This week you may have heard about "Chrome," a new Web browser being developed by Google (if you haven't, read this online comic book that demonstrates its worthiness). Associated with Chrome is V8, a new open source JavaScript engine that's designed to execute JavaScript code at never-seen-before speeds. All this reminded Marc-André Cournoyer (of Thin fame) of HotRuby (see previously on Ruby Inside), an experimental JavaScript-based virtual machine that can run YARV-compiled Ruby code, and ...

Take a look at the three photos below. The first is an image from John McCain's acceptance speech in Minnesota last night. The second is a photo of the building that was hugely projected behind him, which turns out to be Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, CA. Why would McCain have that photo behind him last night? Talking Points Memo smartly speculates that the GOP must have intended to have a photo of ...

Lotta sounding like young tell ‘em register to quote/See I roll em back-to-back like I’m registered to smoke… I’m sorry, but Jeezy doing anything legal and positive is just plain hilarious to me.

St Saviours, Warwick Avenue by Simon White Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.

This flowchart shows you what to say during private time with your special friend. Say goodbye to confusion and hello to deep conversations. Start from the middle of the chart and work your way out. Never again will you be at a loss for words. There's also this universal comedy flowchart similar in spirit.

This project details how to build a Smart/SIM card reader/writer for experimentation and investigation of SIM & Smart cards. Once the reader design is built, the open source software can be used to read from and write to the card. Together they can be used to backup/restore stored SIM card data, recover deleted SMS’s and phone contacts, examine the last phone numbers dialed, etc. SIM Reader - [Link]

Forget London on the Cheap for a minute. If you're a true London geek with a proper taste for public transport then you need to check the piggy bank and make sure your eBay account is active. London Transport Museum if having a big ole auction with some awesome lots, if you can bid big enough. A tour of the disused Aldwych tube station - of much film fame but no longer open to the ...

Previously: Raekwon - OB4CL2 Photoshoot

Campsite at Snoqualmie Lake by Kathryn Ponio We've already shared the first half of this hike with you when we posted about our trek to Otter Falls. That hike got us curious about what lay beyond. What would it be like to keep going? Keep walking past Otter Falls, past Big Creek Falls. Keep walking until you nearly reach the end of the Taylor River Valley and then climb the 1400 feet up to Snoqualmie ...

.For millions of children worldwide, Christmas might not turn out to be the biggest disappointment of the year after all.It has been revealed that despite the fervent denials from Washington, Santa Claus was in fact detained by US authorities just before heading into Canada on the final leg of his global journey, during the early hours of 25th December 2006.A resident of the North Pole, which is not a US owned territory, Mr Claus failed ...

Young Legend told me this last night, and now Semtex has confirmed it: Kanye’s next single will be called “Love LockDown” and his 4th LP is on track to hit stores in December. It will not be called Good Ass Job. MTV UK is saying the Yeezy single is scheduled for release through iTunes on Monday, but I think they’re talking out of their ass. We’ll see. Curtis, you’re probably going to want to hold ...

Hey, we've been good together, Summer. You know that. Sure, it's been three months--three good months--and maybe you're thinking a little. Is it serious, or was it just a fling? That's no reason to go. Remember when you first got into town and everyone was so excited to see you? We'd wake up and all we could think about was how to spend more time with you. We had fun, right? The trips to the ...

Mister Buckets Serious Time recently posted a bunch of old found (and some family) photos, mostly collected from local flea markets. These are some of our favorites. You can see the whole set here. There is an image gallery to this entry which you can view at Chicagoist

Photo by agaetisbyrjun This guy above, it seems, shows up at the beginning of each semester at SFSU "to get yelled at by freshmen/student activists." We think he's the bee's knees. What's more, we can identify with all of the sins listed above. Can you?

Pizza grabbed four of 10 spots in a recent list of mobile-directory restaurant searches in US metropolitan areas, according to V-Enable, as reported by TechCrunch. Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Papa John’s and Little Caesar’s all made the top six. Results of the study suggest directory-search trends point to evidence of the lagging economy. Sit-down, full-service restaurants such as Olive Garden, Applebee’s and Red Lobster have dropped in the rankings, while lower-priced, convenience-oriented operations have gained ground.Some ...

What is it? The Barbican Conservatory, a glass-covered green hideout in the heart of the City. Nature-ist's mission is to uncover the unconventional bits of wilderness that poke through London's rugged urban landscape. And a conservatory doesn't strictly count. But when we're talking the capital's second biggest conservatory after Kew, and a place that seems little known by most Londoners, then we thought we'd make an exception. Where is it? Er, the Barbican, surprisingly. Go ...

You can create a dome area of about radius 8 to 10 meters to shield, and avoid to disturb by cell phone calls. APPLY TO ALL Ranges Including GSM, DCS, PCS, PHS, DECT, CDMA, and 3G! Price US$246.00 from brando Features: Hand-held Portable Universal Cell Phones Jammer Suggest to use: Conference room, Class room, Library, Court room, Cinema, Concert hall, etc. Operate continuously for 1.5 hours with full charged battery Operate Range: Radius 8-10 meters ...

The Particle Zoo propose une collection des particules subatomiques qui composent la matière, et qui tirent leur origine du Modèle Standard de la physique des particules. Elles se présentent sous forme de petites “poupées”. Il est possible de les acheter en ligne séparément ou groupées, chacune d’entre elle est remplie de matériel léger ou lourd selon son poids réel…un annexe comportant les anti-particules correspondantes est aussi disponible, mais attention à ne pas réunir une particule ...

From Brennon Slattery, PC World Blogger: Faced with huge song royalty increases, Net radio may soon face extinction. That is according to Internet radio Webcaster Pandora’s founder Tim Westergren. He told the Washington Post his popular music Webcasting site is about to go offline because of increases in royalties his company must pay to the music [...]

Oh man, I hope Blender’s irate hip-hop fan terrorism insurance is all paid up. Because ‘Pac stans are going to pillage and burn that building when they hear about this shit. Reuters reports: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dead rapper Tupac “2Pac” Shakur, the hip-hop icon who sold more records after he was murdered than during his brief career, is the most overrated person in music, according to music magazine Blender. Shakur tops a tongue-in-cheek list ...