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Flying with birds

2010 . Dec . 14

You wouldn’t be able to tell from comments posted directly on the site (because evidently my ‘readers’ don’t post comments), but I’ve actually gotten a lot of questions IRL about how I think people will be able to plug into machines. Specifically, you might remember an earlier post about how much I’d like to control [...]

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What do nano-photonics have to do with virtual pets and zombies?

2010 . Dec . 1

So, this morning at work I read an interesting bit about silicon nano-photonic CMOS chips from IBM. And, while this crap-hole of a blog is probably the last place you’d look to find information about such developments, it’s still a good outlet for some sci-fi sort of thinking about the future. What follows started out [...]

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Longbars: Opensource Nutrition Bars

2009 . Dec . 18

In case you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to… You can see it all at the Longbars Blog.  5 months from starting with scratch to publishing the LLC notices on Dec 1!! Read all about it. [Edit: Just got publication notice from the paper!  Two weeks later.  You'd think they'd be more eager in [...]

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Good Friday Extra Double-fun Carismatic Blaster Action!!!! Double-Link Extravaganza!!!!

2009 . Apr . 10

Yeah, yeah, yeah… We’ve all heard it: ‘the internet is for porn.’  I hear there’s even a music video.  The reality of the matter is that the net is changing the way we do everything.  Whether I’m shopping for a car or a book, or just trying to keep myself entertained… i’m no longer reliant [...]

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will it resonate? … super video post #1 w00t!

2009 . Mar . 10

[the title sounds cool, but the rest of it is a complete hack from you-tube and a lifetime membership to the geeklord sci-fi hubub booklist... get used to it.] Let’s think about the future in big fat over-reaching strokes. While I’m not tempted to do the requisite research, I suspect if i looked close enough [...]

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