David Adam

Massive bank fraud in massively multiplayer game EVE: The chairman of the virtual bank in EVE Online, a space-trading/piracy game, absconded with billions of virtual credits, swapping them for $5,000 in cash to make a house payment. The embezzlement… - David Adam

Wear patterns as information leakage from security keypads: Bruce Schneier points out that keypad wear is a form of “information leakage”: “There are 10,000 possible four-digit codes, but you only have to try 24 on these keypads. The first is most likely… - David Adam

Reality show gives points to clerics for converting Atheists: A new Turkish game-show asks clerics to convert atheists and awards prizes for the most conversions; I think the atheists should get points for resisting the pitch, too — it’s only fair (and the… - David Adam

Reality show gives points to clerics for converting Atheists: A new Turkish game-show asks clerics to convert atheists and awards prizes for the most conversions; I think the atheists should get points for resisting the pitch, too — it’s only fair (and the… - David Adam

Wear patterns as information leakage from security keypads: Bruce Schneier points out that keypad wear is a form of “information leakage”: “There are 10,000 possible four-digit codes, but you only have to try 24 on these keypads. The first is most likely… - David Adam

Massive bank fraud in massively multiplayer game EVE: The chairman of the virtual bank in EVE Online, a space-trading/piracy game, absconded with billions of virtual credits, swapping them for $5,000 in cash to make a house payment. The embezzlement… - David Adam

NCBI ROFL: terrific blog about funny and odd scientific publications: My pal and IFTF colleague Alex Pang just turned me on to NCBI ROFL, a hilarious blog written by two molecular and cell biology grad students at UC Berkeley in which they point out funny, bizarre,… - David Adam

Books as planters: BB pal Tara McGinley spotted these delightful planter kits, called Honbachi, from Japan, containing the plant, soil, and a hollowed-out book. Looks like it would be fun and easy… - David Adam

The Infamous 2009 LimeWire Pizza Fiasco: July 1, 2009 - the day the music wars started in earnest. Last night the guys from Dovecote Records, a small music label based in New York, were hanging out at their local bar. Employees from… - David Adam

Elderly retired boxing champ beats six kinds of crap out of drunken burglar neighbour: A British hard-partying 24-year-old bartender got upset that his elderly neighbour called the cops over all the noise he was making, so he got drunk and broke into the 72-year-old’s house, wielding… - David Adam

Elderly retired boxing champ beats six kinds of crap out of drunken burglar neighbour: A British hard-partying 24-year-old bartender got upset that his elderly neighbour called the cops over all the noise he was making, so he got drunk and broke into the 72-year-old’s house, wielding… - David Adam

Voyageur, a storied guitar made from legends: Yesterday’s episode of CBC Radio’s As it Happens celebrated Canada Day with an interview with Jowi Taylor, author of Six String Nation: 64 Pieces, 6 Strings, 1 Country, 1 Guitar. The book… - David Adam

Voyageur, a storied guitar made from legends: Yesterday’s episode of CBC Radio’s As it Happens celebrated Canada Day with an interview with Jowi Taylor, author of Six String Nation: 64 Pieces, 6 Springs, 1 Country, 1 Guitar. The book… - David Adam

“So, to sum up: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is one of the greatest achievements in the history of cinema, if not the greatest. You could easily argue that cinema, as an artform, has all been leading up to this. It will destabilize your limbic system, probably forever, and make you doubt the solidity of your surroundings.” - io9 - Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - David Adam

Space Invaders Have Pride, Too [Screengrab]: As seen in Manhattan. Thanks, reader Zuri F. - David Adam

Kid Swaps iPod For Sony Walkman, Gets A Culture Shock: The pictures of the Sony Walkman in this BBC Magazine article made me feel strangely nostalgic - the actual text of the article made me laugh out loud. The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott… - David Adam

Dress Up Your Ties with the "Merovingian Knot" [Clothing]: The realm of dress tie knots is dominated by a handful of traditional tie knots. Check out this rather unique tie knot and be the first on your block to sport it. If you’re a very sharp-eyed fan… - David Adam

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Now, THIS Is Service [Note]: To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: King of Pop Has Passed Earlier this week, Mrs. Bashcraft bought a baby sling for Micro-Bash, but one of the straps on it caused him to rub his chin, irritating… - David Adam

World War II + Twitter = Propaganda Hilarity: Twitter-themed WWIII-style Propaganda Posters, by Brian Moore (via Laughing Squid and The Daily What). - David Adam

World War II + Twitter = Propaganda Hilarity: Twitter-themed WWIII-style Propaganda Posters, by Brian Moore (via Laughing Squid and The Daily What). - David Adam

We All Start Somewhere: Its Fathers Day. For the rest of the year, I tend to not dwell on that fact that I have a biological father and an adoptive father, but today, I always take a bit of time to dwell. When I was… - David Adam

Mark Ryden's Tree Show postcard set: Mark Ryden’s Tree Show Postcard Micrortfolio is a delightful set of 15 souvenir postcards. Published by the good people at Last Gasp, the images are from Ryden’s 2007 Los… - David Adam

Everyone wants to be a copyright gatekeeper, and gatekeepers are bad for copyright: I’ve got a new feature up on Internet Evolution today, a piece called “Internet ©rapshoot: How Internet Gatekeepers Stifle Progress,” about how everybody wants to be a gatekeeper — the studios and… - David Adam

This Is The Best Sackboy Beard, By Far [PS3]: While we’d like to see more pop culture and less national icons in our Sackboys, we can make an exception when we’re greeted with a Druid. Yes, to help celebrate summer solstice, the time… - David Adam

Everyone wants to be a copyright gatekeeper, and gatekeepers are bad for copyright: I’ve got a new feature up on Internet Evolution today, a piece called “Internet ©rapshoot: How Internet Gatekeepers Stifle Progress,” about how everybody wants to be a gatekeeper — the studios and… - David Adam

Mark Ryden's Tree Show postcard set: Mark Ryden’s Tree Show Postcard Micrortfolio is a delightful set of 15 souvenir postcards. Published by the good people at Last Gasp, the images are from Ryden’s 2007 Los… - David Adam

Everyone wants to be a copyright gatekeeper, and gatekeepers are bad for copyright: I’ve got a new feature up on Internet Evolution today, a piece called “Internet ©rapshoot: How Internet Gatekeepers Stifle Progress,” about how everybody wants to be a gatekeeper — the studios and… - David Adam

Mark Ryden's Tree Show postcard set: Mark Ryden’s Tree Show Postcard Micrortfolio is a delightful set of 15 souvenir postcards. Published by the good people at Last Gasp, the images are from Ryden’s 2007 Los… - David Adam