Post 500: Sunday Morning and The Corny Dogs of Texas

The Corny Dogs of Texas
(From a Story on CBS Sunday)
Or Deep-Fried What????

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The Corny Dogs of Texas


(From a Story on CBS Sunday)

Or Deep-Fried What????


Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/sunday/main5415535.shtml


Even Though the Main Focus of Sunday Morning

was on Fitness.

(They had a lead with Valerie Bertinelli's

Transformation to a Size "WoW").

The Finish Line was an Uphill Climb to Fatty Land and All the Wonders

of Deep-Fried Largress At A Texas's State Fairgrounds.

There’s a good chance that Valerie Bertinelli has sworn off the food

you’ll find at the State Fair of Texas.

It's the place where the classic battered and fried

"Corny Dog" was invented in 1942.

And to this day, the fair remains on the frontier of fried food.

Vendors compete to see who can

create the most egregious violation of dietary law.

Artery-clogging creations like fried cookie

dough, fried peaches and cream, and

fried Coke are just part of the fare.

This year, Abel Gonzales Jr. unveils his masterpiece

- fried butter. Yes, fried butter!


Bill Geist eats his way

Bill Geist eats his way

through this Capital

of Deep-Fried Food.

A DEEP Fried Butter Link is Here: http://misschin.blogspot.com/2009/09/mmmmmdeep-fried-butter.html

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Recap of the Stories after being Sized Down with TinyURL:

http://tinyurl.com/yj3vydk

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October 25, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Apple punts on lower-cost MacBook

by Brooke Crothers

At CNET.

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As Low As Apple Will Go?

$999.00

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Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10382624-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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Wingman, Looking for the Kitchen....

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Security: Javascript and Plugins, From Bad to Worse...

Make Sure Your Firefox Plugins Are Up To Date!

A New Windows OS is Out in the Wild Again and No Better Time To

Warn About The Known Problems ALL Browsers have with SECURITY.

As Steve Gibson reminded Us about a couple of weeks ago in

Security Now Podcast #sn217

Link: http://www.twit.tv/sn217

While you're at it You might want to Check This Week's Show #sn219

Link: http://www.twit.tv/sn219

You'll be glad you did...

Trust Me.


Wingman


By the way, Steve's latest Blog came about from an upcoming interview with

John Graham Cummings, the man who wrote "The Geek Atlas".



And Cumming's Blog at: http://www.jgc.org/blog/

has some interesting things to say about problems with Scripting in

Browsers.

Check IT Out.

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Apple Got GUTS

Apple New 27" iMac

Link: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/21/apples_new_27_inch_imac_designed_to_also_work_as_a_display.html

But What's It Got Inside?

Glad You Asked, because iFixit Tore into One Just to see what's On

The Inside?

The Answer: Plenty!

iMac Intel 27" Teardown at WWW.IFIXIT.COM

Link: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-27-Inch/1236/1

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Apple New Mouse is Very Touchy.

Apple New Mouse is Very Touchy.


Link: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/apples-touching-new-mouse/

Apple Link: http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/




They Say it's Magic, until you try to use it...

It does have a Learning Curve beside its ergonomic design...

Wingman, Apple Still Has it, Though.

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It's Good Being KING...

Apple's profit climbs 47% in its

'most profitable quarter ever'

Its earnings of $1.67 billion far exceed analysts' expectations.

The increase is fueled by brisk back-to-school sales of the company's

MacBook computers and the continued popularity of its iPhone.


Apple Store

Engadget Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/apple-reports-fiscal-q4-earnings-1-67b-profit-mac-sales-way-u/

Wingman, Google Numbers also had a strong showing and Apple will be showing off some new Goodies Today, "for Goodness Sake...".

Quick Shots:

Here's a Quick Picture of a New Canon Camera


Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera...

Check these numbers out:

16.1 megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor

ISO range of 100 to 12,800 native, up to 102,400

45-point area customizable autofocus

1080p HD Video

and an Optional WFT-E2 IIA wireless trasnmitter for connectivity over 802.11a/b/g

and ethernet.

Launch date December,

at $4,999 bucks for the Body.

Whoa!


Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/canon-eos-1d-mark-iv-announced-16-1-megapixels-45-point-autofo/#continued



and a possible replacement for LCD Displays from Samsung and Tmos.

Samsung and Uni-Pixel team up for

better, cheaper TMOS displays

Link: http://www.oled-info.com/efficient-and-cheap-tmos-mems-film-displays-be-available-next-year


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Hardware Scope: Meet Alex, The Dual Screen Android eBook...

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Meet Alex, The Dual Screen

Android eBook...


Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/spring-design-alex-dual-screen-android-based-e-reader/


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Plastic Logic teases QUE proReader with

8.5 x 11-inch touchscreen

Coming in January 2010.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/plastic-logic-teases-que-proreader-with-8-5-x-11-inch-touchscree/#continued

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Is This The HTC Android/Dragon phone?

Link: http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/16/what-new-htc-android-phone-is-this/

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Plantronics DSP400 Foldable Multimedia Headset

Used on TWiT for Skype Calls.

At Amazon.com: $41.24

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Wingman, Waiting on Windows 7, Tomorrow Release Date.

October 22, 2009.

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MS Plug-in Puts Firefox Users At Risk

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From ComputerWorld Security:

MS Plug-in Puts Firefox Users

At Risk


They Don't Just Screw-Up their

Own Browsers, you know..

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Link:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139459/Sneaky_Microsoft_plug_in_puts_Firefox_users_at_risk

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"While the vulnerability is in an IE component, there is an attack vector for Firefox users as well," admitted

Microsoft engineers in a post to the company's Security Research & Defense blog on Tuesday. "The reason is

that .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installs a 'Windows Presentation Foundation' plug-in in Firefox."

From The ComputerWorld Article...

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Let's Go To the

Bright SIDE of TECH NEWS

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70 Free Useful Portable Applications

You Should Know

Portable APPS are applications you can run from a USB Flash Drive

WITHOUT Installing...

Link: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-free-useful-portable-applications-you-should-know/

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Wingman, signing Out.

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MS Plug-in Puts Firefox Users At Risk

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From ComputerWorld Security:

MS Plug-in Puts Firefox Users At Risk

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Link:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139459/Sneaky_Microsoft_plug_in_puts_Firefox_users_at_risk

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Post 492: New 250GB Playstation 3

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New 250GB Playstation 3

Arrives Nov. 3.

Link: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/10/new-250gb-playstation-3-system- available-november-3/

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Kinda like Coverflow on iPhone.

Now This Looks Sweet!

Come Cydia, You can DO IT!

Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/oceanobservations#p/u

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10GUI

A New User Interface From ClayMill Link: http://10gui.com

Wingman, With a New Digital Camera Form-Factor...

Too Bad the Pictures are less than expected..

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/nikon-coolpix-s1000pj-to-boast-projector-sure-looks-like-it/

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Let the Games Begin--LA Style!

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Let the Games Begin

--LA Style!
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AMD Or Intel: Which $100

Gaming CPU Should You Buy?

Link: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2439.html#xtor=RSS-182

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Best prices for tested products

Athlon II X4 620 Quad Core Processor Newegg.com $99.00

Phenom II X3 710 Triple Core Processor Amazon.com $128.08
(2.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 3x 512KB L2 Cache, 1800 MHz Bus, Socket AM3)

Phenom II X2 550 Dual Core Processor Newegg.com $102.00
(3.1GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 2x512KB L 2 Cache, 2000MHz Bus, Socket AM3)

P5QPL-VM LGA775 ICH7 Directron $74.99

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Karrem on Jeopardy

TONIGHT?

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SL Rams Not For Limbaugh

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Dodgers Take Next Step

Toward World Series

Tonight in LA.

Post 490: Is It SAFE???

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Is it Safe?

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Marathon Man Link:

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/yknyrxx

If You Think That Line from the Movie Marathom Man

Was Scary, Wait til You Hear

Steve Gibson talk about

A Major Flaw in the Way

All Browsers Work

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October 8th, 2009

Security Now 217: The Broken Browser Model

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Alex Lindsay

Listen to the MUST HEAR Podcast at

This Web Address: http://twit.tv/sn

Wingman, be warned, It IS Scary...

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Post 488 Super NES MOD and Holo Masks

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Super NES Mod.

Link: http://www.8bitfix.com/forum/topics/portable-nes-cartrige-system

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Top Ten Masks for Halloween???

Link: http://www.halloweenexpress.com/top-10-halloween-masks-for-2009.php

Others think the Ponzi Mask should be Up There...

Scary, but I Don't Think So...

Wingman,

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A Story of Thirds.

A Story of Thirds

I Watched the third episodes of a number of shows this weekend.

The Third Medium. The Third Flash Forward. The Third Star Gate Universe, and the Third Heroes.

Yeah that's 4 Thirds...

And Yes, I plan to see the animated feature 9.

I Did my Third New System Backup this weekend...

It Took Four DVD's.

4 Thirds:

The Dodgers threw in a A National League Division Series sweep, accomplished on the strength of dominant starting pitching, no less, outfitted the Dodgers' long-range October prospects with some exclamation points.

Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?
ymd=20091010&content_id=7420644&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

TinyURL Link: http://tinyurl.com/yktmfuj

They Won 3 Straight Games to advance,

after the turmoil of getting there.

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My Anniversary was this weekend too.

Number?

You guessed it: 43

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Chewing on Numbers because of the Book: The Wisdom of Crowds that has taken my fancy lately.

I've always held to the belief that random numbers are Really not that Random.

And Chaos, deep inside, has a Pattern.

How else can you explain Fractals,

pictured below.

Fractal Image

The Search for this picture lead me to this interesting Blog that just happened to be talking about them (fractals) and a documentary about them with Arthur C Clarke.

Linked here: http://www.therockblogger.com/tag/psychedelic/page/2/

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Maybe you haven't heard the story of the Ham operator living in an apartment building and hanging a way-too-big antenna outside his apartment window.

The landlord complained and told him to take it down. Which he did.

But by chance this individual was also a college student and happened to attend a lecture about Fractals that gave him an Idea.

What if he made a smaller antenna shaped like the repeating pattern found in a fractal.

The smaller, less noticeable antenna worked better than the big one.

Fast forward to the antenna problems of early Cell Phones, where they picked up too many confusing signals.

They needed a different antenna for each signal.

A Cell phone that looked like a porcupine was not going to become The Next Big Thing.

Change the regular shaped antenna to a minuturized fractal shaped one and the problem went away.

Again, looking for a good Fractal Picture lead me to this wonderful site on Fractals:

Fractal Tree PIX.

Link: http://techwriters-world.blogspot.com/2008/11/fractal-information.html

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Wingman, the Wonder is In the Details...

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Now That's a Big FOOT! And a Little One...

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Now That's a Big FOOT!

From Science Daily-

Largest Dinosaur Footprints

Ever Found

Discovered Near Lyon, France

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091009132928.htm

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Rare Footprints of Infant Dinosaur

found in Denver in 2007.

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070525095813.htm

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Wingman, checking Footprints, Large and Small.





Just saw some Sweet 3D CGI in the movie "9",

hence the Video Bar Link to:

How-To Draw 3D Meshes in Blender, an excellent 3D Creation Program that is available in Most Distros of Linux

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We're Off to See the Wizard

We're Off to See the Wizard

10/8/09 43 years Later...

Graphical Blog Today

A New Graphical Representation

of the Periodic Table

From Technology Review--


Link: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24204/

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Google Does it Again...

Invention of the Bar Code

Google Goes Plain Jane with a Bar Code instead of their name

to announce the Invention of the Ubiquitous Bar Code.

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$940,000,000 Bucks??

Wingman, Checking it Out...

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Grim Review for Windows Mobile 6.5

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Gizmodo Paints a Grim Review for

Windows Mobile 6.5

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5374876/windows-mobile-65-review-theres-no-excuse-for-this

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Cnet Touts the Release of Windows Phones

After months of talking about Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft is announcing on Tuesday that the first crop of phones to carry the Windows Phone brand are ready to hit the market. A host of new phones running the new operating system are expected to debut between now and the holidays, with many being announced later on Tuesday.

AT&T has already announced two Windows Mobile 6.5-based phones--the Pure and the HTC Tilt 2.

In all, Microsoft has said to expect more than 30 phones running the OS by year's end.

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10367699-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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Also from CNET

IP Camera turns your iPhone

into a security cam

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10367994-248.html

(Following Link From RootSecure...)
Link: http://www.rootsecure.net/

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Daily Tech Source.

Dow Put Traditional Panels to shame

with New Solar Shingle

Link:

http://www.dailytech.com/Dow+Puts+Traditional+Panels+to+Shame+With+New+Solar+Shingle/article16424.htm

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/yc2mzoy

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Wingman, How many NetBooks and Quasi-Smart Phones

Do We Really Need???

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Getting Google Mobile Apps on Windows 6.5 Phones
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And Just to Insult to Injury, You can add Google Mobile to your
New Windows Mobile 6.5 Phone by going to:

m.google.com

in your browser and it will show you the google
apps that work with Your New Phone...

Clever this.

The Third Video on the Video Bar gives you a preview.
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Todays Top Tidbits

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From the Best Tom's Hardware Site:
Best Gaming CPUs for the Money: October '09

Link: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2437.html#xtor=RSS-182

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From Science Daily Site:
Bees Fight Back Against Colony Collapse Disorder.

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002103210.htm

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Apple Challenges new Woolworth LOGO

You can't look like a Cool Apple APPLE!

Link:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/04/apple_challenges_new_woolworths_logo.html

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Reading: The Wisdom of Crowds by James Sudowicki on Audible Books

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Wingman, Trying to Keep Up with All Kinds of Stuff...

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