Here I am in Germany in 2005 at a wedding.

CSS Live -- Watch a page come together.

Shows how a site goes from plain white to full design, step by step.

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President Bush Forever

Bush is trying to circumvent the 22nd Amendment ( the amendment that states a President can only serve 2 consecutive terms). The most disturbing fact is that this may be the first a lot of you have heard of this. Whoever does NOT want more of Bush, digg this, and spread the word.

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Dvorak Predicts Apple Will Switch to Windows

In a surprisingly compelling speculative argument, John C. Dvorak makes the case that Apple will drop OSX and become a hardware vendor shipping with Windows systems. I don't quite believe it, but read the full article before criticizing his argument.

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The First Modern "Time Capsule"; Not to be Opened for the next 6,107 Years

In the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, there is a stainless steel vault door which was welded shut over sixty five years ago...the contents of this vault will remain unseen and undisturbed for the next 6,107 years

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Shop attendant becomes new Lara Croft

Replacing Angelina Jolie, a shop attendant from London is chosen to become the new flesh and blood of Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider games and films.

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How To Troubleshoot Any Networking Problem

Tech author extraordinaire Mark Minasi shares a bit over two dozen "rules of network troubleshooting." This will be new for some, a good review for others, and a handy reference for all.

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Prostitutes call for ban on GTA

Seems like pretty much everybody is attacking GTA nowadays.

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Pics of Nissan Terranaut reveal vehicle perfect for Picard and his crew

Nissan of Europe has released a bevy of images showing every nook and cranny of its upcoming Geneva-bound concept, the Terranaut. The 4x4, according to the company, was designed for â??scientists, geologists, archaeologists or adventurersâ?? whose office is the great outdoors.

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Space elevator now one step closer to reality (with cool pic)

A slim cable for a space elevator has been built stretching a mile into the sky, enabling robots to scrabble some way up and down the line. A private US company on a quest to build a space elevator by April 2018, stretched the strong carbon ribbon 1 mile (1.6 km) into the sky from the Arizona desert .

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Windows XP: Command-line reference A-Z

All the comands you'll ever need in Windows XP, explained.

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Gates sees end to passwords in sight

With Windows Vista, Gates feels he finally has the right weapons to supplant the password as a means of verifying who is who on computers and over the Internet.

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Palm OS to be replaced by a version of Linux

Access, the company that purchased PalmSource, will be releasing a Linux-based platform for handhelds and smartphones. What will this mean for Linux, Windows Mobile, smartphones, handhelds, media players, etc? Discuss below, let you're imagination drive your comments.

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Labelflash vs LightScribe DVD/CD Labeling

"Forget about labeling your DVDs and CDs with a magic marker: a new generation of burners and media that use LightScribe and Labelflash software offer promising results."

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Learn Basic Unix in no time

Learn the basic commands in Unix in 10 minutes. This should be very helpful if you are starting off in unix/linux.

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Free Geek gives away free linux based machines

Train volunteers to run the business and work solely with donated electronic items to make them reusable or recyclable. In the process, teach volunteers how the business works and how to rebuild computers, allowing them to adopt a computer after 24 hours of volunteer service, giving them on-the-job training, as well as a social outlet.

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The mathematics of nature: PHI

A great looks into the mathematics of nature and the ratio (PHI) upon which almost EVERYTHING is based. The way leaves grow on trees, the way the human body is designed, and the way seeds sit on sunflowers are only a few examples. This is a very interesting read.

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The man who said no to Wal-Mart

The CEO of lawn equipment maker Snapper went to Wal-Mart and explained that selling his product at Wal-Mart was bad for his business. I'm going to look at Snapper when my mower dies!

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Complete List of Web 2.0 Products and Services

The entire list of Web 2.0 applications that are out there.. Great list, nothing can beat it... Must digg link...

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China Pirates

Chinese rip-offs of cars by popular manufacturers. Check out the Mercedes C-class carbon copy!

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Apple to release iTunes Videos at TRIPLE the current Resolution?

Lets imagine for a moment that the next �video� iPod does indeed have a screen 3x larger than the current model. That would be a 960 x 540 screen, assuming Apple would be adopting a 16�9 horizontal form factor..

