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The #bicymple. The bicycle, simplified. # essentially a two-wheel unicycle. Not yet convinced its real.
The bicymple. The bicycle, simplified..
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Women of the Future, 1902
http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/women-of-the-future-1902/ Complete lacking in programmer, scientist, project manager, bus driver, pilot… But journalist and politician don’t seem too far off the mark. Or have I missed the point?
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Japanese cubesat to flash Earth with Morse message • The Register
Scan the night sky next month and you may witness a rather unusual phenomenon – an tiny Japanese satellite using LEDs to beam a Morse code message earthwards. The message will come from FITSAT-1, or Niwaka, a 10cm cubed satellite weighing just 1.3kg and recently released from the from the International Space Station. Built by
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The Internet is an Oral Tradition, and Harvey Weinstein does not understand poetry
US film producer Harvey Weinstein has criticised media giants Apple and Google for making content available under the guise of “free internet”. “It’s a nonsensical idea,” he told an audience at the London Film Festival, likening the notion to helping oneself to “free shirts” in a clothing store. There’s that thing again, confusing the virtual
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In case you’ve ever needed an onomatopoeia / sound for Blocking someone on #Twitter, one exists:
*plonk* Plonk is a Usenet jargon term for adding a particular poster to one’s kill file such that the poster’s future postings are completely ignored. It was first used in 1989, and by 1994 was a commonly used term on Usenet regarding kill file additions. The word is an example of onomatopoeia, intended to humorously
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Is #SoftwareWydawnictwo related to #Hakin9 ? #leeches and #parasites, oh my!
My Polish is not up to this; I had a LinkedIn request from “eForensics Editor” …which appears to be related to this organisation: …which in association with some googling makes me think they are related to Hakin9. Presumably this is their modus operandi; get virally added to peoples’ LinkedIn accounts and then spam their contacts
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“Log” by Graham Fitkin; Piano Circus on Spotify # Heard this on R3 wednesday night, thought it Epic
Fitkin: Log by Fitkin, Graham Anthony [Composer] and Piano Circus on Spotify.