I suppose, since this is a blog about technology, that I have to comment on “IT” or “Ginger” or “Segway”, whatever you choose to call Dean Kamen’s latest invention .
Frankly, I’m not overly impressed. Unlike some others , I don’t want one. I have no need for it, and I don’t typically spend $3000 on a toy. I can get all of the transportation advantages it has on my bicycle, and get a good healthy workout too. My bike only cost $150.
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If you plan to fly, you’ll have to leave your Note 7 at home. The FAA now states that passengers may not carry the phone “on their person, in carry-on baggage, in checked baggage, or as cargo.” If you manage to get it on a plane, you’ll be forced to power it down immediately. If…
The other night, I told you about iTunes crashing, and 17 song files going “poof”. It was weird, but since I had a pretty recent backup of my music files on an external drive, I didn’t worry too much about it. The next time I cranked up the PC, however, I was greeted with the…
You may recall a while back I talked about G.ho.st the online Virtual Machine project. I haven’t gone back to look at it again in some time, but I got an email from them today, and given the new features, I may have to take a look very soon: As part of our continuous efforts…
As I mentioned in the comment to my previous post about our wireless access point going kaput, I did get a Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router , and after some initial difficulty getting it setup as just an access point, not a router it’s been working really well ever since. At our house there are a…
I like Twitteroo for my Windows laptop, and while I’ve seen some Linux tools, I hadn’t quite gotten around to getting any of them yet. On the other hand, after seeing something on Twitter from Kevin Devin about Tweetbar, I took a look at that, and lo and behold, why bother installing software when I…
While I would love to end this with a condemnation of venture capitalists and hedge fund managers, I think it’s important to point out that many of us are complicit. Fund managers seeking the best short-term profits for their investments run funds whose shareholders include most of us. When we log in and look at our IRA or 401(k) accounts, we look for how much the value has increased, not what makes the most sense for society. Our account balance looks a little nicer when a company lays off 10,000 employees and the stock price increases.
It’s all entwined. To paraphrase Michael Corleone – “We’re all part of the same hypocrisy.”