Oct 31st, 2007
Here be a map of the entier Internet. Yep, the whole of the world’s widest web. I kid you not, this is a bit of graphics and programming genius. They’ve taken 4,294,967,296 IP Addresses from database snapshots. You can zoom into it and browse around just like you would Google maps. Very cool indeed. Read more about it on them there’s web site.
Oct 30th, 2007
Scientists are just beginning to understand the use of the often removed appendix, deemed for a long time as a useless organ in humans. Apparently the appendix is a good safehouse for useful bacteria. When a deadly disease strikes such as cholera, it can wipe out the millions of bacteria in the gut that human beings need to survive. The appendix becomes vital in these cases and functions to reboot the system and repopulate the bacteria in our system. I just listened to a gut wrenching conversation about the millions of bacteria in our guts, so many are they that they outnumber our own cells! Someone was quoted as saying that human beings are infact mechanisms for colonies of bacteria. Puts things in perspective doesn’t it? Listen to the conversation here.
Oct 26th, 2007
Apple released their latest (and greatest) operating system, OS X Leapord. I can hardly wait to get a Mac. I’ve been dreaming about it since last year. I watched a guided tour on the Apple web site. It looks incredibly slick and irresistable. Read the TechCrunch review. A MacBook Pro is about US$2500. Gotta start saving up for it!
Oct 26th, 2007
Amidst a row of burned houses on either side, check out the unburned lucky house. Makes you wonder whether the people who owned this house were just randomly lucky or if they did or didn’t do something.
