Category Archives: technology

How Keys Work

  I had never given keys much thought, but this is quite an intricate and fascinating process.  Thank you, random image poster! How Keys Work GIF – Imgur.

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A Subway Train Ceiling Straight Out of Harry Potter

Riding the metro underground can be boring as dirt. Pretend all you want that youre tiny and zipping around a giant humans circulatory system, a la Fantastic Voyage – eventually the blah concrete surroundings, lights whizzing past in a sleep or nausea-inducing monotony, and hermetic A/C hum forces many riders to reach for a book […]

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Why I left Google

I used to be a Google fan, but boy, have they lost me.  Sounds like a few of the employees are feeling the same malaise and lack of direction as I am, and have started to jump ship.  It’ll be interesting to see where Google is in 10 years, or if it even minimally resembles […]

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Shapeways

Every few days, I come across something that makes me realise how priviledged I am to be living in the current era. (Can you imagine how Diderot would react to Wikipedia?) Shapeways was this week’s revelation. It gives average Joes like me access to 3D printers in a variety of material; acrylics, ceramics, glass, aluminum […]

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TVO.ORG | Video | Documentaries – Tagged

http://tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?85432367001 Interesting documentary about human RFID tagging, taking in the medical, practical, and ethical considerations of this new technology.

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