I went and saw a screening last week of what will probably be George Romero’s final zombie movie Land of the Dead. It was filled with b-movie acting, an overly simplistic storyline and over-the-top gross out effects. In short, it was thoroughly entertaining.
Of course, it helps if you enjoy all the trappings of [...]
As Seattle struggles with it’s monorail financing, Japan is testing out a train that currently goes 360km an hour and it’s set to open 2011. That’s 233mph for you non-metric types. That’s right, it’s radically faster than your car and it doesn’t leave anyone choking on exhaust fumes. In case you’re wondering, [...]
Those mourning the death of Oh Boy notebooks can rejoice. Oh Boy Notebooks are back! It looks like Chronicle Books is making them available. It’s not all of the previous designs, but it’s a start. I actually have both the Green Oxford and Red Daisy designs in the apartment as well [...]
MIT is doing a survey of bloggers, so if you have fifteen minutes to spare and a blog to call your own, help them out with a little data donation. I’ll be curious to see the results after they’ve compiled all the data.
So, Microsoft announced operating system-wide support for RSS in longhorn last week, but what grabbed more attention was that Microsoft also announced their own extension to RSS.
First off, Microsoft is arriving late to this party, and not in the fashionable manner. Sure, they’re releasing it under a kinder license than usual, but the whole [...]
I’ve gotten a few requests for my two cents on the Supreme Court decision on Grokster’s file sharing legalities. (I’m flattered anyone gives a crap what I think on the matter.) Regardless, I’ll post something in a day or two about it once I get a chance to actually read the full decision. [...]
Freakonomics should probably have been titled The Exploration of Common Social Assumptions Through Statistical Analysis, but it probably wouldn’t have sold very well. As a result, they slapped Freakonomics on the front of it and managed to make a book about economics and analysis a New York Times best seller. Bravo.
Here are some [...]
I got to shake the hand of my congressman today, Representative Jim McDermott, and I was absolutely proud to do so. Some votes you aren’t too enthusiatic to cast, but voting for Jim is a pleasure.
In Scoble’s post entitled Note to my son about his portable choices ahead he says:
Note to my son Patrick: check out the Samsung player that Ken Levy has. See, it’s smaller than the iPod.
The Samsung YP-T7X is smaller than the iPod Shuffle? Let’s check it out.
Player
Dimensions
Total Size
Samsung YP-T7X
1.46″ x 2.44″ x 0.52″
1.852 cubic inches
iPod [...]
Those who read about how Orlando shut down their free downtown wifi should know that this isn’t a story about how wifi failed, but one about the reality of what the city of Orlando is. I used to have family that lived outside of Orlando for many years and on my visits there it [...]
