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April 23, 2007

How do spammers bypass the capcha images?

by @ 8:16 pm. Filed under Software

A capcha image
I'm sure you've seen those "capcha" images on various sites -- you know, those twisted, distorted images of a few letters and numbers which you have to try to read and input to prove you're human. These are a big PITA, but they're one of the easier way to defeat spammers, yet some still get past. This shows how.
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April 20, 2007

Bake yourself a medieval castle cake

by @ 12:08 pm. Filed under Fun Stuff

Castle-shaped cake mold
Let's take a detour from the usual tech stuff and take a look at what might be called the geekiest way to bake a cake.
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April 18, 2007

Home built PIC microcontroller cluster project

by @ 5:34 pm. Filed under Electronics

Home built PIC microcontroller cluster project
This guy is building a cluster of low-cost PIC microcontrollers to experiment and learn with parallel computing design.
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April 6, 2007

Animated theory on the construction of the pyramids

by @ 2:54 pm. Filed under Fun Stuff

Ancient pyramids
Today, I take a little detour from the usual tech-related stuff I think is cool to look at 3,000+ year old tech, or at least one potential theory on how it worked: how the great pyramids were constructed.
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