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'Air Space' magazine has a little article about the first photograph taken from space - as well as the picture there's some information about what people thought about this at the time.
Today, the final day of November, sees the last of these 'brief' postings. Back to ones with pictures next month.
Ever wondered how a band came up with their name?
Try here for a list of some band names and their origins.
What did Nintendo do before they made games consoles like the NES, SNES, Gameboy, etc.?
Find out at this collection of pictures and info.
As an extra - you can see here what Nokia used to do before they became the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world (as at September 2006).
If you were thinking of getting a PS3 - despite their extraordinary cost - and are kicking your heels now that Europe has to wait - yet again - try this.
The full manuals for how to set up and adjust a PS3 are here. You can get ready for the day when you take delivery and can cut down the time to get started.
EXTRA LINK:
The 'Daily Tech' has an article where they take a PS3 to bits. This will get you closer to the PS3 than you're likely to do with your own when you get it. There's some interesting info near the end of the article about changing internal disk drives too.
ANOTHER EXTRA:
The Sony manuals site also has the ones for PSP here for you Sony diehards.
This article is about Joe Critchley - now 17 and coding for Google - but who has been 'hacking' away in various languages and scripts since he was 8 years old.
The tools are out there for any one of you to do the same - and they are mostly free.
How about putting down your games and phones for a bit and do something different - coding is just one alternative.
To follow up the worst games from last week - here's a list of the 50 worst game names.
Again - agree? disagree?
You can't have one list in a week - you MUST have more - so here's another list .....
SeanBaby has the 20 worst video games of all time.
Agree? Disagree?
Continuing the November short-and-pictureless-postings .....
C-Net's "Crave" weblog has this article about the 10 biggest computer flops of all time.
Wonder if they realised what a "flop" is?
Great name for a site - try here for some interesting ideas.