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Here we look at seven self-endangering scientists who only wear lab coats because you can’t get explosive-bear-proof tuxedos outside of MI6.
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Thinking of a new Eee PC or maybe Wind laptop? Hold up, Dell’s about to loose this baby on the sub-$500 mini-laptop world. All we’ve got are these pictures for now but the specs can’t be far behind.
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Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests. The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years, from the point of its inception. Way cool!
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Google Inc. showed off its nearly completed mobile software system to about 3,000 computer programmers Wednesday, hoping to cultivate more services and advertising for people on the go. And lo, it was good, and there was much rejoicing:)
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nice crossover!
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Why would you want to have Open Source software on your computer? Let’s consider a few reasons: Oh, reasons get listed, so does software, so do it, just try them, bet you keep at least a few;)
May 2008Monthly Archives
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links for 2008-05-30
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Bill G’s defense of crappy Vista at D6 yesterday? It’s not just Vista.
“There’s no product we’ve ever shipped…that is 100% of what I’ve wanted.”
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saves time.
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A monkey is going on a journey to the East, and he wants you to come with him, because he’s the figurehead for BBC Sport this summer as we head towards the Beijing Olympics.
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Tabatha is a quick, simple, popup menu to run system commands. Maps nicely to Q button on HP tablets, like my tc1100. Migt work in opensolaris, just needs current gtk and perl libs.
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Comic Book Resources’ Rich Johnston tells us it’s been a open secret for some time now that writer Neil Gaiman (creator of DC/Vertigo’s “Sandman” and writer of Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf”) will be tackling an episode of “Doctor Who.”
links for 2008-05-29
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If you know these key Japanese customs, you’ll get closer to the locals and see beneath the surface of Japan.
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WILLIAM Shakespeare’s tombstone is to undergo a makeover, the church where the famed playwright is buried said, but renovators will not risk the “curse” of moving his remains.
A person needs a little madness…
…or else they never dare cut the rope and be free”t
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president…
…or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
links for 2008-05-28
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NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is the first time that a spacecraft has imaged the final
Fly me to the moon…
…on gossamer wings.
I have just landed on Mars.
Next, I will be going to the moon.
My wonderous man is going too.
The kids, they are coming along for the ride.
Wish you could too?
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A picture is worth…
…a thousand words.
Phoenix, as it descends, has its’ photo taken by the Mars HiRISe camera, from ANOTHER mission.
Process that. We took a picture of ourselves descending. All on another planet.
Not moved? Umm, check your heart is still beating.
Phil says it better than I can. He has captured my sense of awe, of the return to
childlike wonder this has bought me.
Just when you wonder if humanity is worth it, we go and do something that makes you want to love us apes with a string of poetry all over again.
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links for 2008-05-27
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SIR Ian McKellen will return in the role of Gandalf for two big-budget movies based on the JRR Tolkein book The Hobbit, the films’ director Guillermo del Toro confirmed yesterday.
The phoenix hope…
…can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.
The Phoenix has landed. I watched it live on NASA TV. It was an amazing feeling.
Phoenix has its’ own Twitter profile too!
