Archive for the 'Science and Technology' Category
August 8th, 2006
This little Fry’s ad caused a little ruckus among my electrical engineer co-workers. First a 1.5 Farad capacitor! That is just huge. Most capacitors are in the microfarads (millionths of a farad). From what I understand these large capacitors are used for the soul purpose of ensuring that your car [...]
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August 25th, 2005
Have you ever needed to watch a streaming video and been ex-stream-ly (haha) annoyed at the brain numbing pause you get when you skip forward or back? You see the every time you change position in the file your viewing software stops the transmission and begins buffering the section you skipped to. It can [...]
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July 14th, 2005
The Optimus keyboard is so cool I had to repost it from Slashdot. This keyboard uses color OLEDs to display images on the keys. This the keyboard can change itself depending on the application you’re running, user preference, or language. How about changing when shift or alt are pressed? I really [...]
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June 2nd, 2005
I’m very bad at buying gifts. I never know who I should buy gifts for (do you give b-day gifts to your boss’s cousin’s administrative assistant?) or what to buy. Even on the rare occasion that I decide what to buy I rarely can find one that is right for that person [...]
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April 4th, 2005
This would never happen in the US. As a matter of fact I bet if the cola companies and the vendor operators could get away with it the price would increase after a disaster.Another reason it would never work here (maybe not in Japan either) is that I’m sure the first person to [...]
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