If you recognize this picture
3.5 inch floppy disk (top side)
then you likely love this FloppyTable designed and created by Neulant van Exel and made of 2 kinds of welded steel:
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Want this (: Floppy Table, A Wonderfully Designed 3.5″ Floppy Disk Coffee Table
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/10/21
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Sciences jokes…
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/09/20
Came accross the Chemistry Cat jokes on quickmeme, some of which are more generic science jokes than chemistry ones.
The ones I like most:
- PageTeach me about absolutely zero
0KHow often do you like chemistry jokes?
PeriodicallyWhat to do with a sick chemist?
If you can’t helium, and
you can’t curium then
you might as well barium.I studied exothermic reactions
before they were cool. - PageHOH HOH HOH
Water jokeBlew my chemistry experiment
Oxidents happenIs silicon the same in Spanish
SiNeutron wants to pay tab
Bartender: no charge for you - PageChemistry puns
I’m in my elementChemistry jokes
are elemental
–jeroen
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Interesting essay by Bruce Schneier: The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/22
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Windows Timer Resolution: Megawatts Wasted (via: Random ASCII)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/11
Don’t increase your Windows Timer Resolution. And keep an eye on programs that do:
Raising the Windows timer frequency is bad. It wastes power and makes your computer slower. Routinely doing this in all sorts of programs that end up sitting idle for hours really needs to stop.
You can use ClockRes to monitor the time resolution and what programs changed it.
–jeroen
via: Windows Timer Resolution: Megawatts Wasted | Random ASCII.
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The Lenovo re-introduction of IPS in 14-inch models after almost a decade of absence is a farce
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/09
A decade ago, Lenovo had top-notch IPS displays with (back then high) DPI of 133 in some of their laptops called FlexView and FFS.
The IPS ThinkPad history is this: Read the rest of this entry »
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A constant source of confusion: Simplicity
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/06/27
Once every while you come across a post that is so good, you add another feed to your RSS list. This time I added Su-Shee’s posts,
Quote from: A constant source of confusion: Simplicity.
what is it really about all this simplicity stuff
It is a post about IT development. Teams. Platforms. Tools. Frameworks. Etc.
Striking a balance to keep things simple enough to be manageable is always key and her examples are just great!
–jeroen
via: A constant source of confusion: Simplicity.
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Taking pictures from space
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/07
Just came across this: Astronaut Chris Hadfield: how to take photos from the ISS
Great stuff!
–jeroen
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c# – What’s the hardest or most misunderstood aspect of LINQ? – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/07
It is such a pity that StackOverflow is not the place any more for questions like these:
c# – What’s the hardest or most misunderstood aspect of LINQ? – Stack Overflow.
These questions and answers historically got me most of the insight from SO.
Alas, no more.
–jeroen
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Great optical illusion: Pink Floyd prism with Pulse background
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/27
graphics – How can this image be created with Mathematica? – Mathematica Stack Exchange.
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Way too much “friendly comment” SPAM lately. “Spam, lovely Spam, wonderful Spam.”
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/25
Since about 2 months, I get truckloads of friendly comments indicating my blog is so wonderful that gets through Aksimet.
I’m not alone: one spammer posted his full spam script on Scott Hanselmans blog, and of course, Scott blogged about it: Exposed A Blog Comment Spammers Source Template
Not so cool.
Cool:
–jeroen
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