Newshutch is a web based newsreader by Doug McInnes and me. If you've never heard of a newsreader, it's a simple and free tool that compiles updates from your favorite websites. You can make it get mainstream sites like CNN and ESPN as well as your friends Myspace blogs and Livejournals, so instead of opening each of these sites in the blind hope ( Read more... )

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Tommy my cat hwarfed up a couple of vomit balls a few minutes ago. Before I could clean it up, my evil cat Leela ate it all ( Read more... )

What if Microsoft designed the iPod packaging?

Contrasts in presentation style: Gates vs. Jobs

21 minute montage of all 108 Charles Bronson kills from the 5 Death Wish movies: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6651916009965516351

I was out at Pt. Mugu on Saturday and took a bunch of pictures of tidepools, anemones, and mussels.


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There was a thread the other day at Hit and Run about the fact that search/arrest warrants are now often being served "home-invasion style" by SWAT teams rather than by detectives with normal backup. People are being shot to death by adrenaline junkie cops who burst into their homes in the middle of the night. Sometimes the cops get the wrong ( Read more... )

If you want to keep plain text documents strongly encrypted but easy to access like normal text files, give Steganos Locknote a try. I use it to keep my credit card info, serial numbers, and website passwords handy. It's free, but Windows only.

If you find this kind of thing useful (free software, personal data backup methods), check out

This year I'm getting my financial house in order. I wasn't in trouble, no credit card balances or anything, but I wasn't really setting concrete goals or planning anything.

If you're in the same boat, here are some resources:

How to get started with a Budget. The name of the site is "I will teach you to be rich", but it's not some asian dude ( Read more... )