Archives for October 2nd, 2006

Bloglines Lets You Subscribe To Other’s GMail Feeds

Martin, over at currybet.com, noticed that Bloglines will reveal feeds for other people's GMail feed when you go to subscribe to your own. I'm sure you were wondering, just like I was, how he went about finding these:

October 2nd, 2006
Bloglines Lets You Subscribe To Other’s GMail Feeds

Police Lose A New Car Because Of GPS Failure

To help catch car thieves police sometimes setup a "bait car" which is actually intended to be stolen. They rig the car up gadgets such as GPS units so that after the car is stolen they will be able to follow the thief, arrest them, and retrieve their precious new car.

October 2nd, 2006
Police Lose A New Car Because Of GPS Failure

Hiding Documents In Image Files

Digital Inspiration has a pretty cool post that walks you through how to hide documents, such as a text file or Excel spreadsheet, in an image file. If someone tries to open the image they won't notice anything different because they will see an un-distorted picture that appears to be normal (except maybe for the file size).

October 2nd, 2006
Hiding Documents In Image Files

Dim Background Windows Using Jedi Concentrate

When I was over at Lifehacker I found this pretty cool program that someone developed called Jedi Concentrate. The point of the software is to dim all of the windows behind the one that your working on. That way it will help you focus on only that window.

October 2nd, 2006
Dim Background Windows Using Jedi Concentrate