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The WarGames IMSAI

jtron — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:35:30 -0800

A (too?) in-depth article on the IMSAI 8080 featured in the movie WarGames. [more IMSAI images and info at 1000bit, the Obsolete Computer Museum, Erik Klein's Vintage Computers, and good ole' Wikipedia]

Wikipedia articles that are too technical.

loquacious — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:36:29 -0800

Tonight I present to you Wikipedia articles that are too technical. Warning: Your brain may explode.

Inside Out

loquacious — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:18:42 -0800

Inside Out A topographical bedtime story. (Warning, contains spheres!)

Telephone Central Office / Exchange Name Histories

loquacious — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:03:56 -0800

Telephone Central Office Histories - A fascinating collection of personal anecdotes and histories about telephony from the US and around the world, from The Telephone Exchange Name Project. Coral Cache links -1- -2- (via)

COFFEE! LASER!!

loquacious — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:33:07 -0800

Coffee + laser = instant awesome!

Physics simulators. Lots of physics simulators.

loquacious — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:47:41 -0800

PhET - Physics Education Technology offers this astoundingly large library of online physics simulations. Play orbital billiards. Land on a cheesy moon. Experiment with sound. Or try more advanced quantum physics simulators. Still bored? Try the "cutting edge" catagory. Here's the complete index. (Warnings: Frames, Flash, Javascript, Java applets, graphics, sound, quantum timesuck.)

High Speed Slow Motion Video Gallery

loquacious — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:52:57 -0800

Please now enjoy this ginormous gallery of slow motion videos from a high speed digital camera.

Unusual oddness at Wikipedia.

loquacious — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:50:56 -0800

The Wikipedia List of Unusual Articles. Including popular favorites such as Raining Animals, Penis Panic, The Utah Teapot, The Jesus Nut, The Mexican Perforation, and The Liver-Eating Johnson. But wait, there's more! Sweater Curse! Turtles All The Way Down! Acoustic Kitty! (Seriously, WTF CIA?) The Ding Hai Effect. Blue Peacock, the Chicken Powered Nuclear Bomb. Chess-Related Deaths, ETAOIN SHRDLU, Alien Hand Syndrome, Colors of Noise, Drake's Plate of Brass, and Mole Day. Click now and they'll also include List of Songs in English Labled the Worst Ever and the List of Songs Whose Title Constitutes The Entire Lyrics free of charge!! Had enough? Succumb to the Flynn Effect but watch out for Exploding Head Syndrome!

Wired: What We Don't Know

loquacious — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:07:28 -0800

Wired: What We Don't Know How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? Is the universe actually made of information? How does the brain produce consciousness? Why do we still have big questions? 42 of the biggest unanswered questions in science.

Unique aircraft testing videos.

loquacious — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:24:07 -0800

Load testing a Boeing 777 wing. To failure! Also, engine testing, and maximum rejected takeoff.