Archive for the 'technology' Category

Kill Your TV

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Last week I watched Battlestar Galactica on my computer, full screen, 10 hours before it aired on the sci-fi channel. There were 3 or 4 Intel commercials that were really short. I think networks are starting to get the picture. TV is going away, like CDs are, and like radio is, like all traditional media [...]

The Webcam Is The New Mirror

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Mesmerized with Animal Planetesque curiosity I watched and listened to two very young hipsters have a conversation amid a flurry of electronic interruptions in a coffee shop and for the first time really noted the difference between the generation that has grown up inundated with technology and my own, which didn’t even really have a [...]

PowerPoint Karaoke

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Holy Jesus, I think I have found my calling as corporate guerrilla ironist.
In a typical event, a few brave people volunteer to “present” a random deck of slides pulled off the Web, or borrowed from friends or employers. (I first heard about PowerPoint Karaoke when an organizer asked if she could use a deck I [...]

Tinted

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

For the first time in my life, I own a car that has real wheels and not plastic hubcaps. And while I did not get everything I wanted, like a parachute eject or turbo serenity overdrive with all-wheel noetic suspension, as I needed to quickly bail out of the ailing Honda, my 2005 Mazda3 [...]

Ethanol Jetpack Utopians, Unite!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

It’s kinda cool that dudes with weird facial hair are going to be the first ones to bring us into space. “WhiteKnight” though? Hmm, sounds a little KKK if you ask me. I’d go with something gentler, like “UnicornOne” maybe. Also, I’m still patiently awaiting a consumer release of the jetpack, marketed perhaps similarly to [...]

Liv Greene or Die

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Who the fuck is Liv Greene? Oh, just another AIM bot. Ditto these sentiments.

Man and Computer

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Mini-immortalities

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

It is with great sadness that I report that my George Foreman (aka. “grilla”) has finally passed away. It has served me well over these past 5 or so years that I have owned it, doling out the salmon or occasional burgs with quickness and ease. Oh, and the sandwiches. I always would forget to [...]

Pizza Delivery and the Future of War

Monday, July 16th, 2007

I’ve brought up my fascination with non-lethal weapons before. And let me tell you, whether it’s military adventurism, fraternity pranks, or good ol’ domestic abuse, non-lethal weapons can play a big part in your life. With no casualties everyone’s a winner, in a non-lethal utopia by way of a sticky foam rave kind of way, [...]

The State of Discount Airtravel

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

So planning for a European jaunt this summer I did a little research and found some decent discount airfare sites. It had been a while since I really searched for some new ones. While there are a few discount international deals, there’s nothing like RyanAir or EasyJet in Europe. Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia suck, [...]