Here’s a handy link to a Google Maps cell tower search for the U.S. It doesn’t have helpful information like what kind of tower, or which carrier owns it, etc, but it’s at least a start. It also explains why we get lousy coverage here in the C-ville. (via)
NASA retirees search for original Apollo 11 footage. It’s missing. Also: the image we’ve all seen was second-quality copy—they pointed a TV camera at a monitor of high-quality feed from the moon. And, there’s only one machine in the world that can play the tapes. (RealPlayer req’d.)
MMMMM Kool-Aid!
DIY Screenprinting, via the MAKE:blog.
787 Cliparts, in a loop. This reminds me of a Cult of Bob video I saw 15 years ago as the visual backdrop to an All Mighty Senators show. Far out, man. (via)
Hey, this is cool. Skype Beta for OSX, finally. Talk to your family and friends for free over the internets. Almost makes the Cisco IP phone here on my desk obsolete.
This little gizmo is a Firewire-based bootable flash drive which runs TechTool Pro. Genius.
I got a link to How to Ruin a Web Design from a client late this afternoon, and it made me guffaw, especially since they name-checked a similar article that our friend Shelly sent us this morning.
Here’s a pretty good explanation of the difference between watts, amps, and ohms. (I wanted to see how much less energy LCD panels consumed vs. CRT monitors. It led me here.)
A Federal judge threw out the MD. Wal-Mart bill. I wonder who got paid off for this one?