I like this top 10 list: Top 10 dot-com flops – CNET.com because I don’t recall even hearing about some of them (boo.com, kibu.com). That makes me feel good that I didn’t waste any mental energy on them. I have to admit that I did spend some money on one of them. I got one [...]
Browsing Posts published in October, 2005
Some printers now print yellow tracking dots so that law enforcement agencies can track documents back to the printer that produced them. Aside from the legal/privacy issues I think it really is bad that the printer makers have not disclosed this information. The EFF: List of Printers Which Do or Don’t Print Tracking Dots is [...]
Why is Apple coming out with a new ipod product announcement every week or two? It’s too much. I have an ipod mini. A few weeks ago I was looking for an attachment to let me record on it. There are a couple of choices for “regular” ipods but not for the mini. Now that [...]
It helps a lot to have seen the TV series to get the very humourous in jokes but even without that advantage I think the movie is really top notch. Lots of action, an interesting plot, and, most importantly, the complicated characters. I won’t give any spoilers because the movie is only a week and [...]
Stanford came in first but 3 other teams finished the 132 mile course through the desert in the DARPA Grand Challenge 2005. I think that’s historic and a day that will be remembered in the annals of technological advances. These were totally autonomous robotics vehicles that were not given the course until 2 hours before [...]
I’ve got to admit that the game at Coors Light : Ice-Swipe Challenge had one of the strongest impacts of any website I’ve seen. However, it’s not for the faint of heart.
The Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary translates all the Chinese slang used in Firefly. The site is well designed so you can look up phrases by episode, words, etc. A lot of fun and just another layer to a well-crafted show.
The Cassini Imaging Diary has released images of a flyby of Saturn’s moon Hyperion. Some very interesting images. The solar system is a pretty interesting place. Worth exploring…
