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Perching Planes

Found this interesting article.

Looks like some smart people at MIT have been studying the aerodynamics of birds and planes, and have designed a Glider that can perch on a wire (like a bird).

Read on to watch a video of it in action.

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Posted: July 22nd, 2010
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Random Linkage – 2008-01-18

And with the new year, a load of new random links.

The ultimate trainset for big boys

Things you should let your kids do

Go camping much? You might want one of these

This hurts my brain..

An FM Radio modem (9600bps) from an RF-modulator

Cyborg key for everything?

Posted: January 18th, 2008
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Random Linkage – 2007.12.18

Looks like this is going to become a regular feature :)

I’ve been wanting to do my Amateur Radio license for a while back, which means I have to learn Morse Code.

Scared of breaking things when you’re messing around on your Linux machine? How about this interesting application of rsync to keep multiple versions of files around.

If you haven’t already, go install StumbleUpon now! Browsing the Internet will never be the same… (But don’t get too carried away)

What to do with some of your pictures. Dunno why, but its cool.

I like Lego.. but this is going a bit far.

Posted: December 18th, 2007
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Random Linkage

Nobody here but us ferns…

Noah Kalina took a picture of himself every day for more than 6 years and put them together in a video. The Simpsons did this too, Homer takes a picture of himself every day for 39 years.

What do you do when someone manufactures an already awesome little, low-spec laptop? Why, you make it more awesome!

Posted: December 17th, 2007
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