Venkatesh Rao, who I have worked with in the past, writes about The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Officeâ€. It’s required reading for corporate drones.
Two physicists from Japan and Denmark have theorized that the problems with the Large Hadron Collider are due to effects of it in the future rippling backwards in time to disrupt it in the present. These aren’t two tinfoil hat … Read More
In a scenario similar to the Therac-25 (a classic in the annals of computer risks), Cedars-Sinai hospital in LA reset a CT scan machine resulting in at eight times the normal dose of radiation for 200 patients. The issue was … Read More
Pay Me! (Insider Box #138) puts a price on friendship.
The Impossible Project has announced that Polaroid will remake some of their classic cameras for which the Impossible Project will supply the film. This implies they’re further along than a lot of people thought, although there are undoubtedly numerous additional … Read More
Photo_101209_001 Originally uploaded by tommasz Every now and then, you can see the sun rising instead of the usual “lightening of the gloom” we’ve been experiencing lately.
Microsoft’s fat man is being rather guarded over the new version of Windows, especially since pre-release opinions on Vista were so favorable. But this brings up an interesting question about exactly how favorable those reviews were. Conveniently, Harry McCracken reviews … Read More
100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words – Ars Technica
Alex on Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal
Tom on Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster
Jack on Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster
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