August 16th, 2006

Computer monitors float, screen upwards

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer made another appearance on my local public radio station. Among the ocean garbage trivia is the fact that computer monitors float screen upwards (timecode 4:00).

Other fascinating facts:

  • Garbage from Japan collects near the United States; garbage from the United States collects near Japan.
  • Researchers studying dead albatross chicks have found 60-year-old plastic in the birds’ stomachs.
  • Some beaches “specialize” in certain types of garbage.
Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

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Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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