3D Live Stats

Posted on February 20, 2007 Under Life

Just like I thought Google Earth was the next 'sliced bread,' I'm really excited about what 3D Live Stats is doing to change the way we view our website data. Long gone are the days of interpreting spreadsheets and 2D…

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Jeremiah Palecek: Nerd Art

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

Many of you know about Tom Judd's successful quest to illustrate one page per day for an entire year. Well, Jeremiah Palecek had the same goal, but he is a Czech painter specializing in nerd art. To Jeremiah, 'nerd art'…

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All Free Calls. Seriously.

Posted on January 12, 2007 Under Life

When Josh passed this little nugget of goodness on to me this morning, I thought it was too good to be true. For the cost of a call to Iowa, you can make phone calls to a bunch of countries…

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Zyb: Free Phone Data Backup

Posted on December 4, 2006 Under Life

Although Zyb launched a few months ago, I still wanted to point you all toward this free online service that saves you major time and money. Zyb is a free, that's right, free online phone data backup service that allows…

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Xerox Erasable Paper

Posted on November 29, 2006 Under Life

Think about how much paper is wasted everyday in the world-- mind blowing. Xerox is doing their part to innovate the problem directly into the recycle bin. They have reportedly come up with a self-erasable paper technology that fades back…

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The Best of Technology Writing 2006

Posted on November 27, 2006 Under Books

Technology is a pervasive part of our daily lives, and increasingly so. It seems as though with each passing year, technology engulfs another portion of each of us. It is an evolution for which I am fearful and uncomfortable, but…

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Musicovery: Smart Radio

Posted on November 22, 2006 Under Music

When Pandora came out, I was instantaneously addicted and I'm not afraid to admit it. I loved that I could type in a certain artist or song name, and it would analyze my choice and spit closely-fitted music back at…

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PingPongPixel

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Art

PingPongPixel is an amazing art experiment. It's an output device for a computer consisting of 8100 ping pong balls in 6 different grey tones. The machine interprets images, building them out of shaded ping pong balls at a larger than…

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Phillips Design Probe: SKIN

Posted on September 26, 2006 Under Gadgetry

Phillips' design probe program SKIN takes a far-future look at the kinds of clothes we may be wearing in 2020--let's just say they will display more than just cleavage. The SKIN program challenges the present societal notion that our lives…

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iTunes Integrates Coverflow

Posted on September 12, 2006 Under Life

I raved about CoverFlow back in July-- the brilliant application that allowed OS X users to browse their entire iTunes collection by album cover. I guess it's clear Apple was listening to the masses (or reading this blog): Today's 'Showtime'…

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