Low-content: Watches!

[ http://store.yankodesign.com/fashion/watches ]

Yanko Design is pretty much awesome. I'll probably drop another link here or there- but I find these designs to be fascinating~

I kinda want [ this ] watch, even though I don't really wear timepieces.

Low-content: More gizmodo links.

[ twitter in classrooms? ]
This sounds like it's encouraging the same mentality that has kids texting across the dinner table while they're out on a date, to me.

[ "Performance" bed sheets. ]
The entire bed is like the cold side of a pillow? SIGN ME UP RIGHT NOW.

[ Font designed with screens in mind. ]
Given the expanding market of portable virtual-book machines, I figure this was the next logical step. I predict we will see (at some point) font-bashing based on the screens they're designed for.

Progress!

System work: Tor configuration for Ubuntu 10.10

Nothing of note, just working on an Ubuntu 10.10 fork.

Tor isn't the most straightforward thing to install (not that I'm any good at Linux). Linux is indeed the straight-razor to Windows' electric shaver.

I bet it makes sense to people who've been using it for awhile, but to be honest- without reading the manpages, I had no idea what I was doing and was struggling with the why behind the operations (and the failures thereof).

Just thought I'd share this useful tidbit with y'all:

[ http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/how-to-install-tor-in-ubuntu-1010.html ]

It's a guide for installing Tor, Vidalia, and Privoxy on your computer.

Don't mind me, I'm just learning to do everything in Linux.

So nerdy. Follow-up on the 405th post.

I don't actually know if/how this will work out, but I posted this up on their forums to see what they thought of it.

What do y'all think? I'm estimating the cost of the project to be less than 200 USD, the most expensive items being the visor and other helmet components- with the spray-on liner coming in a close second.

http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/31473-Planning-a-build-(or-three)