The Last Stand

The Last Stand. Zombie killing flash game. It's pretty easy to finish, but still fun.



http://www.armorgames.com/games/thelaststand_popup.html

Neuros OSD

Media center built on top of linux and they want people to extend it.



http://www.neurostechnology.com/

Ziova CS505 upscaling Divx network streamer

Understands a bunch of video and sound formats, can stream from different types of network shares. And it upscales.



http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/review/ziova-cs505-upscaling-divxdvd-network-streamer-hands+on-our-favorite-player-yet-255947.php

How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran.

How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.05/feat_cia.html

Apple TV hacks

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page

TV settop boxes for streaming TV from a media centre

There's going to be a ton of these and probably none of them will do what I want, but here's two:



http://netgear.com/Home/Products/Entertainment/DigitalMediaPlayers/EVA8000.aspx



http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/linksys-announces-kiss-1600-network-media-player-244539.php



Not sure if they're worth getting to replace my xbox. Although they look nicer.

Oracle locks

Some useful links describing how Oracle locks work and how you can work out who is locking what, and who is blocking who:



who is blocking who: http://orafaq.com/node/854



http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/ora/concepts/lock.html





show locks for more than 2 mins: http://www.psoug.org/reference/locks.html



who is locking what: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_locked_rows_user_locks.htm