20 May, 2011
Posted by: Urban In: english
It appears that Dr. Strangelove in the movie with the same title1 also uses the Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer slide rule in a scene or two. I just spotted it (and I have proof: see two screen grabs below, around 01h25 in the movie). So now I can add a tagline to Nuke Effects: As [...]
Nuke Effects, an iPad version of the once famous Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer just hit the App Store. From the Nuke Effects description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1960s, when the Cold War was at its peak and the world’s two superpowers were locked in a nuclear arms race, the U.S. Government Printing Office published a handy slide rule for [...]
My home server is an old EEE 701 netbook with a 2TB WD elements attached. My selection process was mostly guided by three factors: I wanted a small and silent system with low power consumption. I was considering many alternatives, among them a PC Engines Alix machine (500MHz Geode + 256MB RAM) with only 3-5 watts of power consumption, but eventually I [...]
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 [...]
04 May, 2011
Posted by: Urban In: misc
Ko se mi posluša glasba in mi gre po glavi kak komad, si ga najprej poiščem na Youtubu. Potem brž alt-tabnem stran in se zatopim v druge zadeve. Ko je muzike konec, sledi zlovešča tišina, ki je najprej niti ne opazim. Nato sem jezen sam nase, ker je nisem takoj opazil, in se z muko [...]