The future of heavy cargo transportation looked positively eco-friendly and blimp-like earlier this summer, so it's really no surprise that Australia's Skylifter cargo blimp is making the Internet rounds this weekend. More »
Monday, October 4, 2010
You Got Your Laser Pointer in My Flashlight! SE 8 LED +1 Laser Pointer and Flashlight
Remember the old commercials for Reese’s Cups? �”You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!� You got your peanut butter on my chocolate!”� Well, with the SE 8 LED +1 Laser Pointer flashlight, you’ll have your laser pointer in your LED flashlight!� This little flashlight has�eight super bright 100,000 hour LEDs and an FAA-approved red [...] Filed in categories: Gear, News, Spotlight GadgetsTagged: Laser Pointer, LED flashlightYou Got Your Laser Pointer in My Flashlight! SE 8 LED +1 Laser Pointer and Flashlight originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 1, 2010 at 2:51 pm.
Periodic Table of the Elements is a quick, slick HTML5 cheat sheet
Filed under: Developer, Education
HTML5 is here, which means Web developers now have a whole bunch of new tags and elements to play with. The Periodic Table of the Elements is an effective visual map of what the "new HTML" looks like. It's a comprehensive table, too; it contains both existing elements (such as the hyperlink tag, a) and elements that were just introduced in HTML5.
Elements are sorted by their function (root elements, metadata and scripting, text-level elements, forms, etc.), and when you hover over an element, you get a short description and a couple of links to further reference material (W3C Developer's Guide and W3Schools).
The whole thing feels very slick and is indeed implemented as an HTML table. One awesome feature is the How are they used? box. For example, you can punch in reddit.com and get a colorized map that shows exactly what HTML5 elements Reddit currently employs. It's not just a binary thing, either (uses/doesn't use). The more an element is used, the brighter it shines on the table. There's even a small instance count when you hover over it; I can tell you that Reddit uses seven input tags and 192 span elements on its main page. That's pretty slick!Periodic Table of the Elements is a quick, slick HTML5 cheat sheet originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
HTML5 is here, which means Web developers now have a whole bunch of new tags and elements to play with. The Periodic Table of the Elements is an effective visual map of what the "new HTML" looks like. It's a comprehensive table, too; it contains both existing elements (such as the hyperlink tag, a) and elements that were just introduced in HTML5.
Elements are sorted by their function (root elements, metadata and scripting, text-level elements, forms, etc.), and when you hover over an element, you get a short description and a couple of links to further reference material (W3C Developer's Guide and W3Schools).
The whole thing feels very slick and is indeed implemented as an HTML table. One awesome feature is the How are they used? box. For example, you can punch in reddit.com and get a colorized map that shows exactly what HTML5 elements Reddit currently employs. It's not just a binary thing, either (uses/doesn't use). The more an element is used, the brighter it shines on the table. There's even a small instance count when you hover over it; I can tell you that Reddit uses seven input tags and 192 span elements on its main page. That's pretty slick!Periodic Table of the Elements is a quick, slick HTML5 cheat sheet originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Simulate your lottery balls for the next 10 years, then realize you should quit while you're ahead
Filed under: Fun, Utilities
Using the Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator, you can feed your favorite balls into a program that runs them through 10 years of simulated lottery draws. You are then shown an utterly mollifying breakdown of all 1040 draws.
At the bottom, you can see how much money the next 10 years will cost you, and how much you stand to gain. For $1040 spent, the average winnings are only $90. After 10 page reloads, my maximum winnings were a massive $114.
With a truly minuscule return rate of 10%, you'd really be better off gambling on almost anything else. You'd certainly be better off playing roulette or poker at a casino, that's for sure. But, having said that, you have to be in it to win it!
[source: Popular Science, via bvlad]Simulate your lottery balls for the next 10 years, then realize you should quit while you're ahead originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Using the Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator, you can feed your favorite balls into a program that runs them through 10 years of simulated lottery draws. You are then shown an utterly mollifying breakdown of all 1040 draws.
At the bottom, you can see how much money the next 10 years will cost you, and how much you stand to gain. For $1040 spent, the average winnings are only $90. After 10 page reloads, my maximum winnings were a massive $114.
With a truly minuscule return rate of 10%, you'd really be better off gambling on almost anything else. You'd certainly be better off playing roulette or poker at a casino, that's for sure. But, having said that, you have to be in it to win it!
