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Linkdump 2005-05-05 02:59:00 Newfound Dinosaur a Transitional Creature (AP)REVIEW: Cheaper Laptops Full of Features (AP)Microsoft competitive chief pragmatic on LinuxThe Unemployed Working on OSS ProjectsSearching by Image Instead of KeywordsLockheed Martin unveils Space Shuttle replacementGmail on Linux Box using Postfix and FetchmailInterview: Mandriva Linux Founder Gael DuvalKen Norton Starts a BlogThe most unusual
Mod Rewrite 2005-05-03 04:34:00 What mod rewrite can and cannot do Read more:Rewrite
Linkdump 2005-04-27 04:27:00 LinkDump
Cassini Finds Organic Material on Titan (AP)Microsoft Says PC Users Drowning in Info (AP)MySQL CEO pans software patents, touts open source (InfoWorld)Book giant feels wrath of JobsHungry Sun customers must wait to feast on product hog heavenA Yahoo! phone? Nokia can helpFrench court bans DVD DRMComments are More Important than CodeLonghorn Beta is DisappointingFirefox nears 50 Million
Alternative London logo 2007-06-05 09:45:00 found this here on facebook
I like this one - simple , effective, and the last letter "n" reminds me of a London tube tunnel. Read more:Alternative
BBC gets Goatsed on live TV 2007-06-05 05:39:00 BBC London news today broadcast viewer's alternative logos for the 2012 London Olympics.
But one of them was a bit familiar to veteran web users
Lisa Simpson giving head 2007-06-04 16:08:00 or rather, the new London Olympics logo
Blogger reactions (London Metro)
this logo is fucking shit, Devils Kitchen
This looks like the logo for the Annual Rabbit Shagging Championships, Iain Dale
How much of my money did they blow on this pink day-glo pig's abortion of a logo, I wonder?, Mr Eugenides
the answer is : £400,000
"Lisa Simpson
giving head",Reddit
Rebranding the Olympics, Buzzfeed
Desktop tower of money 2007-06-04 06:57:00 The story behind the Flash game Desktop
Tower Defense. The game gets 20 million page views a month, with a resultant 4 figure ad revenue stream.
Hyperdrive engine a possibility? 2006-01-05 05:59:00 In this this extraordinary article, The Scotsman reports that a hyperdrive engine could well be a possibility
within 5 years. The engine is based on a fringe , untested area of physics, but the U.S. Airforce and NASA have expressed an interest.
"The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe, could
BBC - On This Day1986: Kinross Miners 'killed wher... 2005-09-16 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1986: Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood'At least 177 people die during a lethal fire in a South African gold mine.1978: Thousands dead in Iran earthquakeAn earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale hits south-east Iran demolishing a major city and dozens of surrounding villages.1977: T-Rex singer killed in car smashPop star Marc Bolan is killed in a car crash in
BBC - On This Day1971: British diplomat freed afte... 2005-09-09 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1971: Britishdiplomat
freed after eight monthsThe British Ambassador, Geoffrey Jackson, is released eight months after being captured by extreme left-wing guerrillas in Uruguay.1987: Liverpool fans to stand trial in BelgiumTwenty-five English football fans involved in the Heysel stadium disaster are extradited to Belgium.1999: Report urges sweeping reform of RUCThe Royal Ulster
BBC - On This Day1945: Japan signs unconditional s... 2005-09-02 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1945: Japansigns
unconditional surrenderJapanese officials sign the act of unconditional surrender, finally bringing to an end six years of world war.1979: Ripper suspected of 12th murderPolice discover the body of a young woman - thought to be the 12th victim of the "Yorkshire Ripper"- in an alleyway near the centre of Bradford.1984: Seven killed in biker shootingsA 14-year-old
BBC - On This Day1959: US to 'stand by' West Germa... 2005-08-26 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1959: US to 'stand by' West GermansAmerica will stand by West Germans in their efforts to remain strong and free, the US President pledges.1975: Rhodesia peace talks failTalks between the Rhodesian Government and the African National Council collapse acrimoniously.1985: Budd smashes 5,000m recordControversial athlete Zola Budd breaks the world 5,000m record.1994: Man gets '
BBC - On This Day1985: Hundreds dead in Boeing cra... 2005-08-12 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1985: Hundreds
dead in Boeing
crashA Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashes on a remote mountainside 70 miles from Tokyo in Japan.1969: Police use tear gas in BogsideThe Royal Ulster Constabulary uses tear gas for the first time in its history afternine hours of rioting in the Bogside area of Londonderry.1964: Great Train Robber escapes from jailA massive manhunt is underway across
BBC - On This Day1973: Athens attack leaves three ... 2005-08-05 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1973: Athens attackleaves
three deadThree people are killed and 55 wounded when two Arab gunmen open fire on a crowded passenger lounge at Athens airport.1962: Marilyn Monroe found deadFilm actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her bed with an empty bottle of sleeping tablets by her side.1983: IRA members jailed for 4,000 yearsTwenty two members of the IRA are jailed for a
