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Are your kids iDosing?
Somehow I missed this moral panic.
Apparently, there was have been several scary news reports about “digital drugs” or iDosing.
Um, what?!?
I wish I was making this up.
The practice involves listening to audio files that claim to simulate the effects of drugs.
Well, TVO’s Jesse Brown decided to get to the bottom of [...]
I continue to not trust “the cloud”
I’ve written before that I’m somewhat distrustful of so-called cloud-based applications. That is, software that is accessed through the web browser, stored on somebody else’s computer.
Well, a major exception to my avoidance of such software has been Google’s Gmail. Because, well, Gmail is awesome. And they keep adding neat new features, like the recently [...]
Weekend time waster: Solipskier
I’ve had a hard time getting any work done the past few days.
For this I blame Solipskier.
Basically, you draw a ski hill and little stick man skier who listens to heavy metal, well, skis it.
Simple. But oh so addictive.
See, you want to draw the hill so the skier goes through gates and tunnels to get [...]
The iPhone 4 Saga: Animated
A Taiwan news outlet has produced an animated version of all the events so far regarding the iPhone 4: From gadget blog Gizmodo getting a hold a prototype left in a bar to the antennae issues discovered after the launched.
They do take a few creative liberties, though. Enjoy.
Another reading link post
New York Times technology columnist David Pogue interviews the couple behind Snopes.
Books that turn back into trees? Not so far fetched anymore.
Reports of Blogging’s Death have been greatly exaggerated.
Weekend reading 10/07
Porn video company CEO on Digital Rights Management
For The Escapist’s fifth anniversary, a look back at the bold experiment that is the online video game magazine.
Weekend Reading 26/06
How not to be a jerk on Twitter.
Web developer v.s. SEO “expert” v.s. social media “expert”
Coffee powered cars? Now I really miss my diesel Jetta.
A great gallery of modern products had they been made in 1977.
Ottawa Earthquake, Twitter and old media
Around 1:40 p.m. yesterday, I was sitting at my desk reading when I suddenly notice my glass of iced tea appears to be moving by itself.
Then the whole desk starts shaking. I consider the possibility that maybe I’d had too much coffee and turn around in an attempt to focus my eyes but the room [...]
Lego and felt pen printer
Clearly, someone is tired of the insane price of ink cartridges.
Thus, we have a homemade printer built out of Lego, using a felt marker for ink. Truly a marvel of engineering.
