Archive for November, 2009

30
Nov

Royal Society: 350 Years of Scientific Publishing

By Grumpy Geek 0 Comments
Categories: Education and Science

A new website by the Royal Society in Britain allows you to explore 350 years of scientific papers and accomplishments via an interactive timeline.  Even more interestingly, the actual papers are linked from the event details.  For example, you can read Benjamin Franklin’s letter regarding his famous kite experiment.

Being a “science guy” I think this site could definitely occupy some serious time on my part.  If you have any interest in science or history, you need to check it out.

Trailblazing [The Royal Society]

09
Nov

Happy Birthday Firefox

By Grumpy Geek 0 Comments
Categories: Tech

Firefox, my favorite web browser, turned 5 years old.  I started using it when it was known as Firebird although there was one earlier name Phoenix.  Anyway, ars technica has a glimpse back at their original coverage.  Check it out.

Firefox turns five… [ars technica]