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{ Monthly Archives } June 2007

US Plans Tactical Nuclear Strikes and tries to make it seem like a rational idea

Well, it seems like a number of our presidential candidates have gone down to crazy town and are blithely open to the concept of tactical nuclear strikes against Iran. This Reuter’s article, Republicans: Iran must not have nuclear arms, highlights some of the madness:
Wolf Blitzer asked:
“If it came down to a preemptive US strike against [...]

Modifying ultra-mobile PCs for sunlight readability

One of the biggest challenges to “mobile computing” (besides battery life) is outdoor readability. (If you’ve ever squinted through your sunglasses trying to dial on your windows mobile phone, you know what I’m talking about).
Recently I had an old EO 72xx UMPC upgraded to a transflective screen. It cost a few hundred dollars for them [...]

Electrical protection for toddlers – too interesting to leave alone

There are these little plastic protectors that go over electrical sockets to protect them from toddlers.
This morning while vacuuming the vacuum suddenly stopped… and on the other end of the line, my son had yanked the cord and was replacing the plastic cover, presumably to keep it safe from babies.

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