Jan Ole Peek

First Day of Snow

Ok so it wasn’t exactly the first day of snow but I still took some photos and tossed them into a small video. Enjoy!

The 10 Minute e-mail address

A disposable email service…You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them. The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.

This is a really neat service that’s great if you are required to sign up somewhere and you’re not quite sure if it’s on the up-and-up. Great to avoid spam!

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One man SHOT while waiting in line for the PS3!

I like Technology but this is going just a little bit too far…

“Police said the victim had confronted the armed suspects and was shot. He was treated at the scene and transported to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center across the state line.”

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A new way to test your bandwidth

The site allows you to select servers to ping from around the country on an interactive map and graphically displays connections as they travel with varying speeds along the way. It also lets you store results of tests for your computer and sort them by date, time, speed and distance.

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The riddle of China’s Area 51

On the internet, a little mystery can go a long way.

“Six weeks ago, a man living in Germany and calling himself KenGrok, announced a fascinating discovery on a Google Earth Community forum.

Poring over satellite images of China on the free Google Earth service, he came across a strange plot of land – approximately 900 metres by 700 metres, about the size of six Sydney Cricket Grounds.”

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Tomorrow @ 21:30, the US war in Iraq will outgrow their involvement in WWII

On August 15, 2006 21:30 EST the United States will have been at war in Iraq longer than it was at war with Germany in World War II.

“We’re counting from the day Germany declared war on the US (December 11, 1941) to VE day (May 8, 1945). This is 1244 days. The Invasion of Iraq began on March 20, 2003 at 21:34 EST when the US began their first air strike on Baghdad.

On August 15, 2006 21:30 EST the United States will have been at war in Iraq longer than it was at war with Germany in World War II.”

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