January 2010
15 posts
Jan 29th
The iPad compared to our PS3
I’m finding that the thing that excites me most about the iPad is entertainment, specifically gaming. I’ve heard lots of “but I have a real console, why wouldn’t I just play real games on that?” arguments. Let’s break this down: Cost: PS3 : $300 (Originally $599). iPad: $499 version should be fine for playing. “Workflow” from “I feel...
Jan 28th
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This is why it's worth learning about advertising
rinich: A lot of people are asking what Apple’s target market is, and how they’re going to sell this iPad. These people are all stupid. Apple has told us exactly how they’re going to sell it. From Apple.com: Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price. Bam! That’s their selling point! Somebody gets paid lots of money to write that sentence, and...
Jan 28th
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia (via silpol)
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online |... →
Jan 14th
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225+ Free Adobe Illustrator Patterns – DesignM.ag →
Jan 13th
Custom Stickers | Custom Bumper Stickers | Sticker... →
Jan 7th
Royalty Free Vector Graphics | VectorStock™ →
Jan 7th
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Acqualia →
Makers of Picturesque and Soulver, very nice photo and calculator apps.
Jan 6th
Living The Future
Now that it’s 2010, time to act like it. Vague plan: Set up an ongoing “portal” to my old roommate in the US: Project iChat (hugely?) on our living room wall, set up speakers/mic by the couch, webcam looking back into the room from a wide angle view, have him do the same. Run it continuously for a while off an old Mac mini and see if it feels like having a roommate again. Parts...
Jan 3rd
Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real... →
By planting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The “thought-to-speech” process takes about 50 milliseconds - the same amount of time for a non-paralyzed, neurologically intact person to speak their thoughts. The study marks the first successful demonstration...
Jan 2nd
My theme song for the past year unfortunately seems to have been The Girl and the Robot by Röyksopp. I’ll try to do better in the next 365 days.
Jan 1st