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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Va. Mother Charged With Abandoning Son, 4, on Beltway

Va. Mother Charged With Abandoning Son, 4, on Beltway: "Va. Mother Charged With Abandoning Son, 4, on Beltway

By Nikita Stewart
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 27, 2005; 4:33 PM

Fairfax police charged a Newport News, Va., woman with child neglect and hit and run last night after they found her 4-year-old son wandering alone about 10 p.m. on the Capital Beltway near Lee Highway.

Police said the child had been put out of the car by his mother, Channoah Alece Green, 22, who was angry at him. The child told an officer who picked him up that his mother was upset with him because he would not sit down. The child was treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital for scratches and cuts.


Because Green allegedly bumped the child with her car, after she let him out, police charged her with hit and run, authorities said.

The child was turned over to Fairfax County Child Protective Services, which provides emergency foster care in such cases.

Police said Green was charged with reckless driving later in Hanover County for an unrelated incident. Authorities said she is in the county jail north of Richmond."

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Identity Theft Resource Center | A Nonprofit Organization

A very helpful guide about what to do if your wallet is stolen. Focused on how to prevent identify theft and lots of helpful tips.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

MediaMan Central: Product Overview


"MediaMan let you create and organize your own media catalog for free. MediaMan is capable of managing all kinds of media in your collection, including books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, software and game titles."


Think Delicious Library for Windows

Monday, July 18, 2005

Adam Stiles: Hacking Google Suggest

Adam Stiles: Hacking Google Suggest: "Hacking Google Suggest

Google's Suggest feature is lighting up the blogosphere these days. It functions as like autocomplete for your search box, where Google attempts to determine what you are searching for and gives you suggestions. Web tinkerer that I am, I had to dig in a little and see how this works."

Friday, July 15, 2005

AutoStitch

AutoStitch: "AutoStitch :: a new dimension in automatic image stitching"

Automatically Recreate Panoramic Photos

Research: "AUTOSTITCH. The first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. AutoStitch software is available to license from UBC. A FREE demo version is also available"

Sunday, July 10, 2005

MySQL Bugs: #7832: Query Browser 1.1.4, 1.1.5 won't start. Eat memory.

MySQL Bugs: #7832: Query Browser 1.1.4, 1.1.5 won't start. Eat memory.: "MySQL Bugs: #7832: Query Browser 1.1.4, 1.1.5 won't start. Eat memory."

Friday, July 08, 2005

Google Suggest for Firefox

Google Suggest for Firefox: "Google
Google Suggest for Firefox
screenshot
Introduction

Google Suggest for Firefox is an extension that completes your search terms as you type them into the search box located to the right of the address bar."

InternetFrog.com: Network Tools, Internet Speed Test and Website Tools

InternetFrog.com: Network Tools, Internet Speed Test and Website Tools: "Testing Your Connection Speed"

Live 8

Live 8: "Live 8 Video Downloads"

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Chris Coyne.com CFDG - Context Free Design Grammar


CFDG is a very simple programming language I made for generating pictures. You write a text file as an input (a .cfdg file), and it spits out a graphic (usually a .png file).

Your text file consists of 3 things:

1. a startshape; this is just the name of an object you make up
2. rules for growth; you can replace any object with any other objects, at relative positions, orientations, and sizes. (And now: brightnesses.)
3. circles and squares; they are special objects and they are drawn rather than replaced.

You can have conflicting rules. When this happens, CFDG picks one randomly. YOu can also specify weightings for which rules you'd like to have chosen more often.

And finally, infinite loops are okay, as long as the shapes get infinitely small.

What follows are some .cfdg files and the images they generated. "


Check out this sample image.

Friday, July 01, 2005

Installing OS X on a PC

Installing OS X on a PC: "Installing OS X on a PC"

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