Category Archives: Technology
This Morning’s Bike Ride
Testing out a new iPhone app that tracks all my info when running, bike, walking, etc. Here’s the info:
Microsoft Look Ahead to 2019: video concepts
If this is the future, I can’t wait!
Testing Facebook Video Embed
Facebook recently upgraded their video feature to higher resolution video, and the option to embed videos on other sites. So far you can only embed your own. Here’s a recent video I recorded with a Flip Video Ultra at 640×480. The original embed was 576×432 but I’ve resized it to 500×375 to fit this blog.
Gesture-Based Computer Control
Here’s a couple sweet videos showing the capabilities of gesture based computer controls. I think your arms would eventually get tired but it’s still an amazing concept.
Aptera’s Typ-1
From MSNBC.com:
Mere Earthlings will likely do some serious rubbernecking when the Aptera Typ-1 three-wheeled vehicle hits the road, perhaps as early as this year. The vehicle, shown here, is officially classified as a motorcycle and looks more like something out of “The Jetsons” than Detroit. The California-built machine will come in all-electric and hybrid flavors, [...]
Blue Screen of Death at Olympics
This is really funny. I was wondering how they were projecting all the way around the stadium at the Bird’s Nest at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I was guessing it was one huge computer or a network of computers working together. Well, now there’s more details. It seems they were using Windows Here’s some [...]
Laptop For Sale
I’ve had this laptop since it was brand new. I paid around $3,000 for it at CompUSA. It’s having some power issues and I don’t want to deal with it. I switching to Apple. I haven’t tried a new battery yet. I’ve upgraded the ram to 1.5 GB. I also had a free upgrade to [...]
