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I registered http://brettelliff.com so that no one would steal it so feel free to use that URL if you can't remember http://gatewayy.net. :) Life has been nuts and work has been ridiculously busy so eventually I hope to get back into posting and I'm hoping that the Wordpress App for the iPhone will help with that. ...

Sorry for the prolonged downtime, I'm not sure what happened but I basically have had to reinstall Wordpress from scratch so it will be a couple of days while I sort things out.

Water cooled t-shirt. I wish I had one of these with the summer coming up. Now you can water cool everything!read more | digg story

Excellent list of statistics on what's happening in the world right now! Just something that is really, really cool to watch and hey, you might learn something!read more | digg story

Workers said they thought they were just making colorful flags and did not realize their meaning. But then some of them saw TV images of protesters holding the emblem and they alerted the authorities, according to Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper. (Shows how well things are kept under wraps over there). Seriously what else can you ...

Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft. Apparently things are jumping out in the Congo so watch out!read more | digg story

I can haz dream job? Nothing really to add here . . .read more | digg story

I upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Wordpress, version 2.5 if your keeping track, it has taken me severl ahour to get back up as I as in a hurry and didnt take the tiem to back up files, etc. that the install notes recommend. I guess this goes to show that no matter ...

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"'Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends' iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo." I want to give a big shout out to Robbie and to say way to go on getting on Lifehacker and Digg! :D I have access to quite a few license codes if ...

I'm heading to Clarksville, Tennessee (its on the outskirts of Nashville BTW) later today to visit my good friends Andy and Crystal for a going away party for Andy. He is preparing to be shipped out to Afghanistan by the US Army in a few weeks and he is expected to be deployed anywhere from 16 ...

"This is just getting silly, don't you think? The iPhone Dev Team has once again proven their totally gnarly talents by freeing up the latest firmware before it's even the latest firmware." Hmmm, not sure how accurate this article is but it is very interesting.read more | digg story

I discovered this trick after much googling but it worked instantly for me after applying it. 1. Log onto your wireless router and find the page that lists the IP addresses for all of the computers on your local network. 2. Look for the name of your iPhone and write that IP down or paste it ...

"The Steve just demoed a multitouch game on the iPhone live on stage. We'll bring more details as we get them but OMG games on the iPhone!" This is pretty sweet! It looks like Spore will be available at launch for the PC. Mac, the DS, mobile phones, and now the iPhone. I wonder how long ...

"So with hardware accelerated 3D graphics, an integrated database API, tightly integrated performance monitoring tools, and a highly specialized version of the Cocoa framework tweaked just for the iPhone and rechristened as Cocoa Touch, the iPhone's just-announced SDK sounds like a winner." I'm pretty excited about the SDK release today! For developers its a pretty awesome ...

"You may already be aware that the RSS Visualizer, Arabesque and Spectrum screen savers in Mac OS X are Quartz Compositions. There is actually a whole folder full of other compositions hidden in the Mac OS X system files that can be used as screen savers. If you have the Developer Tools installed, there are even ...

"Will Wright's amazing Spore is coming to a handful of platforms on September 7. Check out Joystiq's detailed coverage of Spore Creatures on DS, with brand new screenshots and details on the portable version." From what I've read this is version focuses on the creation and care of creatures. The closest example that I can think ...

EA is releasing a separate SKU for a creature-editor edition of Spore even earlier than its September 7 game launch. WHEN?!?!?!read more | digg story

"But most of all, I came away thinking that Maxis could pull off Spore's overwhelming scope. This game could actually live up to Will Wright's intent, shipping on September 7. Through Spore, he could change gaming again." Just another really excellent review on this title. I know it is confirmed on PCs, Macs, the DS, and ...