Mitch Shared item: 7 items
View Google Reader Shared items
20 shares
Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera [Camera Hacks]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 06, 2008
If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let's transform your...
Shared by: Grandje5ter, Fernando B, Jeff Crump, andrea, engelke830, Yassin, Tim, Chrigu, Keenan, Tomo, Frawst, , Jay, Mitch, Chandoo, blindsurf3r, William Spaetzel, Mark Whiting, chiao, AlexT,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Math Trek: Insights into symmetry
via Science News | Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews | Mathematics by scinews@sciencenews.org (Science News) on May 04, 2008
Abel Prize awarded for advances in group theory
Shared by: Mitch,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Hold the marbles: Abstract approach best for math
via Reuters: Science News by (author unknown) on April 25, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Frustrated math students may have a good excuse -- some of the teaching methods meant to make math more relevant may in fact be making it harder to understand, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Shared by: Mitch,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
A Speck of Sunlight Is a Town’s Yearly Alarm Clock
via NYT > NYTimes.com Home by ELISABETH ROSENTHAL on March 03, 2008
Longyearbyen, a remote settlement in Norway that bills itself as the northernmost town in the world, is eagerly awaiting the return of the sun, which will rise on March 8, the first time since October.
Shared by: Mitch,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds
via NYT > Home Page by NEELA BANERJEE on February 26, 2008
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, a survey says.
Shared by: Mitch,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Odd Sums of Consecutive Odds
via The Everything Seminar by Peter Luthy on February 15, 2008
Oscar Wilde’s character Algernon said in The Importance of Being Earnest, “One must be serious about something, if one is to have any amusement in life.” Of course in Wilde’s typical ironic fashion, Algernon was only referring to his own dedication to frivolous diversions. In that spirit, allow me a few moments to tell a story about one of the odder sums of odd integers I discovered as a...
Shared by: Mitch,
[ Back to top]
5 shares
Eyelid Stickers Let You Sleep at Work if Your Coworkers are Blind Idiots [Tricky]
via Gizmodo by Adam Frucci on February 14, 2008
So you want to sleep at work. I can't say that's the brightest idea in the world, but who am I to judge? Let me help you out: if you want to sleep at your desk and also look really, really creepy while awake, all you need to do is buy some of these eye stickers. Slap 'em on your closed eyelids, learn to sleep sitting up, and you'll be sure to fool everyone who walks by your desk....
Shared by: slice in, Jeffrey, Keenan, Aranyx, Mitch,
[ Back to top]