Darksyde has an interesting post up about the future of NASA. We've got a new president coming who has promised change — let's see if one of the changes he will make is to kick the space program out of...
Posted on November 11, 2008 10:20 AM • 269 Comments
PBS has an article on poll crashing, which interviews yours truly and Greg Laden about our curious penchant for sending mobs out to vote on silly online polls. They also interview some of the recipients of the floods…and no one...
Posted on November 6, 2008 8:34 PM • 38 Comments
I'm afraid I just can't take this seriously. Army intelligence analysts are concerned that terrorists might tweet each other. Or text each other. Or put Islamic wallpapers on their cell phones. Oooh. Yes, they could. So? We're living in a...
Posted on October 29, 2008 10:51 AM • 105 Comments
I have been tempted many times by that over-expensive sexy slab of technology called the iPhone, so I don't need Seed adding to the temptation with a list of science apps for the iPhone. Fortunately, the strongest argument against the...
Posted on July 17, 2008 11:44 AM • 212 Comments
Look: you can buy me on Amazon now, for 99¢ cheap. It's all through this strange new device Amazon is selling, called a Kindle, which is a fancy new e-book reader with some nice display technology and an absolutely evil...
Posted on November 20, 2007 2:53 PM • 69 Comments
You would not believe what I just caughtSkatje doing — I am horrified at what my own child was perpetrating. She was installing some abomination called "Ubuntu" on her computer. My copy of Mac OS X Leopard is supposed to...
Posted on October 28, 2007 7:36 PM • 117 Comments
The Seed editors asked us to reminisce about our quaint experiences with computing in the Old Days. Old nerds are so pathetic. I'm much more enthused about an event in future computing: Leopard is coming out tomorrow! Laelaps has an...
Posted on October 25, 2007 8:26 AM • 102 Comments
Prepare yourself for the true religious wars: I'm asking for advice on a new laptop....
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Posted on October 15, 2007 3:50 PM • 156 Comments