Author: John
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Calkoo: Free Online Calculators for Just About Everything
On Calkoo you will find calculators for practically any purpose. Whether you are preparing a business plan for your start-up company and need to calculate the NPV for an investment, or perhaps you’re trying to compare fuel efficiency of several cars you are considering buying – check them out!
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The Quantified Self and OpenYou.Org
I ran across OpenYou dealing with hacking health hardware. A subject we are sure to spend more time on over hte next few years. About OpenYou OpenYou.org seeks to be a central resource for news about open source development on health hardware. It provides lists of libraries and applications from the open source community, to…
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Droid or iPhone?
Yes, I have them both. Of course both are fine. I use my Droid because I want to be like my son, or is it that I don’t use an iPhone to not be like my Dad. From the Mercury News: New studies highlight app gap between Apple, Android: As Google and Apple continue their…
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Open Book: Managing Your eBook Collection With Calibre
I am having fun with my Kindle Fire and reading this to make sure I can use Calibre. Sometimes I have time to learn on my own, sometimes I like to race along. Open Book: Managing Your eBook Collection With Calibre
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Sugru: Fixing My Dishwasher
In the interests of full disclosure I have to admit I have let the dishwasher go too long. But I had to toss out a perfectly good dishwasher just because the racks are gone, then my spouse reminds me the soap dish is wrong and as new owners are expected within the year, they will…
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How algorithms shape our world
Kevin Slavin argues that we’re living in a world designed for — and increasingly controlled by — algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can’t understand, with implications we can’t…
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Today’s Android App: AirDroid
AirDroid is a fast, free app that lets you wirelessly manage & control your Android device from a web browser Over-The-Air. Now I don’t have to constantly click on the Droid to check what it is doing. I just loaded it and I am texting off the browser window with no problems. This is looking…