This has got to be one of the more interesting used of Satellite technology. A company has Created a carpet that is embedded with satellite photos.

There is an interesting article on EarthWeb about the DecNet protocol. When I was at uni I had some interesting discussions with people about DecNet. Not a bad protcol, and it is quite powerful. Just that the world decided TCP was the way to go.

This is rather cool. A guy in the USA has developed a little LCD to show GPS data. Quite simple, but cute none the less. I have programmed a similar chip to display my friends live locations on a GPS receiever. This is the AntiTracker on my WWW site, in the APRS area.

In the strange but true category, comes thia LA Times article on how bird watchers around the USA are being harassed because they are doing things that normal people do not do. Like stare at buildings and the like through camera. I just find this a bit strange since I would have though that they would have been the most placid group of people on the planet.