In 1982, telephone monopoly "Ma Bell" (AT&T) was broken up into 7 independent telephone companies known as "Baby Bells". It didn't take too long before all these companies "congeal" back into larger entities.

Round and round they go.

If Jesus was alive today, he would be profiled and labeled as a terrorist. Religion is (and has been) at the root of all wars. Ignorance is at the root of religion.

Did you see that Ashton Kutcher is the creative director for the much talked about VoIP startup, ooma?

You may have heard that the latest Harry Potter book has appeared in digital form before its release, people have published digital photographs of the books pages. Now The Times reports that the camera owner may be identifiable thorugh the pictures EXIF data…

via Frank.

A new firmware for the

D-Link DSM-520 MediaLounge, version 1.04, was recently released. It has given nothing but troubles. I had to downgrade to version 1.02. Here's how I did it:

• Download version 1.02 from D-Link.
• Also download the DSM520-VerInfo.txt file from the same location.
• Modify the version info file as follows:

  VERSION='1.05'
LOCATION='DSM520_2006.06.12-2043__1.02'

• Place both files on an anonymous ftp server. If you don't have one, you can use mine.
• Go to the setup screen on your DSM-520.
• Go to the version info screen.
• Hit the following keys on the remote:

  menu
pageup
pageup
pagedown
1

• You should see a screen with the location of the D-Link ftp site. Modify the URL to point to your anonymous ftp server location.
• Save the settings and instruct the DSM-520 to check for new updates.

Don't forget to turn off auto-update once the system has been downgraded or it'll keep on bugging you about it.

secret surveillance program designed to surreptitiously monitor him and report back to a government server, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by Wired News.

Good for them.

NPA-NXX Geolocator is a USA/Canada phone prefix location lookup tool. It uses the first 6 digits of a phone number to locate it's approximate origin on a Google map.