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High Speed Photography

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This is geek photography at its best.

This photography/engineer created the laser trigger and 500 microsecond flash to get those amazing high-speed shots.

August 15, 2008 Posted by | Geeks and Gadgetry, Photography, Science and Technology | Comments Off

Bacon in a Can

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Any brave volunteers out there that want to give this stuff a shot and report back to us (from the hospital)?

It’s worth checking out Gizmodo’s 10 Gadgets For Guys Who Hate To Cook — where I found the above.

via MREdepot via Gizmodo

August 15, 2008 Posted by | Humor, Oddities | Comments Off

Hacking an Interview


Though this is presented as a how-to for technical interviews, I believe that the content of this 5-minute presentation can be applied to all interviews (and social situations!).

It’s plainly obvious that technical merit alone will not land you a job. For all of you interviewers/managers out there: What’s the percentage breakdown of merit vs. personality for your ideal candidate?

via Lifehacker

August 15, 2008 Posted by | How-To, Philosophy, Video | 1 Comment

What’s Keeping Me?

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I think that a universal operating system law should go into effect that requires OS developers to notify the user exactly which process or program has its vice-like grip on the file/folder you want to delete (or the device you want to eject).

Luckily, there are handy little apps like What’s Keeping Me (for OS X) that help you out of these annoying situations.

August 15, 2008 Posted by | Mac, Software | Comments Off

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