David Peacock

On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. - David Peacock

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour recently returned to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after its successful mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle, being a reusable spacecraft, has a cycle of preparation, execution and recovery - Endeavour has been through this cycle 22 times now, since 1992. Here is a look at one full cycle for one space shuttle, starting with the landing of Endeavour from its previous mission (STS-123) on March 26th, and ending with its return to Florida 9 months (and 6.6 million miles) later, after mission STS-126. - David Peacock

2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It's not the story of 2008, it's certainly not all stories, but as a collection it does show a good portion of what life has been like over the past 12 months. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days. Watch for part 2 and part 3 tomorrow and the next day. - David Peacock

Remember, always check your own props..... - David Peacock via Bookmarklet

The recent "acqua alta" (high water) in Venice, Italy reached a depth of 1.56 meters (5 ft, 1 in.) on Monday - the deepest flood in 22 years, and the fourth highest flood level in recent history, claimed Venice's Tide Center. - David Peacock

Powerful, moving, and graphic photos of the tragic events in Mumbai. - David Peacock

13.09.08.Public.spending.pdf - David Peacock

Conspicuous Consumption? - David Peacock via Bookmarklet

The social software market continues to be fueled by increasing interest from buyers looking for social interaction support as well as from vendors looking to establish a foothold in a growing market. - David Peacock

The unfolding story of Bob; Corporate gag the Social Media initiative - David Peacock

Another example of Social Media backlash - David Peacock

If you are reading this, then my mission is probably over. This final entry is one that I asked be posted after my mission team announces they’ve lost contact with me. Today is that day and I must say good-bye, but I do it in triumph and not in grief. - David Peacock

Toshiba is to launch a special effects-laden TV campaign, featuring next-generation "bullet time" techniques made famous by the Matrix, to promote its home entertainment products. - David Peacock

What do you get when you cross performance art with high-energy photography? You get the unique and fascinating photography of Denis Darzacq and Liwei. - David Peacock

It's part of the new socialist regime. - Akiva Moskovitz

Via Jabber & Enjit? me too.... - David Peacock

""In today's difficult business environment, the instinctive reaction can be to batten down the hatches and return to the traditional command-and-control techniques that enable managers to closely monitor and measure productivity. "Allowing workers to have more freedom and flexibility might seem counter-intuitive, but it appears to create businesses more capable of maintaining stability."" - David Peacock via Bookmarklet

Twitter to Friend Feed Importer finds all of your Tweeps on Friend Feed and subscribes them. - David Peacock

I like a good conspiracy theory & I like this one :) - David Peacock

Advanced IP Scanner is a fast, robust and easy-to-use IP scanner for Windows. It easily lets you have various types of information about local network computers in a few seconds! Advanced IP Scanner gives you one-click access to many useful functions - remote shutdown and wake up, Radmin integration and more! - David Peacock

Here are their 25 tactical tips across four categories: IT management; enterprise software; enterprise infrastructure and operations, the networks and telecom; and enterprise infrastructure, hardware and IT operations. - David Peacock

Scrumy? Scrumy is a project management tool loosely based off of Scrum. - David Peacock

Analysts Discuss the Next Steps IT Must Take to Improve Business Performance during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008, October 12-16, in Orlando - David Peacock

The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time is a partnership between the Palace Museum and IBM. The goal of the project is to provide the means for a world-wide audience to celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history. - David Peacock

Here is a guide to many of the business terms currently cropping up regularly, as well as some of the more exotic words coined to describe some of the social effects of the credit crunch. - David Peacock