Video | The Shell Chair By Charles Eames (1)
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Robust Flavor shares this great walk-thru video showing the assembly line process of building an Eames Shell Chair. “In 1948, Charles and Ray Eames submitted the shell chair to the International Competition for Low Cost Furniture, sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art. They originally intended to use stamped metal, but it proved to be prohibitively costly. It uses two basic seat designs, both available with multiple base options. This adds tremendously to the ability ...
SF Tidbits for 11/7/08 (1)
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I didn't know it was possible for my ego to get any bigger...until John Anealio brought this to my attention: a dance remix of "Summer Glau", the song which John wrote based on my lyrics. (Full story here.) On a decidedly more cerebral note, Iain Banks has an article up at New Scientist, Science and Fiction: Escape from the laws of physics: "...having been asked to write about the science in my science fiction, I ...
New MacBooks and MBPs can handle up to 6GB of RAM (15)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Apple, Macbook Pro, MacBookIs it just me or is it pretty mindblowing what Moore's Law is doing to our computers these days? I remember when 64mb of RAM was great, and even a few years ago, I wondered why anyone would ever use 1GB of RAM (I've got 2GB in my gaming PC, and I still almost think it's too much). But apparently TidBITS has been doing some testing, ...
Wireless Arduino programming with ZigBee (7)
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ZigBee is a low-power communication system using digital radios. It’s intended to be easier to work with than Bluetooth. Adafruit recently added an adapter board for Digi’s XBee product line and has put together a great how-to to show the devices potential. Using two XBee radios and adapters you can wirelessly program an Arduino board. This would be great if your Arduino was installed in an inaccessible area or maybe it’s over 100feet away from ...
TechEd China 2008 Starts! (1)
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While a number of people on the team have gone out of office enjoying the fall of Boston at ESC East, I have, as Andy said, "made it cross the pond" and arrived at TechEd China's 1st stop Guangzhou City late last night. This is my 3rd year presenting in TechEd China, but first time to cities other than Beijing – the major venue. It is also the first year that the whole Windows Embedded ...
A little miracle in your pocket (1)
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Any technology you grow up with seems less impressive than it is, because you take it for granted. Air travel, television, the Internet, vacccines, eyeglasses, plastic, treated municipal drinking water, central heating, the wheel—if it became widespread before you were born, chances are you hardly give it a second thought. Mobile phones are becoming like that, but Rich Mogull in TidBITS this week makes a good point: ...after you learn a little more about the ...
Els blocs fan por al Parlament Europeu (1)
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Tot just 45 vots van impedir la setmana passada que el Parlament Europeu aprovés una proposta de regulació per als blocs que hauria matat el mitjà. Irònicament, va ser un informe sobre “pluralisme en els mitjans” el que va precipitar la preocupació del Parlament Europeu sobre l'enorme perill que representen els blocs si continuen funcionant amb l'obertura i la llibertat amb que ho han fets fins ara. Francament, no és estrany que els euro escèptics ...
State of the Blogosphere 2008: One Girl’s Impressions (1)
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Some of us have been wondering what the hepcat Technorati has been doing lately, and it seems they’ve been working on the State of the Blogosphere 2008 report, the first installment of which actually imparts some very interesting tidbits. Here’s what jumped out at me: Blurry Lines I really like the section of the report about the lines blurring between blogs and mainstream media. By now, unless you’ve been hibernating while living in a cave ...
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J.D. Meier (MS Patterns & Practices team http://blogs.msdn...) announced: As part of our patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 project, we've been hunting and gathering our patterns from across our patterns & practices catalog. Here's an initial draft of our patterns & practices Patterns Catalog at a Glance: Cheat Sheet: patterns & practices Patterns Catalog (CodePlex) http://blogs.msdn...Shared by Richie Rump (123)Contribute commentlearnability matters (2) permalink
Nishana sent me these links today. It is a podcast of Dana Fine, a senior ID at SyberWorks. http://www.syberw... Do read her article below. It has some valuable tips on how to create online tests. The interview is based on her latest article http://www.syberw...Shared by Chunks (18)Contribute comment
