This
might be new or it might be old, but it's the first I've seen of it.
Canford UK sells this 19-inch rack-mountable wine rack, suitable for
3U hosted server solutions or home audio installations—because
there's no place better to store wine than sandwiched between racks of
hot servers. (Thanks, Honda!
)
Linux Home User Road Map01/03/2003 12:47 AM A wonderful article about how Linux needs to be more like .Frankly Linux will wither
and die as
Sharing the home-user wifi with neighbours?
Sharing the home-user wifi with neighbours?11/15/2003 05:42 PM I have bought a wireless adsl modem router, and a wifi card for my
laptop. I'm wondering what people have to say, about the benefits,
and problems, with sharing a wifi with neighbours, and what you have
to say about the best approach to getting this done! For example,
in a typical london residential area, people don't know their
neighbours, and I certainly would be shy to talk to them! I suppose a
wifi may be a good icebreaker, to get together?
Imagine having a van that had 13 cameras and took a picture every
15 feet. The applications are unlimited I would love to have them
drive thru my grandfathers property this would give me a visual record
of what state the property is in. Do this every few years and you
would have one heck of a record. BUt think about using it for homeland
security etc. Insurance adjusters like it and homeland defense does
to. [Yahoo News]
Keep a single partition mounted when ejecting others
Keep a single partition mounted when ejecting others03/31/2005 11:48 AM I have a very large external Firewire drive with multiple partitions.
Most of the time, i only want the Scratch partition mounted. But if I
drag any one partition to the Trash to eject it, all partitions on the
volume will un...
I'll be honest,
I'm not sure exactly how the Pixie (PXE-DCM) from SPControls works.
Best I can tell, it functions as a wall-mounted learning remote
control, picking up basic functions from any other remote using the
standard 'point and learn' technique of other learning devices. Then,
I guess, you can use the Pixie to control the basic functions of your
projector or plasma screen or whatever from the wall, instead of, you
know, that handy remote. I'm not against this, per se, but it
does seem a little weird that they don't explain it in any more detail
than they do. So it's an IR light switch? How does it get power? So
it's all the benefits of a remote, minus most of the functionality,
and stuck in a wall? Please rewrite your ad copy and give me a price
so I may pan your product more thoroughly. (Thanks, Travis!) Read
[SPControls]
Wrist-mounted instrumentation: nerdy cufflinks07/15/2004 12:17 PM
I've never had much use for cufflinks (especially since my tux and
tux-shirt vanished along with three boxes of prized possessions that I
mailed from San Francisco to London), but these ones appeal to the
autistically instrument-obssessed nerd in me: an entire line of
cufflinks with embedded clocks, thermomenters and compasses. It's
enough to make me a) want to buy a pair and b) buy a new tux to wear
'em with.
Link
(Thanks, Yoz!)
Elonex Wall-Mounted Media Center PC Preview
Elonex Wall-Mounted Media Center PC Preview04/21/2004 10:09 AM Trusted Reviews has a preview of the Elonex Media Center, and it looks
like a hot ticket, if wall-mountable 32inch widescreen LCD monitors
with fully-integrated PC hardware is your trip. The Elonex prototype
runs Microsoft Media Center platform with built-in Ethernet and WiFi,
and while not everything was spit shined...
10.3: Copy a mounted disk image in the Finder window
10.3: Copy a mounted disk image in the Finder window10/28/2003 11:09 PM Since you can't drag a mounted disk image from the Finder sidebar to
copy it -- doing so removes it from the sidebar -- it's a pain to copy
a disk image and its contents without reverting to the Desktop. But
there's a way!
...
400mph cyclists kill opponents with handlebar-mounted guns
Wrist-mounted walkie-talkies storm Hong Kong12/22/2003 11:20 AM Gizmodo reported that
people in Hong Kong are going around with short-range walkie talkies
in order to communicate with nearby chums wihtout paying a toll to the
telcos; now a Gizmodo reader confirms it:
Your entry on the HK Walkie Talkie phenomenon is 100% accurate.
All the electronics markets are filled with FRS radios and the like.
I've even seen people using them to meet up on the MTR (Subway).
He also says that walkie-talkies that you wear on your wrist (like
the one pictured at right) are most definitely the ones to be seen
with.
When size matters, Denon's new AV rack with a deployable
80-inch screen should suit your fancy. Weighing in at 319 pounds, the
"ARC-8000" is completely integrated - there is no need for hanging
hardware. I'm not entirely sure how you get a 80" screen to go up in
the air on its own, but I can assume some sort of steel bar needs to
be put in place.
