Scientists Believe They Know How Tall Your Kids Will Be

So do you want to know how tall your son or daughter will be when they grow up and if they’ll be able to play professional basketball? Well now a team of Canadian researchers believe they can tell you. Take a look. Medpage today: How tall will your child be? It’s a question that has…

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Getting the Inside Dirt on a Mythbuster

Joe Mammy.com has a great interview with Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters. Here’s a short excerpt. Joe Mammy.com: Joe: Free rant: name something that pisses you off and what you’d like to do about it. Jamie: “Traffic lights could be fixed to where you spend a fraction of the time you do sitting at them. What’s…

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Flock Rocks

BTW. Yes, I have Flock. I’ve had it for about 3 days now. What do I think about it? I like it a lot. The blogging section needs an HTML view though. The Flickr thing could also use a drop down menu of your recent views so you can keep all your favorite contacts close…

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Nano Owners File Lawsuit Against Apple

In the first lawsuit of it’s kind Apple iPod Nano owners dissatisfied with their new toys are suing Apple saying the screens scratch too easily. Ars Technica: “Angry iPod Nano owners have filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, against Apple Computer, Inc. The lawsuit, filed by attorneys…

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Senate Bill Kills Analog TV

In a landmark move the Senate committee designated to oversea the airwaves has decided to ratify a bill being sent to the floor later this month that would end analog broadcast signals. New York Times: A Senate panel approved legislation on Thursday to complete the slow transition from analog to digital television by 2009, a…

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links for 2005-10-22

How To Setup An ISP-Server Setup Using Ubuntu 5.10 “Breezy Badger” A step by step guide to setting up an ISP server using Ubuntu. (tags: Ubuntu Unix webserver tutorial tips reference Linux howto computer server sysadmin hosting) Branding with Arial Hicks design offers up this great article about using Arial (tags: design webdesign branding arial…

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Scientists Make Cloud Disappear

Scientists have uncovered a powder that absorbs moisture and have shown promise at absorbing storm clouds. New Scientist: In their latest experiment, large military aircraft scattered the powder through a storm cloud 1600 metres long and over 4000 metres deep. It took about 4000 kilograms of powder to soak up the moisture from the cloud,…

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links for 2005-10-21

Seven Questions Employees Should Ask Before Joining a Startup Good advice if you’re thinking of joining a startup. (tags: advice blog business digital howto management reference search startup technology tips career interview questions jobs vc) 16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog Increase traffic to your blog through some relatively easy personal marketing. (tags:…

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Apples New Toy Aperture Appeals to Digital Photo Professionals

Wow! Apple has release a really cool professional photo platform called Aperture. Aperture allows real time editing in RAW format as well as versioning so you never lose your master documents. Take a look at the specs below: Apple: Input * Import images directly from cameras and storage devices o Compact Flash I, II and…

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