Machine from Pixar. Sweet.

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Two brothers create a world first instant on line website editor.

Two Australian brothers have built a web site that will allow users to edit any web site in the world instantly.

Other website editors allow users to edit segments of their website and these systems need to be installed by professionals.

editables.com is truely INSTANT

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Samsung puts a flash hard drive in a laptop

No more spinning and whirring with magnetic tape. Samsung has put a 32 gig flash hard drive in a laptop.

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Media Player Classic 6.4.8.9 Released

The popular swiss army knife of Windows Video players has had it's first release in almost 6 months. Files are available in both 7z and Zip compressed versions this time. Download away!

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Can't download that video? Now you can.

Thanks to this simple web tool which allows you to save video files from 40 sites to your computer.

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New James Bond movie: no Q, no Moneypenny, fewer gadgets, and no CGI.

How are they gonna sell this one?

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Photos of the "Alien Cells" Found in Red Rain

The academic paper about the red rain phenomenon has several pictures of the cells. I have cut-n-pasted the photos from the PDF and put them up for easy viewing. Pretty amazing pictures!

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How to peel a potato in one step

These japanese people are astonishing :p first they teach us how to fold a t-shirt and now how to peel a potato :p

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Next Gen Contact Lenses During Night Only

The concept of OrthoKeratology dates back to ancient China where it was discovered that sleeping with small bags of sand on your eyes improved your vision the following day.

OrthoKeratology (Ortho-K) is a non-surgical process which reshapes (flattens) the cornea of the eye using custom made contact lenses during the night to reduce refractive errors (nearsightedness and astigmatism). The patient would take the lenses out in the morning and they are able to see the rest of the day without any glasses or contact lenses.

Accelerated Ortho-K uses reverse geometry contact lenses. Flattening the cornea reduces the focusing power of the eye. If the amount of corneal flattening is accurately controlled, it is possible to bring the eye into correct focus and compensate for myopia (nearsightedness). After the contact lens is removed, the cornea retains its flattened shape for part or all of the remainder of the day. A retainer lens must be used each night to maintain the corneal flattening, or the myopia will revert to the pre-treatment level. Ortho-K is also successful for some degrees of farsightness by steepening the central cornea.

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How a child works through Photoshop

How a child uses photoshop as her personal coloring book.

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Hyperdrive Research Warps into Reality

Take one part high-frequency gravitational wave generation, then add in a quantum vacuum field.

Now whip wildly via a gravitomagnetic force in a rotating superconductor while standing by for Alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional space-time.

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Star Wars TV Update

Lucas wants shows to have wide appeal. Thanks to shows like Battlestar Galactica and Lost, sci-fi and speculative themes are really getting noticed.

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The Most Lifelike Text-to-Speech Applet I have ever heard!

Type in your text and hear it spoken. Very clear and "normal" sounding. Clear the "oddjack" cookie after three entries to do more.

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Extremely talented Parrot (video)

Einstein The Parrot and his trainer have an extended conversation, including several animal impersonations.

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Ninja Hare Attacks Dogsled

A large and unusually bold hare was apparently so irritated when a dogsled team entered its territory that it went on the attack, in an otherwise peaceful forested area of northern Norway.

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Right On Time!

07.03.2006 16:07 "Nu är han äntligen här - vår lillebror. En oförskämt fräsch och tapper mor har han med... Tisdag 7 mars ca11.55 föddes han 50,5cm lång och 3860g tung(?) på Varbergs Sjukhus.

/Lyckliga familjen Wallner"

Morbror igen!

[ 12.34, Varberg ] Joel har blivit morbror igen. Det stod klart kl.12.28 på tisdagen när systern hörde av sig och meddelade att släkten nu har ytterligare en välskapt gosse att räkna till de sina. "Det var en pers," säger Joel och fortsätter "jag har ju svävat i ovisshet sedan sent i går kväll, men nu kan jag äntligen slappna av". På frågan om hur han tänker fira svarar han att "Jag ska nog unna mig ett avsnitt av Battlestar Galactica ikväll tillsammans med frugan och lite glass." Vi tackar Joel för denna något krystade intervju och önskar honom lycka till med den nya systersonen.

Scientists discover a new "assassin" immune cell that fights cancer

A mouse immune cell that plays dual roles as both assassin and messenger, normally the job of two separate cells, has been discovered by an international team of researchers.

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The Movie Blog Audio Edition March 1st 2006

Audio Edition - Superman.mp3

5 video clips with Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith talks about Superman


Kevin Smith talks about Tim Burton


Kevin Smith talks about Dogma


Kevin Smith talks about working with Prince (Part 1)


Kevin Smith talks about working with Prince (Part 2)

Finns tur?

iTunes Agent 1.0!

iTune your non-iPod player! iTunes Agent enables you to use mass storage MP3 player with iTunes, "just" like an iPod. Any device showing up as a "removable drive" on your computer can be configured to be synchronized with iTunes.

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Red rain in India may contain alien biology

Red rain fell for two months over Kerala, India in 2001. Scientists analyzing samples now feel it may contain extraterrestrial material from a passing comet. (The controversial finding was discussed on the New Scientist podcast, but I posted this article because NS requires a subscription to read their version.)

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It's Official: "File sharing is not theft. It has never been theft." - BBC

The BBC has clarified one of its scaremongering 'filsharing = paedophilia' industry shill pieces with a complete 180 reversal and the declaration that filesharing is not theft.

The snowflakes are settling in Hell right now.

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Giant squid grabs London audience

One of the biggest and most complete giant squids ever found is on display at London's Natural History Museum.

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Wikipedia Reaches 1,000,000 Articles

WIkipedia, the widely successful on-line encyclopedia, has crossed the 1,000,000 article mark.

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German Coast Guard

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The swedish actor Peter Stormare unpimps cars in this campaign for german Volkswagen.

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Cat found to have bird flu

The first non-human mammal recorded that has contracted this disease

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New Half Life 2: Episode One screenshots!

Here are some of IGN's new screens for Half Life 2 : Episode One - originally titled Half Life 2 : Aftermath.

Enjoy.

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Impressive looking HL2 mod finally gets release date

Full blown real time strategy and first person hybrid built for Half Life 2's Source engine to come out very soon. Some amazing stuff they've put in there. Release date is on the videos.

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