Dave Hill : Jedi Master
By Mark O’Neill A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Dave Hill went to Jedi school. Actually, it was just the other week in New York.
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The Beamz – A laser music system that makes you look like an idiot
The Beamz is a laser-based musical system that allows you to play hundreds of different musical instruments by breaking laser beams with your hands. Theoretically, this kind of device could be very cool (like this one), but after seeing the infomercial that was made to promote it, the “coolness” factor surrounding the thing quickly came […]
Monday Morning Humor: Internet celebrities do a battle to the death
Ok guys, those of you who are a bit sensitive and prefer to avoid seeing violence, blood and gore, even if it’s cartoonish (is there anybody, really?), might want to skip this one. To tell you honestly, I don’t remember a time in the last year where I laughed this hard. Enjoy! Via [The EdEdition]
MIT Introduces Nexi – The Social Robot
Researchers at MIT Media Lab have recently unveiled their new robotic creation, code-named “Nexi”, to the world. Nexi can not only convey a variety of different emotions through facial expressions, it can also move around on a segway-like base and accomplish various tasks with its articulated arms and hands.
Lenovo Ideapad U8: 4.8 inches of touchscreen goodness
Have a look at what Lenovo is cooking up for Intel’s next Developer Forum (IDF): The Ideapad U8. This sexy piece of technology features Intel’s brand new Atom processor, a 4.8 inch touchscreen, EDGE/3G support, and lo and behold, a built-in optical mouse, which will apparently allow one-handed operation of the device. Video after the […]
Hannaford Breach Followup: Malware on All of Their Servers
By PatB Contributing Writer, [GAS] “All your groceries are belong to us.” According to a ComputerWorld article, the Hannaford Breach was not just a single keylogger installed at a critical point in the enterprise. Malware was installed on each and every server that handled the credit card processing at their stores in New England, Florida […]
SEO Rapper does web design rap
This is for all you web design geeks out there. In the following video, The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) raps about how web standards and proper design could affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site. Enjoy!
11 year old takes over as school computer network manager
By Mark O’Neill If you’re a network manager, I think your job might be under threat when your boss sees this kid. Jon Penn is only 11 years old and he’s Victory Baptist School‘s computer network manager. At 11, shouldn’t he be playing with his Nintendo Wii or something? According to the article on Network […]
LOST theory might be the real deal
Fellow LOST fanatics, we all have our own little theories as to what exactly is going on. Some of them are a simple “they’re all dead” and others are a little more complicated than that. I can almost certainly guarantee however, that they aren’t nearly as accurate as this one seems to be. I’d start […]
The Sarah Connor Chronicles – a worthy addition to the Terminator?
By Mark O’Neill
Arnold may have moved onto California to “lead, not to read” as Governor but the Terminator story continues nevertheless in the form of the Sarah Connor Chronicles. As fans wait with baited breath to see if a season 2 is about to be commissioned, the debate rages online – is the series a worthy addition to the Terminator series? Or is it nothing more than an embarrassing joke which should be consigned to TV hell?