O’Reilly looks at the Pros and Cons of the upcoming OpenID movement

Zombie16 FTW! (Internet, Nerdy)

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Pros and Cons of OpenID – O’Reilly Radar

One login to rule them all??

Darth Samurai Helmet

Zombie16 FTW! (WTF?!)

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Star Wars fought in ancient Japan! – Engadget Japanese

Calvin and Hobbes Snow Art Gallery

Chromium FTW! (Fun)

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Love me some fucked up snowmen.

UK MUSLIMS: ‘BAN’ UN-ISLAMIC SCHOOLS

LowCommotion FTW! (Educational, Your Rights)

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http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1264

DEMANDS for a ban on “un-Islamic” activities in schools will be set out by the Muslim Council of Britain today.

Targets include playground games, swimming lessons, school plays, parents’ evenings and even vaccinations.

And the calls for all children to be taught in Taliban-style conditions will be launched with the help of a senior Government education adviser.

word on the streets is the Daily Express is a tabloid so we’ll have to see what the “real news” reports.

tabloids do get it right… sometimes.

Cassette Players More Popular than Zune

LowCommotion FTW! (Music, Tech)

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http://www.slyck.com/story1412.html

its an article about how apple and google will soon own microsoft, i just love this quote:

The Zune began to fall from grace, as its sales ranked number 47 on Amazon.com in December of 2006. The Zune is currently ranked number 51, just behind the iPod shuffle, SanDisk 2 GB MP3 player, and a Sony cassette recorder (with auto shutoff!)

Healthcare: Where the Money’s At

LowCommotion FTW! (Health, Money, Work)

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http://www.webmd.com/content/article/131/118216?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Health care will account for nearly 20 cents of every dollar spent in the U.S. in 2016, government experts predict.

If so, America’s health care tab will be nearly twice as large as in 2006.

U.S. health care spending weighed in at $2.1 trillion last year. By 2016, the figure is projected to jump to $4.1 trillion, according to a government report published in Health Affairs.

Police blow up foul-mouthed CDs that blared in church

Chromium FTW! (WTF?!)

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Now if you have already determined the devices to be non threatening, why blow 2 of them up?

Sword seized after man mistakes porn for rape

Chromium FTW! (WTF?!)

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I can’t make this stuff up. And for Chrissakes, turn the volume down to a reasonable level when listening to pr0n!

Old Folks Like the Wii, Too!

LowCommotion FTW! (Fun, Games)

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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6191

“I’ve never been into video games, but this is addictive,” said 72-year-old Flora Dierbach. “They come in after dinner and play. Sometimes, on Saturday afternoons, their grandkids come play with them … A lot of grandparents are being taught by their grandkids. But, now, some grandparents are instead teaching their grandkids.”

Wii Bowling has become so well received that more than 20 residents signed up to participate in a virtual bowling tournament without the need to leave the clubhouse lounge. Sedgebrook’s entertainment committee said that they even have a fan for people to dry their hands before they bowl, just like at a real bowling alley.

i’d always planned on spending my retirement beating every final fantasy game. 

nice to see the old folks getting some fun… it saddens me to think they’re just sitting in a chair staring at the wall.

US Army to arm UAVs with xenon-based paralysis inducer

LowCommotion FTW! (Tech, War)

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http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/us-army-to-arm-uavs-with-xenon-based-paralysis-inducer/

… a 7.5-million candlepower strobe floodlight system to be used as a “non-lethal crowd-control device.” The government has awards Pennsylvania-based Peak Systems a contract to fabricate a modified Maxa Beam searchlight that will be xenon-based, sport strobing capabilities, and will act as an “immobilization system /deterrent device” on large crowds. Furthermore, this behemoth of a flashlight will be flanking an unmanned aerial system, presumably to cruise over a rioting crowd (or platoon of foes) and theoretically flash bomb them until they suffer from “short-term paralysis.”