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Hey there! Thanks for visiting my site. For those who don’t know, I am Joe Jacobs (more about me here). This site is where I write about my projects, random thoughts and stuff that I find interesting.  Thanks for visiting!

F1 Driver Wins $500,000 Libel Suit Against Google

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 11-11-20092009-11-11T11:51:30Zd-m-Y

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F1 Pilot Barrichello Wins $500,000 Libel Suit Against Google.

Driving a car with an iPhone

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 10-11-20092009-11-10T20:30:29Zd-m-Y

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Make: Online : Driving a car with an iPhone. A freaking car. For reals..

How Hackers Can Steal Secrets from Reflections

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 09-11-20092009-11-09T22:21:16Zd-m-Y

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How Hackers Can Steal Secrets from Reflections: Scientific American.

Through the eyepiece of Michael Backes’s small Celestron telescope, the 18-point letters on the laptop screen at the end of the hall look nearly as clear as if the notebook computer were on my lap. I do a double take. Not only is the laptop 10 meters (33 feet) down the corridor, it faces away from the telescope. The image that seems so legible is a reflection off a glass teapot on a nearby table. In experiments here at his laboratory at Saarland University in Germany, Backes has discovered that an alarmingly wide range of objects can bounce secrets right off our screens and into an eavesdropper’s camera. Spectacles work just fine, as do coffee cups, plastic bottles, metal jewelry—even, in his most recent work, the eyeballs of the computer user. The mere act of viewing information can give it away.

Scary stuff

Michael Bublé: Cry Me A River

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 31-10-20092009-10-31T21:23:53Zd-m-Y

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Love this song

So this is hell? « Engrish Funny

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 06-10-20092009-10-06T21:07:12Zd-m-Y

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Hell?

So this is hell? « Engrish Funny: Engrish Pictures That Is Your Funny Engrish.

Typewriter

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 12-07-20092009-07-12T17:10:27Zd-m-Y

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xkcd – A Webcomic – Typewriter.

Record Breaking Fail

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 09-07-20092009-07-09T02:01:46Zd-m-Y

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Record Breaking Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments.

No tinder? But I carry it everywhere! « Engrish Funny

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 06-07-20092009-07-06T13:55:51Zd-m-Y

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No tinder? But I carry it everywhere! « Engrish Funny: Engrish Pictures That Is Your Funny Engrish.

Server-side typeface

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 05-07-20092009-07-04T23:56:45Zd-m-Y

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Firefox 3.5 and the potential of Web typography | Webware – CNET.

@font-face is a CSS rule that allows Web designers to reference fonts not installed on end-user machines. Just as you would have a pointer to a server-based stylesheet or JavaScript file in your Web page code, you can now make reference to a hosted typeface.

Bulletin Board Win – Vegan vs Carnivore(?)

Posted by Joe Jacobs | Posted in Asides | Posted on 01-07-20092009-07-01T15:47:13Zd-m-Y

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Vegan vs Carnivore(?)

Bulletin Board Win « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments.

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