A geek's power outage survival guide - one tool for them all
The power went out at my house last night, due to a rather impressive wind storm. I haven't heard howling wind like that
SuitSat1 experimental satellite - Launches and Dies
UPDATE! SuitSat1 is not dead - it's just transmitting at a low power. From Bil Munsil comes the following info:
"SuitSat1 is
February Portland Nerd Dinner and Chris Tavares sendoff is Thursday the 9th
Portland Nerd Dinner - be there and be square!
Chris Tavares is - as of this evening - a former employee of mine. He deserves
Telegrams - an unfortunate Darwinian death
Without fanfare or even much notice, Western Union quietly shut down it's telegram service last week. No more ability to send a message
Blackberry service shutdown? How would we cope???
The Onion has some insight as to how Blackberry users will be forced to cope if the unfortunate shutdown actually ever occurs. As is fairly