• Bridging The Digital Divide With Solar Powered 802.11 Free Hotspots
  About a year ago after looking at the Afghan Solar Village concept I came to the conclusion that WiFi for the third world was not going to happen until the WiFi hardware/software side was easy to setup and use. IMHO Meraki is the best shot I’ve seen so fa
  (tags: diy make wireless)
• Culture of Blames T-Shirt
  culture of blame love the logo - an old friend from college (the baldy git) - he’s into that hole nano science lark
  (tags: matthewprior)
• Wikipedia CD Distributed over BitTorrent at Torrentfreak
  A “Wikipedia CD” has been made available for download on BitTorrent.com. The CD comprises of over 2500 hand-picked educational articles aimed at helping schools enhance their curriculum and children learn.
  (tags: opensource software educationalsoftware)

• Lexis Rex (Italian) - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com
  A vocabulary discovery tool with a flashcard creator and knowledge chart. The discovery tool allows you to explore a large vocabulary of over 10,000 root words and idioms that are ordered by frequency of use. They are grouped with their inflections with u
  (tags: educationalsoftware)
• WordLearner Toolbar - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com
  Collect words in any language while you surf the Web with this unique Internet Explorer toolbar. Then learn your words with online games, free software for your mobile phone, and printable puzzles & flashcards.
  (tags: educationalsoftware)
• Teach2000 - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com
  Teach2000 is a private teacher to help you memorize a foreign language, topography or for example the history of Italy by dates. Improve your school results with this language trainer.
  (tags: educationalsoftware)
• Lexis Rex (Spanish) - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com
  (tags: educationalsoftware)
• Isometry - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com
  Isometry is a free CAT Tool (Computer Aided Translation Tool) or translation memory software. Consistently colored, real-time term recognition helps you find the right terms. Translation fuzzy math is measured in characters, not words, desirable for langu
  (tags: educationalsoftware)
• Little Parrot - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com
  This is a Vocabulary Testing Tool. Contains more than 2000 words that are considered appropriate for GRE. Just double click the jar file to execute. Delete to uninstall.
  (tags: educationalsoftware)
• MAKE: Blog: The Open source gift guide - Open source hardware, software and more for the holidays
  The Open source gift guide - Open source hardware, software and more for the holidays
  (tags: tech make diy)

• Mastering Ajax, Part 2: Make asynchronous requests with JavaScript and Ajax
  (tags: tech javascript programming)

• Mastering Ajax, Part 2: Make asynchronous requests with JavaScript and Ajax
  IBM tutorial on xmlhttp
  (tags: ccms javascript tutorial)

• Using the XML HTTP Request object
  “Why XML HTTP Request object?” because they make my life a better place to be!
  (tags: ccms javascript python tutorial)

• Linux.com | Easy video creation using only FOSS software
  While digital video editing today is an affordable, popular activity for both the computer hobbyist and amateur cinematographer, many people seem to think that video creation under Linux is either impossible or too difficult for the average computer user.
  (tags: linux opensource tools tutorial video software)

• Robot, Heal Thyself—Welcome to the Future
  “Scientists said on Thursday they created a brainy, four-legged robot resembling a starfish that can sense damage to its body and, on its own, think up a way to recover.” Excellent! But I wonder if this quote will get cat lovers of the world all upset
  (tags: Technology robots self-consciousness)
• instructables : Ultimate Night Vision Headlamp - 500+ lumens with only 8 watts
  Ultimate Night Vision Headlamp - 500+ lumens with only 8 watts Headlamp flashlight technology takes a quantum leap! You can have it all: * Intense brightness * Lightweight * Long life * Low cost * Rechargeable * Unbreakable * Small * Waterproof * Unique
  (tags: tech diy hardware make)
• hethe_™
  funky drawings and illustrations
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Scientist regrow chicken wing - Science Blog

Chop off a salamander’s leg and a brand new one will sprout in no time. But most animals have lost the ability to replace missing limbs. Now, a research team at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo — a species not known to be able to regrow limbs — suggesting that the potential for such regeneration exists innately in all vertebrates, including humans.

Strong overtones of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake… A book well worth reading

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On such a horrible night like tonight, the idea of a nice thick soup with bacon tempted me. Soup on its own though, did not seem that it would be all that filling, so lentils entered my mind…

Smoked Bacon and Lentil Soup

Nice…

R

p.s. to soak up all that goodness, a nice ciabatta roll - warmed in oven with real butter spread all over it - even nicer

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• Monitor your Linux computer with machine-generated music
  Use Perl and FluidSynth to create a real-time musical composition of your system status.
  (tags: tech linux sound)
• Teenager moves video icons just by imagination
  The boy, a 14-year-old who suffers from epilepsy, is the first teenager to play a two-dimensional video game, Space Invaders, using only the signals from his brain to make movements.
  (tags: tech neuroscience interface Science)
• The $100 laptop: What went wrong
  Seems negative enough - but what about shifting the focus from the inherent difiiculties of trying to develop such a complex scheme to areas where there are more possibilities for success (in the initial term), such as the former eastern block countries?
  (tags: tech laptop Technology Development)

• Microsoft could save 45 million tons of CO2 emissions with a few lines of computer code
  “Microsoft could save 45 million tons of CO2 emissions with a few lines of computer code” that is interesting - wonder how the linux numbers would compare (scaled properly of course)
  (tags: climatechange energy tech)

• Creating Passionate Users: Add graphics to your blog, book, or presentation
  People pay attention to graphics. They respond to graphics. They learn from graphics. If you want your readers/learners/audience to “get” something as quickly and clearly as possible, use visuals. And you don’t have to be a graphic artist, designer, or in
  (tags: design presentations)

• Furthermore
  “When the first Swedish astronaut whips up a meal aboard the International Space Station next month, the menu’s going to be suspiciously Scandinavian.” As well they ought to!!
  (tags: sweden space food)

• project DDD01
  Hold a vivid photo or inkjet print in front of a bright light and you have a basic backlit image display. Notice how the colors become rich and the details come alive. Want to make a simple DIY version that will let you display your favorite image in the
  (tags: photo projects DIY)

• Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner | The Register
  Some very interesting points made here - the future, I imagine, will show us where things will eventually end up. The big boys backpedalling?
  (tags: music interview copyright record-labels)

• Stern Review Report
  “Stern Review on the economics of climate change” - get the attention where it matters… the pockets of the big boys.
  (tags: finance green climatechange)