October 2011
3 posts
Google releases Dart programming language →
Google unveiled the working version of Dart today. It looks to me that one of the primary selling points is that it’s designed to be run both on the server side and the client side…
I sold my iPod Touch. It was a good device, but man, I am so happy to uninstall iTunes off of my computer.
I’m watching Transformers 3 and seriously it’s one of the dumbest movies I’ve ever seen. I can feel brain cells dying the more that I watch
September 2011
1 post
Slingbox site is down? So I can’t actually use the physical box I OWN to watch TV? Jeez guys, always be ready for heavy web traffic
August 2011
1 post
Always fun to read in TechCrunch about a company doing an idea you had 5 years ago. If you believe in the idea, stop at nothing to do it.
July 2011
5 posts
I stand corrected - VHD disk image files are natively supported by Windows 7 although it’s not immediately obvious. Giving it a try…
For my web farm I’m using Squid as my load balancing / caching solution. Is there any good reason to switch to a Varnish / Nginx combo?
It’s tough sometimes to read an interesting article and then read the trolling, flaming, and general rudeness of the comments below. <sigh>
There has been WAY too much running around the past couple of weeks. Actually looking forward to getting a big block of time for some coding
Dropbox will be doing a server move (I think?) and will be down for about an hour - which means I eat dinner when they start
June 2011
9 posts
I’ve got over 700 items in my @readitlater list - I think it’s time for a serious pruning this coming weekend!
RT @jquerymobile: We’re thrilled to announce jQuery Mobile Beta 1! Blog post: http://t.co/pxxiMYe Demos: http://t.co/vNYG9fd
Entrepreneurs Pitch to Investors at the Wharton... →
I see that eBay bought out Magento. Can we trust eBay to keep it fully open and not force the use of other eBay properties like Paypal?
Parents, your baby stroller is not a military tank even if it is the same size as one. Walk with respect - please
Teenager sells kidney for iPad2
A teenager in Huaishan, Anhui Province has sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad2 tablet computer, as reported by SZTV on June 1.
The 17-year-old man surnamed Zheng, a freshman in high school, got connected with a kidney-selling agent through the internet, who pledged to pay him 20,000 yuan ($3,084.45 ) for one of his kidneys.
On April 28 of this year, Zheng went to Chenzhou, Hunan Province...
Just accidentally corrupted a SQLite and recovered it 2 minutes later with @dropbox. Love Dropbox!
May 2011
11 posts
Oh man - just screwed up an email account transfer - here comes 30,000 duplicate messages!
Server redundancy is seriously underrated. I’ve seen 3 small sites I visit have big chunks of downtime due to failure in the past 24 hours
Eating a praline from New Orleans - yum!
Lots of photos and footage, a semi trailer accident, two blown tires and a bunch of turn of the century engines later, back in NYC
It’s amazing how you can have 10 sets of data that record the same thing, yet 10 different people organize it in 10 different ways
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New York Reveals Plan To Become America’s Next Top... →
Through new official partnerships with Facebook, Twitter, and NY-based startups Foursquare and Tumblr, New York aims to become America’s next, top digital city.
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the city’s first, chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne, presented their Road Map for the Digital City, today.
The full plan is available here, on NYC.gov.
Before formulating the plan, Sterne...
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Ghostbusters Firehouse on City Closure List - Oh... →
With LinkedIn’s IPO being so successful I’m curious where they go from here. I think they’re overvalued but with that kind of cash they could do some serious damage.
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City hopes digital skeleton street signs will curb... →
Lawn Chairs in Times Square →
Native New Yorkers were a tad confused today when they learned that Broadway was shut down between 42nd Street and 47th Street over the long weekend. A new traffic pattern was put in place and a…
3-D glasses a sticking point for movie industry →
More than a dozen 3-D films will hit multiplexes this year, and theaters are installing thousands of digital 3-D systems amid fervid public approval of the fledgling technology.
If the…
Photos of Chelsea Market →
Here are some neat HDR shots (mostly) that I took at Chelsea Market in NYC:
April 2009
5 posts
KFC gambling on chicken that is grilled, not fried →
Would KGC ever have the same ring?
In a culinary gambit backed by buckets of big money, KFC is hoping to replicate its founder’s recipe for success with the national introduction…
ATM card skimming happening right in NYC →
Previously on C.S.I… a man found an actual card skimmer in the wild, in the flesh. Today, Gizmodo reader Sean became the card skimmer/PIN camera’s latest almost-victim. Where? …
Wind turbines could more than meet U.S.... →
Wind turbines off U.S. coastlines could potentially supply more than enough electricity to meet the nation’s current demand, the Interior Department reported Thursday.
Simply…
Virus-built Battery Could Power Cars, Electronic... →
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery.
The new…
NIF scientists set the controls for nuclear fusion →
Among the flurry of experiments going down worldwide, significant work will start rolling at the US National Ignition Facility sometime this June. Under construction for twelve…
March 2009
7 posts
Why toddlers don’t do what they’re told →
New cognitive research shows that 3-year-olds neither plan for the future nor live completely in the present, but instead call up the past as they need it. ‘There is a lot of work in…
Top 10 tools for a free online education →
It’s easy to forget these days that the internet started out as a place for academics and researchers to trade data and knowledge. Recapture the web’s brain-expanding potential with…
California May Ban Black Cars →
The California legislature is considering regulating the color of cars and reflectivity of paint to reduce the energy requirements to cool them. A presentation on the proposed…
Gaming Great Jane McGonigal Challenges the... →
Along with the usual news and excitement of the Game Developers Conference, going on this week in San Francisco, a speech by gaming guru Jane McGonigal stands out for one reason:…
Nanotech Invention May Be Golden Bullet for... →
Scientists at the University of Buffalo have found a new use for nanotechnology–as an extremely precise way of delivering chemicals to the right part of the brain to combat
Borrow A Cat’s Affection At Japan’s Cat Cafés →
We’ve seen pet rental companies, which while successful, have created controversy with animal rights activists worldwide. Now, there is a new more humane way for people to mix and…
Testing
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system.