airpwn is a utility that replaces every image loaded by a user of a WiFi network with the infamous, mentally scarifying “goatse.cx” JPEG. Now if my annoying neighbors had WiFi, I could really have some fun with them. Link via BB.
Google Image Search in ASCII
A neat little tool that takes whatever search term you put into the box, sends it through a Google Images search, takes the first image that gets returned, and turns it into ASCII art. So compare, and contrast (that picture is my father-in-law holding my two daughters).
Idiot Crook For The Day
If you’re going to forge checks, make sure you spell “Chase Manhattan Bank” correctly.
Sixteen Player Mario Kart
I’ve always like the Mario Kart series, and would love to be a part of a 16-player race. Link via Kottke.
Do Two Drunks Cancel Each Other Out?
A drunk horse and buggy driver causes a car to crash. The problem is that the driver of the car was also drunk. Police are a bit perplexed as to what charges to file.
Beer Drinking Bear Now Has a Job
He’s now Hamms’ mascot (this is a follow up to yesterday’s post).
Bots, Blogs, and News Aggregators
Marcus Zillman is offering his 20-page PDF Whitepaper on bots, blogs, and aggregators free of charge. While most of the information there is nothing most folks that know anything about this stuff wouldn’t already know about, but it is handy to have it in one PDF file. Link via Research Buzz.
BugMeNot Dead?
OK, good, I’m not the only one who noticed this, but as I mentioned before when you go to BugMeNot, it appears the site is toast.
Hopefully it’s a temporary thing.
Update: Apparently their host pulled the plug and they’re currently looking for off-shore hosting.
Death To Spammers and Virus Writers
Thanks to the efforts of spammers and virus writers, 63 percent of all email sent in the first half of 2004 was spam and every 12th email had a virus attached. Full Story.