October 2011
1 post
Social Media for Scientists Part 2: You Do Have... →
September 2011
3 posts
Social Media for Scientists Part 1: It’s Our Job →
August 2011
2 posts
Why Some E-Books Cost More Than the Hardcover →
I don’t completely agree, but it is an informative read none the less.
June 2011
11 posts
Living with Herbie →
A family struggles to provide care for their children and a parent with dementia. Watch this powerful firsthand account.
The Backfire Effect →
The Misconception: When your beliefs are challenged with facts, you alter your opinions and incorporate the new information into your thinking.
The Truth: When your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger.
re:farm the city — a low tech living project →
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause...
– Mark Twain
Cory Doctory — Every pirate wants to be an admiral
May 2011
3 posts
BALLS!
– Sir Walter Beck, Fable III
April 2011
2 posts
Animated GIFs as art by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg →
February 2011
3 posts
Four wheels move the body…Two wheels move the soul.
Strive for smoothness. Smooth is fast, smooth is safe, smooth is easier on...
– SeanF @ ADVRider.com
1 tag
Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.
– James Cameron
July 2010
3 posts
Belief is often an avoidance of the work required for real knowledge. Curious...
– David Allen
On iPhone 4 Antenna Issues (a collection of links)
This is a collection of links I have read on the iPhone antenna issues.
Apple iPhone 4 Antennas… @ antennasys.com
Hey, Hold the Phone!! (Like this…) @ antennasys.com
iPhone 4 External Antenna Problem @ grc.com (also read this comment)
And lets not forget Apples response
Some more news from antennasys.com: First Impressions: iPhone 4
EDIT: Apple added a page about the iPhone antenna.
May 2010
3 posts
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
5 posts
THIS PAGE CRASHES FLASH!! →
Die antwoord — Just awesome, it’s not a joke, this is a REAL band! http://www.dieantwoord.com/
HTML5 Video Player, See what niceness can be... →
January 2010
6 posts
Sleep Talkin’ Man →
Mild Mannered English Adam lives quite a colorful existence in his dreams. These are his speakings :P
Run IT as a business — a Train Wreck waiting to... →
Fear, uncertainty and doubt. This is how a bad... →
“In the second such incident in three days, fighter jets escorted a diverted commercial flight on Friday after an unruly passenger caused alarm onboard.”
Land of the free, and home of the brave no more…
December 2009
10 posts
My friend Bob on the Apple Store Approval Process →
Solar System gravity wells as drawn by XKCD →
Leo Laporte from TWiT giving insights into the future of media coupled with anecdotes from his work in television and radio. (found on Mashable)
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it...
– Dave Barry (Read the entire thing)
The Annotated World →
Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? talks about the world around us, and how it is annotated with meta-data (or at least should be)
Interview with Tom Holman, Creator of THX →
Tomlinson Holman is an American film theorist, audio engineer, and inventor of film technologies, notably the Lucasfilm THX sound system. He developed the world’s first 10.2 sound system. Very nice insights in the evolution of commercial and home theatre systems…