Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Send a SMS Text Message to any phone for FREE with Google

Ok, Ok, I know you will only save 10 cents by using this service, but you get to use your keyboard to type. Save time, save (a little) money. Might as well bookmark this because you will probably want to use it later.

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First Pictures of new iPod Hi-Fi

Engadget have managed to get their hands on the new iPod Hi-Fi and post some pics of it, and the bedroom setup Apple created.

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Office 2003 for free

What's the catch? You have to watch three live webcasts over a four-day period and fill out a short evaluation for each one. More details at the Microsoft Small Business Summit website.

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Monday, February 27, 2006

Apple makes a concise Ruby on Rails tutorial

Apple has put up a very concise tutorial on building web apps using Rails. It gives a more complete view of Rails than I have seen in other getting-started tutorials and also shows some much better practices like migrations to build the database instead of raw, unportable SQL.

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Amazing Google Vid- "Quantum Physics Double Slit Experiment"

This experiment shows the really mysterious behavior of quantam particles. Electrons behaving like waves and then like marbles? Mind blowingly cool.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006

learn how to easily airbrush your photos to make you look like a star!

Ever wonder how they airbrush celebrity photographs, in order to make the star look picture perfect?

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Gallery of Da Vinci drawings and sketches

Amazing gallery that reveals Da Vinci's sense of dimension and light.

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Benjamin Franklin's 13 Personal Goals

He kept a daily chart of these 13 goals, and placed a dot next to the ones he failed to abide by each day for the rest of his life. (via lifehacker)

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Video Showing The Making Of The Fake New iPod Photo

From the mysterious person who posted a picture of a supposed new iPod has come out with a video showing the making of the photo that turned out to be fake. Here it is at a mirrored site, as the original link broke down.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

How To: Build Your Own Hoverboard

This guy is amazing! He does loads of cool stuff and best of all he's British (not saying that people of other cultures are bad). Basically he makes his own hoverboard. Check it out... it's really cool!

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How Things Work - Explaining the physics of everyday life

A colossal list of digg-worthy questions.

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New intel iMac -- better than a light bulb!

Apparently the new iMac is so energy efficient that you could use it as a lamp while the CPU is being 100% utilized and probably save on electricity rather than turning on a light in your house.

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Berkeley lectures as podcasts

Almost as good as actually attending Berkeley...?

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Desktop Earth - Gorgeous Wallpaper Generator

Desktop Earth generates very high-resolution wallpapers based on NASA's Blue Marble Next imagery. Both online and downloadable versions are available.

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Interactive Physics Simulations

Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world, from the Physics Education Technology project at the University of Colorado.

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Super-Repellent Plastic

With GE's new plastic, self-washing buildings, cheap diagnostic chips, and free-flowing honey jars are possible.

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Microsoft is 'Darth Vader' - Wozniak

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks the company should spin off its iPod division, and believes it's past time for Microsoft to shed its 'Darth Vader' image.

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Can Humans Mentally Slow Time - Cool experiment

A fascinating read on how scientists were able to prove humans 'see' the world slow down when in a terrifying situation. Also looks how our body clock system was discovered and a rare condition - Permenant Jet lag syndrome.

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Explanation of the Anomalies of Water (1-41)

Liquid water (H2O) is often perceived to be pretty ordinary as it is transparent, odorless, tasteless and ubiquitous. It is the simplest compound of the two most common reactive elements in the Universe. However, it is the most remarkable substance.

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How to make PCB's with a laser printer

This is a cool way to make good quality pcb's cheaply and easily.

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Huge collection of videos of MIT lectures

Learn as if you were there...

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