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Using TestDisk and PhotoRec.

TestDisk can recover lost partitions of virtually any filesystem. PhotoRec can recover files of most types, including most picture and video formats. PhotoRec can be used on existing partitions, or can be used to recover files on deleted partitions without having to recover the underlying partitions. Both PhotoRec and TestDisk can be run on DOS, Windows (9x, NT, 2000, XP, 2003), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Sun Solaris, and Mac OS X, and, their developers claim, can be compiled and run on most Unix systems.

Full detailed instructions

BBC Radio: Material World
“Blue-sky-thinking researchers are looking to the stratosphere to meet the ever increasing demand for super-fast internet access. They are testing airships that fly 12 miles above the Earth and which beam back wireless broadband that’s 200 times faster than a wired connection. These ‘High Altitude Platforms’ could provide us with floating communications hubs in the future, as well as offering disaster management or environmental monitoring to developing countries.”
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Wired Magazine reports that someone has figured out how to crack the Windows DRM (Digital Rights Management) they use to prevent file sharing, particularly with music downloads. The article indicates that you too can crack the code by downloading a piece of software and then using that to unlock the security that sites like Napster use to keep users subscribed.

I’m such a fan of this, as I think DRM is complete bull - so now I can “unlock” all of the songs I bought and actually play them anywhere I want, and do with them as I please. Of course, those of you who would like to use the software for less legal means, more power to you and yours.

History Today:

The ‘animal Victoria Cross’ presented to the only dog officially registered as a Second World War Prisoner of War has gone on display in London.

Relatives of the late owner of Royal Navy mascot Judy presented the PDSA Dickin Medal and decorated collar to the Imperial War Museum yesterday, where they now feature in The Animals’ War exhibition. The items were offered to the museum by the son of Leading Aircraftsman Frank Williams, Judy’s wartime owner.

Born in Shanghai in 1937, Judy survived a torpedo hit on HMS Grasshopper in 1942 and helped crew members locate water when shipwrecked on a Sumatran island. Captured by the Japanese and interred at a camp in Medan, Judy formed a lifelong bond with Frank Williams, protecting him and other prisoners from the brutal guards. The airman offered the camp commandant one of Judy’s puppies in a plea to protect her and she became officially listed as POW 81A Medan. She encountered alligators, wild dogs, a Sumatran tiger and even bullet wounds and was eventually de-mobbed and spent six months in quarantine before she was awarded the PDSA Medal in London. Still accompanying Frank to Africa for his work, Judy was buried there when she died in February 1950.

Frank’s widow Doris commented: “Judy repeatedly saved my husband’s life and that of his fellow prisoners during the war. It was Frank’s wish for Judy’s PDSA Dickin Medal and collar to return to PDSA before being presented to the Imperial War Museum, where her courage and devotion to duty will be remembered by generations to come.”

New Compound Causes Cancer Cell Suicide
Scientific American: Suicide is the regular mode of cell death. When cells reach the end of their useful life, internal mechanisms kick in and the cell automatically perishes, a process known as apoptosis. But in cancer cells this mechanism has often been genetically disabled or otherwise broken, allowing tumors to proliferate. Now researchers have found a way to reactivate programmed cell death and thereby treat cancer.

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And here we see a baby panda sleeping softly…

Click here if you can’t see the video above.

Via Cute Overload!

Instructables shows you how.

All you need is a dry wipe board, a usb camera, a computer and some free software - monkeyjam!

My littlest boy Tristan (age 4 and ⅝’s) is standing in front of me with his chest puffed up proudly. I cant resist poking a nipple. He pushes my hand away and says in his deepest voice,

“Don’t mess with the big boys.”

Last weekend things got a little out of hand at Celebrate Erie - which should be called the ExcuseToDrinkBeerIntheStreets AllWeekendLong Festival where you can also find yummy food… and a hilarious drunkard trying to light his cigarette (after I’ve secretly dipped it in beer)…

Beer Devil

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(It should be noted amongst those that tsk and those that hrm while watching this video, that LittleMissPerfectHerself did indeed behave worse than the Beer Devil towards the end of the last evening… but she was scrupulous enough to hide the camera.)

And now my three favourite comics strips will entertain you while I do stuff.

Cape Town-based singer/songwriter Verity has broken the paradigm of the major record labels by pre-selling her album on www.iamverity.com to 5,000 fans and corporate sponsors on a trust basis, before she records it.

Her purely internet-based business model which launched her career and is empowering other local artists has already attracted the attention of the local and international music industry.

There are already over 700 future owners, in more than 21 different countries worldwide and she will be giving over 10% of each sale to two charities - Live Your Dreams, which helps other artists to achieve their dreams and POWA (People Opposing Women’s Abuse), to assist in raising awareness of the abuse of women in South Africa.

Check out the project and become a Future Owner at www.iamverity.com.

Thanks Kirstin!

ZENBURGER: “Jane Goodall is currently in town telling us that, within 10 years, chimpanzees in the wild could be extinct. Not only because of disease and loss of habitat, but simply because we are killing them.

And eating them.

New Scientist reported last week on the international trade in what is euphemistically referred to as ‘bushmeat’. Primates, including chimpanzees and gorillas, are hunted and killed – and the meat sold illegally at markets in Paris, Brussels, London, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles.

It’s simply a case of economics. People in rich nations – with ‘exotic’ tastes – are prepared to pay big money for bushmeat. Whole african communities are supported by this. I think it’s called supply and demand.

If you care about the fate of your closest relatives, a good starting point is The Great Ape Project. Also check out Jane Goodall’s own site.”

SketchUp from Google allows you to build 3D Models for Google Earth. I haven’t played with it all that much, but I love the idea!

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