March 2006

The Hummer DTV Game can be hacked into a full-fledged Commodore 64 computer.

"The truth is that you probably can take the average email inbox — even a relatively neglected one — from full to zero in about 20 minutes… The dirty little secret, of course, is that you don’t do it by responding to each of those emails but by ruthlessly processing them."

The Polish science fiction author Stanislaw Lem has died at the age of 84. My good friend Buddy Don recommended Lem's The Futurological Congress to me some time back, but I never made the time to read it. I think I ought to do that now.

You're gonna say "ewwwwWWWWW!' when you read it, but I've tried the method outlined in How to Nuke Your Seasonal Allergies, and it actually works.

Two great articles on time management have appeared recently: There’s No Time! and How to Have a 36 Hour Day. Recommended.

Newsforge brings us an overview of the world of open-source games.

Boing Boing points us to a new map of the Internet in North America [1.1 MB PDF], detailing over 130,000 access points. Extra crunchy cool.

Got a scratched CD? With the right materials and technique, you might be able to re-surface it so it works again.

Adam Pash shows us how to Become a Gmail master. "Today I’ve got a rundown of the methods and add-ons I use to make Gmail more powerful. By the time you’re done with this article you’ll be a bona fide Gmail power user, too."

Babble bills itself as "the ultimate online word game". It plays very similarly to the classic word game Boggle, though the scoring is a bit different. One puzzle a day is posted, and you compete against all other Babble players for high score.

At CheapCooking.com, Ellen Ferlazzo offers advice, tips, and actual recipes to those who want or need to dine on a budget.

For many people, open source software is most often associated with Linux… but The OSSwin project shows that there's a healthy and growing collection of open source software available for Windows, as well.

"Uncommon Business is a blog about people who make money online selling unusual, strange and sometimes bizarre things or provide curious services."

Fold is the beta version of a very slick looking, customizable web-based desktop. Create and position on-screen subwindows for web pages, RSS feeds, Flash applications, and more.

Strap the GlobalPetFinder on your pooch, and you'll never have to worry about where she is. And when you find her, brush her well and make yourself a nice sweater out of chiengora—better known as dog hair.