http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/posts/2008/01/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:19:50 -0600 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/the-power-of-google-maps.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/the-power-of-google-maps.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/the-power-of-google-maps.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:19:50 -0600 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d414198da4685e00e398d706530001" at:format="auto" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-auto embed-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 425px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item embed-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-embed"> <iframe class="enclosure-iframe" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://a3.vox-data.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398d706530001-html" style="width: 425px; height: 355px;"></iframe> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name">Google Maps</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/the-power-of-google-maps.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00e398d71e130005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> googlemaps northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/great-photoshop-tipe-paths-masks.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/great-photoshop-tipe-paths-masks.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/great-photoshop-tipe-paths-masks.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:33:55 -0600 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d414198da4685e00e398d614ca0005" at:format="auto" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-auto embed-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 400px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item embed-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-embed"> <iframe class="enclosure-iframe" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://a2.vox-data.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398d614ca0005-html" style="width: 400px; height: 336px;"></iframe> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name">Path &amp; Masks</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>A little humor for the day.&#160; Also a good Photoshop tip.&#160; <a href="http://www.mydamnchannel.com/channel.aspx?episode=379">http://www.mydamnchannel.com/channel.aspx?episode=379</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/great-photoshop-tipe-paths-masks.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00e398d60c020004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> northerngeek photoshop tips http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/new-way-to-clean-your-monitor.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/new-way-to-clean-your-monitor.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/new-way-to-clean-your-monitor.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:25 -0600 <p>&#160;</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d414198da4685e00e398d5cfae0003" at:format="medium" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; 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font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">Purdue Univ</span><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">ersity graduate David Bradley devises the most famous three-key combination in computer history:<strong> Ctrl-Alt-De</strong>l. In 1980, David Bradley is one of twelve IBM engineers working to create the IBM PC. Needing a simple way to restart the computer, should it fail, Bradley writes the code for a reboot sequence. 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