Caffeine Database
Want to know just how much caffeine is coursing through your brain?
Fun and games…unless you spike way over. I’m calling the ER right now.
Tags: Energy Drinks, Caffeine
Archive for March, 2007
Google Home Page Themes
Google has added themes to their personalized home pages. At first I thought this was a little silly but, now, running the “beach” theme I find it easier on the eyes than the usual stark white.
It changes the layout depending on your local time of day.
Tags: Google, Google Themes, Google Home Page
Macs Save Money
Here is an interesting article from Wired that tackles the reality of Mac in todays market. It is a good thing. I deal with a half-wit at work that has drunk so much Microsoft Kool-aid that it leaks out of every orifice. Nice guy, but, damn.
There’s been a distinct sea change in the way people think about Apple in the last few weeks.
Recently, people have been saying the strangest things about Apple and the Mac. Everything is topsy-turvy. Pundits aren’t trotting out the old conventional wisdoms any more. They’re saying odd stuff, like Macs are good for business; Macs can save money; and that Apple’s stock — at $90 a share — is a bargain.
For the full article follow the link.
Virtual Worlds Are ‘Worth $1bn’
Today we find this article over on BBC News. I have to admit I have tried the Second Life and for the life of me I just don’t get it. Everywhere I turn someone was trying to sell me something (aggressively) and/or offering to “cyber”. While there are the likes of the World of Warcraft (which I have not tried) and the like I just can’t get into it.
Games such as World of Warcraft and worlds like Habbo Hotel are fast becoming “significant platforms” in the converged media world, the report said.
“There’s a whole ream of different genres and spaces emerging,” said the report author Piers Harding-Rolls.
Revenues from subscriptions to MMOGs will hit $1.5bn by 2011, he said.
There is revenue to be had and all the power to them but, geez. What ever happened to going outside or meeting friends for a coffee?
Tags: Second Life, World of Warcraft, MMOG
Apple TV Now Shipping
From Apple Insider:
After a series of hiccups, Apple Inc. on Tuesday finally got around to shipping it’s much talked about Apple TV wireless streaming media hub.
The move comes just one week after the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm first ramped production over at Taiwanese manufacturing partner Foxconn (Hon Hai).
Customers who had placed pre-orders for the $299 device began receiving their Apple Store online shipment confirmations overnight, which promise delivery by Friday, March 23.
Sweetness.
More on this over on Macworld.
Can’t Wait For The iPhone?
I thought this was amusing. This was posted up on TechCrunch in January.
You too can join the poser set.
Tags: iPhone, Make Believe, Apple
Nokia E90 With 3G in US? Mmm, nope.
So we’ve been sitting on this whole E90 controversy for a few days here, trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. Fact is, a part of us is hoping that we can will an HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900-sporting Nokia E90 into existence, but we shouldn’t have to; the need for firms like Nokia and Sony Ericsson to wake up and spend the extra few bucks to shove global 3G radios into every last one of their phones is painfully obvious. Anyway, numerous readers have pointed out that the document in the E90’s FCC filing referencing WCDMA on the 850, 1700, and 1900MHz bands is merely pointing out (for no good reason, may we add) the FCC’s own radiation limits on those bands, and is probably not indicative of what bands are present within any particular device.
Creepy Spy Guy Dish
This is wrong for so many reasons.
Minding your own business is one of those things that’s just right to do. Just because you’re curious about what your neighbors are arguing about doesn’t mean you have the right to spy on them and figure out what exactly it is.
It’s also cheaper than being a sneaky sleazebag.