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Thanks for Not Giving Up

Thanks, Teachers for Never Giving Up.

Five Reasons for the Demise of Kodak

With Kodak declairing bankruptcy in Feburary, 150 years of Kodak Moments have come to an aburpt end.  The Wall Street Journal examines the 5 ways Kodak ended up mismanaging itself into bankruptcy.  In essence; Kodak followed the classic path of a company which was unable (or unwilling) to accept a new paradigm.

Read the whole article here: http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2012/02/26/the-demise-of-kodak-five-reasons/

30 Dr Seuss Quotes to Live By

Dr Suess (real name: Theador “Ted” Geisel) was born in 1904 but has left behind a wealth of inspiring books and quotes.  Here's 30 quotes to live by.

Read more here: http://www.mamiverse.com/30-dr-seuss-quotes-to-live-by-4920/

Low Cost Alternative for Producing Hydrogen from Water

Hydrogen could play a key role in future renewable energy technologies if a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing it can be developed.  Currently, the best available technique for producing hydrogen is to split water molecules into molecules of hydrogen and oxygen using platinum as the catalyst.  There is tantalising research that shows that Molybdenite may offer an alternative to platinum at 1/70th of the cost.

Read here: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-hydrogen-acidic-potential-alternative-platinum.html

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)