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Robots go where scientists fear to tread
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/giot-rgw052708.php, posted 2008 by peter in environment robotics science toread
To help scientists collect the more detailed data they need without risking scientists’ safety, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working with Pennsylvania State University, have created specially designed robots called SnoMotes to tra
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Phat Linux
phatlinux.com/, posted 2008 by peter in free linux software toread virtualization windows
Phat Linux will install like a regular Windows application, but run as any other Linux installation would.
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Ulteo Virtual Desktop: your Linux applications on Windows
www.ulteo.com/home/en/virtualdesktop?autolang=en, posted 2008 by peter in free linux software toread virtualization windows
With Ulteo Virtual Desktop, you just have to run the application you need to use from the Ulteo panel and its window will show up like any other Windows application.
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Running Mac OS X on standard PCs
reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/0,1000001098,39415279,00.htm, posted 2008 by peter in hack hardware howto mac toread
But there is another way: for some time, various different images of Mac OS X have been available on the internet that have been modified to circumvent its tight coupling to Apple's hardware.
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Spacetime and Spin
einstein.stanford.edu/SPACETIME/spacetime4.html, posted 2008 by peter in physics science space toread
Spin in the microscopic world is subtler, and obeys rules that are at once familiar (e.g. conservation of angular momentum) and bizarrely counter-intuitive (e.g. quantization and half-integer spin for fermions).
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Anatomy of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-selinux/?ca=dgr-btw01SELinux, posted 2008 by peter in linux security toread
This article explores the ideas behind SELinux and how it's implemented.
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Opera Dragonfly Alpha
www.opera.com/products/dragonfly/, posted 2008 by peter in css design development html javascript software toread webdesign
Debug JavaScript, inspect CSS and the DOM, and view any errors – Opera Dragonfly makes developing using Opera easier than ever, both on your computer and mobile phone.
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What can you do with a second Ethernet port?
www.linux.com/feature/133849, posted 2008 by peter in hardware howto linux toread
Tossing in a second adapter is an inexpensive way for the manufacturer to add another bullet point to the product description -- but what exactly are you supposed to do with it? If you are running Linux, you have several alternatives.
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Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805, posted 2008 by peter in business copyright environment food patent toread
As interviews and reams of court documents reveal, Monsanto relies on a shadowy army of private investigators and agents in the American heartland to strike fear into farm country.
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Contrast and Meaning
www.alistapart.com/articles/contrastandmeaning/, posted 2008 by peter in design toread usability webdesign
In a layout, contrast helps lead the reader’s eye into and through your layout.
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