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Student asks Bill Gates point blank, if MS will Combat iPod

"Is Microsoft going to develop a hand-held, you know, MP3 player, to combat iPod?" asked Schyler Mishra, 19,..Bill Gates chimes in, "Yeah, Apple has done a fantastic job with the iPod. How many of you have iPods?" he asked, as a smattering of students around the conference room raised their hands...

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Google map hack + cell phone photos + dumpster diving = awesome

This is a great Google map project - when you're out and about in New York City and spot something cool destined for the dump, take a photo with your phone, send a description and an address!!!.

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England Will Have 100Mb Broadband!

NTL, a Uk company, will start to try out its 100mb service to broadband subscribers. Well, will it really be 100mb/s?

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Thinking about registering a domain? Don't check if it's available!

NetworkSolutions, and other domain registrars are actively checking their whois search log and registering any good domains they find.

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Open Source Web Design Templates

Open Source Web Design is a community of designers and site owners sharing free web design templates as well as web design information. Helping to make the internet a prettier place!

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New Cochlear Implant Could Improve Hearing

A research team has developed a cochlear implant based on thin-film electrodes for direct stimulation of the auditory nerve. In addition to improving hearing for the deaf, scientists believe that the implant's design will allow a simpler insertion for surgeons and thus should minimize damage to healthy ear tissue

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How to build your own Web 2.0 layout

The author shows you, step by step, how to look Web 2.0

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Now You Can Buy Aerogel

A company called United Nuclear is selling sugar cube-size samples of REAL AEROGEL for $30 and Bic lighter-size samples for $125.

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99 performance tips for WinXP

Massive list of simple tweaks to improve your rig's performance.

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg fires a dude for just SEEING solitaire on his computer

Not cool!

"Hey, thanks for the photo! Yeah, I was just checking digg.com at lunch... wait a sec, what's that coming off the printer? A pink slip? What the..."

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Touch Sensitive iPod Patent Pictures

Patent pictures for Apples new patent. Looks like an iPod to me.

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LimeWire Pro, for free, legally!

Webby's World says how to get the open-source paid-for version of, the Gnutella client, LimeWire for free.

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ANOTHER Girl Killed by MySpace Date!

Authorities said Brown met Gaumer on the Internet Web site MySpace.com. While details of the relationship are unknown, police said Gaumer was a student at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he lived on campus. Police said he has no criminal history.

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A very big swear word in Yorkshire, UK

a great big "fuck" has been found on google maps in Yorkshire, UK. really.. apart from the register article, try searching for "Billingley" on maps.google.co.uk and have a look at the satellite image a little to the left of the town.

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Eruption on Augustine Island view from Space

The Augustine Volcano in Alaska continued erupting on February 2, 2006. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported a continuous plume of volcanic ash emitting from the volcano, accompanied by low-level explosions and pyroclastic flows of hot ash and rock fragments.

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McDonalds far worse than you once thought...

McDonalds somehow missed that it's fries contain 1/3 more trans fats than once measured. Consumer groups and the government (US) have been pushing fast food restaurants to size up their true nutritional content and place it on packaging. This means a large fries contains 30 grams (1 full shot glass) of artery blocking goodness.

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YouTube - TypeMatrix 2030 Promo video - Amazing computer keyboard!

YouTube - TypeMatrix 2030 Promo video - Amazing computer keyboard!

Florida blogger picks up M4 and helps out US Army on a recent trip to Iraq.

This guy is a former green beret that went over to Iraq to get the real story. He lived there with them and followed them everywhere they went helping take care of wounded...But when the insurgents shot one of his buddies watch out! This man let them have it with an m16-A4 sub machine gun. Needless to say the army wasn't too happy.

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Type Matrix 2030

Is this keyboard going to change the way keyboards are made?

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Free HTML/CSS Templates

Yet another link to more free HTML/CSS templates. Enjoy.

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Fixing Windows with Knoppix

A bootable CD or DVD with Knoppix can be a lifesaver when your computer goes awry. ExtremeTech guides you through the process of fixing Windows with Knoppix, which includes resizing Windows partitions, solving key system file problems, and recovering data

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Mystery of King Tut's death solved

It was a sword blow to the knee.

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Scam site charges users to download Firefox

It is quite surprising that these sites exist and haven't been shut down or removed from search engine ads.

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How Much is Inside a Million Dollars?

How Much is Inside a Million Dollars?

