dammIT blogmarks http://aquariusoft.org/~mbscholt/ Michiel's weblog // Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety (Benjamin Franklin) dammIT http://aquariusoft.org/~mbscholt/images/dammit_rietsigaar.jpg http://aquariusoft.org/~mbscholt/ 176 71 dammIT en-us Copyright 2003-2010 Michiel Scholten mbscholt@aquariusoft.notforspambastards.org 2010-07-30T13:41:07+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Project Carmen Sandiego can track down your cell phone and your whereabouts http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/29/project-carmen-sandiego-can-track-down-your-cell-phone-and-your-whereabouts/

Be prepared to be scared about your cell phone privacy. Two security researchers showed today how they can track down cell phone numbers, identify the person who owns the phone, and then track the whereabouts of that person. And they can do it with technology available to ordinary civilians.

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The Dutch know how to handle maritime emergencies. In the event of an oil spill, The Netherlands government, which owns its own ships and high-tech skimmers, gives an oil company 12 hours to demonstrate it has the spill in hand. If the company shows signs of unpreparedness, the government dispatches its own ships at the oil company's expense. "If there's a country that's experienced with building dikes and managing water, it's the Netherlands," says Geert Visser, the Dutch consul general in Houston.

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Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life.

It is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) - of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC).

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]]> Michiel 2010-07-28T15:26:56+01:00 What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain http://lifehacker.com/5585217/what-caffeine-actually-does-to-your-brain Interesting background article on our favourite drug

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]]> Michiel 2010-07-28T11:29:20+01:00 Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing. It's Like Expose Plus Spaces For The Web http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/23/firefox-tab-candy/ Interesting concepts are being worked out here. I like how you can group things and give them a place of their own or make them small for later reference without clogging up space in the tab bar (something I suffer from). Be sure to watch the movie.

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]]> Michiel 2010-07-24T19:22:20+01:00 Flowchart shows the startup business cycle http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/08/flowchart-shows-the-startup-business-cycle/ Interesting visualisation of a startup

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]]> Michiel 2010-07-23T11:13:53+01:00 Five of the Best Photography Tips Ever That Don't Involve Gear or Camera Technique http://photofocus.com/2010/07/20/five-of-the-best-photography-tips-ever-that-dont-involve-gear-or-technique/ Some good tips for making better (while taking less) pictures

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]]> Michiel 2010-07-23T10:35:22+01:00 Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25 Internet Explorer 6 Bugs http://www.virtuosimedia.com/tutorials/ultimate-ie6-cheatsheet-how-to-fix-25-internet-explorer-6-bugs We all know IE6 is on the decline and we all certainly hope it will die a quick and painful dead, but these tips might make life a bit more bearable in the meanwhile if you *really* have to support that piece of antique

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]]> Michiel 2010-06-07T17:16:27+01:00 Video Game Alphabet http://kokugamer.com/2010/06/04/video-game-alphabet/ ^_^

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]]> Michiel 2010-06-05T09:47:58+01:00 What Makes A Beautiful Photograph? http://photofocus.com/2010/05/06/what-makes-a-beautiful-picture/

You’ve heard this before. “That picture is beautiful.” That’s easy to say and hard to understand. Why? Because trying to describe “beautiful” is a real chore.

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