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From Cringely The Big Picture Current displays are controlled by transistors that switch on and off, and those switches are made by melting silicon on a glass plate. This is hard, expensive and does scale well. That’s why really big Continue reading Rolltronics Display Backplane Technology, Can you say Video Wallpaper?
Over the past month or so a couple of article’s have come to my attention that seem to indicate the beginning of a new computing architecture on several fronts. Part of it is the failure of Intel’s Itanium 64 bit Continue reading Is this the Sound of the other shoe droping?
In “The Atrocity Archives” Charles Stross has produced a story which blends Lovecraft / Illuminati / HellBoy, with SlashDot, and a dash of John Le Carre to produce High-Tech Horror Spy novel, and it’s good! Very difficult to put down, Continue reading Neuromancer Meets The Exorcist.
Daivd Brin has a article on Salon.com (Aug 3 2004) : We will watch the watchers on the importance of using our new surveillance technology to “watch the watchers” Each time the lesson is the same one: that professionals should Continue reading We will watch the watchers
CentrSource is a simple concept. It’s a central Internet site that matches up advertising offers with consumers who want them. It’s theoretically a place where consumers can find deals in their geographic area on almost anything from cars, to furniture Continue reading CentrSource connects consumers to ad offers
Via Metafilter comes Toronto’s Neighborhoods. A brief primer., which covers many of the place that make up the old city of Toronto (but not the newer Mega-City) including Summerhill, The Annex, Harbour Square, but Not Bloor West Village (although nearby Continue reading A city of Neighborhoods