How I lost my wifi and learnt to live without it (before it came back to me)
Image from www.techradar.com Part 1: Shock and terror The one year warranty on my shiny, sleek and awesome Toshiba Ultraboo......
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Acer Perspire One!
M odern technology Owes ecology An apology. -- Alan M. Eddison--- In light of recent developments with my Acer Aspire One, I think modern te......
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The ebu gogo of Flores - an unfinished story
The locals knew of them as the ebu gogo , the 'grandmother who eats everything'. At first glance, it appeared to be one of those countles......
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Worst jobs in science - almost there!
Popular Science magazine did a highly imaginative story recently on the so-called 'worst jobs in science'. I thought it was a pretty i......
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Capricious hair and disappearing Yetis - how the Goral lost its range!
So, the Yeti ( mande burung ) hair turned out to be from a goat. Everyone knows that by now. Just a case of false alarm, huh? It was just a......
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Ballet dancing flies and the freedom of scientific research
DISCOVER magazine is one of the best reads on the latest happenings in the world of science and technology. There are always a range of in......
15 Years Ago
