Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Healty Eating and shopping tips
25 Instant Supermarket Secrets
Sometimes, despite that we think that we know what we're doing, you can learn something new.
Read this article about what we thought we knew.
Sometimes, despite that we think that we know what we're doing, you can learn something new.
Read this article about what we thought we knew.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
What I want for Christmas
I know that it can be hard to figure out what to do at the holidays, for the people that you care about. Well let me make it easy for you; Here's what I want for the holidays...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/green-robot-in-an-armani-suit-ulysse-nardin-chairman-upgraded-w/
And the steel model is just fine, no worries.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/green-robot-in-an-armani-suit-ulysse-nardin-chairman-upgraded-w/
And the steel model is just fine, no worries.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
What it's like to own an Apple product - The Oatmeal
What it's like to own an Apple product - The Oatmeal
Really funny comic.
The whole site has funny comic.
I know it's a little simplistic, but hey, sometimes it's good to enjpy humor and not be so serious all the time.
Have Fun.
BTW...I *LOVE* my iPad and iPod Touch.
Really funny comic.
The whole site has funny comic.
I know it's a little simplistic, but hey, sometimes it's good to enjpy humor and not be so serious all the time.
Have Fun.
BTW...I *LOVE* my iPad and iPod Touch.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Khan Academy
This is an amazing site. Check it out. Note their mission statement "...providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere".
Khan Academy
Khan Academy
Khan Academy
This is amazing!! A non-profit educational site for the masses. I just checked out a basic subject "The Atom' and am amazed at the clarity and ease of this lesson. If the other lessons are as easy to comprehend, this could truly change the world. I particularly like the sites mission statement: "...providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere."
Check it out, you won't be disappointed.
Khan Academy
Check it out, you won't be disappointed.
Khan Academy
Friday, September 03, 2010
White space broadband to be finalized (at last) this month
White space broadband to be finalized (at last) this month
It's hard to imagine the impact that this will have on society. What is important here, is the fact that there will now be another avenue of delivery for broadband services. I believe that this will make high speed internet available to many more people, at a fraction of the cost. As a community, this means that there will be more opportunity for the under served to be able to access services, such as distance learning, and other information. I also see applications in emergency services, and community outreach.
The internet paradigm needs to be viewed and treated much like phone services, in that it should be readily, and cheaply available to all. I do not think that it should be regulated based on type of services, either. I do not want my comments to be taken as contrary to my support of Net Neutrality.
The internet should be available to all, on an equal basis. If that means subsidizing services, so be it - our government has that responsibility, and should protect us from any challenges to the freedom of communication.
It's hard to imagine the impact that this will have on society. What is important here, is the fact that there will now be another avenue of delivery for broadband services. I believe that this will make high speed internet available to many more people, at a fraction of the cost. As a community, this means that there will be more opportunity for the under served to be able to access services, such as distance learning, and other information. I also see applications in emergency services, and community outreach.
The internet paradigm needs to be viewed and treated much like phone services, in that it should be readily, and cheaply available to all. I do not think that it should be regulated based on type of services, either. I do not want my comments to be taken as contrary to my support of Net Neutrality.
The internet should be available to all, on an equal basis. If that means subsidizing services, so be it - our government has that responsibility, and should protect us from any challenges to the freedom of communication.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
An ISP that knows nothing of "data hogs"
I've always liked the bay area - lots of music, yoga and other neat stuff, but now this??? I really need to reconsider my life.
An ISP that knows nothing of "data hogs"
An ISP that knows nothing of "data hogs"
A cat in a wheelie bin can help us ponder how the universe works - Telegraph
Some things are just too much fun to ignore....
A cat in a wheelie bin can help us ponder how the universe works - Telegraph
A cat in a wheelie bin can help us ponder how the universe works - Telegraph
Monday, August 23, 2010
Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license | Washington Examiner
Really???
I think that Philadelphia should team up with Verizon and Google to discuss more ways to inhibit internet usage and access.
Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license | Washington Examiner
I think that Philadelphia should team up with Verizon and Google to discuss more ways to inhibit internet usage and access.
Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license | Washington Examiner
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Your fears confirmed: "up to" broadband speeds are bogus
Your fears confirmed: "up to" broadband speeds are bogus
Please!!! Don't tell me this comes as a surprise to anyone. Seriously?!?!?
We have known, since the beginning of time, that business never gives anything for free. You want "REAL" 10/bit, get a metro-E circuit for about $1000 a month. Otherwise, it's always been "best effort" which loosely translates to "no effort" (Can you hear me AT&T, Comcast, and all you other ISP that claim thusfar unrealized high speeds) Hey...prove me wrong, and I will gladly post a retraction - seriously, I'll even apologize.
And this goes hand-in-hand...
What if ISPs had to advertise minimum speeds? In Hungary, they do
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/the-federal-communications-commission-reported.ars
Please!!! Don't tell me this comes as a surprise to anyone. Seriously?!?!?
We have known, since the beginning of time, that business never gives anything for free. You want "REAL" 10/bit, get a metro-E circuit for about $1000 a month. Otherwise, it's always been "best effort" which loosely translates to "no effort" (Can you hear me AT&T, Comcast, and all you other ISP that claim thusfar unrealized high speeds) Hey...prove me wrong, and I will gladly post a retraction - seriously, I'll even apologize.
And this goes hand-in-hand...
What if ISPs had to advertise minimum speeds? In Hungary, they do
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/the-federal-communications-commission-reported.ars
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad... 23 years ago
How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad... 23 years ago
I had to post this, just because Star Trek was (and still is) so cool!!
I had to post this, just because Star Trek was (and still is) so cool!!
Monday, August 09, 2010
Great, but what about the text books?
Mass romance novel publisher going all in on e-books
Great, but where are the text books and academic books?
My wife just bought a Nook at Barnes & Noble. The thought was that she can load all the books required for her graduate courses could be carried in a much lighter format. Unfortunately, out of 16 books, only 2 were available as ebooks. And yes, we looked on Amazon to see if the Kindle would have been better...nope. She will probably keep the Nook, after all, she is a voracious reader...I don't know anyone who reads more than her. But not being able to have her texts and required reading on the Nook was a real disappointment. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that there is ANY book that is not stored in electronic format, so what's the problem???
So here's my request to all the publishers, I know that the profit motive dictates that mass appeal books should be available as ebooks, but please do not ignore the opportunity to support academia by publishing the more esoteric works that students require.
Everyone knows that ebooks are the future. There is a lot to be gained by supporting the students.
Thanks.
Great, but where are the text books and academic books?
My wife just bought a Nook at Barnes & Noble. The thought was that she can load all the books required for her graduate courses could be carried in a much lighter format. Unfortunately, out of 16 books, only 2 were available as ebooks. And yes, we looked on Amazon to see if the Kindle would have been better...nope. She will probably keep the Nook, after all, she is a voracious reader...I don't know anyone who reads more than her. But not being able to have her texts and required reading on the Nook was a real disappointment. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that there is ANY book that is not stored in electronic format, so what's the problem???
So here's my request to all the publishers, I know that the profit motive dictates that mass appeal books should be available as ebooks, but please do not ignore the opportunity to support academia by publishing the more esoteric works that students require.
Everyone knows that ebooks are the future. There is a lot to be gained by supporting the students.
Thanks.
Friday, August 06, 2010
BBC News - Net neutrality talks stall in US
BBC News - Net neutrality talks stall in US
Everyone should be very nervous about this. The idea is simple; all data communications should be treated equally. Net Neutrality is supposed to protect that idea. If this does not pass, then, basically, different types of traffic are treated differently. This would be like charging more to call your parents or friend on the phone, and less to call a business that paid a fee to the phone company. Sounds absurd, right?
