Internet Hoaxes, Email Rumors and Urban Legends
In addition to purportal.com that I mentioned last week, about.com‘s section on Internet Hoaxes Email Rumors and Urban Legends has a lot of great info, especially handy with all of the new WTC and terrorist stuff floating around. You might start with their New Additions or The Top 25.
Just Wondering
Maybe it’s because I’ve sat on too many fully-booked flights from Alaska at all times of the day and night, but early on I found myself asking why were there so few passengers on all four of those trans-continental flights last Tuesday?
Bottom of the SETI@home Top 1000
Once again, I’m at the bottom of the top 1000 “home” SETI@home users – and I’d like to thank all of you who took the time to scroll all the way to the bottom, and then visit here!
Frying your CPU
Here’s what happens when you remove the heat sink from your computer’s CPU.
purportal.com
purportal.com: the bunk stops here is a handy place to check whether or not that story you just received in an email is true (I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to do this at work).
Why the WTC Collapsed
The structural system of the World Trade Center towers, and why it collapsed.
Making an Earthquake
One million British school children try to cause an earthquake.
Busy Week
Michele has a busy week coming up. Friday is the opening reception for her solo show at Artique, Ltd. here in Anchorage, then on Sunday she flies to Los Angeles for the opening reception of the Millard Sheets Gallery’s 2001 exhibition, The Art of Illusion. The following Saturday, we’ll both be in Riverside, California for […]
One Billion Seconds
UNIX system clocks everywhere will hit one billion seconds (since the UNIX epoch date January 1st, 1970) on September 9 at 01:46:39 UTC, September 8 at 5:46pm Alaska time.
New Aibos
A little to “cutsie” for me, but the new AIBO models, Latte and Macaron are at least more affordable than the original.
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