LinkNotes: 10/01/2007

2007-10-31

The $198 Everex Web 2.0 gPC

EVEREX TC2502 GREEN GPC W/ VIA C7-D Processor available at Wal-Mart

$199.00

[...] built around a Via Technologies processor designed for low power consumption. It runs on the gOS operating system and features the OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite that gives users the ability to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Additional highlights include a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, Ethernet port and stereo speakers.

Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor - Wal-Mart

via: Almost the Google PC: Everex gPC available at Wal-Mart | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
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Crealev Levitation Technologies (video)

Levitation for creative use

Crealev is an Eindhoven based company that specializes in levitation technologies for creative use, such as lighting.

http://www.crealev.com/

In the video below, a demonstration of a levitating lamp:

via: Crealev LOS! floating lamps are dangerously more interesting than you | SCI FI Tech for Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | SCIFI.COM
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Georgia Russell - Constructions & mixed media Art

Books as art

clipped from www.englandgallery.com

Georgia Russell is a Scottish artist who uses a scalpel instead of a brush or a pen, creating constructions that transform found ephemera, such as books, music scores, maps, newspapers, currency and photographs. Represented by England & Co, she is currently exhibiting new work at the gallery.

The Story of Art 2006

Cut book in circular acrylic case
27 inches diameter x 5 inches deep

Leurs Secrets 2007

Cut book in acrylic case
26.25 x 3.75 inches

Yellow book 2007

Cut book in bell jar
20.75 x 8.5 inches

Georgia Russell :: England & Co

via: Books as art - What Jamie Found
related: Book sculptures - What Jamie Found
Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery

Earth and Jupiter viewed from Mars

Jupiter-Earth-Spot_comparison.jpg (JPEG Image, 1865x1599 pixels) - Scaled (49%)

via: Digg - What Does Earth And Juipter Look Like When Viewed From Mars? [SWEET PIC]
related: Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-368 Release

Eye-Fi - A Wireless Memory Card

It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC

The Eye-Fi Card comes with everything needed to make it simple to set up and connect to your home Wi-Fi network. [...] It stores pictures like a regular SD card no matter where you are, and uploads your photos automatically as soon as you return to your home network. All you have to do is turn the camera on.

Eye-Fi » Home

via: Eye-Fi wireless SD card: Uploading digital pictures so you don't have to | SCI FI Tech for Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | SCIFI.COM

Built-in brain “templates”

clipped from www.world-science.net

Built-in brain “templates” may clue tots to threats
Do babies know something about spiders before ever seeing one?

clipped from www.world-science.net

In their study, Rakison and Derringer sat 16 five-month-old babies on their parents’ laps and showed them three simple, schematic pictures. One depicted a spider; a second, the same spider with its legs pointed in unnatural directions, so that the obvious spider resemblance was lost; and third, the same spider with its body parts totally scrambled.

The infants looked at the normal spider for about 24 seconds on average, compared to 16 or 17 seconds for the other
images, the researchers found.

Built-in brain "templates" may clue tots to threats

via: World Science - Science News
related: The newborn mind's not-quite "blank slate"

2007-10-30

G.ho.st - Global Hosted Operating System (2)

Runs in any Internet browser and acts like a regular PC.

clipped from blogoscoped.com

G.ho.st, an Online OS

G.ho.st is both a URL and an abbreviation for Global Hosted Operating System. It’s a registration-needed Flash web application that emulates a traditional operating system, with file viewers, browsers, clocks & calendars, email programs, RSS-reading capabilities and more.

clipped from g.ho.st

Virtual Computer

Documentation

LITERATURE

FAQ

FORUMS

G.ho.st - Home Page, Virtual Computer (VC), Web OS (WebOS) and Online Storage

via: G.ho.st, an Online OS
related:

Sidereel - From TV shows, to films, to music videos, to funny clips

User generated:

SideReel is a community driven where users can add new shows or films, places to find them, fix discrepancies, discuss and debate.

Search. Watch. Share. Your favorite TV shows, films and clips all in one place. - www.sidereel.com

via: Video Sphere » Sidereel: illegal or legal videos...make your choice

Rare Frilled Shark (video)

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk

Rare primitive shark captured on film

A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 600 metres (2,000 ft) or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week.

