Show #143: join #technorama
1. Loads of links from listeners like Bruce Barr like a man who can move blocks weighing tons
2. KDE celebrates 10 years
3. Jorge sends us goodies from Belgium
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Print Free Graph Paper via Digg
Cartestian, polar, and logarithmic scales in addition to the really nerdy stuff nobody uses. U.S. and metric units.
Earth has a “second moon.” Asteroid 2003 YN107 is looping around our planet once a year.
It entered a corkscrew orbit around the Earth about 7 years ago and it was about to leave Earth’s orbit this past summer. Oh, and there are three more asteriods in similar orbits around the Earth.
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Online APPLE II Emulator! via Digg
Still waiting for Firefox compatibility, but they say it works in IE. (?) Whose side are they on anyway?
Genetic Savings & Clone to Close Its Doors at Year’s End Due to Little Demand for Cloned Cats via Digg
From the Digg comments: Who would want a copy-cat?
Newest Fair Food: Deep-Fried Coca-Cola via Digg
Help! YouTube is killing my business! via CNN
The company [Universal Tube and Rollerform Equipment Corp], which sells used machinery for making tubes to clients worldwide, has seen its site utube.com knocked off line by millions of online searchers looking for video site.
“I buy $100,000 worth of used machinery and want to get it up on the Web site [for clients to see],” Girkins said. “I can’t even get on the Web site.”
My heart goes out to you man…really. But you’ll never understand why. 68 million hits in August alone. And he’s complaining about what again?
BSG music video via Wingin’ It blog
You’re a fraking awesome machine…
So much better than the one…
with Lorne Greene.
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Grant Imahara from Discovery Channel’s MythBusters was kind enough to give us an 
interview. We discuss what it took to get him where he is, how he got mixed up with the MythBusters, and even a few fun and strange stories along the way.
Note: This is the first time Kreg and I have conducted an interview while face to face.
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Shelfari, like YouTube for Books via Digg
More like a del.icio.us for books, and includes comic books. Also turns out to be an easy way to find all books by an author or related to an author. And an oh-so-convenient buy-this-book-at-Amazon link for each entry. Anyway, if anyone wants to check out my bookshelf, go to http://www.shelfari.com/madmarv/shelf.
And, now that I’ve added a couple dozen books to my shelf (it only took 3 minutes), it really looks like a good way to display your library. Moreso because my physical copies are pretty beat up or in boxes with stuff that crawl around in the night.
The Crypt of Civilization via Digg
This ambitious project, which began in the dawn of the Second World War, is known as the Crypt of Civilization; it represents the first concerted effort to collect and preserve a snapshot of human civilization and technology. Though the term had not yet been coined at its inception, it was the first modern time capsule.
Limited Edition Star Wars USB Flashdrives via Digg
Limited run of 3500 starting at $80 for 1 GB. Officially licensed from Lucas…that must explain why Vader’s head is so big.
Einstein’s High School Diploma via Digg
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BattleStar Galactica going to NBC via Digg
This blog claims that BSG will be moving to NBC’s Monday night lineup following Heroes. And, these guys are not very optomistic about BSG’s survival if it has to get it’s ratings on par with network TV standards.
Batman and Robin chalk sidewalk drawing – amazing perspective work via Digg
The guy who draws the sidewalk 3D chalk pictures has started drawing comic book characters. You can also find one of Spidey on this page.
Turkish Star Trekvia Digg
And don’t forgetTurkish Superman and Turkish Star Wars
Show #142: Spoooooccck!
1. A quick review of PME
2. Star Trek bits and pieces
3. Mark from Memphis states his opinion
4. Kreg’s run in with the law
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Funky JavaScript via Digg
The code below takes images from the current webpage and spins them in a circle on screen. Try itwhile visiting Flickr.
javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);
The Most Hypnotizing Website Ever via Digg
a musical realization of the motion graphics of john whitney as described in his book “digital harmony”
How to make roses from maple leaves via Digg
Prepare for Ludicrous Speed via Digg
In 1957, German theoretical physicist Burkhard Heim publicly outlined a new idea for spacecraft propulsion. It was based on his new theory of physics which successfully described Einstein’s theory of Relativity within the framework of Quantum Mechanics, and it married the two so effectively that he became an instant celebrity.
“300” movie Trailer via Digg
Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (author of Sin City & Batman: The Dark Knight Returns). Opens in March 2007.
MIT Sketching via Digg
Check out the whiteboard that turns hand-drawn sketches into fully animated physics models.
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