Know the drugs

Alcohol, LSD, Ecstasy, Heroin, Marijuana and others. You probably know these names, and you also probably know what they do. But, do you know how they act? Mouse Party will teach you how these drugs affect the brain, through a pretty nice flash animation, by the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah!

Windows XP Privilage Escalation

As all of us have probably already heard off, privilege escalation, or, vulgarly, become admin, in Windows XP is not that hard. These guys have it all explained, video included! You just need access to the machine. Wanna now how?

Color Code

Ubuntu Posters

I've found some posters, Ubuntu themed, which are an awesome way to publicize the Ubuntu Operative System. The following, and a lot more of marketing images, can be found through http://doc.ubuntu.com/~marketing/spreadubuntu/

Trusted Computing

Ever heard of the trusted computing alliance? The alliance that might some day control what you compute in your PC? Want to know a bit more about it? This video from youtube can explain the what and why (not) of trusted computing.

GenPets

I've seen this through Raúl Ricardo Vidal's blog (sorry Ricardo), and it amazed me! Bio-Genica has just developed living genetically created pets. These little - what do we call them!? - toys, come with a life supporting system to keep them alive while they are on the shelves. The company claim their pets to be:

• Allergen free;
• Child safe;
• Low maintenance needed.

So, who will want to buy one of theses? The site lacks information on how this little semi-living beings act, react or live, but, still, it let us know that they will be sold with six different personalities, identified in the box by colors:

• Genpet Red™ - Athletic and energetic;
• Genpet Orange™ - Adventurous, confident and curious;
• Genpet Yellow™ - Playful and fun;
• Genpet Green™ - Helpful, harmonious and peaceful;
• Genpet Blue™ - Communicative and serene;
• Genpet Violet™ - Imaginative and spiritual.

I really see this as a strange toy. Our pets are always loved, cared and seen as friends, who can love someone who comes in a box!? And such an ugly one? There is no release date announced in their page, but I'll be curious about these GenPets!