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The Macintosh Dating Game – Steve, Bill, Fred & Mitch
Feb 6th
The Macintosh Dating Game!
From 1983… Steve Jobs hosts the Dating Game with Bill Gates, Fred Gibbons, and Mitch Kapor!
(This is where that famous "To create a new standard…" line of Bill Gate’s comes from.)
BTW, Mitch Kapor mentions a product called “123”???
Mac vs PC – End Game
Jan 13th
Inspired by Transformers, this short Visual Effects piece shows us what the future may hold for our home computers … the future is unknowable, but we can be sure that robotics will play a central part.
See more at NICK GREENLEE – DIGITAL COMPOSITOR, check out his 2008 demo Reel at youtube or at his site.
Mystery of 1908 Siberian Explosion Solved
Jan 12th
Smaller asteroids may pose greater danger than previously believed
The Sandia National Laboratories has run 3-D Supercomputer simulations that explain that the asteroid which struck the Tunguska region of Siberia in 1908 with the force of a 20 megaton atomic blast, leveling more than 80,000 trees over 830 square miles, was much smaller than previously thought. According to Mark Boslough, Sandia principal investigator of the 1908 impact:
The asteroid that caused the extensive damage was much smaller than we had thought. That such a small object can do this kind of destruction suggests that smaller asteroids are something to consider. Their smaller size More >
Apple Founders – Steve, Steve & Ron
Jan 9th
Apple Computer Company had three founders: Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs AND Ronald Gerald Wayne. Ronald Wayne had worked at Atari with Steve Jobs and the three of them co-founded Apple on April 1, 1976. Ronald had a 10% stake in Apple. Two weeks later he got cold feet because as a partner he would be legally liable for any debts incurred by the other partners so he sold his 10% for $800.00.
Later that year (1976) the Steve’s developed a business plan and incorporated Apple Computer Inc. First year’s sales (1976) reached $174,000, 2nd Year sales (1977) reached $2.7 million, by More >
10 Biggest Future IT Developments
Dec 10th
Chief Information Officers focus on managing their IT infrastructures so having a good idea of what to look out for over the horizon is in their best interest. CIO Insight asked 222 IT leaders about which technologies they expect to explode in the next 5 to 10 years: They answered with this list:
1. Green IT
2. Nanotechnology in PCs/Electronics
3. Business Process Modeling
4. Collective Intelligence
5. Mobile Videoconferencing
6. Mesh Networks
7. Sensors/Smart Tags
8. Self Healing/Autonomous Computing
9. Social Network Analysis
10. Wearable/Implanted Technology
via: CIO Insight
Alltop – Guy Kawasaki’s Magazine Rack Venture
Nov 27th
Guy Kawasaki’s new site “AllTop” is an online magazine rack for just about any topic you can imagine. It displays “all the top” stories for popular topics.
Video – Alltop Tutorial
Video – Guy Kawasaki on Alltop.com with Drue from ValleyZen.com
Video – Guy Kawasaki on The Art of the Start
Spatial Operating Environment: g-speak
Nov 25th
Catch a glimpse of your future:
free-hand, three-space gestural input:
Forget GUI, and this isn’t even SUI (Spatial User Interface.) g-speak is a spatial operating environment – it understands space, geometry, your hands and what they are doing, and a huge amount of real time data. This SOE combines gestural i/o, recombinant networking and real-world pixels to achieve the first major step in computer interface since 1984. g-speak will fundamentally change the way people use computers.
One of Oblong’s founders served as a science advisor to the movie – Minority Report.
View FULL SCREEN – click the four arrows
g-speak from oblong industries
Oblong More >
Dual Monitor – Desktop Wallpapers
Nov 20th
click on the wallpaper
Dual Monitor Desktop Wallpapers from Princeton
Plasma Design Dual Monitor Desktop Wallpaper Collection
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Dual Monitors – Increase your Enjoyment
Nov 19th
I wanted to use dual-monitor desktop wallpapers on my dual-monitors, but couldn’t find any reasonably priced (OK, I really mean free) software. Then, I came across DisplayFusion from Binary Fortress Software! (for Windows 2000, XP and Vista) I’m using it on my Vista machine and luvin it, get yours now – it’s free:
They explain it even better than i can, but i will say that this is great software, and the pro version is on $15.00!
DisplayFusion Free Multi-Monitor Desktop Wallpaper Software
DisplayFusion will make your dual monitor (or triple monitor or more) experience smooth and painless. Advanced multi-monitor wallpaper support, Flickr integration for More >
When Things Start To Think
Nov 17th
‘When Things Start To Think’ – book by Neil Gershenfeld now online:
Neil Gershenfeld offers a readable tour of what the world will be like tomorrow as computers become invisible, such as wearable computers, nanotech implants, and interactive digital books with electronic ink.
Neil Gershenfeld
Professor Neil Gershenfeld leads the Physics and Media Group at the MIT Media Lab, and directs the Things That Think research consortium. His unique laboratory investigates the relationship between the content of information and its physical representation, from developing molecular computers (which led to the first experimental demonstration of a quantum computation), to smart furniture (seen in the Museum More >
WWW Becomes WWDatabase
Nov 17th
In the 6,527 days since the Tim Berners-Lee made the first web page we’ve gone from sharing computers to sharing links and now – sharing data with the semantic web:
Kevin Kelly (founder of Wired Magazine) at the Web 2.0 Summit, Nov 5 – 7, 2008, in San Francisco, CA gives his impressionistic view of what he thinks we are all headed towards.
This video starts with a brief review, then at about the 3 minute point – the web as OS.
During the next 6,000 days, we move from Web 2.0 into the Cloud. Information and data all moves into the More >
Startups – Free Microsoft Software from BizSpark
Nov 5th
Microsoft has today unveiled their BizSpark initiative.
Get software, support and visibility. Microsoft is hoping to seed Silicon Valley (both real and virtual) with future customers by providing a full kit of tools and software to software development startups for free (for three years.) This is a global program that provides access to full-featured development tools with no upfront costs.
The startup must be nominated by a BizSpark network Partner, privately held, in business for less than 3 years, less than USD $1 million in annual revenue, and in the business of software development. For more details download the Microsoft BizSpark Program More >
HP Mini 1000 – Under USD $400.00
Nov 1st
HP has released their impressive new HP Mini 1000 using the Intel Atom processor for snappy performance and weighing in at just 2.25 pounds. Your choice of either an 8.9-inch or 10-inch (adds $50.00) LED backlit display. With a 60 GB HDD, Windows XP Home, SP3, built-in webcam/microphone and excellent wi-fi you can stay connected while on the go (on-board Wireless-G card, Bluetooth adds $25.00.) CNET Reviews lauded the Mini 1000 keyboard as “the best Netbook keyboard we’ve seen.”
This Video from LapTop Magazine thoroughly reviews the HP Mini 1000 but is 7.5 minutes, so just click and drag to move through as desired.
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Eyeball Installation – Interactive Snow Projection
Nov 1st
ENESS Eyeball Installation
For one special night the Australian ski resort Mount Buller was illuminated by ENESS’ signature eyeball installation. ENESS uses their “Pixile” software to match video projections onto shapes and surfaces. As people walk by the eyes respond and look your way.
Pump Up Your Googling!
Oct 26th
