links for 2007-04-06
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Designing for Hackability at Like It Matters
“You want attention? Make it simple for people to give you attention and to retell your story. Designing for hackability means giving people the things they need to retell your story in their own terms.”
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Electronics tutorial – sections 1- 5 & contents
Yeah! Resistors and Capacitors and Diodes, Oh My!
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Nazis, UFOs and Nukes in Antarctica
Man, I need to get more creative when I ask for funding. Dig this acedemically published paper: “he Nazis, some believe, established a secret base in Antarctica to which they spirited Hitler at the war’s end, fought off British special forces and an Ameri
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I say tough turkey. Kids don’t like to eat vegetables or clean their rooms, but both of those are essential to becoming well developed adults.
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Wonder if it’ll be the cool girl robot from T3 or the creepy guy from T2
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My rule of thumb has always been that PPT shouldn’t include any words you’re actually going to say during a presentation. Otherwise, why bother with the monkey up there? If you’re going to send the PPT as a stand alone document, use the commentary pane. B
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Hey, free stuff! Seriously, if you haven’t actually shelled out the pound of flesh for Microsoft Office, Open Office really is useable in Windows and Linux. Mac – not so much; the official port uses X11, which is all sorts of a hack. There’s NeoOffice fo
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New attack cracks WEP in record time
WiFi rocks. ‘Cept you might need a new router:
“The news here is not that WEP isn’t especially secure—that fact is already well-known. What is important to note is the speed with which someone with a Centrino laptop and the proper tools can compromise -
Slashdot | FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane
thank god. Seriously, the thoughts that this might get approved gave me the heebiejeebies. Imagine – someone else’s anklebiter kicking you in the back, while the numbskull in the business suit in the aisle seat trys to get a tee-time at teh destination, a
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Hackszine.com: $15 sneaker – culture hacking
Hey, I need me some new hoops shoes! Wonder how they work for tennis?
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11 Big Money Strategies – lifehack.org
I love this, even if it is completely and totally cynical.
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How to take papers on a bike – lifehack.org
Cool and useful, and so simple it never would have occurred to me in a million years
