December 2007
VIDEO - UMDs For Dumplings: VIA - The Big Green →
My coworker (and budding filmmaker) Claire, has released the first episode of her UMDs for Dumplings series. This episode is about VIA’s Green Computing Initiatives and what it means for you and your UMD. It’s going to take a lot of effort from everyone to take care of our planet and VIA is determined to do it’s part by making power efficient computing it’s number one...
VIDEO - Touch interface in your bathroom? →
I caught this video on YouTube, CTitanic put it up today and it’s pretty incredible. It’s an interactive mirror that’s got all kinds of computer powered goodies to help you out in the morning. Traffic updates, weather forecasts, and even a view to check to see if the back of your hair is ok. The best thing about the display is that it’s touch based, but you don’t...
Expletive Infixation (wikipedia)
Expletive infixation is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but not all instances are covered by the usual definition of tmesis because the words are not necessarily compounds. via Raza. viva la Raza. Fan-fucking-tastic.
— lonelysandwich
My favorite expletive infixation is ri-goddamn-diculous. Plus the...
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WatchGrandma singing Afroman’s Because I Got High
The world is a funny place.
“If I love you, you can have everything. You can have my time, my devotion, my...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat Prey Love (via Kaela)
VIDEO - Rediscovered OQO model 02 unboxing video →
After a lengthy (it took a month) escapade where my computer caught on fire, they didn’t have any replacement parts for my PC, and I had to strap the old parts of my beloved desktop to it’s shiny new body, I have unearthed a video that I believed to have been lost to the ravages of time. This is the original OQO model 02 unboxing video I did that slipped between the cracks. I still...
The lost OQO model 02 unboxing video →
Bjorn Stromberg from ultramobilelife has uncovered this lost video of him unboxing the OQO model 02 from when it was launched earlier this year. The UMPC in this video is a first-gen OQO model 02 Best model with a VIA C7-M 1.5 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM
I’ll take the girlie dialogue and short shorts any day. ‘Death Proof’ is a divine piece of filmmaking. — lonelysandwich
It’s a shame more people haven’t seen this film. I blame the marketing behind it, attaching this incredible film to the Grindhouse name and describing it as some kind of diabolical thriller when it’s less gory and less intense than any other...
Ad money begins to trickle in for bloggers
NEW YORK: Zach Brooks pocketed $1,000 this month blogging about the cheap lunches he discovers around midtown Manhattan ($10 or less, preferably greasy, and, if he is lucky, served from a truck).
The site, Midtownlunch.com, is just 18 months old and gets only about 2,000 readers daily, but it is already earning him enough each month for a weekend trip to the Caribbean - or in his case, more...
VIDEO - Chippy handles the Wibrain again →
Chippy does another video with the WiBrain B1, this time around he goes through what it’s like to operate this UMPC. He shows off how impressive this UMPC is when going into and coming out of standby. In just two or three seconds it’s in standby and you can pop it in your bag and two or three seconds to come out of standby and be ready to use. Once you start getting into the habit of...
My favorite iPod accessory is my EFF Membership... →
By Jesse Robbins If you are searching for accessories for your new iPod or other music player, please consider membership in the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The EFF helps people fight abusive file-sharing lawsuits and is working to provide ways for artists to be paid for their work. The EFF helps ensure we have fair use of our media, which makes membership the ultimate iPod accessory.
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Crank Dat Spiderman
Ah, the crank dat meme is still going strong.
Linux Budget UMPC Shootout: EeePC VS Cloudbook →
The Asus EeePC has been around for less than 60 days and already its about to see some very strong competition by way of the Everex Cloudbook, expected to be released in the States January 15th. Both machines are nicely loaded at $399, however thats where the similarities end.
VIDEO - UBiQUiO 711 UMPC Unboxing →
It looks like the eeePC is really driving interest in the UMPC form factor. This video from MoDaCo shows Paul unboxing the UBiQUiO 711 UMPC which is based on the AMtek T770. At the beginning of the video he says that he’s got an eeePC and wants something with more power and a hard drive so he is going to try out this UMPC from UBiQUiO. Check it out and see if you think it could be a good...
Role Models
Think about who typical American male role models are in this day and age: Athletes, movie stars, and rock stars. But look back at the American heroes of long ago, who comes to mind? Authors, scholars, men with big brains… People like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, etc. No wonder I don’t feel like I connect with anyone. Where are my role models?...
Linux Budget UMPC Shootout: EeePC VS Cloudbook
Not too shabby at all at first glance. However note that VIA processors aren’t exactly commonplace, so you may see some issues if you decide to run a none gOS operating system. — eeepc
Typical Intel propaganda, it’s absolute nonsense. VIA processors are incredibly commonplace and run all the same operating systems and applications. They’re the processor of choice when...
Bjorn wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, he's off... →
VIDEO - Go BristleBot Go! →
Remember the motion sensing coffee table? Well, the DIY geniuses over at Evil Mad Scientist have come up with another cool trick. This time it’s a BristleBot, which is a type of VibroBot. I can’t wait till these bots get a little bit smarter. When are we going to see super smart robots with UMPCs for brains? I’ve seen a few designs floating around the internet, but have yet...
VIDEO - Kevin & James tag team the Wibrain →
JK on the Run has started a new segment called Video Geek Sessions and their first one features the Wibrain B1. The cool thing about the Video Geek Sessions is that they use Picture-in-Picture to get both Kevin and James on the screen at the same time and go through the review of the Wibrain. It’s a really fun format and I think James and Kevin really get along well, even on camera....
VIDEO - More Wibrain Action →
JKK has got his hands on the Wibrain B1H and he gives it a good going over. I keep forgetting that this is the first VIA based UMPC to have a native 1024x600 resolution, which is a pretty big deal. JKK remarks that the Wibrain is really small and I think that it’s definitely smaller than it looks. Another feature that JKK likes is the split thumboard, he says it’s easier to use...
30 seconds to mars does kanye west →
VIDEO - Wibrain B1 UMPC unboxed by Chippy →
Oh man, Chippy beat me to this one. I saw a Wibrain sitting on my desk on Monday but it promptly disappeared and I haven’t been able to get it back to shoot a video yet. Chippy seems really excited about the Wibrain B1, throughout the video he constantly remarks about how small it is and how usable the thumb-board is. One of the remarkable abilities that Chippy has is to estimate battery...
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Waste
Many people post the same content in multiple places. For example, people frequently use Tumblr’s feed-import feature to copy Flickr photos, Delicious links, and Twitter messages to Tumblr. Often they’ll try to import entire blog posts, copied verbatim from their WordPress blogs.
Many applications and websites now boast the ability to simultaneously “blast” content to Tumblr, Twitter, Jaiku,...
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HTC's ship date shifting →
It looks like HTC is having a bit of trouble getting the Shift out the door. This report from DigiTimes indicates that shipments of the HTC Shift will be delayed into January 2008. Problems related to the integration of HTC Shift’s hardware and software caused the delay, said the sources, noting that the Shift will run on both Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Windows Mobile. It seems...
Boomshine →
via my dad — gtmcknight