Ousted from HP, Carly's payout may top $42 million - Feb. 12, 2005

Ousted from HP, Carly's payout may top $42 million - Feb. 12, 2005 Ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will get a severance package worth about $21.4 million, but stands to reap another $21 million after she was forced out by the computer maker's board last week, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Convert VGA cable to CAT5

Here is an easy way to extend your VGA Cables. This is a great DIY project for anyone that is setting up a home theatre.

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Salmon Recipes - A Quick And Easy Recipe To Cook Salmon Fish

Salmon Recipes - A Quick And Easy Recipe To Cook Salmon Fish

EBay Buyers Want What's In Your Hard Drive

TechWeb News quoted Garfinkel saying, "I think that many drives sell for more than their market value. He suggested the reason is people are looking for information.

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Never used a computer before? The RIAA could care less..

Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, was nevertheless sued by the RIAA in Brooklyn federal court for using an "online distribution system" to "download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution" --- I can't wait to see the RIAA's justification for this suit...

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The Top 99 Most Desirable Women

The title speaks for itself, Angelina is in the 10

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FREE ebook: Programming from the ground up

All you wanted to know about programming and never dared to ask. ALERT: PDF ahead.

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Not Another Million Dollar Pixel Site

HodgeWorld & Co. whoever the heck they are just launched another million pixel website, dont these people think that this thing is getting out of hand? http://www.hodgemilliondollarpage.com/index.php

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Hide My Ass! - Free Proxy Site

This site with a funny name offers a working free web proxy. Get past your work/school filter system with ease. :)

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Top 10 Criminals Of The 20th Century

This story describes the how, why, where, and when of the top 10 criminals of the 20th Century, Hoping to see the top 10 of all time.

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WEP Hacking with KisMac in 10mins

This video is amazing! It shows how you can easily reveal a hidden SSID and hack WEP encryption in about 10mins on a Mac with just KisMac. (Unlike the way with Whoppix where you have to use several apps)

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OpenSSH 4.3 released

everyone's favorite ssh server has just released v4.3. It basically just fixes a bunch of bugs and a few small addons. Grab it from your favorite mirror today!

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Digg Rolls Out Three New Features

Owen rolled out a couple new features updates last night: Spy: Stories now start scrolling right away (no initial delay). We have also slowed down the refresh rate slightly. Report stories as 'inaccurate': Digg now allows logged in users to bury stories as 'inaccurate'.

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Apple sued over hearing loss in iPod buyers

An owner of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod music player filed a federal lawsuit against the computer maker, claiming the device causes hearing loss in people who use it.

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ReactOS: the end of Windows XP/NT?

ReactOS is a free clean room implementation of Windows NT! ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems, by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface.

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Move to Intel a Security Non-Issue for Apple

"Answering concerns over Apple's switch to Intel-based processors, one analyst assures that Macs are still relatively safe... If Apple's market-share shoots up and attackers suddenly have a better shot of finding Macs to attack, then more malware will be written to the Mac. But it won't be any easier to exploit for being on x86."

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Mapping veins as a human 'bar code'

In Memphis, Tenn., a small medical supply company called Luminetx has developed a new method of palm-reading that it hopes will rival fingerprinting or retinal scans as a way to perfectly identify individuals. The technology is based on an infrared scan of the blood cells running through veins, which is then analyzed by a computer.

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Perpendicular Drives Pump Up Laptop Storage (160GB Review)

The launch of the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 series of 2.5" hard drives promised great things, and initial testing of the 160GB model confirms many of these items. The increased capacity, reduced heat, low noise, and strong performance were all easy to document. If you want to investigate the increased shock tolerance, you're on your own!

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Did NASA Accidentally

Did NASA Accidentally

Treehugger: Hack Your Hybrid

Treehugger: Hack Your Hybrid

Send a SMS Text Message to any phone for FREE with Google

Ok, Ok, I know you will only save 10 cents by using this service, but you get to use your keyboard to type. Save time, save (a little) money. Might as well bookmark this because you will probably want to use it later.

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GPS on a stick

This dream device for stalkers runs on 2 AA batteries, has a USB port and is compatible with Google Earth, MapQuest, Microsoft Streets and other mapping services.

