Words from Nerds 160: Build The Enterprise

Mobile App of the Week:

• EMC World 2012 Mobile App – how to get the most out of smartphones at a conference. QR Codes scans, session reviews, session schedules, floor maps, twit polls and more.

• It’s still a little early according to Star Trek lore, but some guy wants us to get started building the USS Enterprise. And he’s got detailed plans on how to do it.
• What does Pi sound like? When you put it to music, not bad, actually. (thanks to @tc110 for sharing this)
• Rumor: Facebook to buy Opera and RIM
• SpaceX the beginning of more to come?
• Olympicene built by chemists.
• Sad news: Missile silo condos sold out
• British Columbia helps us all prepare for zombies
• Oldest musical instrument

This Week in Nerd History:

• May 30, 1854 – The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
• May 31, 1859 – Big Ben comes online
• May 30, 1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day“) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan‘s proclamation on May 5)

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