May, 26, 2002 archives

hddtemp is a neat little linux tool to tell you what temperature your hard drive is running at, assuming it is a new-ish drive that has such a sensor. (via htp.)

both boing boing and raelity bytes appear to have stopped pinging weblogs.com (and, by extension, blo.gs). boing boing uses blogger (pro?) which i thought automatically pinged weblogs.com. rael is using blosxom, which doesn't.

i guess this means i should get in gear on implementing the real polling service for blo.gs (one exists now, but it is pretty crude) to deal with these laggards.

this london on a chip may be the coolest thing ever. basically it's a (tiny) neon sign of a map of london, and when you apply voltage to two points, the shortest route lights up.

sometimes it's hard to reconcile respect for someone wiling to farm for a living with the massive subsidies the farm industry receives. the federal government sometimes talks a good game on free trade, but then you realize that there are powerful, powerful lobbies that make sure their industries are exempt from the complications of a market economy.

is alex cox the courtney love of the movie industry? (via /..)

watching next@cnn's e3 review, there were two games that looked amazing: blinx, a “4d” platform game for the xbox, and doom iii. blinx looks like a lot of fun, and doom iii simply looks breathtaking. it's almost enough to make me want an xbox or a pc fast enough for gaming.