Technology: March 2008 Archives
Ephemeral Isle: Vanguard: World's Oldest Spacecraft
Sure, the Commies had Sputnik up first, but ours has stayed up the longest -- half a century.
compfight / a flickrâ„¢ search tool
Uses the flickr API to find photos relevant to a topic, and you can filter for images that are under Creative Commons and available for reuse. (Via Mister Snitch!)
TechCrunch: Charlie Rose Face Plants To Save His MacBook Air
PBS interviewer Charlie Rose bleeds for his Mac. "Rose tripped in a pothole.... He was carrying a newly purchased MacBook Air and made a quick (but ultimately flawed) decision while falling: sacrifice the face, protect the computer." (Via Mister Snitch!)
XSPF Web Music Player (Flash) - Plays MP3 on your website
At long last! An open-source embedded audio player. Will it work? You may find out later tonight.
TreoFaq: Ringtones and the Treo
How to convert an audio file into a custom ringtone for a Treo 650. (It really works.)
Who needs security when you have a robot? | ajc.com
The owner of O'Terrill's Irish Pub in downtown Atlanta has built a robot to shoo away vagrants and drug dealers loitering on his property and that of a nearby daycare center. The robot has a bright spotlight, a sound system tied to the owner's walkie-talkie, and a low-power water cannon. "Terrill says deploying the robot has helped keep crime in check, preventing car break-ins and drug deals and stopping vandals from trashing the day care center." Here's video of the "Bum-Bot" in action. (Via Engadget and Ace.)
flightglobal.com: Seattle-area politicians seething over Boeing tanker defeat
Bad news for Boeing, good news for Mobile, Ala.: The US Air Force picked the Northrup Grumman KC-45A as the next-generation aerial refueling aircraft. The KC-45A will be based on the Airbus A330. The Mobile facility, the former Brookley Air Force Base, which closed in the late '60s, will also be used for final assembly of the freighter version of the A330, bringing about 1800 jobs to Mobile.
Beyond Binary: Microsoft chops Vista retail prices
Microsoft thinks Vista sales are lagging because of price and hardware requirements, so they're lowering the price. The real flaw in Vista is that it was created to fix problems not for the end-user, but for the music and video industry. (Via Mister Snitch.)
