Joe Levi:
a cross-discipline, multi-dimensional problem solver who thinks outside the box – but within reality™

Monthly Archive: August 2004

"Not Quiet As" Longhorn

According to TechNewsWorld Microsoft is trimming back the proposed feature set of their upcoming operating system (codenamed “Longhorn”). Recently, Longhorn’s release date was pushed up from...

Google AdSense

Years ago I tried the whole “make money off your website” deal. Most were ad banners that were ads for other ad banners (ePipo, AllAdvantage, etc.)....

out of phone numbers by 2025?

According to this C|Net article, “Federal agencies estimate that [we’ll] run out of 10-digit [phone] numbers, which include area codes, by 2025.” The article doesn’t say...

math tricks

What’s 852? Why, that’s simple! 7,225! How do I know that? Well, thanks to the Vedics (who predate Christ), we have mathematical shortcuts all rolled up...

solar cooking

I’ve got an old Sony DirecTV DSS dish that I’m no longer using. It’s an 18″ vertical elliptical dish, but it’s a parabolic reflector nonetheless. So...