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Google To Buddy Up With NASA
Schmidt’s Google To Buddy Up With NASA – Forbes.com This one looks pretty damn cool. According to another article, Google will open up a million square feet worth of office space in NASA Ames research center. My goodness it would … Continue reading
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600 barrels of loot found on Crusoe island
Guardian | 600 barrels of loot found on Crusoe island Obviously the money belongs to Arturito. Finders, keepers. Too bad he’s not sentient, yet. What would a sentient robot do with $10B? It sounds like too much money for it … Continue reading
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000 to 999 in emacs
There have been times that I’ve needed lists of numbers in order. Mostly for programming things. Today I created such a list using emacs via a keyboard macro. To use it, do M-x edit-kbd-macro and then choose a key combo. … Continue reading
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Skype – The whole world can talk for free.
Skype – The whole world can talk for free. Skype rules. skype to skype calls are always freeeee!!! Calls from Skype to phones are amazingly inexpensive!!!! Download Skype!!
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roachfiend.com » BugMeNot
roachfiend.com » BugMeNot This awesome extension is like a dream come true for getting into free registration sites. mailinator.com is quite nice, but this is even *faster*. btw, mailinator has a cool new look and more functionality, such as a … Continue reading
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Dudeâs Drivel » Deep Impact vs. Missile Defense
Dudeâs Drivel » Deep Impact vs. Missile Defense This is cool, but I’m actually testing trackback stuff. I don’t understand it quite yet.
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1000 feet closer to space
LiftPort Staff Blog » Blog Archive » Photos & More from 1,000-ft Robot Test Also: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050923_spaceelevator_test.html I love the idea of a space elevator. Or fifty around the globe. How big of a ribbon will they have to be????
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nanotechnology detects cancer proteins in single drop of blood
medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=31091 This seems to herald a day where the family physician (or anyone) can do a quick test to see if we have cancer. Totally kick ass.
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themes
I just installed the Batavia 1.5 theme. I didn’t like the color, but I like the design, especially the little squares around the top of the calendar. Dude said it’s easy enough to change the colors, so that’s what I … Continue reading
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