I just mentioned that Google Books and Popular Science had published a significant portion of the Popular Science archive, online for free. I had added the caveat that it only went as far back as 1926. Turns out that’s not true at all. If you go down to the halfway point on [...]
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Old Popular Science Online
March 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Topics Of Interest
In conjunction with Google, Popular Science has put a significant chunk of its archive online. At first it looked like all of it, but as I began to browse through the first issue listed from May 1926, they were celebrating their 52nd anniversary!!!
After browsing a little, I thought I’d share a few chunks that [...]
Tags: books
Why The Russians Aren’t Doing Well
February 22nd, 2010 · 12 Comments · Topics Of Interest
There’s a significant story emerging from the Olympics. That is the overall poor performance of the Russians. It’s a significant story for a few reasons. Russian officials are starting to get upset with one stating that anything lower than 4th place overall would be a disgrace. Another significant issue is that [...]
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Olympic Fever
February 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
I’ve got it. I wasn’t particularly excited for the 2010 winter Olympics heading into it, but as soon as it kicked off, I started watching and was addicted right away. I knew I would watch hockey, but didn’t really care that much about the rest of the sports.
So why the sudden interest? [...]
Tinkerer’s Sunset Or Sunrise?
January 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Topics Of Interest
A few days ago, I bumped into a very interesting, well written piece on the Tinkerer’s Sunset. The focus of the article is about how locked down Apple products have become and how that stifles those who would tinker with this technology and help to create some of the cool things that arise when [...]
Tags: electronics·tinkering