Category Archives: Technology
This Morning’s Bike Ride
June 3, 2009 – 10:42 am
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
March 2, 2009 – 8:48 am
If this is the future, I can’t wait!
Testing Facebook Video Embed
December 9, 2008 – 11:32 pm
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
November 20, 2008 – 9:32 am
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
September 21, 2008 – 3:17 pm
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
August 22, 2008 – 1:04 pm
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
August 2, 2008 – 4:16 pm
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 [...]