Glass Wings Blog: August 2004

Fun with Cliches

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:39:06 +1000

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
I've been getting a good giggle out of this:

The Cliche Finder
http://westegg.com/cliche/

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Space travel goes sailing

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:01:26 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Space travel goes sailing

Tim Radford, science editor
Monday August 16, 2004
The Guardian

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Combat robots wow crowds

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:03:51 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Combat robots wow crowds
17:00 16 August 04
NewScientist.com news service

A robot fighting contest that draws huge crowds in Japan each year has

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Beam me up Scotty in its infancy?

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:46:28 -0700

"Linda Page" <lindapage [at] earthlink.net>

Linda Page
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3576594.stm



"Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake.

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Beautiful computer art

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:11:06 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Persistence of Vision 10th anniversary Hall of Fame:

http://www.povcomp.com/hof/

Very impressive!

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Interesting John Gilmore interview

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:01:18 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
John Gilmore on inflight activism, spam and sarongs

posted by mpawlo on Wednesday August 18, @09:08AM
from the interesting-people dept.

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Origami

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:07:32 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Joseph Wu Origami:
http://www.origami.as/

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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Recovering coral reefs

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:02:46 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
A Solution for Corals in Peril
http://globalcoral.org/Solution%20for%20Corals%20in%20Peril.htm

(This website has lots more information about Coral Reefs, which are
ALL endangered globally, including lots of beautiful photos.)

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Astronomy picture of the day: The Earth at Night

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:25:21 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Astronomy Picture of the Day
2004 August 22
Earth at Night

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html

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Hybrid-Electric addon for ordinary cars

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:07:06 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
The ELECTROCHARGER is a power adder that takes the place of your
alternator and runs in parallel with the engine and all of it's
modifications and increases the initial acceleration rate of your
vehicle from idle, which provides faster acceleration and power right
off the line.

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Space Houses on Earth

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:08:22 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
SpaceHouse

The idea of designing a 'SpaceHouse' for use on Earth was actually born
five years ago, just after the large earthquake in Izmit, Turkey in
1999. “We started wondering whether some of our advanced technologies

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Software Freedom Day

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:41:22 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
28 August was the first annual Software Freedom Day:

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) comes with the right to use it for
any purpose, including commercial use. Anyone has the right and access
to examine the programs' designs, in the form of source code, and make

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Jet-powered wheelchair surprise

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 04:08:42 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Jet-powered wheelchair surprise

Giuseppe Cannella had a big surprise for his mother-in-law when he put
a jet engine on the back of her wheelchair.

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