LogMeIn Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application.

In other words Hamachi is a program that allows you to arrange multiple computers into their own secure network just as if they were connected by a physical network cable.

VPN that is very simple to use.

Hamachi : Stay Connected : Very Simple VPN

A concise (66 page) introduction to the perl.

Picking Up Perl

This picture is very, very cool. Found by nailhead in the Highland Hills abandoned police station, the image is the mugshot of one "Leroy."

leroy.jpg (JPEG Image, 628x465 pixels)

OAKLAND, California (AP) -- Shortly after Nina Reiser disappeared, police found her blood in her estranged husband's home and car. The passenger seat was missing. The floor was soaked with water. And in the back were two true-crime books about murder.

Hans Reiser was quickly questioned, jailed and charged with murdering his wife.

But prosecutors are going to have to prove it without a body, because they have yet to find her remains.

Damn. Reiser4 is so screwed.

Murder case has plenty of�intrigue -- but no body - CNN.com

Keep entering abandoned buildings long enough in Detroit and sooner or later you will be shot. Trust me, I may be the one that scoops you up off the ground shot.

The police station there has only been closed for about 4 years, the fire station about 2 1/2. A few of our members that work for Detroit Fire Department work side jobs with Highland Park Public Safety. The PSO's have been back on the streets for the past year plus and their stations were moved to more modern facilities as the old facilities were in obvious disrepair and it would have cost way too much to bring up to code.

Not to discourage your explorations, but, you really need to watch where you are walking into within the city limits and in Highland Park. You may very well get shot or stabbed to death and I seriously mean that. I've been working the streets of Detroit for years and at the very least for your own safety, stay out of the neighborhoods at night.....you will get shot! If you don't know the hoods, the safest thing to do is stay away.

You must remember too, that a large portion of Highland Park was wiped clean by a tornado back in the late 90's and that cleared a large section of those neighborhoods out. HP may be very well on it's way to being back on the map as one of the Japanese auto makers are considering moving operations there....stay tuned.

One place you may want to consider exploring as myself and a couple of police officers and fellow medics/firefighters are wanting to check out is the old subway entry points on 2nd near the Detroit border. When Detroit and Highland Park were in their haydays, rail cars and street trollies were king and one of the areas to catch a trolly was underground tunnels located under Highland Park....before the construction of M-8, these railways ran some distance underground.

I hate to sound like a nag, but again, WATCH YOUR BACK!!!!! Folks in these hoods will just as soon shoot you as look at you. Also, you may want to consider blacking out the faces of those autopsy photos.....hate to see someone from the feds get on you over violation of HIPPA laws (Federal laws that protect the identity of patients dead or alive.) It's all good, but be carefull.

This is an EMT's response to an urban explorer who goes into abandoned buildings in Woodland Park, Michigan. Amazing, haunting photos.

Abandoned: Fire Dept, Police Station, and City Hall - Page 9 - UK Urban Exploration Forums

Welcome to Startupping

Startupping is a one-of-a-kind community resource created for Internet entrepreneurs by Internet entrepreneurs. It is a place to share information, ask questions, and tap into the experience of others who have built and are building web businesses. Read blog posts about startup issues, participate in our discussion forums, and view our wiki resources, including sample term sheets and a glossary. For more information about the Startupping site, see our about page.

A new community for startups. Forums, wiki, etc. Interesting. As featured on /. They need more people, so recommend this and get it to the main page. Which is to say: gold star.

Startupping - A Community for Entrepreneurs

Those of you who are hardcore Apple watchers will recall that 10 years ago Sun was supposed to buy us. This was back when we were really hurting and almost going out of business. Scott made all sorts of promises and then the night before we were going to close the deal he canceled -- just left us standing at the altar. So we've been waiting for some payback, and now we've got it. Monday night we rented a suite at the Four Seasons in Palo Alto and had him wait there. Meeting was set for 9 and we were going to sign the papers. Then I just hung out in the Jobs Pod and kept having people call telling him I'm running late.

Hahaha

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Re: the Apple-Sun merger

EyeTV Hybrid is powered by award-winning EyeTV 2 software:

* Watch analog as well as free over-the-air digital TV on your Mac.
* Browse EyeTV menus in Full Screen mode.
* Record hours of your favorite TV shows directly on your hard drive and edit out unwanted content.
* Find TV shows using the built-in program guide (USA only).
* Export clips and entire episodes to your video-capable iPod.
* Connect game consoles and enjoy virtually no latency game play.
* And much more…

It’s the ideal solution for someone who wants both an analog and digital TV solution for the Mac in one small USB stick.

One Mac Mini: $600.

EyeTV: $200.

2 x 500GB drives in USB enclosures: $300.

$1100 total for a terabyte media center that whoops ass.

Elgato Systems : EyeTV

But Drama and Cannon’s studio was not a bootlegging plant; it was a place where successful new hip-hop CDs were regularly produced and distributed. Drama and Cannon are part of a well-regarded D.J. collective called the Aphilliates. Although their business almost certainly violated federal copyright law, as well as a Georgia state law that requires CDs to be labeled with the name and address of the producers, they were not simply stealing from the major labels; they were part of an alternative distribution system that the mainstream record industry uses to promote and market hip-hop artists. Drama and Cannon have in recent years been paid by the same companies that paid Kilgo to help arrest them.

Wow, we need to protest at their court date.

Hip-Hop Outlaw (Industry Version) - Samantha M. Shapiro - New York Times

When we handle a tech support incident with a well-qualified person here in New York, chances are that’s the last time we’re ever going to see that particular incident. So with one $50 incident we’ve eliminated an entire class of problems.

Somehow, the phone companies and the cable companies and the ISPs just don’t understand this equation. They outsource their tech support to the cheapest possible provider and end up paying $10 again and again and again fixing the same problem again and again and again instead of fixing it once and for all in the source code. The cheap call centers have no mechanism for getting problems fixed; indeed, they have no incentive to get problems fixed because their income depends on repeat business, and there’s nothing they like better than being able to give the same answer to the same question again and again.

Wow. So true. Except for one guy I keep getting at Sun's online customer service Chat. That guy is cool.

Seven steps to remarkable customer service - Joel on Software