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ChristianK··on Google is replacing conference room paper schedules with solar-powered LCD's, updated via 802.15
Umm ... why do you need conference room schedules on the conference rooms? I've never worked anywhere that needed that.

How a "zero impact" policy of "look it up on your computer/phone"?

(Neat device though; there are other electronic sign age applications that I can imagine it being useful for).

ChristianK··on Interactive map of Linux kernel
Very cool - does anyone know how they generated the image map?

By which I mean, was it loving crafted by hand or did they have a tool that could at least create the raw data?

ChristianK··on Man analyses cause of bad TV reception, finds his TV is de facto radar
In that he says "If you stand at this point(http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.513412,-0.128170) you will be in the centre of a 1km diameter circle containing a staggering 167 pubs!"

Which is probably I enjoyed living about 30 yards from that point so much :) Coincidentally, my apartment (flat) was directly above a Sam Smiths pub. Happy days ...