[ t e c h n o \ c u l t u r e ]Karlin Lillington's weblog on whatever comes to mind...(Untitled)- July 25, 2003 Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse Slashdothttp://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/25.html#a2556 (Untitled)- July 25, 2003 Fonts derived from old-school videogames. "Super-frag-olicious. This website offers free, downloadable font sets derived from classic 8-bit computer games." Link, Discuss Boing Boing Bloghttp://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/25.html#a2555 (Untitled)- July 25, 2003 Gartner Says Delay Linux Deployment Due to SCO Slashdot: ...Wearing my journalist's hat, I've raised this as a business point with Linux people (including those at big Linux partners like Oracle) a couple of times and they routinely dismiss the impact. But businesses have to consider potential outcomes. So this doesn't surprise me. I'm not sure if Linux companies actually underestimate the threat (which would mean many don't really understand business imperatives in the enterprise...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/25.html#a2554 (Untitled)- July 25, 2003 Desperately seeking Kraftwerk. The creators of electronica are back at work - and not accepting visitors. Alexis Petridis goes anyway. Guardian Unlimitedhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/25.html#a2553 (Untitled)- July 25, 2003 Ouch: Sony's Profit Falls 98% on Weak Demand. Sony reported quarterly profits plunged 98 percent. Nobuyuki Idei, the chairman, said the company has pledged to generate stronger profit margins by 2006. New York Times: Technologyhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/25.html#a2552 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 I've gone analogue. Again. Frustrated by the short life span, poor sound quality, and dying battery in my digital cordless phone, I've disconnected it and replugged in my old analogue handset. Ahhhh. Comfortable handset, clear sound at the right volume, no additional costs. I can ask Eircom to provide free call answering services on my phone plan, so I don't even need to go buy an answering machine (the last one I bought before going digital was $20 in California from Costco... in 1988. Lasted..http://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/24.html#a2551 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Slashdot links to another piece on the Computer History Museum (My Irish Times piece is here with stupid headline not provided by me..., and will also have a different piece in the UK Guardian in a week or so). Re-Opened Computer History Museum Explored. There's some great commentary and tales coming up in the discussion, if you like computing history. I liked this comment from one Slashdotter: I am currently working on restoring a piece of the ENIAC at the University of Michigan - I know.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/24.html#a2550 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Paris Wi-Fi: Drizzle, Not Sizzle. "Despite free Wi-Fi service near and in Metro and train stations, usage was low: Esme Vos writes that only 1,700 people tried the free Wi-Fi in Paris during the first three months of the trial. A large minority only used it once (probably tracked via their MAC address). When Parisians return from their month-long vacations, they'll find it's now 10 euros an hour to use the service that they weren't using in large numbers anyway...." Wi-Fi Networking Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/24.html#a2549 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Audiopad: Linux-based musical gizmo. "Audiopad is a musical composition and performance device that tracks the positions of objects on a flat surface, then converts their motion into music. Developed by MIT PhD students James Patten and Ben Recht, the system is is powered by Debian Linux. It consists of a set of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop, a matrix of antennae that track the objects, and an LCD projector which displays an animated UI." Link to QuickTime demo movie, Discuss (via.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/24.html#a2548 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Training molecules to draw chips. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have come up with a way to organize molecules through lithography, the science of "drawing" chip circuits. CNET News.comhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0103966/2003/07/24.html#a2547 |