http://www.bbspot.com/Log/ Your Window to Brian's Brain en Copyright 1999-2009 by BBspot LLC Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:00 EDT editor@bbspot.com (Brian Briggs) briggsb@bbspot.com (Brian Briggs) http://www.bbspot.com/Images/homepage/logo_main_rss.gif http://www.bbspot.com 88 34 BBspot Logo http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2059 I hate scammers even more than I hate Twilight (I know that's hard to believe). This morning I saved our new guests from a scammer. I'm now going by Brian Briggs: Internet Detective. I overheard Mrs. BBspot say that she needed the credit card, which in ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2058 The End is Near - A star like our Sun goes rogue, and balloons to 1000 times its diameter. Needless to say this would be bad for us if the Sun decides to follow suit. The Dangers of D & D - A Canadian documentary on the dangers of Dungeons and Dragons. ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2057 Exploding Bacteria - Scientists have engineered a bacteria to glow green in the presence of explosives. This aids in detecting land mines for easy clean up. Unfortunately, the bacteria also likes to eat your brain. The Half-Life Story - A timeline of ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2055 Making More Money - Musical artists are making more money despite piracy, and the mainstream press is finally figuring it out. Do you believe in miracles? History of the Internet - All on one page. 8-bit l4d - What it would look like if Left 4 Dead were ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2056 I ditched DoubleTwist for syncing music on my Pre, because it relied on iTunes for playlist support. Instead I started just dragging and dropping files onto my phone. Tiring of that I tried out the J. River Media Center , which works really well. I just ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2053 A Breach Ain't One - A little bit of Next Gen humor for you. Mega Sites - These sites use twice as much bandwidth as Facebook, and it's possible you've never heard of them. Micro Black Holes - Don't worry, the link is safe for work. Don't Shake - In the ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2054 Thanks to a kind BBspotter, I have received my invite to Google Wave . If you're just starting with Google Wave then a free online book called The Complete Guide to Google Wave has been posted by Lifehacker friends Gina Trapani and Adam Pash. I spent an ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2052 Twitter Responds - A spokesman from Twitter responds to common complaints about the service. 2nd TOS Pilot - A second TOS pilot unearthed by German. This time the Nazis win. MPAA Awesomeness - Not! If you're wondering why I write stories critical of the ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2051 Jaws X - I think we all knew this. Great whites come closer to shore more often than we suspected, and by "we" I mean people who have never seen Jaws or any of its sequels. Sudo Patented - Those wacky funsters over at Microsoft are up to their ... http://www.bbspot.com/Log/?id=2050 Programming Exercises - Classic programming exercises to help you learn how to code. Go - OK, this is getting ridiculous. Google is releasing an open source programming language, a cross between Python and C++. Hey, Google can you be a bit more subtle ...