The results are out for the annual National Geographic photo contest. As usual very moving pictures. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/ http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/winners-of-the-national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100211/
Eurozone pain
This is a very simple way article on the Eurozone woes. Click on the link for the rest of the article and the 230 comments at time of writing. Eurozone crisis: We’re all dooomed! Here’s why By Tim Worstall •…
A magazine is an iPad that doesn’t work
Baby with magazine or is it an iPad? video
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This is turning to be a very bad October 2011. First Steve Jobs passed away on 5th October and now Dennis Ritchie, yes that man, pioneer of C and Unix has passed away. RIP to the giants. link
Steve Jobs has passed away
Thank you for turning the mobile phone industry upside down and giving the telcos a sharp kick in the behind. link
Leo is out!
HP just announced that Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO and Chairman of HP. Meg Whitman, a HP board member, ex EBay CEO will take over Leo’s role as CEO. Ray Lane has been appointed Executive Chairman. Ray was from…
Cmdr Taco is leaving Slashdot
Cmdr Taco is leaving Slashdot
Giving a presentation without a projector.
This is a really cool idea when you have to give a presentation without a projector. The only down side is that only the slide title is easily readable. I guess you can do about 10 slides without turning off…
UCWeb problem with images
I have been using UCWeb 7.6 on my Nokia E71 for ages. The auto network switching is really great! Everything was working fine. Well too fine, since it works so well. About 2 weeks ago, it started showing black bands…
The difference between tracked and wheeled vehicle
I came across this links in Think Defence UK, a British website giving alternate views on defence. This video shows a demo at IDEX 2005 by a wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) with 105mm gun, most probably a Centauro. It…