BBC News – Restart project: The forgotten art of repairing things.
Awesome concept. I hope these spread and I know I could show up with a few broken gadgets, if not fix a couple of boomboxes myself.
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R.I.P. The Father Of The PC
Missed this one over the holiday, but on July 3rd, Douglas Engelbart died at the digital sounding age of 88. He was not a household name, but amongst PC history geeks he’s about as important as they come. By 1968 … Read the rest
Streaming For Profits – Online Radio and Royalties
Interesting post from David Lowery from the band Cracker, showing the dirty details of what artists make in royalties these days.
My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89, Less Than What I … Read the rest
Pippin 1996 Time Machine
17 years ago Apple tried to combine a computer and a video game for the living room. It sold nearly 0 copies although it was an interesting attempt. Check out the early tour of the machine:
Check out the full … Read the rest
Does It Talk?
The new Mac Pro has been teased. It’s been nearly 10 years since they’ve come out with a new case for their most powerful workstation, and they didn’t disappoint with the design elements on this one. Whether this spinning cylinder … Read the rest
Google Maps Personalization Will Hurt…
… 4k UltraHD Visuals Coming Soon – Where’s The Audio?
TV’s advance in resolution again – HD, 1080p HD, and coming soon 4k UltraHD. This thing can push 2160p to your eyeballs but it’s gonna cost you $5k for the small one, and $6k for the larger.
So this … Read the rest
Facebook Wants To Kill Your Apps (and the Free Internet)
Recently Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s first website was discovered in a cache somewhere. It was from the late 90’s and little Mark was in 9th grade and learned how to make a HTML page and post to some defunct blogging … Read the rest
The Rise of High Definition Audio – Save The Audio!
Finally, I’m not alone on the internet! Someone agrees it’s time to retire the MP3 and bring on high def digital audio.
We keep upping the resolution of our digital lives but seem to have neglected sound … Read the rest
It’s Just A Website And You Work For Them
This guy nails it.
He wrote a good summary of many of the reasons I’ve been anti-facebook. It’s good to see even the hardcore users are starting to figure out they are being played.
Where’s Fahqfasse … Read the rest
Social Harmony in the 21st Century
WFNK Theme – Push The Button
A common jam around the WFNK office as we live through this funky computer age with the groundbreaking Newcleus:
… Read the restRacists and Haters Posting Everywhere – The New Red Scare
Is the internet more racist these days?
Feels like it. I can’t read a single story about anything current without racist, ignorant comments blaming it on Obama the muslim and his lazy no good supporters.
I think it’s because everyone … Read the rest
Happy 30th Internet!
Happy belated 30th birthday to the modern internet!
In 1982, Vint Cerf and his team at ARPANET had a problem. They had roughly 1,000 servers spread around america trying to network with each other. The addressing and networking protocols they … Read the rest
Auto Data
This is very cool tech – GM and OnStar are on the forefront of using the digital sensor data cars now generate to both help drivers and engineers. A Volt driver started a website to compare his Volt driving data … Read the rest
Freestyle Rappers Teach Scientists About Creativity
Now this is a collaboration.… Read the rest
World?s Oldest Digital Computer Resurrected
“The Witch” is back.?‘The Witch?: World?s Oldest Digital Computer Resurrected.
I think this video story misses some key historical points. In the late 1930’s you probably know there was some serious war action popping off. Germany and Japan … Read the rest
Post Something Unpopular, Get A Visit From The Cops
Big brother is definitely watching you online in Britain these days…
Britain’s crackdown on Web comments sparks free-speech debate – latimes.com.… Read the rest