“Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity”
The Wall Street Journal confirms what most people have suspected for a long time: size does matter.
Archive of posts filed under the Amusing/Interesting/Appalling category.
Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
“War against Web tops music biz ‘screw-ups’ list”…
…as anyone living in the last decade with two eyes and a brain could have told you.
French military victories?
I don’t know a lot about history, but if you go to Google.com at the moment, type in French Military Victories, and hit the “I’m feeling lucky” button, you get a fake Google page (yes, it looks real, but it isn’t — look at the address bar) with this text: Did you mean: french military …
“Windows-based cash machines ‘easily hacked'”
Why am I not surprised?
Internet Explorer 8 to Fully Support Web Standards
The first public beta of IE8 is now available, and the big news is that MS has finally decided to fully support web standards (and it’s about time!). Why the sudden change of heart? They aren’t talking, but OSnews may have tagged it… it’s amazing what a little self-interest will do.
A new kind of CAPTCHA?
CAPTCHAs, the automated tests that are meant to prevent spam-bots from overrunning free e-mail services and comment forms, have been defeated. What’s next? Hopefully not something like this… I tried it three times, and only succeeded twice. Statistics also indicate that it wouldn’t work too well — there are less than 30 variations, so even …
Pee Used To Create Self-Healing Substance
I can’t say it any better than the BBC: The as-yet-unnamed material – a form of artificial rubber – is made from vegetable oil and a component of urine. The substance, described in the journal Nature, produces surfaces when cut that retain a strong chemical attraction to each other. Pieces of the material join together …
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Fire Director Survives Stray Bullet…
…because he was protected by the DVD in his pocket. Maybe we’ve finally found a good use for all the “Waterworld” DVDs that were made. 😉
“How Hard Could It Be?: Inspired Misfires”
Joel Spolsky has an interesting article in February’s Inc. Magazine (readable online here). It might explain something I’ve never been able to figure out: why no one else seems to be seriously pursuing Project X, even though the idea behind it is hundreds of years old.
“Germans send teen tearaway to Siberia”
Wow… don’t mess with Germans, their idea of a vacation sounds pretty harsh. Though I suppose it’s arguably better than being locked up in a US jail. UPDATE: Really harsh.