Closings tabs – quick links


Via Engadget is the networked emoticon device. Pretty cute.

OpenBSD BitTorrent encrypted server
Blurb:

the data you copy to the server gets encrypted and the data you read from it gets decrypted, all on-the-fly…

How to make a homemade cheap TiVo with a spare computer. Nice howto that’s been seen on many a website but if you were to purchase all the software in this tutorial it’d cost a fair old whack. There are loads of open source alternatives out there these days. Such as here.

keeping to the TV theme: The BBC allows viewers to upload and share their videos. How cool is that ?
Blurb:

BBCi has launched a programming service for digital satellite viewers that showcases short films made by regular people across the UK. The service, dubbed Your Stories and accessed 24/7 by pressing the red button.

BlogPulse – Search the blogs. Woeks a bit faster than technnorati. Handy for vanity searches or to check what the latest buzz is. Look at the stats:
Total identified blogs: 10,603,693

New blogs in last 24 hours: 39,909

Blog posts indexed in last 24 hours: 359,639

New tagging blog. Contributors are: Christian Crumlish, Clay Shirky, David Weinberger, Don Turnbull, Gene Smith, Jon Lebkowsky, Kaliya Hamlin, Mary Hodder, Peter Merholz, Timo Hannay.

Mosh Girl. Just look and laugh.

Thinker – A Cognitive Psychology Resource.

What I Would Be Thinking About If I Were Billy Joel Driving Toward a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be a Piano. Hilarious.

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