The companion workshop to Andy's
The companion workshop to Andy's new book 'Transcending CSS - The Fine Art of Web Design', this session will lift the lid on web technologies including XHTML, CSS and DOM scripting and show you exactly where they fit in with modern web design. Andy will reveal the benefits of working with meaningful XHTML markup, he will help you look at structure, semantics and teach the appropriate use of attributes includingsemantics and teach the appropriate use of attributes including...
Archive for the ‘ipod battery’ Category

ABC News this weekend posted an article about some of the lesser known facts about “living in space.” One of the items of note are that iPods are popular with the Space Shuttle crew.

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Turns out iPods are a great space-saving replacement for portable CD players and scads of CDs. The iPods have to be modified to use space flight-approved alkaline AA batteries, though. Li-ion batteries are currently not approved for space, surely due to the possible safety issues with Li-ion batteries; the last thing Apple needs is PR about an iPod exploding on the Space Shuttle. But at least Shuttle astronauts can use iPods at all—they aren’t approved for use on the International Space Station.

We were unable to receive confirmation at press time, but due to the cramped quarters, it’s likely that crew members are not allowed to “rock out with their cocks out.”

via http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/03/17/space-the-final-frontier-for-ipods