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The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (And Have Not) Changed
via Wake Up Later: Freelance + Passive Income by (author unknown) on March 17, 2008
I was in high school in the mid-nineties when I first encountered the ever-expanding world of websites. At the time, I didn't realize that my future career would rely on this industry -- one which did not exist when I was in elementary school. Now in the year 2008, having created websites for over half my life, I look back and see how much websites have changed in the last decade and a half....
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Wind powered generator, from a scanner
via MAKE Magazine by Phillip Torrone on March 17, 2008
Here's how to make a wind powered generator from an old scanner.Related:Wind Powered Generator - With a motor and some piping, it's suprisingly easy to build this inexpensive, efficient windmill generator--and enjoy free energy forever, subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition.[Read this article] [Comment on this article]
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Filters for Google Reader
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on March 07, 2008
If you subscribe to all the blogs you found interesting at some point, you end up with a huge list of subscriptions. A possible solution is to reduce the number of items from your reading list using filters like: don't show me the posts from Google Operating System that include "YouTube" in the title. While Google Reader doesn't support filters yet, there are some tools that might...
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Superficielle - forest mirrors
via MAKE Magazine by Phillip Torrone on March 16, 2008
Via Notcot, Michel de Broin's - Superficielle - mirrors in the forest have an alien-like effect...Mirror, glue, cement / Vosges, Alsace, France - Upon invitation to reflect on the notion of transparency, that led me into the forest to envelop the contour of a large stone with fragments of mirror. The large stone, tucked away deep in the woods, became a reflective surface for its...
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Apple launches 802.11n Airport Express right on cue
via Engadget by Thomas Ricker on March 16, 2008
Filed under: WirelessWhat's this? New Product from Apple on a Monday? Why, yes, yes it is. The 802.11n Airport Express rumored over the weekend just became official. $99 takes the little iTunes streaming, pocket base station home to a draft-n network near you. Yes, today. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Malwarez project grows virtual 3D organisms from vicious code
via Engadget by Darren Murph on March 11, 2008
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsEver had an urge to really get a visual on what masterfully written predatory code would look like if allowed to grow into a 3D organism? Okay, so maybe that hasn't been on the forefront of your mind recently, but there's no denying that Alex Dragulescu's Malwarez project is quite the source of eye candy. According to its maker, the aforementioned initiative...
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Minority Report-like interface gets demoed at CeBIT
via Engadget by Donald Melanson on March 10, 2008
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt's far from the first Minority Report-like interface to make the rounds, but that doesn't seem to have prevented the massive setup pictured above from drawing a crowd at CeBIT, which one attendee thankfully captured on video. As you can see for yourself after the break, the rig lets you do all the usual moving, flipping and resizing, without the need for pesky...
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Bloxes Brings Cardboard Tech To The Office
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on March 06, 2008
There is nothing that screams “frugal startup” more than cardboard furniture. Aza Raskin, the founder of Songza and Humanized who was recently hired by Mozilla, designed his own system of cardboard building blocks that can be assembled into desks, wall dividers, and cubicles for his own Chicago offices. Today, he is turning the side project into a business and launching it as Bloxes. What...
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Giant Twist Freedom DX Electric Bike, 75 Miles per Charge
via TreeHugger by (author unknown) on March 10, 2008
Before you ask, it comes out in May 2008 and will cost about $2000.The Giant Twist Freedom DX works pretty much like a regular bike, except that a torque sensor monitors your pedaling and controls a 250-watt DC motor located in the front wheel. Power comes from two 26-volt lithium-ion batteries (range of up to 75 miles/120 kilometers).The motor supplements your muscles and help you keep a steady...
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SearchMe Launches New Search Engine With Heavy Backing From Sequoia
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on March 10, 2008
Mountain View based SearchMe has been around since 2005 and has raised $31 million from Sequoia, DAG Ventures and Lehman Brothers. But until last weekend when I met founders Randy Adams and John Holland I knew next to nothing about them. It now joins Mahalo as one of Sequoia’s big bets in search.I say “next to nothing” because I actually did write about them before. In January 2007 the...
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