TV Networks and the Uncertain Future
That headline, of course (as much as the NYT's below) is almost a cliche for the past few decades. The article, though, paints a more dire picture. We're not actually that big of a TV-watching family,...
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Do the Robot!
Nice article (with some great sound/video clips). But no mention of Robbie? Or (just) The Robot? Oh, the pain! Reshared post from +George Wiman For extra nerd points, what's the connection between...
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Point A to Point B
Trying to figure out whether Les is planning on dropping in on my unexpectedly, is hinting I should come ad visit him, or is trying to reveal my secret underground lair beneath the GIANT GREEN BALLOON...
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Cork vs Synthetic vs Screw Top
The arguments over the different tops tend to get fairly esoteric near the edges (are cork farms damaging to the ecology? does the slight seep of oxygen past cork helpful? are people killing themselves...
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RT @katiecandraw: You know the part in Star Trek IV when James Doohan is all “A keyboard? How quaint!”? I got that way seeing a VHS tape to…
View ArticleNo matter where you go, there you are
I've used Latitude a little bit — it was fun watching Margie and Mary drive out to Colorado, and I've occasionally gone and looked at my own wander-about history — but knowing where all my cool friends...
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Fly the Somewhat Archaic Skies
Really, United? Even after combining your web pages with Continental, your "Edit E-Mail Address" is asking about whether I'm receiving / sending email on my "Personal Digital Assistance (Palm,...
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Chromecastic!
Very cool. My Chromecast arrived in the mail today from Amazon. Dirt simple easy to install and activate, and we've already watched on TV several YouTube videos and an episode of a show we missed....
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Google is the new "ask my wife, she keeps track of that sort of thing"
Google is the new "ask my wife, she keeps track of that sort of thing" People have been decrying the Internet as destroying our ability to remember things (just as the advent of writing down epics was...
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Tupperware
When I am appointed Dictator of the World and wear a shiny hat, I will decree standard plastic food storage container lid specifications. Right after I decree standardized microwave oven interfaces....
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Fun finds a way
So LAUSD's big plan was to get iPads in the hands of all their students — but only usable on school networks and for official curricular purposes? And they really expected kids to just kind of go along...
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"Live! LIVE!"
We programmed a button on our Comcast remote this way to do a skip-forward on the DVR. Greatest human convenience since … well, the DVR. As to the title, I programmed it to replace the button that's...
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Disney outsources its audio-animatronics
Actually, they've been doing a lot of outsourcing of it for a while, but this marks a formal close-down of their own internal AA works in favor of long-term partner Garner Holt. While there's a bit of...
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Comics and the Tablet
So I've had an epiphany that, as much as I appreciate actual floppy comics and the fact that I own, in a tangible sense, what I buy … I really need to cut down on the ever-increasing cruft in my life....
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Don't Glass and Drive
Wow. This is a tough one, as the technology currently stands. The cop says driving with Google Glass is the same (by the code) as watching TV or texting while driving. She says the Glass goggles were...
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Fusion – Fuel of the Future! (Or not)
I've been tracking news on nuclear fusion for electricity since the mid-70s (when it was my Affirmative Plan in high school debate). Fusion is always just another five years out, as soon as the next X...
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Button Batteries Bad for Babies
Okay, that was stretching the alliteration a bit, but let me say it more simply: Button (coin, watch, hearing aid) batteries are dangerous for kids to swallow — not just as throat obstructions, but...
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Yes, by golly, we need more mega-corp patent wars
When one of the principles proudly says about the patent portfolio they acquired, "Pretty much anyone out there is infringing," you know something has gone very wrong with our system to "promote the...
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I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords
Yeah, we're pretty much doomed. Rock-paper-scissors bot always wins View this post on Google+
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Will This New Technology Change Everything?!
Yup, been around enough to see this, over and over again. (original http://xkcd.com/1289/) (See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines) Reshared post from +Isaac Winters...
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