Galileo status
The Economist covers the current status of Galileo, a European Union system similar to our Global Positioning System....
January 2004 archives
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Imaginary girlfriend
Would you like to pretend you have a girlfriend? There are over 60 women on eBay right now willing to be your imaginary girlfriend: write letters, talk on the phone, instant message, and even send underwear to the highest bidder. Most offer 4-8 week terms and include a break-up letter detailing how sad she is to see you go. Sounds like a great job for writers looking for work. Just create a fantasy and take in the money. Thank you Jason Kottke for the link....
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Search engine relationship chart
Bruce Clay has a search engine relationship chart graphically illustrating (Flash) the relationships between many manjor search engines....
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Torrentz BitTorrent directory
Torrentz.com lists files available for distribution using BitTorrent. You can pull down entire Simpsons seasons!...
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Hektor the spray paint robot
Jürg Lehni and Uli Franke of the Czech Republic created Hektor, a robot that spray paints an Illustrator image onto a flat vertical surface....
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Joel Spolsky on Resumes
Joel's latest article is about what he is going through sorting through hundreds of applications for two internship positions open this summer at his company, Fog Creek Software. Joel offers some good advice on what not to do. I was hoping he would go into more detail about what does catch his eye in the résumé process. Fog Creek Software reads through résumés by hand, other companies parse and rank. One of the reasons I moved my weblog over to my domain is that I wanted to associate all of my work in one location. If someone sees an e-mail...
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Opportunity lands on Mars
Opportunity landed last night and communicated back to Earth. It is on its side, 15 miles off the center of its target in Meridiani Planum. Arnold Schwarzenegger was at JPL to cheer everyone on. Total Recall takes place in 2084. If we do get to Mars in person by 2030, it would not be unheard of for someone like Coohagen to have the planet organized as a business 50 years later....
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Bill Gates, honorary knight
Buckingham Palace is expected to announce tomorrow the planned knighthood of Bill Gates of Microsoft....
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Haloscan comments moved
If you ever commented on a post at my old blog, I now moved the post to be a part of my new blog and its entries. The submit dates are off, but the main goal is to participate in a conversation. If you would rather have the comment removed just let me know....
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RFID on the soccer field
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Germany (yes, the MP3 and AAC people) is working on an RFID system for soccer balls and jerseys. The chip embedded in the ball has been worked down to the size of a fingernail. The biggest problem right now is suspending the chip in the middle of the ball to measure acceleration and protect against being pummeled as part of the outer skin. An article in German is available here, or you can use Google for the English translation. This technology would be a great coaching tool. Right now in pro soccer there...