The bigger picture is this: If you start a small internet company, you would have to pay the ISP's to get your site served up with the same speed that a larger, more cash rich company, did. It creates imbalance for small companies, and would only stifle creativity and entrepreneurship.
Everyone needs to get involved in this.
For more, go to http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/83
Everyone should be very nervous about this. The idea is simple; all data communications should be treated equally. Net Neutrality is supposed to protect that idea. If this does not pass, then, basically, different types of traffic are treated differently. This would be like charging more to call your parents or friend on the phone, and less to call a business that paid a fee to the phone company. Sounds absurd, right?
The bigger picture is this: If you start a small internet company, you would have to pay the ISP's to get your site served up with the same speed that a larger, more cash rich company, did. It creates imbalance for small companies, and would only stifle creativity and entrepreneurship.
Everyone needs to get involved in this.
For more, go to http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/83
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Manual Android 2.2 Update for Motorola DROID | Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog
Manual Android 2.2 Update for Motorola DROID | Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog
Just in case, but I'm patient and will wait a little while for the OTA update.
Just in case, but I'm patient and will wait a little while for the OTA update.
DIY Datsun EV Does the Quarter in 10.4 Seconds | Autopia | Wired.com
DIY Datsun EV Does the Quarter in 10.4 Seconds | Autopia | Wired.com
This is just too cool not to post...an Electric Vehicle beating a 485HP gas powered car in the 1/4 mile...sweeeeet!!!
This is just too cool not to post...an Electric Vehicle beating a 485HP gas powered car in the 1/4 mile...sweeeeet!!!
true cloud for the masses
LG U+ cloud service links connected devices, requires a relocation to South Korea to enjoy
Finally, someone gets it...read the above article, then continue with the rest of this post...
It's just my opinion, but the future of the cloud must have one main capability to be truly accepted by the masses...real-time interoperability. What I mean is this...I have an ipad, android phone and laptop. At any given moment, anything I do is replicated across the devices through some type of cloud sync mechanism. Sure I use dropbox for my files, but that does not do it all. Sure Apple has mobile me, but that is geared towards apple devices. What I want is to have everything talk to a unified cloud-based environment so that I don't have to wonder if I have the latest version/update/info on whatever device I happen to be using. Did I mention that this needs to be vendor and platform independent (can you hear me, Mr. Jobs and Mr. Ballmer?)
I don't want to leave out the app developers, either. Guys (and Girls), if you build an app for android, PLEASE, PLEASE build it for the IOS and RIM devices (Same for you IOS developers).
As end users, we will go for best of breed devices, and end up with multiple platforms. Providers and developers need to embrace that reality and step up their efforts. Those that do will be pleasantly surprised at the support that they receive from the masses.
I, for one, would be happy to evangelize anyone that develops their apps for multiple platforms, right from the start.
Btw...if anyone has an IOS app that supports Bruce Schneiers Paaswd Safe, let me know...it's the best password manager out there, but sadly, lacks an ipad/iphone app.
Finally, someone gets it...read the above article, then continue with the rest of this post...
It's just my opinion, but the future of the cloud must have one main capability to be truly accepted by the masses...real-time interoperability. What I mean is this...I have an ipad, android phone and laptop. At any given moment, anything I do is replicated across the devices through some type of cloud sync mechanism. Sure I use dropbox for my files, but that does not do it all. Sure Apple has mobile me, but that is geared towards apple devices. What I want is to have everything talk to a unified cloud-based environment so that I don't have to wonder if I have the latest version/update/info on whatever device I happen to be using. Did I mention that this needs to be vendor and platform independent (can you hear me, Mr. Jobs and Mr. Ballmer?)
I don't want to leave out the app developers, either. Guys (and Girls), if you build an app for android, PLEASE, PLEASE build it for the IOS and RIM devices (Same for you IOS developers).
As end users, we will go for best of breed devices, and end up with multiple platforms. Providers and developers need to embrace that reality and step up their efforts. Those that do will be pleasantly surprised at the support that they receive from the masses.
