Moore’s law has been an effective a predictor of technology pricing and performance…
My first real experience with the power Moore’s law came when I upgraded from my old IBM PC with an Intel 8086 to the new PC AT with a 286 processor. I paid about the same as I did for my earlier […]
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Was That Lindsay Campbell Pitching Earthlink?…
Published May 11th, 2007 in Web Video and What Not. 2 CommentsI was in the middle of a meeting the other day, when out the corner of my eye I thought I caught Wallstrip host Lindsay Campbell doing an Earthlink commercial on CNBC. If that was the case, I’d take it as a good sign that WallStrip is becoming an established (albeit anti-establishment) part of […]
Apple’s Mac/Pc Guy ads are usually pretty clever…
This latest one, however, seemed a bit off the mark. It creates boundaries in what was always a white boundless space, something of a negative shift from the complete openness of previous ads. It also lacked a bit of the humor that previous ones had.
It was […]
I’ve always loved math, and different ways to explain it…
I came across this video showing a “simple way to do complex multiplication” and wanted to share it:
This video can be found at http://www.divshare.com/download/509546-986. It shows how to solve multiplication problems using a basic graphical model to represent simple multiplications within place values. By “crossing […]
Not all new technology is based on electronics…
I came across an interesting update to a product whose origins date back millennia, and that has remained substantially unchanged for the past 150 years.
The lowly umbrella…
A company called Senz Umbrellas has designed an asymetrically shapped umbrella that lets people carrying it both see better and stay drier. […]
Mac Guy and PC Guy: The World Tour…
Published March 21st, 2007 in Gadgets & Gear and What Not. 0 CommentsIt seems everyone in the US - save Bill Gates - enjoys Apple’s Mac/PC Guy ads…
But their appeal doesn’t stop at the US borders. Apple had taken these very popular ads and produced different versions for other markets.
The first ‘translation’ to hit was for the Japanese market:
Apple has followed that up with […]
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