Technicom Tidbits

Google Zeitgeist 2007

2007-12-15T19:54:00.000-06:00

The annual Zeitgeist list for 2007 is out...basically the most-searched terms categorized.
In the questions list, I only have to say, cue the Haddaway:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2007/mind.html

Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2007 Photos & Video

2007-04-21T01:05:00.000-05:00

Pictures and Video from this year's Big Wheel race down the "world's crookedest street," Lombard Street in San Francisco. This year it was held last week.

Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2007 Photos & Video

Where to host your web servers according to Mother Nature

2007-04-14T11:24:00.000-05:00

Good news for the UP and northern Minnesota, low earthquake, hurricane, tornado risk mean high up-time.

Where to keep your servers according to Mother Nature

Don't Try This at Home, Kids

2007-04-14T10:07:00.000-05:00

An article overview of the use of explosive charges for bonding high-voltage lines.

Northeast Utilities Strengthens its High Voltage Transmission Lines Using an Implosion Splice Method

The connector manufacturer's web site is:

http://www.implotech.ca/gallery.html

...and from that it appears that the people working on the hot lines have to bypass, then winch together, then cut the line in order to put on the sleeve.
(There seem to be separate sleeves - one for the steel wires at the center of the cable and another to go over the aluminum wires that make up the rest of the cable. It looks like they mechanically crimp on the inner steel sleeve, then slide over the outer aluminum sleeve with the explosive, then take cover and set off the whole thing.)

Organic Crime: The Raw Milk Underground

2007-04-13T23:06:00.000-05:00

Organic Crime: The Raw Milk Underground: "Hey you, yeah you. Pssst. Over here. We've got some milk. Yeah, the good stuff. Unpasteurized. Shhh. Keep it down, the FDA is listening."

Electrocuting Peeps

2007-04-03T20:51:00.000-05:00

MAKE: Blog: Electrocuting Peeps: "Well, you've heard of peep jousting, but what happens when you stick marshmallow peeps in a vacuum and then electrocute them with 9000 volts from a neon sign transformer? Check out Divide's photoset to find out!"

The 20 Greatest Historical Myths

2007-04-02T19:33:00.000-05:00

The 20 Greatest Historical Myths

10 Lessons 300 can teach you about Successful Business

2007-04-01T21:29:00.000-05:00

After having seen '300' on IMax last weekend, I found this column, which holds some unique perspective.

10 Lessons Frank Miller’s 300 can teach you about Successful Online Business by Fuzzy Future

48 States In A Week's Vacation

2007-04-01T18:08:00.000-05:00

With a routing that would sometimes break a snake's back, a guy drives to the 48 contiguous states in the space of a week.

48 States In A Week's Vacation

About 12 years ago, when I was in the midst of visiting the site of every railroad passenger station that had existed in Wisconsin, I did something similar when I needed only a few more counties crossed off to have visited all 72, making a 250-foot excursion into Florence county on a 5-mile stub routing.
I have 40 states crossed off, including Alaska and Hawaii, and could add Idaho later this year, with an October conference there.

Great Pyramid's construction solved?

2007-03-30T22:03:00.000-05:00

In an article sure to be discussed on myriad late-night radio shows, a French architect claims to have determined how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. In my humble-but-somewhat-educated opinion, he seems a bit too interested in the publicity his determination will attract, and less so in the process.

Ancient riddle of the Great Pyramid's construction is turned inside out - Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology

April Fool's Pranks For Nerds

2007-03-30T21:46:00.000-05:00

As we approach the old-school (Julian calendar) new year, part of the annual crop of pranks, this one from a computer geek perspective.

April Fool's Pranks For Nerds

The scale of the known universe

2007-03-30T21:43:00.000-05:00

The known universe, shown in a single Flash application

A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

2007-03-28T20:33:00.000-05:00

Invaluable commentary on the human condition.

Bugs & Cranks - It’s Spring Again… » Blog Archive » A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

San Francisco Giants to Install Solar Panels (TreeHugger)

2007-03-23T22:33:00.000-05:00

From the aptly-named TreeHugger blog, by way of the daily Digg delivery, I found this article. They'll be good, during day games, helping to keep the (good-tasting microbrew) beer cold.

