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Inventing Green « Adventures Inside the Atom, GE’s Nuclear Power Propaganda Comic
for a forthcoming book by Alexis Madrigal Adventures Inside the Atom, GE’s Nuclear Power Propaganda Comic I tell you this up front because it’s true: if you love energy and 50s naivete, you are going to love Adventures Inside the Atom, GE’s nuclear power propaganda comic. It tells the “thrilling story of man’s greatest adventure…
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How to Move Heavy Objects – Stone Sleds, Ramps, Rollers, Fulcrums, and Levers – Popular Mechanics
How to Move Heavy Objects With Simple Tools Popular Mechanics Online Big loads don’t always call for big machines. Basic know-how backed by simple tools can move almost anything. Here’s how to move boulders, lift fences and haul logs without relying on heavy machinery. The human race is industrious, but we don’t like to work…
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John Deere in Black & White | John Deere MachineFinder
Everyone seemed to enjoy our “John Deere: An HDR Gallery” post so much that we decided another collection of John Deere images was in order. More befitting of our heritage and modest roots, these black & white photographs lend a certain sense of nostalgia to the John Deere name. Many of the photos aren’t simply…
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John Deere: An HDR Gallery
172 years of John Deere: An HDR Gallery (25 Photos) @MachineFinder.com 172 years of manufacturing the industry’s best agriculture and farm equipment has left John Deere with no shortage of loyal customers. John Deere fans worldwide have an unmatched affection for their tractors and our other products. As a result, a simple Google image search…
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5 Tips for Raising Your Girl Geek | GeekDad | Wired.com
5 Tips for Raising Your Girl Geek Photo: Girl Genius, Studio Foglio LLC As geek parents, we often have rosy colored notions about our children growing up. We actually want them to be geeks. From the earliest of ages we dress them in WoW gear, teach them to quote Star Wars and wonder when is…
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A Brief History of the Hells Angels – @TIME.com
A Brief History of The Hells Angels Members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club rally in Muenster, Germany. A tide of tattoos, leather and thousands of thundering Harleys will surge… Despite its fame and long history, there is much about the Angels that remains shrouded in mystery…. Digg: http://digg.com/u39uLy Stumble: http://su.pr/9YVvNJ Tweet: Hells Angels History…
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How to build a desktop WYSIWYG editor with WebKit and HTML 5 – Ars Technica
How to build a desktop WYSIWYG editor with WebKit and HTML 5Web technologies are increasingly being used on the desktop to bring richer user interfaces to conventional applications. In this tutorial we will show you how to use the WebKit HTML renderer alongside native GTK+ widgets to make a desktop WYSIWYG editor with Python. A…
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Teaching Kids About Web Literacy | GeekDad | Wired.com
Teaching Kids About Web Literacy via Teaching Kids About Web Literacy | GeekDad | Wired.com. Image: http://www.freefoto.com Cory Doctorow has a great essay at Internet Evolution about the problems with censorware and more effective ways to teach kids how to be safe and responsible web citizens. I teach high school and I know first hand…