R2-D2 themed 787 Dreamliners – #starwars
| April 23, 2015
Category: Geek
Colorado man cited for ‘killing’ uncooperative computer with handgun
| April 23, 2015
Police in Colorado have cited a 37-year-old man for carrying his computer into an alley then shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine.
“He took the computer into the back alley and fired eight shots into the computer with a handgun, effectively disabling it,” it added.
Here’s What Gluten Really Does To Your Food
| April 22, 2015
In a video called “The Science Of Good Cooking: A Closer Look at Gluten,” the folks at America’s Test Kitchen decided to investigate just how much of a difference gluten makes in baking, and what exactly that difference looks like.
Before conducting the experiment, video host Dan Souza of Cook’s Illustrated explains that gluten is a collection of proteins found in wheat flour. All wheat flour contains the two proteins glutenin and gliadin, and when water is added to flour, glutenin and gliadin bond together to form “an elastic network of proteins” called gluten.
You can now download your Google Search history
| April 21, 2015
If you’ve ever wanted to save and view your Google Search history filled with embarrassing searches or your favorite websites, now you can. The company has made everyone’s Search history available for download.
The feature began as a test last year, the unofficial Google operating system blog notes, but it’s rolling out more broadly and is now available to everyone. You’ve been able to view your search history before now, but now you can archive it in Google Drive and download it directly to your computer.
The Roomba for lawns is really pissing off astronomers
| April 20, 2015
Who can hate a Roomba? Astronomers, that’s who.
The robotic vacuums we all know and love ensure we don’t have to clean our own homes ourselves to get them spotless. (God forbid.) Now, the Roomba’s maker, iRobot, wants to do for lawn care what it did for vacuuming. According to filings with the FCC spotted by IEEE Spectrum, iRobot is designing a robotic mower—news that should elate lazy people the world over.
Waited 7 years for this… #worthit
| April 19, 2015
