Upgrading Through Every Version of Windows
I don't expect anyone else is interested in this, but I thought it was pretty fascinating. For one, DOS support got better from Windows 2000 to XP. And boy, does Windows 7 look better than everything else. 20 years of application compatibility is pretty amazing, though.
How To Turn A Laser Into A Tractor Beam →
Gotta love theoretical physics.
The Web as Wireframes →
Wirify is a bookmarklet that lets you turn any web page into a wireframe in one click:
Reliably Erasing Data From Flash-Based Solid State Drives →
We've got built-in sanitize commands, overwriting, encryption, and my favorite:
3.2.3 Degaussing
We also evaluated degaussing as a method for erasing SSDs. Degaussing is a fast, effective means of destroying hard drives, since it removes the disks low-level formatting (along with all the data) and damages the drive motor.
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In all cases, the data remained intact.
Yeah, it's apparently a tricky little feat...
(via The Brooks Review)
iPad Commercial or Hyundai Commercial? →
I think the theft rate of the Hyundai Equus just went way up...
World Press Photo Winners →
Over 5,691 photographers entered 108,059 images in the 2011 World Press Photo Contest and after the two-week judging period, 56 were named winners in nine categories.
The one thing a husband wants to know is that he is enough. That his masculinity, the way he provides for the family, the security he gives is enough. The one thing a wife wants to know is that she is not 'too much.' That she can be as beautiful and as powerful and as unique as God has called her to be without overpowering the relationship. That her husband is enough to handle her becoming everything she can become.
— via Jon Acuff
The Governor Who Cut His State Down to Size →
Great article on Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' work transforming the state's budget crisis since taking office in 2004.
[Update] Perhaps an even better article: http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/ride-along-mitch
An Open Letter to RIM's Developer Support →
Being the underdog, you need to make your process AT LEAST as simple as Apple's or Google's, if not more so. You need to make your tools AT LEAST as good as Apple's or Google's, if not more so.
Spoiler: Not even close...