Technology, Computers, Code
I have been waiting quite a bit for the RFU to make their podcasts available via iTunes or some other similar service. I used to listen to them but for one reason or another the… Read More »RFU Podcast feed – one that can be used!
The Grand Prince Hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo was built in the 70s and it is one of the most notable buildings in that area of the Japanese capital. At the beginning of 2011 the hotel… Read More »Step-by-step demolition of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, Tokyo
I quite like the some of the “user-friendly” features that come with OS X. But sometimes they get a bit clogged up. A point in case is the “Open With” menu that appears when any… Read More »Remove Duplicated from “Open with” in OS X
When I first heard of Sparrow, a new email client (in beta back October 2010) that used the IMAP protocol and promised to be good, minimalist e-mail interface, I was indeed interested in finding more… Read More »Fixed Problem with Sparrow Not Quitting
A couple of years ago I had a look at the state of the TIOBE index that ranks the most popular programming languages. So has C# finally dethrone C++ as THE language of the year?… Read More »Programming Language Index – version 2013
Solar energy currently provides only a quarter of a percent of the planet’s electricity supply, but the industry is growing at staggering speed. Underlying this growth is a phenomenon that solar’s supporters call Swanson’s law,… Read More »The Swanson Effect
The Peltier effect is named after Jean Charles Athanase Peltier who discovered it by accident while investigating electricity. In the eventful experiment, Peltier joined a copper and a bismuth wires together and connected them to… Read More »Peltier Effect – Sci-advent – Day 13
Ada Lovelace. Painting by Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872) Ada Augusta Byron, Countess of Lovelace, was the daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron. She studied mathematics at the University of London with Charles Babbage, whose analytical engines… Read More »Ada Lovelace – Sci-advent – Day 9
In 1849, British inventor Charles Babbage completed designs for a difference engine, a very early mechanical computer. Due to cost and complexity the machine was never built in his lifetime and for 150 years nobody knew… Read More »The Babbage Difference Engine – Sci-Advent – Day 3
