19. December, 1997 - Happy holidays
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- An article talking about how Santa's online in Silicon Valley
- Email Santa
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16. December, 1997 - Fifty years ago today was the birth of the transistor. I felt it was worth commemorating with a special edition of Dave's Picks.
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- Dave Plotnikoff talks about the birth of the transistor in his Modem Driver 121497 column.
- Lucent has a History of the Transistor
- On an unrelated note, Dan Gillmor talks about Money in Freeware
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12. December, 1997
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- Murphy's Laws of Combat
- Reason Magazine has an article about The Rise of Microsoft that I liked.
- Upside says JAVA is Shooting Blanks .
- The Internet Archive better have a lot of storage handy....
- You need to know about the Wacky Patent of the Month.
- The Freshman Fishwrap at MIT has a Hack Gallery chronicling hacks there.
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5. December, 1997
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- Earthwalker details the story of the first verified walk around the Earth.
- Rocket and Water Rockets were pointed out to me by a friend. Cool stuff, Maynard.
- Following the science theme, here's the AGD Antics and Mayhem page.
- On a less serious note: Things to do When You're Bored.
- And finally, Deb and Jen's Land O' Useless Facts.
- The gratuitous useful link of the week is When Am I?.
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