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WorldWide Telescope Visualizes the Night Sky [Featured Windows Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 13, 2008
Windows only: Microsoft Research releases astronomy application WorldWide Telescope, software which offers "terabytes" of detailed telescope images of the night sky for exploration right on your desktop. Zoom, pan, and explore the solar system, galaxies and more using WorldWide Telescope. The BBC reports:Collections include pictures from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, as well as the Chandra...
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Vidnik Records and Uploads Video to YouTube [Featured Mac Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 13, 2008
Mac OS X only: Fresh from the Google Mac workshop, new video application Vidnik records clips with your Mac's camera and uploads them directly to YouTube.You can use Vidnik to create a video diary, or just to quickly record a video comment to attach to an existing YouTube video. Vidnik works with the built-in video cameras on recent Macs, with FireWire video cameras, and with many USB video...
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Read the Wikipedia in Bite-sized Chunks [Wikipedia]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 14, 2008
Previously mentioned service DailyLit, which breaks down classic books into small chunks and emails them to you one piece at a time, has started distributing Wikipedia tours. Get DailyLit email installments of Wikipedia topics, like major world religions, wine 101, or world capitals delivered to your inbox each day. [via]
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freshAIRapps Lists and Reviews Adobe AIR Apps [Web Applications]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 13, 2008
If you've been tinkering with (or just thinking about) Adobe's multi-system AIR platform and wondering if any apps are worth your time, James Whittaker has made the answer much easier to find with freshAIRapps. The directory offers ratings and reviews of many new and new-to-AIR apps, including:Twhirl, a desktop Twitter client.Doominow, a slick-looking to-do list.MuxMaster, a...
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Craftsman's $8600 everything toolkit
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 07, 2008
This $8600, 1470 piece Craftsman toolset contains more pieces of precision metal than I could possibly use -- but it sure looks purdy all laid out there, doesn't it?Link(via Dvice)
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Bug-bot video reveals swarming drones, extreme rocking
via Engadget by Joshua Topolsky on May 04, 2008
Filed under: RobotsWe know that you love swarming bug-bots as much as we do, so of course we were thrilled to tell you about BAE Systems' MAST project the other day. Luckily, the Army-contracted company didn't stop at mere photos to scare the living daylights out of humanity, they also created a really cheesy, yet deeply frightening video to go along with them. Enjoy a glimpse of the...
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Top 10 Software Easter Eggs [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on March 23, 2008
Sure we like our chocolate bunny ears, but around these parts the best easter eggs aren't painted pink and stuffed with jelly beans—they're the undocumented and unexpected fun features hidden deep inside various software apps. While new software Easter eggs don't come around often, there's still a basket full of classics we love. After the jump, get roundup of our favorite...
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L Ron Hubbard plagiarized Scientology
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 27, 2008
Evidence that L. Rob Hubbard plagiarised Scientology from a 1934 German book called "Scientologie." The text seems to map to various hoo-haw from the cult's official doctrine, too.Link(Thanks, Marilyn!)
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Muxtape
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on March 26, 2008
A bunch of chatter about muxtape today from various pals on different social networks I belong to. It's a pretty neat little service. Hand-roll your own MP3 mixtapes, and folks can listen to them with an intermaweb browser.
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Bell Canada caught throttling ISPs' net connections
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on March 26, 2008
... on the unlimited lines they sell, and if we want real unlimited service, then we should go out and buy commercial-grade connections. Well, that's exactly what these lines are: enormous pipes sold to ferchrissakes ISPs for subsequent public use.Bell Canada's position is that the Canadian Internet belongs to it, and that it has the right and duty to simply toss out packets based on which ...
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