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Where you vote on the T-Shirts.

If you use the binary module and you get the error “could not load nvidia module not found” read this page: Xorg debian wiki.

Eamon sent me this interesting program Hamachi (Wikipedia Article). I don’t think I will install it because its very hard to know whether its really secure. I’m especially skeptical about claims that its offers effortless VPN networks. There is good reason that there is effort involved in setting up IPsec, SSL tunnels or any other…

Ubuntu Dapper Drake was officially released on the 1st of June. It is an incredible product and the last year has taken linux much closer to mainstream adoption. Out of all the free distros dapper easily has the widest range of supported hardware out of the box and the best integration among apps. If you…

Planetjoel.com is now hosted on nearlyfreespeech.net. I have moved two of my domains over to them because they were recommended by a friend and I have so far found their support, prices and service excellent. If you are looking to launch websites that have low storage requirements (their storage prices are quite comparatively expensive) then…

Have a look at these videos of Japanese contraptions that cause a chain reaction, best music ever.

Of urban environments.

I have found with a number of shows and popular news articles that the scientific method seems to be going out of style. Case in point must be mythbusters – the entire premise of this show seems to be that by conducting experiments we can “prove” what theory, myth and speculation can not. Mathematical models…

Favicons are those little images that appear next to pages that you bookmark. Well it turns out they can be animated! Stay tuned for an animated PJ icon!

Uphill Water Movies. A physiscist has developed a technique that allows water to move uphill by superheating the ground it moves on and using rivets for the surface tension to grab onto.