San Francisco Giants to Install Solar Panels (TreeHugger)

Elements song

2007-03-21T19:35:00.000-05:00

As featured on Dr. Demento (and other places), the Elements Song. Now, animated in a flash movie.

Elements Song

Antipodal Map Tool: The other side of the world

2007-03-16T23:44:00.000-05:00

A cool tool, showing what point is exactly opposite where you set the map to on the globe.

Antipodal Map Tool: The other side of the world

A Note To Employers: 8 Things Intelligent People, Geeks and Nerds Need To Work Happily

2007-03-16T23:23:00.000-05:00

This almost in its entirety applies to my workspace. For better or worse.

A Note To Employers: 8 Things Intelligent People, Geeks and Nerds Need To Work Happily

Shrimp Bandages Save Soldiers

2007-03-16T23:08:00.000-05:00

Wired News: Shrimp Bandages Save Soldiers

Now Arriving: A New Generation of Airports

2007-03-16T22:51:00.000-05:00

Now Arriving: A New Generation of Airports

Top 10 beaches with WiFi internet access

2007-03-16T22:43:00.000-05:00

As we start to think about vacation season:

Top 10 beaches with WiFi internet access

The Simpsons Voice Actors

2007-03-16T22:22:00.000-05:00

On "Inside the Actors Studio." Priceless.

The Simpsons Voice Actors 2 Video

Massive Offshore Wind Turbines Safe for Birds

2007-03-16T21:29:00.000-05:00

In related news, birds found to be not dumb, miss stationary objects, obey physics of momentum.

Massive Offshore Wind Turbines Safe for Birds

$10 wok keeps TV station on air

2007-02-27T21:45:00.000-06:00

$10 wok keeps TV station on air

...in lieu of a $20K microwave RF link.

Just How Cold Is Cold?

2007-02-21T22:09:00.000-06:00

Now that the temp has moderated here, a visit to an online article describing the background on wind chill.

ABC News: Just How Cold Is Cold?

Coding Horror: The Economics of Bandwidth

2007-02-21T22:02:00.000-06:00

Coding Horror: The Economics of Bandwidth

Subtitle: how vagarities of storage make a sneakernet worthwhile for transferring terabytes of data.

7 Deadly Sins and Their Combinations.

2007-02-21T22:00:00.000-06:00

On an ad-filled blog, in honor of Ash Wednesday, a depiction (and description) of what the combinations of the seven deadly sins could be construed as.

Neatorama » Blog Archive » 7 Deadly Sins and Their Combinations.

Freakonomics Blog » Note to Self: Stop Throwing Out Pennies

2007-02-21T21:52:00.000-06:00

With the cost of minting pennies continuing to rise (peaking at about $16 per thousand recently), the Freakonomics Blog (one of my favorites) forwards a couple ideas for what to do with the lowest-denomination coin.

Freakonomics Blog » Note to Self: Stop Throwing Out Pennies

How To Taste Beer

2007-02-21T21:49:00.000-06:00

From the beer blog "Cure for what ales you," an introduction to the process for processing the flavors of beer. Enjoy.

How To Taste Beer | Cure For What Ales You

Find an unused FM frequency with Radio-Locator - Lifehacker

2007-02-21T21:45:00.000-06:00

Find an unused FM frequency with Radio-Locator - Lifehacker: "Radio-Locator is a huge database of over 10,000 radio stations all over the world, but you can also use their sizeable index to find an unused FM frequency for your portable audio widget.

Radio-Locator works much the same as the SIRIUS Frequency Finder ; you can use both to find a vacant spot for your favorite music to go mobile. "

Adirondack chair made from surplus road signs

2007-02-21T21:42:00.000-06:00

More Make: an Adirondack chair made from the MDO of leftover road signs (out of use, of course).

MAKE: Blog: Adirondack chair made from surplus road signs

Harbor Freight LED flashlight - of DEATH!!

2007-02-21T21:39:00.000-06:00

Our friends at the Make Blog show how to modify an average LED flashlight with LEDs projecting ultraviolet light. Actual mileage may vary.

MAKE: Blog: HOW TO - Harbor Freight LED flashlight - of DEATH!!

Star Wars III - The Backstroke of the West

2007-02-21T21:34:00.000-06:00

More misinterpretations, this time the funny subtitles found on a pirated Chinese copy of Star Wars Episode III.