I, for one, would be happy to evangelize anyone that develops their apps for multiple platforms, right from the start.
Btw...if anyone has an IOS app that supports Bruce Schneiers Paaswd Safe, let me know...it's the best password manager out there, but sadly, lacks an ipad/iphone app.
Can you buy me now? Apple and the war for the mobile market
Can you buy me now? Apple and the war for the mobile market
This is an interesting story in that it speaks directly to a current project that we have in development. Apple makes it so complicated to develop for the iPhone that we are actually considering the value in the initiative, especially in light of the growing android market. Apple needs to reevaluate their practices if they want to stay ahead of the curve in mobile apps.
I know that this is not directly related to the article, but the author does describe a corporate mentality that seems to counter the idea of free and easy app dev and distribution.
This is an interesting story in that it speaks directly to a current project that we have in development. Apple makes it so complicated to develop for the iPhone that we are actually considering the value in the initiative, especially in light of the growing android market. Apple needs to reevaluate their practices if they want to stay ahead of the curve in mobile apps.
I know that this is not directly related to the article, but the author does describe a corporate mentality that seems to counter the idea of free and easy app dev and distribution.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
BBC News - BP boss Hayward says he was 'demonised' over oil spill
Seriously?!?!?! You are an arrogant, self-serving ass! 6mm pound pension???? What about the 1,000's of people who, perhaps for generations, have lost their sole source of income because of the shortcuts taken by the company that you ran???
BBC News - BP boss Hayward says he was 'demonised' over oil spill
BBC News - BP boss Hayward says he was 'demonised' over oil spill
Friday, July 23, 2010
BBC News - India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer
OK, so I have been playing with my iPad for 3 days now. Imagine my dismay at the following story:
BBC News - India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer
The flip side is that it is not an IOS device, which, let's be honest, is one of the most intuitive interfaces ever designed. *BUT* it is a Linux device which means open source, and lots of flexibility. I'm not taking sides, here, because I walk both side of the fence, but this is an interesting development no matter how you look at it.
BBC News - India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer
The flip side is that it is not an IOS device, which, let's be honest, is one of the most intuitive interfaces ever designed. *BUT* it is a Linux device which means open source, and lots of flexibility. I'm not taking sides, here, because I walk both side of the fence, but this is an interesting development no matter how you look at it.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Corruption Road
One of the groups that is doing really good work is FreePress...they work day and night to keep the Internet open and fair.
Check out this recent initiative by them against Net Neutrality.
Corruption Road
Check out this recent initiative by them against Net Neutrality.
Corruption Road
Monday, July 19, 2010
Vibram Five Fingers: The most comfortable footwear ever
Just got back from traveling in Europe for 16 days. Usually, I have to take some type of pain killers for the excruciating pain in my knees and hops from all the walking. Not this time!!
A friend of mine introduced me to these shoes (if you can call them that) that are basically just foot covers, and have individual toes so your foot works like it was supposed to. I hiked and walked everywhere in these things...paved roads, cobblestone streets, stone and dirt paths, you name it...everything except swim in them (which I could have, but didn't need to), and never felt better.
I can't say enough about these shoes...they are amazing.
A friend of mine introduced me to these shoes (if you can call them that) that are basically just foot covers, and have individual toes so your foot works like it was supposed to. I hiked and walked everywhere in these things...paved roads, cobblestone streets, stone and dirt paths, you name it...everything except swim in them (which I could have, but didn't need to), and never felt better.
I can't say enough about these shoes...they are amazing.
AddThis :: Add-ons for Firefox
Neat little app that I added to Firefox...let you share a site on any number of different sharing services
AddThis :: Add-ons for Firefox
AddThis :: Add-ons for Firefox
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
BBC News - In pictures: New sea creatures found on Barrier Reef
Who needs science fiction? These darling images are from our own planet earth, present day!
BBC News - In pictures: New sea creatures found on Barrier Reef
BBC News - In pictures: New sea creatures found on Barrier Reef
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