Coffee and beer in one glass
Via dad-net we learn of coffee beer, a fermented coffee drink which isn't alcoholic, and resembles a mix of beer and coffee. Ewwww. [icbm: dcs]
Sony’s CD DRM acts like spyware on Windows
Sony's DRMed CDs install spyware on Windows. Hurrah! [icbm: work]
Hacking a webcam to be an IR camera
Hacking webcams to work in IR land, again open in my browser too long. [icbm: work]
Paul Graham pages on startups
These have been open in my browser long enough for me to "link" to them from here: How to start a startup, and Ideas for startups. [icbm: work]
Meet the life hackers
A nice online article about personal productivity, and why I feel I never get much done. [icbm: work]
Well, that’s Google blog search live then
So, Google just launched their blog search tool. [icbm: dcs]
Comparison shopping for books
This was on Boing Boing a while ago, but I only just caught up with the post... SMS and ISBN to an Australian phone number, and get back a bunch of comparative prices. I just gave it a go, and it just works. Now, that's cool. [icbm: work]
Google Pizza Program
Pizza purchases at Google's expense for hungry college students. That's very cool. (Full disclosure: I recently attended a job interview with Google) [icbm: work]
Pacifying New Orleans
To passify New Orleans they're going to use troops just back from Iraq? I don't know if that is accurate, but it sure sounds like a bad idea. When the Brits sent troops just back from the Falklands into Ireland, it wasn't much fun either. [icbm: home]
Hetherington, 82, created Mr Squiggle in 1959 – a decade before men without strings landed on the moon
Mr Squiggle was an ABC created children's character. I certainly remember him... [icbm: work]