By Mark O’Neill Bad news geeks. A psychiatrist is pushing for internet addiction – “excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations and e-mail/text messaging” – to be classified as a mental illness which means the most serious cases could warrant medication or even a stay in a hospital, like all those gamers in China. Do you get broadband […]
Here’s some great news for all you die-hard XP fans: XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will be released in April! This is most assuredly the last major update the operating system will receive until the end of its life, as Microsoft will remove it from store shelves in June. SP3 contains 1073 patches and hotfixes. […]
Located in Tokyo and designed by Japanese designer Yasuhiro Yamashita, the Penguin house uses the manipulation of light and space to make itself look much larger than it actually is in reality. I wish occidental designers were as innovative as Mr. Yamashita, especially with the current skyrocketing price of real estate in North America.
By Mark O’Neill
Sometimes I don’t know why I bother with all the technophobes of this world.
I’ve been working on the internet exclusively for the past two years now. This makes for some very interesting conversation at dinner parties when someone asks me what I “do”. I’m sure you’ve had the same problem explaining what you do for a job. You have the doctor explaining the latest rectal examination technique, the lawyer bragging about the latest billion dollar lawsuit they’ve just won, the businessman giving you the ups and downs of the NASDAQ…..then they turn to me and I start talking about the unfairness of the new Digg algorithim. Is it me or is everyone fidgeting? Why is that woman looking at her watch? Why is the lawyer holding the butter knife as if he wants to use it as a murder weapon?
In the following video, string theory pioneer Michio Kaku investigates claims of time dilation under the influence of adrenaline and other chemicals, including various drugs. These substances can apparently affect the chemical pathway of our stopwatch, effectively slowing down our perception of time, bullet-time style.
This morning after I logged in, Apple’s Software Update program popped up and asked me if I wanted to install Safari. “Safari? ” I wondered, “the only Apple software I’ve installed on this system is the QuickTime+ITunes bundle. Why’s it asking me about Safari?” But I’ve mean meaning to install Safari anyway to test browser compatibility, […]
By Mark O’Neill A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that more Americans would prefer to give up the television than lose their internet connection by a margin of 45% to 43%. It also found that losing their internet connection for a sustained period of time would make people […]
Yep folks, Lenovo has decided to try and compete against the MacBook Air with their new x300 ultra-light and ultra-thin laptop. Here is a quick comparison chart between the two ultra-portables: Lenovo Thinkpad X300 Apple MacBook Air Processor: Core 2 Duo Weight: 2.9 to 3.1 pounds Thickness: 0.92 in. Screen: 13.3 LED Resolution: 1440X900 Removable […]
The following video shows why you should never, ever pull the fire alarm at a gas station for fun. Now that you’ve seen what happens, no need to be curious… right?
Losing a hard drive full of data is certainly a stressful affair. Not only will you likely go through the five clinical stages of grief, but then you’ll have to figure out exactly how you will continue on after this traumatic event. Can you actually recover any data from the drive? How bad is it? […]