“Apollo 11 – The Owners’ Workshop Manual”
Got a broken-down Apollo command module sitting in the back yard? Now you can get it running again. 😉
Archive of entries posted by Head Geek
“Wirelessly-powered phones on sale within four years, says Nokia”
An interesting solution to the mobile device power problem.
Gas Prices
When I was a teenager, I played a paper-and-pencil game called Car Wars with a group of similarly geeky friends. In this game you designed armed and armored vehicles and played them against one another or in missions. The game was set in the far future (2040s, maybe?), and one of the things that constantly …
“Fear of Aerial Images”
More uncommon-sense from security expert Bruce Schneier.
Spammity spam, spammity spam…
SpamBayes marked this one “unsure” (only 87% probability of being spam) so I looked at it to make certain. Then I decided to give my tongue-in-cheek “answer” to it here: To: (someone else’s e-mail address at my ISP) From: jeanette (random nonsense e-mail address) Subject: hi from jeanette I would never have guessed. Hi It`s …
“US issues revised e-voting standards”
Better late than never, I guess.
“Bull*** about newspapers’ future, dissected”
An interesting take on a subject I’ve mentioned here before. (Warning: mildly NSFW for language.)
“D&D-style map of C++”
This is like catnip for us programmer-geeks.
“Pirate Party takes two EuroParl seats!”
I have no objection to people getting compensation for their work. I’m happy to pay for value. But I find it nauseating that certain groups — who add no value to a product after its creation — think that they have the right to charge the public for it repeatedly and in perpetuity. There are …
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“Investing in Lawsuits, for a Share of the Awards”
Lawyers… if you can’t beat ’em, invest in ’em.