A couple of weeks ago I pondered the issue of data backup, particularly interested in home RAID and NAS solutions, and the few of the online storage startups that have recently surfaced. The main caveats to online storage in the next few years will be capacity and speed. If you have a media library at [...]

A modern Don Quixote meets Knight Rider by way of Buck Rogers, the Heat Vision and Jack pilot was created in 1999, directed by Ben Stiller, and stars Jack Black and the disembodied voice of Owen Wilson as “Heat Vision,” the motorcycle. Not too difficult to see why it didn’t make the cut, although it [...]

Confirmed: Robert Fripp is exactly the pretentious asshole you thought he was:
Fripp performed two pieces, with an intermission between them filled with a Q&A. Before the Q&A, though, Fripp pulled out a copy of local music mag Stomp & Stammer and dismantled the magazine’s awkwardly worded (but complimentary) preview of his show. He even had [...]

This guy is out around Leidseplein in Amsterdam all the time. Last time we were there I’d pass him almost everyday walking around, and always pause for a few moments to check it out. Freaky talent.

Hitchens is still at it, even taking to the streets , to you know, smoke, sign a few autographs, and stick up for the unqualified freedom of expression for everyone, everywhere. Bravo. I have to say, I’ve never agreed with the bloke more. From “The case for mocking religion”:
I am not asking for [...]