Feb 25, 2009 0
Linux, Anti-Windows Porn
Feb 25, 2009 1
History of the Netbook
As a proud user of the eeePc (running Ubuntu 8.10, with a lean eeePc kernel), I enjoyed this chronicle of netbooks since the early nineties.
Feb 24, 2009 0
Virtual Reality has Arrived- You can buy it at Wal-Mart
Technology writer, Steven Levy, says that everyday, virtual reality has arrived, and he sites three popular products that achieve VR:
When we shred on a plastic Les Paul or Explorer in Guitar Hero (or Stratocaster in its competitor, Rock Band), break a back sweat on the Wii balance board, or pinch and stretch a Google Map on the iPhone, we may not know it, but we’re fulfilling a promise. Almost two decades ago, the tech world was obsessed with virtual reality. Computer scientists, geeky journalists, venturesome academics, and heat seekers in general elbowed their way into places like the NASA Ames Research Center to indulge in VR. They donned awkward helmets with tiny screens and speakers that immersed them in the equivalent of a computer-generated Habitrail.
Feb 24, 2009 1
Managing Gastronomical Expectation
I was just looking at this site that chronicles the difference between a real-world food product and the marketing of this food product:
Feb 22, 2009 0
The Future of Newspapers
To the Point had a discussion on the future of newspapers, or journalism as a revenue positive endeavor.
Feb 20, 2009 1
Tokyo at Night
A BoingBoing guest blogger, Danny Choo, who professes to write about Japanese subculture, has some cool night photos of Tokyo. (By the measure of his site’s content, his interest seem to be Starwars and anime/cartoon/doll women):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannychoo/
Regrettably, you may need to sort past illustrations and images of dolls, which have had the sexually parts grossly augmented.
Feb 7, 2009 0
Bush's War
Was Bright Eye’s Landlocked Blues the best song about war and sexuality in the Bush-Cheney area:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpcZrhPw46M]