Star Wars III - The Backstroke of the West

YouTube - Silly Putty

2007-02-21T21:32:00.000-06:00

Make your own, with common ingredients.

YouTube - Silly

Smart Guys Date in Parallel

2007-02-20T21:44:00.000-06:00

Geek humor relating to last week's holiday. Remember: don't try this at home, kids.

Smart Guys Date in Parallel

How an engine block is made

2007-02-11T16:50:00.000-06:00

In time for the Chicago Auto Show, videos from Autoblog showing the casting and milling of an engine block, and the assembly of a Mitsubishi 4G63 engine in under 10 minutes. Bonus: a commenter has a link to a video of assembly of a Ferrari V12.

VIDEOS: How an engine block is made, plus 4G63 build in under 10 min. - Autoblog

Storing wind power in refridgerated warehouses

2007-02-11T16:47:00.000-06:00

A novel (and practical) idea for balancing out electrical loading on the grid, by lowering temps at refridgerated warehouses at night, when load factors are low, and allowing the temp to drift back up during the day.

Storing wind power in cold stores

The Mighty Bay Bridge

2007-02-09T23:23:00.000-06:00

Jalopnik's blog waxes poetic about the Bay Bridge

The Mighty Bay Bridge - Jalopnik

Lab-Grown Diamonds Make the Cut

2007-02-09T23:21:00.000-06:00

After much development, lab-grown diamonds (using a process similar to the culturing of silicon for semiconductors) meet the specifications of the GIA. Personally, as a single male, one of my strongest feelings is disgust toward the artificial cartel of DeBeers, limiting the availability of diamonds to constrict the demonstration of financial viability shown in an engagement ring.
I've already taken the position that when I do commit myself to laying out 2-3 months salary to an engagement ring, I'll buy the diamond from a firm artificially culturing them, or from a Canadian firm, so I'm not sending hard-earned cash to that group of firms.

Wired 15.02: START

Side note: does the cultural suggestion for the size of engagement ring refer to gross or net salary? There's at least a 30% difference for a single male. I don't have insight regarding this fine point of direction. Discuss amongst yourselves....

10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs

2007-02-09T23:14:00.000-06:00

...and most e-mail, too. Editorial comment witheld to protect the guilty.

10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs

The Pop vs. Soda Map

2007-02-09T23:09:00.000-06:00

After an extensive survey, the graphical results are shown, displaying where the locals proclaim their favorite carbonated beverage as "pop" vs. "soda." Deviants proclaiming everything as some form of "coke" are also included. :>)

The Pop vs. Soda Page

Intelligent Errors Are Totally Book

2007-02-09T23:01:00.000-06:00

From one of my daily reads, the Freakonomics blog, an interesting offshoot of the sometimes grammatically-challenged-but-creative generation Y who have taken to texting each other.

Intelligent Errors Are Totally Book

Plug+Play Green Construction

2007-02-09T22:52:00.000-06:00

From snap-together panels to off-the-grid AC, green buildings are now sleek, sharp and more energy efficient than ever. Visit seven eco-dwellings from across the country that use the latest technology to blend into their surroundings.

Plug+Play Construction

Volcanoes Erupt on Google Earth

2007-02-09T22:51:00.000-06:00

Like superheroes, the designers of web services pledge to use their powers for good, and not for evil.

Volcanoes Erupt on Google Earth

Strange News Photos of '06

2007-02-09T22:48:00.000-06:00

Yes, it's February, but here's a slideshow of some of last year's best news wire service photos:

Strange News Photos -- Take A Look!

101 Amazing Earth Facts

2007-02-09T22:46:00.001-06:00

In a Q&A format:

SPACE.com -- 101 Amazing Earth Facts

The Dilbert Blog: 2/2/7

2007-02-02T20:00:00.000-06:00

The Dilbert Blog: Is the Dead Horse That I’m Beating Intelligent?

Prying Open the Prius

2007-02-02T19:49:00.000-06:00

From Technology Review: Prying Open the Prius:
A look under the hood and inside the battery of the world's best-selling gas-electric hybrid car."

