Googleable unsecured webcams

This link is really more for me than anything else.

more on sleep

It seems I am still an adolescent.

Instant Detox

A drug cocktail taken under anaesthesia is reported to allow opiate addicts to avoid withdrawal sysmptoms. The article is by the same guy who reported on The Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die

Banks scramble as charities take credit-card hit

Well, some pleasant news about Canadian banks for a change: "More than a week after tsunamis devastated South Asia, Canada's major banks scrambled yesterday to reassure the public that they will not profit from record charitable contributions to the relief effort."

Rude awakening to missile-defense dream

So the US already spends 10 times as much every year on a missile defense program that has never, ever, successfully completed a test than it does on all Customs and Border security (go go War on Terror Rah Rah!). Over Christmas, the Russians successfully tested a new kind of ICBM. One that is designed specifically to counteract the failed US program. So even if they do get it working, it will be too late.

My feeling about military technology is that offense is easier than defense and will be for the forseeable future. Two quotes that are relevant:

"The best defense is a good offense"
"The best way to win a battle is to win it before it is ever fought"

Futurismic: Blog

My poor, poor RSS reader.

Wikipedia Anti-elitism

Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wikipedia Anti-elitism." It's an interesting article repsonding to criticism. The core of it is that the people who are criticising it are criticizing it from their own viewpoint and that the criticisms are not universally valid.

Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth

Now that is interesting: "Boosting people's sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation. Yet surprisingly, research shows that such efforts are of little value in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirable behavior."

Firefox Help: Tips & Tricks

Start page-rendering with no delay and enable pipelining.

You do not need to do this in user.js, you can also do it from the about:config screen (just type it in the location bar, no http://). nglayout.initialpaint.delay probably won't be there. Just right-click on any line and choose new|integer|nglayout.initialpaint.delay|0.

Spamalot

Hey Kim. I didn't realize what you were talking about.

You may all now rush out and purchase whatever goods & services are reuqired to allow me to see it in all it's unfettered glory.

David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria. Written by Eric Idle. Yes please.

defective yeti

defective yeti:

"Movie that I got on DVD and didn't watch for weeks because I was scared that it would be awful and ruin my fond childhood memories of it, but was actually was pretty good: Ghostbusters.

Movie I Watched On Dvd That Inspired The Aforementioned Dread By Actually Being Awful And Fond-Memory Ruinous: Tron."

I so walked down that road. Yrch.

Gotta Get My Stuff Done

See, I can't really relate to this.

Fox Searchlab : Farm Sluts

This is funny.

Software Patents Withdrawn from the Agenda of the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries at Poland's Request

Sometimes I am such an idiot. Sorry I didn't link to it last year. On a related note:

"Not The Net" Net Satire Magazine Contents

Good content there. Worth the travel.