The most valuable supply of worthlessness on the web
Information you have no need for. Ever. Usually about me, but possibly about other trivial crap in the world.
(via TechEBlog)
Wow.
 This sucker measures 2″ x 2″ x 2.2″ and holds a 300 MHz processor, 64 Meg of memory, an external video connector, and flash, USB, ethernet and serial ports. That’s not a lot of power, but it’s probably sufficient for a lot of day-to-day computing activities for most people.
[tags]Tiny computer[/tags]
I’m not quite sure even how to describe this site, but I’ll try. There are a number of web sites that track web sites as recommended by surfers like you and me. You can see the latest hot web topics by watching Digg or Del.icio.us or other such aggregation sites. If you find all those overwhelming to keep up with, though, you might want to just look into monitoring popurls instead. Popurls aggregates the aggregation sites, basically. If you can keep up with the headlines and popurls, you’ll have a pretty good view of the most popular, interesting, and/or useful web sites at a given time. Of course, you’ll also see a lot of crap, but that’s because most of the web is crap.
[tags]Web aggregators, popurls[/tags]
One of my favorite actresses of all times. Happy birthday today to Ms. Audrey Hepburn, born May 4th, 1929.
[tags] Audrey Hepburn, Happy birthday[/tags]
(via boingboing)
If you are technically skilled, hate people, and want to try creating ways to limit your customers use of your products, then Sony has a job for you.
The New Technology Division is responsible for approving new media and technology, partners, formats, and security methods for distribution of digital content on CD/DVD’s, over the Internet, and mobile networks.
We are seeking a director, focusing on content protection, to join the New Technology Group at Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The candidate will work to provide research, security reviews, and recommendation on new technologies, digital rights management and digital distribution channels for the Global Digital Business Division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
. . .
The following areas of technology proficiency are required:
–Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies and standards on various platforms including PCs (e.g. Wintel, Apple, Open Source), Consumer Electronics Devices and Mobile Devices
–Working knowledge of multimedia file formats and compression including Windows Media (WMA), QuickTime (AAC), MPEG Layer-3 (MP3), WAV, AIFF, etc.
–A working understanding of networking architectures and high-speed data transmission
–A working knowledge of Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX operating systems, PDA/Mobile: Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm OS
–Hands-on knowledge of Macromedia (Director, Flash, Dreamweaver), Java, HTML, and XML programming languages is of advantage
And no, I didn’t doctor that last line – the job announcement really say that. So if you are capable of coming up with the next great way to limit your customers’ ability to use your product, apply today. Contact information is available as part of the job announcement.
[tags]Sony, job announcement[/tags]
This isn’t some amazing insight. I’ve told plenty of people I think that winner of the next-gen DVD format wars will most likely be heavily influenced by the providers of adult entertainment. Now, Computerworld has an article making that same claim. Suddenly, I feel like a genius. That might be because I am, but one can never be sure of these things.
MAY 02, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) – Just as in the 1980s, when the Betamax and VHS video formats were battling it out for supremacy, the pornography industry will likely play a major role in determining which of the two blue-laser DVD formats — Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD — will be the winner in the battle to replace DVDs for high-definition content.
[tags]pr0n, next-gen DVD, blu-ray, HD-DVD[/tags]
Not an interesting read or anything, but I’m really wondering what’s happened to USB flash drives. Early this year I was looking for a 1-gig drive to replace my wife’s crashed 256 Meg drive. I found a 2-Gig for $80, and at the time, that was considered quite the deal. Tonight, while looking for memory for my brother’s computer, I saw half a dozen 4-gig models at newegg for under $100. There are 1-gig drives for under $30 now. Prices have plummeted in just a couple of months. I’m just surprised by how quickly things are coming down.
[tags]USB drives[/tags]
(via TechEBlog)
The folks over at IGN have put together a list of the 10 worst game quotes ever. Full list follows the break.
(via TechEBlog)
I’ve written about Wicked lasers before. These are some very high powered lasers that you can get to have around the house. By high powered, I mean something able to cut through a garbage bag or electrical tape. So if you’re trying to decide whether a $1000 blue laser is worth your money, read the review at OhGizmo.
[tags]Lasers, laser pointers, geek tech[/tags]
(via Kotaku)
Man, I wanted this game to be awesome. I really wanted to try it and like it. But no single-player content means no RagManX playing it.
First, the write-up from Kotaku:
Love heavily instanced and overwhelmingly brown MMORPGs without enough content and require endlessly replaying the same dungeon over and over again until you jump a level from 2 to 3? Hey, who doesn’t? Nevertheless, early buzz on Turbine’s Dungeons and Dragons Online was so negative that you, like the majority of the planet’s sane, may have been reluctant to drop your hard earned lettuce on it.
Well, Turbine is trying to woo you over: if you’re a Yank and can find your way over to the DDO trial site, you too can have a seven day chance to discover the truth many of us only became privy to at the price of half a benjamin: Dungeons and Dragons Online is terrible. Period. Exclamation point. Radiation symbol! Still, it may be worth it so you can experience first hand DDO’s only saving grace: some pretty cool narration that is charmingly evocative of a real Dungeon Master’s cackling melodrama.
And, of course, the actual link to your 7 day trail download.
[tags]DDO, Dungeons and Dragons online[/tags]
(via Joystiq)
I loved my TurboGraphX-16 back in the day. As noted before, the Nintendo Revolution will offer emulated TG-16 games. As a follow-up to that information, Game Informer online has a retrospective look back at the TG-16.
[tags]TG-16, TurboGraphX-16[/tags]
Yes, this really isn’t terribly of interest to anyone that reads my site, but I like this game so much I feel the need to point this out. If you go to Amazon.com and search for “City of Heroes Subscription Card” you can find a 60 day City of Heroes (and City of Villains) subscription card for $21.27. Since the normal subscription price is $14.95 a month, and even for a 12-month subscription you pay the equivalent of $11.95 a month, this is a pretty good deal. I’m going to order a couple to extend my subscriptions further out.
[tags]CoH, CoV, City of Heroes[/tags]
