Friday YouTube: Ballad of a WiFi Hero
Anyone who watches Archer or Bob’s Burgers will recognize the voice of H. Jon Benjamin in this excellent animation of a McSweeney’s Mike Lacher piece “In [...]
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VIDEO: Sam Moskowitz Predicts the Dark Side of Computing in the Early 1960s
Here’s an interesting interview from the early 1960s in which Sam Moskowitz discusses the ideas presented in Murray Leinster’s short story “A Logic Named [...]
VIDEO: Bruce Sterling on Augmented Reality
In his keynote speech at the recent Augmented World Expo, sf author Bruce sterling shares his thoughts on augmented [...]
Slow Tuesday Night
I don’t know how many of you have G-mail, or spend any particular amount of time following technology related news. I don’t follow with any tremendous devotion, [...]
VIDEO: What If The Matrix Ran on Windows?
I recently re-watched The Matrix, so this College Humor video is timely… [via Gizmodo and [...]
Wednesday YouTube: William Shatner’s Commodore Vic 20 Commercial
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Authors Find a Second Life?
Tobias Buckell (author of Crystal Rain) has called for science fiction writers of all types to get together online in the virtual world of Second Life. He’s got others [...]
Pandora
I stumbled across a streaming music site a few weeks ago. It’s called Pandora and it rocks. What’s special about it is that it uses “recommended if you [...]
A Book on a Stick
File under: Useless Devices. Numley, a “Web 2.0 copyright and DRM (digital rights management) corporation”, has created a BookFob, a USB stick that contains [...]
Google to Broker Online Book Sales
From a ZDNet article: The new offering would allow people to sign in and purchase immediate, browser-based access to books, Google said on its site. Purchasers would not, [...]
There’s a New Google Toolbar in Town
Google will soon be releasing an updated version of their awesome Google Toolbar. For now you can download the beta New features include: Adding custom button – This [...]
Cyberia
Douglas Rushkoff has made available hos 1994 book Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace available online. Publishers Weekly describes it thusly: This heady report takes [...]
It’s Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy!
Saturday Night Live has been hit and miss (mostly miss) for years. But this set of SNL bits, Nick Burns: Your Company’s Computer Guy, is a hoot. It’s funny to me [...]
Foxit PDF Reader
I’m not saying that the PDF document format sucks, but it does. OK, maybe I am saying that. The point is that my biggest gripe with PDF is the slow load times and [...]
8 Stupid Mobile Technologies
Mobile Magazine has an article listing the 8 Stupid Mobile Technologies. The winners? MP3 Bluetooth Cell Phone Service Microsoft Windows The Internal Combustion Engine [...]
Windows Update Now Requires Piracy Check
In an effort to stem piracy of its Windows software, Microsoft now requires a validation check before proceeding with the update feature. Users of Windows Update will be [...]
Still Lovin’ The WiFi!
I’m vacationing, relaxing, visiting family. For kicks (because this is how I get my kicks) I use my PDA to check for WiFi connections. I’ve found 3 free [...]
Supreme Court Rules Against File Swapping
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their networks. This is a big win for the [...]
Star Wars your PC
Ever wanted to add Star Wars to your life, such that it was always there, never far from mind? If so, then maybe making a TIE Fighter-based computer + desk is for you. Like [...]
RatDVD
More bad news for the movie studios – there’s a new way to share movies in (Tinsel) town. RatDVD is software that rips a DVD including bonus features and tracks. [...]
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