“Windows only: Download Mover is a simple application which allows you to apply sets of rules to folders. If you dump all your downloaded files into a designated download folder for instance, you can assign rules to have all images moved to one folder, all zip files to another, and so on. Combine Download mover with Auto Delete and you’ll have the tidiest folders on the block. For a lightweight home-grown alternative to Download Mover, check out Gina’s VB script Hard Drive Janitor. Download Mover is freeware, Windows only.”
“We knew this day would eventually come, but somehow we’re still misting
up a little — Linux has been ported to the iPhone and iPod touch. Dev
Team member planetbeing is the mastermind in charge of bringing
everyone’s favorite open-source OS to Apple’s handhelds, and while it’s
a little rough around the edges (read: no touchscreen drivers, sound,
or WiFi / cell radio support), it’s definitely the first step on the
road to hacking nirvana. The team is hard at work, and it even sounds
like they’re thinking about porting Android in the near future (!), so
hit the read link to try it out and lend a hand if you can — or just
head on past the break for a quick vid of the port in all its
text-scrolling glory.”
[Via iphone-dev.org; thanks to everyone who sent this in]
“Gather
your quaffles, capes and brooms — Quidditch could be a mere wand-stroke
away from joining the NCAA, if the numbers of teams keep growing.
College students have taken their intramural Quidditch hobby to a whole
new level this year: Droves of wizards and witches gathered at the
second Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup to get dirty and bloody
playing a game of Muggle Quidditch. Video of the game below.”
“They promised it’d come, and now they’re going to deliver. Bethesda has announced that the Fallout 3
“Garden of Eden Creation Kit” — or in simpler terms, Fallout 3 mod
tools — will be released for free for the PC version of the game in
December, allowing gamers to create and add their own content to the
game. Additionally, the first official downloadable content was also
announced, which will arrive in January for the PC and Xbox 360
versions… but not the PlayStation 3. Two more DLC packs will follow in February and March, but no pricing details for the DLC were given.
The “G.E.C.K.,” as Bethesda is calling the mod tools, will allow
complete customization of Fallout 3, from building new locations to
creating new characters, weapons, and creatures, and writing new
dialogue. “We’ve always seen the original world of Fallout 3 as a
foundation for even more content. Some created by us, and a lot more
created by users,” said Todd Howard, game director for Fallout 3. “It’s
fun to create your own character, but it can be equally fun to create
your own adventures. We can’t wait to see what the community does with
the G.E.C.K.” Anyone want to start a pool as to when the first nudie mod will be created?
As for the three DLC packs, they include the following:
Operation: Anchorage.
Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of
the Fallout universe — the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its
Chinese Communist invaders. An action-packed battle scheduled for
release in January.
The Pitt. Journey to the industrial
raider town called The Pitt, located in the remains of Pittsburgh.
Choose your side. Scheduled for release in February.
Broken Steel. Join the ranks of
the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave
remnants once and for all. Continues the adventure past the main quest.
Scheduled for release in March.
Once again, the DLC will be exclusive to the PC and Xbox 360
versions of the game, with no explanation provided for why the PS3 was
left out. Is anyone else, from a purely consumer perspective, starting
to get a little tired of platform-exclusive DLC? “
In doing the research for the “Bailout Nation” book, I needed a way to
put the dollar amounts into proper historical perspective.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars.
People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so
let’s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis bailout is now
the largest outlay In American history.
Crunching the inflation adjusted numbers, we find the bailout
has cost more than all of these big budget government expenditures –
combined:
“Nothing is worse than that look of disappointment people get when
you give them a gift that they are not really interested in. Except, of
course, when they open their mouth and deliver a completely insincere
“I love it!” through clenched teeth. Well, at least you can cut your
losses and let the recipient know that they can return the gift no
questions asked with these “I still have the receipt” ribbons and bows.”
“How do I make a dove cry? Hmmm…thank
goodness for this helpful flow chart. Of course, maybe you have other
burning questions, like “what percentage of boys were brought to the
yard by respective milkshakes?” Finally, your pop music questions can
be answered in easy visual charts and graphs.”
