Technology:
Things I can do that I no longer need to do (from here by way of here). Examining this list will no doubt tell you a lot about what I spent the past nearly forty years doing with technology....
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Posted on March 2, 2008 10:20 PM • 2 Comments
Events 1801 - Dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. 1925 - Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way. 1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. 1985 -...
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Posted on January 1, 2008 4:38 PM • 0 Comments
Netscape has finally been taken off life-support. Born in October 1994, yet stunted in its growth since the late 90’s, the browser is set to finally expire on February 1st. It spawned Mozilla and thus ultimately Firefox. Please observe...
Posted on December 29, 2007 2:51 PM • 3 Comments
Presidential debates are largely meaningless. Simpleminded questions posed by simpleminded moderators who actively prevent candidates from answering in any sort of nuanced manner (were they able). In short, a microcosm of American political discourse in which snark and soundbite dominate...
Posted on December 10, 2007 2:00 PM • 2 Comments
This is so geek, it’s not even funny:...
Posted on December 5, 2007 1:59 AM • 4 Comments
This is so cool. A one-millimeter long spider (Cenotextricella simoni) encased in amber gets "digitally dissected" using Very High Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography. The paper is online in Zootaxa 1623:47-53 but requires a subscription....
Posted on October 30, 2007 1:34 AM • 2 Comments
Over at Page 3.14, there’s a post where us old farts reminisce about computing when we were young ’uns. I’m quoted as saying "My first computer was a ZX81 (Timex/Sinclair here in the US). Had 1k of memory. Taught myself...
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Posted on October 24, 2007 10:18 PM • 17 Comments
A few months ago I predicted this would happen. I saw the interface in action over the Summer and, boy, was I impressed. Now you can have all the fun without the phone. Pity it's only 16G though....
Posted on September 5, 2007 11:15 PM • 2 Comments
Impressive visualization of flights over the US.
Posted on June 12, 2007 12:30 AM • 10 Comments
Some out there may care that Apple have released their web browser (Safari) for Windows. Having played about with it for a bit, I cant really see any reason to shift from Firefox. Now, if they could only release Quicksilver......
Posted on June 11, 2007 3:46 PM • 4 Comments
I'll admit to spending way too much time lurking at Fark.com. Today the site underwent a re-design and the punters aren't happy. The new layout is ugly (particularly on a wide screen), it loads slooooow, and Firfox extensions no longer...
Posted on April 25, 2007 10:49 PM • 2 Comments
This evening I watched probably one of the coolest live webcasts I've ever witnessed - the second test launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket. Unfortunately, after stage separation, things went a little awry: To recap, the Falcon 1 rocket...
Posted on March 20, 2007 10:12 PM • 0 Comments
Internet users with a home wireless connection check news and e-mail more than users with just a wired broadband connection, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. (source)...
Posted on February 25, 2007 11:42 PM • 2 Comments
This has been doing the rounds but I thought I'd link to it in any case. In January 1995, Internet World published its "Best and Worst of 1994" along with predictions for 1995. You can read the article here. If...
Posted on January 8, 2007 12:58 PM • 4 Comments
June 2006: Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia opened up TechEd 2006 in Boston Sunday evening by proclaiming that Windows Vista was the most secure operating system in the industry. But a bold statement can only go so far, and...
Posted on December 27, 2006 5:02 PM • 3 Comments
A few days back I posted a picture of the recent shuttle launch. Here's another view: This is a four minute time exposure of the exhaust plume along Discovery's path against the background of the starry sky. As APOD notes:...
Posted on December 16, 2006 3:43 PM • 1 Comments
