Posts Tagged with 'technology'

09 Mar 2008

Interesting Links for 5 Mar 08 - 9 Mar 08

Interesting links for 5 Mar 08 - 9 Mar 08:

Records tumble in Proteas’ win - Ooo, that's got to have hurt Bangladesh. They were savaged by South Africa
Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV - Looks promising if it turns out to be a viable option for the future.
Low-tech Magazine: A world without trucks - Some [...]

28 Feb 2008

Interesting Links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08

Interesting links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08:

Solaris Features: Service Management Facility - A great introductory tutorial on Solaris 10's "Service Management Facility" (SMF).
PIN Entry Device (PED) vulnerabilities - So Chip And PIN is not quite a secure as the banks would have you believe, and something as simple as not trying to [...]

12 Jan 2008

Interesting Links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08

Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
Man’s death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before [...]

19 Oct 2007

Interesting Links for 2 Oct 07 - 18 Oct 07

Interesting links for 2 Oct 07 - 18 Oct 07:

ASU team detects earliest modern humans - … and they found then in South Africa. So now everyone has a South African relative in their family tree ;-).
Amazon punts “special” beads to UK kiddies - NSFW: See what Amazon are now selling to kiddies in [...]

05 Jun 2007

Interesting Links for 24 May 2007 - 4 June 2007

Interesting links for 24 May 2007 - 4 June 2007:

The Social Norm of Leaving the Toilet Seat Down - Some people have just far too much time. What this doesn’t address is who left it down in the first place.
See Those Fingers? Do the Math - Hey, my ring fingers are longer than my [...]