From the Top 10 Ways to Motivate Geeks. JPL’s biggest mistake has been giving me this 4-year-old Compaq with just 504 MB RAM. So all I can really do is post on blog ;-) Yes, hardware gets obsolete fast. But it’s worth it. And it’s a good thing new stuff comes out so often, because…Continue Reading…
The inspired lyrics.
In the news today: To a certain degree, the approach of the Sony can be compared with the “Cybiko,” a handheld …
I have a GameCube, and we have an orange controller whose C-stick no longer works (and makes some games unplayable because it’s stuck in one position), and another whose analog stick is starting to wear out (can’t tap it right twice– the spring or sensor is stuck). I was just thinking: how practical can the…Continue Reading…
The website of Syd Lieberman, who NASA commissioned to write the story of the Mars Exploration Rovers, is impressive.
(Not a great title, but maybe I’ll update it when I figure out what the real name of this is.) I was listening to Leo Laporte’s KFI Podcast this morning when he got a call from a person whose grandmother had spyware on her computer. Now, there are lots of ways that spyware can get…Continue Reading…