Alarm clock that makes you really get up
Posted on January 28, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Alarm clock that makes you really get up - Engadget:
This one falls somewhere in the area of a thesis project, but a couple of students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea have come up with a hanging radio alarm clock called the Sfera that’s designed to really get you out of bed in the morning. [...]
Folksonomy rating-based recommendations
Posted on January 26, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 1 Comment
I’ve had an idea for a while about implementing ratings in a folksonomy system (del.icio.us, flickr, technorati, etc.) so that some clever bot can come along and using some sort of Amazon-esque algorithm, find me more stuff that I would like.
My idea goes something like this:
Everybody agrees on a set of tags that would indicate [...]
Read More..>>On Procrastination
Posted on January 26, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Read Getting Back To Work: A Personal Productivity Toolkit on Kuro5hin. (You can work later).
thanks to 43 Folders
tags [ procrastination ]
The Myth of “Peak Oil”
Posted on January 25, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 7 Comments
The Myth of “Peak Oil” - Mises Institute
I am often asked about the ‘peak oil’ theory. I’ve even had some people send me junk mail predicting when the date would come. Sometime in June, 2006, I recall. (Unsolicited investment advice: go very long!) I didn’t really pay attention. And yet many do. There are websites, [...]
Scientific Truth in Product Labels
Posted on January 25, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
More Scientific Truth in Product Labels [rec.humor.funny]:
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: The Entire Physical Universe, Including This Product, May One Day Collapse Back into an Infinitesimally Small Space. Should Another Universe Subsequently Re-emerge, the Existence of This Product in That Universe Cannot Be Guaranteed.
tags [ humour science disclaimer ]
Thanks for the link
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Thanks, delevarnu, for the link to my blog. I hope you found something interesting here.
Cute picture of Aidan on the alligator, Axel would probably get along with her great (although he prefers crocodiles):
tags [ personal photo axel ]
Read More..>>Solving the Enigma of Kryptos
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Wired News: Solving the Enigma of Kryptos:
What does it say about the Central Intelligence Agency that its agents can crack the secret codes of enemy nations but can’t unravel a coded sculpture sitting outside their cafeteria window?
It says, perhaps, that artist Jim Sanborn, who created the cryptographic sculpture named Kryptos that sits on CIA grounds, [...]
Australian online ID Verification Scheme
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
NEWS.com.au | Privacy ‘risk’ in national ID plan (January 21, 2005):
Federal cabinet will soon see a proposal for a national ‘document verification service’ designed to combat identity-related crimes ranging from welfare fraud to terrorism.
It would give federal and state government agencies and key businesses the right to verify the identity of clients by cross-checking birth [...]
Unwrapping the Biometric Present
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics, security, usa | Leave a Comment
A good article on the US’s adoption of biometrics abroad and at home. The following sensible quote is from the third page of the article:
It’s a good idea to add fingerprints and digitally-signed photographs to passports and visa applications. Nobody’s interest is served by having weak identification schemes on our passports: such systems actually increase [...]
Pay By Touch to offer convenient check cashing services through biometrics
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Pay By Touch to offer convenient check cashing services through biometrics : SecureID News
“Pay By Touch is a free consumer payment service that allows shoppers to pay for purchases and cash checks using a finger scan linked to their financial accounts and loyalty programs. With Pay By Touch, the process is faster, more convenient, [...]