4Feb/100
February 4, 2010 – Links
Far too many days between post. Sorry if this news is a little dated. I must be working too hard....
- The Quantum Physics of Photosynthesis
- Double Resonance Solid State TeslaCoil uses a Capacitor Bank integrated into the Primary Coil
- Microsoft looking into Windows 7 battery life failures
- Curves of Steel
- Paleontologists find evidence of birds' dinosaur ancestors
- Carbon Crystals in Meteorite Harder than Diamond
- Embedded.com - When good compilers go bad, or What you see is not what you execute
- IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph Watch - This is my dream watch.
- The Real Rules for Time Travelers
- xkcd: Spirit - cool and sad
- HowTo: Use Oracle / MySQL SQL Commands In UNIX Shell Scripts - seems handy
- Some baby black holes give boost, but no burst
- Make: Online : $2000 homemade airplane
- 10 Weird Beer Facts
- Infographic: The Earth's Satellites, Sorted by Nation
- High-energy physics has a case of the Higgs
- No rules: Internet security a Hobbesian "state of nature"
- Why NFL Overtime Needs To Change
- Why NFL Overtime Needs To Change
- Which Media Center Is Right for You: Boxee, XBMC, and Windows Media Center Compared
29Jan/100
January 29, 2010 – Links
- Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
- Roda RK886EX (Rocky III+) first laptop/notebook being supported by coreboot
- Norton 880 Monoshock Cafe Racer
- Honda CB550 cafe racer
- Moto Gima
- Diesel Time Zone Watch
- Single-digit nixie clock
- Windows 7's XP Mode: what it is, how it works, who it's for
- Researchers jail spam bots, reverse engineer their payload
- Understanding deep ocean circulation and climate modeling
- Even without cookies, a browser leaves a trail of crumbs
- Engineering E. coli to produce biodiesel
- Levitating magnet could make fusion faster and cheaper
26Jan/100
- Evolution's First Footprints?
- Asteroid and comet bombardment melted one of Jupiter's moons
- 1930 Indian Four
- The White Mars motorcycle
- You Drive What?!
- A nuts and bolts engineering approach to using open source IP
- Speculating about the Universe as a quantum fluid
- Beatles Infographics
- Do It Yourself 214 MPG Motorcycle Project
- 32 million passwords show most users careless about security
- AMD posts first profit in 13 quarters
- xkcd: Dirty Harry (meets Rainman)
- Google Street View -- Stonehenge
- 75% of Linux Code Now Written By Paid Developers
- Opee the off-roading Australian shepherd struts his stuff
- TPR Urban Scrambler
23Jan/100
January 23, 2010 – Links
- Taimoshan Super Cafe Racer by John Pellew
- Triumph T5 Speed Twin custom
- Muon detector using Geiger counter tubes
- Ditch the Granny Knot to Tie Your Shoes More Efficiently
- Rambler Socket
- Google v. China: the Chinese government reacts
- Microsoft patches "Google hack" flaw in Internet Explorer
- Believing You Can Be Smarter Actually Makes You Smarter
- 1752 Manuscript, With the “Real” Story of Newton and the Apple, Goes Online
- Game theory shows evolution follows most successful member
- SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Handles Spyware Like a Champ
- Eight Must-Have Open Source Applications
- Microsoft investigates 17-year-old Windows flaw
21Jan/103
Marching Band Music Video
I'm amused.....
OK Go - This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.
19Jan/100
January 18, 2010 – Links
- Intel's FTC response hints at depth of AMD mismanagement
- Nexus One review: Hype, hope and everything in between
- 1974 Norton Commando 850
- Hide custom Sportster
- Seppster 2 Ice Racer
- Calvin & Hobbes Snowmen
- Make: Online : Photon-blasting 60W RGB LED array
- The Big Picture: Fire and Ice
- Modest winning streaks numb poker players to bigger losses
- Root Coverage Offers Detailed Crowd-Sourced Cellular Coverage Maps
- Hourly Rate Calculator Helps You Determine What to Charge
- Five Best Photo-Printing Sites
- Retro Thing: Moog's New Taurus Bass Synth
- A tale of two qubits: how quantum computers work
14Jan/101
January 14, 2010 – Links
- Google smartphone teardown reveals few surprises
- Google at the crossroads: a review of the Nexus One
- How to Tether Your Android Phone
- HowTo: Linux Remove a PDF File Password Using Command Line Options
- Make a scroll saw from a sewing machine
- Honda CBX custom
- 1953 Laverda 75 Sport
- Visualize How Long the Things You Own Actually Own You
- Milky Way Transit Authority
- Intel earnings surprise: we have lift-off