MarcJStuff Stuff from the web….

Happy Halloween

For Halloween:

• Download MP3s of old time horror radio shows [ Gizmodo ]
• How to Make a Candy Cannon [ Gizmodo ]
• SomaFM has a Halloween stream, Doomed
• Duffman costume [ via Digg ]
• 13 Halloween sites [ via Digg ]

Normal stuff

• Interesting BBC video about Philp K Dick and Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep
• Jay Leno's EcoJet, You might think it should fly but actually it is a biodeisel super-car.
• Interview with Craig from craigslist.com [ via Digg ]
• How holograms are made [ via Digg ]

Ugh Monday

Nicky has broken Valentino Rossi's championship streak at 5. You can read all the details over at SuperbikePlanet.com.

• Interesting article on web page load times. It is mostly about the server side but they did point out it would be nice if the browsers enabled pipelining by default. [ via /. ]
• October 26th was the 30th anniversary of public-key cryptography. [ via HackintheBox ]
• Interview with Joanna Rutkowska, the author of Blue Pill rootkit.[ via HackintheBox ]
• Yet another HDR photo how to [ via Digg ]
• Economics for the Citizen, at 10 part series [ via Digg ]
• The craziest car stunt ever attempted. [ via Digg ]
• Pets in Tights [ via Digg ]
• Sydney Matrix locations flickr set [ via Digg ]
• Flu shots might be pointless [ via Digg ]
• Some good video of Whit Hayden doing close-up magic
  
• Trick shot magic, Chef Anton the Skyscaper Shot and the Card Stab
• Cardsharp video. Nice demonstration of some classic magic and cheat techniques.
• Suck Ducky USB vacuum, why? [ Gizmodo ]
• The Better off Dead Camaro [ via Dethroner ]

Ahhh Friday

• KungFu vs Yoga [ via Digg ]
• The Elephant and the Event Horizon [ via Digg ]
• Who knew Scrabble could be so exciting? [ via Digg ]
• Canadian scientist study optimal hockey goalie position [ via Digg ]
• Rube Goldberg machine (think Roadrunner cartoons) at the office [ Gizmodo ]
• Fabio "I can't belive it's not butter!" joins GeekSquad [ Gizmodo ]
• Pumpkin Beer that doesn't suck: Dogfish Head Punkin Ale [ Dethroner ]
• IBM develops next-gen chip cooling [ via Engadget ]
• A dose of puppy cuteness [ ShinyShiny ]
• 2007 John Cooper works Mini [ leftlane ]
• Fun with Treadmills - music video, modern dance, odd, and funny [ swissmiss ]
• Antique skull watch [ watchismo ]

It’s Snowing!

• It is official, ATI is now part of AMD
• The AMD Virtual IT Experience has some interesting stuff. And a Matrix spoof easter-egg if you can find it.
• Panorama photo from the Mars rover [ via /. ]
• Lab grown diamonds to hit the market [ via /. ]
• 10 Step You Can Take To Guarantee Failure [ via Digg ]
• Revolt of the Fairly Rich [ via Digg ]
• Scientist say, There is no such thing as Vampires...bummer [ via Digg ]
• Panasonic introduces isolationg ear buds and noise canceling headphones [ Gizmodo ]
• The great RAZR swindle [ Gizmodo ]
• LED Headlights (cool) [ Gizmodo ]
• Return of the Seiko Alpinist Watch [ TimeZone ]
• Cool animations of different types of watch escapements
• Ball Trainmaster Pulsemeter Pro Watch [ TimeZone ]
  
• Bozeman Watch Co located in Montana has a USS Montana commemorative watch [ TimeZone ]
• Glycine Incursore Scout Watch Collection [ TimeZone ]
• Antique Doctor's watches
  

A couple car videos to keep you amused.

• Atom, the answer to the mid-life crisis (topgear)
• Dragsters in slow-mo

• Good article on the Hayden Pedrosa incident at Estoril [ Superbikeplanet ]
• Dell to launch sub $500 AMD laptop [ Ars ]
• Maxwell and the second law of thermodynamics [ Ars ]
• Hellraiser puzzlebox case mod [ via Digg ]
• Firefox 2.0 config tweaks [ lifehacker ]
• Tweakguides has Firefox 2.0 tweaks as well as many other game and system tweaks
• How to make a secret bookshelf door (old) [ via Digg ]
• Jet-propelled Kayak (TopGear) [ Gizmodo ]
• Why batteries explode [ Gizmodo ]
• Worst digital cameras [ Gizmodo ]
• Funny Picture [ Dethroner ]
• Portable fireplace [ ShinyShinny ]
• Autographics [ via coolhunting ]

Tuesday Stuff

I wrote about the new versions of IE7 and Firefox last week. They have both been officially released this week. IE7 is a huge improvement over IE6 and I would update that right now. Firefox is more incremental. I will check that plug-ins I use are supported before upgrading.

• IE7 download
• Firefox 2.0 download
• Another good Firefox review
• Interview with Mozilla VP about Firefox

Back to the stuff....

• Interesting article on the formation of the Sun [ via /. ]
• A blurb about sorting stars [ Ars ]
• Warhol popart effect in Photoshop [ via Digg ]
• 7 of the largest, wierdest, and most useless government projects [ via Digg ]
• Microexpresions, a look tells all [ via Digg ]
• Testing digital camera image stabilization [ via Gizmodo ]
• How to sew LEDs into cloth. [ Gizmodo ]
• 2007 BMW 3 series hardtop convertable, slick [ Leftlane ]
• Outside.in blog for your neighborhood [ via JoshSpear ]

Watch....
Jess got me (let me get) a nice watch while we were in Vegas. It is a Hamilton mechanical automatic. Looking for information about Hamilton I came across this interesting video from 1947. The first few minutes are boring but then it gets into the 1940s watch production.

History: Hamilton was formed in 1892 and started making pocket watches. Hamilton introduced the first battery powered watch in 1957 and the first digital watch in 1970. It is now owned by Swatch. Swatch also own Tissot, Omega, Rado, and Longines.

If you are interested in mechanical watches check out this FAQ. Many watches (like mine) use the Swiss ETA 7750 movement, also called the Valjoux 7750. Here is an extensive list of other movements.