Glass Wings Blog: August 2004
Fun with Cliches
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:39:06 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I've been getting a good giggle out of this:
The Cliche Finder
http://westegg.com/cliche/
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Space travel goes sailing
Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:01:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Space travel goes sailing
Tim Radford, science editor
Monday August 16, 2004
The Guardian
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Combat robots wow crowds
Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:03:51 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Combat robots wow crowds
17:00 16 August 04
NewScientist.com news service
A robot fighting contest that draws huge crowds in Japan each year has
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Beam me up Scotty in its infancy?
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:46:28 -0700
"Linda Page" <lindapage [at] earthlink.net>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3576594.stm
"Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake.
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Beautiful computer art
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:11:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Persistence of Vision 10th anniversary Hall of Fame:
http://www.povcomp.com/hof/
Very impressive!
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Interesting John Gilmore interview
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:01:18 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
John Gilmore on inflight activism, spam and sarongs
posted by mpawlo on Wednesday August 18, @09:08AM
from the interesting-people dept.
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Origami
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:07:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Joseph Wu Origami:
http://www.origami.as/
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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Recovering coral reefs
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:02:46 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
A Solution for Corals in Peril
http://globalcoral.org/Solution%20for%20Corals%20in%20Peril.htm
(This website has lots more information about Coral Reefs, which are
ALL endangered globally, including lots of beautiful photos.)
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Astronomy picture of the day: The Earth at Night
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:25:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Astronomy Picture of the Day
2004 August 22
Earth at Night
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html
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Hybrid-Electric addon for ordinary cars
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:07:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
The ELECTROCHARGER is a power adder that takes the place of your
alternator and runs in parallel with the engine and all of it's
modifications and increases the initial acceleration rate of your
vehicle from idle, which provides faster acceleration and power right
off the line.
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Space Houses on Earth
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:08:22 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
SpaceHouse
The idea of designing a 'SpaceHouse' for use on Earth was actually born
five years ago, just after the large earthquake in Izmit, Turkey in
1999. “We started wondering whether some of our advanced technologies
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Software Freedom Day
Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:41:22 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
28 August was the first annual Software Freedom Day:
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) comes with the right to use it for
any purpose, including commercial use. Anyone has the right and access
to examine the programs' designs, in the form of source code, and make
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Jet-powered wheelchair surprise
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 04:08:42 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Jet-powered wheelchair surprise
Giuseppe Cannella had a big surprise for his mother-in-law when he put
a jet engine on the back of her wheelchair.
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