Archive for November, 2009
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Boing Boing shows this amazing video of a photographer from National Geographic. He went to document Leopard seals, but instead had a giant dangerous predator try and feed and adopt him.
Leopard seal teaches photographer how to catch penguins – Boing Boing
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
oh internets, you so crazy.
New Catholic video game promises to brings family closer to heaven – Boing Boing
I smell viral marketing….or do I. I’m unsure of who I can trust anymore. I’m frightened and need an adult.
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Here is a very interesting talk with our Nobel Prize winning Physicist/Energy Secretary. It’s an interesting look at what is going to be funded as well as what technologies we could see in the not too distant future.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu visits Googleplex
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
I’m a big fan of open source hardware and software. Lately I’ve been coming across more open source hardware than just chipsets and little electronic kits. I’ve posted in the past about open source prosthetics, but I’ve been seeing this movement toward DIY medical devices. In the world technology podcast Clark Boyd [...]
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Scientists today confirmed what they sought from the LCROSS mission. They found water on the moon! Water on the moon is a significant first step to possibly having a habitat on the moon, missions become much cheaper if you don’t have to bring your own water.
Good thing, I got tired of hearing jerks [...]
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
There is no further point in chanting, “Let’s go Yankees.” It is also correct, crowd, that we are in the “U-S-A”, very good.
If I may for a moment relate the suffering to which I am exposed this morning. Throngs and herds of drunken sports fans blowing horns and various whistles. They’re all [...]
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
You got an airbag in my seat belt! You got seat belt in my airbag! Two great safety features that go great together.
I just thought this seemed like one of those ideas that when you hear it, it really makes sense. Although maybe they could put some research dollars into improving the [...]
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
I’ve started a page to aggregate the resources that I’ve been using as a distance learning Mathematics student. I’ve tried to talk objectively about these topics and how they’ve helped and what they provide. Please leave comments here if you know of other resources, or have any opinions about those services.
Calculus
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Dave does this great vblog. It’s all about great advice and wisdom that he’s collected over the years of design and work as an EE. This latest one is great, as he’s testing out his new camera. This and his complaints about the design of consumer products are priceless.
EEVblog Exploding Capacitors in [...]
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Everyone has an inner n-rd.