Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
Recommended Links for WordPress
January 4th, 2012Nathaniel Taintor, of Golden Apples Design, is now actively developing Recommended Links for WordPress. This plugin will allow WordPress administrators to offer Reddit-like social news functionality to their existing users. For years, I have struggled to offer Cryptogon readers a good way of sharing links with me and each other. Reddit is an open air […]
Raspberry Pi Cases
December 31st, 2011Hint to any enterprising Cryptogon readers out there: People are already searching for cases for the inexpensive Raspberry Pi computers. Google is sending people who are searching for those cases—which I don’t think exist yet—to Cryptogon.
Ten Plotlines You’ll Find in Science Fiction — Over and Over Again
December 28th, 2011This topic needs a far weirder treatment than the khaki-clad nine-to-fivers at io9 are capable of providing. Maybe Brainsturbator will do this properly someday. For an unabridged version, see Secret Sun. Via: io9: Science fiction is a genre of limitless possibilities, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few ideas writers keep coming back to […]
Contributions from American Expatriates to Ron Paul’s Presidential Campaign
December 19th, 2011FYI for American expatriates: If you want to contribute money to Ron Paul’s campaign, here’s what you need to do. Send an email to Finance Director, John McCardell (johnm@ronpaul2012.com) stating that you are an American citizen living abroad, then call him at 703-563-6130.
Radiologist Makes Almost Exact Copy of Antique Stradivarius Violin
November 30th, 2011Via: BBC: A Stradivarius violin has been “recreated” using an X-ray scanner normally used to detect cancers and injuries, according to researchers. The US-based group used a computerised axial tomography (CAT) scanner on the 307-year-old instrument to reveal its secrets. They then used the data recovered to build “nearly exact copies”. The team said the […]
Amazon Kindle DX
November 24th, 2011If you have been waiting for an excuse to buy the Kindle DX (the one with the big screen), Amazon just knocked $120 off the regular price. I saw this when I logged into my Amazon Associates account. It said that this promotion ends 11/28.
New Zealand: Keep MMP
November 1st, 2011There are some very dangerous crooks in New Zealand who want to get rid of MMP. Don’t let that happen. Via: Campaign for MMP: At the 2011 general election New Zealanders will be asked to vote on whether to keep MMP as our voting system. MMP is the fairest and most representative voting system available […]
Near-Perfect Young Dinosaur Fossil Found in Bavaria
October 23rd, 2011Via: Spiegel: German paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the best-preserved dinosaur skeleton ever found in Europe. Some 98 percent of the fossil found in the southern state of Bavaria is intact, and it will soon be placed on display for a short time in Munich. The discovery of young, unnamed dinosaur fossils is […]
Quantum Locking
October 18th, 2011Via: YouTube:
Major Manufacturers Have Ceased Production of New Motion Picture Film Cameras
October 16th, 2011Via: Salon: We might as well call it: Cinema as we knew it is dead. An article at the moviemaking technology website Creative Cow reports that the three major manufacturers of motion picture film cameras — Aaton, ARRI and Panavision — have all ceased production of new cameras within the last year, and will only […]
