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I received this email the other day from Amazon Associate Program.

I read on the Performance Marketing website is that the bill specifically targeting digital assets has died. BUT, the tax has been moved into the larger behemoth general budget bill and is buried somewhere. I went to the NC Legislature website and tried to find [...]

Since this year is ALL about reducing expenses I figured some of you may be doing the same. And perhaps you’ll find this list useful. The layout of the page is horrible so look hard slightly to the right of the main article text to see the 11 categories the sites are listed in. Otherwise, [...]

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This is seriously cool to watch…

Go LHC Go!

In: Knowledge| TechSci

10 Sep 2008

The largest machine in the world…

The precise circumference of the LHC accelerator is 26 659 m, with a total of 9300 magnets inside. Not only is the LHC the world’s largest particle accelerator, just one-eighth of its cryogenic distribution system would qualify as the world’s largest fridge. All the magnets will be pre‑cooled to -193.2°C (80 K) using 10 080 tonnes of liquid nitrogen, before they are filled with nearly 60 tonnes of liquid helium to bring them down to -271.3°C (1.9 K).

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On this post, way back in the day I wrote about how thought-provoking Mike Wesch’s Web 2.0 video was. I appreciated the fact that he created it with the input and assistance his anthropology class. That says a lot about his teaching style. I’ve always worked harder for a teacher that involved me instead of [...]

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