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The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Without us on the Earth, what traces of us would linger? What would disappear?
books  environment  history  interesting  science  scifi 
august 2007 by ulrichp
Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century.
Here’s the story of how scientists unlocked the secrets of the worst natural disaster in the history of the West African nation of Cameroon… and what they’re doing to try and stop it from happening again.
chemistry  environment  history  interesting  news  science  trivia 
may 2007 by ulrichp
Fogonazos: Centralia, the mouth of Hell
"In 1962, a little fire in Centralia (Pennsylvania) migrated into an exposed vein of anthracite coal under the town."
environment  video  photography  interesting 
march 2007 by ulrichp
This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk
"Wayne is the odds-on favorite to win the challenge, in which drivers compete to push the automotive limits not of speed and power—a desire those gathered here consider old-fashioned and wasteful—but for the unsexy title of Most Fuel-Efficient Driver
cars  economics  engineering  environment  news  science  interesting 
march 2007 by ulrichp
Build a Green PC
ExtremeTech covers how to build an everyday-use PC (for about two grand) that will also save the Earth a little bit.
computers  diy  environment  hacks  hardware  howto  technology  interesting 
march 2007 by ulrichp
Processing 1.0 (BETA)
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound.
development  education  electronics  environment  games  art  interesting  java  javascript  linux  unix  windows  mac  science  math  music  tools 
january 2007 by ulrichp
seattlepi.com: Federal Way schools restrict Gore film
... "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."
environment  news  politics  religion  wtf  idiocy 
january 2007 by ulrichp
The Croquet Project
I've seen virtual reality, and it is apparently written in Smalltalk.
architecture  computers  environment  games  groupware  internet  linux  mac  windows  work  tools  todo  technology  project  software  space  opensource  web3.0  development 
july 2006 by ulrichp

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