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deusx : A Revolution in DIY Engineering - How to Build With Grid Beam - The Citizen Scientist - "Everyone who sees this system used or explained is tempted to draw comparisons with the Erector Set, first marketed by A. C. Gilbert in 1913. But while the Erector Set embodied Gilbert's belief that children learn through play, what is less wel
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3 month ago
gleuschk : Sciencedebate 2008 - Barack Obama's answers to the top 14 science questions facing America (McCain hasn't answered yet)
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5 month ago
gleuschk : in action: a skyscraper's amazing 728-ton stabilising ball | deputydog - zowie
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10 month ago
gleuschk : How a bobbin works « Material Mama Podcast - no shit, seriously? that's awesome
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11 month ago
deusx : World of Warcraft 1-300 / 375 Engineering Guide - "it's just a guide that will help you get your engineering up quick"
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11 month ago
gleuschk : Why Math is Important, by Chuck Shepherd. San Jose Mercury News, 18 December 2007. - an engineer had used a `minus' sign when a `plus' sign was called for). The expensive levee repairs would actually protect against flooding only 6 inches above the Katrina level.
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13 month ago
philgyford : Colleges and Universities - Education and Schools - Engineering - Technology - Science - New York Times - Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering sounds different in a good way. "Learning the skill of how to learn is more important than trying to fill every possible cup of knowledge in every possible discipline." (via Blech)
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14 month ago
nelson : Bay Bridge replacement - Awesome time lapse video of 72 hours of work
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deusx : Thottbot World of Warcraft: Steam Tonk Controller - I think Schpooki needs to learn engineering :)
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28 month ago
deusx : Don't let these disasters happen to you: The top five engineering hints you'll rarely hear - "Lewin Edwards presents five engineering tips that are crucially important to successful product engineering, but which are rarely brought up in discussions of engineering practices."
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31 month ago
merlinmann : Engineering Management Hacks: The BigBook Technique - "It is extremely urgent that you read this book. We've bought you many copies so that you might read it faster." via: Daring Fireball
Rod Begbie : O'Reilly Radar > Engineering Management Hacks: The BigBook Technique - This is one way to convince bosses about the folly of The Mythical Man-Month. "We've bought you many copies so that you might read it faster." #
Paul Hammond : O'Reilly Radar > Engineering Management Hacks: The BigBook Technique - It is extremely urgent that you read this book. We've bought you many copies so that you might read it faster
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32 month ago
joshua : Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom
gleuschk : Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom. - oops
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37 month ago
kellan : "Reuse-in-the-large (components) remains a mostly unsolved problem, even though everyone agrees it is important and desirable." - Lars on "Why I left OpenACS for Rails". Relevant to varying degrees to Zope, Drupal, and the lot. #
Paul Hammond : Reuse-in-the-large is an unsolved problem: Why I left OpenACS for Rails - pinds.com: Lars Pind's Blog - when you take away that piece, you’re left with an little known, hard-to-install, overly complex, partially debugged, aging toolkit built on a stack that nobody else uses
Simon Willison : Reuse-in-the-large is an unsolved problem: Why I left OpenACS for Rails - Fascinating insight in to the reason frameworks that do less do more.
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39 month ago
deusx : ITworld.com - The joy of taking stuff apart - "In 50 years time, when today's 12 year olds are writing their biographical sketches of how they got into electronics or mechanics or computing, how will they describe their childhood learning experiences?"
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