Archive for February, 2010

2/24

Posted February 24, 2010 By Landis V

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fyf7PjH9ryc/Hungarian-Electric-Car-Splits-Into-Two-Smaller-Cars Neat idea.  Read.

“Every now and then go away — for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.” — Leonardo DaVinci

“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” — Maria Montessori

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/03/03/2048229/Turn-Your-Roomba-Into-a-Household-Google-Bot This looks like fun.  A Roomba remote control home indexing robot.

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2/23

Posted February 23, 2010 By Landis V

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/19/1650248/Researchers-Say-Women-Secretly-Desire-Hairy-Geeks LOL

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2/22

Posted February 22, 2010 By Landis V

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/21/0620233/Atlas-Vs-Sonic-Boom-Made-Visible-By-Sundog Awesome video.  Rainbow waves in the sky.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/22/2038241/New-EnglishArabic-Translation-Site-Hopes-To-Promote-Citizen-Diplomacy

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2/18

Posted February 18, 2010 By Landis V

“I used to think it would take a global financial crisis to get both parties to the table, but we just had one,” said G. William Hoagland, who was a fiscal policy adviser to Senate Republican leaders and a witness to past bipartisan budget summits. “These days I wonder if this country is even governable.”

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2/16

Posted February 16, 2010 By Landis V

http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/pagenum/all/ Neat article looking at the “overwhelming” effect of media, across many years.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592405525?ie=UTF8&tag=geekdad0320&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1592405525 “Geek Dad” book.  Geeky projects and activities for dads and kids to share.

http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/ Comparing the value of the US Dollar, 1774 to present.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.  – George F. Will

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2/4

Posted February 4, 2010 By Landis V

“The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.” — Seneca

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