Those who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study, the researchers found.
link: ‘Boredom can kill you’ – Yahoo!
This doesn’t surprise me that much. Every calculus and trigonometry student in the world knows this. I nearly died before I got to the end of the article.
Here is an amazing music video for Gimme Sympathy by Metric from their album Fantasies.
And now watch this video to see how they did it.
If you’re stealing a car these days, there’s a good chance you’re not bothering to actually pick the locks, but if you are, your job is about to get a little easier. A device called the Electronic Key Impressioner is inserted into a car door and scans the position of the tumblers inside. It feeds information back to a PC over USB which then, when told the car’s model, can provide the necessary information to cut the perfect key on the first attempt. Right now it only works on Fords with simple metal keys (like, say, a 1967 Shelby GT500), but the hope is to expand the device to support other manufacturers and, possibly, electronic keys in the future. It will be available to locksmiths and authorized security professionals in 2010.
link: USB Electronic Key Impressioner could help you be gone in 60 milliseconds — Engadget
The iPad is nothing more than a large iPod Touch. It’s lacking a 16:9 screen and while the bezel has to be of a reasonable size to allow for holding the device with your hand without your thumb poking the screen all the time, it’s simply too big. Finally those few people who’ve already used it are saying that having a standard keyboard on a device that you can’t rest easily on your lap and that is intended to be used one-handed is lunacy. Just look at the curved corner keyboards Microsoft introduced with the tablet editions of Windows to see how they should have done it.
link: Why the iPad will fail and help Windows 7 to succeed | Windows 7 News
I feel like OS 10.0 just came out again after reading this article. Way to go d-bag and be completely biased, but wait, no, you’re a journalist, so this was clearly not opinion but just the facts.
I don’t remember anybody calling it ugly, but you did, so lets talk about that. You call the iPad ugly, but you would rather use a netbook? Did I miss something?
Sorry, I read the article, and then just had to write down EXACTLY what I was feeling. I don’t want an iPad because I don’t think it will ever fit any purpose I may have for it. I think it does have a purpose and I certainly don’t think this will help Windows 7 adoption, I mean really, what the hell kind of comparison is this? That isn’t a comparison, this is a comparison… http://visitmix.com/Opinions/Kindle-vs-iPad-vs-Weimaraner
Well done sir, you have harped on a particular piece of the puzzle that was starring at me the entire time.
The iPad isn’t the future of computing; it’s a replacement for computing. It’s the payoff to all the work done by multiple industries over the last 20–30 years. It’s the subtraction of 20lbs of textbooks in my son’s backpack, and the device I finally feel comfortable buying my parents. That’s why I was surprised by the reaction the iPad got the day it launched. Following along on Twitter I was seeing things like ‘underwhelming’, ‘meh’ , ’it’s not open’, ‘it’s just a big iPhone’, etc. And most of this stuff was coming from people who design and build interactive experiences. As designers, and technologists we’re very much aware that the interfaces we build are for people who are “not us,’ but we still haven’t made that leap about the concept of “computing.”
link: Mule Design Studio’s Blog: The Failure of Empathy
This device isn’t for me… This device is for my parents. This device is for the person that wants nothing to do with the complications of modern computing, rather would like the damn thing to just work.
They could honestly give a shit whether it’s a closed or open system. And, let’s be really honest, they probably care as much about DRM as they do about baseball players juicing; by which I mean not very much at all. They want things to work most of the time, and be easy to fix when they don’t. And if the process by which it happens is “magic” they are totally cool with that.
I was wrong in my initial assumption about the device. I can see this really taking off under these circumstances.
I am using two online music services today, both of which I have been a member of in the past, but as completely different things. Lala.com was something I joined years ago as a CD trading service. I loved using it because I could trade hard to find CDs with others, but I guess they figured CDs are a little outdated and have changed to a music streaming service.
Last.fm is something I used several years ago as well, but not as Last.fm, but as audioscrobbler. Its idea was that you played your music and it would keep track of what you played, compare it to others that played similar artists, and based on the social network you created would recommend tracks from artists played by others with similar taste in music. Now last.fm does a similar thing, but is much more refined
Right away I can tell Last.fm is in the lead, it was able to scan all of my music and send it with stats within seconds. Lala on the other hand, is taking forever. It currently has over 13 hours remaining.
Hopefully later this week I will be able to have an actual comparison between the two.
Thanks to my uncle Greg for pointing me to this one
One word… Awesome
There is a problem with multi touch for desktop, pain and interference. I don’t think this is the best way to solve those problems, but does put a new twist on changing the aging user interface before it’s too late.
10/GUI from C. Miller on Vimeo.
I believe the system will not be a singular one as presented in the video. I believe the real change is the way we use computers entirely. Right now, the computer is how we do work, communicate with others, pay bills, schedule events, entertain, along with a whole list of other things I could spend years typing out.
Smart phones have started a slow change in how we view computing. We now have certain applications or situations that are better suited for use with a smartphone. Will we have a computer that sits on our desk much like an old calendar book? Something that does nothing more than to inform and remind us by grabbing all of our dates and calendar information from the cloud? Maybe phones do that already, but maybe you get my drift on where I am taking the conversation.
How will computers evolve?
Obama calls for End to NASA’s Moon Program
I have several issues with this plan. My first is why independent organizations have the capability to go to space for pennies compared to what it costs NASA, and to do it without all of the resources. There is a system that works with them. If I have $250,000 I can go to space too thanks to spaceship one and virgin galactic.
My other issue with the idea that NASA should not build their own spacecraft anymore. They are the National Aeronautics and Space Administration last time I checked, not the Better Space Business Bureau. They should be building the next best thing for outer space travel.
What do I like about the plan? Giving NASA more money for scientific discovery of new experimental rockets and craft. Making them more like the small business space organizations that can focus on the quality of the crafts rather than the economics.
In short, don’t make NASA just a customer to the independent space programs. Use your size to develop cutting edge equipment. Use your resources to design the next generation vehicle. Don’t become a money manager for private industry, also don’t become an employee to other nations.
For the last couple of days, I have been suffering from a bout of nausea. I couldn’t eat anything the last day. The nausea was causing chest pains and burning, as if wanting to vomit all day wasn’t bad enough.
I got an appointment with my doctor today, before I knew it I was having blood drawn, blood pressure taken, my chest listened to, blood sugar tested, and even an EKG test.
The EKG was a bit different from the normal testing apparatus I am used to. Pick me, prod me, swab things in my mouth for analysis, all of these are good and understandable. Having to shave parts of my chest and legs to stick electrodes to them seemed a bit overboard. It was a simple test, only taking about 20 seconds from the moment the machine was started. I should also say, the EKG was more for my family history and my complaint of chest pain, and not just based on that complaint alone.
With all of this said, the EKG came back good, my blood pressure was normal, my blood sugar was in check, and my blood count was normal. Doc said it could be caused from something I ate, a virus, or even stress. Won’t know for sure until the liver tests come back. For now, preventive messures by taking prilosec. Yeah, all of those tests and I get prescribed an over the counter drug. It could be worse I suppose, and I am already feeling better.