I’ve decided to skip the Lawrence Arms show and instead hang around at work installing Solaris on an old Ultra 5 for testing. Wee. Class today was an interesting presentation (scroll down if you want to find out what I found interesting about it) by Michael Naimark.
- LaCie not kidding about Bigger Disk – 1TB in a convenient 11lb external package. Googly moogly
- Researching the 2004 Oscar Screeners – Andy doing a typically thorough job in finding out what’s been leaked
- I’ll Have You Know I Have Several Black Friendsters
Deep down, we’re all just people with profiles on Friendster. Sure, the face in Sean’s uploaded jpeg might be black, and the one in mine might be white, but at the end of the day, aren’t we both just two humans walking the same earth in search of Activity Partners, Friends, and Dating (Women)?
- Pubcookie Test Website – has extensions to allow among other things, mixed (public/private) access. See patch
- Social Side-Effects Of Internet Use
internet users watch less television, read more books and engage in more social activities
(does the average person really watch 4 hours of tv a day? amazing (my avg for the past couple of years = 0hrs/day))
- Table of Condiments That Periodically Go Bad – very useful chart, worth blogging again
- Synths, drukqs and rock’n’roll – interesting little writeup on Richard D. James
- Questions and answers on OpenBoot
- OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual
- Matrix-Style Brain Interface Closer To Reality
…a private company, Cyberkinetics is seeking permission from the FDA to test a product called BrainGate that implants in the brain and can control actions on a computer.
I expect announcements like this to happen regularly in the coming years. I urge everyone to keep in mind Leonard’s First Rule of Bio-modification: Don’t beta test the bioware.
- Intel Introduces LCoS Chip – high-quality, low-cost HDTV. Sounds promising