• DPReview reviews the Canon EOS-1Ds 11 megapixel digital SLR camera. Its CMOS sensor captures a full 35mm frame, so lenses can be used at their actual focal lengths. Older cameras had smaller sensors which cropped the image, making a 50mm lens into a 75mm.

  • Soap has been used in basically the same form for hundreds of years. But now scientists at Colgate-Palmolive have patented a new type of soap. This stuff coats your skin in a micro-thin film and wards off germs. Finally I can get over my irrational fear of handshakes!
    [ From Eatonweb ]

  • Interesting article about Cyberbegging – begging for money online. Yahoo had a begging category with just 5 sites in 1996, but now there are 51. These people are actually getting money too. Blah. I need some money too. Send me money.
    [ From Ars Technica ]

  • Finally! The FTC will announce plans for a national Do-Not-Call list. About freaking time, we get at least 10 telemarketing calls a night and a couple of messages on our machine too.

  • TweakNews reviews the Samsung Syncmaster 241MP, a 24 inch LCD monitor. Jeez, that thing\’s huge.

  • \"turntable\"Pro-Ject is a German company that makes high-end turntables. Their turntable designs are very minimalist and modern, I\’d love to have one if I ever got around to starting a vinyl collection. I especially like the RPM 6.

  • So much for Sasquatch: Man Who Claimed \”Bigfoot\” Legend Dies.

  • This story just made my day: After Alan Ralsky, possibly the world\’s biggest spammer, was interviewed Slashdotters found his address and signed him up for tons of junkmail.

    \”They\’ve signed me up for every advertising campaign and mailing list there is,\” he told me. \”These people are out of their minds. They\’re harassing me.\”

    Awww, boo hoo.
    [ From Boing Boing ]

  • I\’m not sure if optical camouflage is the same as the invisibility cloak I mentioned a few months ago, but it sounds very similar. In optical camouflage they project an image of whatever\’s behind an object onto the object itself so that it appears to be invisible. They have some cool pictures on the webpage too.
    [ From Boing Boing ]

  • This is kind of a cool. A mathematician has determined the optimal way to lace up shoes. The good \’ol criss-cross is the strongest, while the bow-tie uses the least amount of lace. Now that\’s all fine and dandy, but nothing beats velcro!