Posted in Around the Web, In The News on October 25, 2010
After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player. The final batch was shipped to Japanese retailers in April, according to IT Media. Once these units are sold, new cassette Walkmans will no longer be available through [...]
Posted in Around the Web, Rants & Thoughts on September 13, 2010
My Mother emailed this video to me; I had to share. Radney Foster, Darden Smith, Darius Rucker talk about the making of “Angel Flight.” Buy this special “Radio Tower Remix” on iTunes.
Posted in Apple/Mac, Around the Web, Geek, Rants & Thoughts, Web Design on August 30, 2010
The big news announcement of the day is that MPEG LA, license holder for a number of high profile video standards has declared all h.264 video will be royalty free, so long as the video is provided to the end user for free. The technical implications of this are lengthy, dull and tedious. The short [...]
Posted in Around the Web, Geek, Humor, Rants & Thoughts on August 5, 2010
Give a big freaky wave to the “Telenoid R1″ humanoid robot. WTF? The Telenoid R1 robot is designed to add an element of realism to long-distance communication by recreating the physical presence of the remote user. The robot’s actions mirror those of the remote user, whose movements are monitored by real-time face tracking software on [...]
Posted in Around the Web, Humor, Rants & Thoughts on July 25, 2010
I just about fell off the couch the first time I saw this on “The Soup”. I have no idea what this guy is saying but the goat isn’t buying it… I had to share for your enjoyment. I think this will make an awesome screen saver!
