Make a solar generator for less then $300

http://www.rain.org/%7Ephilfear/how2solar.html

Would be interesting to make one, and then go on some camping trip and bring all my gaming stuff. Hey thats roughing it for me. :)

Updated Comedy Page

I deleted some old media files that I thought weren't that funny, and added a new one.

http://www.cs.sunyit.edu/~andrusw/pic/comedy/50sfilm.wmv

It's a 50's like film talking about how to talk trash to other online halo players.

"Gamers Turn Cities Into a Battleground"

New Scientist (06/11/05) Vol. 186, No. 2503, P. 26; Graham-Rowe, Duncan

Popular culture's reality craze has penetrated the virtual gaming world, as around the globe major urban centers are witnessing a surge in the popularity of virtual games where players compete for real territory with the aid of portable electronic devices. Using any handheld device with a GPS receiver, such as a cell phone or PDA, gamers competing against one another can follow their opponents' movements or search for treasure hidden in remote locations. Intel technology ethnographer Michele Chang says, "The limitations of physical space makes playing the game exciting." Advances in the technology and the pervasiveness of the cell phone have especially contributed to this trend of virtual, interactive gaming, as "geocaching" technology makes it possible for GPS coordinates to appear on one's phone set against a map of the city. Where turf in a city is divided among players, wandering into foreign territory may mean a fight executed over text messages. Some games are driven by gaps in the technology, or places where GPS devices are inaccurate, such as in the shadows of tall buildings, where the object of the game becomes using these areas to avoid detection. Given the interactive nature of these games that are being played in a real and public setting, safety concerns arise for both players and pedestrians, as the rules of the game can bring strangers together face to face. Game designers will need to find ways to protect the safety of users and the public and prevent "cyber-stalking."

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7498

This sounds cool, i would think about getting a gps for this only reason. Ha

Past few days....

Ok, so about 2 weeks ago, so guy in a moving van hits our telephone wire and cable wire. The telephone wire was quickly fixed since we have two lines coming to our house. They just decided to use the second line as the main line. The cable guy came by and started wining about how he wouldn't be able to hook the cable up. So my dad goes out and gets Direct TV (4 room deal).

So, I went out and bought a hdtv from best buy. It's a cheap tv from Advent, normally it would cost about $379.99 at other stores like circuit city, etc... I got it for $269. Here is how: First it was an already open item, which lowered the price to about $279.99. I also found on the Bestbuy's website: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&cmp=&id=pcmcat59100050011 that takes off an additional 15% of already open TV's. So after tax and CA's manditory $8 recycle fee, I end up paying for a cheap 27" Progressive Scan HDTV very cheaply. :)

AC for $30 or less

http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca.nyud.net:8090/~gmilburn/ac/

I wish I knew this when i went to school at SUNYIT. Where they have air conditioning, but the student's can use it. What bullshit!!!

Could you get into MIT back in 1876?

Take the math portion of the quizes:
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/exam-entrance1876/

It's pretty easy, but Math is one of my favorite subjects. :)

"Fields of Learning Theory, Machine Learning Grow Together at University"

The University of Chicago recently played host to workshops on learning theory and machine learning, two disciplines that are increasingly intermixing, according to Toyota Technological Institute (TTI)-Chicago professor John Langford. The learning theory workshops involved the sharing of ideas between mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists on the mathematical properties of evolutionary processes, and one workshop emphasized the evolution of language. Computer science professor Partha Niyogi says language evolution illustrates the transmission of knowledge through learning instead of inheritance. "You actually have to learn [your parents'] language not just from data provided by them, but also data provided by many other language users in the community in which you are immersed," he explains. The learning theory workshops were organized under a $2.2 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to Niyogi and TTI-Chicago professor Stephen Smale. The two-week-long Machine Learning Summer School involved the participation of around 100 students and represented a collaborative initiative between TTI-Chicago and the university's computer science department. The field of machine learning focuses on teaching a computer to learn from experience to carry out tasks that people can perform, but at substantially less cost. Niyogi says learning theory and machine learning have many mathematical foundations in common, and both the Machine Learning Summer School and the learning theory workshops represent the culmination of the three-month Program in Learning Theory and Related Areas organized by the university's computer science department and TTI-Chicago.

-University of Chicago Chronicle (06/09/05) Vol. 24, No. 18; Koppes, Steve

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050609/machinelearning.shtml

Support the Freedom to Read Amendment

http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=17226

Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act jeopardizes our civil liberties by severely expanding the scope of materials the FBI can access with a warrant from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court. In short, the FBI can demand bookstores and libraries to hand over all lists of all of their patrons and what books they've purchased or borrowed. It also prevents bookstore owners and librarians from telling patrons they're being watched or searched. Far from being theoretical possibilities, these powers are already being used.

The Freedom to Read Amendment would prohibit the Department of Justice from using any money in its budget to search a library or bookseller using the wide-sweeping powers granted under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. The amendment would restore and protect the privacy and First Amendment rights of library and bookstore patrons which were in place before the USA PATRIOT Act. Passage of this amendment would still allow the FBI to use all constitutionally sanctioned means to obtain warrants and criminal subpoenas to access library and bookstore records pertinent to investigations related to terrorism or criminal acts.

The ultimate gaming experience, nightmare. WTF!!!! is a good statement.

http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/movies/Real_zombies1.wmv

I would be having a heart attack or something if this happen to me. :o

Play a game with music, um ok sure ill give it a try

http://www.rektor.no/

Real Life Counter Strike (Parody)

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=reallifecounterstrike

Just interesting to watch, but it's not funny though. Oh well.

My name in Chinese

William in chinese is written as:

And now back to worshiping Google.

http://gmerge.2ni.net/index.php

Take google map's terraserver and make it your wallpaper.

Google takes over the News in 2014

http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/%7Eepic/ols-mattrobin-flash.swf

An interesting insite into what might become of the future, with Google and Amazon merging into one, and then later becoming what is known as EPIC.

Match Stick Rocket

All you need is:

Paper matches
Aluminum foil
Scissors
Straight pin
Paper clip

http://www.matchstickrockets.com/howto.html#build

A top 100 mens movies list...

http://www.610wip.com/startinglineup/staff/macnow_movies.php

I got three,

and instead of Magnificent Seven try the original Japanese version called Seven Samurai.

Python Challenge

http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/0.html

Solve the clues, and move to the next level. Computer Science knowledge and laziness does help.

Google offering money for summer programming projects

http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html