Maker Faire Africa, August 14-16, in Accra, Ghana
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Just a reminder that the Officially Unofficial Maker Faire Africa is
scheduled to take place August...
Shoot Action Videos With Helmet Cameras
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With video capabilities built into almost everything these days, from
digital cameras to tiny cell phones, it's never been easier to record your
favorite.....
Swedish ISP Disputes Weak Piracy Evidence
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After receiving massive support from its customers through an online survey,
the Swedish ISP Ephone has decided to appeal an earlier court decision
orderin...
Street Overcomes CIT Woes - Forbes
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Washington Post
*Street Overcomes CIT Woes*
*Forbes*
Wall Street seesawed Thursday as investors pondered ups and downs in the
financial sector. JPMorgan Ch...
Pagan police get solstice leave
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Pagan police officers in some areas are being allowed to take as many as
eight days leave a year for events such as the summer solstice and
Hallowe'en.
Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits - Reuters
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BBC News
*Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits*
*Reuters*
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The original recordings of the first humans landing
on the moon 40 y...
Map shows Golden Gate Bridge marked by suicides
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This depressing but fascinating map shows the Golden Gate Bridge marked by
the number of suicides at each of the 128 light poles that span it. [via
Strange...
Google Gets Shifty With Its Data Center Operations
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Google is operating a data center in Belgium without chillers (which augment
cool air to help keep the data center at the right temperature and use a lot
o...
10 Most Profitable Drugs
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We often hear that antidepressants, cholesterol medicines, blood pressure
drugs and countless other prescription medications are widely used in the
U.S. Ho...
Video: Moth Blocks Bat Attack by Jamming Sonar
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A tiger moth jams bat sonar by making its own ultrasonic clicks in response
to the bat's attack. Scientists from Wake Forest University videotape bats
as t...
Weapons Featured In Cult Movies
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Tim Doyle created a fantastic poster featuring weapons used cult movies to
promote the Crazy 4 Cult: 3-D show which runs through August 8th at Gallery
1988...
10 Endearing Habits of a Geeky Spouse
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Many of our geek attributes are not, to put it mildly, magnets to the
prospective spouses. But some of our traits are endearing to "others." Hey
-- Even Mr...
Backwoods Home Magazine
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Imagine Martha Stewart as a gun-toting Libertarian and you’ll have good
notion of the editorial outlook of *Backwoods Home Magazine*. What makes
this ma...
Where to Play Tetris Online for Free
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Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Tetris is my
favorite game of all time. I still love buying new versions to play on just
about an...
net@night 109: StumbleUpon
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*Hosts:* Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte
StumbleUpon, an early content recommendation engine that's still going
strong.
Guest: Garrett Camp of StumbleU...
John Wood (Learning Music)
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Beginning this past March, John Wood has written, recorded, mixed, and
mastered an album a month. Distributed under the moniker Learning Music
Monthly, the...
After Five Years, NASA's Aura Shines Brightly
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[image: artist concept of Aura]
Two JPL instruments that are helping improve our understanding of Earth's
atmosphere and global change mark five years in...
Wowzers of (last) Week
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We are well into the new week, so you may have thought we forgot about the 5
Wowzer winners from last week. Au contraire, mon frère! We were just too
busy...
Mayhem Tour Features Peavey Versarray System
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For the second summer in a row, the Mayhem Tour is featuring the
ribbon-loaded Versarray 212 line-array sound system from audio innovators
Peavey Electroni...
Prof: Grazing a mixed bag
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There's a lasting and fiery debate between some conservation-minded people
and beef ranchers and eaters: Do cows harm the land?
Adrian Noble Named Old Globe Shakes Fest A.D.
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SAN DIEGO, CA—Adrian Noble has been appointed Artistic Director of The Old
Globe’s 2010 Shakespeare Festival celebrating the theatre’s 75th anniversary
sea...
Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy 577
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*The Tech Guy for Saturday 11 July 2009 - Show 577*
*Host*: Leo Laporte
Gadget Nation, EVDO, converting VHS, Plasma vs. LCD, Windo...
Tasks graduates from Gmail Labs
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Posted by James Watts, Software Engineer
Our little baby's all grown up.
We launched Gmail Labs as a forum for delivering useful (and maybe not so
useful)...
Microsoft: DJ Innovators?
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Okay, so it’s not really what we’d call DJing (not even in an extremely
loose, Ableton Live-era way), but this demo from Microsoft of their new
Surface tec...
TWiT 203: I've Got Quadraphonics In My Van
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*Hosts:* Tom Merritt, Ryan Block, Veronica Belmont, Roger Chang, Patrick
Norton, and Robert Llewellyn
Chrome OS, outlet and laser data theft, $98 Blu-r...
07.13.09: Ostrava, Czech Republic
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My office was tipped by a local named Eva that the thing to see in Ostrava is the Vítkovice Iron Works… a massive former steel foundry/coal mine complex that...
Windows Weekly 115: Windows 7 Secrets
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*Hosts:* Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte
Paul assembles a panel to discuss Windows 7 pricing and other release
questions.
Guests: Rafael Rivera and Mary-...
Chase Dat Gold: The LARP Rap
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Yup, this is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time. Also, that ranger has
some nice dual-wielding skills! I’m looking forward to seeing what other
nerdy ...
Garden Galore
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Time does fly by quickly doesn’t it! So I’ve been spending a lot of extra
time in the garden lately. Here are some very out of date photos of what
we’ve ...
Video: Little Boots: Electro-Pop Gadget Girl
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British disco diva 'Little Boots' mixes her hipster sensibilities with her
thirst for music gadgets. LB tells Wired she wants to keep things raw.
This blog has moved
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Well, it's been a great couple of years on Vox, but it's time to move on.
InsideTWiT is now new and improved and can be found at
http://inside.twit.tv. An...
Grizzlies 92, Bobcats 79 (F)
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Rudy Gay scored 17 points, and Hakim Warrick added 14 points and eight
rebounds Friday night as Memphis won its first game of the preseason with a
92-79 vi...