vrypan picks interesting stuff I find on the net -my shared items.
Apple-1 Computers Jump in Value at Auctions - NYTimes.com
posted on 26/05/2013 00:25
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/technology/apple-1-computers-jump-in-value-at-auctions.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 →[…] Last November, an Apple-1, also commonly known as the Apple I, sold for $640,000 at an auction in Germany. That sale surpassed the previous record of $374,500 set only five months earlier at Sotheby’s in New York. […]
Where Tumblr Came From - Anil Dash
posted on 20/05/2013 22:25
http://dashes.com/anil/2013/05/seven-years-ago-my-wife.html →Seven years ago, my wife Alaina Browne and I were living happily in San Francisco when she went off to NYC to visit with our friends and attend a party. By the time she flew back, we were on a path that not only led to our return to New York City, but to getting a front-row seat to the birth of what would become Tumblr. Along the way, I’ve had the chance to see Tumblr from the perspective of a user, a competitor and a fan. Since so much of the conversation today is about the dollar amount of their sale, and the speculation about their future with Yahoo, I thought it’d be nice to look back at a few distinct moments in their evolution, as seen by an interested outsider. […]
Dr. Bunsen / Naming & Searching Files Part 3
posted on 20/05/2013 14:33
http://www.drbunsen.org/naming-and-searching-files-part-3/ →[…] Of all the things I’ve written on this site, I’ve received the most email about Naming and Searching Files Part 1. The most common question I get relates to how my naming methods integrate with my photography workflow. In my original post, I skirted discussing photography because I’ve found this type of data is hard to properly manage. This post extends my previously discussed naming and searching methods in the context of photos and described how these methods integrate with my photography workflow. […]
Funds are piling into Greece—and believe it or not, that’s not a bad move - Quartz
posted on 19/05/2013 22:09
http://qz.com/85001/funds-are-piling-into-greece-and-believe-it-or-not-thats-not-a-bad-move/ →It’s no secret that Greece’s economy is a mess. In the country’s sixth year of recession, unemployment is nearing 27% and 64.2% of young people are out of work. But there are signs of improvement, and investors are taking note.
I Think I Know Who Satoshi Is (by TheTedNelson)
posted on 18/05/2013 18:30
I Think I Know Who Satoshi Is (by TheTedNelson)
Space Oddity (by Chris Hadfield) A revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the ...
posted on 14/05/2013 23:16
Space Oddity (by Chris Hadfield)
A revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. (wow. WOW!)
THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace (by The Glossary)
posted on 09/05/2013 12:51
THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace (by The Glossary)
The Rise of the Hacker Space - NYTimes.com
posted on 03/05/2013 22:20
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/garden/the-rise-of-the-hacker-space.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2& →[…] Hacker spaces like MakerBar — where people gather to build or take things apart, from rockets to circuit boards to LED displays — are hives of innovation, real-world communities made possible by the emergence of virtual communities.
Businesses like Pinterest and MakerBot have grown out of hacker spaces, which have become networking venues for engineers and inventors. But at their most basic level, the 200 or so hacker spaces across the country function as a modern stand-in for the home workshop, especially in urban areas. […]
NASA - NASA and Amateur Radio Operators Piece Together the PhoneSat Picture
posted on 03/05/2013 20:03
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/PhoneSat_PHOTO_Feature.html →[…] Although the ultimate goal of the PhoneSat mission was to determine whether a consumer-grade smartphone can be used as the main flight avionics for a satellite in space, the three miniature satellites used their smartphone cameras to take pictures of Earth and transmitted these “image-data packets” to multiple ground stations. Every packet held a small piece of “the big picture.” As the data became available, the PhoneSat Team and multiple amateur ham radio operators, who call themselves “hams,” pieced together a high-resolution photograph from the tiny data packets. […]
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