Politically incorrect alphabet, garage electron microscopes, Blair and Arnie…

• 1 – Bike Lock Holder
  This could come in handy when my new cruiser BMX arrives this week…
  (tags: DIY accessory security bicycle holder lock bike howto make)
• 2 – The politically incorrect alphabet
  Funny, but with a point to make too. Link via MetaFilter.
  (tags: humour art illustrations graphics alphabet PC correct politcally)
• 3 – The New Cold War
  Will the development of robotic workforces in Communist countries provoke a new cold war of ideologies? I’m not sure whether this post is for or against, but it certainly has some interesting points to make.
  (tags: futurism manufacturing technology China workforce robotic robots communism capitalism)
• 4 – Nature as an Information Economy
  Jamais Cascio strikes again. Food for thought.
  (tags: sufficiency ecosystems scarcity abundance resources economy information ecology nature)
• 5 – Paping Soapbox Derby
  Underground soapbox derby racing in NYC – great pictures of defiantly illegal and slightly looney behaviour. If only we had some decent hills round here…Link via MAKEblog.
  (tags: fun hacks kart NYC York New racing derby soapbox underground)
• 6 – A Simple Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)
  “The goal of this project is to build a simple STM that can resolve atoms, with a cost of materials less than $100.00 excluding oscilloscope.” Wow. Just…wow. Garage electron microscopy rules! Link via MAKEblog.
  (tags: howto Physics science projects development hardware electronics STM tunneling scanning microscope diy)
• 7 – Download RemoveWGA 1.2 To Get Rid Of WGA Notfications
  Not keen on Windows Genuine (dis)Advantage? Me neither. So remove it, already!
  (tags: Microsoft software OS Advantage Genuine Windows WGA uninstall remove howto tips)
• 8 – Pinch My Ride
  RFID security not so effective at preventing your SUV going off with someone else.
  (tags: insurance hacking defeat prevention theft RFID security technology crime car)
• 9 – Blair and Arnie’s ‘global warming pact’
  Tony B and Der Gubernator announce a plan to sidestep the Bush administration and begin trading carbon dioxide credits between the UK and California. I know, I can’t believe it either, there must be a catch.
  (tags: pact pollution environment ecology trading carbon UK California Schwarzenegger Blair Tonk)
• 10 – World’s Tallest Bike
  Over 14 feet above the road surface, in fact. Mad as a sack of spanners. Link via MAKEblog.
  (tags: conversion tallbike tallest record world hacks bicycle bike)
• 11 – Can 30% of us drag the rest into the post-industrial age?
  Momus on post-materialism.
  (tags: abundance scarcity futurism post-materialism society industrial economics ecology creativity)
• 12 – Silicon Valley execs to Blair: Take risks, try blogging
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: blogging blog taking risk epicentre technology Valley Silicon Blair Tony)
• 13 – Can high-tech cavemen live on the Moon?
  You know, that’s an idea that might just work…if you’d all stop just talking about it and make a plan to get people up there, damn it!
  (tags: mapping caves meteorites radiation protection survival safety astronaut missions Lunar Moon space)
• 14 – Firefly fish
  More fun with gene splicing! Add firefly DNA to zebra fish, to make creatures that will glow if lowered into polluted water. Weird but true.
  (tags: patent toxicity science glow luciferase DNA firefly fish zebra detection pollution water ecology)
• 15 – The MiTEx Mystery: Mobile microsats make nerds nervous
  Tinfoil hats at the ready! DARPA has some sneaky satellites on the move, and no-one seems to know for sure what they’re for.
  (tags: secret technology orbit maneuverable geostationary purpose mystery MiTEx satellite space DARPA)
• 16 – Solar power goes mainstream
  For once, the UK isn’t lagging behind the US. Curry’s have just started stocking roof-mounted solar panels!
  (tags: futurism ecology generation power energy renewable panel solar store chain retail electrical Curry’s UK)
• 17 – Shadow Robot Company: The Hand
  Looks like someone’s finally made a robotic hand that can do almost everything the human original can…pics and video available.
  (tags: futurism technology arm human freedom degrees output feedback force manipulate grip hand robot robotic Shadow)
• 18 – AppleInsider | iPhone, iPod messenger clues in latest iPod software
  Is there an iPod phone in the pipeline? Not like *I* give a crap…my new N80 will do me fine until my next upgrade, thankyou. Link via CyberNetTechNews.
  (tags: Apple hype rumours capability cell mobile variables code firmware phone iPod)
• 19 – Japan Bests IBM in Supercomputer Stakes
  IBM’s Blue Gene shuffles sadly from the podium, as the world computing speed record moves back to the Land of the Rising Sun.
  (tags: performance efficiency cost calculations speed petaflop IBM Gene Blue MDGrape-3 Riken Japan supercomputer computer)