August 23, 2010 11:44am by swood | 
It’s a fine new science museum in Hartford, CT. We visited yesterday and had a pretty good time. It’s unique in that it’s a very “urban” museum. By this I mean it’s vertical. It’s like a skyscraper with a central bank of glass elevators. Each floor houses 1 or two fairly large exhibit rooms [...]
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More than 1 billion coins sit in storage The U.S. Mint claims that the American public is resistant to dollar coins and refuses to use them. While in general I understand that comment, from a practical perspective I’m not resistant at all. I just never get them as change. What am I supposed [...] Wow, I just learned about this software called Soluto. It bills itself as “anti-frustration” software. Basically it uses the power of the masses to figure out just exactly why your PC appears to slow down the longer you use it. It will tell you which applications are causing problems and give you ideas regarding [...] Racing over New York Harbor I’m getting really excited about going to the Red Bull Air Race in New York City. This is the first time I will be attending an event of this kind. I became a fan via Facebook and have been exposed to a bunch of videos from ongoing events [...] I’ve recently gotten into kayaking in the past year, so I’m still acquiring equipment that goes along with any new activity. Safe boating requires safety equipment. I’m usually torn when it comes to purchasing safety equipment because 1) it usually looks and acts cool. Knives are cool, flares are cool, etc. But 2) you [...] Everyone should prepare a time travel survival kit just in case you suddenly find yourself transported back in time. I mean, wouldn’t it suck if you were sent back to 1400 and didn’t know or remember how to create any of the simple things that we take for granted every day? This t-shirt will [...] I have a hard enough time talking to a real person on the phone. Imagine a stream of “face-to-face” video chats with complete strangers! That’s what you get with the hottest new web toy. Simply plug in your web cam and go to chatroulette.com. Click the Play button and you will be connected a [...] Prepare for the apocalypse with bacon! Survive the zombie hoards of 2020 while holed up in your bunker feasting on bacon fresh from the can. This tasty and apocalyptically nutritious treat will be good to go once computers gain sentience. Combat ready bacon Available at ThinkGeek.com and (most likely) other fine [...] Repair tips for your scratched iPad display screen. Of course, the very first thing you need to do upon purchasing an iPad is to also purchase some screen protection. Let’s assume that you failed to do so. Here are some of the most useful techniques for repairing iPhone and iPod touch displays, which are [...] The Ooine tag-line claims that we enjoy clever automata. We are sure that many of you have wondered about that. Well wonder no longer! Here, for your pleasure, is a fine example of a clever automaton. You’re welcome. |
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