I must say that I have mixed thoughts about "Cloud Computing". What are your thoughts on this? Is this gonna grow in popularity or is it just another fad? I kind of like having my personal files with me and not in the Net World. How much information about me will I allow Google to know about me? I'm also not sure about the fact that they will only release this for Netbooks. Why not my desktop? Recent reviews on Netbooks clearly show that they have a short life span and tend to fail over time. (I just read a great article about netbooks that I will share as soon as I find the link again...sorry)
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It's nice to match a face with the voices...
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It's been around since 2002 (I think) but it never gets old.....
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William Kamkwamba was only 14 years old when he built a windmill that could power 4 light bulbs and a radio in his village in Malawi. Watch his story here.
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Flatbed Scanner Mod a Work of Art
Learn How to Make the Chewbacca Noise
]]>Nine hundred dollars, (I know, only?) gets you the worlds cleanest keyboard. Great for popular coffee shops I guess, or ultra clean electronic rooms (chip makers). But $900? I'd be okay with just running it through the dishwasher at the end of the day. Yes you can do that, no soap though.
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Possibly one of the best movie series of all time. It still is great today as it keeps the attention of my kids, ages 13 and 7. They both love the series and I don't blame them, the movies are awesome.
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Check out the progress pics here. This is seriously a work of art and would not at all mind having it on my desk. My scanner sits in a hidden corner. Take it out when I need it type of thing. It was designed to accent another mod of his, The Computational Engine. Trust me your jaw will drop when you see this one. It's still a work in progress.
The scanner sits inside a sheetmetal framework with the book built around it. The covers and spine were made from pieces of a huge, oversized clipboard I had. I was having difficulty finding bookbinding leather in small enough quantities and high enough qualities, so I ended up dissecting a large envelope satchel thing my aunt gave me which she had kicking around in her basement. This explains the long stitch seam down the edge of the cover, but that will not be found on any future versions. The scanner then got a decorative cardboard shell (the white side of an old art pad cover). The parchment-colored page cover with the aged edges and the "illumination" design was made in vectors using Fireworks (yeah I'm a Macromedia guy). I had a printout made at Kinkos, then I traced over the design with gold marker to give it an embossed look. A piece of gold bridal ribbon was used to fake the gold page gilding around the outside. The horizontal threads in the ribbon look exactly like gilded book pages pressed flat together.
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