Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Are we Entering a dark age of innovation? The global rate of innovation today, which is running at seven “important technological developments” per billion people per year, matches the rate in 1600.…The period between 1873 and 1915 was certainly an Continue reading The End of Innovation?
During the last week rumors of Google developing an online-payment system (Google Wallet) to rival PayPal surfaced (First on Wall Street Journal then everywhere like:SlashDot, SearchBlog, and The Unofficial Google Weblog) and then had a offical confirmation, by Google CEO Continue reading Speculations on the Google Wallet
Via Boing Boing, we have a combining of US census and Google Maps to make GCensus.com (the latest in a long line of G names), by Jimmy Palmer of DrmBlog.com and DrmBlog.org fame (“devoted to the discussion of Digital Rights Continue reading Remixing the US census and Google Maps
and Surprising Expiration Dates: # Tuna, canned Unopened: 1 year from purchase dateOpened: 3 to 4 days, not stored in can # Brown sugar Indefinite shelf life, stored in a moistureproof container in a cool, dry place. # Batteries, alkaline Continue reading Self Life
Pulp Fiction… in 30 seconds with Bunnies by Angry Alien More Bunnines : It’s a Wonderful Life …in 30 seconds with bunnies, Jaws and The Shining or The Exorcist and there is allways The Titanic or Alien. All 30 Seconds, Continue reading Pulp Fiction… in 30 seconds with Bunnies
Long awaited, Charlie Stross’s Accelerando! is available for downloading (and mindloading) under a Creative Commons license, in various formats (use Bit Torrent to save his bandwidth). Then on July 1st buy the book and support a hard working and nice Continue reading Accelerando! is released to the wild