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Not to be confused with Google’s Chrome web browser, or its mobile phone platform, Chrome OS is Google’s web centric operating system for laptops and desktops.  Lifehacker has a great preview worth checking.

ZingIT @ Ignite A2

In: Good Stuff

16 Nov 2009

Had you gone, you could’ve learned how to impress your friends with sick rope twirling tricks. So don’t miss Ignite A2 #3 in March!

Google is sponsoring free wifi at 47 airports across the US now until Jan 15th.  Accompanying it is a photo contest as well as matching donations up to $250,000 from Google to participating non-profits. Unfortunately, DTW is not one of the participating airports. See details and participants.

Microsoft is providing a free download of its Security Essentials suite for workstations running Windows XP and above. We’ve seen some piddly tools from MS before, such as their Malicious Software Removal Tool but this seems to be the real deal. via Lifehacker The release of Microsoft Security Essentials has changed the landscape of antivirus [...]

A welcome update meant to fix numerous issues… # an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account # an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly # Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts # creation of mobile accounts for Active Directory users And a fix for a [...]

Loafers

In: Food|Good Stuff

5 Nov 2009

Shoes made of bread.  Flavorful and fashionable. Via LikeCool

Open Everything

In: Good Stuff

2 Nov 2009

Open Everything: Ann Arbor is a one-night ‘unconference’ bringing together people interested or involved in applying the principles of openness, transparency, and collaboration to the businesses, organizations, and networks we are a part of. Notes from the event: Session #1 – Open Content / Open Publishing Down with $150 textbooks. How can we produce high-quality [...]

This is the art of Liu Bolin.  He uses paint, and only paint – no trick photography or Photoshop – like camouflage to turn himself nearly invisible.   See The Telegraph’s slide show for more images & info.

A very belated bit of blog bric-a-brac: What causes these long, strange clouds? No one is sure. A rare type of cloud known as a Morning Glory cloud can stretch 1,000 kilometers long and occur at altitudes up to two kilometers high. Although similar roll clouds have been seen at specific places across the world, [...]

“This is a mosaic I did using those Benjamin Moore paint chips you can get from hardware stores. After a lot of time, patience, photoshop, and numerous trips to ACE hardware, I was finally able to finish.. -Nite Kongtahworn . ” Via re-nest.com


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