Links

The following page describes how to disable AutoPlay on Windows: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/disable-autoplay-of-audio-cds-and-usb-drives/

Apparently it is possible to reflash the firmware on some cameras, and replace it with improved, open-source alternatives. See this post for more.

Useful online calendar generator: here

Interesting flash-based game: Auditorium

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=144994 As the above post indicates, the slow scrolling in Total Commander (and likely most other Windows’ listboxes) can be fixed by: Deactivate smooth scrolling for listboxes in control panel/system/advanced/bla.

http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/21/mac-os-x-leopard-200-productivity-booster-hotkeys

http://sites.google.com/site/mkalisiak/quotes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/02/26/GR2008022600417.html

http://natrium42.com/halo/flight2/ High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotics and has many learning aspects — from systems design to electronics design to software engineering. There is also an exciting risk factor, namely, that you could lose your precious electronics if something malfunctions. In this project, many of my interest and knowledge areas came together. Also, I have verified that the Earth is indeed round and that space is black. — Alexei Karpenko

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