Archive for the 'General' Category

Naked-Eye Gamma Ray Burst - most distant object ever seen by human eyes without optical aid

The brightest ever gamma ray burst, visible by the naked eye, was observed on March 19th. "If someone just happened to be looking at the ...

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke 1917-2008

Arthur Charles Clarke, was born on 16 December 1917. Visionary, author and inventor. Passed away today March 19, 2008 at the age of 90. What ...

My 2 minutes of “fame” at SXSW Interactive

OK, not fame, but (total) embarrassment. It was I who accidentally turned the lights off at Kathy Sierra's panel at SXSW. A full room, with ...

SXSW Interactive is here…

I'm leaving to pick up my badge... It very possibly is going to be quiet in my blog for the next few days... Tomorrow is ...

SXSW Interactive, BarCampAustin, MoMo, other

Wow, this week starts SXSW Interactive. Can't wait. Such a cool event, with great folks coming to visit. It all begins this Friday ...

Texting and its effect on the evolution of the thumb

For my friend Sean O'Sullivan, CTO at Rococo Software, here is an old piece I wrote back in 2006, on texting and its effect on ...

Rush is coming to Austin

Rush has extended their Snakes and Arrows World Tour to 2008, and they are playing in Austin on April 23rd! Awesome!!! (it has been almost ...

This week…

...blogging has been slow. I've been out of town, it has been all eZee, finalizing important steps, both strategy and tactical; it is all good. ...

The Internet’s Biggest Vulnerability

The Internet's biggest vulnerability is not spammers, or hackers or viruses. But it is exactly the same vulnerability as it was more than 20 years ...

Jaiku:blast from the past

I remember James posting on Jaiku some time ago "Jaiku, blast from the past"... referring to how long it takes Jaiku to aggregate stuff; some ...

One day, two huge acquisitions…

Wow, two huge acquisitions, same day: Sun aqcuires MySQL Oracle aquires BEA ceo

Jobs on good products, bad products, people, Kindle, and why it is going to fail

Steve Jobs comments on Amazon's Kindle (from NY Times The Passion of Steve Jobs): “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact ...

2008 SXSW Interactive | Mobility

Posted below are the currently confirmed programming titles for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival, for Mobility: Bio-Networks: Using Mobile Technology to Impact Healthstyle (Kate Bauer) Getting Unstuck ...

If your Windows system’s performance suddenly degrades badly, read this

If your Windows system performance suddenly becomes really bad without any explanation, continue reading this. I spent weeks trying to figure out why my laptop's performance ...

New Scientist’s top 5 science videos of 2007

The New Scientist has posted their summary of their top 5 science videos of 2007 @ YouTube: ceo