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Link Round-Up: September 25, 2008

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    13 Useful Math Cheat Sheets for students and programmers.

    A doctor has made headlines by MacGyver-ing a little girl’s liver with Ping-Pong Balls.

    Abduzeedo features a massive round-up of the images of Star Wars Culture.

    Check out this amazing Star Wars LEGO Diorama.

    Hack n Mod rounds up the Top 7 Rube Goldberg Machines of the Web.

    Hottest Gadgets looks at Some of the World’s Smallest Gadgets.

    Linux in a Nutshell for those who need things spelled out in little words.

    PC World runs down a list of 50 Tools to Speed Up Your PC.

    Why spend a fortune redecorating when all you need is a few Sharpies?

    The Age looks at some of the stranger requests made of help desks.




Geek Quote of the Day

Sep 25 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  4 views

You cannot depend on your eyes
when your imagination is out of focus.

      - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain, 1889.

This Day in Geek History: September 25

Sep 25 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  534 views

1690
“Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick“, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time before being suppressed by the government.

1818
The first blood transfusion using human blood, rather than animal blood, takes place at Guy’s Hospital.

1820
Francois Arago announces that a copper wire between the poles of a voltaic cell, could laterally attract iron filings to itself. His discovery comes in the same year that Oersted discovered that an electric current flowing in a wire would deflect a neighboring compass needle. In the same publication, Arago describes how he has successfully succeeded in causing permanent magnetism in steel needles laid at right angles to the copper wire.

1928
The Galvin Manufacturing Corporation is founded and will later be known as Motorola.
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T-Shirt of the Week: For Every Sprinkle

Sep 24 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  32 views

For Every Sprinkle T-Shirt

Now you can plaster everyone’s favorite Family Guy line across your chest! This little gem comes in men’s sizes ranging from Small to 3X-Large in solid brown. It would be worth the price just to wear it out to a Dairy Queen once. Just once, damn it. Real men should be able to eat sundaes without shame, too! Price: US$16.95

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Picture of the Week: Vintage Star Wars Figures

Sep 24 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  303 views

Star Wars Action Figures

Oh Power Converters!

Source: TinyPic

This Day in Geek History: September 24

Sep 24 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  584 views

1852
Dirgable BalloonThe first airship, a semi-rigid dirigible balloon powered by a steam engine is demonstrated with a seventeen mile flight from Paris to Trappes, France. Henri Giffard built the 147-foot long spindle-shaped coal-gas balloon and fitted it with an engine of his own design. The engine rotates an eleven foot propeller to propel the ship to speeds of up to five miles per hour against the wind. The demonstration is the first powered or controlled flight in history.

1923
The first movie released on celluloid film, Das Leben auf dem Dorfe, premieres.

1947
Majestic 12, a secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, is allegedly established by a secret executive order issued by President Harry Truman to investigate UFO activity in the aftermath of the Roswell incident.

1948
The Honda Motor Company is founded.

The USS Enterprise1960
The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), is launched in Newport, Virginia. It is the longest, tallest, and fastest warship in the world and will remain so for years to come. Powered by eight nuclear reactors, it does not need to carry its own fuel oil and so has more room for aviation fuel and weapons. In 1963, Enterprise and two similarly powered cruisers make a non-stop voyage around the world to demonstrate the viability of nuclear power. It is the eighth US ship to bear the name Enterprise. Visit the vessel’s official website.
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Geek Quote of the Day

Sep 24 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  7 views

This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic:
There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around.

      - Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert, 1984.
      Quoted as The Atreides Manifesto, Bene Gesserit Archives.



Video Game Releases for the Week of September 22, 2008

Sep 23 2008 Kommentarfunktion aus  167 views

Lego Batman: The Video Game

Video Games

This week’s notable release is the Lego Batman: The Video Game, and, since the first LEGO Star Wars turned out to be so playable for adults as well as kids, it’s also probably the hottest pick of the week.

Monday, September 22

    Baja: Edge of Control (PS3, X360)
    An off road racing game.

    Brain Quest Grades 3 & 4 (DS)

    de Blob (Wii)
    Bounce, ricochet, and swing through Chroma City as you, de Blob, try to restore the world’s drained color.

    Di-Gata Defenders (DS)

    DropCast (DS)

    Hell’s Kitchen (PC)
    Based on the popular television series. Read the rest of this entry » » »


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