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Interactive Periodic Table

December 30th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
 Awesome interactive periodic table. Four years of work. Incredible
determination.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
An Elemental FascinationOur interactive periodic
table showcases 93 element samples from the collection of PopSci
contributing editor Theodore Gray, who spent four years assembling and
photographing them. Click
here to start exploring

Source: An
Elemental Fascination - Popular Science

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Top 10 Astronomy images of 2006

December 30th, 2006 · Comments Off

“saturn”

These are some incredible images. Very impressed.

The
Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006
This past year has been ó like most are ó up and down for science in general
and astronomy in particular. Weíve had stunning successes and heartbreaking
setbacks, all of which seem huge when dealing with them at the time. But while
the science of astronomy [...]

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Windows Cardspace gets Firefox support

December 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
I know this is kind of old news, but I missed it somehow. I haven’t played
with it yet. I just downloaded the new Firefox 2.0.0.1 release, so I will
download the add-on and see how it works.

December 13th, 2006

Windows CardSpace gets
Firefox support
<cite>Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:56 am</cite>
<cite>Categories: Vista,
Windows Server Longhorn,
Windows client, Windows [...]

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Coming in January: “Month of Apple Bugs”

December 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
A ”Month of Bugs.” Doesn’t even surprise me. There is no software that
doesn’t have bugs. Operating Systems especially. Infrastructure is tough. This
isn’t news, it’s entertainment. 

Coming in January: “Month of Apple Bugs”
A pair of security researchers has picked January 2007 as the starting point
for a month-long project in which each passing day will feature a previously
undocumented [...]

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Vista vs OSX–Imaginary OS Wars

December 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
This kind of thinking  always amazes me. The competition between OSX and
Vista isn’t real, it’s totally fabricated. Msft is an OS company. Apple is a
hardware company. It’s as simple as that. You  can’t buy OSX to run on your
Intel box. You can buy a Mac to run Vista, but you will get OSX included for
free. The [...]

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Dual Monitors–Heavenly

December 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
I finally broke down and bought two flat screen monitors. I love it. I can’t
believe the difference in productivity. I will post a picture presently.
Later: Here is my dual monitor setup:
“dualm”

to
set up dual monitors

Tech mag PC World has a video demonstrating how to install and configure a
dual-monitor setup.

The video shows how to upgrade [...]

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DIY Instant Oatmeal–Disgusting

December 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
Yucch! Instant Oatmeal–in any form–is pig fodder. Cooking real oatmeal
takes five minutes (you have to boil the water) instead of one. The real oatmeal
is infinitely better than the instant crap. Treat yourself to the best.

homemade
instant oatmeal

DIY site Instructables has a simple tutorial on making cheaper, tastier,
healthier instant-oatmeal servings than the ones that come in those paper
packets.

In [...]

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