links for 2010-08-05

• Google Killing 'Wave' Over Lack of Interest – WSJ.com
  Google Inc. said Wednesday it is pulling the plug on its "Google Wave" collaborative messaging service due to a lack of user interest.
  (tags: google wave bye.bye)
• Chewbacca Rides A Squirrel Into Battle Against Nazis! » MTV Movies Blog
  The Internet frequently leaves me speechless. Today is one of those days. I've got no idea who made this image, and if anyone does I'd appreciate the info. But StarWars.com editor/writer Bonnie Burton — Twitter's @BonnieGrrl tweeted an amazing (and amazingly bizarre) piece of "Star Wars" fan art this morning…
  (tags: star.wars chewbacca)
• MediaPost Publications Facebook Finds Its Voice Via Vonage 08/04/2010
  But how much Facebook users, especially younger ones, want to call each other is the question. A Pew Research Center report in April found that texting had surpassed voice calling and all other forms of communication as the primary way teens connect with friends. Besides the shift toward texting and non-voice interaction on cell phones, there's also the question of how many of their 600 "friends" people want to hear from on Facebook.
  (tags: facebook vonage interesting voip thanks.jeff)
• Unlock Your iPhone 4! Dev-Team Releases Ultrasn0w for iPhone 4 – PCWorld
  You can now unlock your iPhone 4, thanks to the hard working folks at Dev-Team.

  Dev-Team, the group of intrepid iPhone hackers, has just released the update to its unlock client "ultrasn0w." The unlock client now supports the iPhone 4, which means iPhone 4 users everywhere are free to hop off of AT&T and onto another carrier. Or, at least, jailbreaking iPhone 4 users everywhere.

  (tags: iphone4 unlock)
• Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images | Privacy Inc. – CNET News
  For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that "scanned images cannot be stored or recorded."

  Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images after all. The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.

  (tags: body.scanners privacy liars bastards)

Mirrored from Randy's Home On The Interwebs.

I’m Going To The Smashing Pumpkins Concert!

So I got an email today that had a picture in it that looked like this.

In the email was the information for me to pick up tickets in the pre-sale, before the tickets went on sale to the general public. This show is going to sell out fast, so I was ecstatic! I didn’t think the Smashing Pumpkins were going to be playing Reno on this tour they are doing right now. What is most special about this tour is that all the venue’s they are playing are very small. So the shows are very limited as to the number of people who can attend. It also means that there are no bad seats, and I will be VERY close to the stage. I am so incredibly excited about this. I can’t wait!

I’ve seen the Smashing Pumpkins once before, and when I saw them I had decent seats, but even if I end up at the back of the Knitting Factory (which I won’t) I’ll still be closer than I was the last time I saw them. The last time I saw Billy Corgan play guitar it was an amazing experience. I’ve never seen a better guitar player than him. It’s kind of sad that his albums don’t really do justice to what he is able to do live.

Mirrored from Randy's Home On The Interwebs.