more tech bits

Apr 24th, 2009 Posted in tech | no comment »

A couple more recent finds: An introduction to the servers that run Google. What really was going on at Area 51, as told by some of the people who worked there. The early days of Wikipedia.

random song o’ the moment

Apr 12th, 2009 Posted in music | no comment »

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG294M_kYWM

“Times Like These” by Foo Fighters

tech bits

Mar 28th, 2009 Posted in tech | no comment »

A few bits of technology recently found online: a car you can fight crime in. One word: Hotelicopter. Cheap finger tracking, multitouch interactive whiteboarding, and virtual reality head tracking using the Wii remote (thanks for the pointer, Sekou). And if you’re interested in some older technology, one of Galileo’s telescopes is currently visiting Philadelphia.

random song o’ the moment

Mar 24th, 2009 Posted in music | no comment »

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C9mWN8vKHQ

“Balancê” by Sara Tavares

things are tough all over

Mar 21st, 2009 Posted in currents | one comment »

With the current economic downturn, it’s currently hard to find work in many parts of the world. But according to a New York-based HR firm, there are places in the world where it’s just hard to work due to things like crime, political unrest, lack of infrastructure, or climate. But the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe were specifically excluded from the list, and most of the cities listed are in Africa and central and southern Asia. That begs the question of how different the list might look if people from non-Western viewpoints had compiled it.