My comments on an article from a few years back called What the Bubble Got Right. I found myself talking recently to someone from Hollywood who was planning a show about nerds. I thought it would be useful if I explained what a nerd was. What I came up with was: someone who doesn’t expend…Continue Reading…
It’s amazing stuff. My laptop battery tells me the percent charged, remaining capacity (in Watt-hours), full charge capacity, voltage, current, temperature, cycle count, manufacturer, manufacture date, first used date, serial number, and so on. My battery’s currently at 30 degrees Celsius = 86 degrees Fahrenheit. It also has a full charge capacity that exceeds its…Continue Reading…
Someday I’m going to figure out how this owrks and what it really means. From IMDb Top 250. The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate: weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C where: R = average for the movie (mean)…Continue Reading…
I am very, very close to ordering a Firefox Laptop Backpack. There’s an international version which is a shiny gray color, but I’m going to go for the North America one which appears to be black.
It’s reality. I saw this rumored a couple months ago, and now it’s online in the Apple online store. It’s called the Apple TV, and you use it to watch stuff in your iTunes library on your TV. Quite honestly, it seems like a silly idea. I mean, I’m sure people will find it useful….Continue Reading…