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Nerd TV Season 2 Starts

Season 2 starts with episode 12: Bob Kahn: Inventor of TCP/IP. Upcoming episodes will include Judy Estrin, Jerry Kaplan, Steve Wozniak, Larry Tesler, Eric Schmidt, and Linus Torvalds.

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Inventor develops 'artificial gills'

An Israeli inventor has developed an underwater breathing system that literally squeezes oxygen directly from seawater, doing away with the need for compressed air tanks.

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Video: Hacking Around Coca-Cola Machines

A simple introduction to hacking around Coca-Cola Machines.

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Apple Planning Yet Another Music Event Later This Month

Looks like Apple is at it again, this time planning a possible new music event latter this month to spotlight the iPod omissions from this year's MacWorld Expo Keynote. Of interest are new iPod shuffles, iPod accessories, and most interestingly, a red iPod that would raise awareness and give proceeds to AIDS research.

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ZDNet Interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, part 1

Richard MacManus interviews Kevin Rose!!

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10 Realistic Steps to a Faster Web Site

Not the usual guide suggesting to strip all white space. This guide speaks about generation time of sites and how to optimize it.

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See the political cartoon censored by the Pentagon.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff sent a letter expressing their dissapointment towards this political cartoonists message, apparently a first for the US Government.

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How Products Are Made

Everyone knows about HowStuffWorks.com, but this site describes how hundreds of things are made!

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Mapping veins as a human 'bar code'

In Memphis, Tenn., a small medical supply company called Luminetx has developed a new method of palm-reading that it hopes will rival fingerprinting or retinal scans as a way to perfectly identify individuals. The technology is based on an infrared scan of the blood cells running through veins, which is then analyzed by a computer.

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What is Steve Jobs' $1 yearly salary really all about?

Since we have gotten several posts about how generous Steve Jobs is for taking only $1 a year, let's talk about what it really is.

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First Yellow Laser Pointer

Check it out, wicked yellow. The yellow laser pointer is a very rare item, and produces a very eye-catching and unusual effect when used as a pointer or for entertainment purposes.

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5 Things Steve Jobs Has Misled Us About In The Last 30 Years

While Jobs certainly deserves praise ... when is too much ... too much?

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The Top 10 weirdest USB devices ever

The title says it all. Some really weird USB devices in there! I digg!

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The Stranglehold of Broadband Monopolies in the U.S.

Broadband access is the new electricity... without universal access, we will be left in the dust by countries like Japan and Korea where they are deploying broadband that's 500 times faster than ours. Lobbyists make my blood boil!!!

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145 Year old Technology Finally Stops Working

Unable to install the latest patch, Western Union finally stops supporting "Telegram" 1.0

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ISP-Server Setup - Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger"

his is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Ubuntu based server (Ubuntu 5.10 - Breezy Badger) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/POP3s/IMAP/IMAPs, Quota, Firewall, etc.). The Author of this is Till Brehm. You can check it out at http://howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_5.10

How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL

Something i picked up on the net. This tutorial will show how to replicate the database exampledb from the master with the IP address 192.168.0.100 to a slave, check it out at http://howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication

Germany

Well its almost been 3 years since i've been in Germany, minus the 15 months i spent in Baghdad, Iraq.
Been arround the world still got more places to see.

Out of the Army now!!

I am a Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, After 7 long years I am out of the Army finally. The coruption and B.S. is worst then the business world.

New Web Pages

HodgeWorld & Co. is on its way up, www.hodgeworld.net is halfway up, the links to the webstores are up and working, http://hodgemilliondollarpage.com is up and running get blocks for as low as $0.01

Starting School

Well i finally took the next big step in my life since joining the army back in 1998, I will be attending Colorado Technical University working on a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering with a Concentration in Software Engineering, finally after spending the last few years just playing arround with web & graphic design and electronic modding

Podcast

Podcast that must be listened to, diggnation with former tech tv host Kevin Rose add TWIT with Leo Laporte and many more.

Suicide

A United States Army Soldier (who i will not name at this point) stationed in Hanau, Germany committed suicide after months of depression. The soldier was moved from one company in the battalion to another and then went missing for some days after leaving a note in his room, he was found dead on Sunday a few miles from the base next to his car. Sources say his parents called the unit to try and get him help before the incident and now want nothing to do with the military.

5 Rules for Good Digging

With Digg becoming so popular, some people are forgetting the basics... and some never knew them at all...

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