See that little square in the picture? That is a computer. It is a 2 inch by 2 inch by 2 inch cube named the “Space Cube” As you would guess the specs on this little thing are not that much.

Processor: 300mhz

Ram: 64MB

Storage: 1gb ssd

OS: Red Hat Linux (custom made to run on this thing I am sure)

It also has a wide range of ports including USB a VGA eathernet port compact flash audio out and in ports as well as a Space Wire port [for its target market NASA and the European Space Agency]

Ya I know this thing may not pack that much power but in its size I think it has a fair amount of power. I say throw another nic card on it [usb?] some smoothwall and you have yourself a decent firewall

No one knows a release date for this or the price but it was origonally set to sell for $325. Now it is looking like they are going to sell it for over $2,700. $325 I would THINK about getting one. But $2,700 I can get a firewall and one hell of a gaming rig

[Source: PCPro]

Sorry guys and gals it was a slow news day…So here is another joke that came through my inbox of spam chain mail jokes and viagra offers

Girl Potato and Boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they  got married, and had a little sweet potato, which they called ‘Yam.’
Of course, they wanted the best for Yam
When it was time, they told her about the facts of life.
They warned her about going out and getting half-baked, so she
wouldn’t get accidentally mashed, and get a bad name for herself like
‘Hot Potato,’ and end up with a bunch of Tater Tots.
Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get her into the sack and make a rotten potato out of her!
But on the other hand she wouldn’t stay home and become a Couch Potato either.
She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her Shoestring cousins.
When she went off to Europe, Mr and Mrs. Potato told Yam to watch out
for the hard-boiled guys from Ireland .
And the greasy guys from France called the French Fries. And when she
went out west, to watch out for the Indians so she wouldn’t get scalloped.
Yam said she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn’t
associate with those high class Yukon Golds, or the ones from the
other side of the tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks
that say, ‘Frito Lay.’
Mr. and Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U. (that’s Potato University )
so that when she graduated she’d really be in the Chips.
But in spite of all they did for her, one-day Yam came home and
announced she was going to marry Tom Brokaw.
Tom Brokaw!
Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset.
They told Yam she couldn’t possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he’s
just……
Are you ready for this?
Are you sure?
OK! Here it is!
A ” COMMONTATER!!”

lol get it? If not oh well sorry

Got a good joke or some news you would like to see on this site? Email it to tracker@themodshop.net and I will see what can be done to put it up here

-Tracker

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Well thanks to Hackaday I found this interesting and in my own opinion quite fun game. Its called Ruckingenur II [2]. The goal of the game is to use the tools provided to reverse engineer the given electronic device. If you sit and think for a second it is quite easy to figure out. I beat it in less than 30min. But it was well worth the download. It has the look of an older game and that I also like. So have fun and dont blow your self up playing it [You will see what I mean ;)]

HackADay’s post

[Zach Barth] has released Ruckingenur II, the game of reverse engineering. The latest in his Games for Engineers series, it is a full game with multiple levels and live action cut scenes. Set with a military theme, the goal is to reverse engineer enemy items. Pictured above is a lock to a weapons cache.

The pixelized style is consistent throughout. Even the cut scenes have the effect. The reverse engineering is fun enough to keep you interested while you learn. There is an in game help system that keeps you on track as well. Our only suggestion is that he get some better costumes next time!

[Source: Zachtronics via HackADay]

Hello vista users of the globe. I was bored so I decided to make TheModShop a sidebar gadget for vista :D. Seems to be working good. You are free to download it if you want.

Let me know what you guys think

Download link [HERE]

-Tracker

Before you go attacking me it wasn’t my fault!!!!

Earlier tonight the node we are hosted on decided to do an update and during that update something spazzed out causing a kernel panic. Well thanks to our highly trained server monkeys they brought everything back up within an hour and we are now modding again! So everyone throw the server monkeys a banana.

[Hint: people should start posting in the forums and might possibly get a nice gift for it ;)]

-Tracker

Much like the other url shortners out there only better. I have setup a url shorting site at THIS location. Anyone is free to test it out as it is in a open beta you could say. I am not sure if I will keep this as of yet but it might just stay

So help us test out the site

http://url.themodshop.net

-Tracker

Well this is just a quick update on our progress at getting everything back together

• All the data is back except for a few images here and there
• TeamSpeak server is back up [ts.themodshop.net]
• Iogos on the main site and downloads section are back in place
• Databases are optimized

We will be adding some more content mods and additions soon

-Tracker

Want your TREO or other Palm device to look like a iPhone? Download THIS app. Its kind of neat and I am using it right now on my TREO (yes I made this video no comments on how crappy my treo looks)

As I said in the video the only problem with it is the side media controls do not work atleast not with real player but meh I can live with that.

So if you have a Palm OS device then go ahead and grab that program.

[Sorry for the crappy video quality]

[Disclamer: No I did not make this program and no I will not buy you a new palm if you break yours attempting to use this or anything else we post on this site]

-Tracker

This is starting to get retarded. If you keep up with the RIAA like I do then you know that this is just one of the many sad things that they do. The RIAA hates all music and all music lovers. Their only goal in existence is to hunt and destroy all who don’t throw cash at them. It is also these people who lobby for higher music royalties effectively shutting down other sites like pandora that Tracker has posted about. If only our wonderful government here in the states could get a handle on these crazy and sometimes insane companies that seemingly rule our lives. The average American is already at whits end with high gas prices and rising fuel costs. Why should music be so damn expensive? Its supposed to be an expression not a novelty item. I can understand that they need equipment, but that doesn’t mean they have to be rich. The idea of being a rich “rockstar” needs to end. It can still be exciting getting to go on tour and concerts. Thats where the money is for the artist anyway.

-Dark