Category Archives: Geeky
Sony’s foray into video glasses could succeed
tl;dr: It’s a consumer grade device, don’t expect miracles. Last week I got my Sony HMZ-T1, Sony’s new video glasses / visor product. Having seen their PR and having read a few reviews, I was already not expecting an Amazing style immersive experience. But I was curious nonetheless. While the device setup is generally very [...]
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Tagged 3d, consumer, glasses, hmz, hmzt1, personal, professional, sony, t1, video, viewer, visor
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Internet Access Is Not a Human Right (NYT)
“There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans need in order to lead healthy, meaningful lives, like freedom from torture or freedom of conscience. It is a mistake to place any particular technology in this exalted category, since over [...]
RIP Steve Jobs
Apple – Remembering Steve Jobs. Here’s to the crazy ones. Thank you for teaching the world to think different.
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Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events – My review
If I had to sum up my impression of Dream Theater’s new release, I’d say that what we have on the album is Dream Theater, teacher’s pet edition. Yes, it is clear that the songs are Dream Theater pure, but they’re also basic DT. Unless, as has been suggested, the strong references to Awake and [...]
Microsoft files complaint against Google – Tony Romm and Mike Zapler – POLITICO.com
Microsoft files complaint against Google – Tony Romm and Mike Zapler – POLITICO.com. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. M$ should be laughed out of court for this idiocy.
The day Dream Theater died
Less than 24 hours ago, Dream Theater, my favorite band, died. No, not Lynyrd Skynyrd style, but they might as well have for being such douchebags. Apparently Mike Portnoy, their drummer, architect and leader decided it was time for an extended break. Apparently the other four somehow missed the fact that the Beatles, Phish, Megadeth, [...]
Apple plans social network for tech support chatterings | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple plans social network for tech support chatterings | 9 to 5 Mac. So I guess Jive persuaded Apple to upgrade. As Dell-boy used to say, what a bunch of wallies.
Apple’s discussions site redirected for some
Apple’s discussions site redirected for some. They’re all wrong. Jive Software of Portland, Oregon is to blame.
Portable Blue Laser from Wicked Lasers – Spyder III Pro Arctic Series
Portable Blue Laser from Wicked Lasers – Spyder III Pro Arctic Series. Yes, you too can now purchase your very own light saber.
Slashdot Entertainment Story | Food Activist’s Life Becomes The Life of Brian
Slashdot Entertainment Story | Food Activist’s Life Becomes The Life of Brian. Very funny.
Price of an Apple Factory Worker: Macbook + $44,000 – Sun danyong – Gawker
Price of an Apple Factory Worker: Macbook + $44,000 – Sun danyong – Gawker The LOL of the day. Though I suppose this sort of idiocy would only pass muster in a communist country.
Steam Valve Open
Being safely removed from my past, I will now no longer be silenced and have my say about my time around YKW. And if this irks anyone, hard cheese! The truth must be told, because the coverage of YKW is far to biased. If you’re of any relevance in the web business industry, I’m sure [...]
AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video streaming, filesharing, data tethering
AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video streaming, filesharing, data tethering Another reason not to go with AT&T. I’m so glad I went with Verizon Wireless.
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Tagged apple, att, limitations, sharing, useless, wireless
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Tech scare: Loud MP3 players can damage your hearing – No really? (TECH.BLORGE.com)
Tech scare: Loud MP3 players can damage your hearing – No really? – TECH.BLORGE.com “The latest warning is informing us that listening to loud music could damage our ears. Well I never, who’d have thought it?” Today’s No S Sherlock Award goes to the time wasters who spent money to confirm the obvious.
Apple’s secret to selling iPhones: Windows Mobile
Apple’s secret to selling iPhones: Windows Mobile Oh the irony…
Axel Peemoeller – Eureka Carpark Melbourne
Axel Peemoeller – Eureka Carpark Melbourne And I’m sure even there we could still find morons who can’t use the facility.
Yahoo: Delicious finally upgrades bookmarks site, now cupcake-powered
Yahoo: Delicious finally upgrades bookmarks site, now cupcake-powered I disagree… Now del.icio.us has gone to S. Sellouts… (?)
Google Street View cameraman: No photos of me, please
Google Street View cameraman: No photos of me, please Yeah, this is where he missed the obvious… By being obvious. What a thickie.
Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets (New Scientist Tech)
Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets – tech – 21 July 2008 – New Scientist Tech All that’s missing is the phaser tech now.
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Tagged bullets, phasers, speed, stun, variable
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Longtime mobile developer feels no love from Apple (TUAW)
Longtime mobile developer feels no love from Apple – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Oh noes… Apple is fallible!
Faceless ‘aliens’ spotted in crowd at Wimbledon (Daily Mail)
Faceless ‘aliens’ spotted in crowd at Wimbledon | Mail Online Someone summon Dr Who…
The Mundaneum Museum Honors the First Concept of the World Wide Web (NYTimes.com)
The Mundaneum Museum Honors the First Concept of the World Wide Web – NYTimes.com Turns out a Belgian had already invented the basis forthe Internet before Vannevar Bush wrote his paper.
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Friday Fun: Mac Desktop Music Video
Friday Fun: Mac Desktop Music Video A really well done video, a sort of Time for the naughties.
Focused Microwaves Could Enable Wireless Power Transfer (Slashdot)
Slashdot | Focused Microwaves Could Enable Wireless Power Transfer Finally, one of the last things to go wireless is getting closer to being a reality,
Hundreds of Thousands of Microsoft Web Servers Hacked
Hundreds of Thousands of Microsoft Web Servers Hacked – Security Fix This once again demonstrates the utter foolishness of using IIS for web serving purposes.
Wantrepreneurs: Amanda Hesser uses a computer, therefore qualified to run Web startup
Wantrepreneurs: Amanda Hesser uses a computer, therefore qualified to run Web startup FAIL!
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Lost laptop? Sue for millions!
Lost laptop? Sue for millions! I bet that peabrain voted for Edwards…
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Mr. T was in the rap game too.
YouTube – Mr. T was in the rap game too. Yeah, you better believe it…
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Hollywood 2.0: Why the TV Industry Might lose 28% of its Audience Forever
YouLicense News and Updates: Hollywood 2.0: Why the TV Industry Might lose 28% of its Audience Forever On that note, I think it’s time the studios fired all WGA workers and hired new ones. We may loose some quality in the process, but in the longer run, the message will pay off. Short strikes are [...]
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Another “told you so” moment
ZDnet has an article on how companies are better off using open source CMS products as opposed to in house created ones. This is something else I’ve literally been saying for years. There is no point in wasting money on hiring commercial or in house support when there is already a viable open source product [...]
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Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia (The Register)
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia | The Register This proves once again that communism doesn’t work. We aren’t all equal so it’s no use pretending we are.
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Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy (NYT)
Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy – New York Times Talk about hypocrisy… The guy responsible for publishing every user’s private details by default can’t take what he dishes out. Maybe he feels he’s entitled to more than everyone else due to being a member of the “chosen people”.
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The Other $15 Billion Question: How Will Apple Spend Its Cash?
The Other $15 Billion Question: How Will Apple Spend Its Cash? How about make their products affordable for the average computer user? Usually when you have a good product and you’re not Apple you lower its price.
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