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Hidden Portrait Found in Van Gogh Painting
This is a fascinating story, especially if you’re an art lover. Evidently Van Gogh sometimes painted over his works when creating new ones, so that some of his earlier paintings were “lost” in the process. Until now, there really hasn’t…
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Ad-Based PDFs? No Thanks!
I ran across this little gem a couple of weeks ago and forgot to post about it—or maybe I just needed a cooling off period. It seems that Yahoo and Adobe are now working together to put advertisements into PDF…
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Now I've Seen Everything: SatLav
If you find yourself in Westminster, UK and need to find the nearest public “facilities” you don’t have to search. In fact, you don’t have to do anything except send a text message and you’ll get a reply telling you…
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Read (or Written!) any Good Books on your Cell Phone Lately?
Just when you’d thought you’d seen everything… I was pretty surprised when I ran across this story on Wired—it seems that in Japan, folks are writing entire novels on their cell phones, and various community sites have sprung…
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Awesome Photos: Flame Fractals
I’m not sure how long these photos have been floating around the web, but they’re simply breath-taking and definitely worthy of being shared. You can check out a gallery of 50 images; just click here….
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iPod Flea
Here’s a link to one of the funniest parodies I’ve seen in a long while: the iPod Flea Video on Google Video. It does seem that mobile technology is getting smaller and smaller—witness the Mac mini, the ultra-slim Razr, the…
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Google Pack: Making Computers Easier
Setting up (or updating) a computer isn’t very fun, but Google is aiming to make it easier with the Google Pack
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Should we give JPEG the boot?
A new blog over at ZDNet argues just that, and they have a good point. Seems that Forgent, holder of the JPEG patent, is suing a lot of people over this. You can read more about it here. Maybe I…
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Konfabulate Me!
I may be slow to join the party, but I’m so glad I’m here; Konfabulator is the most exciting thing to hit my laptop in a loooooong time.
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The Future of the Library
Ran across an interesting article today— “Turning Books into Bits” on MSNBC. It raises issues about the growing push to digitize everything, including entire libraries, and how that relates to copyright concerns. If you’re interested in the evolving nature of…
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Feed Your Parking Meter. . . Wirelessly
File this under the “now I’ve seen everything” category— the city of Coral Gables, Florida is testing a PayMint system which allows people to feed their parking meters wirelessly. Users sign up at a web site, and when they park…
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Wal-Mart Slump?
Just ran across an interesting article about Wal-Mart over on MSNBC. Seems that consumers aren’t that thrilled with the low-cost merchandise or the stores themselves due to slow checkouts and poor housekeeping. Wal-Mart’s results last quarter were quite good, but…
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Christianity and Video Games
Here’s an interesting article from the New York Times about Christianity and video games— is it possible to mix religion with interactive entertainment, and do it well? Can an industry that has often been called “demonic” be redeemed? There are…
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Interesting Blog: Working Smart
Just ran across an interesting blog from Michael Hyatt, the president and COO of Thomas Nelson publishers. The blog is entitled “Working Smart” and topics range from cool gadgets and software to relationships, religion, and travel. He’s a firm believer…
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