It may cost 472,500 yen, but hey, that's nothing compared to the
cost of the projector you need to buy to go with this.
Mobiles rack up 20 years of use01/01/2005 04:32 AM Mobile phones in the UK celebrate their 10th anniversary - with almost
90% of Britons now owning a handset.
New: Marathon 12U Equipment Rack
New: Marathon 12U Equipment Rack09/09/2004 10:37 AM Marathon Computer released an enclosed 12U rack cabinet that is deep
enough for Xserves and tall and wide enough for two G5 PowerMacs
side-by-side.
Marathon offers enclosed 12U rack
Marathon offers enclosed 12U rack09/07/2004 10:40 AM Marathon Computer on Tuesday announced a new 12U enclosed
equipment rack, suitable for office workgroup and machine room
use. It's deep enough to accommodate Apple Xserves, and uses
adjustable-depth support rails. It's short enough to fit under most
countertops, according to the manufacturer. It features a smoked glass
front door and security locking; it also has removable bottom panels
for cable management and flow-through ventilation. Side panels are
also removable. The cabinet rests on four full-swivel casters. The 12U
Rack Cabinet is available now and costs US$699.
Rack Ruler, The Rackmounter's Friend
Rack Ruler, The Rackmounter's Friend04/29/2004 01:20 PM Why didn't I know about these steel tape measures in my Dark Days of
UNIXing? The Rack Ruler is a mylar-coated retracting tape measure with
thumb clip, just like you annoy your dad with when you were a kid,
with a critical difference: the Rack Ruler has measurements for
computer...
Marathon announces 12U rack cabinet09/07/2004 10:36 AM Marathon Computer has announced a new 12U enclosed equipment rack,
suitable for office workgroup or machine room...
Cirocco Live Liquid Cooled Rack
Cirocco Live Liquid Cooled Rack03/20/2003 05:24 PM Mark Grant writes "Cirocco have developed a liquid cooled rack of AMD
Duron 1.1Gs in a Beowulf cluster. The rack has been installed in
Cambridge University, ...
Those Free AOL Minutes Don't Help When You Rack Up $3,400 In Long Distance
Those Free AOL Minutes Don't Help When You Rack Up $3,400 In Long Distance04/19/2004 03:09 PM A New Hampshire resident was upset that his AOL dialup kept kicking
him offline, so he ran AOL's AutoFix program, which he said fixed the
problem. He also says that the program (without him realizing it)
changed the dialup phone number to a long distance toll number -
something he only realized wh
en a $3,400 phone bill arrived. AOL claims that it's not their
problem, saying that the AutoFix program doesn't change the phone
number, so that couldn't be the problem. However, now the New
Hampshire Attorney General is stepping in to ask AOL to go to
mediation to settle this issue - even though the actual bill is due to
Verizon. It sounds like more details are needed, but now that the
press is covering the story in a way that makes AOL look bad, expect
them to change their tune and play nice.
IBM and EDS rack up multimillion-pound outsourcing deals
Acer unveils rack-mountable server11/11/2003 11:38 AM The computer maker launches a slender server specifically designed for
businesses such as Internet and application service providers.
Revenge of the User: Lessons from Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes
The response is an attempt to "configure the users" -- constrain
behavior to acceptable behavior with messaaging, kicking people
off, etc.
This won't work: you can't tell a hacker not to hack. These kids
are social hackers. You can stop some bad behavior, but you chase
off your best users, too.
Dating doesn't happen because you're in a dating context. Dating
arises out of real contexts.
Taking away fakesters didn't make Frienster more real. Friendster
is unreal because people never remove their friends, even if they
never see them (the exception is when you break up, ironic,
because ex-lovers are strong ties!).
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This
might be new or it might be old, but it's the first I've seen of it.
Canford UK sells this 19-inch rack-mountable wine rack, suitable for
3U hosted server solutions or home audio installations—because
there's no place better to store wine than sandwiched between racks of
hot servers. (Thanks, 
This magnetic fridge-mounted bottle-opener is way cool.
(via 
The Catapault Watch fires BBs and similar projectiles from your wrist.
I've never had much use for cufflinks (especially since my tux and
tux-shirt vanished along with three boxes of prized possessions that I
mailed from San Francisco to London), but these ones appeal to the
autistically instrument-obssessed nerd in me: an entire line of
cufflinks with embedded clocks, thermomenters and compasses. It's
enough to make me a) want to buy a pair and b) buy a new tux to wear
'em with.
Your entry on the HK Walkie Talkie phenomenon is 100% accurate.
All the electronics markets are filled with FRS radios and the like.
I've even seen people using them to meet up on the MTR (Subway).
