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50 year old infographic shows NASA’s first manned forray into space

May 5, 2011January 23, 2021
1 min read
NASA's Image of the Day Gallery provided this cool infographic showing Alan Shepard's brief flight into space -- America's first. It appeared magically on my desktop courtesy of John's Background…
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Need a mic? Find a Yeti.

February 21, 2011January 23, 2021
4 mins read
In the last few years it's gotten a bit easier to use a microphone to record audio on your home computer -- USB headsets with quality microphones have been available…
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Dilemma: Offloading old tech

October 13, 2010January 23, 2021
3 mins read
Ok, so here’s the deal. You want a new computer, or iPad, or BluRay player or whatever. But your old one is still working perfectly fine. Yet, the features of…
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Tablets will be the story this holiday season

October 6, 2010January 23, 2021
3 mins read
The iPad has been out for a bit now, and it’s the tablet that all the others will be compared against as they jockey for position going into the holiday…
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Desktop, mobile or web app?

September 21, 2010January 23, 2021
2 mins read
Twitter is in the midst of rolling out it’s new, all-encompassing interface, and I’ve been able to take a look at it in ‘preview’ mode. My verdict: quite nice, but…
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Damn those are pretty…

February 19, 2010January 23, 2021
1 min read
Earlier this week NASA release the first series of images from the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) project...and they are hot! Since WISE began its scan of the entire sky…
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Desktop Images Lifestyle Technology On the web Photography

Cool Desktop: Spectrum of a Tree

January 30, 2010January 23, 2021
1 min read
My wife has been using this image as a desktop background for about a year now, but recently I took a good look at it. Initially I thought this was…
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