February 2007 Webscan Archives
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February 26, 2007
- A list of numbers that are considered special. (via kottke)
- One of the design goals on the Airbus A380 engine is that the engine housing protect the aircraft and its passengers from harm if one of the fan blades breaks off. In this A380 blade off test video, you'll get to see how it's done. (via Jeremy Zawodny)
- Just for laughs: A collection of amusing road signs.
- Create beautiful speech bubbles all with CSS.
- Can't wait to try out Windows Vista but at the same time, not screwing up your Windows XP partition? No worries as this article teaches you how to install and configure Windows Vista to dual boot along with Windows XP.
- Ever wondered how does your brain tells time.
- A list of the 10 most misspelled words in blogs.
- According to a research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, a person can't tickle himself because of the cerebellum that is used to predict the sensation and this prediction is used to cancel the response of other brain areas to the tickle.
- Video: Behind the scene of what really happened when Bill Gates was leaving The Daily Show Set.
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February 25, 2007
- 101 amazing earth facts.
- Photos of the world's current and upcoming skyscrapper.
- If operating systems ran the airlines... This humorous analogy, applying operating system philosophies as if they were airlines, is a long-standing much-circulated amusing story.
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February 24, 2007
- Eyeing to fly but can't? Here's a collection of nice cockpit photos for your comfort.
- Get into the habit of good CSS coding techniques to save yourself some trouble later.
- This guy was either too bored or had an obsession with Tetris that he decided to try a test case and crash an in-flight entertainment system, much to annoyance.
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February 20, 2007
- For anyone who is interested in learning Photoshop, YouTube (and other video sites) can be a good source of free learning that you might not have thought of.
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February 19, 2007
- The importance of checking your error message.
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February 18, 2007
- A well-considered list of reasons to wait on buying Windows Vista from PC World.
- How old is my body if the cells keep renewing themselves? Skin cells are about 14 days old, Red blood cells are about 120 days old...
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February 17, 2007
- Elevator floor illusions.
- Have you ever wondered how much it's costing you to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Here are some simple calculations to help you determine the cost of leaving your PC switched on.
- Read Orwell's prediction of the status of English society (Ingsoc) in 1984, even if it's overdue a few decades.
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February 02, 2007
- Ever wondered how far are the stars? Here's a poster showing the distance from the center of the earth to the stars and planets.
- See and learn the various controls of a boeing 777 flight deck, right from your desktop.
