Saturday, October 18, 2003

HandBrake is a new, easy-to-use Mac DVD ripper, although it produces nonstandard video. [Hack the Planet] 11:05:51 PM    comment []

Wal-Mart, Driving Workers and Supermarkets Crazy. Supermarkets and striking workers in California have a common foe: Wal-Mart and its low prices and wages. By Steven Greenhouse. [New York Times: Business] 11:02:48 PM    comment []

Moms Battle Genetic Engineering. Images of four-breasted women are being seen on billboards in New Zealand. It's part of an ad campaign by a group of mothers who oppose genetic engineering. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] 4:01:38 PM    comment []

R.I.P., Ben Metcalfe, the Founder of Greenpeace, Dead at 83. By Wolfgang Saxon. [New York Times: Science] 2:16:14 PM    comment []

ElectAura-Net, a 10-Mbit/second Body Network. In "Human Body Network Gets Fast," Technology Research News tells us that NTT Docomo researchers in Japan have created a 10-Mbit/second indoor network by using human bodies as Ethernet cables. This summary contains more details. [Smart Mobs] 2:04:04 PM    comment []

How to Take Your Number With You. Beginning Nov. 24, consumers in the nation's top 100 markets, about 193 million Americans, will have the right to keep their mobile phone numbers when they change cellular service providers. By May 24, 2004, number portability should be available in the rest of the country. [New York Times: Business] 11:20:50 AM    comment []

Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It. If a do-not-call list can keep telemarketers at bay, shouldn't a do-not-spam list achieve the same thing with junk e-mail? Well, no, say skeptics of the attempts to create such a list. [Wired News] 11:18:26 AM    comment []

Folks will be going mano a mano at the Rock Paper Scissors 2003 International Championships next week in Koolhaus, Toronto. Somthing like 1000 players compete for the title (and $5000 (CDN) to the winner). 10:45:54 AM    comment []