Inexpensive, highly efficient solar cells may be on the way
"Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons. The solar cell does all this using only a fraction of the expensive semiconductor materials required by conventional solar cells."
Read more at http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13325
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/28/caltech-gurus-whip-up-highly-efficient-low-cost-flexible-solar/
Get a Mac version of Google's Superbowl ad
(via tuaw.com)Upstate NY Time Warner customers: reboot your cable modem
Time Warner has increased the upstream speed for standard Road Runner accounts from 384kbps to 1Mbps, but you may have to reboot your cable modem to notice the speed increase.
Tamiflu may be nearly useless
According to the LA Times, the British Medical Journal is questioning the efficacy of Tamiflu for treating any kind of flu (H1N1 included). The article closes with this conclusion:
Clever and artistic Google Chrome video
(source: dvice.com)Google launches a new programming language
Mashable has the details on "Go" here, including an embedded Google Tech Talk video. Looks very interesting.Caffeine may reverse Alzheimer's
There has been news about caffeine possibly slowing the disease, but this is the first I've heard of a study claiming that caffeine can actually reverse Alzheimer's disease.The best desktop wallpapers ever
If you aren't following every picture in the Stuck in Customs flickr stream, now's the time to do it. With beautiful shots like this, along with a story behind nearly every photo, it's truly breathtaking. Plus, the photos make for wonderful desktop wallpaper!
Securing local Evernote data on the Mac
I'm enjoying Evernote thus far, and have upgraded to a premium membership. The only thing bothering me was that my local data was left unencrypted -- unless I were to encrypt each and every note individually.
My workaround -- create an encrypted sparsebundle, copy everything in "~/Library/Application Support/Evernote" into it, and create a symbolic link from that location to the mount point ("/Volumes/Evernote"). So long as I remember to mount the encrypted volume before I launch Evernote, everything seems to work just fine so far, and all my data is encrypted. However, if you try this yourself beware that there may be problems that I have not yet encountered.About Me
Matt KaufmanI am a philosopher, software engineer, computer geek, Buddhist, vegan and now, expert noun-lister.
My Email: ws.20.mdea at spamgourmet dot com
About Kompato: It means compassion in Esperanto.
My Code:
Teamspeak Monitor - A web application to monitor Teamspeak usage (PHP/MySQL)
tsmonwatcher - A client-side application that works with TeamSpeak Monitor to alert on TeamSpeak events (Python)
