Archive for May, 2008

Keeping tabs on…uh…Eccentric People

Uncategorized: May 1st, 2008

Sure, you’ve seen them. They’re the “colorful” characters you see around town; they’re the types who seem to either go to great lengths to get noticed (hello, Tessa Prieto Valdez?) or just crazy enough to be notice-worthy and just don’t a give a frap about it.
Either way, they’re out there and they’re attracting attention. So [...]

Marvel Movie Plans

Uncategorized: May 6th, 2008

If you just saw the Iron Man movie, then I think it’s safe to say you liked it.
If Iron Man is any indication how Marvel wants to go with their movies, you’ll also probably like some more upcoming movies from them.
Lemme see…there’s the Incredible Hulk coming out in June (starring Ed Norton and yes; they’re [...]

Premonitions, Part 1


May 7th, 2008

Working giant NES Controller

Uncategorized: May 10th, 2008

This guy (actually that’s his girlfriend in the video) successfully built a giant NES controller. I guess no more swinging the controller for long jumps, huh?
And oh, it doubles a a coffee table/trunk too.
Link to this guy’s blog

Realizing a Quantum Computer: Quantum Dot Logic Gates Created

Uncategorized: May 11th, 2008

Two studies/papers on constructing quantum dot logic gates have been published. The first one is by a team of engineers and physicists from Stanford University and the Univerisity of California. The other is by a team from the Institute of Quantum Electronics at (ETH)–Zürich and the University of Cambridge.
The two teams used different [...]

Midnight Oil: “Karma”


May 12th, 2008

Premonitions, Part 2


May 14th, 2008

Worst. Cellphone. Ever.

Uncategorized, pilot: May 17th, 2008

Just look at this thing–it’s ridiculous:

It may even be worse than the “circular keypad” from Nokia. Or the lipstick phone also from Nokia. Or the pizza pie usage of the original N-gage (still Nokia)….ok, so I’m ripping on Nokia. What are they smoking over there in Finland anyway? And why aren’t they sharing?
And that’s a [...]

Midnight Oil: “Past”


May 19th, 2008