Archive for April, 2006

April 23rd, 2006

Why A

Why is the alphabet ordered as it is?

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April 23rd, 2006

Less Emphasis on the Good Review

Less Emphasis on the Good Review

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April 23rd, 2006

Evolution of NetFlix Mailers

Evolution of NetFlix Mailers

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April 23rd, 2006

HIPerWall

The HIPerWall at the University of California, Irvine is a giant monitor made from 50 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays.

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April 23rd, 2006

Fake Coke

What do they use in the movies when you see people snorting cocaine? – Powdered sugar, baking powder, powdered milk, soy baby formula, or Ovaltine.

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April 23rd, 2006

Prepare for the Crash

Prepare for the Crash

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April 17th, 2006

Cat vs Ant: An Objective Analysis

I’m a vegetarian. I dislike pets. No, let me rephrase more correctly, I hate pets. To this date I still don’t understand why otherwise rational people succumb to talk to animals as if they can actually understand what is being said to them. Today askthefool.com presents a highly scientific and objective analysis comparing and contrasting [...]

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April 17th, 2006

MySQL to get ’solid’ transactions

MySQL to get ‘solid’ transactions.

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April 16th, 2006

Dishing Out Real Power – Popular Science

Dishing Out Real Power “The dish, made by Stirling Energy Systems in Phoenix, is the world’s most efficient solar generator. It uses an old principle—that concentrated light is a great heat source—to achieve a level of efficiency on par with conventional power sources and far higher than traditional solar cells. Instead of converting sunlight directly [...]

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April 16th, 2006

The Da Vinci Code First Full Length Trailer – Google Video

The Da Vinci Code Trailer

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April 14th, 2006

Zillow.com

Zillow.com – My brother told me about this weeks ago, but the site is official only as of today. It estimates real estate pricing using a variety of variables such as taxes, comparable sales, etc. For states like California and Arizona it is remarkably accurate, but not so good for states like Indiana.

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April 10th, 2006

SynergyKM: The Missing GUI

Mac OS X GUI for Synergy2. I’ve been waiting patiently for the offical synergy guys to make a GUI for the Mac OS X, and today I randomly stumbled upon this. It works perfectly and is even cleaner then the Windows GUI.

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April 9th, 2006

Pilgrim is back?

Eighteen months later, the infamous Mark Pilgrim is back. Now only if Dunstan Orchard came back online the world would be whole once again.

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April 9th, 2006

Apple – Boot Camp

Boot Camp – Apple’s new Dual Boot beta software which supports Windows XP on Intel Based Macs. This is huge. John Gruber has a great article/analysis on it and a great follow up read on the possible virtualization feature in the next generation Mac OS by Chris Clark

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April 9th, 2006

What’s wrong with America’s high schools?

What’s wrong with America’s high schools?

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