Hasta La Gadget!

Steve Jobs' lost Lisa mouse, which had been buried inside a time capsule in an Aspen, Colo., field for the last 30 years.

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Pay dirt!

After waiting decades to see the inside of the long-buried “Steve Jobs Time Capsule,” archaeologists who dug it up last week had to wait a few more days to find the treasure they sought — Steve Jobs’ 30-year-old mouse. And find it they did.

In 1983, at the end of the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colo., organizers put a time capsule, known officially as the Aspen Time Tube, into an Apsen field. Many at the conference contributed items, but there’s no doubt that the Lisa mouse the late Apple co-founder had used during his presentation at the conference was the bounty everyone remembered and wanted to see once it was dug up. As a result, the Aspen Time Tube became known as the “Steve Jobs Time Capsule.”

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The camera on the iPhone 5S.

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Apple wasn’t the first smartphone maker to include a slow-motion camera feature, nor will it be the last.

But with more than 9 million iPhones sold in its opening weekend, and most of those expected to be the 5S, there are going to be a lot of slow-motion videos floating around.

We’ve compiled some of the best early ones from the past few days below.

Doing backflips on a bike, with a soundtrack:

A dog eating water, or in Internet terms, re-enacting the WHARRGARBL:

Horses being majestic:

iPhone 5S Slow Motion Test from Sean O'Bryan on Vimeo.

Backflips into the pool:

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Today, Chinese automakers produce world-class knockoffs of Western car brands. But back in the early 1960s, it was the imaginary cars of the future that China was knocking off.

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With its $160 million budget, Inception‘s special effects—the floating hallway scene in particular—are pretty damn impressive. But take away the funds, the crew, the computers, and what do you have left? Videographer Justin Fredrick Clark’s very own (and equally incredible) gravity defying room—which he built entirely from scratch.

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This article was written on September 27, 2007 by CyberNet.

Tutorial Thursday

What was going on this week at CyberNet News and Learn Firefox? Here’s your chance to catch-up if you missed something!

I periodically receive inquiries from friends asking for the easiest way to access files and folders on a FTP server. They normally have their own FTP server setup at home, and they want to ensure fast access to their files without having to mess with third-party applications. Is it possible to quickly map a FTP to a drive? You bet!

The solution I’m about to show you doesn’t exactly assign a drive letter to the FTP server, but it will essentially serve the same purpose as a drive. Through Windows Explorer you’ll have one-click access to your files, and they will even be accessible through the standard Open/Save dialog boxes in apps such as Microsoft Word.

Here’s how you can set it up:

1. Open Windows Explorer and choose the “Map Network Drive” option.
   Vista location: Along the top toolbar
   XP location: Tools Menu
   
2. Choose the option at the bottom that reads:
   Vista: “Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures”
   XP: “Sign up for online storage or connect to a network server”
   
3. Click “Choose a custom network location”:
   
4. Enter in the FTP address for the site:
   
5. Enter the username for the FTP server (you will be prompted for the password when you connect):
   
6. Enter a name:
   
7. Finish up the wizard, and then you’ll be ready to connect! You’ll be prompted for the password the first time that you try and connect, but you can have the password saved after that if you wish.
   

That process will take less than 30-seconds to complete after you become familiar with doing it. There is a way to assign a drive letter to a FTP server, but it does take some addition work. I’ve found three sources that try to make it a little easier:

1. Tutorial – This is a relatively quick process and would be my first choice out of the three mentioned here. It requires no third-party apps to make it work, and it truly lets you map a FTP server to a drive. It does require using the command line.
2. NetDrive – This is a free program offered by Novell that has a GUI interface for setting up FTP servers as drives on your computer.
3. FTP Drive – This is a small free program that also brings a GUI interface to the configuration, but the program always has to be running if you want the mapped drive to work.

While those solutions make it possible to assign a drive letter to the FTP, I don’t see an added advantage by doing so. The steps that I walked you through in this article will give nearly every program access to your FTP, and it is super easy to setup. I’m sure there is some reason that you would want a drive letter though…I just haven’t found them. 🙂

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