Category: tech + the internet

Seems the anniversary of my first year of having fun with WordPress has passed. 400 posts in one year — I wouldn’t have bet on myself to ever publish that…

Learn some Apple script, “Congratulations on your decision to finally learn AppleScript! I know how you feel; you have been enjoying your Mac for some time now, and have heard…

First POD skins I’ve seen that I kinda like… “GelaSkins are very thin, protective iPod covers made with high grade 3M vinyl and patented adhesive technology. An ultra-clear, scratch resistant,…

“Nike Inc. said on Tuesday that it is making running shoes that will be able to send data about the wearer’s performance to an Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod using a…

IMG_3059.JPG, more photos found here. Opens tonight on 5th avenue.

“A 16-year-old high school student has invented a new way of producing electricity by harnessing the brawny power of bacteria. Kartik Madiraju, an 11th-grader from Montreal, was able to generate…

“An extremely detailed map of the North American Internet backbone including 134,855 routers. the colors represent who each router is registered to: red is Verizon, blue AT&T, yellow Qwest, green…

As much as I was so over this series by 10 minutes into the 2nd one … this is one of the better write-up/analysis pieces i’ve read … “Sometime in…

Apple’s greatest hits: 30 significant products “What’s the most difficult thing about listing the 30 most significant products in Apple’s 30-year history? Limiting your list to just 30 entries.” Macworld:…

Well look what the cat dragged in …. “More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next…

Useful if your iPod ever runs into problems … “Methodshop.com explains ways to do deep diagnostics on your iPod.” iPod Diagnostic Mode

Flickr has a piece on some of the books now coming out — to use / hack / and work with their amazing service. Seeing as much of my family…

“Signwave Tracing Paper creates a PICT file on your Desktop with a time/coordinate plot of your mouse cursor’s movement. Leave it running for the duration of your working day to…

Some selected quotes from SXSW 2006, “Community replaces advertising.” “Are you over 15 years of age? Then you have no idea what’s going on.” “Hire curious people. Even if they…

“This map of Mars, published by Percival Lowell in 1895, was the result of many years spent carefully studying the Red Planet through his telescope. Now you can do the…