February 2008
19 posts
Re-upped for another tour with the old AT&T →
“So far, the Clover is still something of a cult object, with just over 200...”
– My favorite local gourmet coffee parlor Novo Coffee has a Clover. It’s no different in flavor than a french press, but just being able to get a cup of fresh roasted, ground in front of me, brewed while I wait, hand-picked organic Ethiopian, Panamanian, and of course my favorite Sumatran,...
January 2008
43 posts
Smartphones, seat belts, searches, and the Fourth... →
Very interesting article about how the ability to tote our entire digital lives in our pocket exposes us to extremely invasive yet very legal search by law enforcement. And I didn’t know airport security’s right to search your laptop included powering it on and searching it’s contents. Yikes. Would they let you get through if you encrypted the whole drive and refused to provide...
AirMail
AirMail: Manila envelope laptop sleeve for MacBook Air via kwoutSeriously?
18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know →
Except for Abandonia, these actually are websites I’ve never heard of, and there are several very cool ones on the list. I’m of to check out the speed demos, some hackware, and of course the irresistable Grand List Of Console Role Playing Game Clichés.
When data center cabling becomes art →
http://xkcdb.com/?776
Apparently some museum did a Salvador Dali exhibit a while back
and after it was up for like, a month, it came out that half of the paintings were fakes!
oh snap
And at first I was all, damn. Shouldn't someone have caught on to that right away?
Then I realized, it wasn't that big a surprise
After all,
NO ONE INSPECTS THE SPANISH EXPOSITION
Star Trek :: The Official Movie Site :: In... →
Christmas 2008!? Geez.
Heath Ledger: The Joker is Gone →
“It also makes us wonder if The Dark Knight will now achieve the same cult status as The Crow, another production which lost its gothy anti-hero (Brandon Lee) before the movie opened.” -io9 I think not. Brandon Lee wasn’t previously most famous for a cowboy-poking role in Brokeback Mountain, and Ledger didn’t perpetuate any Hollywood legacy of mysterious familial deaths....
New Mvix Media Center Includes BitTorrent Client
New Mvix Media Center Includes BitTorrent Client | TorrentFreak via kwout
“The final piece of CERN’s new ultra-giant hadron collider was lowered into...”
– io9.com: Proton Collisions Right Around the Corner
Safe Bedside Table/Beater →
Fashion & Recycling: The Safe Bedside Table/Beater via kwout
THE INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE
The Worlds of David Darling via kwout
“A man wanted to trade a paperclip for a house. It took him a year, but he did...”
– One Red Paperclip | Cool Things In Random Places
Hubble finds double Einstein ring →
Hubble finds double Einstein ring | Presscue via kwout
Canadian Software Lets You Turn One Computer Into... →
The software turns one computer into many, allowing a single computer box to support multiple users at the same time. All you need to do is connect an extra monitor, USB keyboard and mouse to your run-of-the-mill computer box, and the Desktop Multiplier software will make it possible for two people to work on the same PC at the same time.
forre.st | storage →
Hourly-updated analysis of best Gb/$ deals on Newegg.
Circuits In Contact Lenses Could Offer Superhuman... →
Circuits In Contact Lenses Could Offer Superhuman Vision » Dodevice via kwout
The Great Mac OS X Freeware List | MacApper →
New Songbird 0.4 media player released, and I... →
The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
How... →
“Improve your photography with clasical art. via kwout”
– Very cool and simple technique. I’m going to try it out.
“A N I M O T O: the end of slideshows via kwout”
– A N I M O T O: the end of slideshows
“Eye-Fi » A Wireless Memory Card? via kwout”
– Awesome idea. Expensive at $99 for 2Gb (I just picked upa 4Gb for $35), but it’s the novelty that costs. Finally digtal cameras are starting to catch up with the web. I’m sure there are fancy cameras with built in wi-fi that do this already (maybe without the auto-uploading to hosting...