How to Geotag Your Digital Photos
Add geographic metadata to your photos, and you can easily browse photos by location. Even better, you can make it easy for other people to find interesting locations you've shot. here's how to add that data to your photos quickly and painlessly.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 04:40:00 GMT
Source: Wired.com
New Spider Species Named After Neil Young
Fandom takes many forms, and some are truly creepy. An East Carolina University biologist names a species of trapdoor spider after his favorite rock star.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT
Source: Wired.com
May 13, 1637: Cardinal Richelieu Makes His Point
1637: Perhaps weary of watching dinner guests picking their teeth with the points of their daggers, Cardinal Richelieu orders the blades of his dinnerware to be ground down and rounded off. Et voilà, the modern dinner knife is born. Prior to Richelieu's flash of inspiration (or simple revulsion at bad manners), diners typically used hunting daggers to spear their morsels, which were then conveyed to the mouth by hand or with the help of a spoon. The fork, the implement that really revolutionized chowing down, had existed since biblical times. Despite its utility, however, the fork remained a relative rarity in the West until the 17th century, even among the French royals that Richelieu served with unswerving devotion. Richelieu's knives became the rage among the court and soon everyone who was anyone in France had a set. The dinner knife became commonplace throughout France after Louis XIV -- who, like most kings, had his own reasons for not wanting sharp blades and pointed tips around -- decreed its universality. Soon afterward, the dinner knife found its way throughout continental Europe to England and, eventually, the American colonies. It's fitting that the table knife helped refine table manners at the French court. If the French didn't invent good manners (and they didn't: the ancient Egyptians instituted a code of behavior during the Fifth Dynasty), they at least gave the world étiquette, the five-franc word that's synonymous with refined behavior. Cardinal Richelieu, of course, was more than a simple cutler. As Louis XIII's chief minister, he was no stranger to using sharp implements to influence geopolitical events. His policies transformed France into a powerful state, bringing it into direct conflict with the House of Hapsburg and the Holy Roman emperors. Allying Catholic France with the Protestant Swedes in the Thirty Years' War, Richelieu looked on as sword-wielding mercenaries laid waste the tiny neighboring German states, helping fuel the grudges that set the stage for modern European history. (Source: Various)
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT
Source: Wired.com
International Hackers Indicted for Sniffing Credit Cards from Dave & Buster's
Three alleged hackers have been indicted in the United States and are accused of siphoning credit card information from customers at a national restaurant chain, Dave and Buster's. The data was purloined as the customers paid for their meals. One of the accused had millions of of stolen credit card numbers in his possession, most unrelated to the restaurant chain, when arrested in July.
Publ.Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT
Source: Wired.com
PC World Editor to Step Down, Start Own Venture
PC World editor in chief Harry McCracken announced his resignation in a blog post today. After June 2, he will be starting a new product reviews site, McCracken told Wired.com's Epicenter blog.
Publ.Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 21:50:00 GMT
Source: Wired.com
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