February 23, 2006
Cool U-M Snake-Like Robot: The OmniTread
This is a really cool robot. I wonder when they'll be available at the local toystore.
Posted by lsloan at 10:13 AM | Comments (0)
Use Old USB Cameras with iChat
iChatUSBCam - Make Your Webcam Work with iChat
Finally! I've been looking for a tool to let me use my dusty USB camera with iChat. Too bad it's not a free, open-source solution. Also, it appears that in order for me to use my camera with this, I need to use the "macam" driver, which is open source, but a bit buggy.
I noticed this product when I was looking at the company's web site for iGlasses for iChat AV - Adjust your iSight brightness, picture quality, brighten, focus, flip and rotate. This also looks like a great tool.
Posted by lsloan at 09:28 AM | Comments (0)
February 22, 2006
Mac OS X ZIP File Exploit
FrSIRT Advisories - Apple Mac OS X "__MACOSX" ZIP Archive Shell Execution Vulnerability / Exploit
"A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands."
"Solution: Disable the 'Open safe files after downloading' option in Safari."
Guess the pirates have been busy working Mac OS X over.
Posted by lsloan at 09:51 AM | Comments (0)
February 18, 2006
Virgin Mobile Email is Stupid!
I just recently got a Virgin Mobile pay-as-you-go cell phone. Immediately, I want to test sending email to it through my U-M Online Directory email group I keep for my pager. My new phone received the message alright. But Virgin says the message is "From" the bounce address for my group. That means anybody who sends email to my pager group will result in a message on my phone "From" the group. I'll never be able to tell who the messages are from.
Thanks a lot, Virgin Mobile!
Looks like a call to customer service is in my future...
Posted by lsloan at 07:46 AM
February 17, 2006
Half Man, Half Amazing
You've probably wondered what happens when a holding cell full of questionable characters in the city of Rompton receive some... nourishment... from heaven, split it up, and eat it. At Mackrosoft.com, you can finally find out.
Mackrosoft.com - Where do you want to ho today?
Mackrosoft has been around quite a while. It's almost a classic Flash web site in my opinion. It has nice comics/cartoons and some good groove MP3s that sound as if they'd be right at home in an adult movie.
BTW, don't let the comics/cartoons throw you, it's definitely rated PG-13.
Posted by lsloan at 01:25 PM | Comments (0)
February 15, 2006
Crying While Eating
Posted by lsloan at 07:43 PM | Comments (0)
Flexible content node types for Drupal
Flexinode is a module that allows non-programmers to create new node types (flexible content types) in Drupal when their needs are modest. Users can define the fields in the node edit form for their content type, and can either view the nodes as presented by the module or modify the presentation in their theme.
Posted by lsloan at 08:59 AM | Comments (0)