Video: Iran Unveils World’s Largest Rug
The largest hand-woven carpet was finished by Iranian weavers. It covers over two square miles. Technorati tags: Iran, Rug, Weaving, Video
links for 2007-07-31
How to land a spacecraft on an asteroid NASA is exploring the possibility of sending astronauts to an asteroid, with hopes of making deep-space exploration more feasible. (tags: space nasa)
Get Under the Hood of an Electric Dragster
Electric vehicles are making their presence felt at amateur drag races across the country, challenging gas-powered cars and motorcycles. John Wayland explains how the cars work. video:
links for 2007-07-30
Block Posters – Create large wall posters from any image for free! Upload an image and select how many pages wide you want your image to be (Depending on your wall size). The site then cuts your image in to pieces and creates a PDF file that can be downloaded. (tags: poster photography tools art [...]
Think Before You Blog
Technorati tags: Humor
Read a Book by Email or RSS
There are a few sites on the Internet that have been compiling books that are no longer in copyright. One of the oldest is Project Gutenberg. Basically you get to download full books in text format that you can read on your PC or handheld. A lot of the books are classics like Moby Dick or [...]
links for 2007-07-29
Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Visual Studio Express Betas released (tags: development tools) Tether your iPhone: EDGE internet on your laptop This is a hell of a lot easier on a Blackberry. (tags: iphone edge howto tether laptop Apple hacks) Customizing Thunderbird on Linux / Windows (tags: thunderbird email hacks tweaks) Yahoo’s Flexible Keyboard Cool. [...]
BBC online video service launches
BBC News: The BBC’s flagship online TV service is being launched, offering viewers the chance to download their favorite programs from the last seven days. You have to be based on the UK to get an invite. minimum requirements Windows XP operating system * Minimum 500Mb (RAM) memory Internet Explorer 6 browser (or later) Windows [...]
Video: Inbox Zero
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders fame has a new video up of the talk he gave at Google the other day. In this one he discusses his Inbox Zero concept of email management. Technorati tags: video, seminar, email, organization, how-to
links for 2007-07-28
Martha Stewart Geeks Out for Wired’s Annual How To Guide (tags: geek marthastewart technology creativity design organization media) RSS Mixer Makes Blending Feeds Easy (tags: rss tool utility)