Technology birthdays Aug 15, 2006
I didn't want to write about this stuff because it was so geeky.  But who am I kidding?  I'm an uber geek. 

August 12, 1981 - IBM launched the world's first personal computer, the IBM PC 5150, at a cost of $1565.  It came with a green screen, 16KB of memory, and Microsoft DOS. 

August 6, 1991 - The world wide web went live, combining information and communication and making it accessible via a PC (quickly followed by porn, email forwards, and spam). 

So happy birthday, computer and internet. #technology
Experts Exchange (2) Aug 15, 2006
Whenever I search for help on web programming languages (html, css, php, etc.), one or more of the results is always located at Experts Exchange.  It's a great site full of tons of information, but it has a major flaw:  After you scroll past all the junk and view a page once, you can't go back and view it again unless you sign up for their service.  I don't sign up for things unless I absolutely need to, so I'm sometimes not a fan of the site (plus the site charges some sort of fee).  But a comment on this site shed light on the solution:  Disable cookies for Experts Exchange.  In Firefox, it's easy:  Go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cookies, and add it to the exception list as something to block.  Now every time I go to an article on Experts Exchange, I can view it as many times as I want.  Problem solved. #technology
SwissMiniGun Aug 15, 2006
The SwissMiniGun is a tiny little 2-inch long revolver that shoots 2.34mm bullets.  Its muzzle velocity is 426.5 ft/s, as compared to the M16's 2800 ft/s.  Its range is somewhere around 180 feet, as compared to the M16's approximately 980 feet.  (via Boing Boing)
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