Sustainability, Energy Independence and Agricultural Policy

2007-02-02T19:47:00.000-06:00

A piece written a few months back that focuses on electricity production; or rather how or what we will need to do to keep pace with people's demands while balancing that with environmental and economic impact. Lengthy but well-reasoned and good reading.

20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever, With Videos

2007-01-31T21:42:00.000-06:00

20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever, With Videos

Jeep waterfall - DIY version?

2007-01-22T19:42:00.000-06:00

Discussion of the background design in the Jeep display, which uses water something like the ink drops in an inkjet printer

Jeep waterfall - DIY version

Caloric Values of Alcoholic Beverages, Alcohol calories

2007-01-22T19:26:00.000-06:00

Caloric Values of Alcoholic Beverages

Calorie counts for 99 different beers, plus wine, liquor and mixed drinks

''Oops'', said the crane operator

2007-01-22T19:24:00.000-06:00

''Oops'', said the crane operator:

A Russian crane operator slipped and dropped a ton of bundled rebar completely flattening a Toyota Corolla, and upending the crane. Check out the pics here.

Eiffel Tower Made of 7464 Matches (23 photos)

2007-01-22T19:23:00.000-06:00

Eiffel Tower Made of 7464 Matches (23 photos): "Eiffel Tower Made of 7464 Matches (23 photos)

A guy from Ukraine, Alexandr Pashkevich, has made a model of Eiffel Tower from matches. The height of the structure is 3,3 ft (1 meter) and it consits of 15 000 different details made from 7464 matches. More than that there is a illumination in the tower, made of numerous LEDs."

Torrent!

2007-01-19T23:38:00.001-06:00

Not(!) a bunch of illegal software download links. After a pause subsequent to my deep-thought post last weekend, the floodgates of information are loosed. Enjoy!

Road to Nowhere

2007-01-19T23:38:00.000-06:00

tbt.com - tbt* / Tampa Bay Times:

The Talking Heads have nothing on the Tampa area's dueling counties.

How legos are made

2007-01-19T23:35:00.000-06:00

Digg - How legos are made: "How legos are made" An animated explanatory site showing the injection molding that produces creativity in block form

Jeep's amazing "ink-jet" waterfall

2007-01-19T23:33:00.000-06:00

Digg - Jeep's amazing "ink-jet" waterfall: "Jeep's amazing 'ink-jet' waterfall

Jeep uses this waterfall for its displays. According to the waterfall's builder, the system works like an ink-jet printer, with 3,000 valves organizing the droplets via computer program into visible logos and other messages, which appear as the droplets descend 24-feet into a trough. Talk about attention-getting!"

I've seen this a couple of the past years at the Chicago Auto Show (2007 February 9-18). Impressive use of computer (maybe PLC) -controlled water valves.

Top 10 Things I've Learned About Computers From The Movies and Any Episode of "24"

2007-01-19T23:22:00.000-06:00

Top 10 Things I've Learned About Computers From The Movies and Any Episode of "24"

Cars! Cars! Cars!: My Baby Is American Made

2007-01-19T23:21:00.000-06:00

My Baby Is American Made

With Oak Ridge Boys apologies, click-through links to find the domestic content of your car, and others. As expected, F-150 is tops, but Camry comes in high on the list.

Jet Vs. Bird

2007-01-19T23:14:00.000-06:00

Jet Vs. Bird

Another avian impact of flightworthy aircraft

A missile punch at bullet prices

2007-01-19T23:07:00.000-06:00

Rail guns, being the embodiment of high-energy electromagnetics, by definition rock. US Navy is finalizing designs, which may lead to an improved catapult system for aircraft carriers, eventually.

A missile punch at bullet prices

Can This Fruit Be Saved? - Popular Science

2007-01-19T22:59:00.000-06:00

Can This Fruit Be Saved? - Popular Science

Bananas are endangered, because all current consumed kinds are hybrids incapable of reproduction

Turn Your Digital Camera Upside Down For Better Portraits

2007-01-19T22:57:00.000-06:00

Turn Your Digital Camera Upside Down For Better Portraits

Jist of this link: upside-down flash lights drooping skin less

Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

2007-01-14T18:26:00.000-06:00

Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

A good demonstration of the scale of the universe, showing an animation of viewpoints from multiple light-years distant scaling down to subatomic.

