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Interesting read. Sorry no time to elaborate. Busy in office. (Stealing time to blog. See how much I love you folks?)

During a large-scale attack on Easter Sunday, Wilson says, he spotted six gunmen on a rooftop about 400 yards away. In about 8 seconds he squeezed off five rounds — hitting five gunmen in the head. The sixth man dived off a 3-story building just as Wilson got him in his sights, and counts as a probable death.

“You could tell he didn’t know where it was coming from. He just wanted to get away,” Wilson said. Later that day, he said, he killed another insurgent.

Linky.

Gary :: Jul.31.2006 :: 1337, Good readin' :: No Comments »

Someone found out that the Dell Optiplex GX520 can be sent into digital stasis by placing a mobile phone close to the unit, then sending an sms to it.

Freaky.

(Via digg.)

Hurhur… this reminds me of Gavin’s WiFi which goes screwy when whenever his microwave oven is switched on.

Gary :: Jul.31.2006 :: 1337, Tech, WTF, w00t! :: No Comments »

So here’s the deal. You leave a message which could be read by anyone, anywhere (no telling who), and when you submit, it get the message left for you by the previous person. It’s like playing Message In A Bottle with an infinite number of people… ok the analogy sucked, but you get it.

It’s quite fun… for a while.

Linky.

Gary :: Jul.30.2006 :: General :: No Comments »

Here’s an amazing gallery of vector illustrations.

Gary :: Jul.30.2006 :: A thousand words, 1337, Tech, w00t!, CG :: 1 Comment »

This kid is only 2 years old.

Gary :: Jul.29.2006 :: Entertainment, 1337, WTF, w00t! :: No Comments »

More goodies from bash.org.

<asiftosay> my friend kolby decided to play a joke on his mom, so he went into her room at night when she was sleeping. he wore a ski mask and had a fake gun.
<banquet> omg
<asiftosay> and he starts yelling shit with the fake gun drawn, and she wakes up all scared and stuff…so she goes “don’t kill me. i’ll fuck you all you want if you let me live.”
they avoided each other for days.

<zexis> hmmm you think this statistic is real?
<zexis> every 2 minutes a woman is raped in Ohio
<hal> why doesn’t she just move?
<zexis> ?

<david_0mega> google maps has taught me many things
<junkntrunk> such as?
<david_0mega> that my neighbor has a pool for one thing

Geekie: This chick was yelling at me when I was eating chicken nuggets at mcdonalds today.
Geekie: Like ‘DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO TO THOSE ANIMAAAAAALS?!?’
Geekie: and this guy behind me goes ‘Shut the fuck up, I’m trying to eat my puppy-burger.
Ashleh: What did she do?
Geekie: she stfu. and cried.

<c @^^31> you say tomato, I say tomato
<c @^^31> doesn’t really work when typing

<Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me

Gary :: Jul.27.2006 :: Funny, Good readin' :: No Comments »

Who knew that one could get on the Wrong Side of the Law (US law, anyway… I was unable to uncover anything about this on the AVA’s website) with illicit cheese?

Read all about this guy’s short quest for Brie de Meaux: Crafty wholesalers, blackmarkets, shady deals and discreet whispering - the article’s got them all.

Those with the right connections get invited to illegal-cheese parties, like one recently thrown by a San Francisco lawyer who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity. He tells me he smuggled a wheel of époisses on his way back from vacationing in Vienna. He wrapped the cheese tightly in plastic, buried it in his checked luggage, and invited his 20 most important friends over for an illicit-cheese party. “People looked at me a little differently after that,” he says. “There was more respect—a little bit of a ‘He’s not just a lawyer, he’s a wild cheese smuggler’ type of thing.”

Linky.

Gary :: Jul.27.2006 :: Good readin' :: No Comments »

Some insane guy modded his Logitech G5 laser gaming mouse to include an LCD screen culled from a Nokia 6610…

See how he did it.

Gary :: Jul.27.2006 :: 1337, Tech, WTF :: 3 Comments »

You will click on that photo because your brain cannot come to terms with a 500m-deep, 1.25km-wide hole, and you want to find out more.

Gary :: Jul.26.2006 :: A thousand words, WTF :: 2 Comments »

You know them: Flickr, del.icio.us, digg, gliffy, YouTube, etc… So-called “Web 2.0″ sites, which harness the power of the masses to offer up everything from online productivity apps to photo albums..?

Someone was dreamy enough to wonder: what if famous logos were redone in the distinct 2D-with-colour-gradient style that for some reason seems very popular in the Web 2.0 world? Well, the folks over at yayhooray seem to have the answer. The submission thread currently stands at 22 pages long, and contains dozens of “what-if” entries, including some I particularly like (especially the Nike one!). If you have time to spare, I’d recommend that you have a look-see too…

Linky.

Alex! Sounds like fun for you and your mad Flash skillz.

UPDATE: Some of the logos can be found on flickr.

Gary :: Jul.26.2006 :: A thousand words, 1337, Tech, CG :: No Comments »