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Posted: 18 Jul 2007 05:33 PM CDT

Cell phone controlled door lock - Hack a Day

Posted: 18 Jul 2007 04:06 PM CDT

Inspired by the knock to open hack, [ashish] put together a fairly simple DTMF decoder to control solenoid door unlocker and connected it to a Nokia 1100 cell phone. Call the phone, input the magic code, and the door unlocks.

mozdev.org - gmailskins: index

Posted: 18 Jul 2007 01:56 PM CDT

Gmail Skins is a Firefox extension that tries to make your Gmail experiance a little better.

Featured Windows Download: Add face recognition login with BananaScreen - Lifehacker

Posted: 18 Jul 2007 01:54 PM CDT

Freeware application BananaScreen adds face recognition login to your webcam-enabled Windows computer.

Gmail Manager :: Firefox Add-ons

Posted: 18 Jul 2007 01:48 PM CDT

Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail...

We're fighting four different wars in Iraq. How many of them can we win? - By Phillip Carter - Slate Magazine

Posted: 18 Jul 2007 01:45 PM CDT

Our strategic stagnation results from the fact that we are fighting four wars, not one. According to Gates: "One is Shi'a on Shi'a, principally in the south; the second is sectarian conflict, principally in Baghdad, but not solely; third is the insurgency

Sludge becomes mother lode in Siberia

Posted: 18 Jul 2007 01:24 PM CDT

A town in Seberia where the air pollution has accumulated over the years enough that it's economic to "mine" the residue