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2008
Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer - tech - 12 December 2008 - New Scientist
by karlcow
combien de trésors cachés dans les livres, dans le sol ?In all the excitement, nobody noticed a corroded lump of rock dumped in a crate in the courtyard of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. That changed a few months later when it cracked open, revealing traces of gearwheels, precisely marked circular scales and inscriptions in ancient Greek.
The Oil Drum | Shell Energy Futures
by karlcow
Indeed, the distant future looks bright, but getting there will be an adventure. At Shell, we think the world will take one of two possible routes. The first, a scenario we call Scramble, resembles a race through a mountainous desert. Like an off-road rally, it promises excitement and fierce competition. However, the unintended consequence of "more haste" will often be "less speed" and many will crash along the way. The alternative scenario, called Blueprints, has some false starts and develops like a cautious ride on a road that is still under construction. Whether we arrive safely at our destination depends on the discipline of the drivers and the ingenuity of all those involved in the construction effort. Technical innovation provides for excitement.
2007
Skies, jeans, and 2008's color of the year are all blue
by julie
Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, selected PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris, a beautifully balanced blue-purple, as the color of the year for 2008. Combining the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple, Blue Iris satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement.
Official Google Blog: Our feature presentation
by srcmax
& 1 other
In April we announced that we were working to bring presentations to Google Docs. (Astute readers may recall learning about this even earlier, which caused a bit of excitement around here.) And today we're unveiling the new Google Docs presentations feature and invite you to try it at documents.google.com. Maybe more than any other type of document, presentations are created to be shared. But assembling slide decks by emailing them around is as frustrating as it is time-consuming. The new presentations feature of Google Docs helps you to easily organize, share, present, and collaborate on presentations, using only a web browser.
Top 10 Movies With a Social Message
by Brian_Corrigan
The recent Oscar excitement has inspired the Jikolp.com team to produce our list of the “Top 10 Movies With a Social Message”. Without any further adieu here is our list!
Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design | New W3C HTML Working Group…but who cares?
by karlcow
I don’t fault the W3C for taking a long time. I hardly see that rushing the job would really help — nonetheless, I’m not really very excited about the fact that they’ve established a new working group. This is not the moment which is practically meaningful. Personally, I’m saving my excitement for announcements from browser vendors — when I see press releases indicating full support for HTML 5, XHTML 2, CSS 3 or any other development in web technology coming from the Internet Explorer team, from the Firefox development team, from Safari or from Opera, then I’ll be interested.
AJAX and Screenreaders: When Can it Work? [JavaScript & AJAX Tutorials]
by sebastien
& 5 others
We've all heard a great deal of buzz about AJAX in the last few months, and with this talk has come a legion of articles, tips, presentations and practical APIs designed to explore the possibilities and try to arrive at best-practice techniques. But, for all of the excitement and hype, still very little has been said on the subject of AJAX and accessibility.
Home Appraisal: More Than Just House Value
by kromakirk
by Bill Wehr Most people, when buying a home, are first given a copy of the appraisal at the closing table. In the excitement and stress of signing the final mortgage papers, and arranging to get the keys to the new house, the appraisal may be tucked a...
Blogging 101 - An introduction to reading and writing a weblog, by Anton Zuiker
by pvergain
(via)
In the early days of the Internet, each new page was a cause for celebration. The early pioneers watched in excitement as the network grew, and they wanted to keep people informed about this growth. In 1992, Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the first What’s New page; later, another pioneer, Marc Andreesen, put up a similar page. Each had hotlinks to the new pages springing up on the Net.
As the Internet grew and the World Wide Web came about, other programmers created hand-coded pages with their recommendations for surfing the Net – they “filtered” the Net. Justin Hall started his filter log in 1994. In 1998, Jorn Barger coined the term “weblog.”
Soon, says weblogger and author Rebecca Blood, these “link-driven sites” were very popular, and webloggers became a community. Each weblog included a list of similar filter sites.
In 1999, websites Blogger and Pitas began to offer a simpler way to create a weblog. These hosted services allowed any person to easily sign up, create a blog, and write numerous postings. All without having to know HTML.
Since then, millions of weblogs have been created. The term is now pronounced web-log or we-blog, or shorted to blog. And these blogs evolved into personal diaries or journals. Many journal-blogs still do include a list of other similar sites. This is a called a blogroll.
Other blog software programs and services include LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad, TextPattern, Radio Userland and pMachine. Some of these programs are simple to use while others are more complicated to install. These programs include many powerful publishing tools, and are often called content management systems. The systems allow any individual to be a publisher on a global scale. This new type of publishing is called microcontent, thin media or nanopublishing.
Starcraft Camper: Not Any Other Character
by kromakirk
“An outdoor adventure with George Lucas, Queen Amidala and Darth Vader?” A ten year old boy shouts in excitement as you talked to him about Starcraft Camper. Funny it may seem but the innocence of a child is just definitely irresistible. Starcraft ca
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2006
The Dull Beige Tapestry of Boredom
by GorillaSushi
The curse of the four day weekend. We have so much time to finally get all of that pesky blogging done yet the events of the past few days have added up to the excitement level of watching the elderly compete in napping contests.
SEXTOY_OhMiBod Music Powered Vibrator - The OhMiBod
by decembre
OhMiBod is a sleek, sophisticated new generation of vibrator that combines elegance of design with the excitement of your favorite music. The audio enabled integrated microchip allows the OhMiBod to vibrate to the beat and rhythm of your music while you l
All Consuming
by Hydragon
& 9 others
Catalog your books, music, movies, meals and more. Get suggestions on what to read, watch or eat from people who share your tastes. Share your excitement about a great book, album, movie, meal, or gadget.
TIME Style & Design Spring 2005: Luxury for The People! -- Spring 2005 Style & Design
by 10dier
Not since Japanese consumers began buying up logo-emblazoned satchels and crocodile clutches in the 1980s has there been so much excitement over the potential of a single market. High-end brands are on the fast track, opening lavish retail outlets across the Chinese mainland
LIBERTY! . Chronicle of the Revolution | PBS
by knann
Read all about it! These newspaper Chronicles let you experience first-hand the excitement and uncertainty of the American Revolution as it happened. Click on a city to read about the riveting historical headlines that shaped the war and America.
Irish Dancer-Girl Detective Mystery (A Brockagh Book)
by misskitty4280
THERE IS MORE
EXCITEMENT AT THIS
CELTIC ARCH FEIS THAN
13-YEAR-OLD IRISH
DANCER LIFFEY RIVERS
COULD HAVE EVER
IMAGINED!
2005
Issues when working with AJAX (Mercurytide)
by bcpbcp
& 2 others
(via)
"AJAX, or asynchronous Javascript and XML, is one of those buzz-words causing much excitement among the web-savvy. As a method of quietly communicating with a server it allows web sites to act more like traditional applications, and is an integral part of the web 2.0 methodology. It plays an important role in Flickr, Google Maps, and Backpack, among others."
Mega Millions Jackpot Jumps to Estimated $165 Million! The Nation's Largest Jackpot Continues to Grow as Nearly 890,000 Tickets Win Prizes
by pluggyboy
Mega Millions excitement is growing along with the jackpot - and players are lining up for a piece of the action. Nearly 890,000 tickets were winners in the Friday, October 28 Mega Millions drawing. That includes seven tickets that each won $250,000. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $147 million jackpot, the jackpot for
RIM to Use Intel Chips in Future Devices
by teleclick
Soon after Palm's announcement that they are planning to release a Windows-based Treo handheld device, Research in Motion is trying to generate additional excitement about their own products.
