Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Got an old StarTAC or a broken Razr you need to get rid of? Apple will recycle it for free. The company adds to its "green" cred by letting you mail in phones from any manufacturer to its free iPod recycling program.
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
There are some skills we just don't use anymore like "dialing a rotary phone." Some goof added "cursive handwriting."
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Yes, technology is turning us into drooling idiots. I can feel my attention span ticking awa...Ooo, someone just wrote on my Facebook wall.
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
French Chemist Hervé This (pronounced 'Tiss), a man who can turn a perfectly good hard-boiled egg into goo, shows the world how to cook with science.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
(jpg) Gaming blog Kotaku has this great re-imagining of M.C. Escher's famous Relativity painting using the mind-bending elements of Valve's game Portal.
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer's 1997 non-fiction serial that tells the gritty true story of the Battle of Mogadishu.
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Google engineering director Chris Uhlik and his family live nearly without paper. Could everyone live the paper-free live? It would certainly reduce clutter for me.
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Researchers digitally restore the fragile pre-tape metal wire recordings with the power of math.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
How to handle conflict in a web environment - A List Apart has some good ideas on how online communication works when you work virtually. In the past I have been the been the receiver, and sadly sometimes the instigator, of online shunning.
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I have heard the phrase: "Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything." People will search for meaning in their lives no matter what the religious climate they live in.
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