November 2009
10 posts
In Defense of Pax Americana - David Brin →
Via the ever-excellent Futurismic.
The Guardian explores the Darknet →
Fascinating and long investigatory article by the Guardian about the ‘deep web’, unindexed repositories of knowledge and unsearchable, invisible private networks. I love the Guardian’s tech coverage for its relative lack of hysteria and assumption of intelligence on the part of the reader. Great stuff.
WatchWhat would it look like if the Earth had a ring system like Saturn? Incredible and beautiful video, although it does kind of skip over the ramifications of having several trillion tons of rock and dust in close orbit, not least the high probability of regular impacts.
WatchVisualizing empires decline on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Super Techie Tip Of The Day
If you download video podcasts or TV shows for your iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll be familiar with the annoying limitation that you can’t listen to a video with the screen locked, as locking the screen stops the video. If you’re hopping off a train or just want to hear the audio from a TED talk, this can be really irritating.
Until now. It’s really simple to get a video...
WatchMission: Endure Tedious Small Talk
“Man, cellphone service here sucks.”
“Yep.”
“He’s been dead for over a decade, and I just found out.
And that’s why I love...”
– An Entirely Other Day