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  UI gone awry

  04.24.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on UI gone awry

  The above image, while humerous, does remind us that even the simplest user interface can be interpreted in ways we don’t intend…

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Something cool from Web2.0 Expo

  04.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Something cool from Web2.0 Expo

  Overall, I was not terribly impressed with what was on display at the Web 2.0 Expo. However, one piece of technology did catch my eye, the Kapow Mashup server. They can explain it more effectively than I can, so watch their demo movie where an oil rig information application is created by harvesting data from […]

• Technology & Science

  Applied Chemistry

  03.26.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Two teenagers in New Zealand performed a test on a popular children’s drink, Ribena, as part of their chemistry assignment. The company (GlaxoSmithKline) claimed “4 times the vitamin C as found in oranges.” The experiment found almost no vitamin C at which point the girls assumed they had done something wrong in the procedure. But […]

• Technology & Science

  Paypal rocket reaches orbit

  03.21.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Paypal rocket reaches orbit

  Last night a “budget rocket” reached space from Space Exploration Technologies founded by former Paypal star Elon Musk. This was the second attempt to reach space by the company, an earlier launch attempt was foiled by a corroded aluminium nut in the piping systems. The Falcon booster series is targeted to cost 1/5th the amount […]

• Technology & Science

  Maintenance complete

  03.13.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Maintenance complete

  You likely can’t tell yet, but we’ve completed our maintenance around here. (BTW, that’s the best kind of maintenance, the kind you don’t notice.) This constitutes the first post in the new digs… Things are still a little goofy as the DNS changes are taking time to propagate, but we’re generally finished. What did we […]

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