Thursday, November 20, 2008

Copernicus Found





Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found
Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Monty Python YouTube Channel





I really never expected it, but they threw up their own stuff.
A nice intro video, too.


YouTube - MontyPython's Channel

Monday, November 17, 2008

A project management joke


Send it to the PMP in your life.

The Manager FAQ : programming
Three men: a project manager, a software engineer, and a hardware engineer are working on a project.

About midweek they decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would grant you 3 wishes, but since there are 3 of you, I will grant you each one wish."

The hardware engineer went first. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living in a huge house in St. Thomas, with no money worries and surrounded by beautiful women who worship me." The genie granted him his wish and sent him on off to St. Thomas.

The software engineer went next. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living on a huge yacht cruising the Mediterranean, with no money worries and surrounded by beautiful women who worship me." The genie granted him his wish and sent him off to the Mediterranean.

Last, but not least, it was the project manager's turn. "And what would your wish be?" asked the genie.

"I want them both back after lunch" replied the project manager.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Hobbit on NOVA






The show provides an excellent summary of the findings.
See it in Quicktime, here:

NOVA | Alien From Earth | Watch the Program | PBS

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

From Cave Paintings to the Internets


This timeline site  chronicles developments in information storage.  There are a lot of important and interesting tidbits to be found, along with greatest hits like the Dead Sea Scrolls.


From Cave Paintings to the Internet: 70,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE Timeline

Friday, November 7, 2008

SongBird 1.0.0 RC1 build available.

As reported by SlashDot:

Nightly Builds - Songbird Wiki
All of the features for our first official 1.0.0 release candidate are code-complete and we're now on a bug hunt! Check out the cool new stuff by grabbing the rc1 build below, and please let us know if you have any issues. Please also review the Release Notes for known issues.

And check out the change to the icon: