News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
Forget about collecting all those paper copies; instead, consider purchasing the full run of National Geographic magazine from 1888. Yes, that’s 120 years. The set comes on an external hard drive with the full text and high-resolution digitized pictures (including advertisements) of every issue. It also includes the maps.
Link: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/…
(via Engadget)
For the iPhone users out there, are you tired of AT&T’s poor coverage? “Mark the Spot” is an iPhone app that, when you have a service failure, registers a complaint with AT&T and tells them the exact location of the failure.
Link: http://lifehacker.com/…
Here’s a nice power outlet that includes two USB charging plugs in addition to the standard three-prong electrical outlets. It costs $9.95, fits in any existing wall outlet, and doesn’t drain any “vampire” power. The downside is that it’s only available for pre-order (but should be shipping fairly soon).
Link: http://store.fastmac.com/…
(via Engadget)
There are advantages to using cloud computing services such as Google Docs, but there are also some definite disadvantages. Chief among these are the potential loss of access to your data, and getting what you pay for.
Link: http://it.slashdot.org/…
A Taiwanese man is the first person to finish World of Warcraft. According to the article, he “killed 390,895 creatures, accumulated 7,255,538,878 points of damage, completed 5,906 quests (that’s 14.62 quests per day, apparently), raided 405 dungeons and hugged 11 players.” Some people have way too much free time.
Link: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/…
(via Neatorama)
