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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Incredibly Useful Free Microsoft Apps
Via Business Insider: …a collection of useful free Microsoft apps for all sorts of devices — not just Windows PCs, but also Macs, iPhones, and even Android devices. These apps will help you take photos, share them, give you access to your documents, notes, organize...
Novels Written By Computers
Via Business Insider: …in a play on a human literary contest, around a hundred people are writing computer programs that will write texts for them, the Verge says. It's a response to November's National Novel Writing Month, an annual challenge that gets people to...
A Photo Tour Of The USS Eisenhower
Via Business Insider: There's no room to be anything less than focused, almost all the time and the jobs on board are just as varied as the people who fill them. From pilots, to navigators, to recruits that wash the deck, everyone works together and supports the...
Paper-Thin Material Can Stop Bullets In Their Tracks
Via Business Insider: The material, a structured polymer composite made of alternating rubbery and glassy layers, can absorb the kinetic energy from high impact assaults with startling efficiency. During tests, researchers blasted it with tiny glass beads that...
Paper-Thin Material Can Stop Bullets In Their Tracks
Via Business Insider: The material, a structured polymer composite made of alternating rubbery and glassy layers, can absorb the kinetic energy from high impact assaults with startling efficiency. During tests, researchers blasted it with tiny glass beads that...
Special ceremony
So I went the the ceremonial opening of the new Veterans and Military Affairs Center at The University of Alabama today, expecting a nice ceremony and an opportunity to celebrate support for veterans getting help at the school. In addition to that, Phil Taylor came...
Special ceremony
So I went the the ceremonial opening of the new Veterans and Military Affairs Center at The University of Alabama today, expecting a nice ceremony and an opportunity to celebrate support for veterans getting help at the school. In addition to that, Phil Taylor came...
Inside Army Sapper School At Fort Leonard Wood
Via Business Insider: In a 28-training-day course at Fort Leonard Wood sapper students learn demolition, knot-tying, rappelling, urban combat tactics, and they also brush-up their hand-to-hand combat techniques. The training — done straight through without a day off —...