Category Archives: technology

overlooked aspects of Web infrastructure

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 08 by Anton

One useful 404 notice: The requested URL /~bthomas/vamp/vampecology.htm was not found on this server. bthomas is not a current Leland user. That saves me the trouble of climbing down the directory tree.

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coloured spaghetti

Posted on Friday, 2003 October 31 by Anton

A collection of London Underground maps including some silly ones. (Link from Andrew Bulhak.) It is often said that Harry Beck‘s famous diagram “abandons geographical relations” — even though it shows the Thames! More precisely, the Beck chart reduces geography … Continue reading →

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happy cows

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 October 28 by Anton

Self-service for milk cows. The machine allows his 140 cattle to effectively milk themselves as often as they want to. Once inside, the animals receive a measure of feed, have their udders washed and sterilised by a robot arm and … Continue reading →

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flagrando

Posted on Sunday, 2003 October 26 by Anton

Satellite view of California fires. (I am at a very comfortable distance from all this.)

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QotD

Posted on Saturday, 2003 October 25 by Anton

Jon Callas: Remember, the truly evil thing about Microsoft is that because of them, we think of unix as the good stuff.

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RKBA: incremental recovery continues

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 October 21 by Anton

Clayton Cramer vectors this remarkable animated chart.

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I’m Feeling Unlucky

Posted on Friday, 2003 October 10 by Anton

Google too is afflicted by spam. (Link from Gordon Joly.)

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