January 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
August 2011
8 posts
A robot that flies like a bird - Plenty of robots can fly — but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.
A Timelapse Journey with Nature: 2009-2011 (by Henry Jun Wah Lee)
Turn up the volume, run it full screen and tell me if you are not moved by it.
July 2011
4 posts
Who is suing who over patents
Here is a collection of images from three different sites showing who is suing who over patents.
From Technogizer.com
From Techdirt.com
From Arstechnica.com:
Kids playing in a fountain at Baltimore’s inner harbor
June 2011
3 posts
Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter! →
Please read the Email suggestions in the link above and then read New York Times’ David Pogue’s additions here:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/we-have-to-fix-e-mail/?ref=personaltechemail&nl=technology&emc=cta1
May 2011
3 posts
Our MoDevDc local developer’s group was covered on Fox News today.
April 2011
4 posts
A panoramic view from our front yard
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Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have
Caroline Casey has dedicated the past decade of her life to changing how global society views people with disabilities. In 2000, she rode 1,000 kilometers across India on an elephant to...
March 2011
5 posts
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My friend Amrut Abhyankar offered these excellent insights in the new trend in Bollywood “Items Songs”. Here are this thoughts in his own words:
There are 3 special songs of recent movies having a solid impact on the entire country may be. The first is “Munni Badnam Hui” from “Dabang”.
The second is “Darrrrling…” from “Saat Khun...
How to type in Marathi in any program in Windows
Go to http://www.google.com/ime/transliteration/
Select Hindi in the “Choose your IME language” drop-down box
Download and install the software\
After downloading and installing the software you will see a small floating IME toolbar at your desktop . This toolbar will let you switch between typing mode Marathi or English.
Now wherever you want to enter Marathi switch to Marathi mode using the...
Japan Quake Map
Japan Quake Map
An animated visualisation of all the Japanese earthquakes since March 11th. The Google Map shows the magnitude and depth of each recorded quake. The size of the displayed polygons reflects the magnitude of each individual earthquake and its colour reflects the depth. You can pause and resume the animation. A drop down menu also allows you to select to view the data for a...
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
2 posts
August 2010
1 post
May 2010
1 post
Amazing Optical Illusions - YouTube - brusspup's... →
April 2010
2 posts
Facebook's Social Web: How to Protect Your Privacy... →
March 2010
3 posts
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Clever, Witty Illustrations - ReflectionOf.Me
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Malaysian artist Chow Hon Lam makes us laugh with these clever, witty illustrations. Lam is a “modern legend” over at Threadless, where his prints can be found on countless t-shirts.
February 2010
8 posts
1 tag
Taking apart the federal budget
– Taking apart the federal budget (washingtonpost.com)