Technology: August 2008 Archives

My Hard Drive Died | Scott A. Moulton

How a hard drive works, how it can fail, and what can be done (in some cases) to recover the data.

Mandible Games: How I recovered my hard drive by double-boiling it

Really. With photos.

MyITkb.net : open Excel 2007 spreadsheets in different windows on XP

Dealing with a major Excel annoyance.

The Periodic Table of Videos - University of Nottingham

From hydrogen to ununoctium, a periodic table of elements, with each cell linked to a short video about that element by a professor with stereotypical mad-scientist hair. (Via Club for Growth.)