This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an unmistakable message from God. I hope everyone is listening.

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I wonder if Charlie Murphy will perform the eulogy.

I was Rick James Bitch!

] When Meng's dad, a radio frequency engineer, looked at
] the test-run data he said, "Oh my God. They might have a
] chance at this. They might actually have to go to Las
] Vegas."
]
] Not without Justin's father, however. Greg Rigling drove
] them across the country in a van, with the 10-foot
] satellite dish strapped to a trailer. Then he spent two
] days driving around Nevada's mountains helping them get a
] signal.

The wifi shootout concept is kind of silly. The guy who can buy the best antenna wins, and you've got a bunch of people running around with antennas that they constructed without reading anything about antennas. It ought to be obvious that parabolic dishes are the right answer.

However, the fact that these teenagers managed to get an unamplified consumer wireless card communicating across 55 miles of desert with old C-band dishes is cool in a DIY kind of way. It means that anyone with line of sight can build a long distance wireless backbone, and cheap.

Wired News: Wi-Fi Shootout in the Desert

] A German startup company has developed a possible
] alternative to short-range communications technologies
] such as RFID, Bluetooth and Near Field Communications
] (NFC). In contrast to those processes, the company's
] Skinplex technology uses human skin as a transmission
] medium.

EE Times -Startup launches commercial Body-lan

I was just the co-host of Binary Revolution Radio, a weekely hacking show done out of FL, hosted by StankDawg (www.binrev.com).

A cool show where we talked about lots of topics, including Stripe Snoop.

The show notes should be posted here (http://www.binrev.com/radio/archive.html) here soon.

Acidus on Binrev radio [MP3]

I love the Beastie Boys but I hope this is not true and/or they didn't know about it. Basically the story relates that the new BB's CD and some rumored copy protection that is really is more like malware. "Check, check, check it out!"

Say it Ain't So Boys

For the dweeb with a self-destructive, DIY mentality. If you like Mythbusters, you will like this.

Building a Balancing Scooter

Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning.

Library of Alexandria discovered

All he has to do is stand on his record

If you don't already have reason to vote for anyone other than the incumbent, including any household appliance that might suddenly gain sentience and make a bid for the US presidency, this might help you out.

Anyone but Bush

It’s amazing to me how the press and establishment make these folks out to be so elite yet they keep getting busted. This guy might have had a long run but went back to the well too many times.

It will be interesting to see how many people try to cash in on the reward. It will also be interesting to see if Microsoft spends more money on bounties and marketing as opposed to actually building security into their products.

Let's See Who Collects