Archive for October, 2004

Electronic voting machines in Florida

Monday, October 25th, 2004

Electronic voting machines in Florida :)

Boston Red Sox: Cool!

Friday, October 22nd, 2004

Just came back from a businesstrip to the US. While normally I don’t give a sh*t about the US sports, I must say that I was very much taken away with the NYY versus the Boston Red Sox games.
I did see all 4 games, and was very much in favour of the underdog, which eventually was the right choise :) See the Boston Red Sox Official Site for more info!

Smart coming to America

Saturday, October 9th, 2004

I drive one myself, but untill recently they weren’t allowed in the US. But now the Smart is coming!

Read about it on Wired!

Phone home

Thursday, October 7th, 2004

Always wondered how much radiation your mobile is emiting ?

Look at the SAR Information-page and find your phone, and find out if your brain might get cooked!

(Though I suspect that phones which don’t comply to the standard as not listed)

SpaceShipOne captures X Prize

Monday, October 4th, 2004

w00t w00t! SpaceShipOne has done it, two succesfull space flights in a week!
The X Price is a $10 million prize for the first commercial spaceship that goes into space.
This means that consumer space-flight is coming soon to a location near you!
(well, if you have a) A lot of cash b) Are willing to move to the states c) Are not too scared).

But it’s nice this has been done. The Wright brothers where also the first, but it took quite some time before commercial flight took of.

Read more about it on CNN