[source: Popular Science, via bvlad]Simulate your lottery balls for the next 10 years, then realize you should quit while you're ahead originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
CrunchGear Week in Review: Diving Bell Edition
Here are some of last week’s stories on CrunchGear: The Woogie: Why, God, Why? Egg-Bot Machine Threatens To Put The Bunny Out Of Business NES Coffee Table Is Both An NES And A Coffee Table Fact: CD Spindle Cases Make Excellent Bagel Sandwich Holders A Massive War Is Approaching As The Tablet Market Cannot Sustain [...]
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Print Edit for Firefox lets you easily format Web pages for printing
Filed under: Mozilla, Browser Tips
Some Web pages are easier to print than others. Some provide printer-friendly versions, or printer-friendly CSS, but what do you do when you need to print out a page that isn't so friendly? What if a Web page, printed as-is, would use up a ton of toner or would spread across multiple pages in a confusing hodgepodge of menu items, superfluous banners, and useless navigation links?
Well, Print Edit is one option. This Firefox add-on hooks into the Print Preview mode, and it adds an Edit button. Once you click Edit, you're returned to Firefox (i.e., it seems like you've exited Print Preview mode), but now, a red frame appears around any page element that your mouse hovers over.
You click all of the elements that you wish to hide or delete, and then you click Hide or Delete. You can also choose to Undo, Hide All Except, or Delete All Except.
The difference between "deleting" and "hiding" is that hiding does not affect page layout. You basically get a blank spot where the element used to be. Deleting an element does impact page layout - so if you delete a banner ad, you could make the rest of the page use that space for text (and thus require less paper for printing).
Once you're done formatting the page, click Preview to see the result. If you're happy with it, print away. If not, you can always click Edit again and continue tweaking it.
The fastest way to use this add-on is to just select the content area you want to keep and click Delete All Except. I tried this with its own add-on page at addons.mozilla.org, and I could get just the add-on's description - with no images, menu items, or anything else. It was very clean and useful.Print Edit for Firefox lets you easily format Web pages for printing originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Some Web pages are easier to print than others. Some provide printer-friendly versions, or printer-friendly CSS, but what do you do when you need to print out a page that isn't so friendly? What if a Web page, printed as-is, would use up a ton of toner or would spread across multiple pages in a confusing hodgepodge of menu items, superfluous banners, and useless navigation links?
Well, Print Edit is one option. This Firefox add-on hooks into the Print Preview mode, and it adds an Edit button. Once you click Edit, you're returned to Firefox (i.e., it seems like you've exited Print Preview mode), but now, a red frame appears around any page element that your mouse hovers over.
You click all of the elements that you wish to hide or delete, and then you click Hide or Delete. You can also choose to Undo, Hide All Except, or Delete All Except.
The difference between "deleting" and "hiding" is that hiding does not affect page layout. You basically get a blank spot where the element used to be. Deleting an element does impact page layout - so if you delete a banner ad, you could make the rest of the page use that space for text (and thus require less paper for printing).
Once you're done formatting the page, click Preview to see the result. If you're happy with it, print away. If not, you can always click Edit again and continue tweaking it.
The fastest way to use this add-on is to just select the content area you want to keep and click Delete All Except. I tried this with its own add-on page at addons.mozilla.org, and I could get just the add-on's description - with no images, menu items, or anything else. It was very clean and useful.Print Edit for Firefox lets you easily format Web pages for printing originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Samsung showing off 330Mbps WiMAX 2 mobile broadband over at CEATEC 2010
WiMAX 2, the sequel to the movie most people haven't watched, is back to tease and tantalize us courtesy of Samsung's new CEATEC demo. Filling four separate HDTVs with streaming Full HD and 3D content, the Korean manufacturer of everything electronic is touting its latest advance in mobile broadband connectivity that takes the top speed up to 330Mbps. That may only be a third of the theoretical max capability of WiMAX 2, but you know, we'll take it for now. The good news is that Samsung's innovation brew extends only to the conduits between WiMAX devices, meaning that your current-gen transceiver will be able to join the accelerated party as and when Samsung's ready to dish out the goods. With the 802.16m standard expected to be ratified by next month, Samsung projects its first commercial solutions will be landing in late 2011. Consider our calendars marked.Continue reading Samsung showing off 330Mbps WiMAX 2 mobile broadband over at CEATEC 2010Samsung showing off 330Mbps WiMAX 2 mobile broadband over at CEATEC 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | | Email this | Comments
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