People interact with computers all day for all sorts of purposes. Long gone are the days where a computer was merely a tool to process data. We view photos, send emails, chat online and do millions of other tasks completely distinct from computing per se. The only tools available to us are the [...]
I got a brand new iPod from Apple and it is already broken. I never got it to sync, not even once. I’m fed up, and I’m cutting them off.
Let me rewind the story a little. I learned Ctrl-Q to quit from Mac applications before many of you knew what a computer [...]
I was just checking out Wolf Blitzer in the situation room, and a nice little tech story came up. Apparently, Google has been storing information about its users to use against them! The report notes that Google’s new push of its personalized search requires users to ‘opt in’ (which you should d0), but still, [...]
Google provides a free service that allows you to text them and they will text you back. It’s great for lots of things, like checking the weather, finding a movie or translating some phrase you overheard. There is an interactive demo online. Try ‘w new haven’ for example.
I’ve been promising to write [...]
I haven’t gotten a chance to write about Stellarium yet. I haven’t even had a chance to download it yet. You can see that it’s pretty sweet from this youtube video, though. Check it out.
Tell me how it goes
Everyone has a username for everything these days. I have email addresses @hotmail.com, @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, @yale.edu and several other places. I believe I have one at SourceForge, which I’ve never checked. On top of those I log in to about 20 more places, like facebook, last.fm, my bank, del.icio.us, all the yale [...]
I also just remember I wanted to share ask a ninja for those who haven’t been able to experience that yet. Be in a ridiculous mood first.
Facts:
“Have you ever heard someone say ‘you’re putting words in my mouth’? Ninjas can actually do that”
Ninjuice tastes like a punch in the face
Go ahead, ask a [...]
I wanted to return with a nice light reminiscence. I stumbled upon a nice classic called Real Ultimate Power. There are some key facts to take away from this informative site, conveniently under the “Facts” section. Here are a few:
1. Ninjas are mammals.
2. Ninjas [...]
Apple Stores Suck
I had a nice hour long journey through the Apple store in Bethesda today. My iPod’s hard drive stopped working, and although I don’t expect the “geniuses” there to know my particular ability to diagnose such a problem, I also don’t expect them to take 25 minutes to diagnose it themselves. (By the [...]