Marine park staff caught the 1.6 metre (5 ft) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

Rare video of dying frilled shark ::: Pink Tentacle

Terabyte Thumb Drives

clipped from www.wired.com

Terabyte Thumb Drives Made Possible by Nanotech Memory

clipped from www.asu.edu

clipped from www.wired.com

Researchers have developed a low-cost, low-power computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few years.

Michael Kozicki, director of Arizona State's Center for Applied Nanoionics, has developed a new type of computer memory that he claims is cheaper and more energy-efficient than current technology.

Photo: Michael Kozicki

"A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center for Applied Nanoionics, which developed the technology. "All the current limitations in portable electronic storage could go away. You could record video of every event in your life and store it."

Terabyte Thumb Drives Made Possible by Nanotech Memory

2007-10-29

NeedToGo - The Online Toilet

via: Need To Go ? | Random Good Stuff - The Entertainment Blog

Wikitravel

The Travel Wikipedia

clipped from wikitravel.org

Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. So far we have 16,819 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. Check out the Help page to see how you can edit any page right now, or the Project page for more information about Wikitravel and getting involved.

Africa
Asia
Australasia & Oceania
Europe
Middle East

North America
South America
Central America & Caribbean
Other destinations
Travel topics & Phrasebooks

Free Worldwide Travel Guides - Wikitravel

via: 25 Unexpectedly Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

Subway Maps Generator

Generate Subway Maps from all over the world with

SUBWAY MAPS

Chain of Thoughts

Chain of Thoughts an Associative Website

web 2.0 websites

myspace facebook 30daytags 43things del.icio.us wikipedia 37signals thoof ma.gnolia.com StumbleUpon Bloglines Technorati FileZilla Fo.rtuito.us Maya's Mom digg.com Eventful 43places meebo stickam metacafe reddit craigslist LinkedIn orkut bebo mobuzz.tv engadget ars technica last.fm skype deviantart blogger weblogs mocoloco multiply geekbrief 3hive makezine twitter Folksonomy threadless tribe.net xanga Hi5 friendster nuvopixel.com Craig's List chain of thoughts digg TheFind.com web slideshare.net odeo.com citeulike.org YouTube google

chain of thoughts

Google Flash

SearchMash, Now in Flash

SearchMash, Google's experimental site launched last year to test new user interfaces for search results, has a Flash version (requires IE/Firefox and Flash 9). The site uses tabs to let you seamlessly switch between different search engines: web search, image search, Google Maps, Wikipedia search and more. When you click on a search result, you won't open the page as you might expect, instead you'll see a sidebar that shows a snapshot of the page, the snippet and three interesting options: see more results from the site, go to the homepage and read the page from Google Cache.
[Google Operating System]

SearchMash

via: SearchMash, Now in Flash
related:
Google’s SearchMash Adds Snap Shot Previews. But Why Is It In Flash?
searchmash
Google's New SearchMash Test Site [SearchEngineWatch]

2007-10-28

Online Graphological Test

Discover what your handwriting reveals about you.

TUL.com

Global Warming (video)

CBC - Global Warming Doomsday Called Off

A documentary about the cause of global warming.

via: Al Fin: Global Warming Doomsday Called Off
related:
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Revver » The Great Global Warming Swindle
LinkNotes: Search results for climate

World Freedom Atlas

World statistics on the map

World Freedom Atlas

via: 25 Unexpectedly Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

The Internet TV Charts

All the best online video clips, on one page

The Internet TV Charts was launched out of our frustration in trying to find the best video clips online. On this site you will find the very best free video clips, funny video clips, crazy video clips, etc. Each Sunday night, a new weekly video clip chart is generated, and [...] a daily chart too.

Video Clips - The Internet TV Charts

Konarka - Power Plastic®

Low-cost embedded sources of renewable power for devices, systems and structures

clipped from www.konarka.com

Konarka develops light-activated Power Plastic® that is flexible, lightweight, lower in cost and much more versatile in application than traditional silicon-based solar cells.

Materials Make It Possible

These new materials are made from conducting polymers and nano-engineered materials that can be coated or printed onto a surface in a process similar to how photographic film is made.