Author: Chris
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3D Printing anyone?
Now this is a novel technique to print in 3D:“Chemical origami” shrinks 2D discs into 3D objects (February 2007) – News – PhysicsWeb Most approaches rely on an addition or subtraction method. This one is more focused on morphing. The potentially interesting part about the morphing approach is that it would allow you to create…
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Glass half full?
Maybe I am being too much of an optimist, but while this guy is penniless, he also has a wife that is almost half his age. He aslo has a pretty cool place for paint ball. Boing Boing: Ruined Russian gangster’s towering log cabin
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The need for common formats is everywhere
I have been a regular user of the mind mapping technique for about 5 years, mind mapping software (from Mindjet) for thepast 3 years and a reader of the Mind Mapping Software weblog for the past year. It was with little supirse that I read this post on that blog today: The Mind Mapping Software…
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The EU speaks on the Siemens acquisition
While not an answer yet, they’e at least set a date for themselves to have an answer on whether Siemens can go ahead with the acquisition of UGS. I wonder who enforces a penalty if they miss that date 😉 EU inquiry deadline into Siemens buy of UGS set for April 30 – Forbes.com
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(Posted for a friend): Odds on new UK coach
I’m posting this for a friend who thinks he should have a blog, but for whatever reason won’t set one up. What do you think? Should Keith start his own? These are the odds of who the University of Kentucky’s new head coach will be after the departure yesterday of Tubby Smith: Billy Donovan –…
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I've used too many of these
The Vic 20, Coleco Adam, TI and Packard Bell have all graced my desk at one point or another. PC World – The 10 Worst PCs of All Time
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No juice
Simply proving that only bad news gets reported, this is the first post I have done on my HP TC4400 since I first got it. Before I get in to the bad part, let me say that this is one of the best laptops I have ever used. The keyboard is awesome and the performance…
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UGS customer wins award
.!. These guys are great customers and it seems that the Royal Automotive Club thinks they are doing great things as well. Being a diesel car (and tractor) owner now, I think the developments here (as well as the Le Mans work done by Audi) are really interesting. Award For JCB Dieselmax
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Your tax dollars at work
Now is we could just get more of our tax dollars to make Star Trek technology more available to all of us, or at least those in uniform.WIRED Blogs: Danger Room