February 06, 2004

Live From Baghdad

"Foxnews.com can give you a glimpse of what's happening in the Iraqi capital with a 24-hour camera positioned near al-Firdos Square (search) -- translated in English, it means Paradise Square -- the site of the Saddam Hussein statue that was toppled on April 9."

Article Describing Cam

Fox News Baghdad Cam - Requires Windows Media Player.

Posted by sodabob at 12:39 PM | Comments (1)

What (info) is in your wallet?

Read an interesting article today about privacy concerns regarding Driver's Licenses...

Great Taste, Less Privacy

Here's more info (as linked in the article above), with an interesting tool with which you can 'read' the data on your driver's license...

The Swipe

Using the tool above, I found out that my name, birthday, driver's license number (thankfully different than my SS#), address, height and weight are included... and perhaps more (the reader software isn't perfect, and wasn't able to pick up all the data from the "2D" encoded strip).

Posted by sodabob at 11:47 AM | Comments (0)

February 03, 2004

Favorite Video

Still my favorite music video.

(The YouTube video above has been updated to the official, and much better quality, version posted by Metallica themselves on the YouTube MetallicaTV channel.)

Posted by sodabob at 10:58 AM | Comments (4)