One fateful day while visiting my girlfriend (now wife) in college, I stopped by Toys “Я” Us to buy a Dreamcast at a deep discount—Sega was exiting the console race and focussing instead on games. It was a very capable machine for the time and I’m surprised it didn’t do better, but I digress. Somehow, I [...]
So recently Facebook separated the “News Feed,” which is now selective stories/updates chosen by some unknown algorithm, from the “Live Feed,” the former news feed. Now, the News Feed might be more targeted (maybe), but I know many people don’t like it. Want to know how to get the old news feed back when you [...]
Apple distributed invitations for an event on March 17th. I don’t think there’s guessing here.
Apparently there was news the other day about a woman who claimed to swim across the Atlantic Ocean in 25 days (while escorted by boat). Think about that for a second, then think about this: Michael Phelps swimming his fastest would take about 20 days to cover that distance. And that’s his fastest pace, sustained [...]
A few days ago, Amazon announced the new Kindle 21. Now, I won’t go into it much since, honestly, I don’t care to spend over $300 on a device to let me read digital documents (and 10¢ per if you want your own docs). But it does feature an interesting feature for a portable reader: [...]
Just a quick note (since I’m at work). Ars Technica has a terriffic write-up about a group of Harvard Law students taking on the RIAA’s tactics. 3 pages long, but well worth the read. Related links: joelfightsback.com Twitter Feed
At 12:01pm EST, Whitehouse.gov changed over to reflect the transition of power.I never thought we’d see the url http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog. [screenshot by fimoculous]
Circuit City is closing its doors. It has asked for court approval to close its remaining stores and sell off all its merchandise. This post on Consumerist sums up why I don’t really feel too bad about it. In general, sales people are just pushed too hard to sell accessories and warranty plans. What really [...]
Repost from blog.conigs: My Twitter feed was ablaze starting about an hour ago with variations of the above headline. Many news agencies are also reporting the same. The report is that he’ll be gone through June. But I’m not sure. I agree with Ryan Block: Jobs finally stepping down (even if only for a few [...]