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MarchMar 18 Tuesday 08
I Love Moore's Law
Last week my wife and I went out to get her a new cell phone. She has always liked my Sony Ericsson K790i with the 3.2MP camera. I like it too, while not a good camera, it makes for a pretty good cameraphone. I've never seen the logic in almost unusable 1.3MP …
MarchMar 14 Friday 08
overloaded?
Find yourself overloaded trying to keep up with the latest interwebs? Check out Alltop it's an ultra clean aggregator that was inspired by Popurls.
Google in Space
Ok, ok, so I like Google, I often have a hard time with it given my disdain for corporations, but who can deny the innovation coming out of the 'plex?
sky.google.com, mars.google.com, moon.google.com
MarchMar 5 Wednesday 08
glove.III
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MarchMar 4 Tuesday 08
Pledge Allegiance to The Bag
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Banksy is probably …
FebruaryFeb 28 Thursday 08
TED2008 live webcast
As you may know, I'm a fan of TED, having posted a few of their videos. Tonight, TED2008 opens with a live webcast, follow this link, and it starts at 5:15pm Pacific time. From TED's newsletter:
...we are opening up one complete session of TED free to the world, …
FebruaryFeb 15 Friday 08
Air Poo
For the Mac junky that must have everything, the Air Poo. Perfect for remaining productive while defecating. With wireless, Mac Air docking port, iPod support with fully integrated surround sound, heated seat, and my favorite feature, the multi-touch flusher;
A …
FebruaryFeb 13 Wednesday 08
writers strike is over
CNN has an article reporting that the screen writers strike is over. Who cares? The sitcom addicts maybe, I don't, I gave up cable a year ago.
JanuaryJan 31 Thursday 08
lens reviews at dpreview.com
I've been a fan of dpreview ever since a friend introduced me to the site. Yesterday they launched a lens review section, well needed in my opinion, with 4 reviews at the time of writing. You can read about the technical end of the lens review process, as well as the …
JanuaryJan 29 Tuesday 08
Creepy Cyberpunk Fantasies Come to Life
As an artificial limb designer and hobbyist robotics engineer, artist Christopher Conte rarely uses blueprints or sketches to craft his elaborate biomechanical sculptures.read more | digg story
JanuaryJan 25 Friday 08
Author Pirates His Own Books
Paulo Coelho, the best-selling author of "The Alchemist", is using BitTorrent and other filesharing networks as a way to promote his books. His publishers weren't too keen on giving away free copies of his books, so he's taken matters into his own hands.read more | digg story
fine technical writing
So my current employer bought a HP Pavilion laptop for the shop floor today, mostly for CNC/DNC communications and part program management. This is a photo of step six in the quick start poster, after the mostly obvious: insert battery, plug in power supply, turn device …
JanuaryJan 23 Wednesday 08
wood bicycle
This 16 year old kid made a fully functioning bicycle out of nothing but wood and glue, even the chain. Those dots in the assembly appear to be dowels, not screws. Pretty cool.
Via Lee Valley
TV sucks
Kris and I gave up TV a year ago next month, it was on of the best decisions we've made. Exponentially so when this article showed up in Google News today. I mean, who the hell cares if all the town's women leave for a week? I don't.
To be honest though, I'm not sure …
JanuaryJan 12 Saturday 08
the recording industry vs. p2p
Will the recording industry survive the current P2P epidemic? I hope not, I hate the idea of some aging psychedelic-hipster record executive sitting in plush surroundings, getting fat/stoned off my hard earned dough. Support the artists? Absolutely. I say the successful …
the cynic's holiday
I'm sure you've had your fill of clich