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ist of the April Fools Jokes for 2006 |
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Alas, it's that time of year again. Here is an ever-growning list of pranks of the day.
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HOW TO - Logging into Windows XP using RFID |
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Amal writes - "With RFID being impervious to dust and dirt, and being totally contactless, it's a perfect candidate for desktop authentication. In this feature, you're going to build a covert RFID enabled USB keyboard that keeps its enhanced functionality a secret from the general public. You'll be using open source software to enable the login process on your Windows based computer." - Link.
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NES controller iPod shuffle mod |
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Technicolorcavalry's pal Dave modded an iPod shuffle to be controlled via (and inside) a NES controller, great mod! - [via] - Link.
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Playstation 2 computational cluster |
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Linux cluster, made from 65 PlayStation 2s! - "The NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation on "toy" hardware. The cluster consists of 65 compute nodes, 4 user login and development nodes, and 1 prototype node for software installation tests. All the nodes run the Sony Linux distribution for PlayStation 2. The compute nodes fill a 24-inch rack; 5 shelves at 13 per shelf" [via] - Link.
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Inside DARPA's Robot Race |
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Belfegor writes "The PBS series Nova has a great feature on their website, regarding the coverage of the DARPA-sponsored 'Robot Race' in which driverless vehicles 'competed' in a 130-mile race across the Mojave Desert. The full show is available on the website, and besides that they have plenty...
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Unmanned Aerial Drones Coming Soon Above U.S. |
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 cnet-declan writes "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been flying over Iraq and Afghanistan, but now the Bush administration wants to use them for domestic surveillance. A top Homeland Security official told Congress today, according to this CNET News.com article, that: "We need additional...
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$100 Sailboat |
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Ed writes - "Here's a site on how to build and race your own sailboat for around a $100 dollars. Also a lot of information about sailing and how to get started." - Link.
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Administrator Component List Hack |
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 If you work with Joomla! a lot (and you're anything like me) you get tired of constantly having to go in the 'Components' menu and click on 'More Components...'
Here is a little hack to make the 'Components' tab on the right side of the 'Home' administrator screen show all components by default.
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Lazybase.com |
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Lazybase allows anyone to design, create and share a database
of whatever they like.
- No logins. A secret URL gives editing access to the database
- Create new types of items, or use the samples provided by Lazybase
- View lists in many ways, on maps or on graphs
- Link types together (for example have orders linked to customers)
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Easily add a view into your Lazybase database to your own website
- Bookmarklet generation, RSS feeds, and more
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HOW TO - Make your sound sing with Vocoders |
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The O'Reilly Digital Media Center has a fun how to on making Cylon-y sounding voices - "You've heard their smoothly sexy yet alien voices. Vocoders are devices that make ordinary sounds sing or speak recognizable words. In this hands-on tutorial, Jim Aikin explains how vocoders perform their magic and how to set up your own software vocoder, and shares some unexpectedly cool uses for vocoding." - Link. The sound samples are great!
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