today's links

This guy has got to be one of the best hardware hackers I've seen. He makes portables out of PS2's, NES, SNES, PS1, ATARI 2600, etc etc. Way cool stuff, look at the pictures.

Portable Gaming Console Units
http://www.benheck.com/



This is way cool technology. Would be interesting to compile stats and see how it affects realestate property values. :)

Gunfire detection system.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65802,00.html
"Other cities have seen more direct results. For instance, in Charleston, police responded to a ShotSpotter alarm that went off two days after the network was installed and found two men firing shots from a stolen pistol. It took the officers just three minutes to arrive at the location of the incident, according to police reports. The pistol had been stolen just 15 minutes earlier"


Animals are our friends. Well, at least dolphins.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=3&u=/nm/20041123/sc_nm/life_newzealand_dolphins_dc
"A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark" ... "They started to herd us up, they pushed all four of us together by doing tight circles around us".


Will the horror in Israel ever end!

The Lord has an interesting way to mass produce chicken mc'nuggets
http://www.local6.com/news/3939556/detail.html


Ok, this has got to be one of the most horrific and tragic stories I have ever come across so I saved it for last. I'm not even going to mention the title, its just that bad. The story has something to do with the murder of an infant and I'd advise you not to click unless your emotionally prepared.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041123/ap_on_re_us/severed_arms