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New Scientist Breaking News – Windscreen repels armour-piercing bullets

Remember Star Trek IV? Remember the scene with Scotty and the guy played by Stuart Pankin about the transparent aluminum? Looks like we can cross of another one of the Star Trek science fiction items and it becomes science-fact! New … Continue reading

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Men still outearn women in IT

A recent article in Ars Technica states that men still outearn women in IT. As of this month, this is no longer true in my house. My wife just surpassed my salary in IT at the same company as me. … Continue reading

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X-Rays and Watercooling!

Show #49: X-Rays and Watercooling! * FURL! * Digital Dentist – see Chuck’s Head * Frank Frank talks to us about his home made server cooling system * What were the first cookie cutters made from? * GPS Feedback: Jorge … Continue reading

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Where in the World is Chuck San Diego?

Show 48: Where in the World is Chuck San Diego? * All About GPS * Steve’s Unit * Apple Video iPod: Stuff Magazine – Hot Stuff * Apple – QuickTime – Tutorials – Creating Video for iPod A proud member … Continue reading

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Too much beta?

Some friends of mine were discussing “beta” programs. Is it a cop-out to label your first public release of something as a beta release? (e.g. Yahoo’s podcasting, Gmail, Google everything else). On the one side you’ve got the argument that … Continue reading

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Urban Legends, Cameras, and Robots Roaming in the Desert

Show #47: Urban Legends, Cameras, and Robots Roaming in the Desert * Kreg’s Hack of my CVS disposable Video Cam * Listener Feedback ** Steve Pruett – Chernobyl Motorcyle Photo Tour ** Bruce Barr – His visit to Charlotte * … Continue reading

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This ain't no Party, this ain't no Disco…

Show # 46: This ain’t no Party, this ain’t no Disco… * A first look at GIMP 2.4 * I/O Brush: The World as the Palette * Chernobyl Motocycle Trip * More Chernobyl Pictures * Microsoft FAT Patents Get Thumbs … Continue reading

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A Sense of Serenity

Show #45: A sense of Serenity. * Summer Brooks from the Dragonpage.com and Kickassmysticninjas.com podcast comes back! * Shout out to Cornelius Fletcher from the Project Management Podcast * Send in the Skype clones * Hacking the Atari Flashback * … Continue reading

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Vacuuming the Internet

Show #44: Vacuuming the Internet. * Online News Aggregators ** Bloglines.com ** Rojo.com ** NewsGator Online * iTunes on my PocketPC? * Google TV is coming! * Google Wifi in New York * Time Warner is raising the specter of … Continue reading

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We Landed on the Moon?!?

Show #43: We Landed on the Moon?!? * Why did Opera give away thier Browser? * Contact Loved Ones * This Guy looks like he has Toy’s R Us in his basement! * David Devries illustrated a book from Childeren’s … Continue reading

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