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The Joy of Quiet
nytimes.com posted a very interesting story about The Joy of Quiet. The author, Pico Iyer, reveals some fascinating facts about modern society, and how we interact within our wired world… The average office worker today, researchers have found, enjoys no more than three minutes at a time at his or her desk without interruption. The average [...]
Kindle Fire debuts November 15th
The new Kindles have been announced on the front page of amazon.com There’s four new E-reader products… The all-new Kindle ($79) Two new touch Kindles – Kindle Touch ($99) and Kindle Touch 3G ($149) The Kindle Keyboard ($99) and Kindle Keyboard 3G ($139) The new Kindle Fire has a full color screen and can play [...]
Remembering Apple’s Founder of Form and Function Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
The Apple website summed it up this way…”Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius…his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.” Indeed, the world has lost an amazing human being. Steve Jobs has passed away at age 56, after years of suffering through pancreatic cancer, and a liver transplant in 2009. He had [...]
iPhone 4S Speaks Out with Siri
Apple has fiinally introduced their new iPhone, but it’s not the highly anticipated iPhone 5. Apple’s newly-appointed chief executive Tim Cook presented the new iPhone 4S in a press conference on Tuesday October 4th without Steve Jobs, who has retired from the company for health reasons. New features of the iPhone 4S include… A dual [...]
Symphony of Science combines music & science
Musician, composer and video producer John Boswell combined his experience with composition and remixing, with his passion for music and science, to create the Symphony of Science project. His use of a fascinating technology called auto-tune led to experiments with remixing bits of scientific fact with his original musicial compositions, which resulted in Carl Sagan’s [...]
Back to Blogging
Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted here. Since my last post I’ve moved, downsized, been threatened with disconnection and termination, started an acoustic duo and played a local music festival, and suffered through a corporate day job at a call center doing customer service. Now it’s time to get back to blogging. DailyRover has gone [...]
Mobile Apps Available at USA.gov
USA.gov has some really useful mobile apps available at apps.usa.gov Check this list out – you might find a useful app for your phone: USA.gov – Federal, state, and local government in the palm of your hand. America.gov Mobile – Information about the U.S. for international audiences. USAJOBS – Information and services on USAJOBS from [...]
iPhone 4 Presale at Best Buy June 15th
Man, where have I been? This really slipped up on me, however I’m up on it thanks to my trusty Google Reader. The next version of iPhone is coming out soon, in fact Best Buy is offering pre-sale orders starting June 15th. Gizmodo and Engadget have the details (like below.) The iPhone 4 arrives in [...]
Build Your Own Time Machine
The Science Channel shows us how to build our own time machine. Sc’s Sci-Trek is currently broadcasting a series called “Breaking Time.” The program talks about the elasticity of time and how it not only runs and flows, but also stretches and bends in space. There’s time present, time past and future time. There’s also [...]
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Hey I recently found a couple of great sites to share with you. I Love Old Magazines has ads, covers and graphics from old magazines, just like the title implies. It’s from the same guys who came up with I Love Charts. They have a very creative way of looking at all types of charts. [...]
