TCD is dead! Long live TCD!
So I’m killing Tech Check Daily for the time being, because I just got a job at CNET TV doing a tech check daily style show. I’ll link to it when I get a chance.
Seizure
So… right now TCD is on hiatus (again, I know) because I had a seizure. I’m going to move to Boston, get health insurance and try to fix my health up. Fun, right? So that’s the deal. I’m going to figure it out, but for now TCD is a 5th priority.
Do you miss me yet?
I know… I know… ITS BEEN FOREVER. I’m really starting to miss you too, but I’ve got to get a monitor, usb keyboard and a lamp before I can get back to tech checking.
SO SORRY!!!!
I’m hurrying, but I’m broke and at a new job. I swear we’re going to be back.
Vista cracked (for real!)
The collective internet community was hoaxed on Friday, and yeah, we all should have known better, but now it sounds like someone really hacked Vista’s activation scheme!
[Thanks, Nathan!]
Conservapedia: Conservative Wikipedia
We’re not too into politics, but apparently there’s some sort of conservative need to rebuff Wikipedia. Here’s a hint, anyone can edit wikipedia! If you don’t like it, change it!
XBox360 gets homebrew coded
The XBox360 has been open to piracy for a while now, but now homebrew coders are getting their first crack at the box.
Vista’s activation gets cracked
Using an illegal serial for your copy of Vista? Thanks to a visual basic script, you can probably use it for a little longer.
Mid-day update: Beer launching fridge
We’ll spare a regular update (mainly due to time constraints on my part) but here’s an awesome clip of a beer flinging fridge.
Sometimes there’s something so awesome you have to break tradition and do a mid-day update. The beer launching fridge is definitely a thing of awesome.
[via hacked gadgets]
Bittorrent Drama
Users trying to log on to bittorrent mainstay ISO hunt may be a bit disappointed. The popular BitTorrent tracker had it’s servers yanked by it’s primary ISP. A Rep from ISOhunt says the action is most likely fallout from a recent MPAA lawsuit regarding their content. All is not lost yet in the fight, or rather whack a mole game, of killing bittorrent trackers. Techs for the site expect to be back as soon as today… and according to ISOhunt, They plan to keep their servers in the US, and stand by the philosophy that BitTorrent was created for legitimate distribution of large media files.
BitTorrent’s most notorious bad boys, The Pirate Bay, who openly flaunt their opposition to copyright, operate under Swedish law with relative immunity. However, a May 2006 raid by Swedish police may have the pirates shoving off to sea. The Pirate Bay is currently in negotiations to purchase Sealand; a World-War-Two fort just far enough off the coast of England to lie in international waters. The British-Built fort is considered by many to be it’s own principality, and therefore subject to it’s own laws. The Pirates feel locating their servers at Sealand is the best way to avoid future trouble with the authorities. The Pirate Bay is accepting donations to finance the deal, and offering a Sealand citizenship to all who contribute. I’m not really interested in donating, but maybe one of you folks who get a sealand passport can come give me a visit back across the pond.
…And we’re back!
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