Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Does This Count As A Denial Of Service?

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Interesting way to combat junk faxes as illustrated in David Lazarus’s column today:
But my absolute favorite suggestion came from several people who’d probably appreciate it if I keep their identities under wraps. When junk faxes proliferate, they say, they take some black crepe paper, feed it into their fax machines and then tape it into [...]

The iPhone, Misguided?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Ok, so Apple, Inc released their much anticipated “iPhone” today, and it’s an awesome package to behold . . .
The Good:

Great Interface . . . one that only Apple could envision and execute!
Well Rounded Feature Set!
Marvelous Design!
It’s Gorgeous!

But I’ve got a few issues that will need to be resolved before I will buy one:

EDGE?!?!? [...]

Who Knew An American Car Company Had It In Them?

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

I’m in love . . .
Looks like GM (of all companies) may have the first working, commercially available, electric vehicle on the market.  Dubbed the “Volt” . . .  expect the name to change before it is released.  The new EV is expected to have a 40 mile battery only range, with a small fuel [...]

Great Image for Space Buffs . . .

Monday, December 11th, 2006

New twist on one of those mirror self-portraits that
everyone seems to do once in their life . . .

Image Courtesy of NASA
nasa, spaceflight, spacewalk, space

Wow, this is Officially the Longest FedEx Shipment I’ve Ever Received

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Seems Apple has run out of domestic inventory for their new iPods and are shipping them right from the assembly line in China.

Gives new meaning to factory fresh . . . the weird part . . . they shipped it Ground!!!
china, fedex, ipod, ipod video, apple

DefCon14

Friday, August 4th, 2006

Seriously . . . do your fire marshall walkthrough the day BEFORE you are supposed to open the conference. 2 hours after the scheduled start time, we’re still waiting for the conference to open . . .
las vegas, defcon14


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