I got my Google Wave account on day 1 of its life. It was definitely interesting and evolutionary, but I never thought it was going to take hold. It was just too slow. I used it for a couple projects and it was OK, but far from the best way to collaborate for those particular [...]
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“What Little I Know About Man…”
Regarding this report that scientists have created the first synthetic cell… Tony Woodlief at Sand in the Gears writes: there is something dangerous about science unmoored from an acknowledgment of creation’s mystery, and anchored instead to an abiding trust in man’s reason read the whole thing at Sand in the Gears » Re-creation a couple [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jun 10th 2010
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Or… learn how to properly use a hammer.
I *love* Lifehacker.com but this is maybe the silliest thing I’ve ever seen on there. Either you can go out and buy boatloads of corks… OR… learn to swing a hammer. Although I should disclose that hammering into the concrete in Taiwan is quite the hammering challenge and… yes… I’ve bent nails. Use a Cork [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jun 9th 2010
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Diaspora – 4 talented nerds getting a shot
I’m increasingly bugged by Facebook’s Terms of Service, but it is just too handy for keeping in touch with friends around the world to leave it behind. You will notice, however, that my Facebook profile is very bare bones now… I have some favorite movies, books, and TV shows… but Facebook’s third-party developers don’t need [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on May 11th 2010
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Order your fish from the boat as they are caught
In Japan, some fishermen are updating their website from their boats with pics and retail prices of the fish they just caught. Too cool… Asiajin » Tokyo-Bay Fishermen Start Seafood E-Commerce; Line-ups Are Updated From Boats Every Morning H/T: boingboing.net
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 5th 2010
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We Interrupt This Blog
…to post the Technorati Claim Token so their spider bots can crawl my site and verify I’m the owner. I got this idea from here. 3J9KCG3YSR5E
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 30th 2010
This is probably the coolest thing that you’ll watch today. Mark Gray’s commentary makes this a perfect video for anyone… but especially your favorite space geek. WOW. via: boingboing.net Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo. This clip is raw from Camera E-8 on the launch umbilical tower/mobile launch [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Apr 28th 2010
from Lifehacker Starting today, Google Chrome and Firefox 3.6 users can drag and drop attachments into Gmail messages without hassling through the slow, kind of annoying manual file upload. Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Attachment Uploads, Deeper Calendar Integration – Lifehacker Two computer posts in a row probably won’t happen very often but this one is too [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 16th 2010
Why settle for a basic build of your Firefox browser on Windows Operating Systems when you can have one that performs 25% faster? Mozilla does not provide optimized browser packages for Windows, while many Linux (“from scratch”) users get the advantage of a browser built specifically for their system. That needs to change! So, here [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 16th 2010
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April Fools’ Day On The Web : 2010
The Internet is enjoying April Fools’ Day! As usual… Google is rolling out some great ones… Google-Australia Google-UK You can track all the big internet April Fools jokes at the link below… April Fools’ Day On The Web : 2010
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 1st 2010
