January 10, 2007 at 1:22 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project plan to release the machine on general sale next year.
But customers will have to buy two laptops at once - with the second going to the developing world.
I’ve noticed more and more references to Orwell’s book in world news and political opinion and decided for my own curiosity to compare Orwell’s nightmares with our own current state of affairs.
September 30, 2006 at 11:56 am · Filed under Design, Software
A ccording to the results of a survey conducted early this year by Novell, Adobe Photoshop tops users’ lists as the most critical application not available on Linux. While Adobe continues to only support Windows and Mac OS X with most of its products for its own, unknown reasons, alternatives are becoming increasingly popular with the…
September 30, 2006 at 11:56 am · Filed under Videos, Creatures
Run 24 hours a day by remote controls by a real person who zooms in on wildlife and put infra-red spotlights on animals at night. I’ve seen giraffes, zebras, antelope (kipsringers), hyenas, giant eagle owls, and what looked like a tapir (but may have been a hyena). Can get boring (because it’s live) but that’s part of the fun. Now for Macs too!
In President Clinton’s last days in office, he made this funny 5-6 minute video, which features Helen Thomas, Tim Russert, Hillary Clinton, and many more. It’s kind of sad to remember the days when the USA had a competent leader, remember? When everything was good…
Photographs taken by Jonah Blank last month at Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His photos show one of the actual waterboards used by the Khymer Rouge. Here’s a painting by a former prisoner that shows the waterboard in action…
In a word: yes. This is as close to my dream application for college students as I think I am going to find. The note taking feature is solid with everything you would expect and a little more, and features such as RSS feeds and iCal support just top it off.