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Google Sponsors “Lunar X Prize” to the Moon- $30 Million

dkahn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:29:36 +0000

It’s been 35 years since we’ve had human presence on the moon. Google announced today that they are sponsoring a contest for the rocketeers of the world. If you want $20 million all you have to do is build an unmanned vehicle that can launch and land on the moon. You also need to take pictures and send them back to Earth. For an extra $10 million your explorer will need to travel 5,000 meters on the moon, discover ice water and/or survive a night on the moon (14.5 earth days) and find man-made artifacts (including Apollo hardware or human footprints). That’s a big load. The public will be able to view all of this on the GoogleLunarXPrize page and it will have to be a high-definition camera (that’s good). The contest is based on a similar contest, which was won by SpaceShipOne, called Ansari X Prize. All SpaceShipOne had to do was fly into outer space and it was funded by Microsoft. That idea came from the Orteig Prize which was won by the one and only, Charles Lindberg. This is totally revolutionary.

Switching Hosts

dkahn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:28:51 +0000

We are considering switching hosts within these two days so we might be down a little.

Fun and Helpful Necessities

dkahn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:23:51 +0000

Mojiti is a Youtube-like website that allows you to annotate the videos on the site. Perfect if you actually uploaded a scene in a movie that you have to write an essay on. It’s also just fun to play with.

Customers often know a lot more about products that they are interested in and solve problems that customer support does not
care to solve. GetSatisfaction is a new website that talks about products and is powered by customers.

I’m loving the awesomeness

dkahn — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:18:11 +0000

We’ve been needing this for a long time. Sclipo is a beta service that allows users to teach people things with videos. Not until recently have they decided to make Sclipo live. It allows you to teach someone one-on-one for money, or be taught live. Now you can have a tutor online. The teacher can set schedules to teach people and you and the teacher can write notes. There is also an option to write on a white board to others. The last awesome thing you can do is record the whole class and all the notes. Then, only you and the teacher can have a recorded clip of the session.

Criticker is also a new site that personalizes your movie reviews. The first thing you do when you go on the site is rate movies from 1 to 5 andthen it pairs you up with a few reviewers that somewhat have your personality. Cool, huh?

Get your Personalized Itunes Recommendation with Scouta Agent

dkahn — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:02:10 +0000

Scout Agent is a new unique download that looks at your podcasts and songs on Itunes. It. recommends other music and podcasts based on what you have. Life couldn’t get any better.