Edible Floppy Disk

Source: The New York Times

May 25, 2012, 10:00 pm By DEB AMLEN SATURDAY’S PUZZLE — Wow , and other such celebratory words, this one was fresh and crunchy. I broke a mild sweat finishing it, but Peter Wentz’s grid is packed with some Scrabbly, sparkling goodness. Don’t miss this on ...
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What are some good moderate priced ear bud headphones?

Source: ITWorld.com

I listen to music a lot at the office and have been using use some cheap ear bud style headphones that I paid $10. I thought that they were good enough....then I tried a co-worker's Sennheisers. Now I can't stop noticing how poor the sound qua ...
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Keep ALL the versions

Source: Epeus' Epigone

Back in the 1980s, storage was expensive and slow. You had a copy of your document in memory and you would be asked every time you wanted to save it out to disk, because you didn't want to fill the disk up. That paradigm is ...
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Newmarket photographer practises film craft

Source: York Region

In 1973, musician Paul Simon begged his mama to not take his Kodachrome away. Today, he’d be hard pressed to find any of the iconic photographic film. Beginning in the 1980s, digital technology has all but rendered still photogra ...
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Trek 2000s Disruptive Technology 2.0 - The FluCard

Source: Stock Markets Review

ÂI foresee our FluCard to kill the dummy secure digital (SD) card in three years time! This statement was the stand-out line that left a deep impression on this writer at the close of our exclusive interview with the senior management of Trek 2000 ...
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FaceBook FacePlants

Source: Blogger News

It was over a decade ago that Tech Bubble 1.0 burst. IPO’s were so common that it was hard to keep up with them. Everyone was launching howtogetrichonastupididea.com. All of these sites shared a common feature, lots of hype, but abso ...
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Arise Sir Jonathan Ive of Apple

Source: Hexus

Jonathan Ive, head of design at Apple for the last 15 years, today . He was recognised for his services to design and enterprise. Sir Jonathan started working for Apple in 1992, when the company was in a much different pre ...
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Ibm Decades of Transformation

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

1) What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960’s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980 and early1990s? IBM’s success in the 1960’s and 1970’s was driven by the vision of CEO Thomas Watson Jr. as evidenced by IBM’s $5 billion development ...
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HOWTO make Star Wars vehicles from 3.5" floppies

Source: Boing Boing

Instructables user Jetpack5 created a series of Star Wars space vehicles out of floppy-disk parts and office supplies. There's even a rubber-band-ball Death Star! Also in the set: a Millennium Falcon and a truly spiffy X-Wing fighter. T ...
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