BBC - On This Day1981: Charles and Diana marryThou... 2005-07-29 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1981: Charles
and Diana
marryThousands line the streets of London to glimpse Prince Charles and Lady Diana on their wedding day.1993: Israeli court sets Demjanjuk freeA court in Israel says retired Ohio car worker John Demjanjuk may not after all have been notorious Nazi death camp guard Ivan the Terrible.1968: Pope renews birth control banPope Paul VI has confirmed a ban on the
BBC - On This Day1977: Deng Xiaoping back in power... 2005-07-22 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1977: Deng Xiaoping back in power
The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, returns to Chinese Government.2003: Saddam's sons killed in gun battleThe United States says Uday and Qusay Hussein, the infamous sons of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, have been killed in a gun battle in northern Iraq.1987: Cartoonist shot in London streetA famous Palestinian
BBC - On This Day1996: Seven slashed in school mac... 2005-07-08 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1996: Seven
slashed in school machete attackThree young children and four adults are attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton.1965: Ronald Biggs escapes from jailRonald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escapes from Wandsworth prison.2003: Conjoined twins die in separation opConjoined Iranian twins
BBC - On This Day1997: Hong Kong handed over to Ch... 2005-07-01 03:25:00 BBC - On This Day1997: Hong Konghanded
over to Chinese controlHong Kong has been handed back to the Chinese authorities - ending more than 150 years of British control.1963: Philby confirmed as 'third man'Former Foreign Office official Harold Philby is confirmed as the "third man"in the Burgess and Maclean case.1994: Yasser Arafat ends 27-year exileThe chairman of the Palestinian Liberation
BBC - On This Day1983: US astronaut Sally Ride ret... 2005-06-24 04:22:00 BBC - On This Day1983: US astronaut Sally
Ride returnsAmerica's first woman in space, Sally Ride, returns safely in the Challenger space shuttle after a six-day flight.1974: Labour rift over nuclear testThe Labour Government admits Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago.1968: Rail go-slow beginsThe country's rail network is thrown into disarray as the National
BBC - On This Day1955: Le Mans disaster claims 77 ... 2005-06-11 08:15:00 BBC - On This Day1955: Le Mans disaster claims
77 livesSeventy-seven people are killed and 77 others injured when a racing car spins off the track and into the crowd.1998: UN warns of famine in SudanMore than a million people in Sudan are facing starvation, prompting the United Nations to declare an official famine in the region.1959: Hovercraft marks new era in transportThe Hovercraft invented
BBC - On This Day1940: Dunkirk rescue is over - Ch... 2005-06-04 08:15:00 BBC - On This Day1940: Dunkirk rescue is over - Churchill defiantAs the last Allied soldier leaves Dunkirk, the British Prime Minister vows his forces "shall never surrender".1989: Massacre in Tiananmen SquareThe Chinese army storms an uprising by students in Tiananmen Square, killing several hundred people.1977: Greece releases UK plane-spottersFive British plane-spotters imprisoned in Greece
Witricity 2007-06-08 06:36:00 M.I.T. have demoed witricity , a form of wireless electricity, according to Engadget. Goodbye power cables and batteries.
More info:
Turning sound waves into electricity
Cable free power arrives
Power can be sent through thin air
MIT demos witricity
Wireless power transfer revisited
Friday linkdump 2007-06-08 03:23:00 Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction
Lastgraph - graphs of last.fm listening habits
Hacking Google street view
Chinese writing may be 8,000 years old
The Art of Wikigroaning
The Armageddon flowchart
Pirate myths Read more:Friday
Cow Socialism 2007-06-06 16:13:00 Hat tip :Rick O'Shea's Breakfast Blog
SOCIALISM:You have 2 cows, and you give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM:You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM:You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM:You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM:You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and Read more:Socialism
Google Earth - new imagery 2007-06-06 09:42:00 From the GoogleEarth
Community forum:
New high resolution:
Canada: Whistler, BC; Waterloo & Toronto, Ontario; Nanaimo, BC; and
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
England: Base 50cm coverage of nearly entire country,
Germany: Cities/Regions of Greifswald, Trier, Köln, Stuttgart, Bonn,
Oldenburg, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Hannover, and Ritterhude
Austria: Villach region
France: Cities of Caen, Dijon, Read more:Google Earth
The worst logo in world ever 2007-06-06 07:02:00 A logo that was made for Instituto de Estudos Orientais in Brazil. It's meant to portray an oriental house in front of a setting sun.
via here
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