The Biggest Ships in the World, Part 1

2007-01-14T16:54:00.000-06:00

Blogified details of some of the largest blue-water ships afloat

The Biggest Ships in the World, Part 1

Gasoline Prices: Why $2.189 and not $2.19; Why The Third Decimal Place?

2007-01-14T16:25:00.000-06:00

Gasoline Prices: Why $2.189 and not $2.19; Why The Third Decimal Place?

High Plains 2006 "End of Year" Storm

2007-01-14T15:55:00.000-06:00

High Plains 2006 "End of Year" Storm

Pictures of the ice storm which swept across the high planes New Year's weekend 2006/7

Nebraska Ice Storm 12/31/06

2007-01-14T15:42:00.000-06:00

December 29-31, 2006 Ice Storm Follow Up Visit

Build a Lego Trebuchet

2007-01-14T15:39:00.000-06:00

Because it's cool, that's why....

Build a Lego Trebuchet

YouTube Lego Trebuchets

2007-01-14T15:38:00.000-06:00

YouTube - Lego Trebuchets

...and watch others who have tread before you

Comet McNaught Visible in Broad Daylight

2007-01-14T14:09:00.001-06:00

Comet McNaught Visible in Broad Daylight

Brighter than Hale-Bopp, it's the most visible comet in generations

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System

2007-01-13T12:05:00.000-06:00

Real-time ship tracking system for the St. Lawrence Seaway

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System

The problem with Made in China

2007-01-13T11:27:00.000-06:00

The problem with Made in China

Time for a change of pace. This article reflects an idea I had formed over the last few years, working for a company with an extensive Chinese presence. Basically, the incentive for the Chinese government currently is to continue to develop the interior of the country, further from their Pacific coast, in order to distribute the prosperity, as labor is becoming increasingly difficult to find in their east (even with their frenetic construction pace), driving wages and cost of living up. At the same time, the infrastructure (roads, rail) leading to the interior of the country can't keep pace with their desire to develop, so the industrial/commercial development further inland is occurring more slowly, causing a gradient of development and standard-of-living across the country.
It has been said for the last few years that because of the energy, raw materials and distribution situation within China, labor is the only input to the manufacturing process that is less expensive there. And this article provides a snapshot of that situation.
Strategically, it will mean that manufacturing will shift to other lesser-developed countries, as it has before, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and others.
Generally, as manufacturing goes, the service economy follows, so the hordes of freshly-minted MBA's who see China as a gold mine for their future would be well advised to take the longer-term perspective, in my humble-but-somewhat-educated opinion.

Holy Crud! Hawaii Five-O Theme Song Lyrics

2007-01-13T11:10:00.000-06:00

And you thought it was enough of an earworm(tm) to hear the theme and see the 30+ year old scenes of Oahu with Jack Lord. Who knew it had lyrics?

Holy Crud! Hawaii Five-O Theme Song Lyrics

Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins

2007-01-10T21:08:00.000-06:00

Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins

For the next time a friendly discussion of the origin of a phrase comes around.

"How Hangovers Work"

2007-01-10T21:07:00.000-06:00

"How Hangovers Work"

40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation - by Dumb Little Man

2007-01-10T21:04:00.000-06:00

40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation - by Dumb Little Man:
"After all these years you finally have the courage and opportunity to write the email announcing that you and you alone have single handedly saved the company from utter disaster. You're excited, you type it, you spell check it, and you hit send.

Everything is great except that your gold star memo has dangling modifiers, double negatives and run-on sentences colliding with each other."

Best movie mistakes

2007-01-10T21:03:00.000-06:00

Best movie mistakes:
"8 Titanic The lake that Jack told Rose he went ice fishing on when she was threatening to jump is Lake Wissota, a man-made lake in Wisconsin near Chippewa Falls (where Jack grew up). The lake was only filled with water in 1918 when a power company built a dam on the Chippewa River, six years after the Titanic sank."

Pac-Man hits the road

2007-01-10T21:02:00.000-06:00

Pac-Man hits the road:
"Sheriff Gary Miller cruised east from Buffalo to the stretch of Hwy. 55 with large, white ovals painted by the state to slow tailgaters by showing drivers how far apart to stay. About halfway through the stretch he saw the unauthorized addition: a giant rendition of a yellow Pac-Man, the jaws from the 1980s video game trailblazer, attacking an oval dot on the pavement."

