07 Feb, 2012
Posted by: Urban In: misc
As it happens, on June 6 2012 we’ll have another one of those rare Venus transits. This means that the Venus will pass directly in front of the Sun, similarly to an eclipse (however, Venus is so small you won’t even notice it without special equipment). This is the second transit in the last 8 years, and [...]
15 Jan, 2012
Posted by: Urban In: misc
The agony has gone on long enough: from an idea in 2006, to a proof of concept in mid-2007, a business plan and a hopes of a start-up (under the name of Tucana, d.o.o.) in 2008, directly to the dustbin of history. I’ve just pulled the plug and shut it down. Its ideas were good: [...]
15 Nov, 2011
Posted by: Urban In: misc
I wanted this because the 7200 RPM disk that shipped with HP Microserver makes an annoying metallic noise when spinning. USB key is quieter, greener and frees an additional disk bay. Also, Microserver has an extra USB slot inside the chasis just for this purpose. However, the operation was not as simple as I thought1 — [...]
19 Jul, 2011
Posted by: Urban In: misc
Ko smo se potikali po ZDA, sem večkrat zataval v knjigarno Borders, ki je s svojim umirjenim ambientom, bolj podobnim knjižnici, kot pa knjigarni, predstavljala oazo sredi hektičnega mesta. Klima, zastonj internet in vse knjige, ki jih je poželelo srce, tako da sploh nisem vedel kaj bi prej vzel v roke; večkrat sem se zalotil [...]
11 May, 2011
Posted by: Urban In: misc
V spodnjem predavanju (1.5h) avtor razlaga večino “civilizacijskih bolezni” z enim samim krivcem: fruktozo. Najbrž ne škodi, da je dober govornik, ampak argumenti, ki jih predstavi, so precej smiselni. Fruktoza je ogljikov hidrat, ki sladkorju daje sladek okus. Namizni sladkor (saharoza) je sestavljen iz ene molekule glukoze (dobra za nas, ker jo lahko metabolizira praktično [...]