To display the most relevant entries to you in priority,
vote for the stories you are interested in
(  )
and reject those that you are not interested in
(  )
Business Report  -
17 hours ago
A mining industry task team to investigate possible solutions relating to the global financial
crisis has been established, Minerals and Energy director-general Sandile Nogxina says.
|
Boing Boing -
19 hours and 45 minutes ago
In this 1936 Modern Mechanix article, a fantasy about shrinking the Library of Congress to fit "in
a few small filing cabinets" on microfiche/film. Once this is done, copies of the great library
will be distributed to worthy institutions all over the world. This is one of the Ur-dreams of
librarianship, what Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive calls "universal access to all human
knowledge." Today's Internet was shaped by people who share the dream. It's a beautiful one. Each
volume so reduced in size is housed in a sealed cartridge not much larger than a 12-gauge shotgun
shell. When desired for reading, it is inserted in a small cabinet, the light turned on, and the
copy is projected upon a screen, enlarged to comfortable reading size and unaccompanied by glare...
One of the greatest advantages of film books is that small schools and libraries with limited space
and money can afford to have all the material which is now available only in the large cities.
Files of perishable newspapers can be photographed and thus preserved indefinitely. The cost of
making film books will be much below that of printing regular books and their small size also
eliminates the storage problem. Canned Libraries Open New Vistas To Readers (Aug, 1936)...br
style="clear: both;"/ a
href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6f898e2a9a963078c85bb948eda78968p=1"img alt=""
style="border: 0;" border="0"
src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6f898e2a9a963078c85bb948eda78968p=1"//a img
src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=6f898e2a9a963078c85bb948eda78968" style="display:
none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/
 |
Boing Boing -
20 hours and 46 minutes ago
In this 1936 Modern Mechanix article, a fantasy about shrinking the Library of Congress to fit in a
few small filing cabinets on microfiche/film. Once this is done, copies of the great library will
be distributed to worthy institutions all over the world. This is one of the Ur-dreams of
librarianship, what Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive calls universal access to all human
knowledge. Todays Internet was shaped by people who share the dream. Its a beautiful one. Each
volume so reduced in size is housed in a sealed cartridge not much larger than a 12-gauge shotgun
shell. When desired for reading, it is inserted in a small cabinet, the light turned on, and the
copy is projected upon a screen, enlarged to comfortable reading size and unaccompanied by glare...
One of the greatest advantages of film books is that small schools and libraries with limited space
and money can afford to have all the material which is now available only in the large cities.
Files of perishable newspapers can be photographed and thus preserved indefinitely. The cost of
making film books will be much below that of printing regular books and their small size also
eliminates the storage problem. Canned Libraries Open New Vistas To Readers (Aug, 1936)...br
style=clear: both;/ a
href=http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6f898e2a9a963078c85bb948eda78968p=1img alt= style=border:
0; border=0 src=http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6f898e2a9a963078c85bb948eda78968p=1//a img
src=http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=6f898e2a9a963078c85bb948eda78968 style=display: none;
border=0 height=1 width=1 alt=/
|
Mac Forums - iPod touch -
22 hours and 25 minutes ago
Today my WD Studio 500GB Passport came in the mail. I got it for $100 on eBay brand new through
Live.com. Great deal! Anyways, here is a review if anybody here is interested in buying one.
Whats in the Box:
-500GB Passport in a Metal like enclosure (identical to the Classic/New MBP)
-FireWire 800 to 800 Cable, FireWire 800 to 400 Cable, USB Cable
-Case
-Warranty Stuff
Pros:
-Small, looks identical to my MBP. Looks like the newer WD MyBooks
-FireWire 800, 400, and USB. All 3 are bus powered
-500GB 5400RPM 8MB Cache
-5 Year Warranty
-WD Software included is pretty good.
-Capacity Gauge
-Formated already for Mac
-Price
Cons:
-Cables provided are a bit small
-Runs a bit warmer than my 120GB Passport
-No Vents
Testing
Transfer of 577MB Movie File
WD Passport 120GB 5400RPM USB 2.0: 26 Seconds
WD P Studio 500GB 5400RPM FireWire 800: 15 Seconds
Overall this is a great drive. I run both my Passport and Studio all the time now, doing backups
everyday. I can also put all my Logic loops and recordings on my Studio. I really like the overall
design of the Studio compared to the original Passport. The Studio looks like a tiny book. I would
highly recommend buying this drive if you need a speedy backup and need it for travel. Great drive
right here!
|
Autoblog -
1 days and 9 hours ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/aftermarket/" rel="tag"Aftermarket/a, a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag"Minivans/MPVs/a, a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/auction-action/" rel="tag"Auction Action/a, a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag"Ford/a, a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag"Celebrities/a/pa
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192718/"img vspace="4"
hspace="4" border="1"
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_front_450.jpg" alt="" //abr
/ div align="center"emstrongsmallClick above for image gallery of the Saleen Ford
Windstar/small/strong/embr //div br /Outrageous minivans are oddities of the train wreck variety.
