popurls.com http://popurls.net/thomas thomas's popurlized stories from popurls.com - the mother of aggregators en Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:22:01 -0700 donotreply@popurls.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Originally posted in Long Now> Paper, it turns out, is a very reliable backup medium for information.  While it can burn or dissolve in water, good acid-free versions of paper are otherwise stable over the long term, cheap to warehouse, ... // via popurls.com http://kk.org/kk/2008/08/very-longterm-backup.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:21:13 -0700 With a French pension in hand, Louis Daguerre reveals the secrets of making daguerreotypes to a waiting world. The pioneering photographic process is an instant hit. // via popurls.com http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/08/dayintech_0819 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:36:12 -0700 The most popular and stable GNU/Linux operating system Debain has turned 15 today. There are many interesting facts about Debian which makes it even more adorable. Debian was announced on 16 August 1993 by Ian Murdock, who is now the vice presiden... // via popurls.com http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/28150/news.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:54:22 -0700 tags: starwars, art, video, humor, sanfrancisco // via popurls.com http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:08:56 -0700 Originally posted in Kevin Kelly My first book, Out of Control, still in print from Amazon and available online in full text since 1995, was always imperfect in my eyes. I had wanted to fill it with illustrations. But it was so large (230,000... // via popurls.com http://www.kk.org/2008/08/out-of-control-the-illustrated.php Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:16:53 -0700