Author: Serkadis

The outlook is looking moderately optimistic for Twitter on the revenue front, but things aren’t going so great when it comes to traffic, at least for the main site. While in the US Twitter had flatlined for months now and even saw a dip in October, internationally it was still going strong. This isn’t the case anymore, as it seems that growth is slowing down around the world with twitter.com seeing a rise of only 3.5 percent in audience in November, according to comScore numbers.

Twitter.com got 60.3 million visitors in November worldwide compared to 58.3 million in the previous month. A 2 million visitors growth is nothing to sneer at, but compared to the huge bumps it was seeing just six months ago, things aren’t looking good. The most worrying issue though isn’t the current slowdown, but the overall trend which seems to be following the one in the US. And if things continue like in the US, we may even be seeing a decrease in visitors in the coming months.

That may not happen though as the site has been undergoing a major focus on the international market having released translated versions of the site in the major European languages, FIGS (French, Italian, German and Spanish). Even more volunteer translations are coming, so this may spur further interest in the site, at least for the short term. If this will … (read more)

When Tata Nano heard about the availability, on US soil, of a car which is cheaper than its, its headlamps fell off, and so did its self-esteem (if it had any). The rival to the cheapest car in the world title is called Kandi Coco (?), it debuted at the 2009 NADA Show, it went on sale in March has a price of only…$865.

Now, before you get your hopes up and rush to buy your own Chinese-made copy of the smart (because, yes, it is Chinese), you should know the low price may give yo… (read more)

Cam asa suna pentru unii melodiile din ziua de azi :

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
I wanna hold em’ like they do in Texas Plays
Fold em’ let em’ hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Lovegame and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he’s been hooked I’ll play the one that’s on his heart

Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I’ll get him hot, show him what I’ve got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh,
I’ll get him hot, show him what I’ve got
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p fuck her face, p-p-p fuck her face
(Mum mum mum mah)

No related posts.

The world’s most famous base jumper, Felix Baumgartner, recently paid a visit to the Red Bull factory in Mattighofen. Baumgartner came to pick up his new motorcycle, a KTM 990 Superbike R, however not without fully inspecting it first.

The master jumper arrived by helicopter, met with KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer and then moved on to inspect his new ride, which he hopes would provide him with some great sensations before finding another location from which he can jump in 20… (read more)

Amuzant,de moda veche si nu foarte cunoscut.Combinatia fatala pentru o comedie romantica autentica.
“Gwen si Nick sunt facuti unul pentru celalalt, dar drumurile lor nu se intalnesc niciodata. Ea este o scriitoare de succes si o romantica incurabila care-l cauta pe “dl Perfect”, el este un arhitect de succes si un mitoman incurabil care nu-si gaseste o iubita pe masura. Desi cei doi stau unul in preajma celuilalt, nu reusesc sa se intalneasca, pana intr-o zi, cand soarta ii aduce fata in fata.”

Related posts:

1. Just like heaven
2. Someone Like You
3. The Lake House
4. The Ugly Truth (2009)
5. No Reservations
6. The Cutting Edge
7. He’s Just Not That Into You
8. The Nanny Diaries
9. The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
10. Definitely,Maybe

When Daniele Romagnoli left the FIAT Yamaha Team at the end of last year, it wasn’t only the Italian squad that lost a valuable member of their management team, but also the Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo. The two-time 250cc champion used to compete under his guidance from early 2008, and his leaving Yamaha left the Spaniard defenseless prior to the 2010 season.

During his time at Yamaha, Romagnoli witnessed no less than 20 victories from both Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Yet h… (read more)

If you are a Star Trek fan then maybe this is the Shirt for you. Now you can own a shirt that shows the Star ship Enterprise caught in a bottle.

Go check out this cool Star ship Enterprise T-shirt

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

International Newsletter on Rock Art

Several rockshelters and smaller caves in the southern Gilf el-Kebir area provided Neolithic paintings, but there is a variability of topics and meanings between the individual sites. This paper examines the so-called “swimmers”, and compares their form with ethnological analogies: the acrobatic dances of actual Africa.

Keep an eye on the above page if you’re interested.

Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

Firefox 3.6 isn’t even out the door and the Mozilla folks are already looking well ahead not only to 3.7 but to 4.0 as well. One area the team is focusing on in particular is the user interface which is starting to look a little long in the tooth compared to Google Chrome and even Internet Explorer. Luckily, things are beginning to move ahead and the upcoming releases are starting to look very interesting from a design point of view. And, since this is an open-source project after all, Mozilla is asking for your help with one particular problem, designing a new “Home tab.”

“In the upcoming releases of Firefox, we’ll move the Home button to be a ‘Home tab’ instead. We will keep the existing functionality where you can display a web page of your choice — or disable it altogether — but since we’re moving this page to live in Firefox instead of on the web, there are some interesting opportunities,” the announcement reads.

Traditionally, the home button would load the page the user has selected as his “home page.” Firefox is currently using this to link to a custom Google search page though, on Linux for example, it may be a help page or anything else the distribution might decide. A couple of years back Opera, the perennial underdog in the browser market introduced a great new con… (read more)

Volkswagen has already announced its enthusiastic plans to become the world’s number one manufacturer in the next decade so its rivals have already started developing new market strategies to counteract its expansion. One of the first to react to VW’s growth is Toyota, which recently decided to end a 17-year collaboration with the German manufacturer in Japan.

The reason is still an enigma for all of us but leftlanenews.com writes that Toyota and Volkswagen will cut ties in 2010. … (read more)

Article Tags: Copenhagen Conference

Cracks emerged on Tuesday in the alliance on climate change formed at the Copenhagen conference last week, with leading developing countries criticising the resulting accord. The so-called BASIC countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – backed the accord in a meeting with the US on Friday night, and it was also supported by nearly all other nations at the talks, including all of the biggest emitters.

But on Tuesday the Brazilian government labelled the accord “disappointing” and complained that the financial assistance it contained from rich to poor countries was insufficient. South Africa also raised objections: Buyelwa Sonjica, the environment minister, called the failure to produce a legally binding agreement “unacceptable”. She said her government had considered leaving the meeting.

“We are not defending this, as I have indicated, for us it is not acceptable, it is definitely not acceptable,” she said. There was even harsher criticism from Andreas Carlgren, environment minister of Sweden, current holder of the rotating European Union presidency, who proclaimed the Copenhagen accord “a disaster” and “a great failure.

Click source to read FULL article

Source: ft.com

Read in full with comments »   

The tuners from ART unveiled their latest contraption, the G Streetline, at the 2009 Dubai Motor Show, held between December 16-20. Based on the Mercedes-Benz G55K AMG, the G Streetline recalls the one-off ART AS55K Yaas Edition, created for the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi some five months ago.

Enhanced performance, an innovative lighting system, modification into a wide-body design, a superior wheel/chassis combination, and high quality interior improvements, are all part of the ve… (read more)

With all the excitement surrounding Volvo’s countrymen Saab, the fate of Ford’s division in Europe has somehow slipped in the background. Yet, apparently, things are moving along and, according to some sources cited by Bloomberg, Ford will announce a sale as soon as today.

The rumor pushes the deadline when the deal was expected to be concluded some two months ahead. Last week, the deal was seen as done by February 14.

"The Volvo deal sees no more hurdles,&quo… (read more)

PalArch

“Eveline Zahradnik. 2009. Zur Darstellung eines Königs mit krankhaftem Beinbefund auf dem Relief ‘Spaziergang im Garten’ Spectral Imaging of Ostraca. – PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 6(8) (2009)” was written on the December 23, 2009 at 09:25 on “PalArch”.

*Abstract* The relief Berlin 15000 from the Amarna Period, known as ‘The Stroll in the Garden’ most likely shows Tutankhamun with an injury of the left leg. According to a specialist in accident surgery who also practices sports medicine, the relief shows a man leaning on an auxiliary crutch whose left leg seems to be injured, as he is holding the crutch on his right side. This assumption is further strengthened by the fact that in 2005, a new CT scan of the mummy of Tutankhamun diagnosed a fracture of the left leg.
Tutankhamun was also the sole king to be represented with sticks in his hands, and a high number of sticks were among his grave goods. I elaborate on the unusual representation of a young king holding a staff and the potential medical consequences and complications of a broken leg.

