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11 Microlog entries tagged with ‘technology’
What is the difference between The Hobbit and the news? Not as much as there should be
This is some serious Baudrillard-level shit Brooker’s messing with here. Permalink ·
The Story Behind That 9,000-Word Quora Post on Airplane Cockpits
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about modern aviation, but were afraid to ask [c/o Kottke.org]. Permalink ·
We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets
Maglev trains in a 1,000-mile tunnel into space? Someone get on this, please. Permalink ·
Giving the FBI What It Wants
A digital media academic takes the extreme approach when he learns he’s being watched by the Feds. I understand what he’s doing, but he’s very much missing the point, and doing a disservice to those who don’t have his technical nouse. Permalink ·
Unedited Thoughts About Technology Better Left Unposted
Co-signed. There’s no reason why Apple has to be the only company making stuff that everyone wants. Why isn’t the Android platform on a level pegging with iPhone apps? Just get it done already so the rest of us can buy cheap tablets and join in the future party. Permalink ·
Hamster exoskeleton
Matt Webb on animals and technology, sort of. This guy thinks so fast it’s hard to keep up. Permalink ·
Why the future doesn’t need us
“Our most powerful 21st-century technologies — robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech — are threatening to make humans an endangered species.” I’ve already Instapaper’d this to read on my Kindle. Permalink ·
Warren Ellis: Ghosting the real world
As he writes himself: “We are growing more comfortable with doing business with invisible things.” It’s not just ‘business’, of course; it’s interacting with the world in general. But we’re still quite a ways off yet. Indeed, how many of us actually have smartphones in a world where this is the most popular phone in the world? Permalink ·
Khoi Vinh on the tradeoff between convenience and high-definition
“The essence of [the] argument is dead on: superior fidelity and resolution is terrific but overrated in comparison to convenience… Actually, it’s the content that really matters.” Hear, hear! Fidelity is great and all, but there comes to a point when I care less about the quality and more about the content. Actually, it’s more a spectrum of appreciation than any fixed point on a graph. Permalink ·
Formula 1 user interfaces
Some hot car/tech pr0n, in anticipation of the new F1 season starting this weekend [c/o Daring Fireball]. Permalink ·
Reith Lectures 2005: The Triumph of Technology
The Independent’s Nicholas Lezard says the broadcasts were boring, so I’m happy enough to read the lectures instead. When I have the time. Permalink ·
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