Bruce Schneier (#1 and #2) shows several security anecdotes from the insect world, just like our technology world.

This Jakob Nielsen's Useit.com Alertbox talks about how "usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets.

VideoSift shares a crazy one minute and 25 seconds YouTube video of his crazy way to wake up on his bed and for "World's Biggest" contest:

Guardian reports "Like teenagers, computers are built to hook up. Demanding that users abstain from net will never work when they need it for their jobs. Better to practise safe hex. While Information Technology (IT) departments may wish to restrict users' connections, they are less eager to obey such limits themselves..."

Boards' Screening Room shares three short McAfee (boo!) videos (trailer, #1, and #2) showing an investigation to the business of hacking.

HongPong's Everything2 idea shares "how geeks are changing a totally illogical grammar rule, the slow reversal of periods and quotation marks. According to 'Elements of Style', periods and commas should be placed inside the quotation marks. But due to the technical need for more clarity driven by programmers (and general sensible folks in general), that may be changing..."

/. shares a five pages Computerworld article (one print page) on Unix/UNIX turning 40 and showing the past, present and future of a revolutionary operating system (OS)

Boing Boing shares a russian C++ blog showing two huge Portable Network Graphic (PNG) images (one was 3298x2288 pixels resolution and over 14 MB!) of a treasure-map showing the relationships of C++ language and its many offshoots

An eight minutes and 27 seconds YouTube video shows a huge "circa 1964 Livermore Data Systems 'Model A' Acoustic Coupler Modem, live demonstration.

Digg shares PC World's ten pages/slide show showing "arrested developers: eight/8 tech./technology celebs/celebrities who've been in trouble with the law.

VideoSift shares a six minutes and 18 seconds YouTube video showing "The Top 10 Star Trek Technobabbles"

AiGameDev shares its "list of the eighteen (18) best, quirkiest, and most informative artificial intelligence (AI) bugs available on YouTube we've collected over the past 12 months. In the spirit of AiGameDev.com, you'll find a bunch of tips and tricks to help fix these problems when/if you see them in your own game.

VideoSift shares an interesting six minutes and 41 seconds YouTube video (another one) showing "The Beggar Robot has access to areas normally off-limits to beggars, such as shopping malls and community events, where the richer members of society more often frequent.

There are a few online video and computer game emulators that lets you play old games. Most of them requires Java

UserFriendly's link of the day is on a five minute videos LoadingReadyRun video spoof/parody titled "Installation Anxiety" with Linux -- "With today's advances in Open Source software (OSS), you can install Linux anywhere you want. And some places you probably shouldn't."

EGeezer's Broadband/DSL Reports forum thread mentions World Privacy Forum's top ten information collector/user list that shows opt out instructions (or at least a starting place):

/. shares a nine pages TenTonHammer article that explores the current state of beta testing by examining the mistakes of the past. There's something magical about being accepted into a closed beta test. Whether you're a veteran of MMOs who finally decided to jump into the testing portion of a game's development cycle or a relative virgin to the massive multiplayer online (MMO) experience that fell in love with a well-known intellectual property (IP), receiving that "You're Invited!" email from a gaming studio/publisher is like opening presents on Christmas Day. You're ready to work closely with the development team, helping them to iron out bugs and improving game systems that aren't quite up to snuff. As the new kid in the testing phase, you're prepared to formulate fantastic posts for the message boards that argue about the functionality of certain mechanics, and you expect thousands of bugs will be reported thanks to your efforts.

/. shares two links for the relationships between programmers/developers and other subjects.

VideoSift (high quality/HD Vimeo) and Pouet (downloadable demo, videos, discussions/comments (downloadable MP3 of the soundtrack included), details, etc.) share RGBA's impressive tiny/4K introduction (intro.)/demonstration (demo.), titled "Elevated", for Windows.

siljaline's Broadband/DSL Reports thread shares a funny Wired blog about the current Conficker worm