Real meaning of Bing
Yes, I know Microsoft’s explanation, but their explanation makes no sense at all. Real meaning of Bing (full size)
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CD-ROM retirement
Fact: you can get 24 CDs worth of information on a single 16 GB SD card; it would take just 8 such cards to store all the information on these CDs. Yes, these were my CDs (since recycled). CD-ROM retirement (full size)
Internet roadkill
Narwal evolution: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=478826628826445&set=a.430872626955179.92765.193162710726173 Mars, just add water: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/a-martian-dream-heres-what-the-red-planet-would-look-like-with-earth-like-oceans-and-life/266791/ Explaining economics: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2845 If you need content, but are bored with Lorum ipsum: http://www.rikeripsum.com/#/ipsum Speculations on storm trooper armor: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/282221985453445120 Colder than absolute zero: http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-gas-goes-below-absolute-zero-1.12146 The form of damnation: https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/286877379886977025 Grammar matters: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=531524520199876&set=a.158139670871698.33824.139729956046003&type=1&ref=nf Tolkien at 125: favorite quotes — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/jrr-tolkien-quotes-our-fa_n_2398210.html Outstanding Continue reading Internet roadkill
Typographic map of the world
Textual mapping: flawed but still impressive — http://maphugger.com/post/38323044556/laconic-history-of-the-world-2012-my-first
Time travel in Mac OS X
Apple touts Time Machine, their backup technology, as a marvel. But there are other forms of time travel. (The moiré pattern is a result of taking a photo of a laptop screen; the laptop was rather busy at the time.) Mac Continue reading Time travel in Mac OS X
Siri conspiracy
Seems suspicious. Don’t believe me? Try it yourself. Siri conspiracy (full size).
Send your poem to space
Humans can not only put people on the moon, we can also send poems to space. On Thursday, September 20, 2012, a large helium-filled balloon was launched from Weston Park, west of the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. Equipped Continue reading Send your poem to space
Who can resist a cute kitten?
Apple is very fond of naming Mac OS X after the top predator in North America. So fond, in fact, that they did it more than once: Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma), Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Apple also Continue reading Who can resist a cute kitten?
They say nothing ever goes away on the Internet
I cloud? No, I strive to clear, not cloud. Nothing ever goes away on the Internet(full size).