April 2010
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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into...
– Stephen Hawking, in his upcoming Discovery Channel documentary series, Universe.
Hawking wants alien contact attempts to cease, calling SETI and SETI-like projects “a little too risky.”
(via thedailywhat)
One of many brilliant observations and points are made during the Stephen Hawking series on...
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David Bunnell's Eclectic World: My Close... →
jsnell: Great series (13+) of articles on how Macworld magazine came about and the early days of the Macintosh. http://yml.me/x/4579
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Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans,... →
They may have begun as a fringe cohort, but hackers alchemized the hard math of Moore’s law into a relentless series of technological advances that changed the world and touched all of our lives. And most of them did it simply for the joy of pulling off an awesome trick.
BBC News - X-37B military spaceplane set for... →
@bbcnews: A prototype spaceplane developed for the US military has been launched into orbit from Florida. http://bit.ly/bmJgzp
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Toronto iPad developers find success on new... →
I wonder if this will make developing for the iPad faster like the iPhone stencil and paper made prototyping iPhone / iPod apps faster.
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The real competition here is not, in our view, between the hardcover book and...
– Amazon’s Russ Grandinetti on ebooks. Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all#ixzz0lnUOFYIx
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This is Why I Chose Yale
Wow. Looks like I chose the wrong colleges. :(
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Young People, Privacy, and the Internet
- copied from the excellent Schneier on Secruity at http://schneier.com
Sent to you by Brian via Google Reader:
Young People, Privacy, and the Internet via Schneier on Security by schneier on 4/20/10
There’s a lot out there on this topic. I’ve already linked to danah boyd’s excellent SXSW talk (and her work in general), my essay on privacy and control, and my talk —...
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A must watch. Great tips on shoes.
Then go read Put This On for more great tips.
Finally, an appreciation of haberdashers returns!
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Coco Warming Up →
Coco!! Warming up for his first show of the tour. What better way than to rock a beard, play a guitar and sing Creep.
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Another Blow to Android and Blackberry? Or Just a...
Or is it just needed in order for Apple to keep grabbing market share?
Regardless of the answer it certainly is About Damn Time® the iPhone gets multitasking and bluetooth keyboard functionality. As well as all of the other improvements announced today. This latest announcement on iPhone OS 4 just solidifies my position to wait for the second or even third version of the iPad. Apple so rarely...
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Smart Car's Smart Drive Kit for iPhone...
From Engadget:
Daimler hasn’t had a sales success on its hands lately with its line of Smart cars, with sales festering after an initial boom. To try to re-capture the imagination of we smartphone-loving Americans with short attention spans, Smart unveiled the Smart Drive Kit last month and now, at the NY Auto Show, is giving it a proper demonstration.
The iPhone app effectively takes the...