Following the steps of Time’s 50 coolest websites list, The Observer published a list of 15 websites that changed the world. It’s interesting to see how many user-driven websites made it to the list. (via Slashdot)
Pictures That Lie
CNET News published a collection of digitally manipulated images, some of which appeared on covers and in stories of very respectable newspapers. (via Digg)
Time Magazine’s 50 Coolest Websites List
Time Magazine posted a list of the 50 coolest websites, divided into 6 categories. If you’re looking to find nice website to visit, this may be a good list for you. (via Digg)
Muse’s new album – Black Holes And Revelations
One of my favorite bands, Muse, has a new album for about a month now. This is their fourth album and it’s called Black Holes And Revelations. After repeatedly listening to it for about a hundred times (like I do with all new albums) I must say that I really like it. Starting with their previous album (Absolution) Muse began to incorporate more electronics into their guitar-based rock music and this album continues this direction. The result is, as you can expect from the talented trio, is very good.
Blog upgraded, new blog theme
Over the last few days I upgraded this blog’s software from WordPress 1.5.2 to 2.0.4. Hopefully this will keep me on the “cutting edge” of blog technology.
Also, as you can see, I switched over to a new theme, called plaintxtBlog by Scott. Hebrew doesn’t look as well as English with this theme, but that was true for the previous theme as well. I’m going to try and use this theme as a base for a new design.
How Hizballah Hijacks the Internet
Time Magazine posted an interesting article on how Hizballah cyber-terrorists find vulnerable websites to use as a way to pass messages, then get discovered and start over with a different website. (via Digg)
Bump Keys – open any key lock
Here’s a pretty amazing video, which shows how easy it is to open any key-locked door, no matter how expensive the lock is, by using just a filed key (which can be home made) and a small hammer. The lock is opened without being damaged. (via Digg)
Israel hacks into Hezbollah TV
Turns out Israel is using technologically advanced ways to “to wage a psychological war in Lebanon”, says this article by the Australian Herald Sun. (via Digg)
โDear Aunt, letโs set so double the killer delete select all.โ
That’s the sentence that Windows Vista’s speech recognition wrote in response to an attempt to dictate it a simple “dear mom” letter.
UPDATE: And now… the video. (Thanks to Doron)
What some readers ask Comupterworld
Computerworld, a well known computer-related website, has an email for readers to ask questions. They now present this funny compilation of what some users submitted to their “help” email.