Sunday, August 31, 2008

The New Toys

this is about it for now, FlipVideo, Instinct, and Inspiron! All have been well worth the dollars, oh and btw the picture was taken with the Canon G9 PowerShot.


Friday, December 01, 2006

Video: "Blood Diamonds" Leave Costly Legacy in Africa

VIDEO: "Blood Diamonds" Leave Costly Legacy in Africa: "Torture, mutilation, civil war, and slavery. For many African nations, diamonds are not a luxury item but a harbinger of violence and death.

For years rebel groups have maintained a harsh grip over many of Africa's diamond deposits, forcing local residents to toil all day in the mines. Proceeds from these 'blood diamonds' or 'conflict diamonds' are used to buy weapons and fund deadly insurgencies and campaigns of terror.

Take a trip to the fields of Sierra Leone, where diamond smuggling is big business even after the end of a ten-year war, and join officials as they struggle to keep illegal stones from making their way onto the global market."

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Photo in the News: World's Largest Superconducting Magnet Up and Running

World's Largest Superconducting Magnet Up and Running: "The world's largest superconducting magnet has been successfully powered up on its first try and is ready to test some of the most fundamental questions of science, researchers say.

Weighing 110 tons (100 metric tons), the Barrel Toroid—seen here with all eight of its superconducting coils clearly visible in a photo released November 20—is 16 feet (5 meters) wide and 82 feet (25 meters) long, dwarfing the lone technician seen bottom center."