Happy 60th Transistor
December 16, 2007 was the 60th anniversary of the invention of the point transfer transistor. Forbes has an articlehttp://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/12/15/transister-creation-anniversa…; on it.
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This Is Just So Wrong
Holosonicshttp://www.holosonics.com/">Holosonics; is called the "audio spotlight" because it can project sound directly into your head, claiming that it is inaudible just a step away.
Come In, Rangoon!
Bagheera likes the R601W">http://www.questforsound.com/tuners/tuners_R601PW.htm">R601W Tube Hi-Fi FM/AM Classic Radio. What's not to like? It's tubed, has a walnut cabinet, and she looks good on it.
Dedication
Huckleberry keeps his kitty velcro very sharp.
Man, the Tool Using Animal
As the son of a hardware store owner, I'd call us men, the tool hoarding animals. According to a recent archeological find in Jordan, not">http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/13/ancient-toolkit.html?dcitc=w19… much has changed in 14,000 years.
Heavenly Bodies
Satellites, it turns out, are more">http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/12313846.html">more diverse (read: weirder) than the planets they orbit.
Ike Turner: 1931–2007
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Terry Pratchett: "I'm Not Dead"
That, unfortunately, is the good news at Discworld">http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html">Discworld News. Pratchett announces that he has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
Clear Language
"Jack" Cappon has died. If you're a writer, you'll probably know him as the author of one of the best books ever written on how to write good: The Word: An Associated Press Guide to Good News Writing.
Everybody Loves Mazes
The Beeb spells out precisely why DRM is anticonsumerhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7136527.stm">anticonsumer;.