• Earthrise

    I sincerely hope this works.  If it does, you can see the earth rising over the moon, from about 100K above the moon’s surface.  From this Register article. Shame – that embedded object didn’t work.  You can still see the movie by using the link above, or by visiting it directly, here. [EDIT : I’ve added a

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  • 10 Things I Hate About Macs

    I used to use a Mac Mini for streaming movies to my TV. Now, I’ve tried to use it for more than this, but time and time again, I hit an Apple induced road hazard. Eventually, I just thought to myself, “why bother?”. I already have my Ubuntu laptop and workstation for the stuff I

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  • 11 Ways Nautilus Could be Improved

    Yep, okay, I admit it – this was originally called “11 Things I Hate About Nautilus”. But when I think about it a little longer, so that the adrenaline fueled red-mist dies down a little, I don’t actually hate Nautilus. In fact, I really, really like it. It’s because I like it so much that the

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  • CIS 07

    I… don’t… believe it. We went to Hampden and didn´t come away dejected and spent. It’s almost a first for the Hibees, and in sixteen years (so they say) it is. We took the 4-In-Hand bus through at 10am on Sunday 18th March, stopped off at the Lawburn Inn in Cambuslang, then made the final

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  • Armageddon!

    An old classic. Sadly, not true, but done so brilliantly that I just don’t care. https://www.scaine.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/armegeddon.wav And the transcript : Direct from the LA Times: “In retrospect, lighting the match was my big mistake. But I was only trying to retrieve the gerbil,” Eric Tomaszewski told bemused doctors in the Severe Burns Unit of Salt

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