Orion Spur

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A blog by itwriter

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A blog for geek humanists who distrust governments, religions and mass media on principle and who are interested in smarter ways of living and working. Free resources, useful links and writing advice.

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Orion Spur ranks 933 in Africa and 582 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 3716, and 3859 according to page views:

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Fly-by pics of Mars’s moon, Phobos

The ESA's Mars Express took close-up pics of Phobos on 7 March 2010. Here's one: Phobos Close Up: PICTURES Of Mars Moon Are Most Detailed To Date.

Die Antwoord to sign with Interscope, Neill Blomkamp to direct ne

Oh, I wish people would stop this "real" or "not real" debate when it comes to Die Antwoord.  Was Kiss real?  Is Lady Gaga real?  They are what they are. I mean, there they sit in Hollywood at someone else's expense, and Ninja says: "...now that this is happening

“Lorem Ipsum of web images”

Really easy time saver for web designers. DummyImage.com is the Lorem Ipsum of web images.

China to Google: There Will Be Consequences

Effing bullies! China to Google: There Will Be Consequences - AppScout.

Create Your Own Portable App For A Flash Drive

You know about all the sites that let you download and install pre-packaged app suites to your thumb drive. But if you've played around with them for awhile, you may have started hunkering for other apps (or more up-to-date versions of the apps in your suite) that you could

Millions of Tons of Water Ice at Moon’s North Pole

1 March 2010 report: There may be more than 600 million metric tons of water ice sitting in craters at the moon’s north pole. The discovery, made by an Indian spacecraft, could mean big things for human colonization of our nearest neighbor. Scientists Find Huge Quantities of Water

New study shows smarter people are more likely to be liberal athe

More intelligent people are statistically significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate with higher intelligence, a new study finds.

Bloom Energy’s 100kW solid-state “Energy Servers”

This looks like the next generation of fuel-cell technology -- oxide, they say, whatever that means, not hydrogen. Bloom Energy | Be The Solution | Products - What is an Energy Server?.

How To Fix (Almost) Any Set of Audio Speakers

Can't wait to try this out on the damaged set of Acoustic Research Red-Box speakers that I inherited a while back. How To Fix (Almost) Any Set of Audio Speakers Home Hacks | Apartment Therapy Unplggd.

Malema’s Millions: Neener Neener

Found this little piece of boring rap on WatKykJy. But the subject matter makes up for the worthlessness of the music. ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, well not really him of course, responds to criticism regarding the fact that he is stinking rich: Related articles

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