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Happy 20th Birthday, Modern Internet!
via The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog by Josh Fischman on July 02, 2008
“The NSFNet Backbone has reached a state where we would like to more officially let operational traffic on.” Twenty years ago, on the evening of June 30th, a network engineer named Hans-Werner Braun sent that text in an an e-mail message to users of the National Science Foundation’s fledgling NSFNet project. The network’s main lines, or backbone, had been upgraded, he said.And that,...
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John Slater: Let Them Eat Cake
via Planet Mozilla by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles Con deportividad...This is from the Internet Explorer team…yum. Thanks guys!(that’s the last piece of the Firefox 2 cake on the right)
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Who Needs a Professor When There's a Tutor Available?
via The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog by (author unknown) on June 18, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles Del Personal Learning Environment a la formación regalda, una vía curiosaAn unusual new commercial service offers low-cost online courses and connects students to accredited colleges who will accept the courses for credit. The only thing missing: professors.The service, called StraighterLine, is run by SmartThinking, a company that operates an online tutoring service...
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Are electric hand dryers better for the environment than paper towels?
via Slate Magazine by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
Shared by Tim Dan, this particular Slate series has GOT to drive you crazy! And so I share it for your (my?) enjoyment....The restroom at my office has electric hand dryers with little plaques that read, "Thanks for helping us save trees." Is my company really doing the planet a favor by ditching paper towels? Generating electricity doesn't strike me as a clean endeavor.[more ...]
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Windows XP era draws to a close
via CNET News.com by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles XP ha muerto, larga vida a XP...Love Vista or hate it, it will soon be the only Windows game in town for most computer buyers. News.com's Ina Fried takes a look at the dwindling options for those who want to buy XP.
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Comic for June 6, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on June 06, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles Tan cierto...
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Twitter Suffers Minor Period Of Uptime Overnight
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on June 06, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles Puntito mala leche, se gasta el Arrington...Twitter suffered a minor period of uptime last night between database failures. Everything seems back to normal now. Perhaps somebody returned that lost database to them.Please, Twitter, I beg you. Bring Blaine back.Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
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Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts
via Wired Top Stories by Lore Sjöberg on June 03, 2008
According to some people, there are only 36 basic story plots that just get reused. Others say there are merely 20. Some people even say there's only one plot, but they probably just watch too many Michael Bay movies. I like the theory that there are only seven plots. It's a nice round number, and the plots are vague enough that you can shoehorn anything from Citizen Kane to a cereal...
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Google's Old Favicon – Userscripts.org
via HotLinks - Level 1 by (author unknown) on June 03, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles Básico. El favicon nuevo me duele a la vista...wearehugh : Google's Old Favicon – Userscripts.orgTags : favicongooglegreasemonkey
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Google Gets Fancy With Google I/O TShirts. Too Fancy
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
Shared by César Córcoles Maravillosa metedura de pata de Google :-DWith all the thousands of engineers at google, you’d think someone speaks binary. But perhaps not. Attendees of the Google I/O conference today were given t-shirts that, presumably, were supposed to spell GOOGLEIO on the front in binary. Just one problem, the actual message printed spells GOOGLEKO:G: 01000111O: 01001111O:...
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