If you knew Office 2003, you probably discovered that Office 2010 made user interface changes that offered “negative benefits” (how do you like that euphemism?). Well according to user interface guru, Jakob Nielsen: Windows 8 was more suitable for tablet
Category: Engineering
Watching the F-35 in Action
Watch a brief video of the new F-35 taking off and landing on the USS Wasp aircraft carrier… pretty snazzy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki86x1WKPmE[/youtube] Hat tip to Joe K.
Some of Murphy’s Laws
Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible
How Important are Your Vitamins?
It’s a topic on your mind these days: Can Vitamin D Solve All Your Problems?
Large Oil Platforms
Check out this photo of an off-shore oil derrick in the North Sea… pretty incredible.
Advances in Physics
An interesting explanation of the “God particle”…
Blue Angels Overhead
With the Dayton Air Show this weekend, we had the US Navy Blue Angels flying their F-18 jets right over our house. I caught a few photos of the airplanes during their low-level pass with my Canon Digital Rebel XT.
Windows Errors
Have you ever seen this dialog when using Windows?
Solar Powered Jet Fighters?
We all know how important it is to control climate change (sarcasm). Well, the Obama administration obligated $70 billion for the defense department to spend on climate technologies. This cartoon sums it up nicely:
Patent Trolling
This cartoon nicely summarizes the problems with the current patent system…