The new Acropolis Museum

The new acropolis museum is now open and is waiting for your visit. I am so glad that now there is another reason other than the natural beauty of the Greek islands to visit Greece.


(video link via Yatzer)

World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years

A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek machine that has been called the world's first computer.
read full article over at wired

November 4, 2008

'Big bang' experiment is hacked

Part of the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was hacked into as the world's most powerful physics experiment got under way.

A group calling itself the "Greek Security Team" hacked into a computer connected to the system last Wednesday...
read the full article here

Court rules lesbians are not just from Lesbos

A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women, according to a court ruling made public on Tuesday... read the full article here

tha gapometer

an interctive chart/map showing the gap between the countries of the world.
nice

the best place to work

my new site is up

www.sp330.com is on with a new look and lots of new work!
Let me know what you think

thanks

one laptop per child

one laptop per child with design by pentegram

PC World announces the end of the floppy disk

its official. Floppy is dead

artery microbot travelers

If perfected, the first microrobot able to travel through human arteries could perform delicate brain surgery without dangerous invasive procedures.
By Emmet Cole

read the wired article here

stylish teaser gun

US stun gun maker Taser is unveiling a sleeker version of its controversial weapon aimed at safety and fashion conscious members of the public.


read the bbc article here

amazon will take you to the moon

jeff bezos tourist space travel program after a long and silent period following the announcement of his interest in commercial space travel is back


blue origin

Google v. Justice Dept. in porn case

Google v. Justice Dept. in porn case
SAN JOSE, CA, United States (UPI) -- Google Inc. is fighting a White House subpoena request made to a federal judge as part of a pornography investigation.