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Entries from July 2007

Throttle me this Batman: Deep packet inspection & net neutrality

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

A most-important concept and a topic worth serious consideration and comprehension is net neutrality and deep packet inspection. This article on Ars Technica goes into these topics with care and attention to detail, yet written to be accessible by the non-technical folks. As a primer, you may want to read on the topics of net [...]

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Receiva: Listen to radio stations from all over the world.

July 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Reciva brings the world of Internet radio into your home. They provide access to an extremely diverse range of Internet radio stations from around the world, with broadcasts from nearly every country on the planet. The radio stations are indexed and can be searched by genre or country. They also provide live and on-demand (“listen [...]

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Radio Lab

July 21st, 2007 · No Comments

I thoroughly enjoy NPR and all its programming. It’s a cut above most of the media out there. A relatively new program called Radio Lab delves into the kinds of topics that mystify all of us: Time, Sleep, Death, Morality, Music, Space, etc. I’m often at work or asleep or otherwise busy when the program [...]

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HTML + License Plates = COOL

July 20th, 2007 · No Comments

For those that may not know, ff0000 is the hex code for the color red.

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Game over. Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C.

July 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Click below for the full article . . .

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A massive steampipe explosion

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments

. . . happened in NYC this evening around 6pm . . .

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