2006-10-29
Adrienne Carey Hurley
Katy sent me a link to this blog saying it has some good J-lit info. Seems way to the left, which is not my style at all, but I'll link to it here so I don't forget about it. The taser video was interesting....
2006-10-24
Interesting News Links
Most around the world still believe in America (?)
Why the Republicans need to lose the midterms
Insourcing? - The only reason companies do this is to avoid tariffs!
The sun had sisters?
Dilbert cartoonist recovers speech
Why the Republicans need to lose the midterms
Insourcing? - The only reason companies do this is to avoid tariffs!
The sun had sisters?
Dilbert cartoonist recovers speech
2006-10-22
HDD Speaker
If one's into low-fi, apparently someone cooked up a way to mod an HDD voice coil into a speaker. Demented, but it comes with a video....
2006-10-20
News
Invention firms
Google earnings
CNN Money 25 rules to grow rich by
Internet addicts as ill as alcoholics? - Well, it's not a chemical addiction, anyway.
Wisdom of non-crowds - Yeah, crowds are dumb. Are non-crowds any better?
Samsung's hybrid HDD
Single pixel digicam - Interesting, but of questionable practicality.
Google earnings
CNN Money 25 rules to grow rich by
Internet addicts as ill as alcoholics? - Well, it's not a chemical addiction, anyway.
Wisdom of non-crowds - Yeah, crowds are dumb. Are non-crowds any better?
Samsung's hybrid HDD
Single pixel digicam - Interesting, but of questionable practicality.
2006-10-19
2006-10-17
CNN News
Bigger families on the rise
Teaching students to fight back - Sweet!!
Scalia says Constitution silent on abortion, etc.
Sara Evans divorce - She always seemed like a good girl, but this seems too weird to just be the ex at fault!
Teaching students to fight back - Sweet!!
Scalia says Constitution silent on abortion, etc.
Sara Evans divorce - She always seemed like a good girl, but this seems too weird to just be the ex at fault!
2006-10-15
Various Linx
These linx (bastardized plural as with "pix") are quite dated. Too busy to blog these days.
From 9/1.
How to prevent lost luggage
From 9/8.
Requirements for HD video on PCs
A distributed system where HDD servo systems are used to predict tsunamis
Xerox's reusable paper: "transient documents"
More than 2.5 billion cell phone lines in use in the world
Fastest Microsoft patch ever: 3 days ... for their DRM
From 9/14.
Next-gen DNS info on Wikipedia: Extensible Name Service ; XDI
From 9/21.
Sourced from a combination of CNN, Slashdot, and other....
Attempting to reach space on the cheap
Impressive cabling
Book that apparently has some stuff on Galois
Ansari arrives at space station
USB-rechargeable batteries
The "Methusela Foundation" has an M-Prize with regard to aging.
Strangely amusing 1st person fiction by Bruce Sterling on teenage angst in a Net world
From 9/26.
CNN special on Japan's new prime minister: article
From 10/5.
Sleeplessness and health: CNN
On Sarbanes-Oxley: Wikipedia ; sarbanes-oxley.com ; bio.org
Investment Company Act of 1940? Wikipedia
From 9/1.
How to prevent lost luggage
From 9/8.
Requirements for HD video on PCs
A distributed system where HDD servo systems are used to predict tsunamis
Xerox's reusable paper: "transient documents"
More than 2.5 billion cell phone lines in use in the world
Fastest Microsoft patch ever: 3 days ... for their DRM
From 9/14.
Next-gen DNS info on Wikipedia: Extensible Name Service ; XDI
From 9/21.
Sourced from a combination of CNN, Slashdot, and other....
Attempting to reach space on the cheap
Impressive cabling
Book that apparently has some stuff on Galois
Ansari arrives at space station
USB-rechargeable batteries
The "Methusela Foundation" has an M-Prize with regard to aging.
Strangely amusing 1st person fiction by Bruce Sterling on teenage angst in a Net world
From 9/26.
CNN special on Japan's new prime minister: article
From 10/5.
Sleeplessness and health: CNN
On Sarbanes-Oxley: Wikipedia ; sarbanes-oxley.com ; bio.org
Investment Company Act of 1940? Wikipedia
Havaria Information Service Alert Map
I received an interesting link from my uncle pointing to this alert map for the U.S. It shows seismic activity, biohazards, power outages, epidemics, storm reports, air accidents, etc. One has to wonder how they aggregate this information.