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(link) Tuesday, 8-September-2009 03:15:49 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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If you find yourself stuck in a life-threatening situation, and you find your phone has a strong signal, the trick is to ring for help, not update your facebook status. The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) says it is worrying that two girls lost last night in a stormwater drain raised the alert on a social networking site rather than ringing 000.
You'll be greatly saddened to hear that Geocities is closing. If you do not download your files and images before October 26, 2009, you will no longer be able to access that data. After October 26, your GeoCities files will be deleted from our servers, and will not be recoverable. It's as if a million animated gifs cried out at once.. and then were silent.
LegitReviews have a guide to building a mini-ITX system using nVIDIA's ION. Building a mini-ITX computer system is a popular topic these days and for good reason. The form factor is very small, a wide selection of platforms is available and the component pricing is fairly decent. This build guide will quickly go through the steps of building a mini-ITX build from out of the box to completion. Lots of this kind of stuff in our Portable & SFF Forum at the moment.
One of the oldest computers in the UK (and presumably the world) is to be restored to working order. The computer, which was designed in 1949, first ran in 1951 and was designed to perform mathematical calculations; it lasted until 1973. When first built the 2.4m x 5m computer was state-of-the-art, although it was superseded by transistor-based systems.
That "I'm beached as, bro!" thing that was doing the rounds months ago seems to have spawned a TV show on the ABC. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. I guess you can find out on ABC2 on Thursday, or ABC1 in late October, according to the website.
Koopz reminded me of this video which my Dad had actually told me to go looking for. Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine's version of "America's Got Talent." She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII. This was amazing, sobering, and deeply saddening all in the same moment.
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