Insanityville

Here are all the posts written in 2008 March.

    Don’t you just love Captchas? CAPTCHA is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing Test.” Completely Automated PublicTuring test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” I just call them PITA (pain in the ass). Here are my top 10 worst Captcha’s ever.   From best to worst:               [...]

The field of display technology has seen some impressive announcements recently, but this one tops the charts for this crew. The University of Washington has implemented microscopic manufacturing or self-assembly (capillary forces) to make a new kind of hybrid contact. This contact has a microscopic imprinted circuit with light emitting capabilities. This kind of breakthrough [...]

    When i go to buy a mouse, i always have the shape problem. I never find one to have the shape i want, so my hand can sit comfortable. And because i spend more than eight hours in front of the PC, this is very important. Now my problem seem to have been solved [...]

    All of these are companies that didn’t spend quite enough time considering how their online names might appear – and be misread… Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.com/ Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange Advice [...]

C++ in a Nutshell 2003 VB.NET Language in a Nutshell 2001   VB.NET Language in a Nutshell 2nd Edition 2002 VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell 2002   MCSE: Windows 2000 Exams in a Nutshell 2001 VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language 1998   ASP in a Nutshell 1999 Ruby in a Nutshell [...]

Let’s assume that you have an Apache webserver and a website that you want VERY finite access controls on. You could do it a number of ways, right? You could craft a clever login page and use cookies, session IDs, etc. You could use a simple authentication method like .htaccess. Or, you could create a [...]

    I’ve working knowledge of a bunch of programming languages but job demands to learn a new language frequently in a short time. Instead of reading hundreds manual/book pages, I quickly read 10-15 pages of tutorial or primer. (As you know google is the best search engine to look for such stuff). I keep printed [...]

    One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How can I find it?" His teacher answered, "There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you have found love."     Plato walked forward, and before long, [...]

Check out this guy! When I first viewed this little live proformance I was stunned. Enjoy!

1.    Police in Wichita, Kansas, arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit) $16 bills. 2.    A man in Johannesberg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other’s head. 3.    A company trying to continue its five-year [...]