————————-
*Download PDF File*

Links:
——
[1] http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/Zahradnik_Spaziergang_im_garten_PJAEE_6_8_2009.pdf

Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

Article Tags: Web Article

A few years ago, I accepted global warming theory with few doubts. I wrote several columns for this paper condemning what I thought were unfair attacks by skeptics and defending the climate scientists.

Boy, was I naive.

Since the Climategate emails and documents revealed active collusion to thwart skeptics and even outright fraud, I’ve been trying to correct the record of my earlier foolishness. In one of those columns, I even wrote: ‘And see Real Climate (www.realclimate.org) for global warming science without the political spin.”

In fact, Real Climate was and is nothing more than the house organ of global warming activists, concerned more with politics than with science.

Source: nctimes.com

Read in full with comments »   

Heritage Key (Sean Williams)

With video.

“In most Egyptian tombs you’ve either got the wall paintings or the coffin.” Fiona, 8th Countess of Carnarvon says, stressing the uniqueness of Tutankhamun’s tomb, the greatest discovery in history. Its treasures may be well documented, less so the incredible wall paintings that greeted Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon when they burst through in 1922 (Watch a special video on the discovery here).

Lady Carnarvon, herself a two-time author on the Tutankhamun phenomenon with Carter & Carnarvon (click here to buy) and Egypt at Highclere: The Discovery of Tutankhamun (click here to buy), seems totally engrossed in the walls she and husband George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon have replicated in the bowels of Highclere Castle.

Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

Fischer Connectors: overmolded connectors and cable assemblies perfect for scientific testing equipment.

Able to withstand vibrations, explosions, sand storms, torrential rains, deep-freeze temperatures, crash tests, melting processes, and ocean depths of 100 meters, Fischer connectors were recently selected by Pinnacle, a worldwide energy solutions company to the oil and gas industry. “Our operations would come to a screeching halt if our instruments failed. We rely on collecting data 24/7,” says Ralf Krug, Development Engineer, for Pinnacle.

“Fischer was the only manufacturer who had the type of rugged connector and cable assembly that met the specifications for our geo data gathering equipment. Its durable connectors and rugged cable assembly are difficult to damage and excel in extreme environments typical of fracture and reservoir diagnostic and monitoring work,” continues Krug. “In the past, we specified military-style connectors, but our new products required something smaller with more pull strength, a specific number of pins, fail-safe mechanical lock, and rugged construction. Fischer had what we needed, stated Krug.”

“What’s interesting about Pinnacle’s application is that the tiltmeters equipped with Fischer connectors allow the scientist to observe the underground movement of fluids – several 1000m beneath the earth’s surface,” says Daniel Spycher, International Sales Director for Fischer Connectors SA. “Our job as manufacturers of high-quality electronic components is to design products that guarantee reliability in the most demanding environments. For this application, Fischers’ interconnectivity solution included a cable assembly that mates with a Fischer DEE 105 receptacle, while the other end of the cable assembly plugs into a controller device.”

Fischer’s high-performance connectors offer excellent strength-to-weight ratio and can withstand harsh environments. Connector products are 360° EMC shielded and sealed up to IP68, or even hermetic. Ideal for frequent connect and disconnect operations, the plugs and receptacles are engineered to endure more than 10,000 mating cycles within a temperature range of -50°C to +150°C.

Fischer attributes its marketplace success to its innovative technology, responsiveness, rapid and wide-ranging solutions, flexibility, and high-quality products. Fischer’s internal technical support team efficiently creates the perfect design and product match for optimum customer satisfaction.

Audi fans out there are surely satisfied with the S3 but the guys over at MR Car Design decided to give it a try and develop a more advanced version, somewhat like an unofficial RS3. The resulting model is indeed a much more powerful car, although it is still equipped with the 2.0-liter TFSI engine offered by Audi.

To get straight to the point, the tuners used the aforementioned engine but added a sports exhaust system with optimized dynamic pressure, a big intercooler plus additi… (read more)

Jenson Button has lost his first head-to-head confrontation with his new teammate and future rival Lewis Hamilton since he joined McLaren Mercedes team. Although the two were not put one alongside another on a track to compete for 1st place, they were given the chance to lap for the fastest time (in different days) during the famous BBC show Top Gear.

While Hamilton’s test happened a couple of years ago – during his very first season in Formula One and before he became world champ… (read more)