Hakkōda Mountains

Rumor has it that this is a hidden gem for deep powder.  The Hakkōda Mountains are in the Aomori Prefecture of Northeastern Japan.

photo from aotown's Panoramio page

Visually Documenting the Space Shuttle Program

Apologies if this is a re-post, but I couldn't find it in my history.  This is a video put together by the folks who are responsible for documenting the space shuttle program.  Not only does the video contain amazing still & moving pictures, but these guys go into detail on how they are able to get such amazing shots.
This is well worth the full 45 minutes, especially in HD

Geeks rule!

When faced with a typical childhood problem (toys that don't work as designed or work with each other), this dad fixed the problem by building a 3-D printer.  The result: a universal connection kit which allows toys of all sorts to work together.  Long live geeks & problem solvers!

AT&T Femtocell security

The folks over at fail0verflow :: havea great article on the internals and security of an AT&T femtocell.  Time to check eBay to see if I'm getting a new toy!

Why does Java suck so much?

I know, a rhetorical question.  But how did this ever make it out of the role of playing games on cell phones?