You don't want to, but you just gotta look. And we're suckers for them. Not that long ago we had
the ridiculously fast, a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/06/videos-jet-powered-dodge-caravan-earns-its-sports-badge/"jet-powered
Dodge Caravan/a, and then there was the show but stock slow a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/03/mugen-jdm-honda-odyssey-puts-the-get-in-grocery-getter/"Mugen
Honda Odyssey./a br /br /a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192719/"img vspace="4"
hspace="4" border="1" align="right"
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_saleen_215.jpg" alt=""
//aBut what do you think of a a
href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemamp;item=140284923828amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AITamp;viewitem"Saleen-built
Ford Windstar/a? And, no, it's not a soccer mom special that someone slapped a Saleen windshield
header on. This is the real deal. It's got custom-made carbon fiber mirrors, valve covers and
steering wheel. The double-nostril hood is custom-made as is the gauge cluster and the fender
flares over the Z-rated 18-inch Rikens. Underhood is a Saleen supercharger atop the Ford V6. The
eBay auction says more than $100,000 was spent on the monster minivan's production. br /br /So who
in their right mind would spend that kind of cash on something originally meant to sit idle in
front of daycare facilities? Two words: Tool Time. As in Tim "Tool Time" Allen. Tim teamed up with
Steve Saleen several years ago to produce the Saleen Windstar. Just as this prototype was finished,
however, Ford redesigned the Windstar and all plans to offer the package for sale were scrapped. br
/br /Luckily the van wasn't, and lately has been used as a promotional tool for a
href="http://www.port-a-board.com/index.php?option=com_contentamp;task=viewamp;id=11amp;Itemid=19"Port-A-Board/a,
a company that makes collapsible skateboards. It was founded by Brett Gregory, who is a producer of
Tim Allen's upcoming movie. And since the Saleen Windstar is still in the family, the winning
bidder can choose to have a photo session with their new vehicle and Tim Allen himself. After six
bids, the a
href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemamp;item=140284923828amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AITamp;viewitem
"auction/a is up to $3,650 without hitting the reserve. You've got six days. emThanks for the tip,
Joe./embr /br /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/"eBay find: Tim Allen's
Saleen Windstar/a/strong/pa
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192716/"img
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_angle_thumbnail.jpg" alt=""
title="" //aa
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192723/"img
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_cfiber_thumbnail.jpg"
alt="" title="" //aa
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192724/"img
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_engine_thumbnail.jpg"
alt="" title="" //aa
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192720/"img
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_fblas2_thumbnail.jpg"
alt="" title="" //aa
href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ebay-find-tim-allens-saleen-windstar/1192722/"img
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/saleen_wstar_fbrglas_thumbnail.jpg"
alt="" title="" //a/divbr /[Source: eBay Motors]p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px
solid #ccc;clear:both;"a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/01/ebay-find-of-the-day-saleen-windstar-seriously/"eBay Find
of the Day: Saleen Windstar (Seriously!)/a originally appeared on a
href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:29:00 EST. Please see our a
href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"terms for use of feeds/a./ph6 style="clear: both;
padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/h6a
href=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemamp;item=140284923828amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AITamp;viewitemRead/anbsp;|nbsp;a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/01/ebay-find-of-the-day-saleen-windstar-seriously/"
rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1386251/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email
this/anbsp;|nbsp;a
href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/01/ebay-find-of-the-day-saleen-windstar-seriously/#comments"
title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a pa
href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mO22kBT2j7acPY0wE-6brsBnVvU/a"img
src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mO22kBT2j7acPY0wE-6brsBnVvU/i" border="0"
ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a
href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=npRgMKyY"img
src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=npRgMKyY" border="0"/img/a a
href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?a=OTwb39QJ"img
src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=OTwb39QJ" border="0"/img/a /divimg
src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/w41dzL-sctE" height="1" width="1"/
|
|
What is Matoumba?
A website that sorts everyday the most relevant information to you.
Vote for the news and Matoumba will learn your tastes and the information that you like the most.
It is all FREE!
|
Recommandations
