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Changing defaults for a better world.

Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable – Ars Technica

Epic fail.

Crazy Shirt Folding – Google Video

Dude. I seriously had to take out a shirt and try this.

FavIcon from Pics — how to create a favicon.ico for your website

Pretty cool online tool for generating favicon.ico files.

Slashdot | Wikipedia Plagiarism Ends Journalist’s Career

Wikipedia finds the truth again!

I wonder how many other journalists grab verbage out of wikipedia without attribution…

The Nitpicking of the Masses vs. the Authority of the Experts – New York Times

Ah, Wikipedia.

The Patent Epidemic

Ideas yearn to be free. Especially brutally obvious ones.

Ajax Sucks Most of the Time

Finally, the voice of reason.

By Hook or by Rook – Los Angeles Times

Boy, this would’ve made chess club more exciting in high school .

IVR Cheat Sheet to Fine a Human

Amazing. A list of shortcuts for how to avoid those annoying “Press 1 if blah…Press 2 if blah…”, and get right to a human.

Hope he keeps it updated!

How To Write Unmaintainable Code

I’ve seen WAAY too much code exactly like this.

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Owning ideas

Essentially, an argument that ideas and ideas, and things are things. “Intellectual Property” is less about any tangible property and more about screwing the little guy.

SubSpaceDownloads.com – Free Online Multiplayer Action Game

Another Subspace Site

Gotta try this out again. Still wish I could get my hands on Lunatic Fringe though…

Slashdot | Microsoft Lauds Scrum

Please, Cliff Dodd or Dave Watson, mandate eXtreme Programming for application development in KPIT!!

Palm: We’re not abandoning Palm OS | CNET News.com

So we’re just abandoning PalmOS for our flagship Treo phones?

Sigh.