That’s what you get for leaving your ’speeder in Anchorhead overnight …

Comparing the recent photos of the speeder to the image published on the 1981 racing brochure, it’s doubtful even Luke Skywalker could have kept so much of the original vehicle intact. With the exception of the wrap-around grill, upholstery, Coke branding, and a couple other cosmetic changes, "Coke One" (as it is was originally called) appears relatively well-preserved, awaiting a new home in a collector’s garage or showroom.

Star Wars: Collecting | Landspeeder Discovered in Florida Impound

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Ah, dear Schaedenfraude, where would I be without you?

Judge orders Paris Hilton back to jail

Paris Hilton was taken from a courtroom screaming and crying Friday seconds after a judge ordered her returned to jail to serve out her entire 45-day sentence for a probation violation in a reckless driving case.

Daryl C. W. O’Shea: Lazy Network Engineer » URIBL, SURBL and Spamhaus suffer SYN floods

In case you ever needed evidence that URI blacklists are effective or that spammers don’t like Spamhaus, you’ve now got a DDoS SYN flood attack to back up that argument. The web mirrors for the three sites have been down for most of the day due to what’s reported by URIBL as “heavy syn floods for anyone operating a web mirror for uribl, surbl, or spamhaus”. The SpamAssassin Rules Emporium (SARE) website is also down. It is hosted on one of the URIBL mirrors. As of tonight, Spamhaus’ website is back up and running on a new IP. I’m really surprised that this didn’t happen a lot sooner.

Just fooling around with a bunch of different themes. I should be done shortly …

Very cute. Ikea Hacker is such a cool site

ikea hacker: build your own cat furniture

Stolen from Joystiq

I’ve always wondered about this …

Why Your BlackBerry Causes Speakers to Buzz | Advice and Opinion

To get to the root of the issue, I spoke with Duncan Bradley, Research In Motions RIM director of global market intelligence. RIM is the BlackBerry manufacturer. Bradley explained to me that cell phones cause this buzzing interference when near some speakers or other devices that can resonate radio frequencies RF because such devices often feature poor quality shielding mechanisms to block radio waves from being received. The devices act as passive antennas, picking up cell phone radio signals, but they dont have any way to modulate or translate them into anything intelligible, according to Bradley. Speakers or other electronics with higher quality shielding mechanisms yield less buzzing when near phones, he said.

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The Police to perform on MTV Unplugged - VIDEO - TV Squad

The Police, who are currently on a reunion tour, will be performing an all-acoustic set for MTV Unplugged somewhere in Miami on July 13, according to Fox News. There’s no specific word yet on just which venue the performance will take place, but fans will no doubt be able to catch the performance on MTV (and perhaps also VH1 and CMT). The article further states that an album could result from the Unplugged performance, which should make fans very happy, especially those fans who can’t afford tickets.

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First look: ‘Speed Racer’s’ demon on wheels - USATODAY.com

The film, Silver says, will have a "retro future" look and will center on Speed (Hirsch) trying to make a name for himself in the racing world despite the efforts of corporate giants to foil his career. The film also stars Christina Ricci as girlfriend Trixie and Matthew Fox as Speed’s older brother, Racer X.