Codex Sinaiticus

"Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript – the oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity – is of supreme importance for the history of the book"



http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/en/

Google Maps Offers Walking Directions

"If you visit Google Maps today, you may notice a new feature called Walking Directions. It could definitely come in handy, especially if you live a city where having a car is just not efficient."



http://www.appscout.com/2008/07/google_maps_offers_walking_dir_1.php

Linux tools to convert file formats

"Life would be a lot easier if we could live in a Linux-only world and if applications never required data from other sources. However, the need to get data from Windows, MS-DOS, or old Macintosh systems is all too common. This kind of import process requires some conversions to solve file format differences; otherwise, it would be impossible to share data, or file contents would be imported incorrectly. The easiest way to transfer data between systems is by using plain text files or common formats like comma-separated value (CSV) files. However, converting such files from Windows or Mac OS results in formatting differences for the newline characters and character encoding. This article explains why we have these problems and shows ways to solve them."

http://www.linux.com/feature/141378