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‘Supergiant’ crustacean found in deepest ocean

cms — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:40:36 +0000

‘Supergiant’ crustacean found in deepest ocean: 34cm amphipod discovered in the Kermadec Trench.

Faster Fourier Transform

cms — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:53:11 +0000

Faster Fourier Transform: MIT researchers will present a new algorithm that improves on FFT.

I knew Christopher Hitchens better than you

cms — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:52:09 +0000

I knew Christopher Hitchens better than you: Neal Pollack clearly knew him very well indeed.

Nine brains

cms — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:05:40 +0000

Deep Intellect: Inside the mind of the octopus

The cognitive benefits of chewing gum

cms — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:27:02 +0000

The cognitive benefits of chewing gum: Study shows chewing gum effectively boosts mental performance.

Ken Russell: RIP

cms — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:47:18 +0000

Ken Russell RIP: One of the ‘name’ directors that made me realise I was pretty interested in film.

Things that Turbo Pascal 3 is smaller than

cms — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:18:35 +0000

Things that Turbo Pascal 3 is smaller than: The Turbo Pascal 3.02 IDE and compiler, for MS-DOS, was an executable slightly less than 40KB in size. Here’s a list of computery things that are larger than that.

True story of the Amazon Door desk

cms — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:52:23 +0000

Nerds mythologise: The amazon door desk, Glennf was there.

jwz user support story

cms — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:02:06 +0000

jwz hands-on user support: Another one gone. I’m only just starting to realise that all this time, I’ve been blessed to live in the time of the giants.

Behind the scenes pic of the day

cms — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:22:51 +0000

Behind the scenes pick of the day: AICN archive of cute on-set photographs taken from well-loved movies.