January 2009
Some strange followers have come my way on twitter and plurk this week. Makes for interesting reading of their profiles.
Jaiku
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Jaiku is a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in…
Hacker News
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Hacker News is the social news source of startup news for entrepreneurs.
Ping.fm
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Ping.fm is a free social networking and micro-blogging web service that enables users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously. Making an update on Ping.fm pushes the update to a number of…
Notes: Kahne feels Super; early drug tests going... →
Kasey Kahne was at the Puma booth at the annual PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, the first appearance in a whistle-stop tour of Florida that will end with the…
MGSysCtrl
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The Bat!
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The Bat! is an e-mail client for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Bat! is developed by RitLabs (Stefan Tanurkov, Maxim Masiutin, Diman Pavlov, Valerye Bostan, Valera Hiora), a company…
EGR and Front Row collaborate for 500 →
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing’s fourth car in the Daytona 500 — the No. 34 Chevrolet — will actually involve a partnership with owner Bob Jenkins’ Front Row Motorsports and one of its drivers, John…
Windows Defender
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Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. GIANT AntiSpyware was a…
Sorenson ready to take off under the King's... →
When Atlanta Motor Speedway president and general manager Ed Clark talked to Georgia native Reed Sorenson about moving into the No. 43 car and his new boss Richard Petty, a brief quip offered by the…
Kenradio Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:16:37 -0800 →
Logano to be youngest driver to start Daytona 500 →
When Joey Logano climbs into the No. 20 Toyota for the 51st running of the Great American Race on Feb. 15, he will make history as the youngest driver to start a Daytona 500 — NASCAR’s biggest,…
Whoever invented AV360 as a virus should be dragged out into the street and shot.
MediaCapture
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WinDVD
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#1 DVD and video playback software, with over 175 million copies sold worldwide. Enjoy crystal-clear, smooth playback of your standard and High-Def video and audio. Movie buffs, frequent flyers and…
Mozilla Crash Reporter
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The Mozilla Crash Reporter, also known as Breakpad, is a program that sends information to Firefox developers when Firefox crashes. Firefox developers use this information to make future versions of…
World of Goo
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World of Goo is a physics based puzzle / construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo don’t know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious….
GitHub
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GitHub is, officially, a Git repository hosting service. GitHub’s early users are calling it a “social programming network”. This is because Git’s decentralized nature makes it easy to fork, branch…
Preshow fun is done now it is time to light the fires and have a show.
ClearType Tuner
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Security Now 181: Crypto Recap →
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve gives an overview of the major concepts and components of encryption. Security Now wiki shownotes For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and…
Dell Webcam Central
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Dell Webcam Central makes it easy for you to record videos, snap photos, have fun with video and audio effects - all from one convenient location!
Roxio Creator
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Optical disc authoring software, produced by Roxio. It is bundled with some optical disc recorders.
Notes: B. Labonte garners sponsorship from Academy →
Academy Sports + Outdoors will sponsor Bobby Labonte and the No. 96 Ford for five races in the Sprint Cup Series in 2009. The Food City 500 at Bristol will be the first race for Academy Sports +…
Kenradio Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:38:35 -0800 →
MySpace login Captcha is driving me nutz, I type in the right letters and numbers and it still says I didn’t do it right. (angry)
NTSB faults NASCAR in deadly plane crash in 2007 →
Read full story for latest details.
adventures on ice ;-)
Google Calendar Sync
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Google Calendar Sync synchronizes your primary Google Calendar with your Outlook Calendar. Sync can be one way (Google->Outlook, Outlook->Google) or both ways (GoogleOutlook). This software works…
Thunderbird
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Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird can manage multiple e-mail, newsgroup and RSS accounts and supports…
TechMeme
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Techmeme is a technology news aggregator. The website has been described as “a one-page, aggregated, filtered, archiveable summary in near real-time of what is new and generating conversation.” It…
net@night 85: Akoha →
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte Akoha.com, Obameter, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, Historical Tweets, YouTube Cinema, and more. Guest: Austin Hill, co-founder and CEO of …
Corel Common Framework
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CrankyGeeks 151: Breaking News! →
DTV Transition Back On, Microsoft’s Layoffs, Zune Sales Plummet, YouTube Users to Delete Comments, and more…
Justin.tv
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Justin.tv is a network of diverse channels providing a platform for lifecasting and live video streaming of events online. The original Justin.tv was a single channel that evolved into the Justin.tv…
Google Chromium
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Google Chromium is the nightly builds of Google Chrome. Google Chrome is a lightweight browser designed to keep the browser out of the way for focus on the web application.
MSN
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MSN (The Microsoft Network) is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft.
Gordon steadfast in belief that he can still... →
Jeff Gordon doesn’t want to hear about a 41-race losing streak — not when he feels like the next race, the Daytona 500, is virtually a sure thing for him.
Bodines back in Cup, start new team with Gunselman →
Journeyman driver Larry Gunselman is the latest to make an attempt at the Cup Series dream in 2009 as the Washington native has formed a team for himself and a pair of veteran brothers, Geoff and…
Allmendinger signs with Richard Petty Motorsports →
Richard Petty Motorsports announced Wednesday that A.J. Allmendinger has agreed to a contract that calls for him to race in the 2009 season with the team retaining an option for 2010.
The Question of Land Cutting →
We have set ourselves a goal to create the most enjoyable Mainland experience that we can. As part of this effort, a few months ago we took action to limit Ad Farming (especially adverts that are…
Kenradio Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:36:19 -0800 →
Sorenson gets the ride of his life in Air Force... →
Capt. Dustin Ripley, an F-15 pilot with the 95th Fighter Squadron, gave NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson the ride of his life on Jan. 21 at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida.
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
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NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for…
Live Mesh
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Live Mesh puts you at the center of your digital world, seamlessly connecting you to the people, devices, programs, and information you care about available wherever you happen to be. Imagine all…
Google Code
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Google Code Search is a free beta product from Google which debuted in Google Labs on October 5, 2006 allowing web users to search for open-source code on the Internet.
WordPress
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WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. WordPress was born out of a…
Microblog-purple
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The project aims is to develop a set of microblog support in LibPurple base client like Pidgin. Currently it only support Twitter through the conversation windows.
LMS launches site to keep fans in loop on Coke 600 →
As Lowe’s Motor Speedway prepares for the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600 on May 24, speedway officials have launched a new Web site, www.coke600.com, to keep fans up-to-date on all the special…
Dell Dock
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