that title might be confusing, so i’ll let the latest xkcd explain:
so, going by the make: ‘zine credo “if you can’t open it, you don’t own it”: if you buy drm-”protected” files from itunes or audible, you don’t actually own them. and if you try to treat them like you own them, you’re probably breaking [...]
the geniuses of penny arcade have just put up a comic summarizing my feelings about the new seinfeld/gates microsoft commericals. go read it, but be mindful of the f-bomb if yer boss is over yer shoulder.
you know the whole setting-crap-on-fire-with-a-magnifying-glass thing we all did when we were younger? well, the grown-up version is called concentrated solar power (a.k.a. solar thermal energy) and as it turns out, that childhood pastime might be our last, best hope for sustainable, clean energy.
in this article from salon.com, joseph romm extoles the virtues of [...]
saw this on /. in february: some guys that are into art and robotics have created a technique where they record brainwaves and eye movement during REM sleep and play it back via a little robot who evidently reenacts your dreams.
hey, did anyone else notice that the little robot guy bears a striking resemblance to [...]
d’oh…
that’s not the frustrated and angry d’oh! that’s the sad and disappointed d’oh… why? the death knell of hd-dvd has sounded and the price of the xbox 360 accessory drive dropped to a give away price.
did i care so much for the format? no. my desire to see hd-dvd win the format [...]
