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Trojan Room Coffee Machine

January 25, 2005

I miss this thing… Trojan Room Coffee Machine

Since the comment spammers getting ever more clever, and trying to out-do the Bayesian filters by adding much nonsense without the additional links for not-so-legal pharmaceuticals, I’m deleting suspicious comments even if they’re not obviously from the spammers. General “gee this is a great blog” things get dumped right away. Real commenters just don’t do … Continue reading Comments to stuff

Odd information my mother was always afraid I'd find on the Internet

January 23, 2005

Hacking Coke Machines – Taking Advantage Of Technology Coke vending machines are everywhere. They’re getting more and more like regular computers with LEDs that show little “ICE COLD” messages and whatnot. Well, there’s a lot more to those little built-in computers than you may think. Included in the low-level operating system that these babies run … Continue reading Odd information my mother was always afraid I'd find on the Internet

2.5 billion pixels served

January 19, 2005

Tracked this fellow back to Truth, Lies and Commonsense. You really can see the license plates on the teeny cars, and what kind of coffee makers the people in the offices have. Click on image to go to full 2.5 gigapixel image viewer Macromedia Flash required to view. TNO has produced the largest digital panoramic … Continue reading 2.5 billion pixels served