Avatar: Excellent 3-d CGI movie, extremely disappointing 1-d Story

Mon Feb 1, 2010 1:36 AM EST

Well my friends and I finally got around to seeing Avatar. A movie that has garnered much hype that seems like it should be well deserved considering the amount of money it has brought in. I've heard it described as the Star Wars for today's generation.

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entertainment, movie, avatar, james-cameron

iSteal: Apple's iBooks Copies Interface from Third Party - SuperSite Blog

Seeded on Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:56 PM EST (community.winsupersite.com)

When Apple was demoing its new iBooks application for the iPad during their keynote address, I just kept thinking to myself: this simply must have been designed byDelicious Monster, the shop behind the brilliant Mac app Delicious Library.

technology, apple, ibook

First thoughts on the iPad

Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:07 PM EST

Well it is here the long rumored, much hyped, and long waited tablet computer from Apple called the iPad. Okay anyone who knows me knows I am not an Apple fanboy and in fact takes delight in poking the Macheads with a stick to get them riled up.

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technology, apple, ebooks, ipad, netbooks

Barney Frank: 'God Didn't Create The Filibuster'

Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:47 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

"It is time to shut it down," Frank said. "God didn't create the filibuster, it's part of the Senate rules."

politics, filibuster, barney-frank

The end of the check | Jacksonville.com

Seeded on Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:28 PM EST (The Jacksonville Times-Union)

When Lisa Maddox started working at Arlington Flower Shop just eight years ago, about half the customers bought their flowers with a check. These days, not so much. "I'm not sure," she said, "we probably see one every three days."

business, money, checks

My thoughts on the Monk series finale

Tue Dec 8, 2009 2:25 AM EST

SPOILERS AHEAD STOP NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW Well I'm glad they gave closure and peace to Monk. Also glad they didn't kill him although that would have been appropriate he is with Trudy now thing.

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education, monk, series-finale

Google Public DNS Aims to Speed Up Your Browsing - Google public dns - Lifehacker

Seeded on Thu Dec 3, 2009 2:54 PM EST (Lifehacker)

Most of us aren't familiar with DNS because it's often handled automatically by our Internet Service Provider (ISP), but it provides an essential function for the web.

google, technology, dns, opendns

Veteran's Day - Thank You

Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:46 PM EST

Today is Veteran's Day in the United States. I just want to take a moment to say thank you to the men, women, and their families who have or are serving in our armed forces. I would also like to thank the men and women who are our police and firefighters. Thank you.

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military, us-news, veterans-day, honor

Steampunk web series Riese starts tomorrow (11/2)

Sun Nov 1, 2009 10:32 PM EST

I just wanted to bring attention to new video web series Riese. As described by Wikipedia:

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entertainment, steampunk, webseries, riese

Designing a trustworthy Electronic Voting System

Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:22 AM EDT

Newsvine contributor Nearing seeded an article discussing how the German High Court has apparently banned electronic voting. Predictably the first comment to this article was that we should only have paper ballots, which is a common enough position on this subject. Pe …

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technology, elections, voting, doing-it-right

Answering "What to buy: Mac or PC"

Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:33 AM EDT

Recently I've seen some people asking the age old question what shoud I buy Mac or PC. Which always brings out the zealots from each side who proceed to muddle the issue with hype, hyperbole, minutia, and other nonsense. Unfortunately I think this tends to be unprod …

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Obama won the Peace Prize, but for what?

Seeded on Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:53 PM EDT (USA Today)

WASHINGTON — The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama landed with a shock on darkened, still-asleep Washington. He won! For what?

obama, nobel-peace-prize, us-news

Amazon cuts Kindle price to $259

Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 12:57 AM EDT (USA Today)

Against rising competition, Amazon.com is cutting the price of the Kindle and taking its popular electronic reader overseas. On Wednesday, Kindle prices drop $40 to $259, the second price cut in three months.

technology, amazon, ebooks, kindle

Google Voice and you: what it is and how you can use it - Ars Technica

Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:25 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

Have you been hearing all the chatter about Google Voice but still haven't caught up on what it is? Ars gives you the rundown on Google's calling service and how you can use it to screen and forward calls, send free SMSs, and even get your voicemails transcribed and sent to your …

google, technology, voip, grand-central, voicemail, google-voice

Vanish Uses BitTorrent to Make Data Disappear

Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT (Zeropaid.com)

Encrypts messages with a secret key and then distributes pieces of it across random nodes so that as peers leave the swarm it gradually degrades over time, allowing users to regain control over data stored on the web like Facebook PMs, e-mails to others, and even simple posts.

technology, privacy, encryption, data, bittorrent

A Radical New Router

Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:29 PM EDT (spectrum.ieee.org)

The Internet is broken. I should know: I designed it. In 1967, I wrote the first plan for the ancestor of today's Internet, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, or ARPANET, and then led the team that designed and built it.

technology, internet, routers, packets, future-inevitable-internet-collapse

TiVo adds new Web videos, option to watch niche content | Webware - CNET

Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 12:32 PM EDT (CNET.com)

TiVo announced Wednesday that it has added hundreds of free Web videos to TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL DVRs.

rss, technology, television, video, tivo, web, podcasts

Synchronised blinking stops viewers missing the action

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 4:47 PM EDT (newscientist.com)

Worried you'll blink and miss a crucial piece of the action? Then you can relax. While watching a film, we subconsciously control the timing of blinks to make sure we don't miss anything important.

science, brain, movies, blink, eyes

Is Pluto a planet after all?

Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:29 PM EDT (newscientist.com)

HOW many planets are in the solar system? The official answer is eight - unless you happen to live in Illinois.

debate, science, pluto, planet, astonomy, iau

There is no WiFi allergy: newspapers misreport PR as science - Ars Technica

Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:35 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

The recent Pew survey on the status of science in the US public included two findings: the public is interested in the latest news about health issues, but it doesn't necessarily feel the press does a good job. Last Friday produced a clear indication of why.

technology, hoax, stunt, press, wifi, pr

Bad Apple: An Argument Against Buying an iPhone - iPhone - Lifehacker

Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:15 AM EDT (Lifehacker)

Apple just rejected the Google Voice iPhone application from App Store distribution, the most recent in a long line of questionable moves, and the message is clear: If you want a device that won't lock you out of innovation, skip the iPhone.

google, technology, apple, at-t, iphone, google-voice

Apple pulls Google Voice apps from the App Store

Seeded on Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:26 PM EDT (Download Squad)

Apple doesn't particularly like it when developer release applications that compete directly with Apple's iPhone software. That's why you won't find any full featured web browsers in the App Store. And apparently it's why you also won't find any mobile apps for using Google Voice.

google, technology, apple, iphone, google-voice

Amazon CEO apologizes for Kindle book deletions | Web Crawler - CNET News

Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:08 PM EDT (CNET.com)

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos issued an apology Thursday to customers over last week's surprise deletion of a number of books that Kindle owners had purchased and downloaded to their devices:

technology, amazon, jeff-bezos, kindle

Amazon remotely deletes Orwell e-books from Kindles, unpersons reportedly unhappy

Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:05 PM EDT (Engadget)

If you're into keeping tabs on irony, check this out. Amazon apparently sent out its robotic droogs last night, deleting copies of the George Orwell novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four from Kindles without explanation, then refunding the purchase price.

technology, amazon, ownership, drm, kindle

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others

Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:33 PM EDT (The New York Times)

This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—thought they owned.

technology, amazon, kindle

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