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Signal to Noise, Better Power Sources and Optical Traps
The workings of ICANN grow steadily less open and less democratic. It’s just a tool for industry now. With the possible exception of Ian Stewart’s Mathematical Recreations column, Scientific American has really gone downhill in the last 10 years. Science … Continue reading
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The Other Bob
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Acts of god are essentially engineering problems
Proponents of creationism and vitalism have the hardest time wrapping their heads round the idea that life might have emerged from natural chemical processes or that mind can emerge from mindless computation. But with each passing day, in these modern … Continue reading
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Wireless security, GUI cruft, Web accessibility and the law
A good primer on making your wireless LAN secure against wardriving. They’ve managed to make microsopic batteries powered by nuclear decay. The limitations of computer hardware in the past had forced the makers of graphical user interfaces to do things … Continue reading
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Yet another Ring, changes to the Internet DNS servers and optical illusions
Now that mid-term elections have given the Republicans the majority of governorships and control of both houses of Congress to go along with their control of the Executive, there really isn’t a heck of a lot they can’t do if … Continue reading
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Upholstery!
I live in a dense neighborhood and not a month goes by where I don’t see an old couch, an old mattress, an old futon or an old stuff chair sitting out in the street. This bugs me. Isn’t there … Continue reading
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Microsoft PCMS, Phreaking, The Temple of Mank
Just after Halloween, I finished a big content update at the Temple of Mank. Wired offers this simple guide on how to use audio tones to automate deleting your number from telemarketing lists. With Office XP and FrontPage 2002, Microsoft … Continue reading
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News Links for Nanotech
I’ll probably have sidebar RSS feeds one day but until then, here they are: Nano news from around the planet as compiled by Google. The earliest entries at Nanodot. News on nanotech and MEMS as compiled by SmallTimes. Gina Miller’s … Continue reading
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Backlinking, is there are better way?
Happy Halloween! Anyway, while reading the redesigned Blogdex, I came across an article about backlinking and web logs. This interested me so I figured I’d add a little heat and noise to the conversation. So far as I know, there … Continue reading
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Junkbuster Update and the Human Clock
Privoxy is the geek’s tool (Read that as, “you have to have a vague understanding how HTTP and proxies work in order to use it.”) for combating popups and other forms of obnoxious Web advertising. It is a revision of … Continue reading
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