Fri 19 Feb 2010

Welcome To the SchmApple Store – Shiny gadgets for the shiniest people ONLY

Posted by Ed under jocularity, tech
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If you think apple is just a bit smug, you will get a big kick out of this. Definitely worth a click.

Welcome To the SchmApple Store – Shiny gadgets for the shiniest people ONLY.

 

Thu 11 Sep 2008

The Large Hadron Collider Rap

Posted by Ed under future
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Check it out. Physics geeks make a good rap about the collider. Terrific!

Large Hadron Collider Rap

 

Sat 5 Jul 2008

Natural science demonstration in a photo!

Posted by Ed under space
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Now I learned a couple of things from this one photograph. Its a fascinating practical example of things we all should know if we really thought it all through. Can you guess what is shown in this photo? What is the plume extending upward from the ground? Why is the top of the plume brighter than its bottom? What is the bright object in the lower righthand corner of the picture, and what is the dark, cone-shaped feature that seems to be leaving the plume and converging on the bright object? Examine the picture carefully, look at the high-resolution version if you want to, and see if you can figure out the answers to these questions. Then, read the caption below to test yourself.

Smoke Plume

Explanation and original posting on NASA website.

 

Sat 31 May 2008

How to gently teach email nettiquette

Posted by Ed under web2.0
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Do you get those forwarded multiple times emails with a joke / cute picture / pithy saying all the way at the bottom? Does you email address appear in the cc not the bcc field, thus broadcast to the world?
Here is a simple free, no advertising nor graphics web page to get the message across about email netiquette.
Just reply with this link and you are done.
clipped from www.thanksno.com
Thanks. No.

Hi. The person who sent you this link is a friend who likes you a lot but who wants you to respect their email address, their privacy, and their time.

Chances are, this person asked you to visit this page because you did one of these things:
  • Forwarded a funny story, a virus warning, or a photo that you enjoyed
    		•
  • Sent email to lots of people using the “To:” line (instead of the “BCC:” line), thereby exposing your friend’s email address to strangers
    		•
  • CC’d your friend unnecessarily on something you had sent primarily to someone else
    		•
      blog it
     

    Thu 8 May 2008

    Aftermarket external hybrid car conversion!

    Posted by Ed under future
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    Now here is thinking outside the car. This company, Poulson Hybrid, Inc. is making and aftermarket kit to turn compact front wheel drive cars into all wheel hybrids.
    The kit is a set of externally mounted disk motors on the back wheels. These motors are driven by a large battery installation in the trunk.

    The Poulson external hybrid kit.

     

    Mon 14 Apr 2008

    One method of taking great notes

    Posted by Ed under GTD
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    From a lifehacker.com article about how to take great notes.
    clipped from lifehacker.com

    Method 1: Symbolize the next action

    Using notepaper or a simple text file on your laptop or tablet, indent the pages of your notes in from the left margin. Then, use a simple system of symbols to mark off 4 different information types in the column space left in the margin.

    • [ ] A square checkbox denotes a to do item
    • ( ) A circle indicates a task to be assigned to someone else
    • * An asterisk is an important fact
    • ? A question mark goes next to items to research or ask about

    After the meeting, a quick vertical scan of the margin area makes it easy to add tasks to your to do list and calendar, send out requests to others, and further research questions. (This method is the brainchild of Michael Hyatt, someone who clearly has mastered the art of attending meetings.)
     

    Wed 10 Oct 2007

    Do something to reduce Global warming?

    Posted by Ed under future
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    A proposal to passively increase cloud cover over the southern ocean to reduce global warming by reflecting sunlight.
    clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
    The idea my colleagues and I are pursuing is to increase the amount of sunlight reflected back into space from the tops of thin, low-level clouds (marine stratocumuli, which cover about a quarter of the world’s oceanic surface), thereby producing a cooling effect.
    In order to deploy our scheme and produce adequate cooling, we would need to spray sea-water droplets continuously over a significant fraction of the world’s oceanic surface, at a total rate of around 50 cubic metres per second.
      blog it
     

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