Archive for July, 2009
SolarNetOne
July 7th, 2009
SolarNetOne is a solar-powered, satellite-connected wireless hotspot that can be deployed anywhere in the world. It’s designed to make the tubes available to developing countries. The full system costs just $15,000 to set up. Maintenance is trivial, and the whole thing runs on open source software.
Unfortunately, the project will ultimately prove to be a fiasco as developing economies learn just how many otherwise productive man-hours can be wasted on the internet.
The Tijuana Zebra
July 5th, 2009
A Tijuana zebra is a donkey that’s been painted with stripes to look like a zebra.
It’s definitely not to be confused with the zonkey (also known as a zebrass, zebronkey, zeass, zeedonk, zedonk, zebadonk, zenkey, donbra, donbri, zebrinny, or deebra) which is a cross between a donkey and a zebra.
Wikirank
July 2nd, 2009
Wikirank lists the most popular articles on Wikipedia over the past 30 days. At the time of this writing, Igor Stravinsky occupies the top spot. His birthday was June 17, which I imagine accounts for his almost 1.4 million views that day. Is Stravinsky’s birthday a big deal on the internet? That would be incongruous and wonderful.
Speaking of internet holidays, did Randall Munroe ever decide on the date of Linksys Day? I need to know when to bake my router-shaped cake.