Ten Decades of 'The Duke'

In honor of its famed native son, Newport Beach, Wayne Enterprises and the Newport Beach Film Festival will commemorate the Duke
’s (John Wayne) 100th year with screenings of the movies that made him a star, including “The Sands of Iwo Jima” (1949), “Rio Bravo” (1959) and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962).

read more | digg story

It has Been LEGAL to Unlock Your Cell Phone Since November 2006!

The Library of Congress (who knew they were in charge of this) issued a new rule in 2006 making it legal to unlock cell phones for the "purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network." Looks like using the iPhone with T-Mobile may not be a problem after all. Why haven't there been more stories about this?

read more | digg story

Rocketboom to launch Digg clone

News comes from SXSW that the popular video podcast, Rocketboom, will later today launch its own Digg-like social news site. Built using the open-source content management system, Pligg, the new site will allow viewers to create a profile, submit and vote on stories for possible inclusion in the show, as well as leave threaded comments.

read more | digg story

C02 levels threaten oceans regardless of global warming

Rising levels of carbon dioxide will have wide-ranging impacts on the world's oceans regardless of climate change, reports a study published in the March 9, 2007, issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters. "Whether you believe in global warming or not, CO2 is going to run havoc in the oceans if unabated, " warned coauthor Dr. Cald

read more | digg story

Aussie Muslim Holy Men: Income Tax is Un-Islamic, Don't Pay

HARDLINE Muslim clerics are encouraging their followers to cheat the tax system because they consider paying income tax contrary to Islamic law.

Muslim leaders have warned that fundamentalist imams who put sharia law ahead of Australian law are also condoning welfare fraud and the cash economy as tax-evasion methods.

read more | digg story

8 Things Employers Need to Know About Geeks and Intelligent People

There are many reasons to let geeks work the way they want to work. Today they work in every industry. They are the knowledge base, blood and sweat equity of many businesses. They work harder than most. They work longer than most. Their job isn
’t a separate “thing they do” while they look forward to going home and relaxing. Geeks live what they do.

read more | digg story

Bay Area man sues Nick for $1.6 Billion, says he made Spongebob.

Take a look at the picture of Bob Spongee and ask yourself who's the sponge.

read more | digg story

DOJ report finds Patriot Act ripe for abuse

A new Department of Justice report finds evidence that the FBI violated the law dozens of times in its use of "national security letters," a controversial legal device that allows the agency to demand business information without judicial oversight.

read more | digg story

O'Reilly tech manuals online for free!

The famous O'Reilly manuals (with the animals on the front) online for free! Everything from TCP/IP net admin to PHP and Perl!

read more | digg story

Top 30 Strangest Deaths in History

My favorites: Death by Drowning at Lifeguard Party and Death from Holding a Pee in.

Enjoy.

read more | digg story