Someone has made a video of the unaired pilot of “Heat Vision and Jack” available via bittorrent. From waxy.org:
First up, the best TV pilot you’ve never seen: Ben Stiller’s Heat Vision and Jack from 1999. Jack Black stars as Jack Austin, an astronaut on the run from NASA after a solar accident makes him the smartest man in the universe. Owen Wilson plays his talking motorcycle. Produced by Stiller, who also appears in the introduction and as a strip club DJ. [waxy.org]
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From a mailing list I’m on comes this site: askthetechgirl.com.
What is “Ask The Tech Girl”?
If you like sexy, smart, strong girls with superior tech skills, you are in luck.
“Ask The Tech Girl” gives you the rare opportunity to talk live to a super smart, sometimes snarky and always sexy tech girl, geek chick or network ops cutie.
The next time you need tech support, why not spice it up a little? Call our toll free number and find out why we say “We Give Good Tech”…
(Aha, they got the link from Something Positive).
Mark Twain
“By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.”
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From over on Population:One:
Let me get this straight. Nicholas Cage is playing Benjamin Franklin Gates, scion of the family Gates, which has been sworn for generations to find and protect a legendary treasure. The Founding Fathers of the United States left clues to the location of the treasure in the symbols of America, in particular the eye in the pyramid. Now he’s racing against a British rival to reach the treasure before it’s too late?
I’ll see that.
[Population: One]
The preview looks quite cool. And I’m a sucker for conspiracy type movies. I’ll definitely check it out.
The creator of ASCII, Bob Bemer, has died at the age of 78.
Key computer coding creator dies
The man who invented the Esperanto of the technology world enabling computers to swap information freely has died.
Bob Bemer developed the Ascii coding system to standardise the way computers represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and some control codes.
He also introduced the backslash and escape key to the world of computers and was one of the first to warn about the dangers of the millennium bug.
Mr Bemer died on 22 June at his home in Texas following a battle with cancer. [BBC News]
If you are using IE on Windows, you might want to think about looking at an alternate browser for today (or heck, forever). Microsoft released a warning about IE and IIS yesterday, indicating that they have a security hole which could enable hackers to get at your personal information when visiting compromised web sites. I personally recommend Firefox (the latest Mozilla browser), it’s pretty slick. There’s also Opera, which I used to use a lot when I was using Windows more.
I know a few friends of mine who still use Windows have said this feels like the last straw for them. Firefox works well and with this they’re about to give up on IE for good.
The Trunk Monkey, from Suburban Auto Group. Having a problem on the road? Get pulled over by a cop? Get egged by kids? No need to fear, The Trunk Monkey is here to save the day. I think I need the theft retrieval system the most.
Update: From the comments on this post, it appears that Trunk Monkey is originally from Trunkmonkey Racing, a race team that came up with the concept over two years prior to Suburban Auto Group’s ad campaign. Supposedly they are slightly annoyed, but “basking in the publicity.” Sounds like a plan to me, they’ve even got an Orkut community.
Charles M. Schulz
“I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I’m in the wrong building.”
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via Boing Boing, photos from the Superman Festival in Metropolis, IL. None of the Supermen look that happy to be there though.
From MacNN:
Alpine Interface Adapter for iPod to ship this fall
Alpine today announced it would ship its Alpine Interface Adapter for iPod (model KCA-420i) this fall…
[MacNN]
I really really want this. I don’t mind using the cassette adaptor, but it just isn’t as good as having a direct line in.