I’m giving away an iPod Shuffle, special limited edition from Armand Morin’s BigSeminar X. All you have to do in order to enter is post a reply to this thread on GoogleCommunity.com. Contest closes when we hit about 50 entries, so you’ll have a 1/50 chance of winning.
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Why Vote?
10/6/2008My friend Alan mentioned that he probably won’t vote because he doesn’t think his vote makes any difference. Well, here’s an answer from Peter Norvig’s Presidential Election 2008 FAQ. The best answer I’ve seen for this question, IMHO. Is it … Continue reading →
Li-Polymer: to charge, or not to charge
8/25/2005My cell phone is powered by a Li-Polymer rechargeable battery. It’s a Sony Ericsson Z500a. It has gotten its initial charge, and, according to the battery meter, it looks like it’s beginning to run low. I’ve been using it for … Continue reading →
Trading a paperclip for a house
8/30/2007I was reading the comments on the Slashdot article about the guy who traded an unlocked iPhone for a car, and I followed a link to this Wikipedia article about one red paperclip. Kyle MacDonald, a Canadian blogger, traded his … Continue reading →
How much memory fit in a six-foot-tall cabinet in 1964?
11/16/2006IBM’s site has a blurb about the IBM 2361 core storage unit. In each 2361, almost 20 million ferrite cores — tiny doughnut-shaped objects, each about the size of a pinhead — were strung in two-wire networks and packaged, with … Continue reading →
Google Responds to Me: April Fool’s 2004
4/1/2004An autoresponse, but one nonetheless. In regards to their April Fool’s joke. Thank you for contacting Google about our Copernicus Research Center. We’ve received an overwhelming response to this opportunity and are not currently accepting additional resumes. We will, however, … Continue reading →