Google circa 1960

2007-01-10T21:01:00.000-06:00

Google circa 1960

Old but good....

9 Inventions Edison Did Not Make

2007-01-10T21:00:00.000-06:00

9 Inventions Edison Did Not Make

Despite popular misconception....

Hail: 1 Airplane: 0

2007-01-10T20:59:00.000-06:00

Hail: 1 Airplane

A 727 pelted by hail at altitude.

The Car Chase That Made No Sense - Jalopnik

2007-01-10T20:56:00.000-06:00

Some person took footage of car chases from Hawaii Five-O and edited them into one, long nonsensical thing. In honor of the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit:

The Car Chase That Made No Sense - Jalopnik

Alpha Geek: How to digitize cassette tapes - Lifehacker

2007-01-10T20:54:00.000-06:00

Alpha Geek: How to digitize cassette tapes - Lifehacker

Freakonomics Blog » Fresh Beer at Market Prices

2007-01-10T20:52:00.000-06:00

Roland Fryer is a very enterprising young economist at Harvard whose early work, much of it in collaboration with Steve Levitt, is featured in Freakonomics.

Roland’s creativity is not limited to academic economics. A while back, he told me his idea for opening a bar in Cambridge where an electronic tote board would list the prices of the beers and each beer would rise or fall in price throughout the night depending on demand.

Freakonomics Blog » Fresh Beer at Market Prices

When pirates (of TV) ruled

2007-01-10T19:44:00.000-06:00

Details and story behind one of the few times a major TV station was overcome by a pirate signal. And it happened in Chicago....

Remember, Remember the 22nd of November

ARMED FORCES JOURNAL - Blood borders

2007-01-08T20:03:00.000-06:00

ARMED FORCES JOURNAL - Blood borders

An article from AFJ detailing a nontrivial rearrangement of the political borders of Southwestern Asia, along the lines of predominate population

2006 Darwin Awards

2006-12-31T14:22:00.001-06:00

2006 Darwin Awards

From the source.

Where are you?

2006-12-29T11:33:00.000-06:00

Map of the Internet page

A map organized by your IP address, with examples.

Jedi Trainer 2.0

2006-12-17T15:02:00.001-06:00

A game where, like Luke on Dagobah, you fend off target blasts with your light saber

Jedi Trainer

NASA - Total Solar Eclipse 2017 August 21

2006-12-17T13:26:00.000-06:00

Total Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017

From our friends at the Space Agency, an interactive mapping application showing the track of the next total solar eclipse visible from the continental US

Team Detects 'Top' Quark

2006-12-14T21:46:00.001-06:00

Team Detects 'Top Quark,' a Basic Constituent of Matter

The Best: Science Fictions

2006-12-14T21:44:00.000-06:00

The Best: Science Fictions

In memoriam: Peter Boyle

2006-12-13T21:12:00.000-06:00

From Young Frankenstein:
Puttin' on the Ritz

Casting Metal Legos

2006-12-12T20:54:00.000-06:00

Casting Metal Legos

15 Unusual Ways to Use Google

2006-12-12T20:53:00.000-06:00

Tech-book site Informit offers 15 unusual ways to use Google Search, including tracking packages, converting units of measure and providing encyclopedic information:

15 Unusual Ways to Use Google

Golf ball explosions

2006-12-10T23:41:00.000-06:00

Golf Ball Explosions, in super-slo-mo

How to make cream soda, ginger ale

2006-12-10T14:50:00.001-06:00

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Ginger-Ale

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Cream-Soda

Thanks to wikihow, an interesting collaboration.

A helpful HDTV chart: Viewing distance to screen size

2006-12-10T14:48:00.000-06:00

A helpful HDTV chart: Viewing distance to screen size

Some people can take advantage of the extra lines of resolution but sometimes, it's an unnecessary cost. Simply locate your viewing distance on the right hand side and screen size on the bottom, connect the two lines and bam, your optimal screen resolution.

So you want to watch some classic Monty Python sketches?

2006-12-10T13:35:00.000-06:00

So you want to watch some classic Monty Python sketches? They're there....