Stuff wot I found on teh internets

The shuttle in orbit, taken from the ISS

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:51:27 +0000

The shuttle in orbit, taken from the ISS

How the iPad was created

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:28:35 +0000

How the iPad was created

How the differential gear works (a brilliant video from the...

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:25:09 +0000

How the differential gear works (a brilliant video from the 1930s)

The Great Megapixel Swindle

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:53:50 +0000

The Great Megapixel Swindle

"Learn Lutus’ Backup Rule: “If you have three copies of your file, you actually only have..."

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:05:00 +0000

“Learn Lutus’ Backup Rule:
“If you have three copies of your file, you actually only have two. If you have two, you actually only have one. Never, ever only have one copy of a file, ever.”
Corollary: “Never put all your backup copies on one storage device.”
When I was writing Apple Writer in 1980, a program that eventually made me six million dollars, I would regularly create a backup, put it into a steel, waterproof army ammo can, and bury it outside the house. That way, if lightning struck my house and burned it to the ground, I could recover.
And guess what, boys and girls? One day lightning actually did strike my house and wiped out most of my floppy disks (this was before hard drives were available for PCs). I dug up my ammo can, Apple Computer got my word processing program, and I became rich.
Back up up your files.”

- lutusp on Reddit

"The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to..."

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:57:40 +0000

“The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.”

- German government warns against using MS Explorer