Monthly Archives: July 2005

Laptop Shutdown

I have a problem with my laptop: it doesn’t provide sufficient warning when the battery is about to die. Yes, there is a tiny indicator icon in the systems tray, but who the hell’s going to notice something this small … Continue reading

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Goodbye Space Shuttle

I just read this story about the Space Shuttle: NASA managers decided to ground their shuttle fleet on Wednesday after a piece of insulating foam fell off Discovery during lift-off. “Until we fix this, we’re not going to fly again,” … Continue reading

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Popular Blogs

Technorati lists the biggest blogs in the blogosphere, as measured by links, meaning the blogs that have other blogs linking to them. The top 10: Boing Boing Instapundit Daily Kos Gizmodo FARK Engadget Talking Points Memo Davenetics Eschaton dooce I … Continue reading

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Kindergarten Vocabulary

Seven words you can’t say in kindergarten, a short, instructive video.

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Game Over

I saw Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine last night, a documentary about the 1997 chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue. Kasparov lost and then claimed IBM cheated. IBM’s behaviour was indeed suspicious. They had something like … Continue reading

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