A decent website is a core of a web-centric store like ours. Back in the early days, I hand-coded HTML (yeah, go back to waybackmachine to admire that work), and what you got is what you got. Since then, we rebuilt Solarbotics.com through 3 more iterations of totally refactored hand-coded platforms, and then 2 aborted […]
Wednesday Cool Links: Bagels, Algorhithm...
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August 7, 2013
Well, we survived the skeleton Tuesday, now it's time for Cool Links Wednesday:
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Mathematically Correct Breakfast: How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves Never thought math and bagels went together so well! While I am no mathematician at any rate, the intellectual stimualtion of creating a two-twist moebius strip, you can get slightly more cream cheese on, because the surface area is bigger. |
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15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes Can 15 sorting algorithms be interesting? Over 5 minutes? I didn't think so either, but this is pretty cool. |
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T8 the Bio Inspired 3D Printed Spider Octopod Robot Don't like spiders? Me neither! But this one has some pretty amazing moves that any disco dancer would be jealous of. And it is made of smooth 3D printed plastic. |
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A cold cathode audio visualizer Super amazing cold cathode audio visualizer by [James], it's even more awesome in action. |
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Retrotechtacular: Singing bird automata There's something extremely fascinating about old technology. This one is a singing bird box automaton from the 1890′s. |
Now we are a bit less skeleton. That doesn’t mean we put on weight, that means that some of us decided to return from vacations to fancy places. I kinda liked the skeletons though. They helped at the warehouse a lot, donated their portion of ice cream in favour of the starving and let me use their femur bone for a coat hanger...
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Site Down for Maintenance March 10
Our website will be down for server maintenance on Sunday March 10th, 2013 between 1.30am to 11.30am MST (3:30 and 7:00 am EDT). We apologize for the inconvenience.
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To make sure you get that special something for that special someone we recommend that you order on or before the following dates: Country and/or Region Delivery Method Postal Mail Courier Ground Courier Air Canada Atlantic & Territories December 15 December 17 December 22 Ontario & Quebec December 16 December 18 December 22 Manitoba December […]
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