http://www.curtsbasement.com By geeks. For geeks. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:11:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts has been presented at the Defcon hackers' conference in Las Vegas. Last week, Google introduced a new feature in Gmail that allows users to permanently switch on SSL and use it for every action involving ... http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/gmail-and-ssl/ This finally clears up some of the confusion regarding the open beta. The August 15th thing was that people could create their accounts and download the client if they've preordered before, but the beta only actually starts on the 7th of September. The open beta begins September 7 and is open ... http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/warhammer-online-open-beta-details/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzToNo7A-94] http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/terry-tate-office-linebacker/ It's an old one, and I THINK I posted it on the old site, but still it's a good one. So here's the Monday Music Video: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJyUXgSjFYs] http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/guster-one-man-wrecking-machine/ Besides having one of the awesomest names for a site ever, this looks like a pretty snazzy tool for keeping track of your backlog of games. Play a lot of video games? If so, there's a good chance you've accumulated a backlog over the years. Sure, you've been meaning to go ... http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/the-backloggery/ A while back, I came up with the “One sentence character concept”, which basically followed this format: A (descriptive) (role) is trying to (do something). A forlorn detective is trying to run away from his past. A heartbroken ninja is trying to overthrow the Empire. An untested new superhero is ... http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/creative-vectors/ Sometimes life imitates art, rather than the other way around, and the 2001 video game "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon" stands as a prime example. The game, although dated by contemporary standards, did one thing: It accurately predicted the eruption of hostilities between an expansionist Russia and Georgia. From The Bulletin http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/tom-clancy-predicts-the-future/ "The BBC reports on a scientific community still holding to flat earth theories. From their article: 'Are there any genuine flat-earthers left? Surely in our era of space exploration — where satellites take photos of our blue and clearly globular planet from space, and robots send back info about ... http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/some-still-believe-the-earth-is-flat/ This is really impressive. It's probably some of the most realistic 3d animation I've ever seen. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtv4bsLWvw] from Gizmodo http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/alterego/ I'm not usually much for Star Trek, but this does look intriguing with it's mixture of space and on foot. http://www.curtsbasement.com/2008/08/star-trek-online/