Posted in Internet, Technology on July 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Facebook is redesigning its layout. Things are going to look very different after tonight. Facebook is going to roll it out slowly, so some people will see it before others. You can see a preview of the new layout at www.new.facebook.com. You might have to have the facebook developer application installed.
Of you can read about [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Music on July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Weezer’s pork and beans music video is a computer nerds biggest meta-inside joke. I’ve liked weezer for a while now, and this video only adds to the appeal. They are like Ok Go, where they actually put some effort into the concepts for their videos.
The video concept is a bunch of famous internet video stars [...]
Posted in Business, Cars, Environment, Money and the Economy, News, Society, Technology on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A group of scientists has genetically modified some bugs so that they excrete what is basically oil.
We all understand the problems of an oil based economy right now. With limited resources and high demand, the prices of fuel is going up. In an ideal world we could switch to more accomodating sources of energy. However, [...]
Posted in Cell Phones, Technology on June 21, 2008 | No Comments »
You thought email spam was bad. Wait until you get your first text spam. Short messages asking you to buy stuff at a certain sketchy website. Why would anyone send you that?
Some of you know this, but for the others - your text number also works as a email address. For example if your number [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Internet, Music, Technology, Trends on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This happened less in my generation, at least later in my teenage years, because CDs became much more prevalent. However, I think the magic of a mixtape is something that my generation and younger can still understand. This is something someone put together just for YOU. Each song means something to them, and says something [...]
Posted in Cell Phones, Technology on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You may assume that your cell phone could be tapped. Phone tapping is an old spy theme. However, what you may not realize is how easy it is to do. I ran across an article that describes how easy it is for anyone who can physically touch your phone to listen in on your calls, [...]
Posted in Advertising, Technology on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
sort of.
NASA is launching a new mission to the moon late this year. They will be sending a satellite to orbit the moon. In order to promote the new launch they are going to send a memory chip into orbit with the names of all the people who enter their name into the form here.
Not [...]
Posted in Internet, Personal, Society, Technology on May 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A lot of my friends make fun of my blog. They don’t understand it as a hobby. Or, even if they accept it as a hobby, they think of it as something really nerdy without much value.
I found an article that ran parallel to my understanding of why people do blogs.
Here is the argument as [...]
Posted in Internet, Personal, Technology, Trends on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Many of my friends make fun of my constant twittering. Most of them don’t know what Twitter is, they just think it sounds funny.
Luckily I ran across a simple video that explains what Twitter is, and what the value of the service is. It is only two minutes long so check it out:
Posted in Entertainment, Internet, Music, Personal, Technology on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My law school buddy Christine has entered an online version of American Idol - www.vocalshowdown.com. She basically uploaded a video of herself singing “bubbly”, and if she gets the most votes by June she wins $1000!
She has convinced me to vote yes for her by promising to invite me to her way swank celebration party [...]
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