May 2007
EFF: DRM-free iTunes files carry "more than just... →
i'm in like with you. →
WatchSteve and Bill at D, the highlight reel.
Google Maps Streetlevel! →
Uhmm, okay the most awesome and most terrifying thing I have ever seen. You can drive around in the google-mobile from a top map view, and then stop and look around on the street, in freaking high-res and 360 degrees. You can see people walking about. Need to see to believe.
Livescribe shows off Leapfrog Fly-esque pen... →
I want one.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: Historic discussion... →
Good coverage of the Bill and Steve-O meetup at D.
Microsoft Surface
If this ever becomes real, and down to just a couple grand (current price is $10,000), then damn, it will be great. I was recently at a store that had a touch-screen/mouse/keyboard point of sale computer, and it looked really hepful to be able to use the keyboard and mouse, and occasionally hit something on the screen. Add multi-touch like the Microsoft Surface (and the soon to be released of...
Palm Foleo hands-on - Engadget →
I like the idea of a fully featured SMALL gadget… but this doesn’t look small enough or fully featured enough.
YouTube on Apple TV to use H.264 - The Unofficial... →
AppleInsider | Microsoft, Palm take on Apple at... →
“45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B...”
– The new HD DVD processing key. Apparently it was cracked long long ago, but the crackers kept it secret until the key revocation was announced, and then let it spring BEFORE the new key was instituted. Google can keep track of the webpages displaying it.
CBS Acquires Last.fm Seeking To Overcome Declining... →
Torontoist: Domo Arigato, Peace Out Amato →
That crappy Amato pizza company is finally going out of business. Torontoist details its history (including not paying its employees and having many health infractions). I say, good riddance!
Lala.com: Trade CDs for $1, Listen to great music →
“I don’t think it’s even a decision. It’s an IQ test.”
– My new favourite quote, via Techcrunch on Facebook vs. MySpeace. In full:
Think about it. If you ran a venture-backed company and had to decide whether you wanted to focus your effort on: (a) a property that welcomed you in and let you keep 100% of the revenue you generate or (b) a company with a...
Torontoist: Nips And Tucks For The Toronto Star →
An insightful review of the Toronto Star redesign, which I actually like (unlike that ghastly Globe and Mail redesign)
Vitality's GlowCaps remind you to pop those pills... →
If you want to know what should be stored in these fancy pill bottles, head over to Brad’s blog.
Fiest plays Massey Hall
Pretty darn famous these days, and for good reason, Feist plays Massey Hall in Toronto. Review at BlogTO.
The Flawless Leslie Feist
Boing Boing: Slave Leias at Star Wars Celebration... →
Flickr images on the click-through
“God damn my liver when its thirsty, God damn my wallet when its dry.”
– “Too sober to sleep”
Justin Rutledge
Slashdot | Novell Partners With EFF on Patent... →
Sim Toronto: In the Begining... →
Check out how Toronto progresses on the sidebar of this guy’s blog.
Google Print doesn't do exclusive deals with... →
Paradise is a fabulous suit
FOR THE CONGOLESE SAPEURS, HAUTE COUTURE ISN’T JUST AN ABIDING PASSION, IT’S A RELIGION. COLORS
Facebook and Wikipedia
Why is it that both Facebook and Wikipedia grind my browser to a temporary halt when loading pages? I have a rather slow (but “broadband”) internet connection, but a plenty speedy computer (2Ghz Core Duo Intel iMac with 2Gb RAM), and I use the reputable Firefox browser (Universal binary). I suspect it must have something to do with loading client-side code slowly (due to my...
Rumor: iPhone to be sold with prepaid and... →
This is almost certainly false, but it would be cool, if not very expensive (I actually would like pay as you go, because with municipal wifi in Toronto there would be little need for slow and expensive call data transfer).
AutoRate →
Automagically rate your iTunes tracks. Apparently it actually works.
Adaptive Blue Releases New Version of Blue... →
Its a Firefox extension that looks to do smart “semantic” bookmarking and other web utilities.
Social Recommendations Meet BitTorrent on Tribler →
Details of Delicious Library 2 beginning to appear →
Real Life Pirate Hangouts →
Arr!
Fat Lesbians
Remarkably, (via) it appears that lesbians are more than twice as likely to be fat as heterosexual women
Via Tim Worstall
Weighing in on the WIFI debate
Some say that wifi is killing us, or at least making us stupid and giving us cancer: (2:30 mins in the program starts)
The Bad Science blog is skeptical, and so are many others. (and a literature review in PDF)
What I have always wondered about this debate is how the anti-WIFI folks seem to think a WIFI signal is somehow qualitatively different than all the electromagnetic radiation that exists...
The Accidental Mind
The Accidental Mind is a new book by David Linden. It seeks to explain how brain evolution has given rise to those qualities that most profoundly shape our human experience. It was published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press on March 31, 2007 and can now be ordered.
WWE Logo Yarmulke →
via Shane
Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women.... →
Its like celeb news on steroids, for women (and those that like trashy celeb news).
“Harvard, Princeton researchers developing implantable “biocomputers”
– Harvard, Princeton researchers developing implantable “biocomputers” - Engadget
passive-aggressive notes from roommates,... →
This one is for you Brad (inside joke).
IBM debuts 4.7GHz Power6
(Via AppleInsider)
While most chipmakers are stressing the parallelism of many cores in a single chip, IBM on Monday revealed the POWER6, a new dual-core processor that the company boasts as the world’s fastest. The New York state-based firm has used energy optimizations to double the clock speed to an unprecedented 4.7GHz without consuming added power. The chip could also run at the same...
“Scientists have said there is no evidence to suggest a link between the use of...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Wi-fi health fears are ‘unproven’
Will Gentrification Spoil the Birthplace of... →
A mighty number falls →
Is the writing on the wall for 1024-bit encryption” “The answer to that question is an unqualified yes,” says Lenstra. For the moment the standard is still secure, because it is much more difficult to factor a number made up of two huge prime numbers, such as an RSA number, than it is to factor a number like this one that has a special mathematical form. But the clock is...
ON THE JOB / The mystery of the daytime idle: Why... →
Some people just suck:
“I don’t work. I’m a trust-fund baby,” she said, with a nice mix of self-deprecation and not-too-much self-deprecation. What did she do today? “Got up at noon. Farted around. Made corn on the cob. Went to buy a shirt. Came to Ritual.”
Her laptop was open; she was reading about careers in psychology. Why pick a career? I asked....
Is Bebo Worth $1 billion? →
Against perpetual copyright
Lessig blogs about the crazy NYT piece suggesting we need perpetual copyright, and then he sets up a WIKI to collectively formulate a response. Cool, damn cool.