9/14/06 Gil's LotD

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http://wificamera.propositions.org.uk/ A cool project that consists of a homemade cantenna and a projector which projects the wireless networks as they are observed by the antenna.
http://www.filebomb.com/games/files/fracture.swf Fun arcade style space shooting game, like Pheonix or Maverick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI Another home music video by the band OK Go.

9/12/06 Gil's LotD: Loud speakers, USGS maps

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KzmB2bI7s Cool experiment that uses speakers to lift things.
http://ransom.redjar.org/ All of the USGS topographical maps were bought by this guy and were sent over to the Internet Archive so soon you shall be able to download them for free. Check back for updates. This is cool.
http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drc/dlgv32pro/ USGS mapviewing software.

9/9/06 Gil's LotD

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http://www.portablefreeware.com/ Portable versions of common programs (portable means that you can copy them to a flash drive and they will work off of that flash drive from any computer you plug it into). Very nifty!
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/bizfinance/biz/features/10816/index1.html A very interesting story about the creation and marketing of the Grey Goose brand of vodka.

9/7/06 Gil's LotD: Jet engines, Heavy things, Poincaré

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http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ This guy put a jet engine in the back of his Beetle. It works.
http://www.arcanegazebo.net/2006/08/measurements_of_gravity_using.html A story about an undergrad in a lab who decides to take a 230 L DeWar flask full of liquid nitrogen down a stairway in a handcar.