The Best Alternatives to MegaUpload Online Storage

The King is dead.  Long live the Kings!  Turns out there's lots of alternatives to MegaUpload: Alternatives to MegaUpload


FilesAnyWhere looks good (1 GB of free storage).

Evolution of the Hard Drive

From in excess of 30 cm (12 inches) to less than 2 cm in about 50 years.  You've come a long way hard drive.
 

Iran, Israel and the West: Some Home Truths

Michael Brull, from the ABC's The Drum provides a history of Iran and Israel which doesn't follow the strict narrative that we in the West are fed.

Read here: Iran, Israel and the west: some home truths - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Crayons... that is all.

How to Trigger Torrent Downloads from Anywhere with Dropbox

This is a neat little trick that will enable you to download torrents at home while you're on the go.  Just install Dropbox and then use the auto-watching feature of Transmission or uTorrent  to check for new torrent files in your Dropbox folder.  There's instructions for the Mac (using Transmission), Linux (also using Transmission) and PC (using uTorrent).

How-To Geek » How to Trigger Torrent Downloads from Anywhere with Dropbox

Plastic eating fungus

A recently discovered fungus found in the jungles of Ecuador may well point to the future of disposal of plastics.

Read here: http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/61260-plastic-eating-fungus-could-help-deal-with-landfill

Many thanks to Goulie for finding this article.