Archive for December, 2009
Video: Russian Mi-26 Halo sling-loads Dutch AS 532 Cougar in Afghanistan
Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
Cool video of a Russian Mi-26 (Halo) sling-loading a battle-damaged AS 532 (Cougar) in Southern Afghanistan. This thing is one HUGE engineering marvel. Check out the video… According to the report: “A Russian crew has successfully returned a NATO chopper to its airbase in Kandahar after the craft came under attack. The Dutch helicopter was [...]
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Build Fresh… Subway shop at Ground Zero
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
This is a very interesting way to: a) keep workers on-site for Lunch b) have a direct captive market. Reported as: “A Subway sandwich shop is hoisted by crane onto the rising steel frame of the Freedom Tower, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 in New York. The bright yellow concession trailer with an American flag will [...]
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Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
It is that time of the year!!! I am doing upgrades of machines to Windows 7, and these events always bring me a lot of joy… as a person who makes money fixing problems. Man, can Microsoft make this process any more convoluted? Here I will give you some tools to make the process go [...]
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Sony HDR-FX1000 / HVR-Z5 Low Light Test
Posted on 20. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
I was blown away by the video out of this camera. Gorgeous!
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Google’s fading home page
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
If you are like me, you have been wondering what the hell is going on with Google’s home page fading in the text (see video below). I am one for experiments, but does this make much sense? I think just about everyone knows that Google is a search engine (hopefully), and I thought maybe it [...]
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Google Chrome for Mac (Beta)
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
Yesterday Google released the Chrome browser for the Mac (Beta). We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. I will try it out and report on it!
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Inappropriate iPhone Use Flow Chart
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
Shane Snow‘s wonderful flow chart on “Is it inappropriate to use an iPhone now?”
