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August 10, 2011
August 4, 2011
Go here http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7066/main.swf
and move your cursor around.
Then let it sit and watch the changes.
August 4, 2011
Card catalogues were once vital components of libraries; most were beautifully crafted of durable materials. Now some enterprising librarians are finding ways to repurpose card catalogues as storage sites and charging stations for e-book readers.
It turns out that the drawers were just the right size for most of the common eReaders. All the case needed was a few holes drilled in the back, and then running some power cables.
The Bloomington Junior High School Media Center offers a brief how-to photoessay
July 30, 2011
Posted by Russ under Communication, Facebook, Presenting Information, Relationships, Technology
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The above map of the world, drawn by Facebook data structuring intern Paul Butler using connections between 10 million Facebook friends (full-size link), is interesting enough in itself until you realize that all of the country borders are entirely drawn using Facebook friend connections too. Even if the world was dark and totally unmapped, Facebook could produce a remarkably good approximation of most of its continents’ boundaries, and even the borders of some countries.
April 13, 2011
Incredible
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March 25, 2011
Just when you thought that the Weimar Republic couldn’t do anything!
In the 1930′s, when most trains were steam-powered, German Rail experimented with an aluminum train pushed by a propeller, which ran as fast as 140 mph.
Conceived and built in 1930 by the German rail company Deutsche Reichsbahn, the Schienenzeppelin was a design alternative to the streamlined steam locomotives of its day. It was a slick and relatively lightweight at 20 tons, running on but two axles and powered by a 46-liter BMW V-12.
The same engine was later used to power the light bombers of the Luftwaffe. The engine sent 600 horsepower to a massive ash propeller, tilted seven degrees to produce downforce. It was one of those designs that would shock and delight even in these times, when aluminum is used not for Bauhaus trains but for high-revving V-8s and computers from the near future.
Originally good for 120 mph — on par with the fastest streamlined steam locomotives — the topped out at a magnificent 140 mph in the summer of 1931. It was a record that stood for 23 years and was never surpassed by a gasoline-powered locomotive.
Unfortunately, the train never made it into production. Problems with propeller safety (!) and reliability kept it from attaining mass production. The prototype that set the speed record was dismantled in 1939 on the eve of World War II.
A train like this would have given a lot of movie train scenes a very different look. Somehow, I can’t see Bogey waiting next to the Schienenzeppelin in Casablanca.
March 16, 2011
From today’s Wall Street Journal:
March 14, 2011
Apps & the Meaning of Life
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March 2, 2011
From today’s Wall Street Journal:
February 25, 2011
I want it all! Want it now! And want to text while having it!
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February 14, 2011
Beware the Parent Who Knows Photoshop!
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From a creative mother, with too much time on her hands. I liked the last item on the flyer.
Wanted to keep the trip to Disney World a secret from the kids, so I made this flyer and told them this is why we’re driving to Florida.
January 22, 2011
Croc swallows cell-phone, keeps ringing
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Workers at a Ukrainian aquarium didn’t believe it when a visitor said a crocodile swallowed her phone. Then the reptile started ringing.
The accident in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk sounds a bit like “Peter Pan,” in which a crocodile happily went “tick-tock” after gulping down an alarm clock.
But Gena, the 14-year-old croc who swallowed the phone, has hardly been living a fairy tale: He hasn’t eaten or had a bowel movement in four weeks….
Anyone who invents something to get teenagers to swallow cell phones is sure to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Via: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110121/ap_on_fe_st/eu_odd_cell_phone_in_crocodile
December 16, 2010
Coolest stop motion video ever
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Especially for my friend Alex H., this is the coolest stop-motion video I’ve ever seen. Hard to believe it’s done with coins!
November 23, 2010
Funny Autocorrect Horror Stories
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One of the most amusing sites I’ve come across recently posts unfortunate auto-correct texts (language warning):
Damn You Auto Correct! – Funny iPhone Fails and Autocorrect Horror Stories.
November 17, 2010
Facebook Unfriending
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From today’s Wall Street Journal opinion page:
