Archive for May, 2007

New CSI Museum Exhibit

If you think you’ve got crime solving skilz worthy of CSI you might want to head to Chicago. A new exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry sends the message that forensic science can be fun.
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links for 2007-05-26

Images: What ‘Star Wars’ tech is real? | CNET News.com
Thirty years after the original Star Wars movie opened in theaters, we take a look at what technology became reality and what remains science fiction.
(tags: star wars images)

Toshiba HD-A2 Reviews. Video Players and Recorders Reviews by CNET.
Less than $300USD street could put HDDVD ahead of Blu-ray.
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links for 2007-05-25

Google announces purge of ad-heavy web sites
(tags: adsense adwords advertising Google internet search web)

links for 2007-05-24

Wire & Twine : Momergency Kit
Put one together if you’re traveling with little kids.
(tags: kit diy)

Taking your laptop? Keep it and your precious data safe - USATODAY.com
(tags: travel computing security)

Plastic Blood

A type of artificial blood has been created after five years of research. Scientists have combined a hollow, square-shaped molecule with iron to monomers that build together in a tree-like structure. The result is similar to natural haemoglobin in size and shape.
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Around the world by Helicopter

Two pilots became the first to fly around the world by way of the north and south poles in one helicopter in a single trip. 32,000 nautical miles, 26 countries.
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links for 2007-05-23

Dell’s Ubuntu PCs available Thursday?
(tags: ubuntu Dell)

FCC Product Searches

There is a site from for the Federal Communications Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology that lets you search on any device that required an FCC license. This could be a phone or 2-way radio. Basically anything that transmits or receives radio waves.
The cool thing about it is that you can retrieve PDF’s [...]

New Web Sites Help Find Air Fare Bargains

New Web sites are making air travel more affordable.
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Technorati tags: travel

How to: Create an ego feed

If you’re a blogger you’ll want to keep track of who is linking to you. One way is to go to Google’s Blogsearch and enter link:yourblogurl to find out who is linking.
Another method is to use my new Yahoo! Pipe. Simply enter your URL (without the HTTP part), click Run Pipe then click Subscribe to subscribe to the [...]