The life and times of a fallen hacker
Posted in blogging, gadgets, interactive fiction, movies on May 6th, 2008
Been a while since I last advertised new things that got dropped into the “read often”-pile:
Roger Ebert’s movie blog.
Planet IF - a very convenient aggregator for interactive fiction related blogs (and news sites).
Next Big Future - things that shape the next decades, if not centuries. Mainly technology-oriented.
Still haven’t got an […]
Posted in gadgets on Apr 17th, 2008
Not correct, but appropriate.
A terabyte of storage capacity for a DVR, costs exactly an euro a gig.
Posted in gadgets, television on Apr 8th, 2008
I never thought buying a television would be this hard.
Moderately expensive, yes. Hard, no.
Right now I’m struggling between Sony (W3000) and Toshiba (ZF355D), both of which have definite advantages and disadvantages. Or perceived advantages and disadvantages, as everything comes down to taste.
Only one thing is clear, the […]
GDC finished a couple of weeks ago, TED was last week, ETech kicks off today, and SxSW is next week.
That’s a lot of press releases to grind and read, not to mention sessions for attendees to sit in and try to craft intelligible blog entries of.
And I’m sure there’s indeed wheat among the […]
Posted in gadgets, naked link on Jan 30th, 2008
To carry on the coveting of the ultimate lego craft, the 5000+ piece Millennium Falcon, boingboing gadgets published a four minute time lapse video of the fastest ship to complete the Kessel Run. Looks imposing. And large enough to pose a problem storing the completed craft.
Posted in gadgets on Jan 30th, 2008
Sock monkeys are so last season.
A sock zombies might just be the thing to push me towards a first purchase from etsy.
And being small and puny woolen critters, they’re pretty easy to outrun or burn should a zombie outbreak occur.
Lego turned 50 years yesterday.
And what a ride it has been, gizmodo’s illustrated timeline barely covers some of the events that occurred.
Like many others, I was a fan. Pretty much from when I could walk. And were there a list of career choice influences, Lego would probably feature quite […]
Posted in gadgets, movies, television on Jan 8th, 2008
Sony actually backed the right horse in the high definition dvd contest. Unlike any of its previous massive intelligence failures on ATRAC, minidisc, Betamax and the like, Sony’s choice looks like it’s going to dominate the market.
With Paramount following Warner Bros. annoucement, the list of HD-DVD is short indeed.
I don’t […]