Posted on Thursday 12 March 2009
First post from iPhone to wordpress blog.
browsing Tech
Posted on Wednesday 25 February 2009
From the Office of Naval Research [pdf]. (this is reading for the weekend, or a late night)
A related article from the Times of London and Fox News.
Posted on Tuesday 3 February 2009
Forget face recognition, retinal scans or fingerprint technology – vein authentication is where it’s at, according to Sony.
Posted on Tuesday 27 January 2009
from wired:
Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice shed new light on the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic spying last week when he told MSNBC that the NSA blended credit card transaction records with wiretap data to keep tabs on thousands of Americans.
Posted on Thursday 22 January 2009
Posted on Tuesday 6 January 2009
We’re working on a large software implementation at work. It’s giving me ‘flashbacks’ to my days in IT. I truly dislike software development and hardware configuration. Thankfully, most of the work is just software configuration, but there’s plenty of it. Unfortunately, it’s a lot of workflow planning and logic mapping as well. The payoff will be when it’s all in place and working. I anticipate achieving our ROI within the first year…not bad. It’s still a tremendous amount of effort.
I’ll post details when we get closer to finishing.
…Still dealing with repercussions from the budget cuts. Being the ‘bad guy’ is not ever pleasant and being the boss is more responsibility than most people realize. Preparations for the state-wide IL conference continue and I need to work on my presentations.
Steph continues to work hard as a vet tech, while putting up with me. I love her more than anything. The staff at work continues to kick butt. The state continues to frustrate me.
I’m keeping my resolution(s) and am going offline. ttfn. enuff whining for now.
Posted on Monday 29 December 2008
This year, handset makers were exhaling more vapor than anyone - eager to compete with the iPhone and to cash in on the excitement around Android and GPS-enabled services, the mobile sector was ripe with empty vows. Gamers had it rough again this year, too, as several key titles failed to ship on time. Bet you can guess what #1 will be.
Posted on Friday 19 December 2008
from digg:
We only use cell service @home too. We have a VoIP line, but it’s not connected. It was included with the Comcast bundle.
The portion of homes with cell phones but no landlines has grown to 18 percent, led by adults living with unrelated roommates, renters and young people, according to federal figures released Wednesday.
Posted on Wednesday 17 December 2008
from Weightlessness, dark matter, and mind-blowing telescope images are great reasons to be excited about space exploration. Here are some of the best videos from our most recent decade of space travel.
Posted on Wednesday 17 December 2008
from kinda scary
The most energetic particles in the electromagnetic spectrum could pose a danger to commercial airline passengers. About every 3000 hours of flying time, a plane is hit with a bolt of lightning. Recently, spacecraft have found gamma rays can be created by thunder storms and the rays could be intense enough to cause radiation sickness.
Posted on Thursday 4 December 2008
from digg:
AT&T is chopping 12,000 jobs, or 4% of its work force, citing economic pressures and a changing business mix. It will also reduce capital spending.
Posted on Wednesday 3 December 2008
found on digg:
Babies with a severe form of epilepsy risk having their diagnosis delayed and their treatment compromised because of a company’s patent on a key gene. It is the first evidence that private intellectual property rights over human DNA are adversely affecting medical care.
Posted on Tuesday 2 December 2008
We’ll see how long until this is pulled
Posted on Sunday 30 November 2008
Wind power is one of the fastest growing forms of alternative energy in the world. More and more, wind power mills are seen in the countryside, in large wind farms and for the most part, away from city life. But a new form of wind power is now designed to work in an urban environment.
Posted on Sunday 30 November 2008
from Despite all the inspiring talk about windmills & solar panels, it’s difficult to see how Obama will reach his goal without relying on nuclear power. Commercial reactors currently provide 20% of the nation’s power, but accounts for 70% of the country’s emission-free energy. So, will he become the nation’s cheerleader-in-chief for nuclear power?
Posted on Monday 17 November 2008
from digg:
This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Shame on you if it is.
Documents obtained by civil liberties groups under a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that “triggerfish” technology can be used to pinpoint cell phones without involving cell phone providers at all.
Posted on Monday 17 November 2008
from digg:
Scientists are in an unprecedented project to restore Japan’s largest coral reef by planting thousands of baby corals growing on tiny ceramic beds.
Posted on Tuesday 26 August 2008
from digg and engadget:
For years, Diebold has embarrassed itself by claiming that obvious faults were actually not faults at all, and during the past decade or so, it mastered the act of pointing the finger. Now that it has ironically renamed itself Premier Election Solutions, it’s finally coming clean.