January 2010
22 posts
“During this presentation, I hope to convince you that the C++ programming...”
– C++: A language for next generation web apps - Steve Hanov’s Programming Blog
Princeton University Creates New Piezoelectric... →
A promising new piezoelectric material, 100 times more efficient than quartz, is being developed at Princeton University. Called PZT, it’s a rubber film made up of silicone and…
Transient Artwork Continually Sells Itself On eBay →
Artist Caleb Larsen has created “A Tool To Deceive And Slaughter”, a piece of artwork that comments on ownership by powering its own continual exchange via eBay. The black acrylic cube…
A Life In Data: The 2009 Feltron Annual Report →
Nick Feltron, graphic designer and co-creator of data tracking website Daytum, has just announced the fifth edition of his annual Feltron report. The 2009 report is an impressive catalog…
(Pics) “Tree House” Embodies The Spirit Of Music →
Eyebeam points us to a stunning house by architect Robert Harvey. The Wilkonson Residence, located in Portland, Oregon resembles something out of a fantasy movie, and blends right into its…
Living Off Craigslist For A Year →
Jason Paul, unsuccessful at finding a post-college job by sending resumes en masse, decided to live off of Craigslist for a year; creating Living On Craigslist to document his experience…
Retailer recycles customers' old sex toys →
Convincing consumers to recycle their old electronics is challenging enough in its own right, but when it comes to sex toys, the potential embarrassment could be virtually prohibitive. Aiming…
Retailer recycles customers' old sex toys →
Convincing consumers to recycle their old electronics is challenging enough in its own right, but when it comes to sex toys, the potential embarrassment could be virtually prohibitive. Aiming…
How To Calculate A Return On Investment →
The Gotham Gal and I make a fair number of non-tech angel investments. Things like media, food products, restaurants, music, local real estate, local businesses. In these investments we are…
“But over the years, there were two critical techniques I discovered that...”
– Radically improving sales for high priced products with 3 characters and a misspelling - This is so Meta
“The continual plaint in newspapers around the world is that the news media are...”
– The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend) - Charlie’s Diary
“In the hills of Mexico, a tribe of Indians carries an ancient secret: a diet and...”
– Longevity : Men’s Health
“one of the companies that makes the chips that go into such devices, managed to...”
– Hackers Weigh In: 8 Big Things to Do with a Mini Server: Scientific American
“they’ve managed to shrink a piezoelectric device down to...”
– Researchers develop tiny, autonomous piezoelectric energy harvester — Engadget
“Today, as of right now, this time-stamped moment: I dwell in the Silicon...”
– Bruce Sterling: The Hypersurface of this Decade | ICON MAGAZINE ONLINE
“A world subsumed by the inexorable forces of randomness, tipped off its axis,...”
– The National Interest
The rise of Service Design →
The job of an industrial designer is to consider the end-user’s experience. Once upon a time that was as basic as making a chair supportive in the right places, making a handle chunky enough to grab…
No Money, No Problems at Turin's Barter-based... →
In Turin, Italy, the Gifts Without Money—or, if you prefer, Regali Senza Moneta—initiative has transformed a marketplace into a money-free zone, where people exchange goods and services…
Crunchies: Zynga’s Mark Pincus sees a future for... →
Although best-known for sucking in about 70 million people to become online farmers and crop-growers in its Farmville game, Zynga has also started using virtual goods to raise money for…
Behold, The Power of the Programmers →
An LA-based investor recently told us, “Northern California is hyper competitive for engineers, and companies are always luring developers away from each other. Our community is smaller and no…
Simplified web computer mimics TV →
Moore’s law may dictate that computing performance can double about every two years, but the fact remains that most personal computers to date have been built on roughly the same,…
OLED Wallpaper To Render The Light Bulb Obsolete? →
Welsh company LOMOX Ltd. has been awarded £454,000 grant from the UK’s Carbon Trust organization to further develop its organic light emitting diode technology (OLED), bringing…
December 2009
27 posts
The Kindle Con →
The Kindle is a technological step back, an attempt to lock readers into a pre-Internet, centralized, heavily mediated economic model for access to texts.