Predicting The Internet, A How-to

Predicting The Internet, A How-to

The best way to discover whether someone is full of crap or not is to look at their past predictions.  If you're digital media expert Jim Griffin and you put your rep publically on the line…
This Robot Runs On Coffee And Balloons

This Robot Runs On Coffee And Balloons

Many robot designs are understandably human-looking - they infrequently have legs, since a realistic gait that passes for human is difficult (though see RunBot - Mountaineering Robot and The Science…
Black Market Satellite Electronics?

Black Market Satellite Electronics?

Just an anecdote for today.  With luck, my French connection will have 'the goods' for me shortly.  I will slip him payment, and 20 beauties will be mine. Back when I fabricated my PCBs, I…
Early photographic image of humans discovered?

Early photographic image of humans discovered?

It isn't the first photograph of humans but two men near the river's edge in a photo of Cincinnati taken in 1848 is kind of a big deal among photography historians. As reported by NPR's Robert…
Internet cafes and public networks

Internet cafes and public networks

Do you log into web sites from public computers, even though I advised against it four years ago? That post only scratched the surface, really: it just talked about using public computers. These days…
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