The following video was brought to my attention by a coworker as we both love watching stuff being presented at the TED conference. Alas, this video continues what I believe is a false cultural perception about the increasing general dehumanizing nature of technology. Admittedly it needs to be a bit bias, it’s a Nokia ad. …
I’ve been an e-Harmony member long enough that I’m beginning to wonder if I might be eligible for some prize, just for hanging in there so long. It’s that old adage: the older I get the pickier I get and the less marketable I get. No fun. Actually it’s not that bad. Occasionally someone will …
Around this time last year I was very excited to receive my OLPC (One Laptop per Child), called the XO-1. Having drunk the Negroponte gatorade I was endlessly frustrated with Dvorak and other tech journalists who kept their criticism of the XO-1 focused on either Negroponte’s eccentricities or the fact that the creators made it …
Not a great photo and not even close to showing the percentage of people who come to Friendly Confines sporting their favorite team uniforms. It’s also evident in the noise level and shouting and cheering how many partisans are in attendance. Go Bears! er… I mean Dolphins! jbb
I have these two wonderful friends, Dan and Terri, who are always looking out for my happiness. They’re a young happily married couple, any two of which is an oddity these days and whenever we go out they’re always looking for a woman for me. It’s very endearing to me. So, several weeks ago, knowing …
i found this video after watching a “holiday” video.. kind’a… Love it. enjoy. jbb
I love screen real estate. Duh. Like many other things there is no such thing as too much screen real estate. But there are always weird limitations. Pretty much all laptops have one port for one external monitor. I’ve added a USB converter from Gefen that gives me a second external monitor. Love all the …
Check out http://SilentKeynote.com to protest Apple’s decision 2 treat the apple community so poorly.
It’s been a bit of a rough day today. Following confirming the announcement of Apple’s pullout of Macworld expo, I needed something to lift my spirits. Fortunately for me I had a link to the following video waiting for me, courtesy FS coworker Linda. Besides sharing several ideas also shared in his TED video and …
This can’t be a good thing. While I was looking for specific conference info so that I could figure out when to schedule my online class the first week of January I stumbled on the following: My first thought was that this had to be an April Fools’ Joke. Ah, no. Damn. Talk about the …