Slashdot had a story today that caught my interest. It seems someone over at Hack a Day has created a webserver with a footprint the size of a business card. it's not as thin as a business card, of course, because Ethernet jacks are a bit thicker than cardstock, but it's still wee small. The system uses some rather simple circuitry to power a ( Read more... )

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It may come as no surprise, but I've been visibly absent from much blogging recently. I know, I'm not a good blogger. I try, but usually I'm just too dang lazy to bother typing much of anything on my blogs. I usually have much more important stuff to attend to and by the time I get to blogging, I'm just plain tired to think. And when ( Read more... )

Today's first stupid news item is brought to you by DailyTech.com and involves lawyers and hard drive manufacturer Seagate. According to the story, a class action lawsuit was brought against Seagate for misrepresentation of the size on hard drives it sells. the discrepency in reported size boils down to the difference between measuring each level ( Read more... )

Ever wonder why CDs are the size they are? Check out this week's TechRepublic Geek Trivia to find the surprising answer.