28
2002
Christmas Comet
It turns out that living at a high latitude has its advantages – the newly discovered comet Kudo-Fujikawa stays above the horizon all night long. Now, if these clouds would just get out of the way!
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27
2002
PlayStation 5
Here’s a preview of the Sony PlayStation 5, available in stores Nov. 12, 2016.
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27
2002
Mah Jong Tiles
I used to play the old Macintosh version of Shanghai, so I was glad to have stumbled across this web version of Mah Jong Tiles.
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27
2002
T.C.P. – The Converter’s Paradise
If you’ve ever had to a file from one format to another, then you’ll appreciate The Converter’s Paradise where you’ll find a large assortment of shareware and freeware PC file converters.
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27
2002
IBM’s Millipede Project
I had not heard of IBM’s ‘Millipede’ Project which has demonstrated data storage density of a trillion bits per square inch (20 times the densest magnetic storage available today) until John C. Dvorak mentioned it in his column. IBM Research has images and animations that illustrate how the highly parallel nanotechnology storage device operates. John thinks this technology is behind IBM’s lack of attention to the traditional disk drive business where they’ve always been a leader.
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23
2002
Santa Tracking
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will be providing Santa tracking on Chistmas eve, and there will be additional tracking data from NASA.
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23
2002
Caffeine FAQ
Everything you’d ever want to know about caffeine, including the caffeine content in various soft drinks, coffee, tea and chocolate, as well as information on caffeine withdrawal and emergency treatment for caffeine overdose.
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21
2002
Slow Dance of Destruction
Another great Hubble Space Telescope image showing a group of galaxies so tightly packed together that gravitational forces are beginning to rip stars from them and distort their shapes.
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19
2002
Flash Stuff
Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is just a little bit creepy?
On the other hand this one is just fun, and this Rubik’s Cube could potentially lead to a lot of wasted time!
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18
2002
Airline Seat Ratings
A while back I posted a link to an airline seat spacing chart, well here are airline seat ratings for the six major U.S. airlines that include information like which seats have a good view of the movie, which are bulkhead seats with
tray tables in the armrests, and which seats don’t recline.
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