Archive for October 2007

Google Unveiling Gphone Plan In 2 Weeks, Wants to Change Cellphone Industry

Google-powered phones will come already configured with a bundle of the most popular Google services, such Google search, Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail. But that would just be the beginning…read more | digg story

multi projector VR

This is the ultra-high resolution multi-projector VR system that will be used for training at the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Built by Lockheed Martin, it uses Mersive Sol Server technology to automatically and seamlessly combine multiple projectors in one gigantabolous immersive displayread more | digg story

project bike research

In my previous post I stated I was in the hunt for a project bike, likely a CafĂ© Racer. A successful hunt requires knowledge of the prey, so in the last few days I’ve been researching various bikes, in the process I’ve found some real gems of moto history. This may make you laugh, but [...]

Internet2 hits 100Gbps, could scale 10x beyond that

Internet2 now rockets along at 100Gbps, and it also allows researchers to set up dedicated 10Gbps point-to-point links on the fly. Want to transfer a third of a terabyte in the time it takes to order a burger? Now you can.read more | digg story

project bike

So I met my cousin-in-law last night, being a motorcycle guy we talked about bikes, in fact that was just about all we talked about. Something he said to me got me thinking today “…you need a project bike…”. Indeed. I’ve been thinking about this for a few months, but here’s my problem: I love [...]

joost beta – updated

Joost is no longer by invite only! Check out the download page and start watching streaming TV over the Internet. I’m downloading it myself right after I publish this post and I’ll give an update when I have some time to check out the beta.

I’ve played around with the beta, very slick, this is the [...]

simple

Awhile back I wrote this post on simplicity. John Maeda gives a great talk about his appropriately simple analysis of the subject: