“Ferritin proteins yield ultrathin computer memory”
We’ll get that Dick Tracy watch down to a usable size sooner or later. 🙂
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“Voice-stress ice-cream dispenser increases portions for the miserable”
I’d be a little less happy after the machine decided that I only needed a tiny portion.
E-Mail: A Modest Proposal
E-mail is a wonderful invention. I’ve been using it since 1987 or thereabouts, when one of my uncles gave me a 300 baud acoustic modem that I could plug into my Sinclair QL, and I discovered the local FidoNet node. However, this wonderful innovation started becoming a burden about a decade ago — that’s when …
Dual Monitors
As someone who uses two monitors in the office, I found today’s Dilbert comic strip very amusing. Bu-wa-haha!
“Carmen Sandiego found in train station”
For all those who’ve ever played Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, you can stop now. She’s been found. 😉
Lisp Practice Revisited
Last weekend I ported some MD5 calculation code to Lisp, for practice. But once it was done, I wasn’t happy with it, so I’ve been improving it since.
Multithreaded Programs on Multiprocessor Systems
My company is still on contract to help out with a program we developed, which another company bought a few years ago. I’ve spent part of the last two weeks working with that company’s lead programmer, trying to track down a minor but particularly pernicious intermittent bug involving TCP/IP, multithreading, and what seemed to be …
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“Vista: Windows ME’s Successor”
Another Windows Vista love note. Wake up, Microsoft!
“Solid gold Hello Kitty playing cards”
A friend of ours is a major Hello Kitty collector, so we’re always on the lookout for Hello Kitty merchandise that would make good gifts for her. But I have to say, no matter how much we love her, this is a little too rich for us.
“Not tonight, honey, I’m on the Internet”
If I were foolish enough to tell GoddessJ that I prefer the Internet to sex, you can bet I’d never get sex again. 🙂