Topic: Quick Links - on March 29, 2005 at 8:24:00 PM CEST
Quick Links
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surftp a web based FTP client
Steve Bridges as Mr. President
Make your own furry iBook!
Clocky, An MIT Media Lab Research Project
A Guide to“Things MacOS X” on the Net...
Pennies - Pictures of Pennies
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Topic: SCIENCE - on March 29, 2005 at 8:14:00 PM CEST
Super-atoms
Time to revise the periodic table? Maybe we should, now that we have a new class of chemical building blocks called superatoms—atomic clusters that behave like individual atoms. Motivated by evidence that electrons in groups of aluminum atoms might form closed “shells,” physicists A. Welford Castleman Jr. at Pennsylvania State University and Shiv N. Khanna at Virginia Commonwealth University began searching for stable configurations of these atoms. “We thought if we could figure out some way of taking advantage of this, maybe we could make some new materials,” says Castleman. “Then we found a few magic numbers.”
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Topic: ROBOT - on March 29, 2005 at 8:12:00 PM CEST
RoboGames returns in 2005!
RoboGames returns to San Francisco, March 25-27, 2005! Robot soccer, sumo-bots, combat robots, walking robots, talking robots, and home-made creations. The event will be even bigger with over 50 events - This will be the largest gathering of competition robots in world history!
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 29, 2005 at 8:09:00 PM CEST
The Birth of the Notebook
History has a way of reinventing itself. Like Michael Jackson, the past makes strange and sometimes hideous transformations -- and, as with Jacko, it's not always easy to tell what exactly happened.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 29, 2005 at 8:06:00 PM CEST
A Word to the unwise -- program's grammar check isn't so smart
Microsoft the company should big improve Word grammar check.
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. That sentence is a confusing jumble. However, it is perfectly fine in the assessment of Microsoft Word's built-in grammar checker, which detects no problem with the prose.
Sandeep Krishnamurthy thinks Microsoft can do a lot better.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 29, 2005 at 3:35:00 PM CEST
Make magazine: premier issue
If you are like most computer techs, chances are you have a whole bookshelf or three allocated to holding all your technical manuals. No doubt, you also have a whole stack of those great technical books from publishing house O'Reilly and Associates, like the book Knoppix Hacks by Ars Technica's own Kyle "greenfly" Rankin. So when O'Reilly announced that they were going to be publishing a magazine about Do-It-Yourself (DIY) technology projects for the hacker/hobbyist, there was naturally a huge buzz in the tech community about this. In case you missed out on the hype, let us first start with a little background on this new publication.
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Topic: STRANGE - on March 29, 2005 at 3:21:00 PM CEST
Lesbian couple bury 'interfering' hubby alive
A woman in eastern China drugged her husband with the help of her lesbian lover and then buried him alive in his own home to stop him from interfering in their relationship, state media said on Sunday.
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Topic: STRANGE - on March 29, 2005 at 3:15:00 PM CEST
Whiskers Go Wild at World Beard, Mustache Games
Rainier Maute, a dashingly whiskered trucker from Albstadt, Germany, plans to compete in the Olympic Games later this year.
It may be surprising that the 48-year-old smoker has a shot at a title. But Maute says he follows a strict training regime to keep in top form.
Each morning the former world and European champion stands before a mirror, where he spends 15 minutes grooming his trim, Kaiser Wilhelm-style mustache. His training gear? "Hairspray … and hazelnut mustache wax."
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 29, 2005 at 3:12:00 PM CEST
Fox nearly 'killed by kindness'
A baby fox is recovering after nearly being killed by a well-meaning woman who found him, a rescue centre said.
"Ollie", thought to be about two weeks old, is being treated at Wildlives Animal Centre in Thorrington.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 29, 2005 at 12:55:00 PM CEST
Linux system squishes into Ethernet connector
German electronics company Kleinhenz is shipping a network-enabled Linux system barely larger than a standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack. "Picotux" is based on the DigiConnect ME module from NetSilicon, along with a 2.4.27 uClinux port that was probably developed by German embedded system specialist FS Forth Systeme.
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