One of my earliest memories of podcasting, back in the days when there only was the Daily Source Code with Adam Curry and the Evil Genius Chronicles with Dave Slusher, was something Adam Curry liked to do called a Sound Scene tour. Just like early videographers, who discovered that it takes a lot of money [...]
After 3 Year They Still Line up for Their iPhones
June 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
… But not nearly as crazy as the previous two years. To recap, last year Apple released a faster iPhone to take advantage of AT&T’s faster network (3g) and mega-podcaster, Leo Laporte did a 24-hour marathon run-up to the phone’s release. Before that, in year one, it seemed like the whole world was lining up [...]
Palm Pre Launch… So What (UPDATED)
June 6, 2009 By 2 Comments
If it weren’t for the tech media to stir up the hype, the launch of the Palm Pre would probably go unnoticed. Of maybe more truthfully, even with the hype it’s going unnoticed. Sad. UPDATE: Just when it was safe to ignore the little device, the nicest tech-journalist, Leo Laport, unplugged the ongoing “Gilmore Gang” [...]
Apple’s RDF Hits Me at Full Sail Promo
February 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
I’m beginning to think that the famed “Reality Distortion Field” isn’t limited to Steve Jobs or Macworld Expo keynotes. One of the benefits of being at Full Sail is having access to almost monthly tech events and this morning the good folks from Apple, Inc. sent over Steven Hayman to show an auditorium full of [...]
Smaller but Available Everywhere: more DIY Netbook Thoughts
January 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Clearly I have small netbooks on the brain. After writing the DIY blog entry I found the following entry about how to do “netbooks” with something like an iPhone that I wrote on my flight a week ago to LA: Just spent several cramped hours in economy class writing on my mbp. My laptop and [...]
The Lie of the 4th Screen
December 25, 2008 By 4 Comments
The following video was brought to my attention by a coworker as we both love watching stuff being presented at the TED conference. Alas, this video continues what I believe is a false cultural perception about the increasing general dehumanizing nature of technology. Admittedly it needs to be a bit bias, it’s a Nokia ad. [...]
Obama Saturday Morning & Beer Foggy Afternoon
November 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Decided to get off my ass and do something about the world at large and volunteered to spend my Saturday helping the Obama campaign. In this case I went down to the local O office and then went out and knocked some doors. I was under the impression that I had twittered the whole time, [...]
Zen Garden Bulldozer
October 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In an ongoing story about an FS Zen Garden, L Monroe reports, “The Zen Garden has become a victim of eminent domain. The City of Winter Park has sent in their demo crew to make room for a new shopping center.” Note that no one seems to care about the sticky note graffiti in the [...]
Zen Garden Pirated!
September 25, 2008 By 3 Comments
Will the disgrace never cease?! The tranquility of this peaceful place has now been replaced by a bold pirate marking his spot in the sand… [sadness]. jbb
…Now with Twice the Space
September 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Finished the upgrade of the MacMini’s hard drive (from 120GBs to 320 GBs) and the airport wireless from 802.11g to 802.11n last night. Here’s the thing, I think the Apple design, how they creatively cram so much power into such a small case, is a thing of beauty. I’m tempted to leave the case off [...]
