23 Jul 02007, 11pm
I was just over @ scobleizer and watched a demo of a new geo-presence service called plazes.com. It looked cool so I checked it out. The service allows you to publish your current location or ‘plaze’ and also find the ‘plazes’ of your friends. There is a desktop app available for both Mac and PC along with an SMS service that allows you to update from your mobile. They also offer a flash widget for placing on your Facebook profile or your blog to show people where you are. On the face of it this seem interesting but as with everything online the potential for invasion of privacy abounds. Plazes does allow you to limit if your current ‘plaze’ is available only to friends or to the general public. You can see the widget by clicking on the navigation link above.
22 Jul 02007, 11am
It seems three engineers in Wales have figured a way to process carbon emissions into more beneficial biodiesel, methane gas, and fertilizer. The Greenbox was designed to be fixed underneath a vehicle where it takes in carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide until the next fill up, at which point the box would be switched out for a new one while the filled canister heads to a bioreactor for processing. We’ll have to keep an eye on this one.
[Via Engadget]
21 Jul 02007, 11am
I got my iPhone on June 29th and I never looked back. I will be the first to admit that my blackberry did certain things that my iPhone is as yet not capable of. But, I also entered into the bargain fully aware of it’s shortcomings. I am an early-adopter. I understand owning 1.0 tech can be frustrating. it’s a reality I am willing to live with.
I bought the interface. This is the simplest way to put it. The apps, online and (hopefully) off, will come with time. Firmware will be upgraded. The world will spin. Everything else aside, the multi-touch interface is hands down the coolest consumer oriented tech to come along in the last 5 years , maybe more. Once you play with it…touch it you too will understand.
7 Feb 02007, 12pm
Scott Adams Writes:
…I want to live in a world where a rock star wondered, ‘How can I make a billion people think about my schlong for a few days’?
Brilliant.
19 Jan 02007, 1am
The US defense department has outlined new rules that could allow terror suspects to be imprisoned [or sentenced to death] on the basis of hearsay or coerced testimony.
(01/18/2007 draft of the manual)
